| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.81 | That twenty such rude boys might tend upon | That twenty such rude boyes might tend vpon, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.64 | The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. | The roughest Berry, on the rudest Hedge. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.93 | Or else a rude despiser of good manners, | Or else a rude despiser of good manners, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.180 | Although thy breath be rude. | although thy breath be rude. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.35 | Could not drop forth such giant rude invention, | Could not drop forth such giant rude inuention, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.88 | When he demeaned himself rough, rude, and wildly. | When he demean'd himselfe, rough, rude, and wildly, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.358 | But by and by rude fishermen of Corinth | But by and by, rude Fishermen of Corinth |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.220 | That seem like prudent helps, are very poisonous | That seeme like prudent helpes, are very poysonous, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.145 | Or rudely visit them in parts remote | Or rudely visit them in parts remote, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.38 | By this rude place we live in. Well encountered! | By this rude place we liue in. Well encounter'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.214 | My clouted brogues from off my feet, whose rudeness | My clowted Brogues from off my feete, whose rudenesse |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.1.2 | Enter Claudius, King of Denmark, Gertrude the | Enter Claudius King of Denmarke, Gertrude the |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.54 | He tells me, my dear Gertrude, he hath found | He tels me my sweet Queene, that he hath found |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.28.2 | Sweet Gertrude, leave us too. | Sweet Gertrude leaue vs too, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.41.1 | In noise so rude against me? | In noise so rude against me? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.6 | What, Gertrude? How does Hamlet? | What Gertrude? How do's Hamlet? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.28 | O Gertrude, come away! | Oh Gertrude, come away: |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.38 | Come, Gertrude, we'll call up our wisest friends | Come Gertrude, wee'l call vp our wisest friends, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.78 | O Gertrude, Gertrude, | Oh Gertrude, Gertrude, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.95 | In ear and ear. O my dear Gertrude, this, | In eare and eare. O my deere Gertrude, this, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.124 | Let him go, Gertrude. Do not fear our person. | Let him go Gertrude: Do not feare our person: |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.128 | Why thou art thus incensed. Let him go, Gertrude. | Why thou art thus Incenst? Let him go Gertrude. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.191.2 | Let's follow, Gertrude. | Let's follow, Gertrude: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.99 | suffer this mad knave now to knock him about the | suffer this rude knaue now to knocke him about the |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.292 | Good Gertrude, set some watch over your son. | Good Gertrude set some watch ouer your Sonne, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.284.2 | Gertrude, do not drink. | Gertrude, do not drinke. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.41 | Was by the rude hands of that Welshman taken, | Was by the rude hands of that Welshman taken, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.14 | Such barren pleasures, rude society, | Such barren pleasures, rude societie, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.32 | Thy place in Council thou hast rudely lost, | Thy place in Councell thou hast rudely lost, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.159 | On bloody courses, the rude scene may end, | On bloody Courses, the rude Scene may end, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.196 | he gave it like a rude prince, and you took it like a | he gaue it like a rude Prince, and you tooke it like a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.20 | In cradle of the rude imperious surge, | In Cradle of the rude imperious Surge, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.27 | To the wet sea-son in an hour so rude, | To the wet Sea-Boy, in an houre so rude: |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.55 | His companies unlettered, rude, and shallow, | His Companies vnletter'd, rude, and shallow, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.98 | In confutation of which rude reproach, | In confutation of which rude reproach, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.30 | With ruder terms, such as my wit affords, | With ruder termes, such as my wit affoords, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.135 | With the rude multitude till I return. | With the rude multitude, till I returne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.271 | 'Tis like the commons, rude unpolished hinds, | 'Tis like the Commons, rude vnpolisht Hindes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.33 | Of hinds and peasants, rude and merciless: | Of Hindes and Pezants, rude and mercilesse: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.29 | Why, rude companion, whatsoe'er thou be, | Why rude Companion, whatsoere thou be, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.64 | If one so rude and of so mean condition | If one so rude, and of so meane condition |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.46 | A prince most prudent, of an excellent | A Prince most Prudent; of an excellent |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.364 | Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. | Of a rude streame, that must for euer hide me. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.103 | To use so rude behaviour. Go to, kneel. | To vse so rude behauiour. Go too, kneele. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.2 | take the court for Parish Garden? Ye rude slaves, leave | take the Court for Parish Garden: ye rude Slaues, leaue |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.10 | Do you look for ale and cakes here, you rude | Do you looke for Ale, and Cakes heere, you rude |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.297 | This rudeness is a sauce to his good wit, | This Rudenesse is a Sawce to his good Wit, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.30 | him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would | him haue I offended. Who is heere so rude, that would |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.146 | Whose habit rude and manners blunt and plain | Whose habit rude, and manners blunt and playne, |
| King John | KJ I.i.64 | Out on thee, rude man! Thou dost shame thy mother, | Out on thee rude man, yu dost shame thy mother, |
| King John | KJ II.i.262 | Were harboured in their rude circumference. | Were harbour'd in their rude circumference: |
| King John | KJ II.i.413 | O prudent discipline! From north to south | O prudent discipline! From North to South: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.150 | To whom he sung, in rude harsh-sounding rhymes, | To whom he sung in rude harsh sounding rimes, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.240 | And consequently thy rude hand to act | And consequently, thy rude hand to acte |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.257 | Which, howsoever rude exteriorly, | Which howsoeuer rude exteriorly, |
