| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.67 | Be this sweet Helen's knell, and now forget her. | Be this sweet Helens knell, and now forget her. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.21 | a knell, and his hum is a battery. He sits in his state as | a knell, and his hum is a Battery. He sits in his State, as |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.32 | His knell rung out, his judgement, he was stirred | His Knell rung out, his Iudgement, he was stir'd |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.79 | I named my knell, whilst I sit meditating | I nam'd my Knell; whil'st I sit meditating |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.27 | Is as a mournful knell to one dead sick. | Is as a morneful knell to one dead sicke. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.146 | Anon the death-procuring knell begins: | Anon the death procuring knell begins, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.172 | His knell, the groaning cries of dying men; | His knell the groning cryes of dying men, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.63 | Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell | Heare it not, Duncan, for it is a Knell, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.170 | A modern ecstasy. The dead man's knell | A Moderne extasie: The Deadmans knell, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.89.1 | And so, his knell is knolled. | And so his Knell is knoll'd. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.70 | Let us all ring fancy's knell. | Let vs all ring Fancies knell. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.403 | Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: | Sea-Nimphs hourly ring his knell. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.26 | As 'twere a knell unto our master's fortunes, | As 'twere a Knell vnto our Masters Fortunes, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.190 | Will be my knell. Go play, boy, play. There have been, | Will be my Knell. Goe play (Boy) play, there haue been |