| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.69.1 | Of your infirmity? | of your infirmitie? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.167 | What is infirm from your sound parts shall fly, | What is infirme, from your sound parts shall flie, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.49 | The confirmation of my promised gift, | The confirmation of my promis'd guift, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.57 | say is come, was faithfully confirmed by the rector of | say, is come: was faithfully confirm'd by the Rector of |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.60 | Ay, and the particular confirmations, point | I, and the particular confirmations, point |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.43 | ‘ Say the firm Roman to great Egypt sends | Say the firme Roman to great Egypt sends |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.48.1 | From firm security. | From firme Securitie. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.81 | Firm and irrevocable is my doom | Firme, and irreuocable is my doombe, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.29 | confirmer of false reckonings. He attends here in the | confirmer of false reckonings, he attends here in the |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.44 | His incivility confirms no less. | His inciuility confirmes no lesse: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.60 | half an hour together. 'Has such a confirmed | halfe an houre together: ha's such a confirm'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.208 | He's not confirmed; we may deny him yet. | Hee's not confirm'd, we may deny him yet. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.82.1 | A man of their infirmity. | a man, of their Infirmity. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.46 | But to confirm my curses. Could I meet 'em | But to confirme my Cursses. Could I meete 'em |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.11 | there could behold the sun with as firm eyes as he. | there, could behold the Sunne, with as firme eyes as hee. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.56 | upon warrant of bloody affirmation – his to be more | vpon warrant of bloody affirmation) his to be more |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.124 | That play with all infirmities for gold | That play with all Infirmities for Gold, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.174 | Honoured with confirmation your great judgement | Honour'd with confirmation your great Iudgement, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.61 | Of the divorce, he'ld make. The heavens hold firm | Of the diuorce, heel'd make the Heauens hold firme |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.64 | I will confirm with oath, which I doubt not | I will confirme with oath, which I doubt not |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.139.2 | Ay, and it doth confirm | I, and it doth confirme |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.173 | That tends to vice in man, but I affirm | That tends to vice in man, but I affirme |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.129.1 | And that will well confirm it. | And that will well confirme it. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.47 | Whereto constrained by her infirmity, | Whereto constrain'd by her infirmitie, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.328 | Murd'rous to th' senses? That confirms it home: | Murd'rous to'th'Senses? That confirmes it home: |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.300 | the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, | the Ayre, look you, this braue ore-hanging, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.401 | The soul of Nero enter this firm bosom. | The Soule of Nero, enter this firme bosome: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.17 | Who with them was a rated sinew too, | Who with them was rated firmely too, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.73 | Must take up us. So is the unfirm King | Must take vp vs: So is the vnfirme King |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.57 | one bear with another's confirmities. What the | one beare with anothers Confirmities. What the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.48 | Weary of solid firmness, melt itself | (Wearie of solide firmenesse) melt it selfe |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.186 | Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains. | Our Peace shall stand as firme as Rockie Mountaines. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.188 | Better opinion, better confirmation, | Better Opinion, better Confirmation: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.203 | Thou art not firm enough, since griefs are green; | Thou art not firme enough, since greefes are greene: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.43 | Yet their own authors faithfully affirm | Yet their owne Authors faithfully affirme, |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.27 | Confirmed conspiracy with fearful France; | Confirm'd Conspiracy with fearefull France, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.24 | Bardolph, a soldier firm and sound of heart, | Bardolph, a Souldier firme and sound of heart, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.14 | For thou art framed of the firm truth of valour. | For thou art fram'd of the firme truth of valour. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.114 | blush to affirm it. | blush to affirme it. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.327 | According to their firm proposed natures. | According to their firme proposed natures. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.128 | What she says, I'll confirm; we'll fight it out. | What shee sayes, Ile confirme: wee'le fight it out. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.122 | Confirm it so, mine honourable lord. | Confirme it so, mine honourable Lord. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.123 | Confirm it so? Confounded be your strife, | Confirme it so? Confounded be your strife, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.60 | Then, Joan, discover thine infirmity, | Then Ione discouer thine infirmity, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.42 | As his alliance will confirm our peace | As his alliance will confirme our peace, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.88 | As firmly as I hope for fertile England. | As firmely as I hope for fertile England. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.190 | Before his legs be firm to bear his body. | Before his Legges be firme to beare his Body. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.317 | And what we do establish he confirms. | And what we doe establish, he confirmes: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.172 | Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs, | Confirme the Crowne to me and to mine Heires, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.54 | And lastly to confirm that amity | And lastly, to confirme that Amitie |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.129 | Now, sister, let us hear your firm resolve. | Now Sister, let vs heare your firme resolue. