| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.38 | I hear there is an overture of peace. | I heare there is an ouerture of peace. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.99 | As she had made the overture, she ceased | As she had made the ouerture, she ceast |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.24 | That overtopped them all. Betrayed I am. | That ouer-top'd them all. Betray'd I am. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.243 | Sir, you have wrestled well, and overthrown | Sir, you haue wrastled well, and ouerthrowne |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.248 | O poor Orlando, thou art overthrown! | O poore Orlando! thou art ouerthrowne |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.63 | To think my poverty is treacherous. | To thinke my pouertie is treacherous. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.100 | And I in such a poverty of grace, | And I in such a pouerty of grace, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.6 | poverty of her, the small acquaintance, my sudden | pouertie of her, the small acquaintance, my sodaine |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.19.1 | Hath overta'en mine act. | Hath ouerta'ne mine Act. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.46 | An overture for th' wars. No more, I say. | an Ouerture for th' Warres: / No more I say, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.222 | That our devices still are overthrown. | That our Deuices still are ouerthrowne, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.68 | Faith, for their poverty I know not where they | Faith, for their pouertie, I know not where they |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.9 | I speak of peace while covert enmity, | I speake of Peace, while couert Enmitie |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.129 | imprisonment to me in respect of poverty; but how I | imprisonment to me, in respect of Pouertie: but how I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.75 | With hollow poverty and emptiness. | With hollow Pouerty, and Emptinesse. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.104 | She hath been in good case, and the truth is, poverty | She hath bin in good case, & the truth is, pouerty |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.353 | I met and overtook a dozen captains, | I met, and ouer-tooke a dozen Captaines, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.99 | Are by the shrieve of Yorkshire overthrown. | Are by the Sherife of Yorkeshire ouerthrowne: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.19 | O God, I fear all will be overturned. | Alas, I feare, all will be ouer-turn'd. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.81 | Before thy most assured overthrow: | Before thy most assured Ouerthrow: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.24 | That plotted thus our glory's overthrow? | That plotted thus our Glories ouerthrow? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.49 | Hath the late overthrow wrought this offence? | Hath the late ouerthrow wrought this offence? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.65 | That seeks to overthrow religion, | That seekes to ouerthrow Religion, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.106 | We are like to have the overthrow again. | We are like to haue the ouerthrow againe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.111 | For I have seen our enemies' overthrow. | For I haue seene our Enemies ouerthrow. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.43 | Speak on; but be not overtedious. | Speake on,but be not ouer-tedious. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.105 | That in this quarrel have been overthrown | That in this quarrell haue beene ouerthrowne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.79 | And in her heart she scorns our poverty. | And in her heart she scornes our Pouertie: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.3 | O Lancaster, I fear thy overthrow | O Lancaster! I feare thy ouerthrow, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.3 | And in this covert will we make our stand, | And in this couert will we make our Stand, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.13 | And now what rests but, in night's coverture, | And now, what rests? but in Nights Couerture, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.47 | Though Fortune's malice overthrow my state, | Though Fortunes mallice ouerthrow my State, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.64 | His overthrow heaped happiness upon him, | His Ouerthrow, heap'd Happinesse vpon him: |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.149 | But poverty could never draw 'em from me – | (But pouerty could neuer draw 'em from me) |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.46 | How covert matters may be best disclosed, | How couert matters may be best disclos'd, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.ii.5 | And sudden push gives them the overthrow. | And sodaine push giues them the ouerthrow: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.52 | Is overthrown by noble Brutus' power, | Is ouerthrowne by Noble Brutus power, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.13 | Bray forth their conquest and our overthrow, | Bray foorth their Conquest, and our ouerthrow, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.80 | Which cannot cloak itself on poverty. – | Which cannot cloke it selfe on pouertie. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.94 | By me be overthrown, and shall I not | By me be ouerthrowne, and shall I not, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.147 | Can overthrow the limit of our fate, | Can ouerthrow the limit of our fate, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.107 | What, have our men the overthrow at Poitiers, | What haue our men the ouerthrow at Poitiers, |
