| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.36 | And like the tyrannous breathing of the north. | And like the Tyrannous breathing of the North, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.458 | That lend a tyrannous and a damned light | That lend a tyrannous, and damned light |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.48 | And in thy tyrannous proceeding slay | And in thy tyranous proceeding slay, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.144 | And let this tyrannous night take hold upon you, | And let this Tyrannous night take hold vpon you, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.108 | To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous | To haue a Giants strength: but it is tyrannous |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.81 | Which he corrects, then were he tyrannous, | Which he corrects, then were he tirrannous, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.446 | To tyrannous hate! Swell, bosom, with thy fraught, | To tyrannous Hate. Swell bosome with thy fraught, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.84 | I knew him tyrannous, and tyrants' fears | I knew him tyrannous, and tyrants feare |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.1 | The tyrannous and bloody act is done, | The tyrannous and bloodie Act is done, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.170 | Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof! | Should be so tyrannous and rough in proofe. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.117 | That tyrannous heart can think? To one of your receiving | That tyrannous heart can think? To one of your receiuing |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.146 | 'Tis pity love should be so tyrannous. | Tis pitty Love should be so tyrannous: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.28 | Fear you his tyrannous passion more, alas, | Feare you his tyrannous passion more (alas) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.5 | Of being tyrannous, since we so openly | Of being tyrannous, since we so openly |