| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.20 | They are his shards, and he their beetle. So – | They are his Shards, and he their Beetle, so: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.20 | The sharded beetle in a safer hold | The sharded-Beetle, in a safer hold |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.227 | Shards, flints, and pebbles should be thrown on her. | Shardes, Flints, and Peebles, should be throwne on her: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.226 | While all is shared and all is borne away, | While all is shar'd, and all is borne away, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.64 | Ye will not hence till you have shared the spoils. | Ye will not hence, till you haue shard the spoyles. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.72 | Your treasure shared before your weeping eyes. | Your treasure sharde before your weeping eies, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.42 | The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, | The shard-borne Beetle, with his drowsie hums, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.198 | Is all the counsel that we two have shared – | Is all the counsell that we two haue shar'd, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.93 | Shared dangers with you – | Shar'd dangers with you. |