| King John | KJ V.i.16 | Or overthrow incurable ensues. | Or ouerthrow incureable ensues. |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.56 | That under covert and convenient seeming | That vnder couert, and conuenient seeming |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.26 | In, boy, go first. – You houseless poverty – | In Boy, go first. You houselesse pouertie, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.65 | The winged Vengeance overtake such children. | The winged Vengeance ouertake such Children. |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.88 | That made the overture of thy treasons to us; | That made the ouerture of thy Treasons to vs: |
| King Lear | KL V.i.39.2 | I'll overtake you. | Ile ouertake you, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.269 | O poverty in wit, kingly-poor flout! | O pouertie in wit, Kingly poore flout. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.380 | I am a fool, and full of poverty. | I am a foole, and full of pouertie. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.571 | O, sir, you have overthrown | O sir, you haue ouerthrowne |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.115.1 | Have overthrown him. | Haue ouerthrowne him. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.19 | To overtake thee. Would thou hadst less deserved, | To ouertake thee. Would thou hadst lesse deseru'd, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.83 | poverty, I am custom-shrunk. | pouerty, I am Custom-shrunke. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.10 | To lock it in the wards of covert bosom, | To locke it in the wards of couert bosome |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.268 | An age of poverty, from which lingering penance | An age of pouerty. From which lingring penance |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.449 | Go, Gratiano, run and overtake him, | Goe Gratiano, run and ouer-take him, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.50 | able to overtake seventeen years old. It were a goot | able to ouertake seuenteene yeeres old. It were a goot |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.90 | You're shamed, you're overthrown, you're undone for | You'r sham'd, y'are ouerthrowne, y'are vndone for |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.62 | glory of my overthrow; if I can cross him any way, | glorie of my ouerthrow: if I can crosse him any way, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.8 | Not honestly, my lord; but so covertly that | Not honestly my Lord, but so couertly, that |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.45 | assurance, and all the preparation overthrown. | assurance, and all the preparation ouerthrowne. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.30 | Is couched in the woodbine coverture. | Is couched in the wood-bine couerture, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.107 | Without more wider and more overt test | Without more wider, and more ouer Test |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.77 | drunk; he sweats not to overthrow your Almaine; he | drunke. He sweates not to ouerthrow your Almaine. He |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.49 | Steeped me in poverty to the very lips, | Steep'd me in pouertie to the very lippes. |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.30 | All poverty was scorned, and pride so great, | All pouertie was scor'nde, and pride so great, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.94 | With bloody veins expecting overthrow, | With bloody veines expecting ouerthrow, |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.16 | That sought at Oxford thy dire overthrow. | That sought at Oxford, thy dire ouerthrow. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.7 | Hath almost overta'en him in his growth. | Ha's almost ouertane him in his growth. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.33 | Well, well, he was the covert'st sheltered traitor. | Well, well, he was the couertst sheltred Traytor |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.158 | Yet so much is my poverty of spirit, | Yet so much is my pouertie of spirit, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.125 | And stole into the covert of the wood. | And stole into the couert of the wood, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.57 | By cruel, cruel thee quite overthrown. | By cruell, cruell thee, quite ouerthrowne: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.75 | My poverty but not my will consents. | My pouerty, but not my will consents. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.76 | I pay thy poverty and not thy will. | I pray thy pouerty, and not thy will. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.73 | Upon the company you overtake? | Vpon the companie you ouertake? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.81 | To trash for overtopping, new created | To trash for ouer-topping; new created |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.153 | Letters should not be known. Riches, poverty, | Letters should not be knowne: Riches, pouerty, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.14 | With his disease of all-shunned poverty, | With his disease, of all shunn'd pouerty, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.201 | It alone concerns your ear. I bring no overture of | It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.165 | That thine own trip shall be thine overthrow? | That thine owne trip shall be thine ouerthrow: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.125 | And yet it cannot overtake your slow purse. | And yet it cannot ouer-take your slow purse. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.30 | He overtaketh in his pilgrimage; | He ouer-taketh in his pilgrimage. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.172.1 | Without more overture. | Without more ouerture. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.628 | from thee. Yet for the outside of thy poverty we must | from thee: yet for the out-side of thy pouertie, we must |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.646 | Into some covert; take your sweetheart's hat | Into some Couert; take your sweet-hearts Hat |