| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.16 | a pirate of very warlike appointment gave us chase. Finding | a Pyrate of very Warlicke appointment gaue vs Chace. Finding |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.108 | Than Bargulus, the strong Illyrian pirate. | Then Bargulus the strong Illyrian Pyrate. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.33 | Is straightway calmed and boarded with a pirate. | Is straight way calme, and boorded with a Pyrate. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.53 | A thievish pirate, and a needy mate, | A theeuish pyrate, and a needie mate, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.7 | Thou conclud'st like the sanctimonious pirate, | Thou conclud'st like the Sanctimonious Pirat, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.69 | One Ragozine, a most notorious pirate, | One Ragozine, a most notorious Pirate, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.97 | These roguing thieves serve the great pirate Valdes, | These rogueing theeues serue the great Pyrato Valdes, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.66 | Notable pirate, thou salt-water thief, | Notable Pyrate, thou salt-water Theefe, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.72 | Antonio never yet was thief or pirate; | Anthonio neuer yet was Theefe, or Pyrate, |