| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.63 | We charge you that you have contrived to take | We charge you, that you haue contriu'd to take |
| 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.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. |
| 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, |