| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.76 | And do not shear the fleeces that I graze. | And do not sheere the Fleeces that I graze: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.109 | lest he, by showing it, should dishearten his army. | least hee, by shewing it, should dis-hearten his Army. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.125 | And thou thyself a shearman, art thou not? | And thou thy selfe a Sheareman, art thou not? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.37 | So many years ere I shall shear the fleece. | So many yeares, ere I shall sheere the Fleece: |
| King John | KJ III.i.4 | It is not so; thou hast misspoke, misheard. | It is not so, thou hast mispoke, misheard, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.91 | Think you I bear the shears of destiny? | Thinke you I beare the Sheeres of destiny? |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.196 | Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, | Who with his Sheeres, and Measure in his hand, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.31 | it takes him off; it persuades him and disheartens him, | it takes him off; it perswades him, and dis-heartens him; |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.28 | shears between us. | sheeres betweene vs. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.333 | With shears his thread of silk. | With sheeres, his thred of silke. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.36 | am I to buy for our sheep-shearing feast? Three pound | am I to buy for our Sheepe-shearing-Feast? Three pound |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.40 | me four-and-twenty nosegays for the shearers, | me four and twenty Nose-gayes for the shearers |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.114 | sheep-shearing. | sheepe-shearing. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.117 | I'll be with you at your sheep-shearing too. If I make | Ile be with you at your sheepe-shearing too: If I make |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.118 | not this cheat bring out another, and the shearers prove | not this Cheat bring out another, and the sheerers proue |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.3 | Peering in April's front. This your sheep-shearing | Peering in Aprils front. This your sheepe-shearing, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.69 | And bid us welcome to your sheep-shearing, | And bid vs welcome to your sheepe-shearing, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.77.1 | And welcome to our shearing! | And welcome to our Shearing. |