| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.22 | rush for Tom's forefinger, as a pancake for Shrove | rush for Toms fore-finger, as a pancake for Shroue- |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.56 | When thou canst get the ring upon my finger, which never | When thou canst get the Ring vpon my finger, which neuer |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.61 | And on your finger in the night I'll put | And on your finger in the night, Ile put |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.80.1 | I saw upon her finger. | I saw vpon her finger. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.109 | That she would never put it from her finger | That she would neuer put it from her finger, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.226 | The same upon your finger. | the same vpon your finger. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.310 | When from my finger you can get this ring... | When from my finger you can get this Ring, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.137 | break his neck as his finger. And thou wert best look | breake his necke as his finger. And thou wert best looke |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.214 | To put the finger in the eye and weep | To put the finger in the eie and weepe; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.137 | The ring I saw upon his finger now, | The Ring I saw vpon his finger now, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.277 | He did, and from my finger snatched that ring. | He did, and from my finger snacht that Ring. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.86 | sensible as your finger, that you might leave pricking it | sensible as your finger, that you might leaue pricking it |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.156 | about with his finger and his thumb as one would set up | about with his finger and his thumbe, as one would set vp |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.5 | your little finger, there is some hope the ladies of Rome, | your little finger, there is some hope the Ladies of Rome, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.130 | hold dear as my finger, 'tis part of it. | it: My Ring I holde deere as my finger, 'tis part of it. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.14 | fingering, so: we'll try with tongue too: if none will | fingering, so: wee'l try with tongue too: if none will |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.137 | That diamond upon your finger, say | That Diamond vpon your Finger, say |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.184 | Upon his honoured finger – to attain | Vpon his honour'd finger) to attaine |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.467 | The fingers of the powers above do tune | The fingers of the Powres aboue, do tune |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.187 | And still your fingers on your lips, I pray. | And still your fingers on your lippes I pray, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.80 | That they are not a pipe for Fortune's finger | That they are not a Pipe for Fortunes finger, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.366 | your fingers and thumb; give it breath with your mouth; | your finger and thumbe, giue it breath with your mouth, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.186 | Or paddling in your neck with his damned fingers, | Or padling in your necke with his damn'd Fingers, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.171 | But our cold maids do dead-men's-fingers call them. | But our cold Maids doe Dead Mens Fingers call them: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.256 | I prithee take thy fingers from my throat. | I prythee take thy fingers from my throat; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.15 | Fingered their packet, and in fine withdrew | Finger'd their Packet, and in fine, withdrew |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.36 | And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held | And 'twixt his Finger and his Thumbe, he held |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.90 | In faith, I'll break thy little finger, Harry, | Indeede Ile breake thy little finger Harry, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.72 | fingers in the ribs bare. But sirrah, make haste. Percy is | fingers on the Ribbes bare. But sirra, make haste, Percy is |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.106 | they never prick their finger but they say ‘ There's some | they neuer pricke their finger, but they say, there is som |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.127 | have him already tempering between my finger and my | haue him alreadie tempering betweene my finger and my |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.102 | That might annoy my finger? 'Tis so strange | That might annoy my finger? 'Tis so strange, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.15 | fingers' ends, I knew there was but one way; for his | fingers end, I knew there was but one way: for his |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.29 | fingers is to my fingers, and there is salmons in both. | fingers is to my fingers, and there is Salmons in both. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.49 | Prick not your finger as you pluck it off, | Prick not your finger as you pluck it off, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.48 | I kiss these fingers for eternal peace, | I kisse these fingers for eternall peace, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.145 | And with my fingers feel his hand unfeeling; | And with my fingers feele his hand, vnfeeling: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.46 | Thy hand is but a finger to my fist; | Thy hand is but a finger to my fist, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.55 | To prick thy finger, though to wound his heart. | To prick thy finger, though to wound his heart. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.44 | The king was slily fingered from the deck! | The King was slyly finger'd from the Deck: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.53 | From his ambitious finger. What had he | From his Ambitious finger. What had he |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.115 | Then lays his finger on his temple; straight | Then layes his finger on his Temple: straight |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.57 | Among the crowd i'th' Abbey, where a finger | Among the crow'd i'th'Abbey, where a finger |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.106 | The King will suffer but the little finger | The King will suffer but the little finger |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.131 | He that dares most, but wag his finger at thee. | Hee, that dares most, but wag his finger at thee. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.240 | fingers off it. And then he offered it the third time; he | fingers off it. And then he offered it the third time; hee |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.198 | Shaking the bloody fingers of thy foes, | Shaking the bloody fingers of thy Foes? |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.24 | Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, | Contaminate our fingers, with base Bribes? |
| King John | KJ III.iv.31 | And ring these fingers with thy household worms, | And ring these fingers with thy houshold wormes, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.168 | Out of the bloody fingers' ends of John. | Out of the bloody fingers ends of Iohn. |
