| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.140 | Rancour will out; proud prelate, in thy face | Rancour will out, proud Prelate, in thy face |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.144 | And charity chased hence by rancour's hand; | And Charitie chas'd hence by Rancours hand; |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.17 | But note the rancour of rebellious minds: | But not the rancor of rebellious mindes: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.131 | To show the rancour of their high-swoll'n hearts. | To shew the rancor of their high swolne harts, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.66 | Put rancours in the vessel of my peace, | Put Rancours in the Vessell of my Peace |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.301 | uncovered slander, unmitigated rancour – O God, that | vncouered slander, vnmittigated rancour? O God that |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.143 | It issues from the rancour of a villain, | It issues from the rancour of a Villaine, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.117 | The broken rancour of your high-swollen hearts, | The broken rancour of your high-swolne hates, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.86 | This sudden stab of rancour I misdoubt. | This sudden stab of Rancour I misdoubt: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.88 | To turn your households' rancour to pure love. | To turne your houshould rancor to pure Loue. |