| 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 II.vi.68 | And I have heard Apollodorus carried – | And I haue heard Appolodorus carried--- |
| 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? |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.209 | polled. | poul'd. |
| 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.63 | He smote the sledded pole-axe on the ice. | He smot the sledded Pollax on the Ice. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.57 | Have you your father's leave? What says Polonius? | Haue you your Fathers leaue? / What sayes Pollonius? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.196 | All flaxen was his poll. | All Flaxen was his Pole: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.235 | And from her fair and unpolluted flesh | And from her faire and vnpolluted flesh, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.254 | his poll clawed like a parrot. | his Poll claw'd like a Parrot. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.146 | And it proceeds from policy, not love. | And it proceedes from Pollicy, not Loue. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.24 | O polished perturbation! Golden care! | O pollish'd Perturbation! Golden Care! |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.45 | Turn him to any cause of policy, | Turne him to any Cause of Pollicy, |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.14 | Shake in their fear, and with pale policy | Shake in their feare, and with pale Pollicy |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.101 | With silence, nephew, be thou politic. | With silence, Nephew, be thou pollitick, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.2 | Through which our policy must make a breach. | Through which our Pollicy must make a breach. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.12 | Search out thy wit for secret policies, | Search out thy wit for secret pollicies, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.43 | But you, that are polluted with your lusts, | But you that are polluted with your lustes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.23 | Me seemeth then it is no policy, | Me seemeth then, it is no Pollicie, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.235 | That he should die is worthy policy; | That he should dye, is worthie pollicie, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.238 | But in my mind that were no policy. | But in my minde, that were no pollicie: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.293 | If York, with all his far-fet policy, | If Yorke, with all his farre-fet pollicie, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.58 | With powerful policy strengthen themselves, | With powrefull Pollicie strengthen themselues, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.434 | Than the polluted closet of a king; | Then the polluted closet of a king, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.17 | It shall be so, this policy will serve. – | It shal be so, this pollicy will serue, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.160.1 | Now by Apollo – | Now by Apollo, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.160.2 | Now by Apollo, King, | Now by Apollo, King |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.46 | What says the fellow there? Call the clotpoll back. | What saies the Fellow there? Call the Clotpole backe: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.47 | And I say the pollution holds in the exchange, for | And I say the polusion holds in the Exchange: for |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.319 | As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair. | As bright Apollo's Lute, strung with his haire. |
| 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.920 | of Apollo. You that way; we this way. | of Apollo: You that way; we this way. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.183 | To such abhorred pollution. | To such abhord pollution. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.231 | Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase; | Apollo flies and Daphne holds the chase; |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.65 | Apollo, perfect me in the characters! | Apollo, perfect mee in the Characters: |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.84 | That were some love, but little policy. | That were some Loue, but little Pollicy. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.34 | Wilt thou have music? Hark, Apollo plays, | Wilt thou haue Musicke? Harke Apollo plaies, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.58 | And at that sight shall sad Apollo weep, | And at that sight shal sad Apollo weepe, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.285 | If she be curst, it is for policy, | If she be curst, it is for pollicie, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.111 | You loggerheaded and unpolished grooms! | You logger-headed and vnpollisht groomes: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.104 | 'Tis policy and stratagem must do | 'Tis pollicie, and stratageme must doe |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.65 | Apollo, Pallas, Jove or Mercury | Appollo, Pallas, Ioue, or Mercury, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.147 | O Lord, sir, 'tis a deed of policy. | O Lord sir, 'tis a deed of pollicie? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.54 | ‘ Ad Jovem ’, that's for you. Here, ‘ Ad Apollinem ’; | Ad Iouem, that's for you: here ad Appollonem, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.15 | This ‘ To Apollo,’ this ‘ To the god of war ’ – | This to Apollo, this to the God of warre: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.100 | Tell me, Apollo, for thy Daphne's love, | Tell me Apollo for thy Daphnes Loue |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.328 | As banks of Libya – though, Apollo knows, | As bankes of Lybia, though (Apollo knowes) |
| 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 |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.80 | Wrinkles Apollo's, and makes stale the morning. | Wrinkles Apolloes, and makes stale the morning. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.304 | Apollo get his sinews to make catlings on. | Apollo get his sinewes to make catlings on. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.19 | With all my force, pursuit, and policy. | With all my force, pursuite and pollicy. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.17 | They are polluted offerings, more abhorred | They are polluted offrings, more abhord |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.9 | O'th't' other side, the policy of those crafty-swearing | O'th'tother side, the pollicie of those craftie swearing |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.12 | worth a blackberry. They set me up in policy that | worth a Black-berry. They set me vp in pollicy, that |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.16 | begin to proclaim barbarism, and policy grows | began to proclaime barbarisme; and pollicie growes |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.50 | Doth oft close in pollution, yet of thee | Doth oft close in pollution: yet of thee |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.46 | And great Apollo's mercy, all our best | And great Appollos mercy, all our best, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.83 | Before Apollo; that mayst force the king | Before Apollo; that may'st force the King |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.85 | Stale gravity to dance; the polled bachelor, | Stale gravitie to daunce, the pould Bachelour |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.183 | To sacred Delphos, to Apollo's temple, | To sacred Delphos, to Appollo's Temple, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.199 | The great Apollo suddenly will have | The great Apollo suddenly will haue |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.14.2 | Great Apollo | Great Apollo |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.19 | Thus by Apollo's great divine sealed up, | (Thus by Apollo's great Diuine seal'd vp) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.115.1 | Apollo be my judge! | Apollo be my Iudge. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.117 | And in Apollo's name, his oracle. | (And in Apollo's Name) his Oracle. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.127 | Of great Apollo's priest; and that since then | Of great Apollo's Priest; and that since then, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.135.1 | Now blessed be the great Apollo! | Now blessed be the great Apollo. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.144 | Apollo's angry, and the heavens themselves | Apollo's angry, and the Heauens themselues |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.151.2 | Apollo, pardon | Apollo pardon |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.42 | Apollo would, this being indeed the issue | Apollo would (this being indeede the issue |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.30 | Golden Apollo, a poor, humble swain, | Golden Apollo, a poore humble Swaine, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.37 | For has not the divine Apollo said, | For ha's not the Diuine Apollo said? |