| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.148 | My honour's at the stake, which to defeat, | My Honor's at the stake, which to defeate |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.102 | hats, and most courteous feathers which bow the head | hats, and most courteous feathers, which bow the head, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.232 | You boggle shrewdly; every feather starts you. – | You boggle shrewdly, euery feather starts you: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.112 | Report the feature of Octavia, her years, | Report the feature of Octauia: her yeares, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.48 | Her heart inform her tongue – the swan's-down feather | Her heart informe her tougue. / The Swannes downe feather |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.9 | Tell them your feats, whilst they with joyful tears | Tell them your feats, whil'st they with ioyfull teares |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.68 | Thou strik'st not me; 'tis Caesar thou defeat'st. | Thou strik'st not me, / 'Tis Casar thou defeat'st. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.65 | She do defeat us. For her life in Rome | She do defeate vs. For her life in Rome, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.3 | yet? Doth my simple feature content you? | yet? / Doth my simple feature content you? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.4 | Your features, Lord warrant us! What features? | Your features, Lord warrant vs: what features? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.98 | Of my defeatures. My decayed fair | Of my defeatures. My decayed faire, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.79 | Ay, when fowls have no feathers, and fish have no fin. | I, when fowles haue no feathers, and fish haue no fin. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.81 | A crow without feather, master – mean you so? | A crow without feather, Master meane you so; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.82 | For a fish without a fin, there's a fowl without a feather. – | For a fish without a finne, ther's a fowle without a fether, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.300 | Have written strange defeatures in my face. | Haue written strange defeatures in my face: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.93 | And struck him on his knee. In that day's feats, | And strucke him on his Knee: in that dayes feates, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.49 | A glass that feated them, and to the graver | A glasse that feated them: and to the grauer, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.186 | The best feather of our wing – have mingled sums | (The best Feather of our wing) haue mingled summes |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.7 | Than in his feats deserving it – for him, | Then in his Feats deseruing it) for him, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.90 | The warlike feats I have done, his spirits fly out | The warlike feats I haue done, his spirits flye out |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.88 | So feat, so nurse-like: let his virtue join | So feate, so Nurse-like: let his vertue ioyne |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.163 | Of him that best could speak: for feature, laming | Of him that best could speake: for Feature, laming |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.10 | Have we, as 'twere with a defeated joy, | Haue we, as 'twere, with a defeated ioy, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.295 | and Queen moult no feather. I have of late – but wherefore | and Queene: moult no feather, I haue of late, but wherefore |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.568 | A damned defeat was made. Am I a coward? | A damn'd defeate was made. Am I a Coward? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.160 | That unmatched form and feature of blown youth | That vnmatch'd Forme and Feature of blowne youth, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.22 | the mirror up to nature, to show virtue her own feature, | the Mirrour vp to Nature; to shew Vertue her owne Feature, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.284 | Would not this, sir, and a forest of feathers – if the rest | Would not this Sir, and a Forrest of Feathers, if the rest |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.40 | My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, | My stronger guilt, defeats my strong intent, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.6 | Why you proceeded not against these feats | Why you proceeded not against these feates, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.58 | They are not near my conscience. Their defeat | They are not neere my Conscience; their debate |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.106 | Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury, | Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.97 | feathers turn back in any show of resistance. Call him | feathers turne backe in any shew of resistance. Call him |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.295 | of his youth, and the feats he hath done about Turnbull | of his Youth, and the Feates hee hath done about Turnball- |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.33 | There lies a downy feather which stirs not; | There lyes a dowlney feather, which stirres not: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.107 | Making defeat on the full power of France, | Making defeat on the full Power of France: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.116 | And with your puissant arm renew their feats. | And with your puissant Arme renew their Feats; |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.214 | Without defeat. Therefore to France, my liege! | Without defeat. Therefore to France, my Liege, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.308 | More feathers to our wings; for, God before, | More Feathers to our Wings: for God before, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.8 | I will not leave the half-achieved Harfleur | I will not leaue the halfe-atchieued Harflew, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.17 | Do, with his smirched complexion, all fell feats | Doe with his smyrcht complexion all fell feats, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.162 | if these men have defeated the law, and outrun native | if these men haue defeated the Law, and out-runne Natiue |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.196 | peacock's feather. You'll never trust his word after! Come, | Peacocks feather: You'le neuer trust his word after; come, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.51 | What feats he did that day. Then shall our names, | What feats he did that day. Then shall our Names, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.112 | There's not a piece of feather in our host – | There's not a piece of feather in our Hoast: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.64 | Fair maid, is't thou wilt do these wondrous feats? | Faire Maid, is't thou wilt doe these wondrous feats? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.68 | Her peerless feature, joined with her birth, | Her peerelesse feature, ioyned with her birth, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.75 | Seems he a dove? His feathers are but borrowed, | Seemes he a Doue? his feathers are but borrow'd, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.54 | Was ever feather so lightly blown to and fro | Was euer Feather so lightly blowne too & fro, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.169 | And of their feather many moe proud birds, | And of their Feather, many moe proud Birds, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.83 | Look, as I blow this feather from my face, | Looke, as I blow this Feather from my Face, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.161 | For both of you are birds of selfsame feather. | For both of you are Birds of selfe-same Feather. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.61 | For high feats done to th' crown, neither allied | For high feats done to'th'Crowne; neither Allied |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.25 | Of fool and feather that they got in France, | Of Foole and Feather, that they got in France, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.14 | Many sharp reasons to defeat the law. | Many sharpe reasons to defeat the Law. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.50 | In mind and feature. I persuade me, from her | In minde and feature. I perswade me, from her |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.72 | These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing | These growing Feathers, pluckt from Casars wing, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.92 | Therein, ye gods, you tyrants do defeat. | Therein, yee Gods, you Tyrants doe defeat. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.160 | And take away their downy feather-beds, | And take awaie their downie featherbedes, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.68 | ‘ When feathered fowl shall make thine army tremble, | when fethered foul shal make thine army tremble, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.9 | Courage, Artois! A fig for feathered shafts | Courage Artoys, a fig for feathered shafts, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.10 | When feathered fowls do bandy on our side! | When feathered foules doo bandie on our side, |
| King John | KJ II.i.126 | Liker in feature to his father Geoffrey | Liker in feature to his father Geffrey |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.174 | Be Mercury, set feathers to thy heels, | Be Mercurie, set feathers to thy heeles, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.264 | Upon thy feature; for my rage was blind, | Vpon thy feature, for my rage was blinde, |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.63 | Be-monster not thy feature. Were't my fitness | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.49 | Hadst thou been aught but gossamer, feathers, air, | Had'st thou beene ought / But Gozemore, Feathers, Ayre, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.263 | This feather stirs – she lives! If it be so, | This feather stirs, she liues: if it be so, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.95 | What plume of feathers is he that indited this letter? | What plume of feathers is hee that indited this Letter? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.123 | And every one his love-suit will advance | And euery one his Loue-feat will aduance, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.80 | Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. | Each corporall Agent to this terrible Feat. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.27 | Go to, sir, you weigh equally. A feather will | Goe too Sir, you waigh equallie: a feather will |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.153 | the edge of a feather-bed! Here are simple scapes. Well, | the edge of a featherbed, here are simple scapes: well, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.156 | Thereby to have defeated you and me – | Thereby to haue defeated you and me: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.15 | lamb, the feats of a lion; he hath indeed better bettered | Lambe, the feats of a Lion, he hath indeede better bettred |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.60 | How wise, how noble, young, how rarely featured, | How wise, how noble, yong, how rarely featur'd. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.45 | And made defeat of her virginity – | And made defeat of her virginitie. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.50 | And got a calf in that same noble feat | A got a Calfe in that same noble feat, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.87 | More than pertains to feats of broil and battle; | More then pertaines to Feats of Broiles, and Battaile, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.266 | Of feathered Cupid seel with wanton dullness | Of feather'd Cupid, seele with wanton dulnesse |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.337 | defeat thy favour with an usurped beard. I say, put | defeate thy fauour, with an vsurp'd Beard. I say put |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.159 | And his unkindness may defeat my life, | And his vnkindnesse may defeat my life, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.33 | Vie feathers white. Marina gets | Vie feathers white, Marina gets |
| Pericles | Per V.i.71 | If that thy prosperous and artificial feat | If that thy prosperous and artificiall fate, |
| Pericles | Per V.ii.6 | What pageantry, what feats, what shows, | What pageantry, what feats, what showes, |
| Pericles | Per V.ii.15 | In feathered briefness sails are filled, | In fetherd briefenes sayles are fild, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.19 | Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, | Cheated of Feature by dissembling Nature, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.180 | Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, | Feather of lead, bright smoake, cold fire, sicke health, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.20 | To soar with his light feathers; and so bound | To soare with his light feathers, and to bound: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.76 | Dove-feathered raven! Wolvish-ravening lamb! | Rauenous Doue-feather'd Rauen, / Woluish-rauening Lambe, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.264 | And if you break the ice and do this feat, | And if you breake the ice, and do this seeke, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.67 | in't for a feather; a monster, a very monster in apparel, | in't for a feather: a monster, a very monster in apparell, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.172 | Because his feathers are more beautiful? | Because his feathers are more beautifull. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.322 | With raven's feather from unwholesome fen | With Rauens feather from vnwholesome Fen |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.379 | Foot it featly here and there; | Foote it featly heere, and there, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.278 | Much feater than before. My brother's servants | Much feater then before: My Brothers seruants |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.52 | And my dear father. How features are abroad | And my deere Father: how features are abroad |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.104 | I am not of that feather to shake off | I am not of that Feather, to shake off |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.30 | When every feather sticks in his own wing, | When euery Feather stickes in his owne wing, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.164 | That your activity may defeat and quell | That your Actiuity may defeate and quell |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.62 | And, like the haggard, check at every feather | And like the Haggard, checke at euery Feather |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.344 | Nor know I you by voice or any feature. | Nor know I you by voyce, or any feature: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.357 | Thou hast, Sebastian, done good feature shame. | Thou hast Sebastian done good feature, shame. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.71 | He is complete in feature and in mind, | He is compleat in feature, and in minde, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.13 | My feat in horsemanship, yet they that knew me | My feat in horsemanship: yet they that knew me |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.45.1 | As thou hast showed me feat. | As thou hast shewd me feate. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.43 | Must be dragged out of blood; force and great feat | Must be drag'd out of blood, force and great feate |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.110 | That cannot do that feat, you'll leave yourself | That cannot doe that Feat, you'le leaue your selfe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.153 | I am a feather for each wind that blows. | I am a Feather for each Wind that blows: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.178.2 | She dances featly. | She dances featly. |