| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.113 | The anvil of my sword, and do contest | The Anuile of my Sword, and do contest |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.89 | As on an anvil with their ponderous glaives. | As on an Anuell with their ponderous glaues, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.194 | The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, | The whilst his Iron did on the Anuile coole, |