| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.101 | The ocean, overpeering of his list, | The Ocean (ouer-peering of his List) |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.11 | In yonder tower to overpeer the city, | In yonder Tower, to ouer-peere the Citie, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.14 | Whose top branch overpeered Jove's spreading tree | Whose top-branch ouer-peer'd Ioues spreading Tree, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.12 | Do overpeer the petty traffickers | Do ouer-peere the pettie Traffiquers |