| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.48 | Swift, swift, you dragons of the night, that dawning | Swift, swift, you Dragons of the night, that dawning |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.161 | This bird of dawning singeth all night long. | The Bird of Dawning singeth all night long: |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.128 | for the dawning as we do. | for the Dawning, as wee doe. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.267 | Sleeps in Elysium; next day after dawn | Sleepes in Elizium: next day after dawne, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.1 | Good dawning to thee, friend. Art of this house? | Good dawning to thee Friend, art of this house? |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.91 | As near the dawning, provost, as it is, | As neere the dawning Prouost, as it is, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.203 | away, it is almost clear dawn. | away, it is almost cleere dawne. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.10 | But dawning day new comfort hath inspired. | But dawning day new comfort hath inspir'd. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.36 | Calls in the dawn. All offices are done, | Calls in the dawne; all offices are done |