| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.71 | Are in thy vessel. Let me cut the cable; | Are in thy vessell. Let me cut the Cable, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.4 | The cable broke, the holding-anchor lost, | The Cable broke, the holding-Anchor lost, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.17.1 | Will give him cable. | Will giue him Cable. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.31 | hanging. Make the rope of his destiny our cable, for | hanging, make the rope of his destiny our cable, for |