| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.105 | Many receipts he gave me; chiefly one, | Many receits he gaue me, chieflie one, |
| 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.73 | Now, Dian, from thy altar do I fly, | Now Dian from thy Altar do I fly, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.i.20 | And all the honours that can fly from us | And all the honors that can flye from vs, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.28 | To fly the favours of so good a King, | To flye the fauours of so good a King, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.110 | Fly with false aim, move the still-piecing air | Fly with false ayme, moue the still-peering aire |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.156 | And that you fly them as you swear them lordship, | And that you flye them as you sweare them Lordship, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.12 | May not fly forth of Egypt. Hast thou affections? | May not flye forth of Egypt. Hast thou Affections? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.37 | Chiefly i'th' world; more laughed at that I should | Chiefely i'th'world. More laught at, that I should |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.158.1 | Fly off our loves again. | Flie off our Loues againe. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.186 | This was but as a fly by an eagle. We had | This was but as a Flye by an Eagle: we had |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.9 | The routed fly. So thy grand captain, Antony, | The routed flie. So thy grand Captaine Anthony |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.3 | With all their sixty, fly and turn the rudder. | With all their sixty flye, and turne the Rudder: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.15.1 | Hoists sails and flies. | Hoists Sailes, and flyes. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.20 | Leaving the fight in height, flies after her. | Leauing the Fight in heighth, flyes after her: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.5 | Laden with gold; take that; divide it. Fly, | Laden with Gold, take that, diuide it: flye, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.6.2 | Fly? Not we. | Fly? Not wee. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.11 | Than was his loss, to course your flying flags | Then was his losse, to course your flying Flagges, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.10.2 | Briefly, sir. | Briefely Sir. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.15 | Makes only wars on thee. Bid them all fly; | Makes onely Warres on thee. Bid them all flye: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.17 | I have done all. Bid them all fly, begone! | I haue done all. Bid them all flye, be gone. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.111 | Thy death and fortunes bid thy followers fly. | Thy death and fortunes bid thy folowers fly |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.98 | Therefore devise with me how we may fly, | Therefore deuise with me how we may flie |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.49 | Instance, briefly; come, instance. | Instance, briefly: come, instance. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.9 | I fly thee, for I would not injure thee. | I flye thee, for I would not iniure thee: |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.101 | By this hand, it will not kill a fly. But come, | By this hand, it will not kill a flie: but come, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.152 | and 'twill out at the key-hole; stop that, 'twill fly with | and 'twill out at the key-hole: stop that, 'twill flie with |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.163 | So fly I from her that would be my wife. | So flie I from her that would be my wife. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.80 | ‘ Fly pride,’ says the peacock. Mistress, that you know. | Flie pride saies the Pea-cocke, Mistris that you know. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.184 | Hark, hark, I hear him, mistress. Fly, be gone! | Harke, harke, I heare him Mistris: flie, be gone. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.61 | countenance! I saw him run after a gilded butterfly, and | countenance. I saw him run after a gilded Butterfly, & |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.43.1 | Alarum. The Volsces fly, and Martius follows | Another Alarum, and Martius followes |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.45 | Not for the fliers. Mark me, and do the like. | Not for the flyers: Marke me, and do the like. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.51 | Following the fliers at the very heels, | Following the Flyers at the very heeles, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.16 | 'Tis not a mile; briefly we heard their drums. | 'Tis not a mile: briefely we heard their drummes. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.viii.6.2 | If I fly, Martius, | If I flye Martius, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.19 | Shall fly out of itself. Nor sleep nor sanctuary, | Shall flye out of it selfe, nor sleepe, nor sanctuary, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.101 | I cannot speak him home. He stopped the fliers, | I cannot speake him home: he stopt the flyers, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.21 | skull, they would fly east, west, north, south, and their | Scull, they would flye East, West, North, South, and their |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.25 | judge my wit would fly? | iudge my wit would flye. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.283.2 | Speak briefly then, | Speake breefely then, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.96.1 | Or butchers killing flies. | Or Butchers killing Flyes. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.1 | Do they still fly to th' Roman? | Do they still flye to'th' Roman? |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.12 | butterfly, yet your butterfly was a grub. This Martius is | Butterfly, yet your Butterfly was a Grub: this Martius, is |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.34 | Sir, if you'd save your life, fly to your house. | Sir, if you'ld saue your life, flye to your House, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.72 | As thou'lt desire: and then myself, I chiefly, | As thou'lt desire: and then my selfe, I cheefely, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.20 | Or like the Parthian I shall flying fight; | Orlike the Parthian I shall flying fight, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.21 | Rather, directly fly. | Rather directly fly. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.42 | Our valour is to chase what flies: our cage | Our Valour is to chace what flyes: Our Cage |
