| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.89 | Let floods o'erswell, and fiends for food howl on! | Let floods ore-swell, and fiends for food howle on. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.159 | Fill, Lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup; | Fill Lucius, till the Wine ore-swell the Cup: |
| King John | KJ II.i.337 | Shall leave his native channel and o'erswell, | Shall leaue his natiue channell, and ore-swell |