| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.25 | Or murmuring ‘ Where's my serpent of old Nile?’ | Or murmuring, where's my Serpent of old Nyle, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.80 | The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream | The ranke of Oziers, by the murmuring streame |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.50 | And heard thee murmur tales of iron wars, | And heard thee murmore tales of Iron Warres: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.2 | When creeping murmur and the poring dark | When creeping Murmure and the poring Darke |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.129 | That's Christian care enough. For living murmurers | That's Christian care enough: for liuing Murmurers, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.5 | Murmur no wonted greeting to their shores. | Murmure no wonted greeting to their shores, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.53 | Doth move the murmuring lips of discontent | Doth moue the murmuring lips of discontent |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.20 | Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge | Almost too small for sight. The murmuring Surge, |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.42 | The fresh streams ran by her and murmured her moans; | The fresh Streames ran by her, and murmur'd her moanes |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.294 | If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak, | If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an Oake |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.32 | And then 'twas fresh in murmur – as you know, | And then 'twas fresh in murmure (as you know |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.25 | The current that with gentle murmur glides, | The Current that with gentle murmure glides |