| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.69 | Wherein you see me smeared; if any fear | Wherein you see me smear'd, if any feare |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.453 | Hath now this dread and black complexion smeared | Hath now this dread and blacke Complexion smear'd |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.3 | Triumphant Death, smeared with captivity, | Triumphant Death, smear'd with Captiuitie, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.23 | Lo, now my glory smeared in dust and blood! | Loe, now my Glory smear'd in dust and blood. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.124 | As if besmeared in hell. Sit by us. You shall hear – | As if besmear'd in hell. Sit by Vs, you shall heare |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.107 | Up to the elbows, and besmear our swords: | Vp to the Elbowes, and besmeare our Swords: |
| King John | KJ III.i.236 | Heaven knows, they were besmeared and overstained | Heauen knowes they were besmear'd and ouer-staind |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.49 | They must lie there. Go, carry them and smear | They must lye there: goe carry them, and smeare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.219 | So much besmear it. Pardon me, good lady! | So much besmeare it. Pardon me good Lady, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.49 | Yet when I saw it last, it was besmeared | yet when I saw it last, it was besmear'd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.18 | Like to a pair of lions, smeared with prey, | Like to a paire of Lions, smeard with prey, |