| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.263 | the croaking raven doth bellow for revenge. | the croaking Rauen doth bellow for Reuenge. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.29 | Do croak and hover o'er our soldiers' heads, | Do croke and houer ore our souldiers heads |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.31 | white herring. Croak not, black angel! I have no food for | |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.37 | That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan | That croakes the fatall entrance of Duncan |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.194 | would croak like a raven; I would bode, I would bode. | would croke like a Rauen: I would bode, I would bode: |