| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.85 | And wrath o'erwhelmed my pity. I request you | And Wrath o're-whelm'd my pittie: I request you |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.163.2 | Thou wretch, despite o'erwhelm thee! | Thou wretch, despight ore-whelme thee: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.258 | Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. | Though all the earth orewhelm them to mens eies. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.11 | walk before thee like a sow that hath overwhelmed all | walke before thee, like a Sow, that hath o'rewhelm'd all |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.98 | Thou seekest the greatness that will overwhelm thee. | Thou seek'st the Greatnesse, that will ouer-whelme thee. |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.11 | Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it | Like the Brasse Cannon: let the Brow o'rewhelme it, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.145 | With the hell-hated lie o'erwhelm thy heart, | With the hell-hated Lye, ore-whelme thy heart, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.133 | Give fire! She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all! | Giue fire: she is my prize, or Ocean whelme them all. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.9 | Whose joy of her is overwhelmed like mine, | Whose ioy of her is ouer-whelmed like mine, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.76 | Whilst you were here, o'erwhelmed with your grief – | Whil'st you were heere, o're-whelmed with your griefe |
| Pericles | Per III.i.63 | And humming water must o'erwhelm thy corpse, | And humming Water must orewelme thy corpes, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.118 | Would sink and overwhelm you. Away! | would sincke and ouerwhelme you. Away. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.39 | In tattered weeds, with overwhelming brows, | In tattred weeds, with ouerwhelming browes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.10 | His sorrows have so overwhelmed his wits? | His sorrowes haue so ouerwhelm'd his wits, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.9 | To plant and o'erwhelm custom. Let me pass | To plant, and ore-whelme Custome. Let me passe |