| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.83 | Thy heart-blood I will have for this day's work. | Thy heart-blood I will haue for this dayes worke. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.66 | With heart-blood of the house of Lancaster; | With heart-blood of the House of Lancaster: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.223 | Thou wouldst have left thy dearest heart-blood there, | Thou would'st haue left thy dearest heart-blood there, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.172 | The which no balm can cure but his heart-blood | The which no balme can cure, but his heart blood |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.131 | Snakes in my heart-blood warmed, that sting my heart; | Snakes in my heart blood warm'd, that sting my heart, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.28 | In thy heart-blood, though being all too base | In thy heart blood, though being all too base |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.32 | him, the mortal Venus, the heart-blood of beauty, | him the mortall Venus, the heart bloud of beauty, |