| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.91 | enemies, you have been a rod to her friends. You have | enemies, you haue bin a Rod to her Friends, you haue |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.10 | For the hot vengeance and the rod of heaven, | For the hot vengeance, and the Rod of heauen |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.37.13 | Surrey, bearing the rod of silver with the dove, | Surrey, bearing the Rod of Siluer with the Doue, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.37.17 | Steward. With him the Duke of Norfolk, with the rod | Steward. With him, the Duke of Norfolke, with the Rod |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.39 | And that the Earl of Surrey, with the rod. | And that the Earle of Surrey, with the Rod. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.89 | The rod, and bird of peace, and all such emblems | The Rod, and Bird of Peace, and all such Emblemes |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.170 | rod and puttest down thine own breeches, | rod, and put'st downe thine owne breeches, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.26 | For terror, not to use, in time the rod | For terror, not to vse: in time the rod |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.410 | I'll whip thee with a rod. He is defiled | Ile whip thee with a rod. He is defil'd |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.201 | up a rod, as being worthy to be whipped. | a rod, as being worthy to be whipt. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.208 | Yet it had not been amiss the rod had been | Yet it had not beene amisse the rod had beene |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.210 | have worn himself, and the rod he might have bestowed | haue worne himselfe, and the rod hee might haue bestowed |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.32 | Take thy correction, mildly kiss the rod, | Take thy Correction mildly, kisse the Rodde, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.211 | words the other day of a bay courser I rode on. 'Tis | words the other day of a Bay Courser I rod on. Tis |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.79 | Would I had a rod in my mouth, that I | Would I had a Rod in my mouth, that I |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.59 | And presently, all humbled, kiss the rod. | And presently, all humbled kisse the Rod? |