| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.378 | is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. | is Southerly, I know a Hawke from a Handsaw. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.15 | When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk. He trots the | When I bestryde him, I soare, I am a Hawke: he trots the |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.58 | Where as the King and Queen do mean to hawk. | Where as the King and Queene do meane to Hawke. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.219 | hawk for the bush. Shall it be so? | Hawke for the bush. Shall it be so: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.48 | For a hawk, a horse, or a husband? | For a hauke, a horse, or a husband? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.72 | I'll venture so much of my hawk or hound, | Ile venture so much of my Hawke or Hound, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.11 | I could have kept a hawk, and well have hallowed | I could have kept a Hawke, and well have holloa'd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.71 | The third he said it was a hawk, | The third he sed it was a hawke, |
| 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 |