| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| King John | KJ V.iv.55 | Stoop low within those bounds we have o'erlooked, | Stoope lowe within those bounds we haue ore-look'd, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.39 | as I have perused, I find it not fit for your o'erlooking. | as I haue perus'd, I finde it not fit for your ore-looking. |
| King Lear | KL V.i.50 | Why, fare thee well. I will o'erlook thy paper. | Why farethee well, I will o're-looke thy paper. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.15 | They have o'erlooked me and divided me; | They haue ore-lookt me and deuided me, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.83 | Vile worm, thou wast o'erlooked even in thy birth. | Vilde worme, thou wast ore-look'd euen in thy birth. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.127 | And leads me to your eyes, where I o'erlook | And leades me to your eyes, where I orelooke |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.48 | All leave us else. But let your cares o'erlook | All leaue vs else: but let your cares ore-looke, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.17 | Catesby, o'erlook the walls. | Catesby, o're-looke the Walls. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.50 | And yet I would I had o'erlooked the letter. | And yet I would I had ore-look'd the Letter; |