| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.169 | I will oppose his fate. Our force by land | I will oppose his Fate. Our force by Land, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.20 | To oppose his hatred fully. Welcome home. | To oppose his hatred fully. Welcome home. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.170 | But what he looked for should oppose and she | But what he look'd for, should oppose, and she |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.361 | Oppose himself against a troop of kerns, | Oppose himselfe against a Troupe of Kernes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.43 | Oppose thy steadfast gazing eyes to mine, | Oppose thy stedfast gazing eyes to mine, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.133 | Makes him oppose himself against his king. | Makes him oppose himselfe against his King. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.156 | If you oppose yourselves to match Lord Warwick. | If you oppose your selues to match Lord Warwicke. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.107 | T' oppose your cunning. You're meek and humble-mouthed; | T' oppose your cunning. Y'are meek, & humble-mouth'd |
| King John | KJ III.i.170 | Yet I alone, alone do me oppose | Yet I alone, alone doe me oppose |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.171 | And in conclusion, to oppose the bolt | And in conclusion, to oppose the bolt |
| King Lear | KL V.i.27 | Most just and heavy causes make oppose. | |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.65 | That did oppose my will. Better Macbeth | That did oppose my will. Better Macbeth, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.10 | Out of his envy's reach, I do oppose | Out of his enuies reach, I do oppose |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.18 | I know it, uncle, and oppose not myself | I know it (Vnckle) and oppose not my selfe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.20 | He did oppose his foe. | He did oppose his Foe: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.135 | Oppose not Scythia to ambitious Rome. | Oppose me Scythia to ambitious Rome, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.333 | It is most meet. Who may you else oppose, | 'tis most meet; who may you else oppose |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.101 | Rebellious to oppose; therefore we must | Rebellious to oppose: therefore we must |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.46 | Oppose against their wills. (To Leontes) Care not for issue. | Oppose against their wills. Care not for Issue, |