| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| 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, |
| 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. |