| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.139 | That were enwombed mine. 'Tis often seen | That were enwombed mine, 'tis often seene |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.i.16.1 | As often as I guessed. | As often as I guest. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.28 | too often at my door. I find my tongue is too foolhardy, | too often at my doore: I finde my tongue is too foole-hardie, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.124 | What our contempts doth often hurl from us, | What our contempts doth often hurle from vs, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.12 | In time we hate that which we often fear. | In time we hate that which we often feare. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.6 | Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers | Begge often our owne harmes, which the wise Powres |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.53 | Is often left unloved. We should have met you | Is often left vnlou'd: we should haue met you |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.37 | Are those that often have 'gainst Pompey fought; | Are those, that often haue 'gainst Pompey fought, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.124.1 | Have often shamed our sex. | Haue often sham'd our Sex. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.59 | And they are often tarred over with the surgery of | And they are often tarr'd ouer, with the surgery of |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.18 | often rumination wraps me in a most humorous sadness. | often rumination, wraps me in a most humorous sadnesse. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.40 | motley-minded gentleman that I have so often met in | Motley-minded Gentleman, that I haue so often met in |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.41 | By prosperous voyages I often made | By prosperous voyages I often made |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.111 | That others touch; and often touching will | That others touch, and often touching will, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.66 | In company I often glanced at it. | In company I often glanced it: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.8 | I have fought with thee; so often hast thou beat me; | I haue fought with thee; so often hast thou beat me: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.10 | As often as we eat. By th' elements, | As often as we eate. By th' Elements, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.215 | Than dogs that are as often beat for barking | Then Dogges, that are as often beat for barking, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.13 | How often he had met you, sword to sword; | How often he had met you Sword to Sword: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.128 | Which they have often made against the Senate, | Which they haue often made against the Senate, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.78 | Which often thus correcting thy stout heart, | Which often thus correcting thy stout heart, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.25 | have been often bound for no less than my life. – | haue bin often bound for no lesse then my life. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.95 | Since doubting things go ill often hurts more | Since doubting things go ill, often hurts more |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.19 | And often, to our comfort, shall we find | And often to our comfort, shall we finde |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.352.2 | Dream often so, | Dreame often so, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iii.39 | To yield me often tidings. Neither know I | To yeeld me often tydings. Neither know I |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.160 | no more tavern-bills, which are often the sadness of | no more Tauerne Bils, which are often the sadnesse of |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.416 | Which I so often owe: but your ring first, | Which I so often owe: but your Ring first, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.210 | often madness hits on, which reason and sanity could | often Madnesse hits on, / Which Reason and Sanitie could |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.481 | But as we often see, against some storm, | But as we often see against some storme, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.45 | And start so often when thou sittest alone? | And start so often when thou sitt'st alone? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.404 | hast often heard of, and it is known to many in our land by | hast often heard of, and it is knowne to many in our Land, by |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.409 | And yet there is a virtuous man whom I have often noted in | and yet there is a vertuous man, whom I haue often noted in |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.130 | of the male; it is often so, indeed – but much of the | of the Male: it is often so indeede, but not of the |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.56 | Are often welcomest when they are gone. | Are often welcommest when they are gone. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.193 | Repeat their semblance often on the seas, | Repeate their semblance often on the Seas, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.78 | Did he so often lodge in open field, | Did he so often lodge in open field: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.268 | For things are often spoke and seldom meant; | For things are often spoke, and seldome meant, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.367 | Full often, like a shag-haired crafty kern, | Full often, like a shag-hayr'd craftie Kerne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.114 | How often have I tempted Suffolk's tongue – | How often haue I tempted Suffolkes tongue |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.56 | How often hast thou waited at my cup, | How often hast thou waited at my cup, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.127 | Ay, and their colours, often borne in France, | I, and their Colours often borne in France, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.123 | Myself have often heard him say and swear | My selfe haue often heard him say, and sweare, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.131 | Yet I confess that often ere this day, | Yet I confesse, that often ere this day, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.v.7 | And, often but attended with weak guard, | And often but attended with weake guard, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.70 | For I have often heard my mother say | For I haue often heard my Mother say, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.29 | She was often cited by them, but appeared not. | She was often cyted by them, but appear'd not: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.49 | Such instigations have been often dropped | Such instigations haue beene often dropt, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.117 | So often shall the knot of us be called | So often shall the knot of vs be call'd, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.389 | Honour is often lost and got again, | Honor is often lost and got againe, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.91 | And when my weary arms, with often blows, | And when my weary armes with often blowes, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.30 | By reason I have often heard thee say | By reason I haue often heard thee say, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.225 | The dangerous conflicts I have often had, | The dangerous conflicts I haue often had, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.9 | I have so often blushed to acknowledge him that now I | I haue so often blush'd to acknowledge him, that now I |
