| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.103 | and nod at every man. | and nod at euerie man. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.47 | Say thou, shall call her mistress.’ So he nodded, | (Say thou) shall call her Mistris. So he nodded, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.66 | Hath nodded him to her. He hath given his empire | Hath nodded him to her. He hath giuen his Empire |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.5.1 | All the whole synod of them! | all the whol synod of them! |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.6 | With trees upon't that nod unto the world | With Trees vpon't, that nodde vnto the world, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.146 | By heavenly synod was devised, | by Heauenly Synode was deuis'd, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.13 | It hath in solemn synods been decreed | It hath in solemne Synodes beene decreed, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.98 | hat than my heart, I will practise the insinuating nod and | Hat, then my Heart, I will practice the insinuating nod, and |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.126 | Your enemies, with nodding of their plumes, | Your Enemies, with nodding of their Plumes |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.66 | hourly synod about thy particular prosperity and love | hourely Synod about thy particular prosperity, and loue |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.31 | In supplication nod, and my young boy | In supplication Nod: and my yong Boy |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.89 | To th' shining synod of the rest | To'th'shining Synod of the rest, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.492 | In general synod, take away her power! | In generall Synod take away her power: |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.11 | Which, as her winks and nods and gestures yield them, | Which as her winkes, and nods, and gestures yeeld them, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.22 | And nod their heads and throw their eyes on thee. | And nodde their heads, and throw their eyes on thee. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.87 | Nay, he nods at us as who should say ‘I'll be even | Nay, he noddes at vs, as who should say, Ile be euen |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.118 | If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. | If Casar carelesly but nod on him. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.269 | If thou dost nod, thou break'st thy instrument; | If thou do'st nod, thou break'st thy Instrument, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.192 | With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes. | With wrinkled browes, with nods, with rolling eyes. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.69 | Why, what care I if thou canst nod! Speak, too! | Why what care I, if thou canst nod, speake too. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.114 | Well, I will smite his noddles. Pray you follow. | Well, I will smite his noddles: pray you follow. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.250 | Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, | Where Oxslips and the nodding Violet growes, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.169 | Nod to him, elves, and do him courtesies. | Nod to him Elues, and doe him curtesies. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.49 | Duck with French nods and apish courtesy, | Ducke with French nods, and Apish curtesie, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.100 | Ready with every nod to tumble down | Readie with euery Nod to tumble downe, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.64 | To comb your noddle with a three-legged stool, | To combe your noddle with a three-legg'd stoole, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.246 | My lord, you nod, you do not mind the play. | My Lord you nod, you do not minde the play. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.192 | And if she chance to nod I'll rail and brawl, | And if she chance to nod, Ile raile and brawle, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.64 | Most rich in Timon's nod. | Most rich in Timons nod. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.217 | With certain half-caps and cold-moving nods | With certaine halfe-caps, and cold mouing nods, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.43 | Nor wink, nor nod, nor kneel, nor make a sign, | Nor winke, nor nod, nor kneele, nor make a signe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.194 | you Troilus anon; if he see me, you shall see him nod at | you Troylus anon, if hee see me, you shall see him him nod at |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.196 | Will he give you the nod? | Will he giue you the nod? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.111 | Speed nods | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.111 | A nod? | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.113 | Nod-ay? Why, that's noddy. | Nod-I, why that's noddy. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.114 | You mistook, sir. I say she did nod; and you ask | You mistooke Sir: I say she did nod; / And you aske |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.115 | me if she did nod, and I say ‘ Ay.’ | me if she did nod, and I say I. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.116 | And that set together is ‘ noddy.’ | And that set together is noddy. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.123 | but the word ‘ noddy ’ for my pains. | but the word noddy for my paines. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.176 | Able to lock Jove from a synod, shall | Able to locke Iove from a Synod, shall |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.15 | And many figures; he hears, and nods, and hums, | and many figures, he heares, and nods, and hums, |