| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.88 | A short alarum within | A short Alarum within. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.131 | Who hath for four or five removes come short | Who hath for foure or fiue remoues come short, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.176 | Your reputation comes too short for my daughter; | Your reputation comes too short for my daughter, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.58 | He comes too short of that great property | He comes too short of that great Property |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iv.7.2 | Your way is shorter. | Your way is shorter, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.8 | And when good will is showed, though't come too short, | And when good will is shewed, / Though't come to short |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.23 | And shortly comes to harvest. | And shortly comes to Haruest. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.6 | We shall have shortly discord in the spheres. | We shall haue shortly discord in the Spheares: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.138 | I will be bitter with him and passing short. | I will be bitter with him, and passing short; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.310 | In seven short years that here my only son | In seuen short yeares, that heere my onely sonne |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ii.23 | We shall be shortened in our aim, which was | We shalbe shortned in our ayme, which was |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vii.4 | For a short holding. If we lose the field, | For a short holding, if we loose the Field, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.57 | Thou art poor'st of all; then shortly art thou mine. | Thou art poor'st of all; then shortly art thou mine. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.9 | Is't possible that so short a time can alter the | Is't possible, that so short a time can alter the |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.200 | Yes, I beseech: or I shall short my word | Yes I beseech: or I shall short my word |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.44 | A second night of such sweet shortness which | A second night of such sweet shortnesse, which |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.187 | Well, madam, we must take a short farewell, | Well Madam, we must take a short farewell, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.256 | The present power of life, but in short time | The present powre of life, but in short time, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.146 | And he, repelled, a short tale to make, | And he repulsed. A short Tale to make, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.467 | Striking too short at Greeks. His antique sword, | Striking too short at Greekes. His anticke Sword, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.183 | Faith, I must leave thee, love, and shortly too. | Faith I must leaue thee Loue, and shortly too: |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.18 | Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt | Should haue kept short, restrain'd, and out of haunt, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.33 | And think it pastime. You shortly shall hear more. | And thinke it pastime. You shortly shall heare more, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.89.1 | Come short of what he did. | Come short of what he did. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.20 | his own death shortens not his own life. | his owne death, shortens not his owne life. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.294 | An hour of quiet shortly shall we see. | An houre of quiet shortly shall we see; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.71 | It must be shortly known to him from England | It must be shortly knowne to him from England |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.73 | It will be short. The interim is mine; | It will be short, / The interim's mine, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.3 | And breathe short-winded accents of new broils | And breath shortwinded accents of new broils |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.150 | To be deposed, and shortly murdered. | To be depos'd, and shortly murthered. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.295 | Uncle, adieu. O, let the hours be short, | Vncle, adieu: O let the houres be short, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.87 | A shorter time shall send me to you, lords, | A shorter time shall send me to you, Lords: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.6 | of heart shortly, and then I shall have no strength to | of heart shortly, and then I shall haue no strength to |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.90 | In short time after he deposed the King, | In short time after, hee depos'd the King. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.46 | To this we swore our aid. But in short space | To this, we sware our aide: But in short space, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.48 | And that no man might draw short breath today | And that no man might draw short breath to day, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.81 | O gentlemen, the time of life is short! | O Gentlemen, the time of life is short; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.82 | To spend that shortness basely were too long | To spend that shortnesse basely, were too long. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.29 | satin for my short cloak and my slops? | Satten for my short Cloake, and Slops? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.185 | short, your chin double, your wit single, and every part | short? your wit single? and euery part |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.118 | He sure means brevity in breath, short-winded. | Sure he meanes breuity in breath: short-winded. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.12 | 'A must then to the Inns o' Court shortly. I | Hee must then to the Innes of Court shortly: I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.128 | thumb, and shortly will I seal with him. Come away. | thombe, and shortly will I seale with him. Come away. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.23 | couple of short-legged hens, a joint of mutton, and any | couple of short-legg'd Hennes: a ioynt of Mutton, and any |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.145 | God shorten Harry's happy life one day! | Heauen shorten Harries happy life, one day. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.33 | For women are shrews, both short and tall. | For women are Shrewes, both short, and tall: |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.72 | Take up the English short, and let them know | Take vp the English short, and let them know |
