| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.100 | But I had rather fast from all, four days, | but I had rather fast from all, foure dayes, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.28 | Like a right gypsy hath at fast and loose | Like a right Gypsie, hath at fast and loose |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.68 | be so, as fast as she answers thee with frowning looks, | be so, as fast / As she answeres thee with frowning lookes, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.123 | Why, now, as fast as she can marry us. | Why now, as fast as she can marrie vs. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.194 | Or rather, bottomless, that as fast as you pour | Or rather bottomlesse, that as fast as you poure |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.50 | You have no stomach, having broke your fast. | You haue no stomacke, hauing broke your fast: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.51 | But we that know what 'tis to fast and pray | But we that know what 'tis to fast and pray, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.89 | She that doth fast till you come home to dinner, | She that doth fast till you come home to dinner: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.72 | Where runnest thou so fast? | where run'st thou so fast? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.30.2 | By running fast. |
By running fast. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.144 | Run all out as fast as may be, frighted | Exeunt omnes, as fast as may be, frighted. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.40 | Let us come in, that we may bind him fast | Let vs come in, that we may binde him fast, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.41 | If you'll stand fast, we'll beat them to their wives, | If you'l stand fast, wee'l beate them to their Wiues, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.94 | eyes so fast? | Eyes so fast? |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.183 | Fast foe to th' plebeii, your voices might | Fast Foe to th'Plebeij, your Voyces might |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.230.3 | Stand fast! | Stand fast, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.12 | O world, thy slippery turns! Friends now fast sworn, | Oh World, thy slippery turnes! Friends now fast sworn, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.45 | As we do air, fast as 'twas ministered, | As we do ayre, fast as 'twas ministred, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.138 | And will continue fast to your affection, | And will continue fast to your Affection, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.347 | I fast, and prayed for their intelligence – thus: | (I fast, and pray'd for their Intelligence) thus: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.11 | And for the day confined to fast in fires, | And for the day confin'd to fast in Fiers, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.162 | Well said, old mole! Canst work i'th' earth so fast? | Well said old Mole, can'st worke i'th' ground so fast? |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.147 | Fell into a sadness, then into a fast, | Fell into a Sadnesse, then into a Fast, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.164 | So fast they follow. Your sister's drowned, Laertes. | So fast they'l follow: your Sister's drown'd Laertes. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.271 | Woo't weep? Woo't fight? Woo't fast? Woo't tear thyself? | Woo't weepe? Woo't fight? Woo't teare thy selfe? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.70 | Farewell, and stand fast! | Farewell, and stand fast. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.143 | could run as fast as thou canst. You are straight enough | could run as fast as thou canst. You are straight enough |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.513 | Falstaff! Fast asleep behind the arras, and snorting | Falstaffe? fast asleepe behinde the Arras, and snorting |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.82 | Do pelt so fast at one another's pate | Doe pelt so fast at one anothers Pate, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.42 | I think the Duke of Burgundy will fast | I thinke the Duke of Burgonie will fast, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.30 | And York as fast upon your grace exclaims, | And Yorke as fast vpon your Grace exclaimes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.30 | Damsel of France, I think I have you fast. | Damsell of France, I thinke I haue you fast, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.21 | We will make fast within a hallowed verge. | Wee will make fast within a hallow'd Verge. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.73 | Thither goes these news, as fast as horse can carry them – | Thither goes these Newes, / As fast as Horse can carry them: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.189 | And sees fast by a butcher with an axe, | And sees fast-by, a Butcher with an Axe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.367 | Whither goes Vaux so fast? What news, I prithee? | Whether goes Vaux so fast? What newes I prethee? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.21 | But that thou art so fast mine enemy. | But that thou art so fast mine enemie. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.119 | Now, brother King, farewell, and sit you fast, | Now Brother King farewell, and sit you fast, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.10 | The gates made fast! Brother, I like not this; | The Gates made fast? / Brother, I like not this. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.54 | This hand, fast wound about thy coal-black hair, | This Hand, fast wound about thy coale-black hayre, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.3 | Now, Montague, sit fast; I seek for thee, | Now Mountague sit fast, I seeke for thee, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.63 | To haste thus fast to find us unprovided. | To haste thus fast, to finde vs vnprouided. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.1.1 | Whither away so fast? | Whether away so fast? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.116 | Springs out into fast gait; then stops again, | Springs out into fast gate, then stops againe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.3 | To make great haste. All fast? What means this? Ho! | To make great hast. All fast? What meanes this? Hoa? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.229 | Boy! Lucius! Fast asleep? It is no matter. | Boy: Lucius: Fast asleepe? It is no matter, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.87 | Stand fast together, lest some friend of Caesar's | Stand fast together, least some Friend of Casars |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.201 | Weeping as fast as they stream forth thy blood, | Weeping as fast as they streame forth thy blood, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.22 | Stand fast, Titinius; we must out and talk. | Stand fast Titinius, we must out and talke. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.175 | Which now lies fast asleep within my heart. | Which now lies fast a sleepe within my hart, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.161 | Purple the sea, whose channel filled as fast | Purple the Sea whose channel fild as fast, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.143 | Or as a bear fast chained unto a stake, | Or as a beare fast chaind vnto a stake, |
