| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.142 | Oft expectation fails, and most oft there | Oft expectation failes, and most oft there |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.75 | Wherein toward me my homely stars have failed | Wherein toward me my homely starres haue faild |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.i.15 | Myself in my incertain grounds to fail | My selfe in my incertaine grounds to faile |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.14 | great and trusty business in a main danger fail you. | great and trustie businesse, in a maine daunger, fayle you. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.64 | Adieu till then; then, fail not. You have won | Adieu till then, then faile not: you haue wonne |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.81 | intelligence hath seldom failed. | intelligence hath seldome fail'd. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.52 | Beat th' approaching Caesar. But if we fail, | Beate th'approaching Casar. But if we faile, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.21 | Of audience nor desire shall fail, so she | Of Audience, nor Desire shall faile, so shee |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.24 | And you within it. If he fail of that, | And you within it: if he faile of that |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.116 | I'll not fail, if I live. | Ile not faile, if I liue. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.165 | On whom depending, their obedience fails | On whom depending, their obedience failes |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.40 | To fail in the disposing of those chances | To faile in the disposing of those chances |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.55 | Rights by rights fuller, strengths by strengths do fail. | Rights by rights fouler, strengths by strengths do faile. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.90 | That, if you fail in our request, the blame | That if you faile in our request, the blame |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.21 | For one his like; there would be something failing | For one, his like; there would be something failing |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.7 | I barely gratify your love; they failing, | I barely gratifie your loue; they fayling |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.65 | From thy great fail. Come, fellow, be thou honest: | From thy great faile: Come Fellow, be thou honest, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.180 | You have me, rich, and I will never fail | You haue me rich, and I will neuer faile |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.57 | But, failing of her end by his strange absence, | But fayling of her end by his strange absence, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.22 | He hath not failed to pester us with message | He hath not fayl'd to pester vs with Message, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.149 | May fit us to our shape. If this should fail, | May fit vs to our shape, if this should faile; |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.34 | | [Q1 replaces this scene with the following] Enter Horatio and the Queene. HOR. Madame, your sonne is safe arriv'de in Denmarke, This letter I euen now receiv'd of him, Whereas he writes how he escap't the danger, And subtle treason that the king had plotted, Being crossed by the contention of the windes, He found the Packet sent to the king of England, Wherein he saw himselfe betray'd to death, As at his next conuersion with your grace, He will relate the circumstance at full. QUEENE. Then I perceiue there's treason in his lookes That seem'd to sugar o're his villanie: But I will soothe and please him for a time, For murderous mindes are alwayes jealous, But know not you Horatio where he is? HOR. Yes Madame, and he hath appoynted me To meete him on the east side of the Cittie To morrow morning. QUEENE. O faile not, good Horatio, and withall, commend me A mothers care to him, bid him a while Be wary of his presence, lest that he Faile in that he goes about. HOR. Madam, neuer make doubt of that: I thinke by this the news be come to court: He is arriv'de, obserue the king, and you shall Quickely finde, Hamlet being here, Things fell not to his minde. QUEENE. But what became of Gilderstone and Rossencraft? HOR. He being set ashore, they went for England, And in the Packet there writ down that doome To be perform'd on them poynted for him: And by great chance he had his fathers Seale, So all was done without discouerie. QUEENE. Thankes be to heauen for blessing of the prince, Horatio once againe I take my leaue, With thowsand mothers blessings to my sonne. HORAT. Madam adue. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.169 | pleasure to fail – and then will they adventure upon | pleasure to faile; and then will they aduenture vppon |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.110 | And now my sight fails, and my brain is giddy. | And now my Sight fayles, and my Braine is giddie. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.39 | If truth and upright innocency fail me, | If Troth, and vpright Innocency fayle me, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.101 | That, if requiring fail, he will compel; | That if requiring faile, he will compell. |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.15 | My purpose should not fail with me, | my purpose should not fayle with me; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.82 | Yet livest thou, Salisbury? Though thy speech doth fail, | Yet liu'st thou Salisbury? though thy speech doth fayle, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.31 | That, if it chance the one of us do fail, | That if it chance the one of vs do faile, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.51.1 | Or all my fence shall fail. | Or all my Fence shall fayle. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.56 | Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign; | Till Lionels Issue fayles, his should not reigne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.57 | It fails not yet, but flourishes in thee, | It fayles not yet, but flourishes in thee, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.33 | For our enemies shall fall before us, inspired with | For our enemies shall faile before vs, inspired with |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.189 | And when thou failest – as God forbid the hour! – | And when thou failst (as God forbid the houre) |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.33 | And if thou fail us, all our hope is done. | And if thou faile vs, all our hope is done. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.145 | Upon our fail? To this point hast thou heard him | Vpon our faile; to this poynt hast thou heard him, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.184 | That, had the King in his last sickness failed, | That had the King in his last Sicknesse faild, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.74 | I shall not fail t' approve the fair conceit | I shall not faile t'approue the faire conceit |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.198 | By this my issue's fail, and that gave to me | By this my Issues faile, and that gaue to me |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.108.2 | If my sight fail not, | If my sight faile not, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.123 | If they shall fail, I with mine enemies | If they shall faile, I with mine Enemies |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.148 | Fail not to use, and with what vehemency | Faile not to vse, and with what vehemencie |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.214 | Be that the uttermost, and fail not then. | Be that the vttermost, and faile not then. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.137 | Would fail her obligation. If, sir, perchance, | Would faile her Obligation. If Sir perchance |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.3 | And every measure fail me. | And euery measure faile me. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.58.2 | If we should fail? | If we should faile? |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.58.3 | We fail! | We faile? |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.61 | And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep – | And wee'le not fayle: when Duncan is asleepe, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.27.2 | Fail not our feast. | Faile not our Feast. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.21 | But, peace! For from broad words, and 'cause he failed | But peace; for from broad words, and cause he fayl'd |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.246 | fail, he hath sentenced himself. | faile he hath sentenc'd himselfe. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.122 | than we must yet deliver. Thus fail not to do your office, | then we must yet deliuer. Thus faile not to doe your Office, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.72 | I will not fail you. | I will not faile you. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.70 | fail of the knowing me; it is a wise father that knows his | faile of the knowing me: it is a wise Father that knowes his |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.20 | I will not fail her. Speak it privately. | I will not faile her, speake it priuately: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.7 | But if you fail, without more speech, my lord, | But if thou faile, without more speech my Lord, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.11 | Which casket 'twas I chose; next, if I fail | Which casket 'twas I chose; next, if I faile |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.15 | If I do fail in fortune of my choice, | if I doe faile in fortune of my choyse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.267 | Have all his ventures failed? What, not one hit? | Hath all his ventures faild, what not one hit, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.90 | I will not fail her. | I will not faile her. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.98 | such as our play wants. I pray you, fail me not. | such as our play wants. I pray you faile me not. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.93 | A million fail, confounding oath on oath. | A million faile, confounding oath on oath. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.255 | commend me to him and tell him I will not fail | commend me to him, and tell him I will not faile |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.315.1 | We will not fail. | We will not faile. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.291 | Or failing so, yet that I put the Moor | Or fayling so, yet that I put the Moore, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.227 | ‘ This fail you not to do, as you will ’ – | This faile you not to do, as you will--- |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.149 | And, if I fail not in my deep intent, | And if I faile not in my deepe intent, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.169 | I will not fail. 'Tis twenty years till then. | I will not faile, 'tis twenty yeares till then, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.57 | Either my eyesight fails, or thou lookest pale. | Either my eye-sight failes, or thou look'st pale. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.243 | If all else fail, myself have power to die. | If all else faile, my selfe haue power to die. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.404 | A child shall get a sire, if I fail not of my cunning. | A childe shall get a sire, if I faile not of my cunning. |
| The Tempest | Tem epilogue.12 | Must fill, or else my project fails, | Must fill, or else my proiect failes, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.102 | To those have shut him up, which failing | To those haue shut him vp, which failing, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.4 | Obedience fail in children. Slaves and fools | Obedience fayle in Children: Slaues and Fooles |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.462 | Full of decay and failing? O monument | Full of decay and fayling? Oh Monument |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.5 | Fails in the promised largeness: checks and disasters | Fayles in the promist largenesse: checkes and disasters |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.382 | We'll dress him up in voices; if he fail, | Wee'l dresse him vp in voyces: if he faile, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.40 | Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; | Fall Greekes, faile Fame, Honor or go, or stay, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.45 | Sweet honey and sweet notes together fail. | Sweete hony, and sweete notes together faile. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.45 | I will not fail your ladyship. Good morrow, | I will not faile your Ladiship: Good morrow |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.i.4 | She will not fail, for lovers break not hours | She will not faile; for Louers breake not houres, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.95 | As any of us three; weep ere you fail. | As any of us three; weepe ere you faile; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.105.1 | On fail of some condition? | On faile of some condition. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.42 | He'll eat a hornbook ere he fail. Go to, | Hee'l eate a hornebooke ere he faile: goe too, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.31 | O state of nature, fail together in me, | O state of Nature, faile together in me, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.37 | Save what I fail in; but the point is this, | Save what I faile in: But the point is this |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.27 | And freckled Nell, that never failed her master. | And freckeled Nel; that never faild her Master. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.47 | Nay, an she fail me once – you can tell, Arcas, | Nay and she faile me once, you can tell Arcas |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.51 | And with thy teeth thou hold, will either fail. | And with thy teeth thou hold, will either faile, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.3 | Two swords and two good armours; if he fail, | Two Swords, and two good Armors; if he faile |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.305.1 | We dare not fail thee, Theseus. | We dare not faile thee Theseus. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.42.1 | Persuades when speaking fails. | Perswades, when speaking failes. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.169 | Mark and perform it, see'st thou? For the fail | Marke, and performe it: seest thou? for the faile |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.473.2 | It cannot fail but by | It cannot faile, but by |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.27 | What dangers by his highness' fail of issue | What Dangers, by his Highnesse faile of Issue, |