| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.40 | Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple | |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.130 | He is a craven and a villain else, an't please | Hee is a Crauen and a Villaine else, and't please |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.87 | Or durst not for his craven heart say thus. | Or durst not for his crauen heart say thus. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.25 | Awake thy craven powers, and tell on | Awake thycrauen powers, and tell on |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.225 | No cock of mine, you crow too like a craven. | No Cocke of mine, you crow too like a crauen |