| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.45 | horse upon our own wings and to rend our own soldiers! | horse vpon our owne wings, and to rend our owne souldiers. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.19 | A leaner action rend us. What's amiss, | A leaner action rend vs. What's amisse, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.247 | Before the tag return, whose rage doth rend | Before the Tagge returne? whose Rage doth rend |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.485 | Doth rend the region; so after Pyrrhus' pause, | Doth rend the Region. So after Pyrrhus pause, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.51 | That they supposed I could rend bars of steel | That they suppos'd I could rend Barres of Steele, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.208 | And from thy burgonet I'll rend thy bear | And from thy Burgonet Ile rend thy Beare, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.15 | And so he comes, to rend his limbs asunder. | And so he comes, to rend his Limbes asunder. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.93 | We must not rend our subjects from our laws, | We must not rend our Subiects from our Lawes, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.5 | And sleep, and snore, and rend apparel out... | And sleepe, and snore, and rend apparrell out. |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.15 | The very principals did seem to rend | The very principals did seeme to rend |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.294 | If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak, | If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an Oake |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.259 | Rend off thy silver hair, thy other hand | Rent off thy siluer haire, thy other hand |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.99 | Divert and crack, rend and deracinate | Diuert, and cracke, rend and deracinate |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.47 | For whose dear sake thou didst then rend thy faith | For whose deare sake, thou didst then rend thy faith |