| King John | KJ I.i.235 | Upon Good Friday and ne'er broke his fast. | Vpon good Friday, and nere broke his fast: |
| King John | KJ II.i.447 | To our fast-closed gates. For at this match, | To our fast closed gates: for at this match, |
| King John | KJ III.i.208 | O Lewis, stand fast! The devil tempts thee here | O Lewis, stand fast, the deuill tempts thee heere |
| King John | KJ III.i.242 | Play fast and loose with faith? So jest with heaven, | Play fast and loose with faith? so iest with heauen, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.5 | Fast to the chair. Be heedful. Hence, and watch! | Fast to the chaire: be heedfull: hence, and watch. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.269 | I conjure thee but slowly – run more fast! | I coniure thee but slowly: run more fast. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.38 | In three our kingdom: and 'tis our fast intent | In three our Kingdome: and 'tis our fast intent, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.29 | Bind fast his corky arms. | Binde fast his corky armes. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.24 | I am resolved. 'Tis but a three years' fast. | I am resolu'd, 'tis but a three yeeres fast: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.48 | Not to see ladies, study, fast, not sleep. | Not to see Ladies, study, fast, not sleepe. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.62 | When I to feast expressly am forbid; | When I to fast expressely am forbid. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.287 | Sir, I will pronounce your sentence: you shall fast a | Sir I will pronounce your sentence: You shall fast a |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.123 | no penance, but 'a must fast three days a week. For | no penance, but hee must fast three daies a weeke: for |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.140 | Villain, thou shalt fast for thy offences ere thou | Villaine, thou shalt fast for thy offences ere thou |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.149 | Let me not be pent up, sir. I will fast, being | Let mee not bee pent vp sir, I will fast being |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.151 | No, sir, that were fast and loose. Thou shalt to | No sir, that were fast and loose: thou shalt to |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.114.2 | Berowne and Rosaline converse apart | [Q1] BEROWNE Did not I dance with you in Brabant once? KATHER. Did not I dance with you in Brabant once? BEROWNE I know you did. KATH. How needles was it then to aske the question? BEROWNE You must not be so quicke. KATH. Tis long of you that spur me with such questions. BEROWNE Your wit's too hot, it speedes too fast, twill tire. KATH. Not till it leaue the rider in the mire. BEROWNE What time a day? KATH. The houre that fooles should aske. BEROWNE Now faire befall your maske. KATH. Faire fall the face it couers. BEROWNE And send you manie louers. KATH. Amen, so you be none. BEROWNE Nay then will I be gone. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.101 | To sell a bargain well is as cunning as fast and loose. | To sell a bargaine well is as cunning as fast and loose: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.184.2 | Soft! Whither away so fast? | Soft, Whither a-way so fast? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.290 | To fast, to study, and to see no woman – | To fast, to study, and to see no woman: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.292 | Say, can you fast? Your stomachs are too young, | Say, Can you fast? your stomacks are too young: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.3 | Hold fast the mortal sword; and like good men | Hold fast the mortall Sword: and like good men, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.8 | to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleep. | to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleepe. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.20 | upon my life, fast asleep. Observe her; stand close. | vp-on my life fast asleepe: obserue her, stand close. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.125 | As surfeit is the father of much fast, | As surfet is the father of much fast, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.146 | You know the lady. She is fast my wife | You know the Lady, she is fast my wife, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.61 | With profits of the mind, study, and fast. | With profits of the minde: Studie, and fast |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.63 | As fast locked up in sleep as guiltless labour | As fast lock'd vp in sleepe, as guiltlesse labour, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.208 | Was fast belocked in thine. This is the body | Was fast belockt in thine: This is the body |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.93 | I cannot tell, I make it breed as fast. | I cannot tell, I make it breede as fast, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.52 | Fast bind, fast find, | fast binde, fast finde, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.49 | I will make fast the doors, and gild myself | I will make fast the doores and guild my selfe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.25 | Who comes so fast in silence of the night? | Who comes so fast in silence of the night? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.62 | do fast enough of themselves, and to call ‘ horum.’ Fie | doe fast enough of themselues, and to call horum; fie |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.129 | How chance the roses there do fade so fast? | How chance the Roses there do fade so fast? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.379 | For night's swift dragons cut the clouds full fast, | For night-swift Dragons cut the Clouds full fast, |
