| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.74 | Like a great sea-mark, standing every flaw, | Like a great Sea-marke standing euery flaw, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.93 | In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, | In the ranke sweat of an enseamed bed, |
| King John | KJ III.i.92 | But on this day let seamen fear no wrack; | But (on this day) let Sea-men feare no wracke, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.258.1 | Than the sea-monster! | Then the Sea-monster. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.22 | Till he unseamed him from the nave to the chops, | Till he vnseam'd him from the Naue toth' Chops, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.102 | Some report a sea-maid spawned him. Some that | Some report, a Sea-maid spawn'd him. Some, that |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.57 | To the sea-monster. I stand for sacrifice; | To the Sea-monster: I stand for sacrifice, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.154.1 | To hear the sea-maid's music? | To heare the Sea-maids musicke. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.145 | That turned your wit the seamy side without | That turn'd your wit, the seamy-side without, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.266 | And very sea-mark of my utmost sail. | And verie Sea-marke of my vtmost Saile. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.150 | we that made up this garment through the rough seams | wee that made vp this Garment through the rough seames |
| Pericles | Per III.i.8 | Wilt thou spit all thyself? The seaman's whistle | Wilt thou speat all thy selfe? the sea-mans Whistle |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.26 | Come, give me your flowers. On the sea-margent | Come giue me your flowers, ere the sea marre it, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.54 | But cried ‘ Good seaman!’ to the sailors, galling | but cryed good sea-men to the Saylers, galling |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.69 | And thy sea-marge, sterile and rocky-hard, | And thy Sea-marge stirrile, and rockey-hard, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.183 | That bastes his arrogance with his own seam, | That bastes his arrogance with his owne seame, |