| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.182 | rue for you, and here's some for me. We may call it | Rew for you, and heere's some for me. Wee may call it |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.183 | herb of grace o' Sundays. O, you must wear your rue | Herbe-Grace a Sundaies: Oh you must weare your Rew |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.36 | France, thou shalt rue this treason with thy tears, | France, thou shalt rue this Treason with thy teares, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.24 | And, in thy closet pent up, rue my shame, | And in thy Closet pent vp, rue my shame, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.94 | And, by his soul, thou and thy house shall rue it. | And by his Soule, thou and thy House shall rue it. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.43 | Shall rue the hour that ever thou wast born. | Shall rue the houre that euer thou was't borne. |
| King John | KJ III.i.323 | France, thou shalt rue this hour within this hour. | France, yu shalt rue this houre within this houre. |
| King John | KJ III.i.325 | Is it as he will? Well then, France shall rue. | Is it as he will? well then, France shall rue. |
| King John | KJ V.vii.117 | And we shall shock them! Naught shall make us rue | And we shall shocke them: Naught shall make vs rue, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.42 | And hums, as who should say ‘ You'll rue the time | And hums; as who should say, you'l rue the time |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.205 | And all too soon, I fear, the King shall rue. | And all too soone (I feare) the King shall rue. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.105 | I'll set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace. | Ile set a Banke of Rew, sowre Herbe of Grace: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.106 | Rue even for ruth here shortly shall be seen | Rue, eu'n for ruth, heere shortly shall be seene, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.14 | Which may make you and him to rue at th' other. | Which may make you and him to rue at th'other. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.221 | If you deny them, all the land will rue it. | If you denie them, all the Land will rue it. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.108 | Victorious Titus, rue the tears I shed, | Victorious Titus, rue the teares I shed, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.109 | And what not done that thou hast cause to rue | And what not done, that thou hast cause to rue, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.74 | For you there's rosemary and rue; these keep | For you, there's Rosemary, and Rue, these keepe |