| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.5 | Falls not the axe upon the humbled neck | Falls not the axe vpon the humbled neck, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.218 | And where th' offence is, let the great axe fall. | And where th'offence is, let the great Axe fall. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.24 | No, not to stay the grinding of the axe, | No not to stay the grinding of the Axe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.49 | Nor stir at nothing till the axe of death | Nor stirre at nothing, till the Axe of Death |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.189 | And sees fast by a butcher with an axe, | And sees fast-by, a Butcher with an Axe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.54 | And many strokes, though with a little axe, | And many stroakes, though with a little Axe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.165 | We set the axe to thy usurping root; | We set the Axe to thy vsurping Roote: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.181 | Or hew my way out with a bloody axe. | Or hew my way out with a bloody Axe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.55.2 | before him, the axe with the edge towards him, | before him, the Axe with the edge towards him, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.61 | Even as the axe falls, if I be not faithful! | Euen as the Axe falls, if I be not faithfull. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.264.1 | Absolved him with an axe. | Absolu'd him with an Axe. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.441 | Deep are the blows made with a mighty axe; | Deepe are the blowes made with a mightie Axe, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.92 | Like the continual labouring woodman's axe | Like the continuall laboring Wood-mans Axe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.49 | You, sirrah, provide your block and your axe | You sirrah, prouide your blocke and your Axe |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.35 | Is the axe upon the block, sirrah? | Is the Axe vpon the blocke, sirrah? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.125 | No, not the hangman's axe, bear half the keenness | No, not the hangmans Axe beare halfe the keennesse |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.58 | I have ground the axe myself. Do you but strike the blow. | I haue ground the Axe my selfe, / Doe but you strike the blowe. |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.21 | By envy's hand, and murder's bloody axe. | By Enuies hand, and Murders bloody Axe. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.22 | Thou cuttest my head off with a golden axe | Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.209 | Come hither ere my tree hath felt the axe, | Come hither ere my Tree hath felt the Axe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.184.1 | Then I'll go fetch an axe. | Then Ile goe fetch an Axe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.184.2 | But I will use the axe. | But I will vse the Axe. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.115 | He wears a well-steeled axe, the staff of gold; | He weares a well-steeld Axe, the staffe of gold, |