| 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 III.vi.7 | Foundations fly the wretched: such, I mean, | Foundations flye the wretched: such I meane, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.54 | The smile mocking the sigh, that it would fly | The Smile, mocking the Sigh, that it would flye |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.71 | That fly me thus? Some villain mountaineers? | That flye me thus? Some villaine-Mountainers? |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.210 | Thus smiling, as some fly had tickled slumber, | Thus smiling, as some Fly had tickled slumber, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.54 | Till it fly out and show them princes born. | Till it flye out, and shew them Princes borne. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.ii.11.1 | The battle continues, the Britons fly, Cymbeline is taken: then enter | The Battaile continues, the Britaines fly, Cymbeline is taken: Then enter |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.ii.18 | Let's reinforce, or fly. | Let's re-inforce, or fly. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.6 | And but the backs of Britons seen; all flying | And but the backes of Britaines seene; all flying |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.24 | ‘ Our Britain's harts die flying, not our men: | Our Britaines hearts dye flying, not our men, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.25 | To darkness fleet souls that fly backwards; stand, | To darknesse fleete soules that flye backwards; stand, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.41 | A rout, confusion thick: forthwith they fly | A Rowt, confusion thicke: forthwith they flye |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.62 | I know he'll quickly fly my friendship too. | I know hee'l quickly flye my friendship too. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.92 | and from thy justice fly. | and from thy iustice flye. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.106 | He leaves me, scorns me: briefly die their joys | He leaues me, scornes me: briefely dye their ioyes, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.95 | But bear me stiffly up. Remember thee? | But beare me stiffely vp: Remember thee? |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.428 | all welcome. We'll e'en to't like French falconers: fly | all welcome: wee'l e'ne to't like French Faulconers, flie |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.444 | than fine. One speech in't I chiefly loved. 'Twas | One cheefe Speech in it, I cheefely lou'd, 'twas |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.82 | Than fly to others that we know not of? | Then flye to others that we know not of. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.97 | My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. | My words flye vp, my thoughts remain below, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.195 | Let the birds fly, and like the famous ape, | Let the Birds flye, and like the famous Ape |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.23 | with as much speed as thou wouldst fly death. I have words | with as much hast as thou wouldestflye death. I haue words |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.83 | know this waterfly? | know this waterflie? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.339 | pistol kills a sparrow flying. | Pistoll kills a Sparrow flying. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.397 | but chiefly a villainous trick of thine eye, and a foolish hanging | but chiefely, a villanous tricke of thine Eye, and a foolish hanging |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.57 | A rendezvous, a home to fly unto, | A Randeuous, a Home to flye vnto, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.65 | We were enforced for safety sake to fly | We were infor'd for safety sake, to flye |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.43.1 | They fight; Douglas flees | They Fight, Dowglas flyeth. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.120 | Upon enforcement flies with greatest speed, | Vpon enforcement, flyes with greatest speede, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.125 | Fly from the field. Then was the noble Worcester | Fly from the field. Then was that Noble Worcester |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.145 | worth a thousand of these bed-hangers and these fly-bitten | worth a thousand of these Bed-hangings, and these Fly-bitten |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.50.2 | O, fly to Scotland, | O flye to Scotland, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.11 | And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, | And huisht with bussing Night, flyes to thy slumber, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.54 | Briefly, to this end: we are all diseased, | Briefely to this end: Wee are all diseas'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.65 | O, with what wings shall his affections fly | Oh, with what Wings shall his Affections flye |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.285 | That shall fly with them: for many a thousand widows | That shall flye with them: for many a thousand widows |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.1 | Thus with imagined wing our swift scene flies | Thus with imagin'd wing our swift Scene flyes, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.48 | And so our scene must to the battle fly; | And so our Scene must to the Battaile flye: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.164 | wings to fly from God. War is His beadle, war is His | wings to flye from God. Warre is his Beadle, Warre is his |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.50 | Fly o'er them all, impatient for their hour. | Flye o're them all, impatient for their howre. