| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.8.1 | I would not shave't today. | I would not shaue't to day. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.58 | Ye lie, hostess. Bardolph was shaved and lost | Ye lye Hostesse: Bardolph was shau'd, and lost |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.50 | Now, by God's mother, priest, I'll shave your crown for this, | Now by Gods Mother, Priest, / Ile shaue your Crowne for this, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.171 | Shave the head, and tie the beard, and say it was the desire | Shaue the head, and tie the beard, and say it was the desire |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.132 | old church-window, sometime like the shaven Hercules | old Church window, sometime like the shauen Hercules |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.143 | But, like a mishaved and sullen wench, | But like a mishaped and sullen wench, |