| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iii.7 | And fortune play upon thy prosperous helm | And fortune play vpon thy prosperous helme |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.33 | This amorous surfeiter would have donned his helm | This amorous Surfetter would haue donn'd his Helme |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.213 | And made their bends adornings. At the helm | And made their bends adornings. At the Helme. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.56 | Not cowardly put off my helmet to | Not Cowardly put off my Helmet to |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.75 | The helms o'th' state, who care for you like fathers, | The Helmes o'th State; who care for you like Fathers, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.85 | And wrath o'erwhelmed my pity. I request you | And Wrath o're-whelm'd my pittie: I request you |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.163.2 | Thou wretch, despite o'erwhelm thee! | Thou wretch, despight ore-whelme thee: |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.128 | Unbuckling helms, fisting each other's throat – | Vnbuckling Helmes, fisting each others Throat, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.258 | Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. | Though all the earth orewhelm them to mens eies. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.142 | For every honour sitting on his helm, | For euery Honor sitting on his Helme, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.11 | walk before thee like a sow that hath overwhelmed all | walke before thee, like a Sow, that hath o'rewhelm'd all |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.98 | Thou seekest the greatness that will overwhelm thee. | Thou seek'st the Greatnesse, that will ouer-whelme thee. |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.11 | Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it | Like the Brasse Cannon: let the Brow o'rewhelme it, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.6 | From helmet to the spur all blood he was. | From Helmet to the spurre, all blood he was. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.152 | helm. If any man challenge this, he is a friend to Alençon, | Helme: If any man challenge this, hee is a friend to Alanson, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.27 | is take out of the helmet of Alençon. | is take out of the Helmet of Alanson. |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.18 | His bruised helmet and his bended sword | His bruised Helmet, and his bended Sword |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.98 | And you yourself shall steer the happy helm. | And you your selfe shall steere the happy Helme. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.162 | Or shall we on the helmets of our foes | Or shall we on the Helmets of our Foes |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.7 | Should leave the helm and, like a fearful lad, | Should leaue the Helme, and like a fearefull Lad, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.21 | We will not from the helm to sit and weep, | We will not from the Helme, to sit and weepe, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.120 | Steer, angry Nemesis, the happy helm, | Stir angry Nemesis the happie helme, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.179 | Enter four Heralds, bringing in a coat of armour, a helmet, a lance, and a shield | Enter foure Heraldes bringing in a coate armour, a helmet, a lance, and a shield. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.187 | As I do set this helmet on thy head, | As I do set this helmet on thy head, |
| King John | KJ II.i.254 | With unhacked swords and helmets all unbruised, | With vnhack'd swords, and Helmets all vnbruis'd, |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.57 | With plumed helm thy state begins to threat, | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.36 | With this thin helm? Mine enemy's dog, | Mine Enemies dogge, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.145 | With the hell-hated lie o'erwhelm thy heart, | With the hell-hated Lye, ore-whelme thy heart, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.134 | very stream of his life and the business he hath helmed | very streame of his life, and the businesse he hath helmed, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.133 | Give fire! She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all! | Giue fire: she is my prize, or Ocean whelme them all. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.9 | Whose joy of her is overwhelmed like mine, | Whose ioy of her is ouer-whelmed like mine, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.269 | Let housewives make a skillet of my helm, | Let House-wiues make a Skillet of my Helme, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.76 | Whilst you were here, o'erwhelmed with your grief – | Whil'st you were heere, o're-whelmed with your griefe |
| Pericles | Per III.i.63 | And humming water must o'erwhelm thy corpse, | And humming Water must orewelme thy corpes, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.118 | Would sink and overwhelm you. Away! | would sincke and ouerwhelme you. Away. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.119 | Let them lay by their helmets and their spears | Let them lay by their Helmets & their Speares, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.51 | Over the glittering helmet of my foe. | Ouer the glittering Helmet of my Foe. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.11 | He dreamt the boar had razed off his helm. | He dreamt, the Bore had rased off his Helme: |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.82 | Stanley did dream the boar did raze our helms, | Stanley did dreame, the Bore did rowse our Helmes, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.80 | Fortune and victory sit on thy helm! | Fortune, and Victory sit on thy Helme. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.113 | Th' usurping helmets of our adversaries; | Th'vsurping Helmets of our Aduersaries: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.352 | Upon them! Victory sits on our helms. | Vpon them, Victorie sits on our helpes. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.39 | In tattered weeds, with overwhelming brows, | In tattred weeds, with ouerwhelming browes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.10 | His sorrows have so overwhelmed his wits? | His sorrowes haue so ouerwhelm'd his wits, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.205 | you what hacks are on his helmet, look you yonder, do | you what hacks are on his Helmet, looke you yonder, do |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.233 | bloodied, and his helm more hacked than Hector's, | bloudied, and his Helme more hackt then Hectors, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.255 | But, by the forge that stithied Mars his helm, | But by the forge that stythied Mars his helme, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.96 | Tomorrow will I wear it on my helm; | To morrow will I weare it on my Helme, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.172 | That sleeve is mine that he'll bear in his helm; | That Sleeue is mine, that heele beare in his Helme: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.4 | knave's sleeve of Troy there in his helm. I would fain | knaues Sleeue of Troy, there in his Helme: I would faine |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.75 | Unto the helmeted Bellona use them, | Vnto the Helmeted-Belona use them, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.19 | When our friends don their helms, or put to sea, | When our Friends don their helmes, or put to sea, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.17 | By th' helm of Mars, I saw them in the war, | By'th Helme of Mars, I saw them in the war, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.9 | To plant and o'erwhelm custom. Let me pass | To plant, and ore-whelme Custome. Let me passe |