| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.163 | God shield you mean it not! ‘ Daughter ’ and ‘ mother ’ | God shield you meane it not, daughter and mother |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiii.2 | Than Telamon for his shield; the boar of Thessaly | Then Telamon for his Shield, the Boare of Thessaly |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.38 | The sevenfold shield of Ajax cannot keep | The seuen-fold shield of Aiax cannot keepe |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.80 | A shield as hard as his. A certain number, | A Shield, as hard as his. A certaine number |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.40 | given your enemy your shield, think to front his revenges | giuen your enemy your shield, thinke to front his reuenges |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.8 | And sword and shield, | and Sword and Shield, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.v.28 | Bishop, farewell; shield thee from Warwick's frown; | Bishop farwell, / Sheeld thee from Warwickes frowne, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.26 | Whose honour heaven shield from soil! – even he escapes not | Whose Honor Heauen shield from soile; euen he escapes not |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.179 | Enter four Heralds, bringing in a coat of armour, a helmet, a lance, and a shield | Enter foure Heraldes bringing in a coate armour, a helmet, a lance, and a shield. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.200 | And may the view thereof, like Perseus' shield, | And may the view there of like Perseus shield, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.217 | To thee, whose grace hath been his strongest shield: | To thee whose grace hath bin his strongest shield |
| King Lear | KL I.i.174 | To shield thee from disasters of the world, | To shield thee from disasters of the world, |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.67 | A woman's shape doth shield thee. | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.549 | That oft in field, with targe and shield, did make my foe to sweat; | That oft in field, with Targe and Shield, / did make my foe to sweat: |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.72 | I throw my warlike shield. Lay on, Macduff; | I throw my warlike Shield: Lay on Macduffe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.144 | Heaven shield my mother played my father fair, | Heauen shield my Mother plaid my Father faire: |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.118 | In countenance. Heaven shield your grace from woe, | In countenance: heauen shield your Grace from woe, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.28 | bring in – God shield us – a lion among ladies is a most | bring in (God shield vs) a Lyon among Ladies, is a most |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.447 | Heavens shield Lysander, if they mean a fray. | Heauens shield Lysander, if they meane a fray. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.175 | Thanks, courteous wall; Jove shield thee well for this. | Thankes courteous wall. Ioue shield thee well for this. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.127 | ‘ Keep it, my Pericles; it hath been a shield | Keepe it my Perycles, it hath been a Shield |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.17.2 | presenting his shield to Thaisa | |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.19 | And the device he bears upon his shield | And the deuice he beares vpon his Shield, |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.25 | And the device he bears upon his shield | And the deuice he beares vpon his Shield, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.56 | Go, muster men. My counsel is my shield; | Go muster men: My counsaile is my Sheeld, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.41 | God shield I should disturb devotion! – | Godsheild: I should disturbe Deuotion, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.70 | Jove shield your husband from his hounds today: | Ioue sheild your husband from his Hounds to day, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.127 | Than foemen's marks upon his battered shield, | Then foe-mens markes vpon his batter'd shield, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.197 | Your shield afore your heart, about that neck | Your Sheild afore your Heart, about that necke |