| 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. |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.11 | Are you fast married? For be assured of this, | Are you fast married? Be assur'd of this, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.357 | Wilt thou be fast to my hopes, if I depend on | Wilt thou be fast to my hopes, if I depend on |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.346 | Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees | Drops teares as fast as the Arabian Trees |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.6 | Whom our fast-growing scene must find | Whom our fast growing scene must finde |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.36 | He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes. | He tyres betimes, that spurs too fast betimes; |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.75 | Within me grief hath kept a tedious fast; | Within me greefe hath kept a tedious fast, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.80 | Is my strict fast – I mean my children's looks; | Is my strict fast, I meane my Childrens lookes, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.34 | Cut off the heads of too fast-growing sprays | Cut off the heads of too fast growing sprayes, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.116 | I doubt not but to ride as fast as York; | I doubt not but to ride as fast as Yorke: |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.1 | Good morrow, neighbour. Whither away so fast? | Cit. Good morrow Neighbour, whether away so fast? |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.14 | And since, methinks, I would not grow so fast, | And since, me thinkes I would not grow so fast, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.27 | Marry, they say my uncle grew so fast | Marry (they say) my Vnkle grew so fast, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.103 | You said that idle weeds are fast in growth. | You said, that idle Weeds are fast in growth: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.118 | Forbear to sleep the nights, and fast the days; | Forbeare to sleepe the night, and fast the day: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.162 | Was that my father that went hence so fast? | Was that my Father that went hence so fast? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.90 | Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast. | Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.16 | Enter Juliet somewhat fast. She embraces Romeo | Enter Iuliet. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.1 | Mistress! What, mistress! Juliet! Fast, I warrant her, she. | Mistris, what Mistris? Iuliet? Fast I warrant her she. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.108 | and fast it fairly out. Our cake's dough on both sides. | and fast it fairely out. Our cakes dough on both sides. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.302 | She vied so fast, protesting oath on oath, | Shee vi'd so fast, protesting oath on oath, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.159 | And better 'twere that both of us did fast, | And better 'twere that both of vs did fast, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.163 | And for this night we'll fast for company. | And for this night we'l fast for companie. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.101 | Exeunt Biondello, Tranio and Pedant, as fast as may be | Exit Biondello, Tranio and Pedant as fast as may be. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.30 | is perfect gallows. Stand fast, good Fate, to his | is perfect Gallowes: stand fast good Fate to his |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.281 | As fast as millwheels strike. Then was this island – | As fast as Mill-wheeles strike: Then was this Island |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.219.1 | And yet so fast asleep. | And yet so fast asleepe. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.176 | Feast-won, fast-lost. One cloud of winter showers, | Feast won, fast lost; one cloud of Winter showres, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.8 | Do't in your parents' eyes. Bankrupts, hold fast; | Doo't in your Parents eyes. Bankrupts, hold fast |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.194 | Where I espied the panther fast asleep. | Where I espied the Panther fast asleepe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.11 | Who is this? My niece, that flies away so fast? | Who is this, my Neece that flies away so fast? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.164 | Is he sure bound? Look that you bind them fast. | Is he sure bound, looke that you binde them fast. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.259 | We must with all our main of power stand fast, | We must with all our maine of power stand fast: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.149 | As fast as they are made, forgot as soon | as fast as they are made, / Forgot as soone |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iii.3 | Comes fast upon. Good my brother Troilus, | Comes fast vpon: good my brother Troylus, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.190 | Stand fast, and wear a castle on thy head! | Stand fast, and weare a Castle on thy head. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.59 | Lay hold upon him, Priam, hold him fast; | Lay hold vpon him Priam, hold him fast: |
| 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, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.22 | young wench that had buried her grandam; to fast, like | yong wench that had buried her Grandam: to fast, like |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.139 | Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep, | Now can I breake my fast, dine, sup, and sleepe, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.25 | Haply when they have judged me fast asleep, | Haply when they haue iudg'd me fast asleepe, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.51 | Sir Valentine, whither away so fast? | Sir Valentine, whether away so fast? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.1 | Fellows, stand fast; I see a passenger. | Fellowes, stand fast: I see a passenger. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.132 | By my halidom, I was fast asleep. | By my hallidome, I was fast asleepe. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.6 | Fast by a brook, and there he shall keep close, | Fast by a Brooke, and there he shall keepe close, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.498 | A vessel rides fast by, but not prepared | A Vessell rides fast by, but not prepar'd |