| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.13 | a thousand sallets ere we light on such another herb. | a thousand sallets ere wee light on such another hearbe. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.15 | sallet, or, rather, the herb of grace. | sallet, or rather the hearbe of grace. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.183 | herb of grace o' Sundays. O, you must wear your rue | Herbe-Grace a Sundaies: Oh you must weare your Rew |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.56 | Where neither herb or fruitful grain is had, | Where neither hearb or frutfull graine is had, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.169 | Fetch me that flower – the herb I showed thee once. | Fetch me that flower; the hearb I shew'd thee once, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.173 | Fetch me this herb, and be thou here again | Fetch me this hearbe, and be thou heere againe, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.184 | As I can take it with another herb – | (As I can take it with another hearbe) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.366 | Then crush this herb into Lysander's eye – | Then crush this hearbe into Lysanders eie, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.105 | I'll set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace. | Ile set a Banke of Rew, sowre Herbe of Grace: |