| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.128 | The hand could pluck her back that shoved her on. | The hand could plucke her backe, that shou'd her on. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.58 | Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice; | Offences gilded hand may shoue by Iustice, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.100 | sconce with a dirty shovel, and will not tell him of his | Sconce with a dirty Shouell, and will not tell him of his |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.187 | Quoit him down, Bardolph, like a shove-groat | Quoit him downe (Bardolph) like a shoue-groat |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.37 | The which hath been with scorn shoved from the court, | The which hath been with scorne shou'd from the Court: |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.45 | and in Calais they stole a fire-shovel – I knew by that | and in Callice they stole a fire-shouell. I knew by that |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.145 | shovel-boards, that cost me two shillings and twopence | Shouelboords, that cost me two shilling and two pence |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.455 | Where no priest shovels in dust. (To Perdita) O cursed wretch, | Where no Priest shouels-in dust. Oh cursed wretch, |