| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| 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 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, |