| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.323 | Hal, I was not an eagle's talon in the waist – I could have | (Hal) I was not an Eagles Talent in the Waste, I could haue |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.196 | Is Beaufort termed a kite? Where are his talons? | Is Beauford tearm'd a Kyte? where are his Tallons? |
| 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, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.80 | The let-alone lies not in your good will. | The let alone lies not in your good will. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.48 | Seize with thine eagle's talons. | ceaze with thine Eagles talents. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.41 | The beaks of ravens, talons of the kites, | The Beakes of Ravens, Tallents of the Kights, |