| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.68 | And grumbling York; and not the least of these | And grumbling Yorke: and not the least ofthese, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.76 | Dicky your boy, that with his grumbling voice | Dickie, your Boy, that with his grumbling voyce |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.152 | A grumbling groom, and that the girl shall find. | A grumlling groome, and that the girle shall finde. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.249 | Without or grudge or grumblings. Thou did promise | Without or grudge, or grumblings; thou did promise |