| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.viii.11.1 | Wrench up thy power to th' highest. | Wrench vp thy power to th' highest. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.305 | As a wren's eye, feared gods, a part of it! | As a Wrens eye; fear'd Gods, a part of it. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.108 | acquainted with your manner of wrenching the true | acquainted with your maner of wrenching the true |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.42 | And thinks he that the chirping of a wren, | And thinkes he, that the chirping of a Wren, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.167.1 | Did break i'th' wrenching. | Did breake ith'wrenching. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.153 | Saint Lawrence Poultney, did of me demand | Saint Laurence Poultney, did of me demand |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.44 | Franticly rends and bites the woven toil; | Frantiquely wrends and byts the wouen toyle, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.265 | Which, like an engine, wrenched my frame of nature | Which like an Engine, wrencht my frame of Nature |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.112 | The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly | the Wren goes too't, and the small gilded Fly |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.62 | Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, | Thence to be wrencht with an vnlineall Hand, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.9 | He wants the natural touch; for the poor wren, | He wants the naturall touch. For the poore Wren |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.14 | Wrench awe from fools, and tie the wiser souls | Wrench awe from fooles, and tye the wiser soules |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.106 | No better a musician than the wren. | No better a Musitian then the Wren? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.121 | The wren with little quill. | The Wren and little quill. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.285.1 | Wrench his sword from him. | Wrench his Sword from him. |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.52 | 'Tis wondrous heavy. Wrench it open straight. | t'is woondrous heauie; / Wrench it open straight: |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.58.2 | Wrench it open. Soft! | Wrench it open soft; |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.22 | The petty wrens of Tarsus will fly hence | the pettie wrens of Tharsus will flie hence, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.70 | That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. | That Wrens make prey, where Eagles dare not pearch. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.178 | And there she shall at Friar Laurence' cell | And there she shall at Frier Lawrence Cell |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.68 | Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence' cell. | Then high you hence to Frier Lawrence Cell, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.141 | I'll to him. He is hid at Laurence' cell. | Ile to him, he is hid at Lawrence Cell. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.233 | Having displeased my father, to Laurence' cell, | Hauing displeas'd my Father, to Lawrence Cell, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.11 | What, is my daughter gone to Friar Laurence? | what is my Daughter gone to Frier Lawrence? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.20 | By holy Laurence to fall prostrate here | By holy Lawrence, to fall prostrate here, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.25 | I met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell | I met the youthfull Lord at Lawrence Cell, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.1 | Enter Friar John | Enter Frier Iohn to Frier Lawrence. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.2 | Enter Friar Laurence | Enter Frier Lawrence. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.22 | Give me that mattock and the wrenching iron. | Giue me that Mattocke, & the wrenching Iron, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.214 | May catch a wrench – would all were well – 'tis pity. | May catch a wrench; would all were well; tis pitty, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.63 | Look where the youngest wren of nine comes. | Looke where the youngest Wren of mine comes. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.2.1 | I had rather see a wren hawk at a fly | I had rather see a wren hawke at a fly |