| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.68 | Greater than shows itself at the first view | Greater then shewes it selfe at the first view, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.279 | great as the first in goodness, but greater a great deal in | great as the first in goodnesse, but greater a great deale in |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.149 | her winds and waters sighs and tears; they are greater | her winds and waters, sighes and teares: They are greater |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.43 | How lesser enmities may give way to greater. | How lesser Enmities may giue way to greater, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.11 | But small to greater matters must give way. | But small to greater matters must giue way. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.48 | Caesar and he are greater friends than ever. | Caesar, and he, are greater Friends then euer. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.9 | But it raises the greater war between | But it raises the greatet warre betweene |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.6 | The greater cantle of the world is lost | The greater Cantle of the world, is lost |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.15 | A greater crack. The round world | A greater cracke. The round World |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vi.4 | Why, how now, Adam, no greater heart in thee? | Why how now Adam? No greater heart in thee: |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.138 | This wide and universal theatre | This wide and vniuersall Theater |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.27 | Ay, and greater wonders than that. | I, and greater wonders then that. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.54 | are; neither do I labour for a greater esteem than may | are: neither do I labor for a greater esteeme then may |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.101 | Disguised cheaters, prating mountebanks, | Disguised Cheaters, prating Mountebankes; |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.218 | Win upon power and throw forth greater themes | Win vpon power, and throw forth greater Theames |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.18 | greater devotion than they can render it him, and leaves | greater deuotion, then they can render it him; and leaues |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.36 | But that's no matter, the greater part carries it. I say, if | But that's no matter, the greater part carries it, I say. If |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.256 | Than stay, past doubt, for greater. | Then stay past doubt, for greater: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.134 | We are the greater poll, and in true fear | We are the greater pole, and in true feare |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.166 | To th' greater bench? In a rebellion, | To'th' greater Bench, in a Rebellion: |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.166 | I think he is. But a greater soldier | I thinke he is: but a greater soldier |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.172 | to be the greater soldier. | to be the greater Souldiour. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.99 | The breath of garlic-eaters! | The breath of Garlicke-eaters. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.51 | As great as is thy master: greater, for | As great as is thy Master: Greater, for |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.184 | Detest them, curse them: yet 'tis greater skill | Detest them, curse them: yet 'tis greater Skill |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.78 | In place of greater state. I'll meet you in the valleys. | In place of greater State: / Ile meete you in the Valleyes. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.116 | Therein false struck, can take no greater wound, | Therein false strooke, can take no greater wound, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.27 | one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre | One, must in your allowance o're-way a whole Theater |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.70 | I'll make it greater ere I part from thee, | Ile make it greater, ere I part from thee, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.144 | were greater and my waist slenderer. | were greater, and my waste slenderer. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.94 | He's no swaggerer, hostess, a tame cheater, | Hee's no Swaggerer (Hostesse:) a tame Cheater, hee: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.99 | Cheater, call you him? I will bar no honest man | Cheater, call you him? I will barre no honest man |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.100 | my house, nor no cheater, but I do not love swaggering; | my house, nor no Cheater: but I doe not loue swaggering; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.136 | Captain! Thou abominable damned cheater, art | Captaine? thou abhominable damn'd Cheater, art |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.86 | Would of that seed grow to a greater falseness, | Would of that Seed, grow to a greater falsenesse, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.198 | Revives two greater in the heirs of life; | Reuiues two greater in the Heires of Life. |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.79 | As touching France – to give a greater sum | As touching France, to giue a greater Summe, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.2 | The greater therefore should our courage be. | The greater therefore should our Courage be. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.22 | The fewer men, the greater share of honour. | The fewer men, the greater share of honour. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.148 | What were it but to make my sorrow greater? | What were it but to make my sorrow greater? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.183 | But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. | But greater sinne to keepe a sinfull oath: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.198 | I am resolved to bear a greater storm | I am resolu'd to beare a greater storme, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.87 | Commanded always by the greater gust; | Commanded alwayes by the greater gust: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.70 | The harder matched, the greater victory; | The harder matcht, the greater Victorie, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.142.1 | Greater than this. | Greater then this. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.389 | To endure more miseries and greater far | To endure more Miseries, and greater farre |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.11.2 | Never greater, | Neuer greater, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.67 | And, to add greater honours to his age | And to adde greater Honors to his Age |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.208 | Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, | Whiles they behold a greater then themselues, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.152 | That done, repair to Pompey's Theatre. | That done, repayre to Pompeyes Theater. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.29 | The greater part, the horse in general, | The greater part, the Horse in generall |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.86 | But Brutus makes mine greater than they are. | But Brutus makes mine greater then they are. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.262 | You break a greater honour than yourself. | You breake a greater honor then your selfe, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.435 | The greater man, the greater is the thing, | The greater man, the greater is the thing, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.438 | Presents a greater substance than it is; | Presents agreater substaunce then it is: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.447 | Adds but the greater scorn unto the beast. | Adds but the greater scorne vnto the beast: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.32 | The greater glory reaps the victory. | The greater glory reapes the victory, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.2 | Our number is far greater than our foe's. | Our nomber is far greater then our foes, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.82 | Which of these twain is greater infamy: | Which of these twaine is greater infamie, |