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.113 | Good argument, I hope, we will not fly – | Good argument (I hope) we will not flye: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.17 | Tarry, sweet soul, for mine, then fly abreast, | Tarry (sweet soule) for mine, then flye a-brest: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.73 | You have, enscheduled briefly, in your hands. | You haue enschedul'd briefely in your hands. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.303 | summered and warm kept, are like flies at Bartholomew-tide, | Summer'd, and warme kept, are like Flyes at Bartholomew-tyde, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.308 | summer; and so I shall catch the fly, your cousin, in the | Summer; and so I shall catch the Flye, your Cousin, in the |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.75 | Another would fly swift, but wanteth wings; | Another would flye swift, but wanteth Wings: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.95 | The Duke of Alençon flieth to his side. | The Duke of Alanson flyeth to his side. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.96 | The Dauphin crowned king! All fly to him? | The Dolphin crown'd King? all flye to him? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.97 | O, whither shall we fly from this reproach? | O whither shall we flye from this reproach? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.98 | We will not fly but to our enemies' throats. | We will not flye, but to our enemies throats. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.21 | When he sees me go back one foot or fly. | When he sees me goe back one foot, or flye. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.103 | And while I live, I'll ne'er fly from a man. | And while I liue, Ile ne're flye from a man. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.47 | My grisly countenance made others fly; | My grisly countenance made others flye, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.32 | As you fly from your oft-subdued slaves. | As you flye from your oft-subdued slaues. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.78.2 | À Talbot!’ They fly, leaving their clothes behind | a Talbot: they flye, leauing their Clothes behind. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.11 | Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch; | Between two Hawks, which flyes the higher pitch, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.107.1 | What, will you fly and leave Lord Talbot? | What? will you flye, and leaue Lord Talbot? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.110 | enter from the town and fly | flye. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.43 | For fly he could not, if he would have fled; | For flye he could not, if he would haue fled: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.44 | And fly would Talbot never, though he might. | And flye would Talbot neuer though he might. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.13 | And shall I fly? O, if you love my mother, | And shall I flye? O, if you loue my Mother, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.18 | Fly, to revenge my death if I be slain. | Flye, to reuenge my death, if I be slaine. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.19 | He that flies so will ne'er return again. | He that flyes so, will ne're returne againe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.21 | Then let me stay, and, father, do you fly. | Then let me stay, and Father doe you flye: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.37 | To fight I will, but not to fly the foe. | To fight I will, but not to flye the Foe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.44 | If death be so apparent, then both fly. | If Death be so apparant, then both flye. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.55 | And soul with soul from France to heaven fly. | And Soule with Soule from France to Heauen flye. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.28 | Wilt thou yet leave the battle, boy, and fly, | Wilt thou yet leaue the Battaile, Boy, and flie, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.30 | Fly, to revenge my death when I am dead; | Flye, to reuenge my death when I am dead, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.41 | All these are saved if thou wilt fly away. | All these are sau'd, if thou wilt flye away. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.46 | Before young Talbot from old Talbot fly, | Before young Talbot from old Talbot flye, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.51 | An if I fly, I am not Talbot's son; | And if I flye, I am not Talbots Sonne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.76 | Stinking and flyblown lies here at our feet. | Stinking and fly-blowne lyes heere at our feete. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.1 | The Regent conquers and the Frenchmen fly. | The Regent conquers, and the Frenchmen flye. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.ii.30.3 | Pucelle and overcomes her. The French fly | French flye. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.46 | O fairest beauty, do not fear nor fly! | Oh Fairest Beautie, do not feare, nor flye: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.93 | Yet have I gold flies from another coast – | Yet haue I Gold flyes from another Coast: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.1 | Believe me, lords, for flying at the brook, | Beleeue me Lords, for flying at the Brooke, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.17 | Were it not good your grace could fly to heaven? | Were it not good your Grace could flye to Heauen? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.157 | True; made the lame to leap and fly away. | True: made the Lame to leape and flye away. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.159 | You made in a day, my lord, whole towns to fly. | You made in a day, my Lord, whole Townes to flye. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.55 | And fly thou how thou canst, they'll tangle thee. | And flye thou how thou canst, they'le tangle thee. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.397 | So shouldst thou either turn my flying soul, | So should'st thou eyther turne my flying soule, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.105 | Fly, fly, fly! Sir Humphrey Stafford and his | Fly, fly, fly, Sir Humfrey Stafford and his |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.168 | That those which fly before the battle ends | That those which flye before the battell ends, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.27 | The rebels are in Southwark; fly, my lord! | The Rebels are in Southwarke: Fly my Lord: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.50 | The citizens fly and forsake their houses; | The Citizens flye and forsake their houses: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.69 | Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven, | Knowledge the Wing wherewith we flye to heauen. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.37 | Alas, he hath no home, no place to fly to; | Alas, he hath no home, no place to flye too: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.36 | Hot coals of vengeance! Let no soldier fly. | Hot Coales of Vengeance. Let no Souldier flye. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.74 | What are you made of? You'll nor fight nor fly. | What are you made of? You'l nor fight nor fly: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.77 | By what we can, which can no more but fly. | By what we can, which can no more but flye. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.85 | I would speak blasphemy ere bid you fly; | I would speake blasphemy ere bid you flye: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.86 | But fly you must; uncurable discomfit | But flye you must: Vncureable discomfite |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.30 | We'll all assist you; he that flies shall die. | Wee'le all assist you: he that flyes, shall dye. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.69 | But when the Duke is slain they'll quickly fly. | But when the Duke is slaine, they'le quickly flye. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.118 | Sound drums and trumpets, and the King will fly. | Sound Drummes and Trumpets, and the King will flye. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.1 | Ah, whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands? | Ah, whither shall I flye, to scape their hands? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.4 | Turn back and fly, like ships before the wind | Turne back, and flye, like Ships before the Winde, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.23 | And I am faint and cannot fly their fury; | And I am faint, and cannot flye their furie: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.40 | So cowards fight when they can fly no further; | So Cowards fight, when they can flye no further, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.48 | Whose frown hath made thee faint and fly ere this! | Whose frowne hath made thee faint and flye ere this. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.178 | My soul flies through these wounds to seek out Thee. | My Soule flyes through these wounds, to seeke out thee. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.184 | But never once again turn back and fly. | But neuer once againe turne backe and flye. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.71 | Proclaims him king, and many fly to him. | Proclaimes him King, and many flye to him, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.105 | Then 'twas my turn to fly, and now 'tis thine. | Then 'twas my turne to fly, and now 'tis thine: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.11 | What counsel give you? Whither shall we fly? | What counsaile giue you? whether shall we flye? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.24 | I'll kill my horse, because I will not fly. | Ile kill my Horse, because I will not flye: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.50 | And give them leave to fly that will not stay; | And giue them leaue to flye, that will not stay: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.125 | Fly, father, fly! For all your friends are fled, | Fly Father, flye: for all your Friends are fled. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.130 | Having the fearful flying hare in sight, | Hauing the fearfull flying Hare in sight, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.9 | And whither fly the gnats but to the sun? | And whether flye the Gnats, but to the Sunne? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.17 | They never then had sprung like summer flies; | They neuer then had sprung like Sommer Flyes: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.24 | No way to fly, nor strength to hold out flight; | No way to flye, nor strength to hold out flight: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.28.2 | and set upon the guard, who fly, crying, ‘ Arm! Arm!’, | and set vpon the Guard, who flye, crying, Arme, Arme, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.28.7 | and Hastings fly over the stage | and Hastings flyes ouer the Stage. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.28 | What are they that fly there? | What are they that flye there? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.34 | Come, therefore, let us fly while we may fly; | Come therefore let vs flye, while we may flye, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.17 | And chiefly therefore I thank God and thee; | And chiefely therefore, I thanke God, and thee, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.32 | Even now we heard the news. Ah, couldst thou fly! | Euen now we heard the newes: ah, could'st thou flye. