| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.165 | not to fifteen thousand poll; half of the which dare not | not to fifteene thousand pole, halfe of the which, dare not |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.65 | The soldier's pole is fall'n; young boys and girls | The Souldiers pole is falne: young Boyes and Gyrles |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.134 | We are the greater poll, and in true fear | We are the greater pole, and in true feare |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.10.1 | Set down by th' poll? | set downe by'th Pole? |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.36 | When yond same star that's westward from the pole | When yond same Starre that's Westward from the Pole |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.21 | Nor will it yield to Norway or the Pole | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.196 | All flaxen was his poll. | All Flaxen was his Pole: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.78 | Proud Pole, I will, and scorn both him and thee. | Prowd Poole, I will, and scorne both him and thee. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.80 | Away, away, good William de la Pole! | Away, away, good William de la Poole, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.100 | For your partaker Pole, and you yourself, | For your partaker Poole, and you your selfe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.114 | Have with thee, Pole. Farewell, ambitious Richard. | Haue with thee Poole: Farwell ambitious Richard. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.122 | Against proud Somerset and William Pole, | Against prowd Somerset, and William Poole, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.67 | Fie, de la Pole, disable not thyself. | Fye De la Pole, disable not thy selfe: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.44 | French King Charles and William de la Pole, Marquess of | French K. Charles, and William de la Pole Marquesse of |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.30 | And William de la Pole, first Duke of Suffolk. | And William de la Pole first Duke of Suffolke. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.48 | I tell thee, Pole, when in the city Tours | I tell thee Poole, when in the Citie Tours |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.45 | The Duke of Suffolk, William de la Pole. | The Duke of Suffolke, William de la Pole. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.129 | And sooner dance upon a bloody pole | And sooner dance vpon a bloody pole, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.89 | pole or no. Take him away and behead him. | pole, or no: Take him away, and behead him. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.690 | By the north pole, I do challenge thee. | By the North-pole I do challenge thee. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.691 | I will not fight with a pole like a northern man. | I wil not fight with a pole like a Northern man; |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.65 | Painted upon a pole, and underwrit, | Painted vpon a pole, and vnder-writ, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.15 | And quench the guards of th' ever-fixed Pole. | And quench the Guards of th'euer-fixed Pole: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.151 | And here's something to paint your pole withal. | And heer's something to paint your Pole withall. |