| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.125 | is not politic in the commonwealth of nature to preserve | is not politicke, in the Common-wealth of Nature, to preserue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.21 | very politic. But couch, ho! Here he comes to beguile | very politicke. But couch hoa, heere hee comes, to beguile |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.13 | ambitious; nor the lawyer's, which is politic; nor the | ambitious: nor the Lawiers, which is politick: nor the |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.44 | lady, I have been politic with my friend, smooth with | Lady, I haue bin politicke with my friend, smooth with |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.20 | convocation of politic worms are e'en at him. Your | conuocation of wormes are e'ne at him. Your |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.101 | With silence, nephew, be thou politic. | With silence, Nephew, be thou pollitick, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.320 | 'Tis politic and safe to let him keep | 'Tis politike, and safe to let him keepe |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.93 | politic? Am I subtle? Am I a Machiavel? Shall I lose | politicke? Am I subtle? Am I a Machiuell? Shall I loose |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.58 | politic a state of evil that they will not admit any good | politique a state of euill, that they will not admit any good |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.13.1 | Than in a politic distance. | Then in a politique distance. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.20 | With politic grave counsel; then the King | With politike graue Counsell; then the King |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.29 | devil knew not what he did when he made man politic – | diuell knew not what he did, when hee made man Politicke; |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.35 | Of such a nature is his politic love. | of such a nature is his politike loue. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.254 | bites his lip with a politic regard, as who should say | bites his lip with a politique regard, as who should say, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.155 | open. I will be proud, I will read politic authors, I will | open, I will bee proud, I will reade politicke Authours, I will |