| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.67.1 | A shrewd turn, if she pleased. | A shrewd turne if she pleas'd. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.61 | A shrewd knave and an unhappy. | A shrewd knaue and an vnhappie. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.5.1 | A shrewd one to's. | a shrew'd one too's. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.170 | That have endured shrewd days and nights with us | That haue endur'd shrew'd daies, and nights with vs, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.206 | a shrewd thrust at your belly. | made a shrewd Thrust at your Belly. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.123 | These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues. | These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.41 | That bears so shrewd a maim; two pulls at once – | That beares so shrewd a mayme: two Pulls at once; |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.7 | A fit or two o'th' face – but they are shrewd ones; | A fit or two o'th'face, (but they are shrewd ones) |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.177 | A shrewd turn and he's your friend for ever.’ | A shrewd turne, and hee's your friend for euer: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.158 | A shrewd contriver; and you know his means, | A shrew'd Contriuer. And you know, his meanes |
| King John | KJ V.v.14 | Ah, foul, shrewd news! Beshrew thy very heart! | Ah fowle, shrew'd newes. Beshrew thy very hart: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.12 | Ay, and a shrewd unhappy gallows too. | I, and a shrewd vnhappy gallowes too. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.237 | shall beat you to your tent, and prove a shrewd Caesar | shall beat you to your Tent, and proue a shrewd Casar |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.243 | There are some shrewd contents in yond same paper | There are some shrewd contents in yond same Paper, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.216 | is shrewd construction made of her. Now, Sir John, | is shrewd construction made of her. Now (Sir Iohn) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.33 | Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite | Or else you are that shrew'd and knauish spirit |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.323 | O, when she is angry she is keen and shrewd. | O when she's angry, she is keene and shrewd, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.17 | husband if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue. | husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.426 | 'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream: | 'Tis a shrew'd doubt, though it be but a Dreame. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.59 | To lift shrewd steel against our golden crown, | To lift shrewd Steele against our Golden Crowne, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.35 | A parlous boy! Go to, you are too shrewd. | A parlous Boy: go too, you are too shrew'd. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.177 | Her eldest sister is so curst and shrewd | Her elder sister is so curst and shrew'd, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.59 | And wish thee to a shrewd ill-favoured wife? | And wish thee to a shrew'd ill-fauour'd wife? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.69 | As old as Sibyl, and as curst and shrewd | As old as Sibell, and as curst and shrow'd |
| 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, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.190 | That's Antenor. He has a shrewd wit, I can | That's Antenor, he has a shrow'd wit I can |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.33 | shrewd measure; take heed! If one be mad, or hang or | shrowd / Measure, take heede; if one be mad, or hang or |