| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.11 | Whom leprosy o'ertake! – i'th' midst o'th' fight, | (Whom Leprosie o're-take) i'th'midst o'th'fight, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.44 | I will o'ertake thee, Cleopatra, and | I will o're-take thee Cleopatra, and |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.103 | O'ertake pursued success but I do feel, | Ore-take pursu'de successe: But I do feele |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.15 | O'ertake me if thou canst; I scorn thy strength. | O're-take me if thou canst, I scorne thy strength. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.96 | For if the trial of the law o'ertake ye | For if the tryall of the Law o'retake ye, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.42 | Thou wilt o'ertake us hence a mile or twain, | Thou wilt ore-take vs hence a mile or twaine |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.448 | His act did not o'ertake his bad intent, | his Act did not ore-take his bad intent, |