| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.226.1 | their most absurd intents | their most absurd intents |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.103 | to reason most absurd whose common theme | to reason most absurd whose common theame |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.70 | no let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp | no let the candied tongue like absurd pompe |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.137 | this proffer is absurd and reasonless | this proffer is absurd and reasonlesse |