| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.191 | Bethink thee on her virtues that surmount, | Bethinke thee on her Vertues that surmount, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.667 | This Hector far surmounted Hannibal; | This Hector farre surmounted Hanniball. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.64 | And far surmounts our labour to attain it. | And farre surmounts our labour to attaine it. |