| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.111 | poor knight surprised without rescue in the first assault | poore Knight surpris'd without rescue in the first assault |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.21 | surprise him; such I will have whom I am sure he | surprize him; such I will haue whom I am sure he |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC v.ii.35 | You see how easily she may be surprised. | You see how easily she may be surpriz'd: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.203 | By their oppressed and fear-surprised eyes | By their opprest and feare-surprized eyes, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.92 | Which he in this adventure hath surprised, | Which he in this aduenture hath surpriz'd, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.65 | We had not been thus shamefully surprised. | We had not beene thus shamefully surpriz'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.26 | Were there surprised and taken prisoners. | Were there surpriz'd, and taken prisoners. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.40 | And may ye both be suddenly surprised | And may ye both be sodainly surpriz'd |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.89 | Hath slain their governors, surprised our forts, | Hath slaine their Gouernors, surpriz'd our Forts, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.57 | desolate. I see them lay their heads together to surprise | desolate. I see them lay their heades together to surprize |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.8 | Why, Buckingham, is the traitor Cade surprised? | Why Buckingham, is the Traitor Cade surpris'd? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.17 | We may surprise and take him at our pleasure? | Wee may surprize and take him at our pleasure, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.25 | For I intend but only to surprise him. | For I intend but onely to surprize him. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.9 | Or by his foe surprised at unawares; | Or by his Foe surpriz'd at vnawares: |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.67 | Arm, my good lord! O, we are all surprised! | Arme my good Lord, O we are all surprisde. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.27 | With strong surprise of weak and yielding fear. | With strong surprise of weake and yeelding feare. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.114 | Surprised, and brought us prisoners to the king, | Surprisd and brought vs prisoners to the king, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.84 | Armed in arguments. You'll be surprised. | Armed in arguments, you'll be surpriz'd. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.149 | The castle of Macduff I will surprise, | The Castle of Macduff, I will surprize. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.204 | Your castle is surprised, your wife and babes | Your Castle is surpriz'd: your Wife, and Babes |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.123 | guiltiness of my mind, the sudden surprise of my | guiltinesse of my minde, the sodaine surprize of my |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.16 | And all to topple. Pure surprise and fear | and all to topple: / Pure surprize and feare, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.54 | And how she was beguiled and surprised, | And how she was beguiled and surpriz'd, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.93 | Who are surprised with all, but my rejoicing | Who are surpriz'd with all; but my reioycing |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.154 | Surprise me to the very brink of tears. | Surprize me to the very brinke of teares; |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.287 | Treason, my lord! Lavinia is surprised. | Treason my Lord, Lauinia is surpris'd. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.288.1 | Surprised? By whom? | Surpris'd, by whom? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.23 | When with a happy storm they were surprised | When with a happy storme they were surpris'd, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.211 | I am surprised with an uncouth fear: | I am surprised with an vncouth feare, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.51 | Lavinia, wert thou thus surprised, sweet girl? | Lauinia, wert thou thus surpriz'd sweet girle, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.38 | Surprised him suddenly, and brought him hither | Surpriz'd him suddainely, and brought him hither |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.83 | When subtle Greeks surprised King Priam's Troy. | When subtilGreekes surpriz'd King Priams Troy: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.25 | Surprise her with discourse of my dear faith. | Surprize her with discourse of my deere faith; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.10 | Kin to Jove's thunder, so surprised my sense | Kin to Ioues Thunder, so surpriz'd my Sence, |