| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.46 | an ass it is! Then thou dwell'st with daws too? | an Asse it is, then thou dwel'st with Dawes too? |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.48 | Swift, swift, you dragons of the night, that dawning | Swift, swift, you Dragons of the night, that dawning |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.161 | This bird of dawning singeth all night long. | The Bird of Dawning singeth all night long: |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.128 | for the dawning as we do. | for the Dawning, as wee doe. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.267 | Sleeps in Elysium; next day after dawn | Sleepes in Elizium: next day after dawne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.18 | Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw. | Good faith I am no wiser then a Daw. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.1 | Good dawning to thee, friend. Art of this house? | Good dawning to thee Friend, art of this house? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.894 | When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, | When Turtles tread, and Rookes and Dawes, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.91 | As near the dawning, provost, as it is, | As neere the dawning Prouost, as it is, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.203 | away, it is almost clear dawn. | away, it is almost cleere dawne. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.165 | by charms, by spells, by th' figure; and such daubery as | by Charmes, by Spels, by th'Figure, & such dawbry as |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.247 | knife's point, and choke a daw withal. You have no | kniues point, and choake a daw withall: you haue no |
| Othello | Oth I.i.66 | For daws to peck at – I am not what I am. | For Dawes to pecke at; I am not what I am. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.29 | So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue | So smooth he dawb'd his Vice with shew of Vertue, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.55 | Pale, pale as ashes, all bedaubed in blood, | Pale, pale as ashes, all bedawb'd in blood, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.10 | But dawning day new comfort hath inspired. | But dawning day new comfort hath inspir'd. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.244 | gone; crows and daws, crows and daws! – I had rather | gon, Crowes and Dawes, Crowes and Dawes: I had rather |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.35 | daws. | Dawes. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.36 | Calls in the dawn. All offices are done, | Calls in the dawne; all offices are done |