| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.595 | I'll tent him to the quick. If 'a do blench, | Ile tent him to the quicke: If he but blench |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.v.5 | Though sometimes you do blench from this to that, | Though sometimes you doe blench from this to that |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.30 | Doth lesser blench at sufferance than I do. | Doth lesser blench at sufferance, then I doe: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.69 | To blench from this, and to stand firm by honour. | To blench from this, and to stand firme by honour. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.333.1 | Could man so blench? | Could man so blench? |