| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL II.ii.21 | To bring again these foolish runaways. | To bring againe these foolish runawaies. |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.35 | And that we are most lofty runaways. | And that we are most loftie Run-awayes. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.47 | For the close night doth play the runaway, | For the close night doth play the run-away, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.405 | Thou runaway, thou coward – art thou fled? | Thou runaway, thou coward, art thou fled? |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.317 | A sort of vagabonds, rascals, and runaways, | A sort of Vagabonds, Rascals, and Run-awayes, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.6 | That runaway's eyes may wink, and Romeo | That run-awayes eyes may wincke, and Romeo |