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.219 | Therefore at last I firmly am resolved: | Therefore, at last, I firmely am resolu'd |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.239 | What pledge have we of thy firm loyalty? | What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty? |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.37 | Is not my friend. This, to confirm my welcome – | Is not my Friend. This to confirme my welcome, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.159 | That will undo her. To confirm this too, | That will vndoe her: To confirme this too, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.249 | During my life; and, to confirm his goodness, | During my life; and to confirme his Goodnesse, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.173 | Witness how dear I hold this confirmation. | Witnesse how deare, I hold this Confirmation. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.269 | infirmity. Three or four wenches, where I stood, cried, | infirmitie. Three or foure Wenches where I stood, cryed, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.309 | For who so firm that cannot be seduced? | For who so firme, that cannot be seduc'd? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.4 | Shakes like a thing unfirm? O Cicero, | Shakes, like a thing vnfirme? O Cicero, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.62 | There is no fellow in the firmament. | There is no fellow in the Firmament. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.85 | A friend should bear his friend's infirmities; | A Friend should beare his Friends infirmities; |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.58 | Herself the ground of my infirmity. | Herselfe the ground of my infirmitie. |
| King John | KJ II.i.359 | Then let confusion of one part confirm | Then let confusion of one part confirm |
| King John | KJ III.i.24 | Be these sad signs confirmers of thy words? | Be these sad signes confirmers of thy words? |
| King John | KJ III.i.72 | That no supporter but the huge firm earth | That no supporter but the huge firme earth |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.73 | Our souls religiously confirm thy words. | Our soules religiously confirme thy words. |
| King John | KJ V.ii.7 | And keep our faiths firm and inviolable. | And keepe our faithes firme and inuiolable. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.138 | Beloved sons, be yours; which to confirm, | Beloued Sonnes be yours, which to confirme, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.202 | Will you with those infirmities she owes, | Will you with those infirmities she owes, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.245 | Nothing! I have sworn; I am firm. | Nothing, I haue sworne, I am firme. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.292 | 'Tis the infirmity of his age. Yet he hath ever but | 'Tis the infirmity of his age, yet he hath euer but |
| King Lear | KL I.i.297 | therewithal the unruly waywardness that infirm and | therewithall the vnruly way-wardnesse, that infirme and |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.132 | firmament twinkled on my bastardizing. Edgar – | Firmament twinkled on my bastardizing. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.76 | Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks | Reuenge, affirme, and turne their Halcion beakes |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.101 | Infirmity doth still neglect all office | Infirmity doth still neglect all office, |
| King Lear | KL III.i.44 | For confirmation that I am much more | For confirmation that I am much more |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.20 | A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. | A poore, infirme, weake, and dispis'd old man: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.102.1 | My truth and honour firmly. | My truth and honor firmely. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.18 | rather, unlettered, or, ratherest, unconfirmed fashion | rather vnlettered, or ratherest vnconfirmed fashion, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.452 | By heaven you did! And, to confirm it plain, | By heauen you did; and to confirme it plaine, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.56 | Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, | Moues like a Ghost. Thou sowre and firme-set Earth |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.52.2 | Infirm of purpose! | Infirme of purpose: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.85 | I have a strange infirmity, which is nothing | I haue a strange infirmity, which is nothing |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.101 | Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves | Take any shape but that, and my firme Nerues |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.38 | Then the charm is firm and good. | Then the Charme is firme and good. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.18 | witness to confirm my speech. | witnesse to confirme my speech. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.31 | All is confirmed, my lord, which was reported. | All is confirm'd my Lord, which was reported. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.80 | The which no sooner had his prowess confirmed | The which no sooner had his Prowesse confirm'd |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.12 | A man of stricture and firm abstinence, | (A man of stricture and firme abstinence) |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.33 | My lord, her wits, I fear me, are not firm. | My Lord, her wits I feare me are not firme: |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.47 | She speaks this in th' infirmity of sense. | She speakes this, in th' infirmity of sence. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.148 | Until confirmed, signed, ratified by you. | Vntill confirm'd, sign'd, ratified by you. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.53 | As there is no firm reason to be rendered | As there is no firme reason to be rendred |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.215 | Though Page be a secure fool and stands so firmly | Though Page be a secure foole, and stands so firmely |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.44 | earth is firm that Falstaff is there. I will go. | earth is firme, that Falstaffe is there: I will go. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.58 | make an absolute courtier, and the firm fixture of thy | make an absolute Courtier, and the firme fixture of thy |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.9.1 | As firm as faith. | As firme as faith. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.28 | And firm for Doctor Caius – hath appointed | And firme for Doctor Caius) hath appointed |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.351 | noble strain, of approved valour and confirmed honesty. | noble straine, of approued valour, and confirm'd honesty, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.114 | That shows thou art unconfirmed. Thou | That shewes thou art vnconfirm'd, thou |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.152 | villainy, which did confirm any slander that Don John | villanie, which did confirme any slander that Don Iohn |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.148 | Confirmed, confirmed! O, that is stronger made | Confirm'd, confirm'd, O that is stronger made |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.17 | Which I will do with confirmed countenance. | Which I will doe with confirm'd countenance. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.7 | 'Tis oft with difference – yet do they all confirm | 'Tis oft with difference) yet do they all confirme |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.37 | makes here. I am unfortunate in the infirmity and dare | makes heere. I am infortunate in the infirmity, and dare |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.122 | On some odd time of his infirmity, | On some odde time of his infirmitie |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.135 | With one of an ingraft infirmity. | With one of an ingraft Infirmitie, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.320 | Are to the jealous confirmations strong | Are to the iealious, confirmations strong, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.5 | And fix most firm thy resolution. | And fixe most firme thy Resolution. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.3 | Assuming man's infirmities, | Assuming mans infirmities, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.49 | These fishers tell the infirmities of men, | These Fishers tell the infirmities of men, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.202 | For truth can never be confirmed enough, | for truth can neuer be confirm'd inough, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.54 | Still confirmation. | Still confirmation, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.121 | The unstooping firmness of my upright soul. | The vn-stooping firmenesse of my vpright soule. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.43 | Which elder days shall ripen and confirm | Which elder dayes shall ripen, and confirme |
| Richard II | R2 II.iv.20 | Fall to the base earth from the firmament. | Fall to the base Earth, from the Firmament: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.42 | Showing as in a model our firm estate, | Shewing as in a Modell our firme Estate? |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.208 | Thou dost confirm his happiness for ever. | Thou dost confirme his happinesse for euer. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.133 | And the compact is firm and true in me. | And the compact is firme, and true in me. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.172 | Thy age confirmed, proud, subtle, sly, and bloody, | Thy Age confirm'd, proud, subtle, slye, and bloody, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.495 | Your son, George Stanley. Look your heart be firm, | Your Sonne George Stanley: looke your heart be firme, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.6 | Being loose, unfirm, with digging up of graves, | Being loose, vnfirme with digging vp of Graues, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.49 | For how I firmly am resolved you know; | For how I firmly am resolu d you know: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.154 | As firmly as yourself were still in place, | As firmely as your selfe were still in place, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.92 | Nor is your firm resolve unknown to me | Nor is your firme resolue vnknowne to me, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.378 | By your firm promise. Gremio is out-vied. | By your firme promise, Gremio is out-vied. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.28 | Here is my hand, and here I firmly vow | Heere is my hand, and heere I firmly vow |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.207 | Who was so firm, so constant, that this coil | Who was so firme, so constant, that this coyle |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.160 | Be not disturbed with my infirmity. | Be not disturb'd with my infirmitie, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.92 | behalf; and thus far I confirm you. O you gods, think | behalfe. And thus farre I confirme you. Oh you Gods (thinke |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.73 | For now he firmly takes me for Revenge, | For now he firmely takes me for Reuenge, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.17 | What, hath the firmament more suns than one? | What, hath the Firemament more Suns then one? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.294 | Then, though my heart's content firm love doth bear, | That though my hearts Contents firme loue doth beare, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.69 | To blench from this, and to stand firm by honour. | To blench from this, and to stand firme by honour. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.106 | word and my firm faith. | word and my firme faith. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.97 | Not yet mature, yet matchless; firm of word, | Not yet mature, yet matchlesse, firme of word, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.174 | Let me confirm my princely brother's greeting: | Let me confirme my Princely brothers greeting, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.71 | him. Infirmity, that decays the wise, doth ever make the | him: Infirmity that decaies the wise, doth euer make the |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.73 | God send you, sir, a speedy infirmity for the better | God send you sir, a speedie Infirmity, for the better |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.33 | Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, | Our fancies are more giddie and vnfirme, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.17 | But were my worth, as is my conscience, firm, | But were my worth, as is my conscience firme, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.184 | his lord and my niece confirms no less. Therefore this | his Lord and my Neece, confirmes no lesse. Therefore, this |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.20 | kisses, if your four negatives make your two affirmatives, | kisses, if your foure negatiues make your two affirmatiues, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.155 | Confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands, | Confirm'd by mutuall ioynder of your hands, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.250 | That I am Viola; which to confirm, | That I am Viola, which to confirme, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.99 | Confirm his welcome with some special favour. | Confirme his welcome, with some speciall fauor. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.16 | With twenty thousand soul-confirming oaths! | With twenty thousand soule-confirming oathes. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.58 | You are already Love's firm votary, | You are already loues firme votary, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.100 | I am my master's true-confirmed love, | I am my Masters true confirmed Loue, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.43 | These likelihoods confirm her flight from hence; | These likelihoods confirme her flight from hence; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.164 | As I have brought my life here to confirm it, | As I have brought my life here to confirme it, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.14 | I have no voice, sir, to confirm her that way. | I have no voice Sir, to confirme her that way. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.263 | Are such allowed infirmities that honesty | Are such allow'd Infirmities, that honestie |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.180 | Yet, for a greater confirmation – | Yet, for a greater confirmation |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.83 | betwixt the firmament and it you cannot thrust a bodkin's | betwixt the Firmament and it, you cannot thrust a bodkins |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.140 | Can send his brother; and but infirmity, | Can send his Brother: and but Infirmitie |