| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.48 | And pious action we do sugar o'er | And pious Action, we do surge o're |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.20 | In cradle of the rude imperious surge, | In Cradle of the rude imperious Surge, |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.13 | Breasting the lofty surge. O, do but think | Bresting the loftie Surge. O, doe but thinke |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.22 | thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! Now art | thou Say, thou Surge, nay thou Buckram Lord, now art |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.20 | Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge | Almost too small for sight. The murmuring Surge, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.110 | and cooled, glowing hot, in that surge, like a horse-shoe. | and coold, glowing-hot, in that serge like a Horse-shoo; |
| Othello | Oth II.i.13 | The wind-shaked surge, with high and monstrous mane, | The winde-shak'd-Surge, with high & monstrous Maine |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.119 | The surge most swoll'n that met him. His bold head | The surge most swolne that met him: his bold head |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.441 | The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves | The Seas a Theefe, whose liquid Surge, resolues |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.216 | The turbulent surge shall cover. Thither come, | The turbulent Surge shall couer; thither come, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.96 | Expecting ever when some envious surge | Expecting euer when some enuious surge, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.84 | The surge that next approaches. He much desires | The surge that next approaches: he much desires |