| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.95 | O that my death would stay these ruthful deeds! | O that my death would stay these ruthfull deeds: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.66 | Ruthful to hear, yet piteously performed; | Ruthfull to heare, yet pittiously preform'd, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.48 | Spur them to ruthful work, rein them from ruth! | Spur them to ruthfull worke, reine them from ruth. |