| King Lear | KL I.i.236 | Which often leaves the history unspoke | Which often leaues the history vnspoke |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.119 | when we are sick in fortune – often the surfeits of our | when we are sicke in fortune, often the surfets of our |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.78 | I took it for a man; often 'twould say | I tooke it for a man: often 'twould say |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.737 | And often at his very loose decides | And often at his verie loose decides |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.33 | That is not often vouched, while 'tis a-making, | That is not often vouch'd, while 'tis a making: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.52 | Sit, worthy friends. My lord is often thus; | Sit worthy Friends: my Lord is often thus, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.76 | Is often laudable, to do good sometime | Is often laudable, to do good sometime |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.148 | Which often since my here-remain in England | Which often since my heere remaine in England, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.8 | Is like a good thing, being often read, | Is like a good thing, being often read |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.13 | How often dost thou with thy case, thy habit, | How often dost thou with thy case, thy habit |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.9 | Hath often stilled my brawling discontent. | Hath often still'd my brawling discontent. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.66 | Often have you heard that told. | Often haue you heard that told; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.74 | I often came where I did hear of her, but cannot | I often came where I did heare of ster, but cannot |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.94 | Upon supposed fairness, often known | Vpon supposed fairenesse, often knowne |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.100 | We do not act that often jest and laugh; | We do not acte that often, iest, and laugh, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.214 | And in the wood, where often you and I | And in the wood, where often you and I, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.239 | Because in choice he is so oft beguiled. | Because in choise he is often beguil'd, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.125 | Full often hath she gossiped by my side, | Full often hath she gossipt by my side, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.158 | Did whisper often, very secretly. | Did whisper often, very secretly. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.185 | O wall, full often hast thou heard my moans | O wall, full often hast thou heard my mones, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.187 | My cherry lips have often kissed thy stones, | My cherry lips haue often kist thy stones; |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.320 | often dreamed of unhappiness and waked herself with | often dreamt of vnhappinesse, and wakt her selfe with |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.155 | And often did beguile her of her tears | And often did beguile her of her teares, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.360 | thee often, and I re-tell thee again and again, I hate | thee often, and I re-tell thee againe, and againe, I hate |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.123.2 | But is he often thus? | But is he often thus? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.306 | That which so often you did bid me steal. | That which so often you did bid me steale. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.225 | For often, with a solemn earnestness – | For often, with a solemne earnestnesse, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.79 | That horse that thou so often hast bestrid, | That horse, that thou so often hast bestrid, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.36 | Methought I had; and often did I strive | Me thought I had, and often did I striue |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.81 | They often feel a world of restless cares; | They often feele a world of restlesse Cares: |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.58 | And often up and down my sons were tossed | And often vp and downe my sonnes were tost |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.89 | And these, who often drowned, could never die, | And these who often drown'd could neuer die, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.51.2 | That dreamers often lie. | That dreamers often lye. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.57 | restrained to keep him from stumbling, hath been often | restrain'd to keepe him from stumbling, hath been often |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.22 | Signor Hortensio, I have often heard | Signior Hortensio, I haue often heard |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.94 | Ay, sir, in Pisa have I often been, | I sir, in Pisa haue I often bin, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.33.2 | You have often | You haue often |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.231 | Most often do so near the bottom run | (Most often) do so neere the bottome run |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.193 | Of whom so often I have heard renown, | Of whom, so often I haue heard renowne, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.98 | have often wished myself poorer that I might come | haue often wisht my selfe poorer, that I might come |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.114 | stones more than's artificial one. He is very often like a | stones moe then's artificiall one. Hee is verie often like a |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.24 | keep so good a house. Many a time and often I ha' dined | keep so good a house. Many a time and often I ha din'd |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.70 | That often drowns him and takes his valour prisoner. | That often drownes him, and takes his valour prisoner. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.56 | Having often of your open bounty tasted, | Hauing often of your open Bounty tasted, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.93 | What, hast not thou full often struck a doe | What hast not thou full often strucke a Doe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.74 | Myself hath often heard them say, | My selfe hath often heard them say, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.60 | O Cressida, how often have I wished me thus! | O Cressida, how often haue I wisht me thus? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.20 | Oft have you – often have you thanks therefore – | Oft haue you (often haue you, thankes therefore) |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.92 | As they have often given. Here is Ulysses: | As they haue often giuen. Here is Ulisses, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.10 | Unguided and unfriended, often prove | Vnguided, and vnfriended, often proue |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.74 | Indeed, a sheep doth very often stray, | Indeede a Sheepe doth very often stray, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.156 | For often have you writ to her; and she, in modesty, | For often haue you writ to her: and she in modesty, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.24 | This love of theirs myself have often seen, | This loue of theirs, my selfe haue often seene, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.90 | Dumb jewels often in their silent kind | Dumbe Iewels often in their silent kinde |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.335 | Item: She will often praise her liquor. | Item, she will often praise her liquor. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.34 | Or else I often had been miserable. | Or else I often had beene often miserable. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.71 | Often resort unto this gentlewoman? | Often resort vnto this Gentlewoman? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.67 | Repeat this often: ‘ Palamon is gone, | Repeat this often. Palamon is gone, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.4 | sleeps little, altogether without appetite save often | sleepes / Little, altogether without appetite, save often |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.45.3 | I have often. | I have often. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.54 | Which often hath no less prevailed than so | Which often hath no lesse preuail'd, then so, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.41 | The silence often of pure innocence | The silence often of pure innocence |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.471 | How often have I told you 'twould be thus! | How often haue I told you 'twould be thus? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.472 | How often said my dignity would last | How often said my dignity would last |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.718 | no lying: it becomes none but tradesmen, and they often | no lying; it becomes none but Trades-men, and they often |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.199 | Forswear themselves as often as they speak; | Forsweare themselues as often as they speake: |