| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.8 | Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, | Froward, not permanent; sweet not lasting |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.18 | Froward by nature, enemy to peace, | Froward by nature, Enemie to Peace, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.83 | Ah, froward Clarence! How evil it beseems thee | Ah froward Clarence, how euill it beseemes thee, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.134 | And in thy turning change the froward winds, | And in thy turning change the forward winds, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.31 | But that in froward and disdainful pride | But that in froward and disdainfull pride |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.69 | That wench is stark mad or wonderful froward. | That wench is starke mad, or wonderfull froward. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.89 | And shrewd and froward so beyond all measure | And shrow'd, and froward, so beyond all measure, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.286 | For she's not froward, but modest as the dove. | For shee's not froward, but modest as the Doue, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.78 | Have to my widow! And if she be froward, | Haue to my Widdow, and if she froward, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.118 | See where she comes, and brings your froward wives | See where she comes, and brings your froward Wiues |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.156 | And when she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour, | And when she is froward, peeuish, sullen, sowre, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.168 | Come, come, you froward and unable worms, | Come, come, you froward and vnable wormes, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.182 | But a harsh hearing when women are froward. | But a harsh hearing, when women are froward, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.68 | No, trust me; she is peevish, sullen, froward, | No, trust me, She is peeuish, sullen, froward, |