| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.15.2 | No, by the Rood, not so! | No by the Rood, not so: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.3 | the rood! And how doth my good cousin Silence? | the Rood. And how doth my good Cousin Silence? |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.75 | You may jest on, but, by the Holy Rood, | You may ieast on, but by the holy Rood, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.166 | No, by the Holy Rood, thou know'st it well, | No by the holy Rood, thou know'st it well, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.37 | For then she could stand high-lone. Nay, by th' rood, | for then she could stand alone, nay bi'th' roode |