| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.83 | The violets, cowslips, and the primroses | The Violets, Cowslippes, and the Prime-Roses |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.67.1 | There is no primer business. | There is no primer basenesse. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.7 | I did, Sir Thomas, and left him at primero | I did Sir Thomas, and left him at Primero |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.93 | primero. Well, if my wind were but long enough to say | Primero: well, if my winde were but long enough; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.122 | Or Cytherea's breath; pale primroses, | Or Cytherea's breath) pale Prime-roses, |