| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.111 | poor knight surprised without rescue in the first assault | poore Knight surpris'd without rescue in the first assault |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.270 | Sir, for a cardecue he will sell the fee-simple | Sir, for a Cardceue he will sell the fee-simple |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.32 | long under her? There's a cardecue for you. Let the | long vnder? There's a Cardecue for you: Let the |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.48 | Your comfort makes the rescue. | Your comfort makes the rescue. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.134.2 | Was't you he rescued? | Was't you he rescu'd? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.109.1 | To make a rescue? | to make a rescue? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.275.1 | Have holp to make this rescue? | haue holpe / To make this rescue? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.ii.11.2 | to his rescue, Belarius, Guiderius, and Arviragus | to his rescue, Bellarius, Guiderius, and Aruiragus. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.ii.14.1 | Enter Posthumus, and seconds the Britons. They rescue Cymbeline | Enter Posthumus, and seconds the Britaines. They Rescue Cymbeline, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.558 | Had he the motive and the cue for passion | Had he the Motiue and the Cue for passion |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.49 | In this fair rescue thou hast brought to me. | In this faire rescue thou hast brought to mee. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.53 | A rescue! A rescue! | A rescu, a rescu. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.54 | Good people, bring a rescue or two. Thou wot, | Good people bring a rescu. Thou wilt not? |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.121 | ripe. Now we speak upon our cue, and our voice is | ripe. Now wee speake vpon our Q. and our voyce is |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.51 | prisonnier; néanmoins, pour les écus que vous l'avez | prisonner: neant-mons pour les escues que vous layt a |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.vi.2 | Rescued is Orleans from the English. | Rescu'd is Orleance from the English. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.19 | Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot, | Spurre to the rescue of the Noble Talbot, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.19 | And, in advantage lingering, looks for rescue, | And in aduantage lingring lookes for rescue, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.42 | Too late comes rescue. He is ta'en or slain; | Too late comes rescue, he is tane or slaine, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.1.2 | about, and Talbot rescues him | about, and Talbot rescues him. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.5 | I gave thee life and rescued thee from death. | I gaue thee Life, and rescu'd thee from Death. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.15 | And from the pride of Gallia rescued thee. | And from the Pride of Gallia rescued thee. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.26 | Came in strong rescue. Speak, thy father's care; | Came in strong rescue. Speake thy Fathers care: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.33 | Had York and Somerset brought rescue in, | Had Yorke and Somerset brought rescue in, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.104 | Perhaps I shall be rescued by the French, | Perhaps I shall be rescu'd by the French, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.64 | Wouldst have me rescue thee from this reproach? | Would'st haue me rescue thee from this reproach? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.364 | And, in the end being rescued, I have seen | And in the end being rescued, I haue seene |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.215 | Unless thou rescue him from foul despair? | Vnlesse thou rescue him from foule dispaire? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.84 | And from the Bishop's huntsmen rescued him; | And from the Bishops Huntsmen rescu'd him: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.179 | Than thy prevention can be in my rescue; | Then thy preuention can be in my rescue, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.23 | Rescue, King Edward, rescue for thy son! | Rescue king Edward, rescue, for thy sonne, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.24 | Rescue, Artois? What, is he prisoner, | Rescue Artoys, what is he prisoner? |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.53 | Enter Audley, wounded, and rescued by two esquires | Enter Audley wounded, & rescued by two squirs. |
| King John | KJ II.i.419 | Rescue those breathing lives to die in beds | Rescue those breathing liues to dye in beds, |
| King John | KJ III.ii.7.2 | My lord, I rescued her; | My Lord I rescued her, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.18 | Where honourable rescue and defence | Where honourable rescue, and defence |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.134 | My cue is villainous melancholy, with a sigh like Tom | my Cue is villanous Melancholly, with a sighe like Tom |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.191 | No rescue? What, a prisoner? I am even | No rescue? What, a Prisoner? I am euen |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.118 | How well this yielding rescues thee from shame! | How well this yeelding rescues thee from shame. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.41 | The clock gives me my cue, and my assurance bids me | The clocke giues me my Qu, and my assurance bids me |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.35 | Mistress Page, remember you your cue. | Mistris Page, remember you your Qu. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.69 | into that brake; and so everyone according to his cue. | into that Brake, and so euery one according to his cue. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.93 | your part at once, cues and all. Pyramus, enter – your | your part at once, cues and all. Piramus enter, your |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.94 | cue is past. It is ‘ never tire.’ | cue is past; it is neuer tyre. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.199 | When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. | When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.182 | Thisbe's cue. She is to enter now, and I am to spy her | Thisbies cue; she is to enter, and I am to spy / Her |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.281 | Speak, Count, 'tis your cue. | Speake Count, tis your Qu. |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.83 | Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it | Were it my Cue to fight, I should haue knowne it |
| Pericles | Per V.i.176 | A crew of pirates came and rescued me, | A crew of Pirats came and rescued me, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.100 | Rescued the Black Prince – that young Mars of men – | Rescued the Black Prince, that yong Mars of men, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.114 | When Oxford had me down, he rescued me | When Oxford had me downe, he rescued me: |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.26 | Had you not come upon your cue, my lord, | Had you not come vpon your Q my Lord, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iv.1 | Rescue, my Lord of Norfolk, rescue, rescue! | Rescue my Lord of Norfolke, / Rescue, Rescue: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iv.6 | Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost! | Rescue faire Lord, or else the day is lost. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.236 | Rescue thy mistress if thou be a man. | Rescue thy Mistresse if thou be a man: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.420 | That in the rescue of Lavinia | That in the rescue of Lauinia, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.49 | To rescue my two brothers from their death, | To rescue my two brothers from their death, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.47 | Here comes the man, sir, that did rescue me. | Here comes the man sir, that did rescue mee. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.21 | To hazard life, and rescue you from him | To hazard life, and reskew you from him, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.35 | Rather than have false Proteus rescue me. | Rather then haue false Protheus reskue me: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.34 | A fescue in her fist, and you shall see her | a feskue in her fist, and you shall see her |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.94.1 | And mark your cue. | and marke your Cue; |