| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.171 | Than is the coal of fire upon the ice, | Then is the coale of fire vpon the Ice, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.139 | If he could burn us all into one coal, | If he could burne vs all into one coale, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.17 | To make coals cheap – a noble memory! | To make Coales cheape: A Noble memory. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.86 | round table, by a sea-coal fire, upon Wednesday in | round table, by a sea-cole fire, on Wednesday in |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.46 | piece of service the men would carry coals. They would | peece of Seruice, the men would carry Coales. They would |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.101 | at his nose, and it is like a coal of fire, sometimes plue, | at his nose, and it is like a coale of fire, sometimes plew, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.111 | Black, forsooth, coal-black as jet. | Black forsooth, Coale-Black, as Iet. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.36 | Hot coals of vengeance! Let no soldier fly. | Hot Coales of Vengeance. Let no Souldier flye. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.83 | Is kindling coals that fires all my breast, | Is kindling coales that fires all my brest, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.54 | This hand, fast wound about thy coal-black hair, | This Hand, fast wound about thy coale-black hayre, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.79 | Have blown this coal betwixt my lord and me – | Haue blowne this Coale, betwixt my Lord, and me; |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.94 | That I have blown this coal. I do deny it. | That I haue blowne this Coale: I do deny it, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.108 | There is no malice in this burning coal; | There is no malice in this burning cole, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.83 | Your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars | Your breath first kindled the dead coale of warres, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.23 | not shortly have a rasher on the coals for money. | not shortlie haue a rasher on the coales for money. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.8 | soon at night, in faith, at the latter end of a sea-coal | soone at night, (in faith) at the latter end of a Sea-cole- |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.11 | Hugh Oatcake, sir, or George Seacoal, | Hugh Ote-cake sir, or George Sea-coale, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.13 | Come hither, neighbour Seacoal. God hath | Come hither neighbour Sea-coale, God hath |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.52 | Go, good partner, go, get you to Francis Seacoal; | Goe good partner, goe get you to Francis Seacoale, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.5 | The cat, with eyne of burning coal, | The Catte with eyne of burning cole, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.49 | And some will mourn in ashes, some coal-black, | And some will mourne in ashes, some coale-black, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.1 | Gregory, on my word, we'll not carry coals. | GRegory: A my word wee'l not carry coales. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.78 | That comes in likeness of a coal-black Moor. | That comes in likenesse of a Cole-blacke Moore. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.98 | Coal-black is better than another hue, | Cole-blacke is better then another hue, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.32 | They never do beget a coal-black calf. | They neuer do beget a cole-blacke-Calfe: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.194 | And add more coals to Cancer when he burns | And adde more Coles to Cancer, when he burnes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.68 | And all eyes else dead coals! Fear thou no wife; | And all eyes else, dead coales: feare thou no Wife; |