| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.117 | Had not their bark been very slow of sail; | Had not their backe beene very slow of saile; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.21 | Had hoisted sail and put to sea today. | Had hoisted saile, and put to sea to day: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.104 | A vessel under sail, so men obeyed | A Vessell vnder sayle, so men obey'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.2 | And question'dst every sail: if he should write, | And questioned'st euery Saile: if he should write, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.56 | The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail, | The winde sits in the shoulder of your saile, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.17 | ourselves too slow of sail, we put on a compelled valour, | our selues tooslow of Saile, we put on a compelled Valour. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.115 | respect of his quick sail. But, in the verity of extolment, | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.18 | That must strike sail to spirits of vile sort! | That must strike saile, to Spirits of vilde sort? |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.275 | Be like a king, and show my sail of greatness, | Be like a King, and shew my sayle of Greatnesse, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.35 | As doth a sail, filled with a fretting gust, | As doth a Saile, fill'd with a fretting Gust |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.5 | Must strike her sail and learn awhile to serve | Must strike her sayle, and learne a while to serue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.52 | Than bear so low a sail to strike to thee. | Then beare so low a sayle, to strike to thee. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.53 | Sail how thou canst, have wind and tide thy friend, | Sayle how thou canst, / Haue Winde and Tyde thy friend, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.118 | Now, Lords, our fleeting bark is under sail; | Now Lord our fleeting Barke is vnder sayle: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.280 | Like as the wind doth beautify a sail, | Like as the wind doth beautifie a saile, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.281 | And as a sail becomes the unseen wind, | And as a saile becomes the vnseene winde, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.1 | Here, till our navy of a thousand sail | Heere till our Nauie of a thousand saile, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.179 | A bonnier vessel never yet spread sail; | A bonnier vessel neuer yet spred sayle, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.2 | A whole armado of convicted sail | A whole Armado of conuicted saile |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.23 | And, like a shifted wind unto a sail, | And like a shifted winde vnto a saile, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.53 | And all the shrouds wherewith my life should sail | And all the shrowds wherewith my life should saile, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.542 | The ship is under sail, and here she comes amain. | The ship is vnder saile, and here she coms amain. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.8 | But in a sieve I'll thither sail, | But in a Syue Ile thither sayle, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.9 | There where your argosies with portly sail, | There where your Argosies with portly saile |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.68 | Than to be under sail and gone tonight. | Then to be vnder saile, and gone to night. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.1 | Why, man, I saw Bassanio under sail: | Why man I saw Bassanio vnder sayle, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.6 | He came too late, the ship was under sail, | He comes too late, the ship was vndersaile; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.75 | Sail like my pinnace to these golden shores. | Saile like my Pinnasse to these golden shores. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.174 | When the false Trojan under sail was seen, | When the false Troyan vnder saile was seene, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.132 | Would imitate, and sail upon the land | Would imitate, and saile vpon the Land, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.37 | Of thirty sail; and now they do re-stem | Of thirtie Saile: and now they do re-stem |
| Othello | Oth II.i.4 | Descry a sail. | Descry a Saile. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.52 | Cry within (‘ A sail, a sail, a sail!’) | Within. A Saile, a Saile, a Saile. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.54 | Stand ranks of people, and they cry ‘ A sail!’ | Stand rankes of People, and they cry, a Saile. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.78 | And swell his sail with thine own powerful breath, | And swell his Saile with thine owne powrefull breath, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.93 | (Cry within) ‘ A sail, a sail!’ | Within. A Saile, a Saile. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.93.2 | But hark, a sail! | But hearke, a Saile. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.266 | And very sea-mark of my utmost sail. | And verie Sea-marke of my vtmost Saile. |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.61 | A portly sail of ships make hitherward. | a portlie saile of ships make hitherward. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.20 | That horse and sail and high expense | That horse and sayle and hie expence, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.2 | Sail seas in cockles, have and wish but for't, | Saile seas in Cockles, haue and wish but fort, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.527 | Hoised sail, and made his course again for Britain. | Hoys'd sayle, and made his course againe for Brittaine. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.113 | Direct my sail! On, lusty gentlemen! | Direct my sute: on lustie Gentlemen. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.99 | A sail, a sail! | A sayle, a sayle. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.147 | Nor tackle, sail, nor mast. The very rats | Nor tackle, sayle, nor mast, the very rats |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.316 | And sail so expeditious, that shall catch | And saile, so expeditious, that shall catch |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.35 | How many shallow bauble boats dare sail | How many shallow bauble Boates dare saile |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.263 | Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep. | Light Botes may saile swift, though greater bulkes draw deepe. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.194 | Will you hoist sail, sir? | Will you hoyst sayle sir, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.66 | Like tall ships under sail; then start amongst 'em | Like tall Ships under saile: then start among'st 'em |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iv.14 | A carrack of a cockleshell, and sail | A Carecke of a Cockle shell, and sayle |