| 1H4 I.iii.26 | [Northumberland to King Henry, of Hotspur's apparent attitude] envy therefore, or misprision, / Is guilty of this fault |
| LLL IV.iii.96 | [Berowne as if to Dumaine, of Katharine as a fever] then incision / Would let her out in saucers. Sweet misprision! [also: release] |
| MA IV.i.183 | [Friar to all] There is some strange misprision in the Princes |
| MND III.ii.90 | [Oberon to Puck] Of thy misprision must perforce ensue / Some true love turned |
| Sonn.87.11 | [] thy great gift, upon misprision growing, / Comes home again |
| TN I.v.50 | [Feste to Olivia] Misprision in the highest degree! |