| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.41 | Crack thy frail case! Apace, Eros, apace! | Cracke thy fraile Case. Apace Eros, apace; |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.88 | estimations, the one is but frail and the other casual; | Estimations, the one is but fraile, and the other Casuall;. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.93 | or loss of that, you term her frail: I do nothing | or losse of that, you terme her fraile, I do nothing |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.152 | My ransom is this frail and worthless trunk; | My Ransome, is this frayle and worthlesse Trunke; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.155 | She did corrupt frail nature with some bribe | Shee did corrupt frayle Nature with some Bribe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.148 | I, her frail son, amongst my brethren mortal, | I her fraile sonne, among'st my Brethren mortall, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.11 | In our own natures frail, and capable | In our owne natures fraile, and capable |
| King John | KJ V.vii.3 | Which some suppose the soul's frail dwelling-house, | (Which some suppose the soules fraile dwelling house) |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.121.1 | We are all frail. | We are all fraile. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.124 | Nay, women are frail too. | Nay, women are fraile too. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.128 | In profiting by them. Nay, call us ten times frail, | In profiting by them: Nay, call vs ten times fraile, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.350 | canst. If sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt an erring | canst: If Sanctimonie, and a fraile vow, betwixt an erring |
| Othello | Oth II.i.151 | She that in wisdom never was so frail | She that in wisedome neuer was so fraile, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.43 | My frail mortality to know itself, | My frayle mortalitie to know it selfe; |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.196 | Banished this frail sepulchre of our flesh, | Banish'd this fraile sepulchre of our flesh, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.496 | Or else his head's assurance is but frail. | Or else his Heads assurance is but fraile. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.181 | Which entered their frail shins. At last I left them | Which entred their fraile shins: at last I left them |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.348.1 | Inhabits our frail blood – | Inhabites our fraile blood. |