| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.144 | the canon. Keep it not; you cannot choose but loose by't. | the Cannon. Keepe it not, you cannot choose but loose by't. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.90.2 | 'Twas from the canon. | 'Twas from the Cannon. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.73 | And why such daily cast of brazen cannon | And why such dayly Cast of Brazon Cannon |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.126 | But the great cannon to the clouds shall tell, | But the great Cannon to the Clowds shall tell, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.132 | His canon 'gainst self-slaughter. O God, God, | His Cannon 'gainst Selfe-slaughter. O God, O God! |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.42 | As level as the cannon to his blank | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.156 | matter it we could carry a cannon by our sides. I would | matter: If we could carry Cannon by our sides; I would |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.55 | Of basilisks, of cannon, culverin, | Of Basiliskes, of Canon, Culuerin, |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.33 | With linstock now the devilish cannon touches, | With Lynstock now the diuellish Cannon touches, |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.11 | Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it | Like the Brasse Cannon: let the Brow o'rewhelme it, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.44 | Which sounded like a cannon in a vault, | Which sounded like a Cannon in a Vault, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.426 | And cancel every canon that prescribes | And cancell euery cannon that prescribes, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.123 | O father, how this echoing cannon shot, | O Father how this eckoing Cannon shot. Shot. |
| King John | KJ I.i.26 | The thunder of my cannon shall be heard. | The thunder of my Cannon shall be heard. |
| King John | KJ II.i.37 | Well then, to work! Our cannon shall be bent | Well, then to worke our Cannon shall be bent |
| King John | KJ II.i.382 | Their battering cannon charged to the mouths, | Their battering Canon charged to the mouthes, |
| King John | KJ II.i.462 | He speaks plain cannon – fire and smoke and bounce; | He speakes plaine Cannon fire, and smoake, and bounce, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.251 | proclaimed edict and continent canon, which with – O, with – | proclaymed Edict and Continet, Cannon: Which with, ô with, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.62 | He reputes me a cannon; and the bullet, that's he. | He reputes me a Cannon, and the Bullet that's he: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.30 | cannon will shoot point-blank twelve score. He pieces | Canon will shoot point-blanke twelue score: hee peeces |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.130 | Can he be angry? I have seen the cannon | Can he be angry? I haue seene the Cannon |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.88 | What's this? A sleeve? 'Tis like a demi-cannon. | Whats this? a sleeue? 'tis like demi cannon, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.88 | that you deem cannon bullets. There is no slander | that you deeme Cannon bullets: There is no slander |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.55 | To such a favourite's glass? What canon is there | To such a Favorites glasse: What Cannon is there |