| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.33 | But a trifle neither, in good faith, if the learned | But a triflle neither in good faith, if the learned |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.78 | outprized by a trifle. | out-priz'd by a trifle. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.112 | I had not quoted him. I feared he did but trifle | I had not quoted him. I feare he did but trifle, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.106 | answers ‘ Some fourteen,’ an hour after, ‘ a trifle, a | answeres, some fourteene, an houre after: a trifle, a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.107 | trifle.’ I prithee call in Falstaff. I'll play Percy, and that | trifle. I prethee call in Falstaffe, Ile play Percy,and that |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.103 | A trifle, some eightpenny matter. | A Trifle, some eight-penny matter. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.150 | That for a trifle that was bought with blood! | That for a trifle, that was bought with blood. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.236 | These Cardinals trifle with me. I abhor | These Cardinals trifle with me: I abhorre |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.178 | Come, lords, we trifle time away; I long | Come Lords, we trifle time away: I long |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.8 | On every trifle. When he returns from hunting | On euery trifle. When he returnes from hunting, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.33 | Why I do trifle thus with his despair | Why I do trifle thus with his dispaire, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.293.2 | That's but a trifle here. | That's but a trifle heere: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.12.1 | As 'twere a careless trifle. | As 'twere a carelesse Trifle. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.149 | here's a simple line of life. Here's a small trifle of wives! | here's a simple line of life, here's a small trifle of wiues, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.295 | We trifle time. I pray thee pursue sentence. | We trifle time, I pray thee pursue sentence. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.427 | This ring, good sir, alas, it is a trifle! | This ring good sir, alas it is a trifle, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.43 | Hang the trifle, woman, take the honour. | Hang the trifle (woman) take the honour: |
| Othello | Oth I.i.133 | I thus would play and trifle with your reverence. | I thus would play and trifle with your Reuerence. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.226 | More than indeed belonged to such a trifle – | (More then indeed belong'd to such a Trifle) |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.8 | For every trifle are they set upon me; | For euery trifle, are they set vpon me, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.112 | Or some enchanted trifle to abuse me, | Or some inchanted triflle to abuse me, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.207 | Here, my lord, a trifle of our love. | Heere my Lord, a trifle of our Loue. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.180 | Alas, how love can trifle with itself! | Alas, how loue can trifle with it selfe: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.260 | Our swords and cause along; else never trifle, | Our Swords, aud cause along: else never trifle, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.45 | such a trifle. Believe me, one would marry a leprous | such a Trifle, beleve me one would marry a leaprous |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.223.1 | Which he counts but a trifle. | Which he counts but a Trifle. |