| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.349 | If I could meet that fancy-monger, I would give him | If I could meet that Fancie-monger, I would giue him |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.174 | Excellent well. You are a fishmonger. | Excellent, excellent well: y'are a Fishmonger. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.189 | a fishmonger. 'A is far gone, far gone. And truly in my | a Fishmonger: he is farre gone, farre gone: and truly in my |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.124 | Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. | Then one of these same Meeter Ballad-mongers: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.25 | By smiling pickthanks and base newsmongers, | By smiling Pick-thankes, and base Newes-mongers; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.171 | costermongers' times that true valour is turned bear-herd; | Costor-mongers, that true valor is turn'd Beare-heard. |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.62 | cudgels – you shall be a woodmonger, and buy nothing | Cudgels, you shall be a Woodmonger, and buy nothing |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.30 | barber-monger! Draw! | Barber-monger, draw. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.240 | Thou art an old love-monger, and speakest skilfully. | Thou art an old Loue-monger, and speakest skilfully. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.34 | be a whoremonger, and comes before him, he were as | be a Whore-monger, and comes before him, he were as |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.331 | Do you so, sir? And was the Duke a fleshmonger, a | Do you so Sir: And was the Duke a flesh-monger, a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.32 | whole bookful of these quondam carpet-mongers, | whole booke full of these quondam carpet-mongers, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.32 | thus afflicted with these strange flies, these fashion-mongers, | thus afflicted with these strange flies: these fashion Mongers, |