| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.168 | of a penny cord! It sums up thousands in a trice: you | of a penny Cord, it summes vp thousands in a trice: you |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.213 | To come. O, give me cord, or knife, or poison | To come. Oh giue me Cord, or knife, or poyson, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.47 | With edge of penny cord and vile reproach. | with edge of Penny-Cord, and vile reproach. |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.127 | And if thou wantest a cord, the smallest thread | And if thou want'st a Cord, the smallest thred |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.38 | His neck will come to your waist – a cord, sir. | His necke will come to your wast, a Cord sir. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.363 | Thou hast not left the value of a cord, | Thou hast not left the value of a cord, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.136 | Come, cords. Come, Nurse. I'll to my wedding bed, | Come Cord, come Nurse, Ile to my wedding bed, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.10 | If thou hadst hands to help thee knit the cord. | If thou had'st hands to helpe thee knit the cord. |