| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.107 | Must give this cur the lie; and his own notion – | Must giue this Curre the Lye: and his owne Notion, |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.39 | Pish for thee, Iceland dog! thou prick-eared cur of Iceland! | Pish for thee, Island dogge: thou prickeard cur of Island. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.1 | Yield, cur! | Yeeld Curre. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.19 | Brass, cur? | Brasse, Curre? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.151 | Oft have I seen a hot o'erweening cur | Oft haue I seene a hot ore-weening Curre, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.56 | What valour were it, when a cur doth grin, | What valour were it, when a Curre doth grinne, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.120 | This butcher's cur is venom-mouthed, and I | This Butchers Curre is venom'd-mouth'd, and I |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.46 | I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. | I spurne thee like a Curre out of my way: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.43 | Whilst damned Casca, like a cur, behind | Whil'st damned Caska, like a Curre, behinde |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.80 | dog! You slave! You cur! | dog, you slaue, you curre. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.158 | And the creature run from the cur? There thou | And the Creature run from the Cur: there thou |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.115 | And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur | And foote me as you spurne a stranger curre |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.119 | A cur can lend three thousand ducats?’ Or | A curre should lend three thousand ducats? or |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iii.18 | It is the most impenetrable cur | It is the most impenetrable curre |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.89 | A cur, sir. | A Cur, Sir. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.65 | Out, dog! Out, cur! Thou drivest me past the bounds | Out dog, out cur, thou driu'st me past the bounds |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.56 | How do I thank Thee that this carnal cur | How do I thanke thee, that this carnall Curre |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.15 | Breathe Merriman, the poor cur is embossed, | Brach Meriman, the poore Curre is imbost, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.43 | Hang, cur, hang, you whoreson, insolent noise-maker! | Hang cur, hang, you whoreson insolent Noyse-maker, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.39 | You whoreson cur! | You horson Curre. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.51 | You cur! | You Curre. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.84 | O thou damned cur, I shall – | O thou damn'd Curre, I shall--- |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.26 | indistinguishable cur. | indistinguishable Curre. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.13 | mongrel cur, Ajax, against that dog of as bad a kind, | mungrill curre Aiax, against that dogge of as bad a kinde, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.14 | Achilles; and now is the cur Ajax prouder than the cur | Achilles. And now is the curre Aiax prouder then the curre |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.124 | Did not I say he would work it out? The cur is | Did not I say he would worke it out, the Curre is |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.9 | cur shed one tear. He is a stone, a very pebble-stone, | Curre shedde one teare: he is a stone, a very pibble stone, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.1 | When a man's servant shall play the cur with | When a mans seruant shall play the Curre with |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.10 | when a cur cannot keep himself in all companies! I | when a Cur cannot keepe himselfe in all companies: I |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.20 | ‘ What cur is that?’ says another; ‘ Whip him out,’ says | what cur is that (saies another) whip him out (saies |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.46 | Marry, she says your dog was a cur, and tells you | Marry she saies your dog was a cur, and tels you |