| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.141 | Hapless Egeon, whom the fates have marked | Haplesse Egeon whom the fates haue markt |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.203 | His days may finish ere that hapless time. | His dayes may finish, ere that haplesse time. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.224 | Weeps over them, and wrings his hapless hands, | Weepes ouer them, and wrings his haplesse hands, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.156 | See, ruthless Queen, a hapless father's tears; | See, ruthlesse Queene, a haplesse Fathers Teares: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.15 | And I, the hapless male to one sweet bird, | And I the haplesse Male to one sweet Bird, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.12 | O hapless fortune! Let us yet assay | O haplesse fortune, let vs yet assay, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.71 | For that shall be the hapless dreadful day. | For that shalbe the haples dreadfull day, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.32 | If haply won, perhaps a hapless gain; | If hap'ly won, perhaps a haplesse gaine; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.260 | O my dear Silvia! Hapless Valentine! | Oh my deere Siluia; haplesse Valentine. |