| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.3 | Come, good fellow, put thine iron on. | Come good Fellow, put thine Iron on, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.84 | Go, get thee gone. Fetch me an iron crow. | Go, get thee gon, fetch me an iron Crow. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.v.6 | Irons of a doit, doublets that hangmen would | Irons of a Doit, Dublets that Hangmen would |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.226 | world again. This peace is nothing but to rust iron, | World againe: / This peace is nothing, but to rust Iron, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.88 | With golden cherubins is fretted. Her andirons – | With golden Cherubins is fretted. Her Andirons |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.40 | Nor iron on his heel! I am ashamed | Nor Iron on his heele? I am asham'd |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.50 | And heard thee murmur tales of iron wars, | And heard thee murmore tales of Iron Warres: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.150 | Now bind my brows with iron, and approach | Now binde my Browes with Iron and approach |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.8 | Than now to see you here an iron man, | Then now to see you heere an Iron man |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.97 | and dull and crudy vapours which environ it, makes it | and dull, and cruddie Vapours, which enuiron it: makes it |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.16 | and plough-irons. | And Plough-Irons. |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.7 | iron. It is a simple one, but what though? it will toast | yron: it is a simple one, but what though? It will toste |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.146 | great meals of beef, and iron and steel; they will eat | great Meales of Beefe, and Iron and Steele; they will eate |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.225 | outside, with an aspect of iron, that when I come to woo | out-side, with an aspect of Iron, that when I come to wooe |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.101 | Out of a great deal of old iron I chose forth. | Out of a great deale of old Iron, I chose forth. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.10 | Wont through a secret grate of iron bars | Went through a secret Grate of Iron Barres, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.49 | In iron walls they deemed me not secure; | In Iron Walls they deem'd me not secure: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.20 | Who now is girdled with a waist of iron | Who now is girdled with a waste of Iron, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.90 | Environ you, till mischief and despair | Inuiron you, till Mischeefe and Dispaire, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.27 | him; but I'll make thee eat iron like an ostrich, and | him, but Ile make thee eate Iron like an Ostridge, and |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.242 | The trembling lamb environed with wolves. | The trembling Lambe, inuironned with Wolues. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.50 | Environed he was with many foes, | Enuironed he was with many foes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.139 | Iron of Naples hid with English gilt, | Iron of Naples, hid with English gilt, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iv.4 | Wert thou environed with a brazen wall. | Wer't thou inuiron'd with a Brazen wall. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.49 | Nay, when? Strike now, or else the iron cools. | Nay when? strike now, or else the Iron cooles. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.424 | Bear witness, all that have not hearts of iron, | Beare witnesse, all that haue not hearts of Iron, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.94 | Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, | Nor ayre-lesse Dungeon, nor strong Linkes of Iron, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.144 | These iron-hearted navies, | These Iron harted Nauies, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.129 | And stratagems forepast with iron pens | And stratagems forepast with yron pens, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.120 | Hooped with a bond of iron round about. | Hoopt with a bond ofyron round about, |
| King John | KJ II.i.212 | Their iron indignation 'gainst your walls. | Their Iron indignation 'gainst your walles: |
| King John | KJ III.iii.38 | Did with his iron tongue and brazen mouth | Did with his yron tongue, and brazen mouth |
| King John | KJ IV.i.1 | Heat me these irons hot, and look thou stand | Heate me these Irons hot, and looke thou stand |
| King John | KJ IV.i.39 | Must you with hot irons burn out both mine eyes? | Must you with hot Irons, burne out both mine eyes? |
| King John | KJ IV.i.59 | And with hot irons must I burn them out. | And with hot Irons must I burne them out. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.60 | Ah, none but in this iron age would do it! | Ah, none but in this Iron Age, would do it: |
| King John | KJ IV.i.61 | The iron of itself, though heat red-hot, | The Iron of it selfe, though heate red hot, |
| 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.i.71 | The executioners come forward with ropes and irons | |
| King John | KJ IV.i.74 | Give me the iron, I say, and bind him here. | Giue me the Iron I say, and binde him heere. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.81 | Nor look upon the iron angerly. | Nor looke vpon the Iron angerly: |
