| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.23 | that in this action contrives against his own nobility, in | that in this action contriues against his owne Nobility in |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.135 | villainous contriver against me his natural brother. | villanous contriuer against mee his naturall brother: |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.135 | Was't you that did so oft contrive to kill him? | Was't you that did so oft contriue to kill him? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.63 | We charge you that you have contrived to take | We charge you, that you haue contriu'd to take |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.85 | Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive | Taint not thy mind; nor let thy Soule contriue |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.212 | and suddenly contrive the means of meeting between | And sodainely contriue the meanes of meeting / Betweene |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.158 | premeditated and contrived murder; some, of beguiling | premeditated and contriued Murther; some, of beguiling |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.6 | By whom this great assembly is contrived, | By whom this great assembly is contriu'd, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.27 | By magic verses have contrived his end? | By Magick Verses haue contriu'd his end. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.34 | Thou that contrived'st to murder our dead lord; | Thou that contriued'st to murther our dead Lord, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.77 | That hath contrived this woeful tragedy! | That hath contriu'd this wofull Tragedie. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.15 | Contrived by art and baleful sorcery. | Contriu'd by Art, and balefull Sorcerie. |
| 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 II.iii.15 | If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive. | If not, the Fates with Traitors do contriue. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.v.7 | The close contriver of all harms, | The close contriuer of all harmes, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.349 | The party 'gainst the which he doth contrive | The party gainst the which he doth contriue, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.357 | Thou hast contrived against the very life | Thou hast contriu'd against the very life |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.196 | Have you conspired, have you with these contrived | Haue you conspir'd, haue you with these contriu'd |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.3 | To do no contrived murder: I lack iniquity | To do no contriu'd Murder: I lacke Iniquitie |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.96 | Complotted and contrived in this land | Complotted, and contriued in this Land, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.189 | To plot, contrive, or complot any ill | To plot, contriue, or complot any ill, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.273 | Please ye we may contrive this afternoon, | Please ye we may contriue this afternoone, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.36 | Reveal the damned contriver of this deed. | Reueale the damn'd contriuer of this deed. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.201 | That do contrive how many hands shall strike, | That do contriue how many hands shall strike |