| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.4 | grave straight. The crowner hath sat on her, and finds | Graue straight, the Crowner hath sate on her, and finds |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.22 | Ay, marry, is't – crowner's quest law. | I marry is't, Crowners Quest Law. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.129 | Go thou and seek the crowner, and let him sit o' | Go thou and seeke the Crowner, and let him sitte o' |