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.33 | Why, then I would not fly. Ah, Montague, | Why then I would not flye. Ah Mountague, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.48 | Sweet rest his soul! Fly, lords, and save yourselves; | Sweet rest his Soule: / Flye Lords, and saue your selues, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.34 | If case some one of you would fly from us, | If case some one of you would flye from vs, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.109 | Flying for succour to his servant Banister, | Flying for succour to his Seruant Banister, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.111 | And corn shall fly asunder, for I know | And Corne shall flye asunder. For I know |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.160 | Fly o'er thy royal head, and shade thy person | Fly o're thy Royall head, and shade thy person |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.73 | Will make him fly an ordinary pitch, | Will make him flye an ordinary pitch, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.122 | His coward lips did from their colour fly, | His Coward lippes did from their colour flye, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.83 | Fly not; stand still; ambition's debt is paid. | Fly not, stand still: Ambitions debt is paid. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.10 | Ay, and briefly. | I, and breefely. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.15 | answer every man directly and briefly, wisely and truly; | answer euery man, directly and breefely, wisely and truly: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.24 | For your dwelling, briefly. | For your dwelling: breefely. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.25 | Briefly, I dwell by the Capitol. | Breefely, I dwell by the Capitoll. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.85 | Fly o'er our heads and downward look on us, | Fly ore our heads, and downward looke on vs |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.1 | O, look, Titinius, look, the villains fly. | O looke Titinius, looke, the Villaines flye: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.9 | Fly further off, my lord, fly further off! | Fly further off my Lord: flye further off, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.11 | Fly therefore, noble Cassius, fly far off! | Flye therefore Noble Cassius, flye farre off. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.30 | Fly, fly, my lord, there is no tarrying here. | Fly, flye my Lord, there is no tarrying heere. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.43.2 | Cry within, ‘ Fly, fly, fly!’ | Cry within, Flye, flye, flye. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.43.1 | Fly, my lord, fly! | Fly my Lord, flye. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.59 | I know it well, my liege, and therefore fly. | I know it well my liege, and therefore flie. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.72 | And make a flint-heart Scythian pitiful; | And make a flynt heart Sythian pytifull, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.87 | Fly it a pitch above the soar of praise. | Fly it a pitch aboue the soare of praise, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.437 | An unreputed mote, flying in the sun, | An vnreputed mote, flying in the Sunne, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.136 | Our men may vanquish, and the other fly! | Our men may vanquish and thither flie. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.11 | What then, quoth you? Why, is't not time to fly, | What then quoth you? why ist not time to flie, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.46 | Fly, countrymen and citizens of France! | Flie cuntry men and cytizens of France, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.69 | Fly therefore, citizens, if you be wise, | Flie therefore Citizens if you be wise, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.102 | Yet thus much, briefly, by my father's leave: | Yet thus much breefly by my fathers leaue, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.1 | Alarum. Enter a many Frenchmen flying. After them Prince Edward running. Then enter King John and the Duke of Lorraine | Alarum. Enter a many French men flying. After them Prince Edward runing. Then enter King Iohn and Duke of Loraine. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.1 | Oh, Lorraine, say, what mean our men to fly? | Oh Lorrain say, what meane our men to fly, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.98 | And put the multitude to speedy flight. | And put the multitude to speedy flyght: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.44 | As if I were to fly to paradise. | As if I were to flie to paradise. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.49 | Which briefly is no more indeed than one. | Which briefelie is no more indeed then one, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.93 | And therewithal he counsels thee to fly, | And therewithall he counsels thee to flie, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.22 | The fear-possessed abject soul to fly. | The feare possessed abiect soule to flie, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.28 | Fly, father, fly! The French do kill the French: | Fly father flie, the French do kill the French, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.29 | Some that would stand let drive at some that fly; | Some that would stand, let driue at some that flie, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.4 | That once today sent me a horse to fly, | That once to daie sent me a horse to flie, |
| King John | KJ II.i.52 | What England says, say briefly, gentle lord; | What England saies, say breefely gentle Lord, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.175 | And fly like thought from them to me again. | And flye (like thought) from them, to me againe. |
| King John | KJ V.iv.10 | Fly, noble English, you are bought and sold. | Fly Noble English, you are bought and sold, |
| King John | KJ V.v.17 | King John did fly an hour or two before | King Iohn did flie an houre or two before |
