| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.148 | My honour's at the stake, which to defeat, | My Honor's at the stake, which to defeate |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.63 | My fortunes and my friends at stake required | My Fortunes and my Friends at stake, requir'd |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.56 | When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, | |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.44 | Curse, miscreant, when thou comest to the stake. | Curse Miscreant, when thou comst to the stake |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.57 | Place barrels of pitch upon the fatal stake, | Place barrelles of pitch vpon the fatall stake, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.144 | Call hither to the stake my two brave bears, | Call hither to the stake my two braue Beares, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.48 | Let us do so; for we are at the stake, | Let vs do so: for we are at the stake, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.143 | Or as a bear fast chained unto a stake, | Or as a beare fast chaind vnto a stake, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.61 | Bringing the murderous coward to the stake; | Bringing the murderous Coward to the stake: |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.53 | I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course. | I am tyed to'th'Stake, / And I must stand the Course. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.11 | They have tied me to a stake, I cannot fly, | They haue tied me to a stake, I cannot flye, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.215 | What, and stake down? | What and stake downe? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.216 | No, we shall ne'er win at that sport, and stake | No, we shal nere win at that sport, and stake |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.215 | fire cannot melt out of me; I will die in it at the stake. | fire cannot melt out of me, I will die in it at the stake. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.12 | Lay down my soul at stake. If you think other, | Lay downe my Soule at stake: If you thinke other, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.91 | Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, | Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.227 | I see my reputation is at stake. | I see my reputation is at stake, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.115 | Have you not set mine honour at the stake, | Haue you not set mine Honor at the stake, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.248 | That see'st a game played home, the rich stake drawn, | That seest a Game play'd home, the rich Stake drawne, |