| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.32 | A heavier task could not have been imposed | A heauier taske could not haue beene impos'd, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.146 | imposed upon his father that sent him: or if a servant, | imposed vpon his Father that sent him: or if a Seruant, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.59 | What fates impose, that men must needs abide; | What Fates impose, that men must needs abide; |
| King John | KJ III.i.250 | Out of your grace, devise, ordain, impose | Out of your grace, deuise, ordaine, impose |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.25 | Thou mightst deserve or they impose this usage, | Thou might'st deserue, or they impose this vsage, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.127 | and, in lieu thereof impose on thee nothing but this: | and in lieu thereof, impose on thee nothing but this: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.199 | That Cupid will impose for my neglect | That Cupid will impose for my neglect, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.829 | Impose some service on me for thy love. | Impose some seruice on me for my loue. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.40 | I have on Angelo imposed the office, | I haue on Angelo impos'd the office, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.260 | Impose me to what penance your invention | Impose me to what penance your inuention |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.146 | Which fondly you would here impose on me. | Which fondly you would here impose on me. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.78 | enough than for us to undergo any difficulty imposed. | inough, then for vs to vndergoe any difficultie imposed. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.8 | According to your ladyship's impose, | According to your Ladiships impose, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.164 | And nobleness impose – at least thus much: | And Noblenesse impose: at least thus much; |