| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.7 | For half a hundred years. (To the trumpeter) Summon the town. | For halfe a hundred yeares: Summon the Towne. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.143 | The people do admit you, and are summoned | The People doe admit you, and are summon'd |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.150 | Upon a fearful summons. I have heard | Vpon a fearfull Summons. I haue heard, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.35 | Summon a parley; we will talk with him. | Summon a Parley, we will talke with him. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.2 | Summon their general unto the wall. | Summon their Generall vnto the Wall. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.70 | I summon your grace to his majesty's parliament, | I summon your Grace to his Maiesties Parliament, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.16 | My liege, I'll knock once more to summon them. | My Liege, Ile knocke once more, to summon them. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.219 | To make this present summons. Unsolicited | To make this present Summons vnsolicited. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.61 | And for that purpose here I summon thee | And for that purpose here I somon thee, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.55 | To summon Copland hither out of hand, | To summon Copland hither out of hand, |
| King John | KJ II.i.198 | Some trumpet summon hither to the walls | Some Trumpet summon hither to the walles |
| King John | KJ V.ii.117 | What lusty trumpet thus doth summon us? | What lusty Trumpet thus doth summon vs? |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.34 | They summoned up their meiny, straight took horse, | They summon'd vp their meiney, straight tooke Horse, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.59 | These dreadful summoners grace. I am a man | These dreadfull Summoners grace. I am a man, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.119.1 | This present summons? | This present Summons? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.1 | Now, madam, summon up your dearest spirits. | Now Madam summon vp your dearest spirits, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.6 | A heavy summons lies like lead upon me | A heauie Summons lyes like Lead vpon me, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.64 | That summons thee to heaven or to hell. | That summons thee to Heauen, or to Hell. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.41 | His cloistered flight, ere to black Hecat's summons | His Cloyster'd flight, ere to black Heccats summons |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.53 | And summon him to marriage. Now he goes, | And summon him to marriage. Now he goes |
| Othello | Oth I.i.83 | What is the reason of this terrible summons? | What is the reason of this terrible / Summons? |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.168 | Hark how these instruments summon to supper! | Hearke how these Instruments summon to supper: |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.4 | Stays but the summons of the appellant's trumpet. | Stayes but the summons of the Appealants Trumpet. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.172 | And summon him tomorrow to the Tower | And summon him to morrow to the Tower, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.83 | Summoned me hither to this short-grassed green? | Summond me hither, to this short gras'd Greene? |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.131 | Answer your summons; Juno does command. | Answere your summons, Iuno do's command. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.201 | Summon a session, that we may arraign | Summon a Session, that we may arraigne |