| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.192 | pursed up his heart, upon the river of Cydnus. | purst vp his heart vpon the Riuer of Sidnis. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.10 | Give me mine angle. We'll to th' river; there, | Giue me mine Angle, weele to'th'Riuer there |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.135 | villainous contriver against me his natural brother. | villanous contriuer against mee his naturall brother: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.133 | I send it through the rivers of your blood | I send it through the Riuers of your blood |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.36 | Poor tributary rivers as sweet fish: | Poore Tributary Riuers, as sweet Fish: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.80 | No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, | No, nor the fruitfull Riuer in the Eye, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.94 | See how this river comes me cranking in, | See, how this Riuer comes me cranking in, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.125 | The river hath thrice flowed, no ebb between, | The Riuer hath thrice flow'd, no ebbe betweene: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.63 | Beyond the river Sala, in the year | Beyond the Riuer Sala, in the yeere |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.1 | 'Tis certain he hath passed the River Somme. | 'Tis certaine he hath past the Riuer Some. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.169 | Beyond the river we'll encamp ourselves, | Beyond the Riuer wee'le encampe our selues, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.25 | is both alike. There is a river in Macedon, and there is | is both alike. There is a Riuer in Macedon, & there is |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.26 | also moreover a river at Monmouth – it is called Wye | also moreouer a Riuer at Monmouth, it is call'd Wye |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.28 | name of the other river; but 'tis all one, 'tis alike as my | name of the other Riuer: but 'tis all one, tis alike as my |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.108 | When he was made a shriver, 'twas for shift. | When hee was made a Shriuer, 'twas for shift. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.1 | Enter Rivers and Lady Grey | Enter Riuers, and Lady Gray. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.2 | Why, brother Rivers, are you yet to learn | Why Brother Riuers, are you yet to learne |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.8 | Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench. | Which being suffer'd, Riuers cannot quench. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.198 | Should the approach of this wild river break, | Should the approach of this wilde Riuer breake, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.158 | A shrewd contriver; and you know his means, | A shrew'd Contriuer. And you know, his meanes |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.156 | Nay, you'll do more: you'll make the river too | Nay youle do more, youle make the Ryuer to, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.57 | Whose soldiers drank up rivers in their thirst. | Whose souldiers drancke vp riuers in their thirst: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.2 | We found the shallow of this River Somme, | We found the shalow of this Riuer Sone, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.38 | Upon the one side of the river's bank, | Vppon the one side with the riuers banke, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.92 | All rivers have recourse unto the sea, | all riuers haue recourse vnto the Sea, |
| King John | KJ I.i.203 | The Pyrenean and the River Po, | The Perennean and the riuer Poe, |
| King John | KJ III.i.23 | Like a proud river peering o'er his bounds? | Like a proud riuer peering ore his bounds? |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.110 | Like rivers of remorse and innocency. | Like Riuers of remorse and innocencie. |
| King John | KJ V.vii.38 | Nor let my kingdom's rivers take their course | Nor let my kingdomes Riuers take their course |
| King Lear | KL I.i.65 | With plenteous rivers and wide-skirted meads, | With plenteous Riuers, and wide-skirted Meades |
| Macbeth | Mac III.v.7 | The close contriver of all harms, | The close contriuer of all harmes, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.89 | Groping for trouts in a peculiar river. | Groping for Trowts, in a peculiar Riuer. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.16 | To shallow rivers, to whose falls | To shallow Ruiers to whose falls: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.28 | To shallow rivers, to whose falls – | To shallow Riuers, to whose fals: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.8 | new-year's gift. The rogues slighted me into the river with as | New-yeares gift. The rogues slighted me into the riuer with as |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.19 | You say he has been thrown in the rivers, and has | You say he has bin throwne in the Riuers: and has |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.91 | Have every pelting river made so proud | Hath euerie petty Riuer made so proud, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.107 | Which makes the silver rivers drown their shores | Which make the Siluer Riuers drowne their Shores, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.1.1 | Enter Queen Elizabeth, Lord Rivers, Marquess of | Enter the Queene Mother, Lord Riuers, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.92 | She may, Lord Rivers! Why, who knows not so? | She may Lord Riuers, why who knowes not so? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.128 | And, Rivers, so were you. Was not your husband | And Riuers, so were you: Was not your Husband, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.175 | And with thy scorns drew'st rivers from his eyes, | And with thy scornes drew'st Riuers from his eyes, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.209 | Rivers and Dorset, you were standers-by, | Riuers and Dorset, you were standers by, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.332 | To be revenged on Rivers, Dorset, Grey. | To be reueng'd on Riuers, Dorset, Grey. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.1.2 | Marquess Dorset, Grey, Rivers, Hastings, Catesby, | Marquesse Dorset, Riuers, Hastings, Catesby, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.7 | Hastings and Rivers, take each other's hand; | Dorset and Riuers, take each others hand, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.67 | Of you, and you, Lord Rivers, and of Dorset, | Of you and you, Lord Riuers and of Dorset, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.34.2 | Rivers and Dorset after her | Riuers & Dorset after her. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.11 | My uncle Rivers talked how I did grow | My Vnkle Riuers talk'd how I did grow |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.42 | Lord Rivers and Lord Grey are sent to Pomfret, | Lord Riuers, and Lord Grey, / Are sent to Pomfret, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.65 | With Rivers, Vaughan, Grey; and so 'twill do | With Riuers, Vaughan, Grey: and so 'twill doe |
| Richard III | R3 III.iii.1.2 | Rivers, Grey, and Vaughan to death at Pomfret | the Nobles to death at Pomfret. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.69 | Th' adulterate Hastings, Rivers, Vaughan, Grey, | Th'adulterate Hastings, Riuers, Vaughan, Gray, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.147 | Where is the gentle Rivers, Vaughan, Grey? | Where is the gentle Riuers, Vaughan, Gray? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.282 | Her uncle Rivers; yea, and for her sake, | Her Vnckle Riuers, I (and for her sake) |
| Richard III | R3 V.i.3 | Hastings, and Edward's children, Grey and Rivers, | Hastings, and Edwards children, Gray & Riuers, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.140 | Enter the Ghosts of Rivers, Grey, and Vaughan | Enter the Ghosts of Riuers, Gray, and Vaughan. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.141 | Rivers, that died at Pomfret; despair, and die! | Riuers, that dy'de at Pomfret: dispaire, and dye. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.22 | Alas, a crimson river of warm blood, | Alas, a Crimson riuer of warme blood, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.36 | Reveal the damned contriver of this deed. | Reueale the damn'd contriuer of this deed. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.51 | you: the falcon as the tercel, for all the ducks i'th' river | you. The Faulcon, as the Tercell, for all the Ducks ith Riuer: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.19 | Fly not, for shouldst thou take the river Styx, | Flye not: for should'st thou take the Riuer Stix, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.49 | and the service, and the tied. Why, man, if the river | and the Seruice, and the tide: why man, if the Riuer |