| King Lear | KL II.i.20 | My father watches. O, sir, fly this place; | My Father watches: O Sir, fly this place, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.32 | (Aside) Fly, brother! (Aloud) Torches, torches! (Aside) So farewell. | Fly Brother, Torches, Torches, so farewell. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.55.2 | Let him fly far, | Let him fly farre: |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.45 | Winter's not gone yet if the wild geese fly that way. | Winters not gon yet, if the wil'd Geese fly that way, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.79 | And let the wise man fly. | And let the wiseman flie: |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.86 | The images of revolt and flying-off. | The images of reuolt and flying off. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.112 | The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly | the Wren goes too't, and the small gilded Fly |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.229 | Briefly thyself remember; the sword is out | Breefely thy selfe remember: the Sword is out |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.86 | Or hide your heads like cowards and fly hence. | Or hide your heads like Cowards, and flie hence. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.130 | Let's briefly put on manly readiness, | Let's briefely put on manly readinesse, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iii.17 | O treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! | O, Trecherie! |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iii.18 | Thou mayst revenge – O slave! | Flye good Fleans, flye, flye, flye, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.46 | Fly to the court of England and unfold | Flye to the Court of England, and vnfold |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.1 | What had he done to make him fly the land? | What had he done, to make him fly the Land? |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.8 | From whence himself does fly? He loves us not. | From whence himselfe do's flye? He loues vs not, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.33.2 | What, with worms and flies? | What with Wormes, and Flyes? |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.73.2 | Whither should I fly? | Whether should I flye? |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.1 | Bring me no more reports; let them fly all. | Bring me no more Reports, let them flye all: |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.7 | Shall e'er have power upon thee.’ Then fly, false thanes, | Shall ere haue power vpon thee. Then fly false Thanes, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.49 | Seyton, send out. – Doctor, the thanes fly from me. – | Seyton, send out: Doctor, the Thanes flye from me: |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.48 | There is nor flying hence nor tarrying here. | There is nor flying hence, nor tarrying here. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.11 | They have tied me to a stake, I cannot fly, | They haue tied me to a stake, I cannot flye, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.14 | As they fly by them with their woven wings. | As they flye by them with their wouen wings. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.5 | O ten times faster Venus' pigeons fly | O ten times faster Venus Pidgions flye |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.454 | Fly toward Belmont. Come, Antonio. | Flie toward Belmont, come Anthonio. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.39 | I am about thrift. Briefly, I do mean to make love to | I am about thrift) briefely: I doe meane to make loue to |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.194 | have given. Briefly, I have pursued her as love hath | haue giuen: briefly, I haue pursu'd her, as Loue hath |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.202 | Pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues.’ | "Pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.54 | We two in great amazedness will fly. | We two, in great amazednesse will flye: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.84 | undone! Fly, run, hue and cry, villain! I am undone! | vndone: fly, run: huy, and cry (villaine) I am vndone. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.103 | Nay, do not fly; I think we have watched you now. | Nay do not flye, I thinke we haue watcht you now: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.203 | Lysander and myself will fly this place. | Lysander and my selfe will flie this place. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.156 | Flying between the cold moon and the earth | Flying betweene the cold Moone and the earth, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.246 | Thou shalt fly him, and he shall seek thy love. | Thou shalt flie him, and he shall seeke thy loue. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.103 | Do as a monster fly my presence thus. | Doe as a monster, flie my presence thus. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.99 | masters! Fly, masters! Help! | masters, flye masters, helpe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.24 | So at his sight away his fellows fly, | So at his sight, away his fellowes flye, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.416 | I followed fast, but faster he did fly, | I followed fast, but faster he did flye; shifting places. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.10 | Show me briefly how. | Shew me breefely how. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.151 | dark night, which did deceive them, but chiefly by my | darke night which did deceiue them, but chiefely, by my |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.231 | briefly, I desire nothing but the reward of a villain. | briefelie, I desire nothing but the reward of a villaine. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.150 | Bade her wrong stay, and her displeasure fly; | Bad her wrong stay, and her displeasure flie: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.166 | great a fly as Cassio. Ay, smile upon her, do. I will | great a Fly as Cassio. I smile vpon her, do: I will |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.65 | O, ay! As summer flies are in the shambles, | Oh I, as Sommer Flyes are in the Shambles, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.163 | As thou wilt live, fly after, and like an arrow | As thou wilt liue flie after, and like an arrow |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.12 | And time that is so briefly spent | And Time that is so briefly spent, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.53 | briefly yield 'er, for she must overboard straight. | briefly yeeld'er, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.78 | I never killed a mouse, nor hurt a fly. | I neuer killd a Mouse, nor hurt a Fly: |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.22 | The petty wrens of Tarsus will fly hence | the pettie wrens of Tharsus will flie hence, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.98 | That flies i'th' purer air! | that flyes i'th purer ayre. |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.50 | You have heard me say, when I did fly from Tyre, | You haue heard mee say when I did flie from Tyre, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.42 | The uglier seem the clouds that in it fly. | The vglier seeme the cloudes that in it flye: |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.198 | Confess thy treasons ere thou fly the realm. | Confesse thy Treasons, ere thou flye this Realme, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.285 | And thou art flying to a fresher clime. | |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.146 | Where one on his side fights, thousands will fly. | Where one on his side fights, thousands will flye. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.80 | All souls that will be safe fly from my side, | All Soules that will be safe, flye from my side, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.132 | our reward, thy conscience flies out. | our Reward, / thy Conscience flyes out. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.28 | To fly the boar before the boar pursues | To flye the Bore, before the Bore pursues, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.83 | And did scorn it and disdain to fly. | And I did scorne it, and disdaine to flye: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.11 | If yet your gentle souls fly in the air | If yet your gentle soules flye in the Ayre, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.22 | Wilt thou, O God, fly from such gentle lambs | Wilt thou, O God, flye from such gentle Lambs, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.442.2 | Catesby, fly to the Duke. | Catesby, flye to the Duke. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.477 | Thou wilt revolt and fly to him, I fear. | Thou wilt reuolt, and flye to him, I feare. |
| Richard III | R3 V.ii.21 | Which in his dearest need will fly from him. | Which in his deerest neede will flye from him. |
| Richard III | R3 V.ii.23 | True hope is swift and flies with swallow's wings; | True Hope is swift, and flyes with Swallowes wings, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.186 | Then fly. What, from myself? Great reason why – | Then flye; What from my Selfe? Great reason: why? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.97 | Speak briefly, can you like of Paris' love? | Speake briefly, can you like of Paris loue? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.100 | Than your consent gives strength to make it fly. | Then your consent giues strength to make flye. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.174 | And as he fell, did Romeo turn and fly. | And as he fell, did Romeo turne and flie: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.40 | This may flies do, when I from this must fly. | This may Flies doe, when I from this must flie, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.43 | Flies may do this but I from this must fly. | |
| 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, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.60 | Fly hence and leave me. Think upon these gone. | Flie hence and leaue me, thinke vpon those gone, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.2 | I fly, Biondello. But they may chance to need | I flie Biondello; but they may chance to neede |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.190 | To answer thy best pleasure, be't to fly, | To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.35 | Chiefly that I might set it in my prayers, | Cheefely, that I might set it in my prayers, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.63 | The flesh-fly blow my mouth. Hear my soul speak. | The flesh-flie blow my mouth: heare my soule speake. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.65 | My heart fly to your service, there resides | My heart flie to your seruice, there resides |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.74 | To come and sport. Her peacocks fly amain. | To come, and sport: here Peacocks flye amaine: |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.14 | Brimful of sorrow and dismay; but chiefly, | Brim full of sorrow, and dismay: but chiefly |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.35 | Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him | Doe chase the ebbing-Neptune, and doe flie him |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.91 | On the bat's back I do fly | On the Batts backe I doe flie |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.284 | not fear fly-blowing. | not feare fly-blowing. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.24 | Provokes itself, and like the current flies | Prouokes it selfe, and like the currant flyes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.276 | I will fly, like a dog, the heels o'th' ass. | I will flye like a dogge, the heeles a'th'Asse. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.90 | you chiefly belong to my heart? I have told more of you | you chiefely belong to my heart? I haue told more of you |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.196 | His promises fly so beyond his state | His promises flye so beyond his state, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.177.1 | These flies are couched. | These flyes are coucht. