| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.viii.4 | Till we have done at sea. Do not exceed | Till we haue done at Sea. Do not exceede |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.32 | Will or exceed the common or be caught | Will or exceed the Common, or be caught |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.39 | As far as doth the Capitol exceed | As farre as doth the Capitoll exceede |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.42 | Whom you have banished does exceed you all. | Whom you haue banish'd, does exceed you all. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.163 | passes between yourself and him he shall not exceed you | passes betweene you and him, hee shall not exceed you |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.15 | What should I say? His deeds exceed all speech; | What should I say? his Deeds exceed all speech: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.90 | And thou shalt find that I exceed my sex. | And thou shalt finde that I exceed my Sex. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.75 | Let not her penance exceed the King's commission. | Let not her Penance exceede the Kings Commission. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.84 | Thy word, nor no man's, may exceed his power, | Thy word nor no mans may exceed his power, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.157 | Exceed account; but the full sum of me | Exceed account: but the full summe of me |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.63 | Exceed three days. In faith, he's penitent: | Exceed three dayes. Infaith hee's penitent: |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.16 | To make some good, but others to exceed, | To make some good, but others to exceed, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.203 | Than such that do e'en enemies exceed. | Then such that do e'ne Enemies exceede. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.12 | So far exceed all instance, all discourse, | So farre exceed all instance, all discourse, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.166 | By heaven, my wrath shall far exceed the love | By heauen, my wrath shall farre exceed the loue |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.30 | Exceed the wine of others. All our surgeons | Exceede the wine of others: all our Surgions |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.46 | Wilt thou exceed in all, or dost thou do't | Wilt thou exceede in all, or do'st thou doe it |