| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.149 | are very dear to fancy, very responsive to the hilts, most | are very deare to fancy, very responsiue to the hilts, most |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.202 | Seven, by these hilts, or I am a villain else. | Seuen, by these Hilts, or I am a Villaine else. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.127 | rascal, you basket-hilt stale juggler, you! Since when, | Rascall, you Basket-hilt stale Iugler, you. Since when, |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.9 | And hides a sword from hilts unto the point | And hides a Sword, from Hilts vnto the Point, |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.61 | the first stroke, I'll run him up to the hilts, as I am a | the first stroake, Ile run him vp to the hilts, as I am a |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.12 | With purple falchion, painted to the hilt | With Purple Faulchion, painted to the Hilt, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.43 | Stand not to answer. Here, take thou the hilts, | Stand not to answer: Heere, take thou the Hilts, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.28 | Hold thou my sword-hilts whilst I run on it. | Hold thou my Sword Hilts, whilest I runne on it. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.102 | of a peck, hilt to point, heel to head; and then, to | of a Pecke, hilt to point, heele to head. And then to |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.156 | Take him on the costard with the hilts | Take him on the Costard, with the hiltes |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.47 | armoury, with a broken hilt, and chapeless; with two | Armory, with a broken hilt, and chapelesse: with two |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.168 | (his hand upon the hilt) | |