| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.281 | is reputed one of the best that is. In a retreat he outruns | is reputed one of the best that is. In a retreate hee outrunnes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vii.8 | Retreat sounded far off | Far off. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.157 | retreat, though not with bag and baggage, yet with | retreit, though not with bagge and baggage, yet with |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.1.1 | Flourish. Alarum. A retreat is sounded. Enter, at one | Flourish. Alarum. A Retreat is sounded. Enter at one |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.158.1 | A retreat is sounded | A Retreat is sounded. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.158 | The trumpet sounds retreat, the day is ours. | The Trumpets sound Retreat, the day is ours: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.260 | edge of a penknife. And for a retreat, how swiftly will | edge of a Pen-knife: and for a Retrait, how swiftly will |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.24.1 | Retreat sounded | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.71 | Retreat is made and execution stayed. | Retreat is made, and Execution stay'd. |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.86 | give over, the trompet sound the retreat. By my hand | giue ouer, the Trompet sound the Retreat. By my Hand |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.39 | Exit Talbot. Alarum. Retreat | Exit Talbot. Alarum, Retreat, Flourish. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.3 | Here sound retreat and cease our hot pursuit. | Here sound Retreat, and cease our hot pursuit. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.4 | Retreat sounded | Retreat. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.110 | Retreat. Excursions. Pucelle, Alençon, and Charles | Retreat. Excursions. Pucell, Alanson, and Charles |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.1.1 | Alarum and retreat. Enter again Cade and all his | Alarum, and Retreat. Enter againe Cade, and all his |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.4 | sound retreat or parley, when I command them kill? | sound Retreat or Parley / When I command them kill? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.iii.1.1 | Alarum. Retreat. Enter York, Richard, Warwick, | Alarum. Retreat. Enter Yorke, Richard, Warwicke, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.5 | Whose warlike ears could never brook retreat, | Whose Warlike eares could neuer brooke retreat, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.31.2 | Alarum and retreat. Enter Edward, Richard, George, | Alarum & Retreat. Enter Edward, Warwicke, Richard, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.82.1 | Alarums, retreat, excursions. Exeunt | Alarum, Retreat, Excursions. Exeunt. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.52.3 | Retreat | Retreat. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.132 | Retreat | Retreate. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.132 | Retreat is sounded; one side hath the worse. | Retreae is sounded, one side hath the worse, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.18.1 | Sound retreat | sound Retreat. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.70.1 | Retreat sounded | |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.71 | The dismal charge of trumpets' loud retreat. | The dismall charge of Trumpets loud retreat: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.1.1 | Enter Prince Edward, King John, Charles, and all, with ensigns spread. Retreat sounded | Enter prince Edward, king Iohn, Charles, and all with Ensignes spred. Retreat sounded. |
| King John | KJ III.iii.1.1 | Alarums, excursions, retreat. Enter King John, | Alarums, excursions, Retreat. Enter Iohn |
| King Lear | KL V.ii.5 | Alarum and retreat within. Enter Edgar | Alarum and Retreat within. Enter Edgar. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.73.3 | Retreat and flourish. Enter with drum and colours | Retreat, and Flourish. Enter with Drumme and Colours, |
| Richard III | R3 V.v.1.3 | Retreat and flourish. Enter Richmond, the Earl of | Retreat, and Flourish. Enter Richmond, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.178.1 | Sound a retreat | |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.145 | Sound a retreat | Sounda retreat. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.viii.15.1 | A retreat sounded | Retreat. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.viii.15 | Hark, a retire upon our Grecian part. | Harke, a retreat vpon our Grecian part. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ix.1.1 | Enter Agamemnon, Ajax, Menelaus, Nestor, | Sound Retreat. Shout. Enter Agamemnon, Aiax, Menelaus, Nestor, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.1.1.1 | Cornets. A battle struck within; then a retreat. | Cornets. A Battaile strooke withim: Then a Retrait: |