| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.12 | Didst hear her speak? Is she shrill-tongued or low? | Didst heare her speake? Is she shrill tongu'd or low? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.25 | welcome,’ with this shrill addition, ‘ Anon, anon, sir! | welcome: with this shril addition, Anon, Anon sir, |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.9 | Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give | Heare the shrill Whistle, which doth order giue |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.348 | Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, | Farewell the neighing Steed, and the shrill Trumpe, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.45 | And fetch shrill echoes from the hollow earth. | And fetch shrill ecchoes from the hollow earth. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.33 | Is as the maiden's organ, shrill and sound, | Is as the maidens organ, shrill, and sound, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.56 | I heard a voice, a shrill one; and attentive | I heard a voyce, a shrill one, and attentive |