| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.12 | The triple pillar of the world transformed | (The triple Pillar of the world) transform'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.106 | Have I my pillow left unpressed in Rome, | Haue I my pillow left vnprest in Rome, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.3 | Before the sun shall see's, we'll spill the blood | Before the Sun shall see's, wee'l spill the blood |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.23 | As ever sighed upon a midnight pillow. | As euer sigh'd vpon a midnight pillow: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.96 | Was brow-bound with the oak. His pupil age | Was Brow-bound with the Oake. His Pupill age |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.12 | Thy pupil long? Hast thou not learned me how | Thy Pupill long? Hast thou not learn'd me how |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.8 | Finds the down-pillow hard. Now peace be here, | Findes the Downe-pillow hard. Now peace be heere, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.363 | Thou mak'st thy bloody pillow? Or who was he | Thou mak'st thy bloody Pillow? Or who was he |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.20 | It spills itself in fearing to be spilt. | It spill's it selfe, in fearing to be spilt. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.83 | throats! Ah, whoreson caterpillars, bacon-fed knaves, | throats; a whorson Caterpillars: Bacon-fed Knaues, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.93 | Adam to the pupil age of this present twelve o'clock at | Adam, to the pupill age of this present twelue a clock at |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.43 | Which calls me pupil or hath read to me? | Which calls me Pupill, or hath read to me? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.5 | Set me the crown upon my pillow here. | Set me the Crowne vpon my Pillow here. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.22 | Why doth the crown lie there upon his pillow, | Why doth the Crowne lye there, vpon his Pillow, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.59 | my pillow? | my Pillow? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.72 | For this they have engrossed and pilled up | For this, they haue ingrossed and pyl'd vp |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.195 | Which pillage they with merry march bring home | Which pillage, they with merry march bring home |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.14 | A good soft pillow for that good white head | A good soft Pillow for that good white Head, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.161 | gentle bosom of peace with pillage and robbery. Now, | gentle Bosome of Peace with Pillage and Robberie. Now, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.33 | Rather than I would be so pilled esteemed. | Rather then I would be so pil'd esteem'd: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.22 | And misbegotten blood I spill of thine, | And mis-begotten blood, I spill of thine, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.41 | To be the pillage of a giglot wench.’ | To be the pillage of a Giglot Wench: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.73 | Brave peers of England, pillars of the state, | Braue Peeres of England, Pillars of the State, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.220 | Pirates may make cheap pennyworths of their pillage | Pirates may make cheape penyworths of their pillage, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.44 | What, shall King Henry be a pupil still | What, shall King Henry be a Pupill still, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.90 | And caterpillars eat my leaves away; | And Caterpillers eate my Leaues away: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.375 | And whispers to his pillow, as to him, | And whispers to his pillow, as to him, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.37 | They call false caterpillars and intend their death. | They call false Catterpillers, and intend their death. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.51 | And call them pillars that will stand to us; | And call them Pillars that will stand to vs: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.1.11 | Gentlemen bearing two great silver pillars; after | Gentlemen bearing two great Siluer Pillers: After |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.382 | These ruined pillars, out of pity, taken | These ruin'd Pillers, out of pitty, taken |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.14.1 | What enterprise, Popilius? | What enterprize Popillius? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.15 | What said Popilius Lena? | What said Popillius Lena? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.23 | Popilius Lena speaks not of our purposes; | Popillius Lena speakes not of our purposes, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.71 | How thou canst win this pillage manfully. | How thou canst win this pillage manfully. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.94 | To skirmish not for pillage, but for the crown | Toskirmish, not for pillage but for the Crowne, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.170 | The pillars of his hearse shall be their bones; | The pillers of his hearse shall be his bones, |
