| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.21 | surprise him; such I will have whom I am sure he | surprize him; such I will haue whom I am sure he |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.57 | desolate. I see them lay their heads together to surprise | desolate. I see them lay their heades together to surprize |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.17 | We may surprise and take him at our pleasure? | Wee may surprize and take him at our pleasure, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.25 | For I intend but only to surprise him. | For I intend but onely to surprize him. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.27 | With strong surprise of weak and yielding fear. | With strong surprise of weake and yeelding feare. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.149 | The castle of Macduff I will surprise, | The Castle of Macduff, I will surprize. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.123 | guiltiness of my mind, the sudden surprise of my | guiltinesse of my minde, the sodaine surprize of my |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.16 | And all to topple. Pure surprise and fear | and all to topple: / Pure surprize and feare, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.154 | Surprise me to the very brink of tears. | Surprize me to the very brinke of teares; |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.25 | Surprise her with discourse of my dear faith. | Surprize her with discourse of my deere faith; |