| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.145 | Would gambol from. Mother, for love of grace, | Would gamboll from. Mother, for loue of Grace, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.187 | gambols, your songs, your flashes of merriment that | Gambals? Your Songs? Your flashes of Merriment that |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.245 | with telling of discreet stories, and such other gambol | with telling of discreete stories: and such other Gamboll |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.93 | Which make such wanton gambols with the wind | Which makes such wanton gambols with the winde |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.160 | Hop in his walks and gambol in his eyes; | Hop in his walkes, and gambole in his eies, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.136 | Christmas gambold or a tumbling-trick? | Christmas gambold, or a tumbling tricke? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.76 | I warrant her, she'll do the rarest gambols. | I warrant her, shee'l doe the rarest gambols. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.326 | is a gallimaufry of gambols, because they are not in't; | is a gally-maufrey of Gambols, because they are not in't: |