| King John | KJ III.i.102 | You came in arms to spill mine enemies' blood, | You came in Armes to spill mine enemies bloud, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.8 | Crack Nature's moulds, all germens spill at once | Cracke Natures moulds, all germaines spill at once |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.52 | laid knives under his pillow and halters in his pew, set | laid Kniues vnder his Pillow, and Halters in his Pue, set |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.73 | Pillicock sat on Pillicock Hill. | Pillicock sat on Pillicock hill, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.34 | As I for praise alone now seek to spill | As I for praise alone now seeke to spill |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.152 | pupil of mine, where, if before repast it shall please | Pupill of mine, where if (being repast) it shall please |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.155 | or pupil, undertake your ben venuto; where I will prove | or Pupill, vndertake your bien vonuto, where I will proue |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.101 | Upon their pillows; they stared and were distracted; | Vpon their Pillowes: they star'd, and were distracted, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.69 | To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets. | To their deafe pillowes will discharge their Secrets: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.236 | Whereof you are a well-deserving pillar, | Whereof you are a well-deseruing pillar, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.21 | snowballs for pills to cool the reins. Call her in. | snowbals, for pilles to coole the reines. Call her in. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.47 | One turf shall serve as pillow for us both; | One turfe shall serue as pillow for vs both, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.68 | Upon the pillow. Hie thee, whiles I say | Vpon the Pillow; hie thee whiles I say |
| Pericles | Per V.i.57 | For every graff would send a caterpillar, | for euery graffe would send a Caterpillar, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.235 | A pillow for his head. So, leave him all. | A Pillow for his head, so leaue him all. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.171 | Too far in years to be a pupil now. | Too farre in yeeres to be a pupill now: |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.131 | That thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. | That thou respect'st not spilling Edwards blood: |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.246 | The commons hath he pilled with grievous taxes, | The Commons hath he pil'd with greeuous taxes |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.165 | The caterpillars of the commonwealth, | The Caterpillers of the Commonwealth, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.47.1 | Swarming with caterpillars? | Swarming with Caterpillers. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.31 | To be o'erpowered. And wilt thou pupil-like | To be o're-powr'd: and wilt thou, Pupill-like, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.114 | Both have I spilled. O, would the deed were good! | Both haue I spilt: Oh would the deed were good. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.158 | In sharing that which you have pilled from me! | In sharing that which you haue pill'd from me: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.14 | A book of prayers on their pillow lay, | A Booke of Prayers on their pillow lay, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.78 | For doting, not for loving, pupil mine. | For doting, not for louing pupill mine. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.147 | O Prince! O cousin! Husband! O, the blood is spilled | O Prince, O Cozin, Husband, O the blood is spild |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.156 | As on a pillory, looking through the lute, | As on a Pillorie, looking through the Lute, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.187 | And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster, | And heere Ile fling the pillow, there the boulster, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.208 | With gold on lasting pillars. In one voyage | With gold on lasting Pillers: In one voyage |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.89 | He forfeits his own blood that spills another. | He forfeits his owne blood, that spilles another. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.12 | And pill by law. Maid, to thy master's bed; | And pill by Law. Maide, to thy Masters bed, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.33 | Pluck stout men's pillows from below their heads. | Plucke stout mens pillowes from below their heads. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.44 | Thy sons make pillage of her chastity | Thy Sonnes make Pillage of her Chastity, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.130 | And make his dead trunk pillow to our lust. | And make his dead Trunke-Pillow to our lust. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.162 | Sung thee asleep, his loving breast thy pillow; | Sung thee asleepe, his Louing Brest, thy Pillow: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.46 | your fair pillow! | your faire pillow. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.212 | When we have here her base and pillar by us. | When we haue heere her Base and pillar by vs. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.131 | He being her pupil, to become her tutor. | He being her Pupill, to become her Tutor. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.147 | When I was sick, you gave me bitter pills, | When I was sick, you gaue me bitter pils, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.31 | the pillory for geese he hath killed, otherwise he had | the Pillorie for Geese he hath kil'd, otherwise he had |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.114 | From Dis to Daedalus, from post to pillar, | From Dis to Dedalus, from post to pillar |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.295 | By fair and knightly strength to touch the pillar, | By fayre and knightly strength to touch the Pillar, |