| King John | KJ IV.i.119 | That mercy which fierce fire and iron extends – | That mercie, which fierce fire, and Iron extends, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.124 | With this same very iron to burn them out. | With this same very Iron, to burne them out. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.194 | The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, | The whilst his Iron did on the Anuile coole, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.99 | Or I'll so maul you and your toasting-iron | Or Ile so maule you, and your tosting-Iron, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.196 | But yet you draw not iron: for my heart | But yet you draw not Iron, for my heart |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.353 | The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. | The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelue. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.149 | Which was before barred up with ribs of iron! | Which was before barr'd vp with ribs of iron. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.232 | Runs not this speech like iron through your blood? | Runs not this speech like yron through your bloud? |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.36 | The fifth, an hand environed with clouds, | The fift, an Hand enuironed with Clouds, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.136 | And grating shock of wrathful iron arms, | And grating shocke of wrathfull yron Armes, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.59 | Environed me, and howled in mine ears | Inuiron'd me, and howled in mine eares |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.28 | I will converse with iron-witted fools | I will conuerse with Iron-witted Fooles, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.111 | Put in their hands Thy bruising irons of wrath, | Put in their hands thy bruising Irons of wrath, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.50 | Environed with all these hideous fears, | Inuironed with all these hidious feares, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.123 | with an iron wit, and put up my iron dagger. Answer me | with an yron wit, / And put vp my yron Dagger. / Answere me |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.21 | Get me an iron crow and bring it straight | Get me an Iron Crow, and bring it straight |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.22.2 | and a crow of iron | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.22 | Give me that mattock and the wrenching iron. | Giue me that Mattocke, & the wrenching Iron, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.146 | Iron may hold with her, but never lutes. | Iron may hold with her, but neuer Lutes. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.84 | Like all mankind, show me an iron heart? | (Like all Mankinde) shew me an Iron heart? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.51 | The fellow loaden with irons wiser than the judge, | The fellow loaden with Irons, wiser then the Iudge? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.73.6 | Alarbus, Chiron and Demetrius, with Aaron the Moor, | Chiron and Demetrius, with Aaron the Moore, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.285 | Exeunt Tamora, Demetrius, Chiron and attendants | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.26.1 | Enter Chiron and Demetrius braving | Enter Chiron and Demetrius brauing. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.26 | Chiron, thy years want wit, thy wit wants edge | Chiron thy yeres wants wit, thy wit wants edge |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.11.3 | Chiron, Demetrius, and their attendants | Chiron, Demetrius, and their Attendants. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.25 | (to Chiron) | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.25 | Chiron, we hunt not, we, with horse nor hound, | Chiron we hunt not we, with Horse nor Hound |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.89 | Enter Chiron and Demetrius | Enter Chiron and Demetrius. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.146 | (To Chiron) Yet every mother breeds not sons alike: | Yet euery Mother breeds not Sonnes alike, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.187 | Exeunt Chiron and Demetrius with Lavinia | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.1.1 | Enter the Empress' sons, Chiron and Demetrius, with | Enter the Empresse Sonnes, with |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.10 | Exeunt Chiron and Demetrius | Exeunt. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.94 | Environed with a wilderness of sea, | Inuiron'd with a wildernesse of Sea. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.77 | ‘ Stuprum – Chiron – Demetrius.’ | Stuprum, Chiron, Demetrius. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.1.1 | Enter Aaron, Chiron, and Demetrius at one door; and | Enter Aron, Chiron and Demetrius at one dore: and |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.32 | (To Chiron and Demetrius) | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.170 | Exeunt Chiron and Demetrius with the Nurse's body | Exeunt. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.1.1 | Enter Emperor and Empress and her two sons, Chiron | Enter Emperour and Empresse, and her two sonnes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.1.2 | Chiron as Rape and Demetrius as Murder | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.101 | (To Chiron) | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.153 | The Empress' sons, I take them: Chiron, Demetrius. | The Empresse Sonnes / I take them, Chiron, Demetrius. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.163.1 | Publius, Caius and Valentine bind and gag Chiron | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.168 | O villains, Chiron and Demetrius, | Oh Villaines, Chiron, and Demetrius, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.55 | Not I, 'twas Chiron and Demetrius: | Not I, 'twas Chiron and Demetrius, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.96 | That Chiron and the damned Demetrius | That cursed Chiron and Demetrius |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.16 | fly from a spider without drawing their massy irons and | Flye from a Spider, without drawing the massie Irons and |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.177 | As iron to adamant, as earth to th' centre – | As Iron to Adamant: as Earth to th'Center: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.246 | or forswear to wear iron about you. | or forsweare to weare iron about you. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.38 | young soldier, put up your iron; you are well fleshed. | yong souldier put vp your yron: you are well flesh'd: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.16 | If ever danger do environ thee – | (If euer danger doe enuiron thee) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.327.1 | I'll clap more irons on you. | Ile clap more yrons on you. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.8 | His iron bracelets are not off. O love, | His yron bracelets are not off. O Love |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.10 | Durst better have endured cold iron than done it. | Durst better have indur'd cold yron, than done it: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.60 | His own hooves made – for, as they say, from iron | His owne hoofes made; (for as they say from iron |