| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.7 | The fugitive Parthians follow. Spur through Media, | The Fugitiue Parthians follow. Spurre through Media, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.33.1 | I may spur on my journey. | I may spurre on my iourney. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.99.1 | What both you spur and stop. | What both you spur and stop. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.33 | And spur my dull revenge! What is a man, | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.42 | And that young Harry Percy's spur was cold. | And that yong Harry Percies Spurre was cold. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.49 | Said he young Harry Percy's spur was cold? | Said he yong Harrie Percyes Spurre was cold? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.117 | Their neighing coursers daring of the spur, | Their neighing Coursers daring of the Spurre, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.6 | From helmet to the spur all blood he was. | From Helmet to the spurre, all blood he was. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.19 | Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot, | Spurre to the rescue of the Noble Talbot, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.23 | But stop their mouths with stubborn bits and spur 'em | But stop their mouthes with stubborn Bits & spurre'em, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.123 | What need we any spur but our own cause | What neede we any spurre, but our owne cause |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.25 | But when they should endure the bloody spur, | But when they should endure the bloody Spurre, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.29 | With horsemen, that make to him on the spur, | With Horsemen, that make to him on the Spurre, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.87 | Or, coldly negligent, did need a spur, | Or coldly negligent did need a spurre, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.121 | After which sight, to Calais spur amain, | After which sight to Callice spurre amaine, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.23 | And his great love, sharp as his spur, hath holp him | And his great Loue (sharpe as his Spurre) hath holp him |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.25 | That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur | That teares shall drowne the winde. I haue no Spurre |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.161 | He can command, lets it straight feel the spur; | He can command; lets it strait feele the spur: |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.23 | But if to that my nature need a spur, | but if to that, / My nature neede a spurre, |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.9 | Finds brotherhood in thee no sharper spur? | Findes brotherhood in thee no sharper spurre? |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.53 | And spur thee on with full as many lies | |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.72 | How fondly dost thou spur a forward horse! | How fondly do'st thou spurre a forward Horse? |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.113 | Spur, post, and get before him to the King, | Spurre post, and get before him to the King, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.341 | Spur your proud horses hard, and ride in blood! | Spurre your proud Horses hard, and ride in blood, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.66 | Each man to his stool, with that spur as he would | Each man to his stoole, with that spurre as hee would |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.201 | A spur to valiant and magnanimous deeds, | A spurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.186 | As hot as Perseus, spur thy Phrygian steed, | As hot as Perseus, spurre thy Phrygian Steed, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.48 | Spur them to ruthful work, rein them from ruth! | Spur them to ruthfull worke, reine them from ruth. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.5 | More sharp than filed steel, did spur me forth, | (More sharpe then filed steele) did spurre me forth, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.i.6 | So much they spur their expedition. | So much they spur their expedition. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.106 | Yet pardon me hard language; when I spur | Yet pardon me hard language, when I spur |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.116 | Did spur a noble steed; surely, the gods | Did spur a noble Steed: Surely the gods |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.96 | With spur we heat an acre. But to th' goal: | With Spur we heat an Acre. But to th' Goale: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.187 | Shall stop or spur me. Have I done well? | Shall stop, or spurre me. Haue I done well? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.9 | is another spur to my departure. | is another spurre to my departure. |