| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.29 | My bluest veins to kiss, a hand that kings | My blewest vaines to kisse: a hand that Kings |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.136 | The strongest nerves and small inferior veins | The strongest Nerues, and small inferiour Veines |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.52 | The veins unfilled, our blood is cold, and then | The Veines vnfill'd, our blood is cold, and then |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.222 | The azured harebell, like thy veins: no, nor | The azur'd Hare-Bell, like thy Veines: no, nor |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.131 | Yea, on his part I'll empty all these veins | In his behalfe, Ile empty all these Veines, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.66 | Our very veins of life. Hear me more plainly. | Our very Veines of Life: heare me more plainely. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.119 | Runs in your veins; and my thrice-puissant liege | Runs in your Veines: and my thrice-puissant Liege |
| 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.ii.18 | Scarce blood enough in all their sickly veins | Scarce blood enough in all their sickly Veines, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.97 | Than drops of blood were in my father's veins. | Then drops of bloud were in my Fathers Veines. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.169 | Until their empty veins be dry and sere. | Vntill their emptie vaines be drie and sere |
| King John | KJ II.i.431 | Whose veins bound richer blood than Lady Blanche? | Whose veines bound richer blood then Lady Blanch? |
| King John | KJ III.i.278 | Within the scorched veins of one new-burned. | Within the scorched veines of one new burn'd: |
| King John | KJ III.iii.44 | Which else runs tickling up and down the veins, | Which else runnes tickling vp and downe the veines, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.132 | That whiles warm life plays in that infant's veins | That whiles warme life playes in that infants veines, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.176 | Only my blood speaks to you in my veins, | Onely my bloud speakes to you in my vaines, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.255 | Ran in my veins – I was a gentleman – | Ran in my vaines: I was a Gentleman, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.94 | With bloody veins expecting overthrow, | With bloody veines expecting ouerthrow, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.73 | A man thronged up with cold; my veins are chill, | A man throng'd vp with cold, my Veines are chill, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.59 | From cold and empty veins where no blood dwells. | From cold and empty Veines where no blood dwels. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.85 | With purple fountains issuing from your veins! | With purple Fountaines issuing from your Veines: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.95 | When presently through all thy veins shall run | When presently through all thy veines shall run, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.15 | I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins | I haue a faint cold feare thrills through my veines, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.61 | As will disperse itself through all the veins, | As will disperse it selfe through all the veines, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.255 | To do me business in the veins o'th' earth | To doe me businesse in the veines o'th' earth |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.6 | Grow in the veins of actions highest reared, | Grow in the veines of actions highest rear'd. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.70 | For every false drop in her bawdy veins | For euery false drop in her baudy veines, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.64 | Would you not deem it breathed, and that those veins | Would you not deeme it breath'd? and that those veines |