| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.104 | must needs wear my coxcomb. How now, nuncle! | must needs weare my Coxcombe. How now Nunckle? |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.116 | Mark it, nuncle: | Marke it Nuncle; |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.130 | nuncle? | Nuncle? |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.153 | they'll be snatching. Nuncle, give me an egg and | Nunckle, giue me an egge, and |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.168 | I have used it, nuncle, e'er since thou madest thy | I haue vsed it Nunckle, ere since thou mad'st thy |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.175 | Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach thy | Pry'thy Nunckle keepe a Schoolemaster that can teach thy |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.182 | o' thing than a fool. And yet I would not be thee, nuncle. | o'thing then a foole, and yet I would not be thee Nunckle, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.210 | For you know, nuncle, | For you know Nunckle, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.312 | Nuncle Lear, nuncle Lear, tarry! Take the Fool | Nunkle Lear, Nunkle Lear, / Tarry, take the Foole |
| King Lear | KL I.v.38 | If thou wert my fool, nuncle, I'd have thee beaten | If thou wert my Foole Nunckle, Il'd haue thee beaten |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.117 | Cry to it, nuncle, as the cockney did to the eels | Cry to it Nunckle, as the Cockney did to the Eeles, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.10 | O nuncle, court holy water in a dry house is better | O Nunkle, Court holy-water in a dry house, is better |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.11 | than this rain-water out o' door. Good nuncle, in; ask thy | then this Rain-water out o' doore. Good Nunkle, in, aske thy |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.38 | Come not in here, nuncle; here's a spirit. Help me, | Come not in heere Nuncle, here's a spirit, helpe me, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.106 | Prithee, nuncle, be contented; 'tis a naughty night | Prythee Nunckle be contented, 'tis a naughtie night |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.9 | Prithee, nuncle, tell me whether a madman be a | Prythee Nunkle tell me, whether a madman be a |