| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.175 | friar, I am a kind of burr, I shall stick. | Friar, I am a kind of Burre, I shal sticke. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.260 | Hang off, thou cat, thou burr! Vile thing, let loose, | Hang off thou cat, thou bur; vile thing let loose, |