| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.210 | With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers shall | With greazie Aprons, Rules, and Hammers shall |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.487 | And never did the Cyclops' hammers fall | And neuer did the Cyclops hammers fall |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.255 | discharge you, with the motion of a pewterer's hammer, | discharge you, with the motion of a Pewterers Hammer: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.13 | With busy hammers closing rivets up, | With busie Hammers closing Riuets vp, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.47 | And wilt thou still be hammering treachery, | And wilt thou still be hammering Treachery, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.75 | Will, thou shalt have my hammer; and here, Tom, | Will, thou shalt haue my Hammer: and here Tom, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.67 | Are you more stubborn-hard than hammered iron? | Are you more stubborne hard, then hammer'd Iron? |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.193 | I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, | I saw a Smith stand with his hammer (thus) |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.5 | I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out. | I cannot do it: yet Ile hammer't out. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.39 | Blood and revenge are hammering in my head. | Blood, and reuenge, are Hammering in my head. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.18 | Whereon this month I have been hammering. | Whereon, this month I haue bin hamering. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.49 | Who but today hammered of this design, | Who, but to day hammered of this designe, |