| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.14 | great and trusty business in a main danger fail you. | great and trustie businesse, in a maine daunger, fayle you. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.i.4 | To wear your gentle limbs in my affairs, | To weare your gentle limbes in my affayres, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.99 | But there is never a fair woman has a true | But there is neuer a fayre Woman, ha's a true |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.182 | Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly; | Most frendship, is fayning; most Louing, meere folly: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.18 | At any Syracusian marts and fairs; | at any Siracusian Marts and Fayres: |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.54.1 | Upon this fairest prisoner. | Vpon this fayrest Prisoner. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.9 | From fairies and the tempters of the night, | From Fayries, and the Tempters of the night, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.7 | I barely gratify your love; they failing, | I barely gratifie your loue; they fayling |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.32 | Is one the fairest that I have looked upon – | Is one of the fayrest that I haue look'd vpon |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.201.2 | O sweetest, fairest lily: | Oh sweetest, fayrest Lilly: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.217 | With female fairies will his tomb be haunted, | With female Fayries will his Tombe be haunted, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.218.2 | With fairest flowers | With fayrest Flowers |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.21 | With faces fit for masks, or rather fairer | With faces fit for Maskes, or rather fayrer |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.133 | What fairies haunt this ground? A book? O rare one, | What Fayeries haunt this ground? A Book? Oh rare one, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.57 | But, failing of her end by his strange absence, | But fayling of her end by his strange absence, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.22 | He hath not failed to pester us with message | He hath not fayl'd to pester vs with Message, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.264 | we to th' court? For, by my fay, I cannot reason. | wee to th' Court: for, by my fey I cannot reason? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.317 | some frame, and start not so wildly from my affair. | some frame, and start not so wildely from my affayre. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.97 | For doing these fair rites of tenderness. | For doing these fayre Rites of Tendernesse. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.37 | die. How a good yoke of bullocks at Stamford fair? | dye. How a good Yoke of Bullocks at Stamford Fayre? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.179 | caught with ringing in the King's affairs upon his | caught with Ringing in the Kings affayres, vpon his |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.110 | And now my sight fails, and my brain is giddy. | And now my Sight fayles, and my Braine is giddie. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.200 | Falls upon thee in a more fairer sort, | Falles vpon thee, in a more Fayrer sort. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.21 | wages, about the sack he lost at Hinckley fair? | Wages, about the Sacke he lost the other day, at HinckleyFayre? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.39 | If truth and upright innocency fail me, | If Troth, and vpright Innocency fayle me, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.26 | all affairs else in oblivion, as if there were nothing else | all affayres in obliuion, as if there were nothing els |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.54 | as I may, in fair terms. If you would walk off, I would | as I may, in fayre tearmes. If you would walke off, I would |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.6 | With silken streamers the young Phoebus fanning. | With silken Streamers, the young Phebus fayning; |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.15 | My purpose should not fail with me, | my purpose should not fayle with me; |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.22 | D'elbow. Je m'en fais la répétition de tous | D' Elbow: Ie men fay le repiticio de touts |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.82 | Yet livest thou, Salisbury? Though thy speech doth fail, | Yet liu'st thou Salisbury? though thy speech doth fayle, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.181 | Other affairs must now be managed. | Other affayres must now be managed. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.152 | I come to talk of commonwealth affairs. | I come to talke of Common-wealth Affayres. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.8 | Yea, man and birds are fain of climbing high. | Yea Man and Birds are fayne of climbing high. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.51.1 | Or all my fence shall fail. | Or all my Fence shall fayle. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.56 | Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign; | Till Lionels Issue fayles, his should not reigne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.57 | It fails not yet, but flourishes in thee, | It fayles not yet, but flourishes in thee, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.146 | Helen of Greece was fairer far than thou, | Helen of Greece was fayrer farre then thou, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.51 | I come, in kindness and unfeigned love, | I come (in Kindnesse, and vnfayned Loue) |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.135 | The fortunes and affairs of noble Brutus | The Fortunes and Affayres of Noble Brutus, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.216 | There is a tide in the affairs of men, | There is a Tide in the affayres of men, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.95 | But since the affairs of men rest still incertain, | But since the affayres of men rests still incertaine, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.38 | I take my leave, and fairly will return | take my leaue and fayrely will returne |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.182 | That we perforce were fain to give them way, | That we perforce were fayne to giue them way, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.41 | And will unfeignedly perform the same. | And will vnfaynedly performe the same. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.258 | Is yet the cover of a fairer mind | Is yet the couer of a fayrer minde, |
