| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.112 | That wrought upon thee so preposterously | That wrought vpon thee so preposterously, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.5 | And both preposterous; therefore, not ‘ good lord.’ | And both preposterous: therefore, not Good Lord. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.236 | encounter that obscene and most preposterous event that | encounter that obscene and most preposterous euent that |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.231 | Methinks you prescribe to yourself very preposterously. | Methinkes you prescribe to your selfe very preposterously. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.121 | That befall preposterously. | That befall preposterously. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.62 | For nature so preposterously to err, | For Nature, so prepostrously to erre, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.326 | preposterous conclusions. But we have reason to cool | prepostrous Conclusions. But we haue Reason to coole |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.63 | Blood to blood, self against self. O preposterous | Blood to blood, selfe against selfe: O prepostorous |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.9 | Preposterous ass, that never read so far | Preposterous Asse that neuer read so farre, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.20 | the like, take and take again such preposterous | the like, take and take againe, such prepostrous |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.144 | preposterous estate as we are. | preposterous estate as we are. |