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Maybe your texts are not widely visible.
The issue of changing the Author's intent would have removed the need to ask about Boots' as it's what the author decided (and is likely correct).
So it's not an entirely different topic. It's related. If you found one or two Boots's and most are Boots' you'd know anyway to silently correct to Boots', also it's correct.
Unless you are doing a Shakespeare in Modern English and also expert at Jacobean play English (which wasn't the same as regular Jacobean, nor was the AV/KJV bible) you'd want to only edit Shakespeare for yourself, especially as you said you are not a native English speaker and don't know the rules for apostrophes. Sorry to be negative.
I've been reading English for over 50 years and editing / proofing for more than 30 and I'd not attempt to edit Shakespeare, not even for myself. I've more fun ways to waste time.
Most literature from the 18th C onwards the correct reading can be established. With Shakespeare there are actual valid different versions.
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