| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.125 | No jocund health that Denmark drinks today | No iocond health that Denmarke drinkes to day, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.40 | Then be thou jocund. Ere the bat hath flown | Then be thou iocund: ere the Bat hath flowne |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.95 | As gentle and as jocund as to jest | As gentle, and as iocond, as to iest, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.83 | Were jocund and supposed their states were sure, | Were iocund, and suppos'd their states were sure, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.233 | I promise you my heart is very jocund | I promise you my Heart is very iocond, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.9 | Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day | Nights Candles are burnt out, and Iocond day |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.118 | Let us be jocund! Will you troll the catch | Let vs be iocond. Will you troule the Catch |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.130 | And I, most jocund, apt, and willingly | And I most iocund, apt, and willinglie, |