| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.31 | man knows himself to be a fool.’ The heathen philosopher, | knowes himselfe to be a Foole. The Heathen Philosopher, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.35 | What, art a heathen? How dost thou | What, ar't a Heathen? how dost thou |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.17 | The edge of war, like an ill-sheathed knife, | The edge of Warre, like an ill-sheathed knife, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.243 | sheath, you bow-case, you vile standing tuck! | sheath you Bow-case, you vile standing tucke. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.86 | There is not now a rebel's sword unsheathed, | There is not now a Rebels Sword vnsheath'd, |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.43.1 | He sheathes his sword | |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.64 | Pistol and Nym sheathe their swords | |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.98.1 | He sheathes his sword | |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.109 | Nym sheathes his sword | |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.21 | And sheathed their swords for lack of argument. | And sheath'd their Swords, for lack of argument. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.21 | And sheathe for lack of sport. Let us but blow on them, | And sheath for lack of sport. Let vs but blow on them, |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.16 | You may imagine him upon Blackheath, | You may imagine him vpon Black-Heath: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.56 | sleep in thy sheath, I beseech God on my knees thou | sleepe in thy Sheath, I beseech Ioue on my knees thou |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.59 | Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently. | Vnsheath your sword, and dub him presently. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.80 | Unsheathe your sword, good father; cry ‘ Saint George!’ | Vnsheath your Sword, good Father: Cry S. George. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.123 | Then, executioner, unsheathe thy sword. | Then Executioner vnsheath thy sword: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.70 | Here sheathe thy sword; I'll pardon thee my death. | Here sheath thy Sword, Ile pardon thee my death: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.19 | All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods, | All Clinquant all in Gold, like Heathen Gods |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.210 | To sheathe his knife in us. He is attached; | To sheath his knife in vs: he is attach'd, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.106.2 | Sheathe your dagger. | Sheath your Dagger: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.21 | Never to sheathe his sword or take a truce. | Neuer to sheath his Sword, or take a truce. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.33 | A health of king's blood, and I'll drink to thee. | A Heath of kings blood, and Ile drinke to thee, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.238 | Sheathe up your swords, refresh your weary limbs, | Sheath vp your swords, refresh your weary lims, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.80 | Not till I sheathe it in a murderer's skin. | Not till I sheath it in a murtherers skin. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.i.6.2 | Upon the heath. | Vpon the Heath. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.76 | Upon this blasted heath you stop our way | Vpon this blasted Heath you stop our way |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.30 | I sheathe again undeeded. There thou shouldst be: | I sheath againe vndeeded. There thou should'st be, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.77 | Let him die. Sheathe thy impatience; throw cold | Let him die: sheath thy impatience: throw cold |
| Othello | Oth I.i.30 | Christian and heathen, must be leed and calmed | Christen'd, and Heathen) must be be-leed, and calm'd |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.309.3 | Most heathenish and most gross! | Most Heathenish, and most grosse. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.170 | This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die. | 'Tis in thy sheath, there rust and let me die |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.205 | And it mis-sheathed in my daughter's bosom! | And is misheathed in my Daughters bosome. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.17 | Sly, old Sly's son of Burton-heath, by birth a pedlar, | Slie, old Sies sonne of Burton-heath, by byrth a Pedler, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.121 | And Walter's dagger was not come from sheathing. | And Walters dagger was not come from sheathing: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.62 | for an acre of barren ground. Long heath, brown furze, | for an Acre of barren ground: Long heath, Browne firrs, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.88 | Here Goths have given me leave to sheathe my sword. | Heere Gothes haue giuen me leaue to sheath my Sword: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.207 | Patricians, draw your swords and sheathe them not | Patricians draw your Swords, and sheath them not |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.41 | Go to, have your lath glued within your sheath | Goe too: haue your Lath glued within your sheath, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.53.2 | Not I, till I have sheathed | Not I, till I haue sheath'd |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.111 | Sheathing the steel in my advent'rous body. | Sheathing the steele in my aduentrous body. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.66 | heathen, a very renegado; for there is no Christian, that | Heathen, a verie Renegatho; for there is no christian that |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.43 | In a soft sheath; mercy and manly courage | In a soft sheath; mercy, and manly courage |