| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.43 | o'th' shoulder, but I'll warrant him heart-whole. | oth' shoulder, but Ile warrant him heart hole. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.151 | shoulder, the mole in my neck, the great wart on my | shoulder, the Mole in my necke, the great Wart on my |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.141 | I'th' shoulder and i'th' left arm. There will be | Ith' Shoulder, and ith' left Arme: there will be |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.78 | Once touch my shoulder. Great the slaughter is | Once touch my shoulder. Great the slaughter is |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.56 | The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail, | The winde sits in the shoulder of your saile, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.97 | And, with his head over his shoulder turned, | And with his head ouer his shoulders turn'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.129 | shoulder? Much! | shoulder? much. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.209 | him sir, i'th' shoulder. | him (Sir) in the shoulder. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iv.3 | drawn my shoulder out of joint. | drawne my shoulder out of ioynt. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.188 | Lord Warwick, on thy shoulder will I lean; | Lord Warwicke, on thy shoulder will I leane, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.100 | For in thy shoulder do I build my seat, | For in thy shoulder do I builde my Seate; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.23 | This shoulder was ordained so thick to heave; | This shoulder was ordain'd so thicke, to heaue, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.1.2 | shoulder, the nobles, and Sir Thomas Lovell. The | shoulder, the Nobles, and Sir Thomas Louell: the |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.113 | Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder | Did from the Flames of Troy, vpon his shoulder |
| King John | KJ I.i.245 | What! I am dubbed, I have it on my shoulder. | What, I am dub'd, I haue it on my shoulder: |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.92 | Than stands on any shoulder that I see | Then stands on any shoulder that I see |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.88.1 | Her shoulder is with child. | her shoulder is with-child. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.97 | world, sometime to lean upon my poor shoulder, and | world) sometime to leane vpon my poore shoulder, and |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.107 | With that all laughed and clapped him on the shoulder, | With that all laugh'd, and clap'd him on the shoulder, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.239 | shoulder, and called Adam. | shoulder, and cal'd Adam. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.79 | Which gently laid my knighthood on my shoulder, | Which gently laid my Knight-hood on my shoulder, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.13 | from my shoulder to my heel with no greater a run but | from my shoulder to my heele, with no greater a run but |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.13 | From Cupid's shoulder pluck his painted wings, | From Cupids shoulder plucke his painted wings, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.139 | They clap the lubber Ajax on the shoulder, | They clap the lubber Aiax on the shoulder, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.21 | Smoother than Pelops' shoulder! Fame and honour, | Smoother then Pelops Shoulder? Fame and honour |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.127 | Lined with strong sinews; to the shoulder-piece | Linde with strong sinewes: To the shoulder peece, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.93 | out his shoulder bone, how he cried to me for help, and | out his shoulder-bone, how he cride to mee for helpe, and |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.60 | On his shoulder, and his; her face o' fire | On his shoulder, and his: her face o' fire |