| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.10 | Have uncontemned gone by him, or at least | Haue vncontemn'd gone by him, or at least |
| King John | KJ V.ii.13 | Should seek a plaster by contemned revolt, | Should seeke a plaster by contemn'd reuolt, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.141 | Is such as basest and contemned'st wretches | |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.1 | Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, | Yet better thus, and knowne to be contemn'd, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.2 | Than still contemned and flattered. To be worst, | Then still contemn'd and flatter'd, to be worst: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.259 | Write loyal cantons of contemned love | Write loyall Cantons of contemned loue, |