| 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 |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.148 | And like the kind life-rendering pelican | And like the kinde Life-rend'ring Politician, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.78 | the pate of a politician, which this ass now o'erreaches; | the Pate of a Polititian which this Asse o're Offices: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.238 | Of this vile politician Bolingbroke. | Of this vile Politician Bullingbrooke. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.101 | With silence, nephew, be thou politic. | With silence, Nephew, be thou pollitick, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.341 | Well, nobles, well; 'tis politicly done, | Well Nobles, well: 'tis politikely done, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.320 | 'Tis politic and safe to let him keep | 'Tis politike, and safe to let him keepe |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.172 | And like a scurvy politician seem | and like a scuruy Politician, seeme |
| 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 |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.174 | Thus have I politicly begun my reign, | Thus haue I politickely begun my reigne, |
| 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.iii.73 | My lady's a – Cataian; we are – politicians; | My Lady's a Catayan, we are politicians, |
| 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 |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.30 | policy I hate. I had as lief be a Brownist as a politician. | policie I hate: I had as liefe be a Brownist, as a Politician. |