| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.196 | The dove will peck the estridge; and I see still | The Doue will pecke the Estridge; and I see still |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.139.1 | The crows to peck the eagles. | The Crowes to pecke the Eagles. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.93 | What crows have pecked them here: he brags his service | What Crows haue peckt them here: he brags his seruice |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.41 | So doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons; | So Doues doe peck the Faulcons piercing Tallons, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.18 | And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood. | And Doues will pecke in safegard of their Brood. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.219.1 | One Gilbert Perk, his chancellor – | One Gilbert Pecke, his Councellour. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.20 | Sir Gilbert Perk his chancellor, and John Car, | Sir Gilbert Pecke his Chancellour, and Iohn Car, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.89 | I'll peck you o'er the pales else. | Ile pecke you o're the pales else. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.231 | the sixth hour; when beasts most graze, birds best peck, | thesixt houre, When beasts most grase, birds best pecke, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.315 | This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons peas, | This fellow pickes vp wit as Pigeons pease, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.102 | of a peck, hilt to point, heel to head; and then, to | of a Pecke, hilt to point, heele to head. And then to |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.31 | Truly, a peck of provender. I could munch your | Truly a pecke of Prouender; I could munch your |
| Othello | Oth I.i.66 | For daws to peck at – I am not what I am. | For Dawes to pecke at; I am not what I am. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.42 | And pecks of crows in the foul fields of Thebes. | And pecks of Crowes, in the fowle feilds of Thebs. |