| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.i.5 | Upon your grace's part, black and fearful | Vpon your Graces part: blacke and fearefull |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.55 | Forgive my fearful sails! I little thought | Forgiue my fearfull sayles, I little thought |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.44 | Amen. A man may, if he were of a fearful | Amen. A man may if he were of a fearful |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.68 | Did but convey unto our fearful minds | Did but conuay vnto our fearefull mindes |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.150 | You that will be less fearful than discreet, | You that will be lesse fearefull, then discreet, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.64.1 | More fearful is delivered. | More fearfull is deliuer'd. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.64.2 | What more fearful? | What more fearefull? |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.76 | A fearful army, led by Caius Martius | A fearefull Army, led by Caius Martius, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.141.1 | Faith, we hear fearful news. | Faith, we heare fearfull Newes. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.44 | To break it with a fearful dream of him, | To breake it with a fearfull dreame of him, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.136.1 | As fearful as a siege. | As fearefull as a Siege. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iii.7 | When fearful wars point at me: her son gone, | When fearefull Warres point at me: Her Sonne gone, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.150 | Upon a fearful summons. I have heard | Vpon a fearfull Summons. I haue heard, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.167 | A mighty and a fearful head they are, | A mightie and a fearefull Head they are, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.67 | May turn the tide of fearful faction, | May turne the tyde of fearefull Faction, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.12 | Make fearful musters, and prepared defence, | Make fearfull Musters, and prepar'd Defence, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.16 | And fearful meeting of their opposite. | And fearefull meeting of their Opposite. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.63 | But rather show awhile like fearful war | But rather shew a while like fearefull Warre, |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.44 | A fearful battle rendered you in music. | A fearefull Battaile rendred you in Musique. |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.27 | Confirmed conspiracy with fearful France; | Confirm'd Conspiracy with fearefull France, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.5 | God's arm strike with us! 'Tis a fearful odds. | Gods Arme strike with vs, 'tis a fearefull oddes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.15 | Thou ominous and fearful owl of death, | Thou ominous and fearefull Owle of death, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.331 | Now, York, or never, steel thy fearful thoughts, | Now Yorke, or neuer, steele thy fearfull thoughts, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.224 | And, after all this fearful homage done, | And after all this fearefull Homage done, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.2 | And makes it fearful and degenerate; | And makes it fearefull and degenerate, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.41 | The fearful French, whom you late vanquished, | The fearfull French, whom you late vanquished |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.25 | This is the palace of the fearful King, | This is the Pallace of the fearefull King, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.178 | Base, fearful, and despairing Henry! | Base, fearefull, and despayring Henry. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.27 | And though man's face be fearful to their eyes, | And though mans face be fearefull to their eyes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.30 | Which sometime they have used with fearful flight, | Which sometime they haue vs'd with fearfull flight, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.130 | Having the fearful flying hare in sight, | Hauing the fearfull flying Hare in sight, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.7 | Should leave the helm and, like a fearful lad, | Should leaue the Helme, and like a fearefull Lad, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.44 | For did I but suspect a fearful man, | For did I but suspect a fearefull man, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.87 | That Edward shall be fearful of his life, | That Edward shall be fearefull of his life, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.87.2 | I am fearful – wherefore frowns he thus? | I am fearefull: Wherefore frownes he thus? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.78 | And fearful, as these strange eruptions are. | And fearefull, as these strange eruptions are. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.126 | In Pompey's Porch: for now, this fearful night, | In Pompeyes Porch: for now this fearefull Night, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.137 | I am glad on't. What a fearful night is this! | I am glad on't. / What a fearefull Night is this? |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.10 | With fearful bravery, thinking by this face | With fearefull brauery: thinking by this face |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.43 | And from great Moscow, fearful to the Turk, | And from great Musco fearefull to the Turke, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.33 | Are many fearful millions, in respect | Are manie fearefull millions in respect |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.115 | But which way is the fearful king escaped? | But which way is the fearefull king escapt? |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.21 | What fearful words are those thy looks presage? | What fearefull words are those thy lookes presage? |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.226 | The fearful menaces were proffered me, | The fearefull menaces were proffered me, |
| King John | KJ I.i.38 | With fearful bloody issue arbitrate. | With fearefull bloudy issue arbitrate. |
| King John | KJ III.i.238 | The fearful difference of incensed kings. | The fearefull difference of incensed kings: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.106 | A fearful eye thou hast. Where is that blood | A fearefull eye thou hast. Where is that blood, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.191 | Whilst he that hears makes fearful action, | Whilst he that heares, makes fearefull action |
