| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.107 | It is a basilisk unto mine eye, | It is a Basiliske vnto mine eye, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.55 | Of basilisks, of cannon, culverin, | Of Basiliskes, of Canon, Culuerin, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.17 | The fatal balls of murdering basilisks. | The fatall Balls of murthering Basiliskes: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.52 | Yet do not go away; come, basilisk, | Yet doe not goe away: come Basiliske, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.324 | Their chiefest prospect, murdering basilisks! | Their cheefest Prospect, murd'ring Basiliskes: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.187 | I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk; | Ile slay more gazers then the Basiliske, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.150 | Would they were basilisks to strike thee dead! | Would they were Basiliskes, to strike thee dead. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.388 | Make me not sighted like the basilisk. | Make me not sighted like the Basilisque. |