| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.42 | And thinks he that the chirping of a wren, | And thinkes he, that the chirping of a Wren, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.112 | The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly | the Wren goes too't, and the small gilded Fly |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.9 | He wants the natural touch; for the poor wren, | He wants the naturall touch. For the poore Wren |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.106 | No better a musician than the wren. | No better a Musitian then the Wren? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.121 | The wren with little quill. | The Wren and little quill. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.63 | Look where the youngest wren of nine comes. | Looke where the youngest Wren of mine comes. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.2.1 | I had rather see a wren hawk at a fly | I had rather see a wren hawke at a fly |