| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.21 | A brain that nourishes our nerves, and can | A Braine that nourishes our Nerues, and can |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.136 | The strongest nerves and small inferior veins | The strongest Nerues, and small inferiour Veines |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.94 | Strains his young nerves, and puts himself in posture | Straines his yong Nerues, and puts himselfe in posture |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.83 | As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve. | As hardy as the Nemian Lions nerue: |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.472 | Th' unnerved father falls. Then senseless Ilium, | Th'vnnerued Father fals. Then senselesse Illium, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.101 | Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves | Take any shape but that, and my firme Nerues |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.53 | By those that know the very nerves of state, | By those that know the very Nerues of State, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.485 | Thy nerves are in their infancy again, | Thy Nerues are in their infancy againe. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.55 | Thou great commander, nerve and bone of Greece, | Thou great Commander, Nerue, and Bone of Greece, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.69 | To his own nerves and act; commands men service, | To his owne Nerves and act; Commands men service, |