| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.224 | obscene, greasy tallow-catch – | obscene greasie Tallow Catch. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.236 | encounter that obscene and most preposterous event that | encounter that obscene and most preposterous euent that |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.131 | Should show so heinous, black, obscene a deed! | Should shew so heynous, black, obscene a deed. |