| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.217 | Of rare and proved effects, such as his reading | Of rare and prou'd effects, such as his reading |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.7 | Why, 'tis the rarest argument of wonder that | Why 'tis the rarest argument of wonder, that |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.22 | As his composure must be rare indeed | (As his composure must be rare indeed, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.210.2 | O, rare for Antony! | Oh rare for Anthony. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.223.2 | Rare Egyptian! | Rare Egiptian. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.11.2 | Rarely, rarely. | Rarely, rarely: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.31.2 | A rarer spirit never | A Rarer spirit neuer |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.158.1 | O rarely base! | O rarely base! |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.18 | Were man as rare as phoenix. 'Od's my will, | Were man as rare as Phenix: 'od's my will, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.101 | Is not this a rare fellow, my lord? He's as good | Is not this a rare fellow my Lord? He's as good |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.102 | And by his rare example made the coward | And by his rare example made the Coward |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.165 | simply the rarest man i'th' world. | simply the rarest man i'th' world. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.47 | Which rare it is to do – most praised, most loved; | (Which rare it is to do) most prais'd, most lou'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.66 | I am senseless of your wrath; a touch more rare | I am senselesse of your Wrath; a Touch more rare |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.58 | less attemptable than any the rarest of our ladies in | lesse attemptible then any, the rarest of our Ladies in |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.16 | If she be furnished with a mind so rare, | If she be furnish'd with a mind so rare |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.175 | In the election of a sir so rare, | In the election of a Sir, so rare, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.189 | In France: 'tis plate of rare device, and jewels | In France: 'tis Plate of rare deuice, and Iewels |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.75 | Could be so rarely and exactly wrought, | Could be so rarely, and exactly wrought |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.94 | A strain of rareness: and I grieve myself | A straine of Rarenesse: and I greeue my selfe, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.162 | Forget that rarest treasure of your cheek, | Forget that rarest Treasure of your Cheeke, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.78 | That what's else rare is choked: and in that point | That what's else rare, is choak'd: and in that point |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.208 | Thou diedst a most rare boy, of melancholy. | Thou dyed'st a most rare Boy, of Melancholly. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.133 | What fairies haunt this ground? A book? O rare one, | What Fayeries haunt this ground? A Book? Oh rare one, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.382.2 | O rare instinct! | O rare instinct! |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.142 | Where it draws blood no cataplasm so rare, | Where it drawes blood, no Cataplasme so rare, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.117 | of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.63 | Shall I? O rare! By the Lord, I'll be a brave | Shall I? O rare! Ile be a braue |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.67 | rare hangman. | rare Hangman. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.205 | And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. | And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.388 | O Jesu, he doth it as like one of these harlotry | O rare, he doth it as like one of these harlotry |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.59 | And won by rareness such solemnity. | And wonne by rarenesse such Solemnitie. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.202 | Rare words! Brave world! Hostess, my breakfast, come! | Rare words! braue world. Hostesse, my breakfast, come: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.10 | To give their censure of these rare reports. | To giue their censure of these rare reports. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.62 | Created for his rare success in arms | Created for his rare successe in Armes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.1 | Your wondrous rare description, noble Earl, | Your wondrous rare description (noble Earle) |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.111 | The gentleman is learned, and a most rare speaker, | The Gentleman is Learn'd, and a most rare Speaker, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.137 | If thy rare qualities, sweet gentleness, | (If thy rare qualities, sweet gentlenesse, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.57 | Beyond what can be valued rich or rare, | Beyond what can be valewed, rich or rare, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.260 | My train are men of choice and rarest parts, | My Traine are men of choice, and rarest parts, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.63 | A rare talent! | A rare talent. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.680 | Most rare Pompey! | Most rare Pompey. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.64 | We'll have thee, as our rarer monsters are, | Wee'l haue thee, as our rarer Monsters are |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.101 | Master Bassanio, who indeed gives rare new liveries. If | Maister Bassanio, who indeede giues rare new Liuories, if |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.103 | O rare fortune, here comes the man! To him, father, for | O rare fortune, here comes the man, to him Father, for |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.26 | Ercles rarely, or a part to tear a cat in, to make all split: | Ercles rarely, or a part to teare a Cat in, to make all split |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.226 | To call me goddess, nymph, divine and rare, | To call me goddesse, nimph, diuine, and rare, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.203 | asleep! – I have had a most rare vision. I have had a | asleepe: I haue had a most rare vision. I had a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.130 | Well, you are a rare parrot-teacher. | Well, you are a rare Parrat teacher. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.172 | to tell us Cupid is a good hare-finder, and Vulcan a rare | to tell vs Cupid is a good Hare-finder, and Vulcan a rare |