| Henry V | H5 IV.v.6 | A short alarum | A short Alarum. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.v.23 | Let life be short, else shame will be too long. | Let life be short, else shame will be too long. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.26 | Open the gates, or I'll shut thee out shortly. | Open the Gates, or Ile shut thee out shortly. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.15.1 | A short alarum. Then she enters the town with | A short Alarum: then enter the Towne with |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.27 | A short alarum | A short Alarum. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.37 | 'Tis but the shortening of my life one day. | 'Tis but the shortning of my Life one day. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.58 | That so her torture may be shortened. | That so her torture may be shortned. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.12 | What, is't too short? I'll lengthen it with mine; | What, is't too short? Ile lengthen it with mine, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.50 | Hang over thee, as sure it shortly will; | Hang ouer thee, as sure it shortly will. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.81 | Hangs on the cutting short that fraudful man. | Hangs on the cutting short that fraudfull man. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.12 | Rather than bloody war shall cut them short, | Rather then bloody Warre shall cut them short, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.22.1 | A short alarum within | A short Alarum within. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.119 | Short tale to make, we at Saint Albans met, | Short Tale to make, we at S. Albons met, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.227 | Tell him, in hope he'll prove a widower shortly, | Tell him, in hope hee'l proue a widower shortly, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.64 | And to that end I shortly mind to leave you. | And to that end, I shortly minde to leaue you. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.99 | ‘ Tell him, in hope he'll prove a widower shortly, | Tell him, in hope hee'le proue a Widower shortly, |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.13 | Richly in two short hours. Only they | Richly in two short houres. Onely they |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.31 | Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel, | Short blistred Breeches, and those types of Trauell; |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.1.2 | with short silver wands; next them two Scribes, in | with short siluer wands; next them two Scribes in |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.192 | Or died where they were made, or shortly after | Or di'de where they were made, or shortly after |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.67 | Almost in Christendom. Shortly, I believe, | Almost in Christendome: shortly (I beleeue) |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.170 | Have ever come too short of my desires, | Haue euer come too short of my Desires, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.30 | And, to be short, for not appearance, and | And to be short, for not Appearance, and |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.52 | We will be short with you. 'Tis his highness' pleasure | We will be short with you. 'Tis his Highnesse pleasure |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.41 | And now he says, the time will shortly come | And now he sayes the tyme will shortly come, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.72 | Only she comes too short, that I profess | Onely she comes too short, that I professe |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.101 | catch cold shortly. There, take my coxcomb! Why, this | catch colde shortly, there take my Coxcombe; why this |
| King Lear | KL I.v.49 | Shall not be a maid long, unless things be cut shorter. | Shall not be a Maid long, vnlesse things be cut shorter. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.87 | If it be true, all vengeance comes too short | If it be true, all vengeance comes too short |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.2 | To match thy goodness? My life will be too short | To match thy goodnesse? / My life will be too short, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.9 | Yet to be known shortens my made intent. | Yet to be knowne shortens my made intent, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.40 | In short and musty straw? Alack, alack! | In short, and musty straw? Alacke, alacke, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.319 | I have a journey, sir, shortly to go. | I haue a iourney Sir, shortly to go, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.178 | And so to study three years is but short. | And so to studie, three yeeres is but short. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.54 | Such short-lived wits do wither as they grow. | Such short liu'd wits do wither as they grow. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.54 | The way is but short. Away! | The way is but short, away. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.15 | O short-lived pride! Not fair? Alack for woe! | O short liu'd pride. Not faire? alacke for woe. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.239 | She passes praise; then praise too short doth blot. | She passes prayse, then prayse too short doth blot. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.354 | Such as the shortness of the time can shape; | Such as the shortnesse of the time can shape, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.56 | The chain were longer and the letter short? | The Chaine were longer, and the Letter short. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.733 | Excuse me so, coming too short of thanks | Excuse me so, comming so short of thankes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.783.2 | A time, methinks, too short | A time me thinkes too short, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.231 | Cut short all intermission. Front to front | Cut short all intermission: Front to Front, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.21 | And to be shortly of a sisterhood, | And to be shortlie of a Sister-hood, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.40 | Longer or shorter, he may be so fitted | (Longer, or shorter) he may be so fitted |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.218 | Came short of composition, but in chief | Came short of Composition: But in chiefe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.117 | Indeed, the short and the long is, I serve the | Indeede the short and the long is, I serue the |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.23 | not shortly have a rasher on the coals for money. | not shortlie haue a rasher on the coales for money. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.26 | I shall grow jealous of you shortly, Launcelot, | I shall grow iealous of you shortly Lancelet, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.41 | the best grace of wit will shortly turn into silence, and | the best grace of witte will shortly turne into silence, and |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.189 | Alice Shortcake upon Allhallowmas last, a fortnight | Alice Short-cake vpon Alhallowmas last, a fortnight |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.124 | wife. There's the short and the long. My name is | wife; There's the short and the long: My name is |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.17 | about me – I am no gibbet for you. Go – a short knife | about mee, I am no gibbet for you: goe, a short knife, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.58 | Marry, this is the short and the long | Marry this is the short, and the long |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.2 | Speak, breathe, discuss; brief, short, quick, snap. | speake, breathe, discusse: breefe, short, quicke, snap. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.144 | Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, | Swift as a shadow, short as any dreame, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.34 | part. For the short and the long is, our play is preferred. | part: for the short and the long is, our play is preferred: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.197 | With who? Now that is your grace's part. Mark how short | With who? now that is your Graces part: marke how short |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.198 | his answer is: With Hero, Leonato's short daughter. | his answere is, with Hero, Leonatoes short daughter. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.202 | If my passion change not shortly, God forbid it | If my passion change not shortly, God forbid it |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.251 | Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly. | Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.21 | cow short horns ’, but to a cow too curst he sends none. | Cow short hornes, but to a Cow too curst he sends none. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.92 | shortened, for she has been too long a talking of, the | shortned, (for she hath beene too long a talking of) the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.39 | Indeed, neighbour, he comes too short of you. | Indeed neighbour he comes too short of you. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.22 | to be thought so shortly. How answer you for | to be thought so shortly, how answer you for |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.54 | shortly hear from him, or I will subscribe him a coward. | shortly heare from him, or I will subscribe him a coward, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.345 | shortly as acerbe as the coloquintida. She must change | shortly, as bitter as Coloquintida. She must change |
| Othello | Oth II.i.90 | But that he's well, and will be shortly here. | But that he's well, and will be shortly heere. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.268 | have a shorter journey to your desires by the means I | haue a shorter iourney to your desires, by the meanes I |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.368 | Pleasure and action make the hours seem short. | Pleasure, and Action, make the houres seeme short. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.56.1 | But shall't be shortly? | But shall't be shortly? |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.8 | Whose aim seems far too short to hit me here. | Whose arme seemes farre too short to hit me here, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.1 | Thus time we waste, and long leagues make short, | Thus time we waste, & long leagues make short, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.217 | He shortens four years of my son's exile. | He shortens foure yeares of my sonnes exile: |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.227 | Shorten my days thou canst with sullen sorrow, | Shorten my dayes thou canst with sudden sorow, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.17 | And added years to his short banishment, | And added yeeres to his short banishment, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.47 | For our affairs in hand. If that come short | For our affayres in hand: if that come short |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.35 | Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short. | Small showres last long, but sodaine stormes are short, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.223 | Be merry; for our time of stay is short. | Be merry, for our time of stay is short. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.288 | And shortly mean to touch our northern shore. | And shortly meane to touch our Northerne shore: |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.17 | Shall make their way seem short as mine hath done | Shall make their way seeme short, as mine hath done, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.13 | Have been so brief with you to shorten you, | Haue beene so briefe with you, to shorten you, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.106 | Rue even for ruth here shortly shall be seen | Rue, eu'n for ruth, heere shortly shall be seene, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.80 | Sent back like Hallowmas or shortest of day. | Sent back like Hollowmas, or short'st of day. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.91 | Twice for one step I'll groan, the way being short, | Twice for one step Ile groane, ye Way being short, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.116 | The word is short, but not so short as sweet. | The word is short: but not so short as sweet, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.119 | That I will shortly send thy soul to heaven, | That I will shortly send thy Soule to Heauen, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.94 | (aside) Short summers lightly have a forward spring. | Short Summers lightly haue a forward Spring. