| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.71 | Mordake, Earl of Fife and eldest son | Mordake Earle of Fife, and eldest sonne |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.94 | I shall have none but Mordake, Earl of Fife. | I shall haue none but Mordake Earle of Fife. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.87.2 | meets him, playing upon his truncheon like a fife | meets him, playing on his Trunchion like a Fife. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.50.2 | From Fife, great King, | From Fiffe, great King, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.36.1 | No, cousin, I'll to Fife. | No Cosin, Ile to Fife. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.71 | Beware the Thane of Fife! Dismiss me. Enough. | Beware the Thane of Fife: dismisse me. Enough. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.150 | Seize upon Fife, give to the edge o'the sword | Seize vpon Fife; giue to th' edge o'th' Sword |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.41 | The Thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? – | The Thane of Fife, had a wife: where is she now? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.29 | And the vile squealing of the wry-necked fife, | And the vile squealing of the wry-neckt Fife, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.14 | drum and the fife, and now had he rather hear the tabor | drum and the fife, and now had hee rather heare the taber |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.349 | The spirit-stirring drum, th' ear-piercing fife, | The Spirit-stirring Drum, th'Eare-piercing Fife, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.49.2 | Enter Alcibiades, with drum and fife, in warlike | Enter Alcibiades with Drumme and Fife in warlike |