| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.141 | than an ape, more giddy in my desires than a monkey; | then an ape, more giddy in my desires, then a monkey: |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.39 | It cannot be i'th' eye: for apes and monkeys, | It cannot be i'th'eye: for Apes, and Monkeys |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.303 | the very genius of famine, yet lecherous as a monkey, | the very Genius of Famine: |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.8 | the heads, dogs and bears by the neck, monkeys by the | the heads, Dogges and Beares by'th'necke, Monkies by'th' |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.59 | Now God help thee, poor monkey! But how wilt | Now God helpe thee, poore Monkie: / But how wilt |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.109 | daughter for a monkey. | daughter for a Monkie. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.113 | monkeys. | Monkies. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.181 | On meddling monkey or on busy ape – | On medling Monkey, or on busie Ape) |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.400 | Were they as prime as goats, as hot as monkeys, | Were they as prime as Goates, as hot as Monkeyes, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.128 | This is the monkey's own giving out. She is | This is the Monkeys owne giuing out: / She is |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.265 | You are welcome, sir, to Cyprus. Goats and monkeys! | You are welcome Sir to Cyprus. / Goates, and Monkeys. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.45 | Thou liest, thou jesting monkey, thou. | Thou lyest, thou iesting Monkey thou: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.255 | Into baboon and monkey. | into Baboon and Monkey. |