| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.275.1 | A hit, a very palpable hit. | A hit, a very palpable hit. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.222 | them, gross as a mountain, open, palpable. Why, thou | them, grosse as a Mountaine, open, palpable. Why thou |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.143 | That line hath two faults, gross and palpable: | That loue hath two falts grosse and palpable, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.40 | I see thee yet, in form as palpable | I see thee yet, in forme as palpable, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.357 | This palpable-gross play hath well beguiled | This palpable grosse play hath well beguil'd |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.76 | 'Tis probable, and palpable to thinking: | 'Tis probable, and palpable to thinking; |
| Richard III | R3 III.vi.11 | That cannot see this palpable device? | that cannot see this palpable deuice? |