| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.23 | for bread, not in thirst for revenge. | for Bread, not in thirst for Reuenge. |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.18 | Ha, art thou bedlam? Dost thou thirst, base Troyan, | Ha, art thou bedlam? doest thou thirst, base Troian, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.118 | Then be at peace, except ye thirst for blood. | Then be at peace, except ye thirst for blood. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.83 | Stifle the villain whose unstanched thirst | Stifle the Villaine, whose vnstanched thirst |
| 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.63 | Yet, in respect thy thirst is all for gold, | Yet in respect thy thirst is all for golde, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.90 | Would he were here! To all – and him – we thirst, | Would he were heere: to all, and him we thirst, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.24 | And with satiety seeks to quench his thirst. | And with sacietie seekes to quench his thirst. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.510.1 | I so much thirst to see. | I so much thirst to see. |