| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.30 | Expected. Since he went from Egypt 'tis | Expected. Since he went from Egypt, 'tis |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vii.3 | Exceeds what we expected. | Exceeds what we expected. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.19 | When it was less expected. He replied, | When it was lesse expected. He replyed |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.2 | of a crescent note, expected to prove so worthy as | of a Cressent note, expected to proue so woorthy, as |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.38.2 | He was expected then, | He was expected then, |
| Henry VIII | H8 epilogue.8 | All the expected good we're like to hear | All the expected good w'are like to heare. |
| King John | KJ II.i.80 | By how much unexpected, by so much | By how much vnexpected, by so much |
| King John | KJ V.iii.10 | That was expected by the Dauphin here | That was expected by the Dolphin heere, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.64 | Devoured by the unexpected flood. | Deuoured by the vnexpected flood. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.109.1 | When it is least expected. | When it is least expected. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.83 | What honey is expected? Degree being vizarded, | What Hony is expected? Degree being vizarded, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vi.21.1 | Had I expected thee. | Had I expected thee: |