| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.125 | Doth to our rose of youth rightly belong; | Doth to our Rose of youth righlie belong |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.20 | To him again! Tell him he wears the rose | To him againe, tell him he weares the Rose |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.39 | Against the blown rose may they stop their nose | Against the blowne Rose may they stop their nose, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.21 | monster. Therefore, my sweet Rose, my dear Rose, | monster: therefore my sweet Rose, my deare Rose, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.72 | Rose at an instant, learned, played, eat together, | Rose at an instant, learn'd, plaid, eate together, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.107 | He that sweetest rose will find, | He that sweetest rose will finde, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.153 | Th' expectancy and rose of the fair state, | Th'expectansie and Rose of the faire State, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.43 | Calls virtue hypocrite; takes off the rose | Cals Vertue Hypocrite, takes off the Rose |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.52 | Then up he rose and donned his clothes, | Then vp he rose, & don'd his clothes, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.159 | Till our scale turn the beam. O rose of May, | Till our Scale turnes the beame. Oh Rose of May, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.173 | To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose, | To put downe Richard, that sweet louely Rose, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.13 | oats rose, it was the death of him. | oats rose, it was the death of him. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.146 | breath, and so was he, but we rose both at an instant, | breath, and so was he, but we rose both at an instant, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.25 | I warrant you, is as red as any rose, in good truth, la! | (I warrant you) is as red as any Rose: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.30 | From off this briar pluck a white rose with me. | From off this Bryer pluck a white Rose with me. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.33 | Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me. | Pluck a red Rose from off this Thorne with me. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.36 | I pluck this white rose with Plantagenet. | I pluck this white Rose with Plantagenet. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.37 | I pluck this red rose with young Somerset, | I pluck this red Rose, with young Somerset, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.48 | Giving my verdict on the white rose side. | Giuing my Verdict on the white Rose side. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.50 | Lest, bleeding, you do paint the white rose red, | Least bleeding, you doe paint the white Rose red, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.58 | In sign whereof I pluck a white rose too. | In signe whereof, I pluck a white Rose too. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.61 | Shall dye your white rose in a bloody red. | Shall dye your white Rose in a bloody red. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.68 | Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset? | Hath not thy Rose a Canker, Somerset? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.69 | Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet? | Hath not thy Rose a Thorne, Plantagenet? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.107 | And, by my soul, this pale and angry rose, | And by my Soule, this pale and angry Rose, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.123 | Will I upon thy party wear this rose: | Will I vpon thy partie weare this Rose. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.126 | Shall send between the red rose and the white | Shall send betweene the Red-Rose and the White, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.91 | Upbraided me about the rose I wear, | Vpbraided me about the Rose I weare, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.152 | I see no reason, if I wear this rose, | I see no reason if I weare this Rose, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.153 | (He puts on a red rose) | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.252 | Then will I raise aloft the milk-white rose, | Then will I raise aloft the Milke-white-Rose, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.141 | He rose against him, being his sovereign, | He rose against him, being his Soueraigne, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.33 | Until the white rose that I wear be dyed | Vntill the White Rose that I weare, be dy'de |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.97 | The red rose and the white are on his face, | The Red Rose and the White are on his face, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.101 | Wither one rose, and let the other flourish; | Wither one Rose, and let the other flourish: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.82.1 | He takes his red rose out of his hat and throws it at | |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.152 | The Duke being at the Rose, within the parish | The Duke being at the Rose, within the Parish |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.82 | At length her grace rose, and with modest paces | At length, her Grace rose, and with modest paces |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.85 | Then rose again, and bowed her to the people; | Then rose againe, and bow'd her to the people: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.20 | that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this | that Friend demand, why Brutus rose against Casar, this |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.166 | As lovingly as on the fragrant rose. – | As louinglie as on the fragrant rose, |
| King John | KJ I.i.142 | That in mine ear I durst not stick a rose | That in mine eare I durst not sticke a rose, |
| King John | KJ III.i.54 | And with the half-blown rose. But fortune, O, | And with the halfe-blowne Rose. But Fortune, oh, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.105 | At Christmas I no more desire a rose | At Christmas I no more desire a Rose, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.25 | To those fresh morning drops upon the rose, | To those fresh morning drops vpon the Rose, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.76 | But earthlier happy is the rose distilled, | But earthlier happie is the Rose distil'd, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.108 | Far in the fresh lap of the crimson rose, | Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson Rose, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.3 | Some to kill cankers in the muskrose buds, | Some to kill Cankers in the muske rose buds, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.87 | Of colour like the red rose on triumphant briar, | Of colour like the red rose on triumphant bryer, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.131 | No doubt they rose up early to observe | No doubt they rose vp early, to obserue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.25 | I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose | I had rather be a canker in a hedge, then a rose |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.13 | That can thy light relume. When I have plucked thy rose, | That can thy Light re-Lume. / When I haue pluck'd thy Rose, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.32 | see a rose. And she were a rose indeed, if she had but – | see a rose, and she were a rose indeed, if shee had but. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.8 | My fair rose wither. Yet look up, behold, | My faire Rose wither: yet looke vp; behold, |
| Richard III | R3 V.v.19 | We will unite the White Rose and the Red. | We will vnite the White Rose, and the Red. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.43 | What's in a name? That which we call a rose | What? in a names that which we call a Rose, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.165 | What said the wench when he rose up again? | What said the wench when he rose againe? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.8 | Before the sun rose he was harnessed light, | Before the Sunne rose, hee was harnest lyte, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.190.1 | Methinks a rose is best. | Me thinkes a Rose is best. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.163.2 | place ascends a rose tree, having one rose upon it | place ascends a Rose Tree, having one Rose upon it. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.165 | With sacred act advances: but one rose! | With sacred act advances: But one Rose, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.169.2 | rose falls from the tree | Rose fals from the Tree. |