| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.67.1 | A shrewd turn, if she pleased. | A shrewd turne if she pleas'd. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.88 | He's shrewdly vexed at something. Look, he | He's shrewdly vext at something. Looke he |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.61 | A shrewd knave and an unhappy. | A shrewd knaue and an vnhappie. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.232 | You boggle shrewdly; every feather starts you. – | You boggle shrewdly, euery feather starts you: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.73 | Shrewdness of policy too – I grieving grant | Shrodenesse of policie to: I greeuing grant, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.5.1 | A shrewd one to's. | a shrew'd one too's. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.170 | That have endured shrewd days and nights with us | That haue endur'd shrew'd daies, and nights with vs, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.49 | Beshrew his hand, I scarce could understand it. | Beshrew his hand, I scarce could vnderstand it. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.2 | My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours. | My wife is shrewish when I keepe not howres; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.51 | But like a shrew you first begin to brawl. | But like a shrew you first begin to brawle. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.141 | Hath left mine arm: it was thy master's. 'Shrew me, | Hath left mine Arme: it was thy Masters. Shrew me |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.1 | The air bites shrewdly. It is very cold. | The Ayre bites shrewdly: is it very cold? |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.113 | And meant to wrack thee. But beshrew my jealousy. | And meant to wracke thee: but beshrew my iealousie: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.82 | As is appointed us, at Shrewsbury. | As is appointed vs at Shrewsbury. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.166 | The eleventh of this month at Shrewsbury. | The eleuenth of this moneth, at Shrewsbury: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.51 | already been at Shrewsbury. | already beene at Shrewsbury. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.10 | Must bide the touch. For, sir, at Shrewsbury, | Must bide the touch. For Sir, at Shrewsbury, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.147 | and fought a long hour by Shrewsbury clock. If I may | and fought a long houre by Shrewsburie clocke. If I may |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.24 | Who in a bloody field by Shrewsbury | Who in a bloodie field by Shrewsburie |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.34 | Between that royal field of Shrewsbury | Betweene the Royall Field of Shrewsburie, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.12 | I bring you certain news from Shrewsbury. | I bring you certaine newes from Shrewsbury. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.24 | Saw you the field? Came you from Shrewsbury? | Saw you the Field? Came you from Shrewsbury? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.40 | I did demand what news from Shrewsbury. | I did demand what Newes from Shrewsbury: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.64 | Say, Morton, didst thou come from Shrewsbury? | Say Morton, did'st thou come from Shrewsbury? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.65 | I ran from Shrewsbury, my noble lord, | I ran from Shrewsbury (my Noble Lord) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.61 | service at Shrewsbury, and, as I hear, is now going with | seruice at Shrewsbury: and (as I heare) is now going with |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.102 | your expedition to Shrewsbury. | your Expedition, to Shrewsburie. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.150 | healed wound. Your day's service at Shrewsbury hath a | heal'd wound: your daies seruice at Shrewsbury, hath a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.26 | It was young Hotspur's cause at Shrewsbury. | It was yong Hotspurres case, at Shrewsbury. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.45.2 | Beshrew your heart, | Beshrew your heart, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.206 | a shrewd thrust at your belly. | made a shrewd Thrust at your Belly. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.33 | For women are shrews, both short and tall. | For women are Shrewes, both short, and tall: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.55 | anything and wilt not call, beshrew thy heart. (to the | any thing, and wilt not call, beshrew thy heart. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.47 | shrewdly shook your back. | shrewdly shooke your back. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.148 | Ay, but these English are shrewdly out of beef. | I, but these English are shrowdly out of Beefe. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.222 | poor and untempering effect of my visage. Now beshrew | poore and vntempering effect of my Visage. Now beshrew |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.123 | These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues. | These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.26 | We here create you Earl of Shrewsbury; | We here create you Earle of Shrewsbury, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.61 | Valiant Lord Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, | Valiant Lord Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.41 | That bears so shrewd a maim; two pulls at once – | That beares so shrewd a mayme: two Pulls at once; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.184 | Beshrew the winners, for they played me false! | Beshrew the winners, for they play'd me false, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.150 | Beshrew me, but his passions moves me so | Beshrew me, but his passions moues me so, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.7 | A fit or two o'th' face – but they are shrewd ones; | A fit or two o'th'face, (but they are shrewd ones) |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.24.2 | Beshrew me, I would, | Beshrew me, I would, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.177 | A shrewd turn and he's your friend for ever.’ | A shrewd turne, and hee's your friend for euer: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.158 | A shrewd contriver; and you know his means, | A shrew'd Contriuer. And you know, his meanes |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.146 | Falls shrewdly to the purpose. | Falles shrewdly to the purpose. |
| King John | KJ V.iv.49 | We do believe thee; and beshrew my soul | We do beleeue thee, and beshrew my soule, |