| King John | KJ V.vi.20 | Black, fearful, comfortless, and horrible. | Blacke, fearefull, comfortlesse, and horrible. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.201 | To have found a safe redress; but now grow fearful | To haue found a safe redresse, but now grow fearefull |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.11 | Come on, sir; here's the place. Stand still! How fearful | Come on Sir, / Heere's the place: stand still: how fearefull |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.19.2 | No, nor more fearful. | No: nor more fearefull. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.119.2 | Death is a fearful thing. | Death is a fearefull thing. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.210 | Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. Have | Vertue is bold, and goodnes neuer fearefull: / Haue |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.183 | you fearful, that neither my coat, integrity, nor | you fearfull, that neither my coate, integrity, nor |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.172 | See to my house, left in the fearful guard | See to my house left in the fearefull gard |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.29 | dreadful thing; for there is not a more fearful wildfowl | dreadfull thing. For there is not a more fearefull wilde foule |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.101 | And in the modesty of fearful duty | And in the modesty of fearefull duty, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.162 | Through which the fearful lovers are to whisper. | Through which the fearefull Louers are to whisper. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.12.1 | In fearful sense. | In fearefull sense. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.83.1 | And fearful to be granted. | And fearefull to be granted. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.44 | And by those fearful objects to prepare | And by those fearefull obiectes, to prepare |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.263 | But, lords, we hear this fearful tempest sing | But Lords, we heare this fearefull tempest sing, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iv.11 | And lean-looked prophets whisper fearful change. | And leane-look'd Prophets whisper fearefull change; |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.110 | Of Bolingbroke, covering your fearful land | Of Bullingbrooke, couering your fearefull Land |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.73 | To watch the fearful bending of thy knee | To watch the fearefull bending of thy knee, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.11 | To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, | To fright the Soules of fearfull Aduersaries, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.3 | So full of fearful dreams, of ugly sights, | So full of fearefull Dreames, of vgly sights, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.24 | Methoughts I saw a thousand fearful wracks; | Me thoughts, I saw a thousand fearfull wrackes: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.121 | To Brecknock, while my fearful head is on! | To Brecnock, while my fearefull Head is on. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.51 | Come! I have learned that fearful commenting | Come, I haue learn'd, that fearfull commenting |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.311 | Dorset your son, that with a fearful soul | Dorset your Sonne, that with a fearfull soule |
| Richard III | R3 V.i.18 | This, this All Souls' Day to my fearful soul | This, this All-soules day to my fearfull Soule, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.98 | Farewell. The leisure and the fearful time | Farewell: the leysure, and the fearfull time |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.182 | Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. | Cold fearefull drops stand on my trembling flesh. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.213 | O Ratcliffe, I have dreamed a fearful dream! | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.108 | Shall bitterly begin his fearful date | Shall bitterly begin his fearefull date |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.8 | And she steal love's sweet bait from fearful hooks. | And she steale Loues sweet bait from fearefull hookes: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.1 | Romeo, come forth. Come forth, thou fearful man. | Romeo come forth, / Come forth thou fearfull man, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.3 | That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear. | That pier'st the fearefull hollow of thine eare, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.32 | Come to redeem me? There's a fearful point! | Come to redeeme me? There's a fearefull point: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.16 | So fearful were they of infection. | So fearefull were they of infection. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.469.1 | He's gentle, and not fearful. | Hee's gentle, and not fearfull. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.106.1 | Out of this fearful country! | Out of this fearefull Country. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.ii.15 | The enemy's drum is heard, and fearful scouring | The Enemies Drumme is heard, and fearefull scouring |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.102 | Would make such fearful and confused cries | Would make such fearefull and confused cries, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.216 | And see a fearful sight of blood and death. | And see a fearefull sight of blood and death. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.251 | When will this fearful slumber have an end? | When will this fearefull slumber haue an end? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.167 | But let them hear what fearful words I utter. | But let them heare what fearefull words I vtter. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.200 | when the courtesy of it is so fearful. Speak your office. | when the curtesie of it is so fearefull. Speake your office. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.121 | Unto a ragged, fearful, hanging rock, | Vnto a ragged, fearefull, hanging Rocke, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.70 | Fearful consumers, you will all devour! | Fearefull consumers, you will all devoure. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.3 | I am cruel fearful. Pray yet stay awhile, | I am cruell fearefull: pray yet stay a while, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.250 | I may be negligent, foolish, and fearful: | I may be negligent, foolish, and fearefull, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.258 | Not weighing well the end; if ever fearful | Not weighing well the end: if euer fearefull |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.152 | Exposed this paragon to th' fearful usage, | Expos'd this Paragon to th' fearefull vsage |