| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.19 | He, with two striplings – lads more like to run | He, with two striplings (Lads more like to run |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.100 | A bachelor and a handsome stripling too! | A Batcheller, and a handsome stripling too, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.141 | A proper stripling and an amorous! | A proper stripling, and an amorous. |