| King John | KJ V.vii.37 | To thrust his icy fingers in my maw, | To thrust his ycie fingers in my maw; |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.72 | thou hast it ad dunghill, at the fingers' ends, as they | thou hast it ad dungil, at the fingers ends, as they |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.98 | with his royal finger thus dally with my excrement, | with his royall finger thus dallie with my excrement, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.111 | Another, with his finger and his thumb, | Another with his finger and his thumb, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.871 | I will kiss thy royal finger, and take leave. I am | I wil kisse thy royal finger, and take leaue. I am |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.43 | By each at once her choppy finger laying | By each at once her choppie finger laying |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.30 | Finger of birth-strangled babe, | Finger of Birth-strangled Babe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.312 | Dare no more stretch this finger of mine than he | No more stretch this finger of mine, then he |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.99 | you may tell every finger I have with my ribs. Father, I | You may tell euerie finger I haue with my ribs: Father I |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.184 | Parts from this finger, then parts life from hence, | Parts from this finger, then parts life from hence, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.168 | A thing stuck on with oaths upon your finger | A thing stucke on with oathes vpon your finger, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.173 | Nor pluck it from his finger for the wealth | Nor plucke it from his finger, for the wealth |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.187 | I would deny it, but you see my finger | I would deny it: but you see my finger |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.85 | ne'er put my finger in the fire, and need not. | nere put my finger in the fire, and neede not. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.41 | and of the peace, if I see a sword out, my finger itches | and of the peace; if I see a sword out, my finger itches |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.69 | the finger of my substance. If he take her, let him take | the finger of my substance: if he take her, let him take |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.84 | With trial-fire touch me his finger-end. | With Triall-fire touch me his finger end: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.63 | about him to signify Wall; and let him hold his fingers | about him, to signifie wall; or let him hold his fingers |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.178 | Master Cobweb – if I cut my finger I shall make bold | Master Cobweb: if I cut my finger, I shall make bold |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.43 | Enrings the barky fingers of the elm. | Enrings the barky fingers of the Elme. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.175.1 | Wall holds up his fingers | |
| Othello | Oth II.i.170 | three fingers so oft, which now again you are most apt | three fingers so oft, which now againe you are most apt |
| Othello | Oth II.i.172 | courtesy! 'Tis so indeed. Yet again your fingers to your | Curtsie: 'tis so indeed. Yet againe, your fingers to your |
| Othello | Oth II.i.215 | Lay thy finger thus, and let thy soul be instructed. | Lay thy finger thus: and let thy soule be instructed. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.142 | For let our finger ache, and it indues | For let our finger ake, and it endues |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.54 | To point his slow unmoving finger at! | To point his slow, and mouing finger at. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.83 | Who, fingered to make man his lawful music, | Who finger'd to make man his lawfull musicke, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.22 | With fingers long, small, white as milk; | With fingers long, small, white as milke, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.53 | Whereto my finger, like a dial's point, | Whereto my finger, like a Dialls point, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.203 | Look how this ring encompasseth thy finger, | Looke how my Ring incompasseth thy Finger, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.56 | On the forefinger of an alderman, | on the fore-finger of an Alderman, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.69 | Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid. | prickt from the Lazie-finger of a man. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.73 | O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees; | ore Lawyers fingers, who strait dreamt on Fees, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.164 | My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest | My fingers itch, wife: we scarce thought vs blest, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.4 | they can lick their fingers. | they can licke their fingers. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.7 | his own fingers. Therefore he that cannot lick his fingers | his owne fingers: therefore he that cannot licke his fingers |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.30 | But chiefly to take thence from her dead finger | But chiefly to take thence from her dead finger, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.36 | Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers, | Wrap'd in sweet cloathes: Rings put vpon his fingers: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.79 | Put finger in the eye, an she knew why. | put finger in the eye, and she knew why. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.150 | And bowed her hand to teach her fingering, | And bow'd her hand to teach her fingering, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.63 | To learn the order of my fingering, | To learne the order of my fingering, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.143 | that I'll prove upon thee, though thy little finger be | that Ile proue vpon thee, though thy little finger be |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.81 | take your fingers! | take your fingers. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.246 | fingers, and away with the rest. | fingers, and away with the rest. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.250 | Monster, lay to your fingers. Help to bear | Monster, lay to your fingers: helpe to beare |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.24 | But must not break my back to heal his finger. | But must not breake my backe, to heale his finger. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.226 | Upon his bloody finger he doth wear | Vpon his bloody finger he doth weare |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.42 | And he hath cut those pretty fingers off | And he hath cut those pretty fingers off, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.204 | Why, this hath not a finger's dignity. | Why this hath not a fingers dignity: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.240 | Peace, Trojan, lay thy finger on thy lips. | Peace Troyan, lay thy finger on thy lips, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.25 | Do not, porpentine, do not; my fingers itch. | Do not Porpentine, do not; my fingers itch. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.148 | With these your white enchanting fingers touched, | With these your white enchanting fingers toucht, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.57 | potato-finger, tickles these together! Fry, lechery, fry! | potato finger, tickles these together: frye lechery, frye. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.160 | And with another knot, five-finger-tied, | And with another knot fiue finger tied, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.75 | Ay, sir. I have them at my fingers' ends. Marry, | I Sir, I haue them at my fingers ends: marry |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.59 | wind up my watch, or play with my (fingering his | winde vp my watch, or play with my |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.152 | touch Fortune's fingers. Farewell. She that would alter | touch Fortunes fingers Farewell, Shee that would alter |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.101 | You would be fingering them, to anger me. | You would be fingring them, to anger me. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.133 | Though his false finger have profaned the ring, | Though his false finger haue prophan'd the Ring, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.43 | And with a finger of so deep a cunning, | And with a finger of so deepe a cunning |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.112 | The gout had knit his fingers into knots, | The Gout had knit his fingers into knots, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.115 | But to be paddling palms and pinching fingers, | But to be padling Palmes, and pinching Fingers, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.102 | The very mould and frame of hand, nail, finger. | The very Mold, and frame of Hand, Nayle, Finger.) |