| 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 III.i.91 | So rare a gentleman as Signor Benedick. | So rare a Gentleman as signior Benedicke. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.14 | rare fashion, i'faith. I saw the Duchess of Milan's gown | rare fashion yfaith, I saw the Dutchesse of Millaines gowne |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.63 | become me rarely? | become me rarely? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.239 | In the rare semblance that I loved it first. | In the rare semblance that I lou'd it first. |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.1203.1 | Rare as you seem to be. | rare as you seeme to bee. |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.105.2 | Most rare. | Most rare. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.37 | That Cleon's wife, with envy rare, | That Cleons wife with Enuie rare, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.68 | I'd wish no better choice, and think me rarely wed. | I do wish / No better choise, and thinke me rarely to wed, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.161 | This is the rarest dream | this is the rarest dreame |
| Pericles | Per V.i.231.1 | Rarest sounds! Do ye not hear? | Rarest sounds, do ye not heare? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.101 | And the rarest that e'er came there. | And the rarest that ere came there. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.75 | Of two most rare affections. Heavens rain grace | Of two most rare affections: heauens raine grace |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.123 | So rare a wondered father and a wise | So rare a wondred Father, and a wise |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.27 | Do I take part. The rarer action is | Doe I take part: the rarer Action is |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.468 | How rarely does it meet with this time's guise, | How rarely does it meete with this times guise, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.7 | spiteful execrations. Then there's Achilles – a rare | spitefull execrations. Then ther's Achilles, a rare |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.30 | O, peace! Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock | Oh peace: Contemplation makes a rare Turkey Cocke |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.83 | That youth's a rare courtier. ‘ Rain | That youth's a rare Courtier, raine |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.54 | We shall have a rare letter from him. But you'll | We shall haue a rare Letter from him; but you'le |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.13 | Some rare noteworthy object in thy travel. | Some rare note-worthy obiect in thy trauaile. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.162 | With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. | With Triumphes, Mirth, and rare solemnity. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.63 | Rare issues by their operance, our souls | Rare issues by their operance; our soules |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.184.1 | Rarely upon a skirt, wench? | Rarely upon a Skirt wench? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.208.2 | 'Tis a rare one. | Tis a rare one. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.209.1 | Is't but a rare one? | Is't but a rare one? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iv.16 | For he tells fortunes rarely. Now my father, | For he tels fortunes rarely. Now my Father |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.16 | And then cries ‘ Rare!’, and I go forward; at length | and then cries rare, and I goe forward, at length |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.76 | I warrant her, she'll do the rarest gambols. | I warrant her, shee'l doe the rarest gambols. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.158 | Ye have danced rarely, wenches. | ye have danc'd rarely wenches. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.110 | Do, very early; I must be abroad else | Doe, very rarely, I must be abroad else |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.144 | With that thy rare green eye, which never yet | With that thy rare greene eye, which never yet |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.13 | rare – I know not what to say. We will give you sleepy | rare---I know not what to say--- Wee will giue you sleepie |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.367.2 | None rare, my lord. | None rare (my Lord.) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.452 | Is for a precious creature; as she's rare | Is for a precious Creature: as shee's rare, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.13 | As it hath been to us rare, pleasant, speedy, | As it hath beene to vs, rare, pleasant, speedie, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.20 | Shall the contents discover, something rare | Shall the Contents discouer: something rare |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.42 | daughter of most rare note: the report of her is extended | daughter of most rare note: the report of her is extended |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.32 | Were never for a piece of beauty rarer, | Were neuer for a peece of beauty, rarer, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.112.1 | The rarest of all women. | The rarest of all Women. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.149 | So rarely kind, are as interpreters | (So rarely kind) are as Interpreters |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.95 | that rare Italian master, Julio Romano, who, had he | that rare Italian Master, Iulio Romano, who (had he |