| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.22 | rush for Tom's forefinger, as a pancake for Shrove | rush for Toms fore-finger, as a pancake for Shroue- |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.315 | Who cannot be crushed with a plot? | Who cannot be crush'd with a plot? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.v.16 | The rush that lies before him; cries ‘ Fool Lepidus!’ | The rush that lies before him. Cries Foole Lepidus, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.80 | To rush into the secret house of death | To rush into the secret house of death, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.356 | of rushes I am sure you are not prisoner. | of rushes, I am sure you art not prisoner. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.22 | Some scar of it; lean upon a rush, | Some scarre of it: Leane vpon a rush |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.72 | A rush, a hair, a drop of blood, a pin, | a rush, a haire, a drop of blood, a pin, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.94 | He rushed into my house and took perforce | He rush'd into my house, and tooke perforce |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.143 | By rushing in their houses, bearing thence | By rushing in their houses: bearing thence |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.179 | And hews down oaks with rushes. Hang ye! Trust Ye? | And hewes downe Oakes, with rushes. Hang ye: trust ye? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.18 | Which yet seem shut, we have but pinned with rushes; | Which yet seeme shut, we haue but pin'd with Rushes, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.14 | I thought to crush him in an equal force, | I thought to crush him in an equall Force, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.202 | When he hath power to crush? Why, had your bodies | When he hath power to crush? Why, had your Bodyes |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.26 | Crush him together, rather than unfold | Crush him together, rather then vnfold |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.13 | Did softly press the rushes, ere he wakened | Did softly presse the Rushes, ere he waken'd |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.207 | She bids you on the wanton rushes lay you down, | She bids you, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.208 | And rest your gentle head upon her lap, | On the wanton Rushes lay you downe, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.13 | To crush our old limbs in ungentle steel. | To crush our old limbes in vngentle Steele: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.34 | Crowd us and crush us to this monstrous form | Crowd vs, and crush vs, to this monstrous Forme, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.1 | Enter three Grooms, strewers of rushes | Enter two Groomes. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.1 | More rushes, more rushes! | More Rushes, more Rushes. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.175 | Yet that is but a crushed necessity, | Yet that is but a crush'd necessity, |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.50 | Rush on his host, as doth the melted snow | Rush on his Hoast, as doth the melted Snow |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.140 | of a Russian bear, and have their heads crushed like | of a Russian Beare, and haue their heads crusht like |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.129 | And rushed into the bowels of the battle. | And rusht into the Bowels of the Battaile. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.18 | Sound, sound alarum; we will rush on them. | Sound, sound Alarum, we will rush on them. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.28 | Do rush upon us as their hungry prey. | Doe rush vpon vs as their hungry prey. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.15.1 | Gloucester's men rush at the Tower gates, and Woodville | Glosters men rush at the Tower Gates, and Wooduile |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.42 | So, rushing in the bowels of the French, | So rushing in the bowels of the French, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.iii.3 | Aged contusions and all brush of time; | Aged contusions, and all brush of Time: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.93 | Rushing on us, should do your age some mischief. | Rushing on vs, should do your Age some mischiefe. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.180 | As rushing out of doors, to be resolved | As rushing out of doores, to be resolu'd |
| King John | KJ II.i.221 | For bloody power to rush upon your peace. | For bloody power to rush vppon your peace. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.3 | Upon the bosom of the ground, rush forth | Vpon the bosome of the ground, rush forth |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.129 | Will serve to strangle thee; a rush will be a beam | Will serue to strangle thee: A rush will be a beame |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.132 | you may cry ‘ Well done, Hercules! Now thou crushest | you may cry, Well done Hercules, now thou crushest |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.119 | Hid in an auger-hole, may rush and seize us? | hid in an augure hole, / May rush, and seize vs? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.219 | Will rush into the state. It cannot be. | Will rush into the state: It cannot be. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.65 | sweetly – all musk – and so rushling, I warrant you, in | sweetly; all Muske, and so rushling, I warrant you, in |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.127 | Falstaff rushes out of hiding | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.52 | Let them from forth a sawpit rush at once | Let them from forth a saw-pit rush at once |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.84 | By paved fountain or by rushy brook, | By paued fountaine, or by rushie brooke, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.366 | Then crush this herb into Lysander's eye – | Then crush this hearbe into Lysanders eie, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.279 | Quail, crush, conclude, and quell. | Quaile, crush, conclude, and quell. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.38 | no believing old signs. 'A brushes his hat o' mornings; | no beleeuing old signes, a brushes his hat a mornings, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.268 | Man but a rush against Othello's breast, | Man but a Rush against Othello's brest, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.193 | Lest this great sea of joys rushing upon me | least this great sea of ioyes rushing vpon me, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.99 | Comes rushing on this woeful land at once! | Come rushing on this wofull Land at once? |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.103 | Be rushed upon. Thy thrice-noble cousin | Be rush'd vpon: Thy thrice-noble Cousin, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.34 | And so I am. Then crushing penury | And so I am. Then crushing penurie, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.105.1 | The murderers, Exton and servants, rush in | Enter Exton and Seruants. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.235 | Rush all to pieces on thy rocky bosom. | Rush all to peeces on thy Rocky bosome. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.112 | That they may crush down with a heavy fall | That they may crush downe with a heauy fall, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.79 | Montagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine. Rest | Mountagues I pray come and crush a cup of wine. Rest |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.36 | Tickle the senseless rushes with their heels. | Tickle the sencelesse rushes with their heeles: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.167 | And 'twixt them rushes; underneath whose arm | And twixt them rushes, vnderneath whose arme, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.26 | Taking thy part, hath rushed aside the law, | Taking thy part, hath rusht aside the Law, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.90 | Were it not better I should rush in thus? | Were it better I should rush in thus: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.41 | trimmed, rushes strewed, cobwebs swept, the servingmen | trim'd, rushes strew'd, cobwebs swept, the seruingmen |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.81 | combed, their blue coats brushed, and their garters | comb'd, their blew coats brush'd, and their garters |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.14 | And if you please to call it a rush-candle, | And if you please to call it a rush Candle, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.321 | As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed | As wicked dewe, as ere my mother brush'd |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.265 | Do on the oak, have with one winter's brush | Do on the Oake, haue with one Winters brush |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.37 | With this my weapon drawn, I rushed upon him, | With this, my weapon drawne I rusht vpon him, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.23 | is crushed into folly, his folly sauced with discretion. | is crusht into folly, his folly sauced with discretion: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.373 | Why then we did our main opinion crush | Why then we did our maine opinion crush |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.159 | Like to an entered tide, they all rush by | Like to an entred Tyde, they all rush by, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.34 | And tempt not yet the brushes of the war. | And tempt not yet the brushes of the warre. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vi.29 | I'll frush it, and unlock the rivets all, | Ile frush it, and vnlocke the riuets all, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.136 | former. And yet, to crush this a little, it would bow to | former: and yet to crush this a little, it would bow to |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.15 | Enter Gaoler's Daughter with rushes | Enter Daughter. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.61 | Who made the sound, the rushes and the reeds | Who made the sound; the rushes, and the Reeds |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.84 | A wreath of bulrush rounded; about her stuck | A wreake of bull-rush rounded; about her stucke |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.89 | Of rushes that grew by, and to 'em spoke | Of rushes that grew by, and to 'em spoke |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.21 | Even then will rush to knowledge. Go: fresh horses! | Euen then will rush to knowledge. Goe: fresh Horses, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.10 | With heigh, with heigh, the thrush and the jay, | With heigh, the Thrush and the Iay: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.475 | Let Nature crush the sides o'th' earth together | Let Nature crush the sides o'th earth together, |