| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.38 | them bravely, quite traverse, athwart the heart of his | them brauely, quite trauers athwart the heart of his |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.179 | Abetting him to thwart me in my mood. | Abetting him to thwart me in my moode; |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.18 | In doing this for's country. Athwart the lane, | In doing this for's Country. Athwart the Lane, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.36 | But yesternight, when all athwart there came | But yesternight: when all athwart there came |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.9 | Athwart the sea. Behold, the English beach | Athwart the Sea: Behold the English beach |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.22 | May not be punished with my thwarting stars, | May not be punisht with my thwarting starres, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.280 | And be a thwart disnatured torment to her. | And be a thwart disnatur'd torment to her. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.133 | Nor never lay his wreathed arms athwart | Nor neuer lay his wreathed armes athwart |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.30 | The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart | The Baby beates the Nurse, and quite athwart |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.51 | my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, | my gaines, scorned my Nation, thwarted my bargaines, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.6 | and whatsoever comes athwart his affection ranges | and whatsoeuer comes athwart his affection, ranges |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.120 | O mischief strangely thwarting! | O mischiefe strangelie thwarting! |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.10 | Is now again thwarting the wayward seas, | Is now againe thwarting thy wayward seas, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.154 | Hath thwarted our intents. Come, come away. | Hath thwarted our entents, come, come away, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.15 | Bias and thwart, not answering the aim | Bias and thwart, not answering the ayme: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.34 | My sweet Patroclus, I am thwarted quite | My sweet Patroclus, I am thwarted quite |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.21 | If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. | If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. |