| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.226.1 | Their most absurd intents. | their most absurd intents. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.103 | To reason most absurd, whose common theme | To Reason most absurd, whose common Theame |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.70 | No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, | No, let the Candied tongue, like absurd pompe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.137 | This proffer is absurd and reasonless. | This proffer is absurd, and reasonlesse. |