| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.115 | in the defence yet is weak. Unfold to us some warlike | in the defence yet is weak: vnfold to vs some war-like |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.203 | about thee did manifoldly dissuade me from believing | about thee, did manifoldlie disswade me from beleeuing |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.65 | They blindfold him | |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.231 | manifold linguist, and the armipotent soldier. | manifold Linguist, and the army-potent souldier. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.303 | He removes the blindfold | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.68 | his grave, fiftyfold a cuckold! Good Isis, hear me this | his graue, fifty-fold a Cuckold. Good Isis heare me this |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vii.16 | Once for thy sprightly comfort, and tenfold | Once for thy sprightly comfort, and ten-fold |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.38 | The sevenfold shield of Ajax cannot keep | The seuen-fold shield of Aiax cannot keepe |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.170 | Their mediation – must I be unfolded | Their mediation, must I be vnfolded |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.36 | The folded meaning of your words' deceit. | The foulded meaning of your words deceit: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.68 | The fires i'th' lowest hell fold in the people! | The fires i'th' lowest hell. Fould in the people: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.125 | The man is noble and his fame folds in | The man is Noble, and his Fame folds in |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.26 | Crush him together, rather than unfold | Crush him together, rather then vnfold |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.4 | Fold down the leaf where I have left: to bed. | Fold downe the leafe where I haue left: to bed. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.95 | I shall unfold equal discourtesy | I shall vnfold equall discourtesie |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.313 | For mine own part unfold a dangerous speech, | For mine owne part, vnfold a dangerous speech, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.2 | Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself. | Nay answer me: Stand & vnfold your selfe. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.6.1 | To what I shall unfold. | To what I shall vnfold. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.15 | I could a tale unfold whose lightest word | I could a Tale vnfold, whose lightest word |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.48 | And what's in prayer but this twofold force, | And what's in Prayer, but this two-fold force, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.51 | Folded the writ up in the form of th' other, | Folded the Writ vp in forme of the other, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.67 | According to our threefold order taken? | According to our three-fold order ta'ne? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.47 | Which he confesseth to be manifold, | Which he confesseth to be manifold, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.4 | Making the wind my post-horse, still unfold | (Making the winde my Post-horse) still vnfold |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.77 | When we are wronged, and would unfold our griefs, | When wee are wrong'd, and would vnfold our Griefes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.95 | A good sherris-sack hath a twofold operation in it. It | A good Sherris-Sack hath a two-fold operation in it: it |
| Henry V | H5 I.chorus.10 | On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth | On this vnworthy Scaffold, to bring forth |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.10 | And justly and religiously unfold | And iustly and religiously vnfold, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.115 | Unfold it. | Vnfold it. |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.19 | To have me fold up Parca's fatal web? | to haue me fold vp Parcas fatall Web? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.161 | Such as my heart doth tremble to unfold: | Such as my heart doth tremble to vnfold: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.253 | To make the fox surveyor of the fold? | To make the Fox surueyor of the Fold? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.117 | When he to madding Dido would unfold | When he to madding Dido would vnfold |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.304 | And threefold vengeance tend upon your steps! | And three-fold Vengeance tend vpon your steps. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.52 | As brings a thousandfold more care to keep | As brings a thousand fold more care to keepe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.46 | O yes, it doth; a thousandfold it doth. | Oh yes, it doth; a thousand fold it doth. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.32 | Or else you famish; that's a threefold death. | Or else you famish, that's a three-fold Death. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.5 | Three Dukes of Somerset, threefold renowned | Three Dukes of Somerset, threefold Renowne, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.8 | To leave a thousandfold more bitter than | To leaue, a thousand fold more bitter, then |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.27 | Are all unfolded, wherein he appears | Are all vnfolded: wherein he appeares, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.274 | That you unfold to me, your self, your half, | That you vnfold to me, your selfe; your halfe |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.330 | I shall unfold to thee, as we are going | I shall vnfold to thee, as we are going, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.14 | The threefold world divided, he should stand | The three-fold World diuided, he should stand |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.28 | Unfolded she of David and his Scots! | Vnfolded she of Dauid and his Scots: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.11 | Than by the enemy a thousandfold. | Then by the ennimie a thousand fold. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.72 | He straight will fold his bloody colours up, | He straight will fold his bloody collours vp, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.228 | I wish were now redoubled twentyfold, | I wish were now redoubled twentie fold, |
| King John | KJ II.i.229 | They shoot but calm words folded up in smoke, | They shoote but calme words, folded vp in smoake, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.218 | So many folds of favour. Sure her offence | So many folds of fauour: sure her offence |
| King Lear | KL I.i.280 | Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides; | Time shall vnfold what plighted cunning hides, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.46 | Spoke with how manifold and strong a bond | Spoke with how manifold, and strong a Bond |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.8 | If I had thee in Lipsbury pinfold, I would make thee | If I had thee in Lipsbury Pinfold, I would make thee |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.116 | He met the nightmare and her ninefold, | He met the Night-Mare,and her nine-fold; |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.111 | Earl of Gloucester, that he is a manifold traitor, let him | Earle of Gloster, that he is a manifold Traitor, let him |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.178 | Regent of love-rhymes, lord of folded arms, | Regent of Loue-rimes, Lord of folded armes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.814 | With threefold love I wish you all these three. | With three-fold loue, I wish you all these three. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.32 | No less to have done so, let me enfold thee | No lesse to haue done so: Let me enfold thee, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.46 | Fly to the court of England and unfold | Flye to the Court of England, and vnfold |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.120 | That twofold balls and treble sceptres carry. | That two-fold Balles, and trebble Scepters carry. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.6 | upon her, unlock her closet, take forth paper, fold it, | vp-pon her, vnlocke her Closset, take foorth paper, folde it, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.3 | Of government the properties to unfold | Of Gouernment, the properties to vnfold, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.29 | Fully unfold. Thyself and thy belongings | Fully vnfold: Thy selfe, and thy belongings |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.196 | chance nothing of what is writ. Look, th' unfolding star | chance nothing of what is writ. Looke, th' vnfolding Starre |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.117 | Unfold the evil which is here wrapped up | Vnfold the euill, which is heere wrapt vp |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.475.1 | Enter Barnardine and Provost, Claudio blindfold, | Enter Barnardine and Prouost, Claudio, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.69 | Gilded tombs do worms infold. | Guilded timber doe wormes infold: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.10 | First, never to unfold to anyone | First, neuer to vnfold to any one |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.88 | And I to Ford shall eke unfold | And I to Page shall eke vnfold |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.180 | eye upon my follies, as you hear them unfolded, turn | eye vpon my follies, as you heare them vnfolded, turne |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.212 | To what purpose have you unfolded this to me? | To what purpose haue you vnfolded this to me? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.146 | That in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth, | That (in a spleene) vnfolds both heauen and earth; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.208 | Helen, to you our minds we will unfold. | Helen, to you our mindes we will vnfold, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.96 | The fold stands empty in the drowned field, | The fold stands empty in the drowned field, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.242 | To my unfolding lend your prosperous ear, | To my vnfolding, lend your prosperous eare, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.241 | Sees and knows more, much more than he unfolds. | Sees, and knowes more, much more then he vnfolds. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.140 | O heaven, that such companions thou'dst unfold, | Oh Heauens, that such companions thou'd'st vnfold, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.21 | May unfold me to him – there stand I in much peril. | May vnfold me to him: there stand I in much perill: |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.54 | We will descend and fold him in our arms. | We will descend, and fold him in our armes. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.71 | Doth with a twofold vigour lift me up | Doth with a two-fold rigor lift mee vp |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.224 | And blindfold death not let me see my son. | And blindfold death, not let me see my sonne. |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.7 | I will unfold some causes of your deaths. | I will vnfold some causes of your deaths. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.94 | The worst is worldly loss thou canst unfold. | The worst is worldly losse, thou canst vnfold: |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.72 | A twofold marriage – 'twixt my crown and me, | A two-fold Marriage; 'twixt my Crowne, and me, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.268 | Hath in eternal darkness folded up. | Hath in eternall darknesse folded vp. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.86 | Alas, you three on me, threefold distressed, | Alas! you three, on me threefold distrest: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.243 | Up to some scaffold, there to lose their heads? | Vp to some Scaffold, there to lose their heads. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.28 | Unfold the imagined happiness that both | Vnfold the imagin'd happinesse that both |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.74 | Mist-like infold me from the search of eyes. | Mist-like infold me from the search of eyes. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.264 | For mischiefs manifold, and sorceries terrible | For mischiefes manifold, and sorceries terrible |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.5 | Which manifold record not matches? See, | Which manifold record not matches: see |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.283 | Sevenfold above itself; no gift to him | Seuen-fold aboue it selfe: No guift to him, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.43 | Approach the fold and cull th' infected forth, | Approach the Fold, and cull th'infected forth, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.266 | And wonder greatly that man's face can fold | And wonder greatly that mans face can fold, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.6 | And cannot passionate our tenfold grief | And cannot passionate our tenfold griefe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.7 | With folded arms. This poor right hand of mine | With foulded Armes. This poore right hand of mine, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.115 | Here, Marcus, fold it in the oration; | Heere Marcus, fold it in the Oration, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.284 | But more in Troilus thousandfold I see | But more in Troylus thousand fold I see, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.156 | 'Twixt his stretched footing and the scaffoldage, | 'Twixt his stretcht footing, and the Scaffolage, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.223 | Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold, | Shall from your necke vnloose his amorous fould, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.147 | Bifold authority, where reason can revolt | By foule authoritie: where reason can reuolt |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.19 | Mine own escape unfoldeth to my hope, | Mine owne escape vnfoldeth to my hope, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.24 | O, then unfold the passion of my love. | O then, vnfold the passion of my loue, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.282 | Do give thee fivefold blazon. Not too fast! soft, soft – | Do giue thee fiue-fold blazon: not too fast: soft, soft, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.150 | Here to unfold – though lately we intended | Heere to vnfold, though lately we intended |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.107 | You mistake; I mean the pound – a pinfold. | You mistake; I meane the pound, a Pinfold. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.108 | From a pound to a pin? Fold it over and over, | From a pound to a pin? fold it ouer and ouer, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.109 | 'Tis threefold too little for carrying a letter to your lover. | 'Tis threefold too little for carrying a letter to your louer |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.128 | Thus will I fold them one upon another. | Thus will I fold them, one vpon another; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.5 | Provokes me to this threefold perjury: | Prouokes me to this three-fold periurie. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.36 | But forty-thousandfold we had rather have 'em | But forty thousand fold, we had rather have 'em |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.2 | Of good and bad; that makes and unfolds error, | Of good, and bad: that makes, and vnfolds error, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.726 | Seest thou not the air of the court in these enfoldings? | Seest thou not the ayre of the Court, in these enfoldings? |