| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.99 | more valour in that Poins than in a wild duck. | moe valour in that Poynes, than in a wilde Ducke. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.20 | duck. I pressed me none but such toasts-and-butter, | Ducke. I prest me none but such Tostes and Butter, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.49 | And Holdfast is the only dog, my duck. | and hold-fast is the onely Dogge: My Ducke, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.273 | O dainty duck, O dear! | O dainty Ducke: O Deere! |
| Othello | Oth II.i.182 | Olympus-high, and duck again as low | Olympus high: and duck againe as low, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.49 | That, as a duck for life that dives, | That as a Ducke for life that diues, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.49 | Duck with French nods and apish courtesy, | Ducke with French nods, and Apish curtesie, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.125 | Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim | Swom ashore (man) like a Ducke: I can swim |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.126 | like a duck, I'll be sworn. | like a Ducke i'le be sworne. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.128 | Though thou canst swim like a duck, thou art made like | Though thou canst swim like a Ducke, thou art made like |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.315 | My dainty duck, my dear-a? | My dainty Ducke, my deere-a? |