| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.91 | Like boys unto a muss, kings would start forth | Like Boyes vnto a musse, Kings would start forth, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.25 | Ay, marry, was it, mussel-shell. What would | I marry was it (Mussel-shell) what would |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.30 | villain. I am trusted with a muzzle and enfranchised with | villaine, I am trusted with a mussell, and enfranchisde with |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.464 | The fresh-brook mussels, withered roots, and husks | The fresh-brooke Mussels, wither'd roots, and huskes |