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.95 | Make a short shrift; he longs to see your head. | Make a short Shrift, he longs to see your Head. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.107 | They smile at me who shortly shall be dead. | They smile at me, who shortly shall be dead. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.86 | And will, no doubt, shortly be rid of me. | And will (no doubt) shortly be rid of me. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.428 | I go. Write to me very shortly, | I go, write to me very shortly, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.164 | Not having that which having makes them short. | Not hauing that, which hauing, makes them short |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.96 | short; for I was come to the whole depth of my tale, and | short, or I was come to the whole depth of my tale, and |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.5 | That one short minute gives me in her sight. | That one short minute giues me in her sight: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.35 | Come, come with me, and we will make short work. | Come, come with me, & we will make short worke, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.16 | none shortly, for one would kill the other. Thou! Why, | none shortly, for one would kill the other: thou, why |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.1 | On Thursday, sir? The time is very short. | On Thursday sir? the time is very short. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.38 | We shall be short in our provision. | We shall be short in our prouision, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.229 | I will be brief, for my short date of breath | I will be briefe, for my short date of breath |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.39 | Your plainness and your shortness please me well. | Your plainnesse and your shortnesse please me well: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.109 | And, to be short, what not that's sweet and happy. | And to be short, what not, that's sweete and happie. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.83 | Summoned me hither to this short-grassed green? | Summond me hither, to this short gras'd Greene? |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.260 | With dry convulsions, shorten up their sinews | With dry Convultions, shorten vp their sinewes |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.265 | Shortly shall all my labours end, and thou | Shortly shall all my labours end, and thou |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.81 | Will shortly fill the reasonable shore | Will shortly fill the reasonable shore |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.248 | Which shall be shortly, single I'll resolve you, | (Which shall be shortly single) I'le resolue you, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.100 | His means most short, his creditors most strait. | His meanes most short, his Creditors most straite: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.246 | I fear me thou wilt give away thyself in paper shortly. | (I feare me) thou wilt giue away thy selfe in paper shortly. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.11 | Ay, but the days are waxed shorter with him. | I, but the dayes are waxt shorter with him: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.396.1 | Thou wilt be thronged to shortly. | Thou wilt be throng'd too shortly. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.205 | And shortly must I fell it. Tell my friends, | And shortly must I fell it. Tell my Friends, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.412 | 'Tis good, sir. You are very short with us, | 'Tis good sir: you are very short with vs, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.11 | That we come short of our suppose so far | That we come short of our suppose so farre, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.14 | have! – which short-armed ignorance itself knows is so | haue, which short-arm'd ignorance it selfe knowes, is so |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.30 | and fetches her wind so short, as if she were frayed | & fetches her winde so short, as if she were fraid |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.32 | fetches her breath as short as a new-ta'en sparrow. | fetches her breath so short as a new tane Sparrow. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.39 | Who shortly also died; for whose dear love, | Who shortly also dide: for whose deere loue |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.41 | Else would I very shortly see thee there – | Else would I very shortly see thee there: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.1.1 | A short flourish of cornets, and shouts within. Enter | This short florish of Cornets and Showtes within. Enter |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.39 | And shortly you may keep yourself. Now to him. | And shortly you may keepe your selfe. Now to him: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.89.2 | Yet a great deal short, | Yet a great deale short |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.62.2 | heard clanging of armour, with a short thunder as the | heard clanging of Armor, with a short Thunder as the |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.88 | The prejudice of disparity, value's shortness, | The prejudice of disparity values shortnes |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.28.1 | And to be married shortly. | And to be marryed shortly. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.28.2 | By my short life, | By my short life |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.37 | Adieu; and let my life be now as short | Adiew; and let my life be now as short, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.102 | His part is played, and though it were too short | His part is playd, and though it were too short |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.169 | He makes a July's day short as December, | He makes a Iulyes day, short as December, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.419 | But shorten thy life one week. – And thou, fresh piece | But shorten thy life one weeke. And thou, fresh peece |