| King John | KJ V.v.14 | Ah, foul, shrewd news! Beshrew thy very heart! | Ah fowle, shrew'd newes. Beshrew thy very hart: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.12 | Ay, and a shrewd unhappy gallows too. | I, and a shrewd vnhappy gallowes too. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.46 | A pox of that jest, and I beshrew all shrews. | A Pox of that iest, and I beshrew all Shrowes: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.237 | shall beat you to your tent, and prove a shrewd Caesar | shall beat you to your Tent, and proue a shrewd Casar |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.52 | Beshrew me but I love her heartily! | Beshrew me but I loue her heartily. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.14 | That I had been forsworn. Beshrew your eyes! | That I had beene forsworne: Beshrow your eyes, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.243 | There are some shrewd contents in yond same paper | There are some shrewd contents in yond same Paper, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.21 | Did pretty Jessica, like a little shrew, | Did pretty Iessica (like a little shrow) |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.216 | is shrewd construction made of her. Now, Sir John, | is shrewd construction made of her. Now (Sir Iohn) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.33 | Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite | Or else you are that shrew'd and knauish spirit |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.60 | Now much beshrew my manners and my pride | Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.301 | I have no gift at all in shrewishness. | I haue no gift at all in shrewishnesse; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.323 | O, when she is angry she is keen and shrewd. | O when she's angry, she is keene and shrewd, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.282 | Beshrew my heart, but I pity the man. | Beshrew my heart, but I pittie the man. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.17 | husband if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue. | husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.72 | Cousin, you apprehend passing shrewdly. | Cosin you apprehend passing shrewdly. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.55.2 | Marry, beshrew my hand, | Marry beshrew my hand, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.426 | 'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream: | 'Tis a shrew'd doubt, though it be but a Dreame. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.146 | As fit the bridal. Beshrew me much, Emilia, | As fits the Bridall. Beshrew me much, Amilia, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.127.2 | Beshrew him for't! | Beshrew him for't: |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.77 | Beshrew me, if I would do such a wrong for | Beshrew me, if I would do such a wrong / For |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.59 | To lift shrewd steel against our golden crown, | To lift shrewd Steele against our Golden Crowne, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.204 | Beshrew thee, cousin, which didst lead me forth | Beshrew thee Cousin, which didst lead me forth |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.35 | A parlous boy! Go to, you are too shrewd. | A parlous Boy: go too, you are too shrew'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.51 | Beshrew your heart for sending me about | Beshrew your heart for sending me about |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.222 | As Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart, | As Paris hath, beshrow my very heart, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.228 | And from my soul too. Else beshrew them both. | And from my soule too, / Or else beshrew them both. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.25 | She will beshrew me much that Romeo | Shee will beshrew me much that Romeo |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.177 | Her eldest sister is so curst and shrewd | Her elder sister is so curst and shrew'd, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.59 | And wish thee to a shrewd ill-favoured wife? | And wish thee to a shrew'd ill-fauour'd wife? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.69 | As old as Sibyl, and as curst and shrewd | As old as Sibell, and as curst and shrow'd |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.89 | And shrewd and froward so beyond all measure | And shrow'd, and froward, so beyond all measure, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.306 | A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew. | A meacocke wretch can make the curstest shrew: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.29 | Much more a shrew of thy impatient humour. | Much more a shrew of impatient humour. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.18 | Is she so hot a shrew as she's reported? | Is she so hot a shrew as she's reported. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.76 | By this reckoning he is more shrew than she. | By this reckning he is more shrew than she. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.196 | He that knows better how to tame a shrew, | He that knowes better how to tame a shrew, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.58 | To tame a shrew and charm her chattering tongue. | To tame a shrew, and charme her chattering tongue. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.28 | Your husband, being troubled with a shrew, | Your housband being troubled with a shrew, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.64 | I think thou hast the veriest shrew of all. | I thinke thou hast the veriest shrew of all. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.187 | Now, go thy ways, thou hast tamed a curst shrew. | Now goe thy wayes, thou hast tam'd a curst Shrow. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.190 | That's Antenor. He has a shrewd wit, I can | That's Antenor, he has a shrow'd wit I can |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.228.1 | My fame is shrewdly gored. | My fame is shrowdly gored. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.12 | Beshrew the witch! With venomous wights she stays | Beshrew the witch! with venemous wights she stayes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.29 | Come, come, beshrew your heart; you'll ne'er be good, | Come, come, beshrew your heart: youle nere be good, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.44 | Bless you, fair shrew. | Blesse you faire Shrew. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.155 | and he speaks very shrewishly. One would | and he speakes verie shrewishly: One would |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.79 | Beshrew me, the knight's in admirable fooling. | Beshrew me, the knights in admirable fooling. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.57 | Do not deny. Beshrew his soul for me! | Do not denie, beshrew his soule for mee, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.350 | This practice hath most shrewdly passed upon thee; | This practice hath most shrewdly past vpon thee: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.124 | Beshrew me, but you have a quick wit. | Beshrew me, but you haue a quicke wit. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.73 | Beshrew me, sir, but if he make this good, | Beshrew me sir, but if he make this good |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.212 | Beshrew mine eyes for't! Now I feel my shackles. | Beshrew mine eyes for't, now I feele my Shackles. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.63 | Sister, beshrew my heart, you have a servant | Sister, beshrew my heart, you have a Servant, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.33 | shrewd measure; take heed! If one be mad, or hang or | shrowd / Measure, take heede; if one be mad, or hang or |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.281 | My present vengeance taken. 'Shrew my heart, | My present vengeance taken: 'shrew my heart, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.30 | These dangerous, unsafe lunes i'th' King, beshrew them! | These dangerous, vnsafe Lunes i'th' King, beshrew them: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.102 | Flowed with her beauty once. 'Tis shrewdly ebbed | Flow'd with her Beautie once; 'tis shrewdly ebb'd, |