| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.33 | There would he anchor his aspect, and die | There would he anchor his Aspect, and dye |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.13 | Say Warwick was our anchor; what of that? | Say Warwicke was our Anchor: what of that? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.16 | Why, is not Oxford here another anchor? | Why is not Oxford here, another Anchor? |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.86 | Did break from anchor straight, and, puffed with rage | Did breake from Anchor straight, and puft with rage, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.47 | The anchor is deep. Will that humour pass? | The Anchor is deepe: will that humor passe? |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.V.16 | Suppose him now at anchor. The city strived | Suppose him now at Anchor: the Citie striu'de |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.38 | Then is all safe, the anchor in the port. | Then is all safe, the Anchor's in the Port. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.213 | You had much ado to make his anchor hold: | You had much adoe to make his Anchor hold, |