| King John | KJ V.i.67 | Send fair-play orders and make compromise, | Send fayre-play-orders, and make comprimise, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.21 | before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair; there | before he was sent for: yet was his Mother fayre, there |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.73 | Do de, de, de. Sese! Come, march to wakes and fairs | Do, de, de, de: sese: Come, march to Wakes and Fayres, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.29 | Well worth a poor man's taking. Fairies and gods | Well worth a poore mans taking. Fayries, and Gods |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.283 | Our loving lawful and our faith not torn. | Our louing lawfull, and our fayth not torne. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.61 | And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep – | And wee'le not fayle: when Duncan is asleepe, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.21 | But, peace! For from broad words, and 'cause he failed | But peace; for from broad words, and cause he fayl'd |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.77 | And tricking for our fairies. | And tricking for our Fayries. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.291 | Or failing so, yet that I put the Moor | Or fayling so, yet that I put the Moore, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.414 | That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs: | that in their sleepes will mutter / Their Affayres: |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.19 | The fairest in all Syria; | The fayrest in all Syria. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.64 | But faithfulness and courage. | But faythfulnesse and courage. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.154 | To your secrecy; and for your faithfulness | To your secrecie; and for your faythfulnes, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.18 | Faith, master, I am thinking of the | Fayth Maister, I am thinking of the |
| Pericles | Per II.v.8 | Faith, by no means. She hath so strictly | Fayth, by no meanes, she hath so strictly |
| Pericles | Per V.i.179 | You think me an impostor. No, good faith! | you thinke mee an imposture, no good fayth: |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.47 | For our affairs in hand. If that come short | For our affayres in hand: if that come short |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.159 | And for these great affairs do ask some charge, | And for these great affayres do aske some charge |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.152 | Either be patient and entreat me fair, | Either be patient, and intreat me fayre, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.398 | So thrive I in my dangerous affairs | So thriue I in my dangerous Affayres |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.126 | Ah, sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late. | Ah sirrah, by my faie it waxes late, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.80 | These fifteen years! By my fay, a goodly nap. | These fifteene yeeres, by my fay, a goodly nap, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.459 | If the ill spirit have so fair a house, | If the ill-spirit haue so fayre a house, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.4 | Obedience fail in children. Slaves and fools | Obedience fayle in Children: Slaues and Fooles |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.15 | And say, ‘ This man's a flatterer ’? If one be, | And fay, this mans a Flatterer. If one be, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.462 | Full of decay and failing? O monument | Full of decay and fayling? Oh Monument |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.49 | How fair the tribune speaks to calm my thoughts. | How fayre the Tribune speakes, / To calme my thoughts. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.5 | Fails in the promised largeness: checks and disasters | Fayles in the promist largenesse: checkes and disasters |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.247 | What's your affair, I pray you? | What's your affayre I pray you? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.265 | If there be one amongst the fair'st of Greece | If there be one among'st the fayr'st of Greece, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.299 | Was fairer than his grandam, and as chaste | Was fayrer then his Grandame, and as chaste |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.35 | Bear the great sway of his affairs with reasons, | Beare the great sway of his affayres with reasons, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.36 | For this affair. Some four or five attend him – | For this affayre: some foure or fiue attend him, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.277 | Placed in contempt. Farewell, fair cruelty! | Plac'd in contempt: Farwell fayre crueltie. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.332 | For the fair kindness you have showed me here, | For the fayre kindnesse you haue shew'd me heere, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.51 | Let thy fair wisdom, not thy passion, sway | Let thy fayre wisedome, not thy passion sway |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.18 | Take and give back affairs and their dispatch, | Take, and giue backe affayres, and their dispatch, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.295 | By fair and knightly strength to touch the pillar, | By fayre and knightly strength to touch the Pillar, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.30 | his happier affairs may be are to me unknown; but I | his happier affayres may be, are to me vnknowne: but I |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.81 | Of trembling winter, the fairest flowers o'th' season | Of trembling winter, the fayrest flowres o'th season |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.139 | Pray so, and, for the ord'ring your affairs, | Pray so: and for the ord'ring your Affayres, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.370 | Thereof most worthy, were I the fairest youth | Thereof most worthy: were I the fayrest youth |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.395 | Of reasonable affairs? Is he not stupid | Of reasonable affayres? Is he not stupid |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.541 | And there present yourself and your fair princess – | And there present your selfe, and your fayre Princesse, |