| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.37 | Can from the lap of Egypt's widow pluck | Can from the lap of Egypts Widdow, plucke |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.121 | Lady, shall I lie in your lap? | Ladie, shall I lye in your Lap? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.123 | I mean, my head upon your lap? | I meane, my Head vpon your Lap? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.208 | And rest your gentle head upon her lap, | On the wanton Rushes lay you downe, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.222 | Come, quick, quick, that I may lay my head in thy lap. | Come, quicke, quicke, that I may lay my Head in thy / Lappe. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.106 | Then, Pistol, lay thy head in Furies' lap. | Then Pistoll lay thy head in Furies lappe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.26 | And let her head fall into England's lap. | And let her head fall into Englands lappe. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.390 | But like a pleasant slumber in thy lap? | But like a pleasant slumber in thy lap? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.148 | I'll make my heaven in a lady's lap, | Ile make my Heauen in a Ladies Lappe, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.4 | A sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap, | A Saylors Wife had Chestnuts in her Lappe, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.108 | Far in the fresh lap of the crimson rose, | Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson Rose, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.92 | I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap and be | I will liue in thy heart, die in thy lap, and be |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.47 | The fresh green lap of fair King Richard's land | The fresh grcene Lap of faire King Richards Land, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.47 | That strew the green lap of the new-come spring? | That strew the greene lap of the new-come Spring? |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.117 | Frozen almost to death, how he did lap me | Frozen (almost) to death, how he did lap me |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.50 | To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood, | To worry Lambes, and lap their gentle blood: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.214 | Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold. | Nor open her lap to Sainct-seducing Gold: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.85 | Uncover, dogs, and lap. | Vncouer Dogges, and lap. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.388 | That lies on Dian's lap! Thou visible god, | That lyes on Dians lap. / Thou visible God, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.65 | Good boy, in Virgo's lap! Give it Pallas! | Good Boy in Virgoes lap, giue it Pallas. |