| King John | KJ II.i.368 | A greater power then we denies all this. | A greater powre then We denies all this, |
| King John | KJ II.i.375 | As in a theatre, whence they gape and point | As in a Theater, whence they gape and point |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.13 | A knave, a rascal, an eater of broken meats, a base, | A Knaue, a Rascall, an eater of broken meates, a base, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.8 | But where the greater malady is fixed, | But where the greater malady is fixt, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.2 | Until their greater pleasures first be known | Vntill their greater pleasures first be knowne |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.207 | O vain petitioner, beg a greater matter! | O vaine peticioner, beg a greater matter, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.682 | Greater than ‘ Great ’! Great, great, great | Greater then great, great, great, great |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.64 | Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. | Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.103 | And, for an earnest of a greater honour, | And for an earnest of a greater Honor, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.53 | Greater than both by the all-hail hereafter! | Greater then both, by the all-haile hereafter, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.130 | the greater file of the subject held the Duke to be wise. | the greater file of the subiect held the Duke to be wise. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.154 | here you have warrant to execute, is no greater forfeit | heere you haue warrant to execute, is no greater forfeit |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.8.2 | You make my bonds still greater. | You make my bonds still greater. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.33 | Which is the better man, the greater throw | Which is the better man, the greater throw |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.22 | price of hogs; if we grow all to be pork-eaters, we shall | price of Hogs, if wee grow all to be porke-eaters, wee shall |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.93 | So doth the greater glory dim the less. | So doth the greater glory dim the lesse, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.224 | I will do a greater thing than that, upon your | I will doe a greater thing then that, vpon your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.64 | region in Guiana, all gold and bounty. I will be cheaters | Region in Guiana: all gold, and bountie: I will be Cheaters |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.271 | What? Can you do me greater harm than hate? | What, can you do me greater harme then hate? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.67 | greater that I am subdued. Would the cook were o' my | greater that I am subdued, would the Cooke were of my |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.211 | But on this travail look for greater birth. | But on this trauaile looke for greater birth: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.370.1 | Greater than that. | Greater then that. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.212 | if thou hast that in thee indeed, which I have greater | if thou hast that in thee indeed, which I haue greater |
| Pericles | Per I.i.131 | And she an eater of her mother's flesh | And shee an eater of her Mothers flesh, |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.26 | Virtue and cunning were endowments greater | Vertue and Cunning, / Were endowments greater, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.301 | Gives but the greater feeling to the worse. | Giues but the greater feeling to the worse: |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.98 | Greater he shall not be. If he serve God | Greater he shall not be: If hee serue God, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.304 | ‘ Fair cousin ’? I am greater than a king; | Faire Cousin? I am greater then a King: |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.23 | As in a theatre the eyes of men, | As in a Theater, the eyes of men |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.115 | A greater gift than that I'll give my cousin. | A greater gift then that, Ile giue my Cousin. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.116 | A greater gift? O, that's the sword to it. | A greater gift? O, that's the Sword to it. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.153 | A greater power than we can contradict | A greater power then we can contradict |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.134 | Of greater sums than I have promised. | Of greater summes then I haue promised, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.13 | from my shoulder to my heel with no greater a run but | from my shoulder to my heele, with no greater a run but |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.21.1 | And thy no greater father. | And thy no greater Father. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.278 | Much feater than before. My brother's servants | Much feater then before: My Brothers seruants |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.6 | The greater scorns the lesser. Not nature, | The greater scornes the lesser. Not Nature |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.272 | Can make you greater than the Queen of Goths. | Can make your Greater then the Queene of Gothes? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.111 | I played the cheater for thy father's hand, | I play'd the Cheater for thy Fathers hand, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.58 | To make the service greater than the god; | To make the seruice greater then the God, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.123 | And under-honest, in self-assumption greater | And vnder honest; in selfe-assumption greater |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.263 | Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep. | Light Botes may saile swift, though greater bulkes draw deepe. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.82 | am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to | am a great eater of beefe, and I beleeue that does harme to |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.48 | Of greater time than I shall show to be. | Of greater time then I shall shew to be. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.352 | the wit, for the greater hides the less. What's next? | the wit; for the greater hides the lesse: What's next? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.55 | yours, and therefore the gift the greater. | yours, & therefore the guift the greater. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.172 | Greater than any war; it more imports me | Greater then any was; it more imports me |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.62 | Two greater and two better never yet | Two greater, and two better never yet |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.92 | And if it may be, greater; for his show | And if it may be, greater; for his show |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.180 | Yet, for a greater confirmation – | Yet, for a greater confirmation |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.24 | Which never tender lady hath borne greater – | (Which neuer tender Lady hath borne greater) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.158 | But smacks of something greater than herself, | But smackes of something greater then her selfe, |