| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.7 | The fugitive Parthians follow. Spur through Media, | The Fugitiue Parthians follow. Spurre through Media, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.33.1 | I may spur on my journey. | I may spurre on my iourney. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.99.1 | What both you spur and stop. | What both you spur and stop. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.33 | And spur my dull revenge! What is a man, | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.42 | And that young Harry Percy's spur was cold. | And that yong Harry Percies Spurre was cold. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.49 | Said he young Harry Percy's spur was cold? | Said he yong Harrie Percyes Spurre was cold? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.117 | Their neighing coursers daring of the spur, | Their neighing Coursers daring of the Spurre, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.6 | From helmet to the spur all blood he was. | From Helmet to the spurre, all blood he was. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.19 | Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot, | Spurre to the rescue of the Noble Talbot, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.23 | But stop their mouths with stubborn bits and spur 'em | But stop their mouthes with stubborn Bits & spurre'em, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.123 | What need we any spur but our own cause | What neede we any spurre, but our owne cause |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.25 | But when they should endure the bloody spur, | But when they should endure the bloody Spurre, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.29 | With horsemen, that make to him on the spur, | With Horsemen, that make to him on the Spurre, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.87 | Or, coldly negligent, did need a spur, | Or coldly negligent did need a spurre, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.121 | After which sight, to Calais spur amain, | After which sight to Callice spurre amaine, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.114.2 | Berowne and Rosaline converse apart | [Q1] BEROWNE Did not I dance with you in Brabant once? KATHER. Did not I dance with you in Brabant once? BEROWNE I know you did. KATH. How needles was it then to aske the question? BEROWNE You must not be so quicke. KATH. Tis long of you that spur me with such questions. BEROWNE Your wit's too hot, it speedes too fast, twill tire. KATH. Not till it leaue the rider in the mire. BEROWNE What time a day? KATH. The houre that fooles should aske. BEROWNE Now faire befall your maske. KATH. Faire fall the face it couers. BEROWNE And send you manie louers. KATH. Amen, so you be none. BEROWNE Nay then will I be gone. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.23 | And his great love, sharp as his spur, hath holp him | And his great Loue (sharpe as his Spurre) hath holp him |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.25 | That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur | That teares shall drowne the winde. I haue no Spurre |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.161 | He can command, lets it straight feel the spur; | He can command; lets it strait feele the spur: |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.23 | But if to that my nature need a spur, | but if to that, / My nature neede a spurre, |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.9 | Finds brotherhood in thee no sharper spur? | Findes brotherhood in thee no sharper spurre? |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.53 | And spur thee on with full as many lies | |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.72 | How fondly dost thou spur a forward horse! | How fondly do'st thou spurre a forward Horse? |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.113 | Spur, post, and get before him to the King, | Spurre post, and get before him to the King, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.341 | Spur your proud horses hard, and ride in blood! | Spurre your proud Horses hard, and ride in blood, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.66 | Each man to his stool, with that spur as he would | Each man to his stoole, with that spurre as hee would |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.201 | A spur to valiant and magnanimous deeds, | A spurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.186 | As hot as Perseus, spur thy Phrygian steed, | As hot as Perseus, spurre thy Phrygian Steed, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.48 | Spur them to ruthful work, rein them from ruth! | Spur them to ruthfull worke, reine them from ruth. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.5 | More sharp than filed steel, did spur me forth, | (More sharpe then filed steele) did spurre me forth, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.i.6 | So much they spur their expedition. | So much they spur their expedition. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.106 | Yet pardon me hard language; when I spur | Yet pardon me hard language, when I spur |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.116 | Did spur a noble steed; surely, the gods | Did spur a noble Steed: Surely the gods |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.96 | With spur we heat an acre. But to th' goal: | With Spur we heat an Acre. But to th' Goale: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.187 | Shall stop or spur me. Have I done well? | Shall stop, or spurre me. Haue I done well? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.9 | is another spur to my departure. | is another spurre to my departure. |