| King John | KJ V.iv.11 | Unthread the rude eye of rebellion, | Vnthred the rude eye of Rebellion, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.27 | Which he hath left so shapeless and so rude. | Which he hath left so shapelesse, and so rude. |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.30 | You are not worth the dust which the rude wind | You are not worth the dust which the rude winde |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.66 | Most rude melancholy, valour gives thee place. | Most rude melancholie, Valour giues thee place. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.220 | That, like a rude and savage man of Inde | That (like a rude and sauage man of Inde.) |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.84 | the posteriors of this day, which the rude multitude | the posteriors of this day, which the rude multitude |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.431 | Teach us, sweet madam, for our rude transgression | Teach vs sweete Madame, for our rude transgression, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.31 | Ere this rude beast will profit. | Ere this rude beast will profit. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.79 | Persuade this rude wretch willingly to die. | Perswade this rude wretch willingly to die. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.168 | Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice, | Thou art to wilde, to rude, and bold of voyce, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.77 | Pawned with the other, for the poor rude world | Paund with the other, for the poore rude world |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.152 | That the rude sea grew civil at her song, | That the rude sea grew ciuill at her song, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.9 | A crew of patches, rude mechanicals | A crew of patches, rude Mcehanicals, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.262 | Why are you grown so rude? What change is this, | Why are you growne so rude? / What change is this |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.81 | Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech | Hath this extent; no more. Rude am I, in my speech, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.137 | Sometimes intrude not? Who has a breast so pure, | Sometimes intrude not? Who ha's that breast so pure, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.352 | And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats | And O you mortall Engines, whose rude throates |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.38 | They are now starved for want of exercise. | They are now staru'de for want of exercise, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.30 | Thou art the rudeliest welcome to this world | Thou art the rudelyest welcome to this world, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.54 | Not all the water in the rough rude sea | Not all the Water in the rough rude Sea |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.32 | Go to the rude ribs of that ancient castle, | Goe to the rude Ribs of that ancient Castle, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.74 | How dares thy harsh rude tongue sound this unpleasing news? | How dares thy harsh rude tongue sound this vnpleasing newes |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.5 | Where rude misgoverned hands from windows' tops | Where rude mis-gouern'd hands, from Windowes tops, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.105 | How now! What means death in this rude assault? | How now? what meanes Death in this rude assalt? |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.16 | I, that am rudely stamped, and want love's majesty | I, that am Rudely stampt, and want loues Maiesty, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.38 | What means this scene of rude impatience? | What meanes this Scene of rude impatience? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.101 | Rude ragged nurse, old sullen playfellow | Rude ragged Nurse, old sullen Play-fellow, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.26 | Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn. | Too rude, too boysterous, and it pricks like thorne. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.51 | And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand. | And touching hers, make blessed my rude hand. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.24 | In man as well as herbs – grace and rude will. | In man as well as Hearbes, grace and rude will: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.189 | My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding. | My bloud for your rude brawles doth lie a bleeding. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.24 | O deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness! | O deadly sin, O rude vnthankefulnesse! |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.171 | Good Prudence. Smatter with your gossips, go! | Good Prudence, smatter with your gossip, go. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.10 | Unto a mad-brain rudesby, full of spleen, | Vnto a mad-braine rudesby, full of spleene, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.291 | This ancient morsel, this Sir Prudence, who | This ancient morsell: this Sir Prudence, who |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.27 | And manners to intrude where I am graced, | And manners to intru'd where I am grac'd, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.65 | Unmannerly intruder as thou art. | Vnmannerly Intruder as thou art. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.199 | Whose mouth is covered with rude-growing briars, | Whose mouth is couered with Rude growing Briers, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.91 | Peace, you ungracious clamours! Peace, rude sounds! | Peace you vngracious Clamors, peace rude sounds, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.115 | And the rude son should strike his father dead; | And the rude Sonne should strike his Father dead: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.207 | For the great swing and rudeness of his poise, | For the great swing and rudenesse of his poize, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.52 | Mars his idiot! Do, rudeness, do, camel; do, | Mars his Ideot: do rudenes, do Camell, do, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.55 | Rude, in sooth; in good sooth, very rude. | Rude in sooth, in good sooth very rude. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.23 | For the capacity of my ruder powers. | For the capacitie of my ruder powers; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.34 | All time of pause, rudely beguiles our lips | All time of pause; rudely beguiles our lips |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.40 | With the rude brevity and discharge of one. | With the rude breuitie and discharge of our |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.29 | 'tis thought among the prudent he would quickly | 'tis thought among the prudent, he would quickely |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.204 | Yet you began rudely. What are you? What | Yet you began rudely. What are you? What |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.206 | The rudeness that hath appeared in me have I | The rudenesse that hath appear'd in mee, haue I |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.50.1 | Rudesby, be gone! | Rudesbey be gone. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.76 | From the rude sea's enraged and foamy mouth | From the rude seas enrag'd and foamy mouth |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.157 | Go, base intruder, overweening slave, | Goe base Intruder, ouer-weening Slaue, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.60 | Ruffian, let go that rude uncivil touch; | Ruffian: let goe that rude vnciuill touch, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.195 | Rude and impatient, then, like chastity, | Rude and impatient, then, like Chastity |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.331 | May rude wind never hurt thee. O my lady, | May rude winde never hurt thee. O my Lady |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.103 | That ruder tongues distinguish villager; | That ruder Tongues distinguish villager, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.121 | I first appear, though rude, and raw, and muddy, | I first appeare, though rude, and raw, and muddy, |