| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.45 | Was as a scorpion to her sight, whose life – | Was as a Scorpion to her sight, whose life |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.86 | Did seem to say ‘ Seek not a scorpion's nest, | Did seeme to say, seeke not a Scorpions Nest, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.36 | O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife! | O, full of Scorpions is my Minde, deare Wife: |