| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.584 | And fall a-cursing like a very drab, | And fall a Cursing like a very Drab, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.32 | Dost thou deny thy father, cursed drab? | Doest thou deny thy Father, cursed Drab? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.152 | Follow the knave, and take this drab away. | Follow the Knaue, and take this Drab away. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.31 | Ditch-delivered by a drab, | Ditch-deliuer'd by a Drab, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.92 | him: they say he keeps a Trojan drab, and uses the | him: they say, he keepes a Troyan Drab, and vses the |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.197 | than he for a commodious drab. Lechery, lechery, still | then he for a commodious drab: Lechery, lechery, still |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.8 | dissembling luxurious drab of a sleeveless errand. | dissembling luxurious drabbe, of a sleeuelesse errant. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.26 | of unconsidered trifles. With die and drab I purchased | of vnconsidered trifles: With Dye and drab, I purchas'd |