| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.327 | Rust, sword; cool, blushes; and Parolles live | Rust sword, coole blushes, and Parrolles liue |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.226 | world again. This peace is nothing but to rust iron, | World againe: / This peace is nothing, but to rust Iron, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.221 | with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual | |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.51 | Shall rust upon my weapon, till thy blood | Shall rust vpon my Weapon, till thy blood |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.27 | Nor rusting canker have the time to eat | Nor rust in canker, haue the time to eate, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.65 | Nay, after that, consume away in rust, | Nay, after that, consume away in rust, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.174 | glory is to subdue men. Adieu, valour; rust, rapier; be | glorie is to subdue men. Adue Valour, rust Rapier, bee |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.59 | Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them. | Keepe vp your bright Swords, for the dew will rust them. |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.53 | And on set purpose let his armour rust | And on set purpose let his Armour rust |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.116 | His glittering arms he will commend to rust, | His glittering Armes he will commend to'Rust, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.170 | This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die. | 'Tis in thy sheath, there rust and let me die |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.76 | Ravished our sides, like age must run to rust, | Bravishd our sides, like age must run to rust, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.169 | Through my rust! And how his piety | Through my Rust? and how his Pietie |