| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.76 | A very riband in the cap of youth, | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.42 | With ribands pendent, flaring 'bout her head; | With Ribonds-pendant, flaring 'bout her head; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.28 | his new shoes with old riband? And yet thou wilt tutor | his new shooes with old Riband, and yet thou wilt Tutor |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.28 | Where be your ribands, maids? Swim with your bodies, | Wher be your Ribands maids? swym with your Bodies |