| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.283 | Antony call. I see him rouse himself | Anthony call: I see him rowse himselfe |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.127 | And the King's rouse the heavens shall bruit again, | And the Kings Rouce, the Heauens shall bruite againe, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.8 | The King doth wake tonight and takes his rouse, | The King doth wake to night, and takes his rouse, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.58 | There was 'a gaming; there o'ertook in's rouse; | There was he gaming, there o'retooke in's Rouse, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.196 | To rouse a lion than to start a hare! | To rowze a Lyon, then to start a Hare. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.14 | death. Therefore rouse up fear and trembling, and do | death, therefore rowze vp Feare and Trembling, and do |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.37 | Rouse up Revenge from ebon den with fell Alecto's snake, | Rowze vppe Reuenge from Ebon den, with fell Alecto's Snake, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.123 | Do all expect that you should rouse yourself, | Doe all expect, that you should rowse your selfe, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.276 | When I do rouse me in my throne of France. | When I do rowse me in my Throne of France. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.4 | Bardolph, be blithe! Nym, rouse thy vaunting veins! | Bardolph, be blythe: Nim, rowse thy vaunting Veines: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.43 | And rouse him at the name of Crispian. | And rowse him at the Name of Crispian. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.65 | We'll quickly rouse the traitors in the same. | Wee'le quickly rowze the Traitors in the same. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.40 | And rouse from sleep that fell anatomy | And rowze from sleepe that fell Anatomy |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.53 | While night's black agents to their preys do rouse. | Whiles Nights black Agents to their Prey's doe rowse. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.12 | Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir | Would at a dismall Treatise rowze, and stirre |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.10 | fiend; ‘ Away!’ says the fiend. ‘ For the heavens, rouse up a | fiend, away saies the fiend, for the heauens rouse vp a |
| Othello | Oth I.i.69 | Rouse him, make after him, poison his delight, | Rowse him, make after him, poyson his delight, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.60 | 'Fore God, they have given me a rouse already. | 'Fore heauen, they haue giuen me a rowse already. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.83 | Rouse up thy youthful blood, be valiant, and live. | Rouze vp thy youthfull blood, be valiant, and liue. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.127 | To rouse his wrongs and chase them to the bay. | To rowze his Wrongs, and chase them to the bay. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.135 | What, rouse thee, man! Thy Juliet is alive, | What, rowse thee man, thy Iuliet is aliue, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.42 | Juliet, on Thursday early will I rouse ye. | Iuliet, on Thursday early will I rowse yee, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.108 | To rouse thee from thy bed, there art thou dead. | To rowse thee from thy bed, there art thou dead: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.5 | And rouse the Prince, and ring a hunter's peal, | And rouze the Prince, and ring a hunters peale, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.21 | Will rouse the proudest panther in the chase | Will rouze the proudest Panther in the Chase, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.279 | To rouse a Grecian that is true in love. | To rowze a Grecian that is true in loue. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.222 | Sweet, rouse yourself, and the weak wanton Cupid | Sweete, rouse your selfe; and the weake wanton Cupid |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.44 | Rouse him, and give him note of our approach, | Rouse him, and giue him note of our approach, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.56 | rouse the night-owl in a catch that will draw three souls | rowze the night-Owle in a Catch, that will drawe three soules |