| 3H6 I.iv.12 | [York alone] oft came Edward to my side, / With purple falchion, painted to the hilt / In blood |
| 3H6 II.v.99 | [King to himself, of the blood on a man's face resembling the red rose] his purple blood right well resembles |
| 3H6 V.vi.64 | [Richard to himself, of the King's blood] may such purple tears be alway shed / From those that wish the downfall of our house! |
| R2 III.iii.94 | [King Richard to his opponents, of Bolingbroke] He is come to open / The purple testament of bleeding war |
| R3 IV.iv.277 | [Queen Elizabeth to Richard, of her daughter] A handkerchief, which ... did drain / The purple sap from her sweet brother's body |
| RJ I.i.85 | [Prince to all] With purple fountains issuing from your veins |
| Ven.1 | [] the sun with purple-coloured face |
| Ven.1054 | [of Adonis' side] whose wonted lily-white / With purple tears that his wound wept was drenched |