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.47 | And we alive that lived? Fly, damned baseness, | And we aliue that liued? Fly damned basenesse |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.96 | You fools of fortune, trencher-friends, time's flies, | You Fooles of Fortune, Trencher-friends, Times Flyes, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.539 | Stay not. Fly, whilst thou art blest and free. | Stay not: flye, whil'st thou art blest and free: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.53 | At that that I have killed, my lord – a fly. | At that that I haue kil'd my Lord, a Flys |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.59 | Alas, my lord, I have but killed a fly. | Alas (my Lord) I haue but kild a flie. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.60 | ‘ But ’? How if that fly had a father and mother? | But? How: if that Flie had a father and mother? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.63 | Poor harmless fly, | Poore harmelesse Fly, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.66 | Pardon me, sir, it was a black ill-favoured fly, | Pardon me sir, It was a blacke illfauour'd Fly, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.75 | (Striking the fly) Ah, sirrah! | Ah sirra, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.77 | But that between us we can kill a fly | But that betweene vs, we can kill a Fly, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.25 | Which made me down to throw my books and fly, | Which made me downe to throw my bookes, and flie |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.16 | Sweet scrolls to fly about the streets of Rome! | Sweet scrowles to flie about the streets of Rome: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.82 | Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it? | Isthe Sunne dim'd, that Gnats do flie in it? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.142 | As willingly as one would kill a fly, | As willingly, as one would kill a Fly, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.11 | That so my sad decrees may fly away, | That so my sad decrees may flie away, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.41 | And reason flies the object of all harm. | And reason flyes the obiect of all harme. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.45 | And fly like chidden Mercury from Jove, | And flye like chidden Mercurie from Ioue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.16 | fly from a spider without drawing their massy irons and | Flye from a Spider, without drawing the massie Irons and |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.114 | Cannot outfly our apprehensions. | Cannot outflye our apprehensions. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.14 | And fly with me to Cressid! | And flye with me to Cressid. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.27 | The enemy flying. | The enemy flying. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.167 | And with his arms outstretched, as he would fly, | And with his armes out-stretcht, as he would flye, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.20 | And thou shalt hunt a lion that will fly | And thou shalt hunt a Lyon that will flye |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.19 | Fly not, for shouldst thou take the river Styx, | Flye not: for should'st thou take the Riuer Stix, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.21 | I do not fly, but advantageous care | I doe not flye; but aduantagious care |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.22 | And there they fly or die, like scaled schools | And there they flye or dye, like scaled sculs, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vi.31 | Why then, fly on; I'll hunt thee for thy hide. | Why then flye on, Ile hunt thee for thy hide. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.364 | Methinks his words do from such passion fly | Me thinkes his words do from such passion flye |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.11 | Much less shall she that hath Love's wings to fly, | Much lesse shall she that hath Loues wings to flie, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.141 | And slaves they are to me, that send them flying. | And slaues they are to me, that send them flying. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.185 | I fly not death, to fly his deadly doom: | I flie not death, to flie his deadly doome, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.187 | But fly I hence, I fly away from life. | But flie I hence, I flie away from life. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.29 | And on the justice of my flying hence, | And on the iustice of my flying hence, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.64 | But chiefly for thy face and thy behaviour, | But chiefely, for thy face, and thy behauiour, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.24 | But from it fly. | But from it fly. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.v.6 | And clamours through the wild air flying. | And clamors through the wild ayre flying. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.104 | Flies like a Parthian quiver from our rages, | Flyes like a parthian quiver from our rages, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.68 | And then they fight like compelled bears, would fly | And then they fight like compelld Beares, would fly |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.30 | Like meeting of two tides, fly strongly from us, | Like meeting of two tides, fly strongly from us, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.42 | And justifying my love, I must not fly from't. | And justifying my Love, I must not fly from't. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.2.1 | I had rather see a wren hawk at a fly | I had rather see a wren hawke at a fly |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.20 | better safety, to fly away by night. | better safetie, to flye away by Night. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.537 | Ourselves to be the slaves of chance, and flies | Our selues to be the slaues of chance, and flyes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.765 | fly: the curses he shall have, the tortures he shall feel, | flye; the Curses he shall haue, the Tortures he shall feele, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.786 | eye upon him, where he is to behold him with flies | eye vpon him; where hee is to behold him, with Flyes |