| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.279 | Spending his manly marrow in her arms, | Spending his manlie marrow in her armes |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.49 | narrow gate, which I take to be too little for pomp to | narrow gate, which I take to be too little for pompe to |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.8 | He vented them, most narrow measure lent me; | He vented then most narrow measure: lent me, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.44 | Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, | Yea prouidently caters for the Sparrow, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.194 | mouth as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle: | mouth, as Wine comes out of a narrow-mouth'd bottle: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.31.1 | That love's keen arrows make. | That Loues keene arrows make. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.4 | he hath ta'en his bow and arrows, and is gone forth to | He hath t'ane his bow and arrowes, and is gone forth / To |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.38 | The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands; |
The passages of allies, creekes, and narrow lands: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.34 | Plough Rome and harrow Italy! I'll never | Plough Rome, and harrow Italy, Ile neuer |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.52 | A narrow lane, an old man, and two boys. | A narrow Lane, an old man, and two Boyes. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.44 | Most like. It harrows me with fear and wonder. | Most like: It harrowes me with fear & wonder |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.22 | The pith and marrow of our attribute. | |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.16 | Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, | Would harrow vp thy soule, freeze thy young blood, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.252 | 'Tis too narrow for your mind. | 'tis too narrow for your minde. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.58 | The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune | The Slings and Arrowes of outragious Fortune, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.21 | Convert his gyves to graces; so that my arrows, | Conuert his Gyues to Graces. So that my Arrowes |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.214 | providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not | Prouidence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.237 | That I have shot mine arrow o'er the house | That I haue shot mine Arrow o're the house, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.58 | Sirs, you four shall front them in the narrow | You foure shall front them in the narrow |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.339 | pistol kills a sparrow flying. | Pistoll kills a Sparrow flying. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.341 | So did he never the sparrow. | So did he neuer the Sparrow. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.61 | Useth the sparrow – did oppress our nest, | Vseth the Sparrow, did oppresse our Nest |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.123 | That arrows fled not swifter toward their aim | That Arrowes fled not swifter toward their ayme, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.32 | reward of valour. Do you think me a swallow, an arrow, | reward of Valour. Doe you thinke me a Swallow, an Arrow, |
| Henry V | H5 I.chorus.22 | The perilous narrow ocean parts asunder. | The perillous narrow Ocean parts asunder. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.201 | Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, | Their heauy burthens at his narrow gate: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.207 | As many arrows loosed several ways | As many Arrowes loosed seuerall wayes |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.38 | And bring you back, charming the narrow seas | And bring you backe: Charming the narrow seas |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.239 | Stern Falconbridge commands the narrow seas; | Sterne Falconbridge commands the Narrow Seas, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.125 | Would he were wasted, marrow, bones, and all, | Would he were wasted, Marrow, Bones, and all, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.3 | Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas, | Hath pass'd in safetie through the Narrow Seas, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.134 | Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world | Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.33 | Good morrow to you. Here the street is narrow; | Good morrow to you: heere the street is narrow: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.64 | My eyes shall be my arrows, and my sighs | My eyes shall be my arrowes, and my sighes |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.26 | Neither, my lord; but narrowly beset | Neither my Lord, but narrowly beset, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.155 | Since all the lives his conquering arrows strike | Since all the liues his conquering arrowes strike, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.8 | O, for more arrows, Lord! That's our want. | O for more arrowes Lord, thats our want. |
| King John | KJ I.i.231.2 | Philip? – Sparrow! James, | Philip, sparrow, Iames, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.211 | The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long | the Hedge-Sparrow fed the Cuckoo so long, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.261 | Fleeter than arrows, bullets, wind, thought, swifter things. | Fleeter then arrows, bullets wind, thoght, swifter things |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.35 | As sparrows, eagles, or the hare, the lion. | as Sparrowes, Eagles; / Or the Hare, the Lyon: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.93 | Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold. | Thy bones are marrowlesse, thy blood is cold: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.64 | Her nine farrow; grease that's sweaten | Her nine Farrow: Greaze that's sweaten |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.165 | continency. Sparrows must not build in his house-eaves | Continencie. Sparrowes must not build in his house-eeues, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.148 | To shoot another arrow that self way | To shoote another arrow that selfe way |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.28 | Who told me, in the narrow seas that part | Who told me, in the narrow seas that part |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.3 | hath a ship of rich lading wrecked on the narrow seas, | hath a ship of rich lading wrackt on the narrow Seas; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.4 | Have I lived to be carried in a basket like a barrow of | Haue I liu'd to be carried in a Basket like a barrow of |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.227 | stand to strike at me, that your arrow hath glanced. | stand to strike at me, that your Arrow hath glanc'd. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.170 | By his best arrow with the golden head, | By his best arrow with the golden head, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.123 | The finch, the sparrow, and the lark, | The Finch, the Sparrow, and the Larke, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.101 | Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow. | Swifter then arrow from the Tartars bowe. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.22 | Is little Cupid's crafty arrow made, | Is little Cupids crafty arrow made, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.106 | Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. | Some Cupid kills with arrowes, some with traps. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.114 | narrowly to thee. | narrowly to thee. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.49 | To Desdemona hath tonight caroused | To Desdemona hath to night Carrows'd. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.163 | As thou wilt live, fly after, and like an arrow | As thou wilt liue flie after, and like an arrow |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.3 | Search the market narrowly. Mytilene is full of | Searche the market narrowely, Mettelyne is full of |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.8 | Even such, they say, as stand in narrow lanes | Euen such (they say) as stand in narrow Lanes, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.340 | Draw, archers, draw your arrows to the head! | Draw Archers draw your Arrowes to the head, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.209 | With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit, | With Cupids arrow, she hath Dians wit: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.83 | an inch narrow to an ell broad! | an ynch narrow, to an ell broad. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.138 | Doth watch Bianca's steps so narrowly, | Doth watch Bianca's steps so narrowly: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.145 | The narrow-prying father Minola, | The narrow prying father Minola, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.99 | Her waspish-headed son has broke his arrows, | Her waspish headed sonne, has broke his arrowes, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.100 | Swears he will shoot no more, but play with sparrows, | Swears he will shoote no more, but play with Sparrows, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.26 | Creep in the minds and marrows of our youth, | Creepe in the Mindes and Marrowes of our youth, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.194 | Dry up thy marrows, vines and plough-torn leas, | Dry vp thy Marrowes, Vines, and Plough-torne Leas, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.9 | When crouching marrow in the bearer strong | When crouching Marrow in the bearer strong |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.1.3 | with bows, and Titus bears the arrows with letters on | with bowes, and Titus beares the arrowes with Letters on |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.54 | He gives them the arrows | He giues them the Arrowes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.1.3 | the arrows in his hand that Titus shot at him | the Arrowes in his hand that Titus shot at him. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.70 | nine sparrows for a penny, and his pia mater is not | nine Sparrowes for a peny, and his Piamater is not |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.71 | worth the ninth part of a sparrow. This lord, Achilles – | worth the ninth part of a Sparrow. This Lord (Achilles) |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.32 | fetches her breath as short as a new-ta'en sparrow. | fetches her breath so short as a new tane Sparrow. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.154 | For honour travels in a strait so narrow, | For honour trauels in a straight so narrow, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.11 | double-horned Spartan! 'Loo, Paris, 'loo! – The bull | double hen'd sparrow; lowe Paris, lowe; the bull |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.6 | And marrow of my understanding laid upon ye? | & marrow of my understanding laid upon ye? |