| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.92 | But we have almost embossed him. You shall see his | but we haue almost imbost him, you shall see his |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiii.3.1 | Was never so embossed. | Was neuer so imbost. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.67 | And all th' embossed sores and headed evils | And all th'imbossed sores, and headed euils, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.155 | embossed rascal, if there were anything in thy pocket | imbost Rascall, if there were any thing in thy Pocket |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.135 | Was thick embossed with brazen ordinance. | Was thicke imbost with brasen ordynaunce. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.219 | A plague-sore, an embossed carbuncle, | A plague sore, or imbossed Carbuncle |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.15 | Breathe Merriman, the poor cur is embossed, | Brach Meriman, the poore Curre is imbost, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.215 | Who once a day with his embossed froth | Who once a day with his embossed Froth |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.140 | He bears a charging staff, embossed with silver. | He beares a charging Staffe, embost with silver. |