| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.165 | not to fifteen thousand poll; half of the which dare not | not to fifteene thousand pole, halfe of the which, dare not |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.74 | Of Comagene; Polemon and Amyntas, | Of Comageat, Polemen and Amintas, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.65 | The soldier's pole is fall'n; young boys and girls | The Souldiers pole is falne: young Boyes and Gyrles |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.134 | We are the greater poll, and in true fear | We are the greater pole, and in true feare |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.10.1 | Set down by th' poll? | set downe by'th Pole? |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.184 | I have sent Cloten's clotpoll down the stream, | I haue sent Clotens Clot-pole downe the streame, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.36 | When yond same star that's westward from the pole | When yond same Starre that's Westward from the Pole |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.63 | He smote the sledded pole-axe on the ice. | He smot the sledded Pollax on the Ice. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.63 | To be a preparation 'gainst the Polack, | To be a preparation 'gainst the Poleak: |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.75 | So levied as before, against the Polack, | So leuied as before, against the Poleak: |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.21 | Nor will it yield to Norway or the Pole | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.196 | All flaxen was his poll. | All Flaxen was his Pole: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.78 | Proud Pole, I will, and scorn both him and thee. | Prowd Poole, I will, and scorne both him and thee. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.80 | Away, away, good William de la Pole! | Away, away, good William de la Poole, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.100 | For your partaker Pole, and you yourself, | For your partaker Poole, and you your selfe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.114 | Have with thee, Pole. Farewell, ambitious Richard. | Haue with thee Poole: Farwell ambitious Richard. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.122 | Against proud Somerset and William Pole, | Against prowd Somerset, and William Poole, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.67 | Fie, de la Pole, disable not thyself. | Fye De la Pole, disable not thy selfe: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.44 | French King Charles and William de la Pole, Marquess of | French K. Charles, and William de la Pole Marquesse of |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.30 | And William de la Pole, first Duke of Suffolk. | And William de la Pole first Duke of Suffolke. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.48 | I tell thee, Pole, when in the city Tours | I tell thee Poole, when in the Citie Tours |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.45 | The Duke of Suffolk, William de la Pole. | The Duke of Suffolke, William de la Pole. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.129 | And sooner dance upon a bloody pole | And sooner dance vpon a bloody pole, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.89 | pole or no. Take him away and behead him. | pole, or no: Take him away, and behead him. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.105 | upon two poles hither. | vppon two poles hither. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.122.2 | two poles | |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.46 | What says the fellow there? Call the clotpoll back. | What saies the Fellow there? Call the Clotpole backe: |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.124 | the todpole, the wall-newt and the water; that in the | the Tod-pole, the wall-Neut, and the water: that in the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.574 | pole-axe sitting on a close-stool, will be given to Ajax. | Pollax sitting on a close stoole, will be giuen to Aiax. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.690 | By the north pole, I do challenge thee. | By the North-pole I do challenge thee. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.691 | I will not fight with a pole like a northern man. | I wil not fight with a pole like a Northern man; |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.65 | Painted upon a pole, and underwrit, | Painted vpon a pole, and vnder-writ, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.26 | Polecats! There are fairer things | Powlcats? there are fairer things |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.27 | than polecats, sure. | then Powlcats, sure. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.174 | polecat, you ronyon! Out, out! I'll conjure you, I'll | Poulcat, you Runnion, out, out: Ile coniure you, Ile |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.296 | How low am I, thou painted maypole? Speak! | How low am I, thou painted May-pole? Speake, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.15 | And quench the guards of th' ever-fixed Pole. | And quench the Guards of th'euer-fixed Pole: |
| Pericles | Per II.i.100 | Pentapolis, and our king the good Simonides. | Pantapoles, / And our King, the good Symonides. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.68 | Being lass-lorn: thy pole-clipt vineyard, | Being lasse-lorne: thy pole-clipt vineyard, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.84 | I'll broach the tadpole on my rapier's point. | Ile broach the Tadpole on my Rapiers point: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.116 | I will see you hanged like clotpolls ere I | I will see you hang'd like Clotpoles ere I |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.186 | in the youth; he will find it comes from a clodpole. But, | in the youth: he will finde it comes from a Clodde-pole. But |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.144 | For a maypole, and again, | For a Maypole, and againe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.151 | And here's something to paint your pole withal. | And heer's something to paint your Pole withall. |