| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.151 | That dost in vile misprision shackle up | That dost in vile misprision shackle vp |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.26 | Either envy therefore, or misprision, | Who either through enuy, or misprision, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.96 | Would let her out in saucers. Sweet misprision! | Would let her out in Sawcers, sweet misprision. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.90 | Of thy misprision must perforce ensue | Of thy misprision, must perforce ensue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.183 | There is some strange misprision in the Princes. | There is some strange misprision in the Princes. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.50 | Misprision in the highest degree! Lady, cucullus | Misprision in the highest degree. Lady, Cucullus |