| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.35 | And in our sports my better cunning faints | And in our sports my better cunning faints, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.110 | I faint. O Iras, Charmian! 'Tis no matter. | I faint, oh Iras, Charmian: 'tis no matter. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.47 | Should have borne men, and expectation fainted, | Should haue borne men, and expectation fainted, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.68 | She faints | |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.60 | I faint almost to death. | I faint almost to death. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.72.1 | And faints for succour. | And faints for succour. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.149 | Which all this while had bled; and now he fainted, | Which all this while had bled; and now he fainted, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.150 | And cried, in fainting, upon Rosalind. | And cride in fainting vpon Rosalinde. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.158 | Rosalind faints | |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.46 | Before herself, almost at fainting under | Before her selfe (almost at fainting vnder |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.52 | Leave this faint puling and lament as I do, | Leaue this faint-puling, and lament as I do, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.67 | 'Twas very faintly he said ‘ Rise,’ dismissed me | 'Twas very faintly he said Rise: dismist me |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.56 | But in a fainter kind. O, not like me: | But in a fainter kinde. Oh not like me: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.63.1 | Hath mocked me. I am faint. | Hath mock'd me. I am faint. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.162 | faint for want of meat, depart reeling with too much | faint for want of meate, depart reeling with too much |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.149 | Quail to remember – Give me leave; I faint. | Quaile to remember. Giue me leaue, I faint. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.31 | Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, | Breathlesse, and Faint, leaning vpon my Sword, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.49 | In thy faint slumbers I by thee have watched | In my faint-slumbers, I by thee haue watcht, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.70 | Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, | Euen such a man, so faint, so spiritlesse, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.108 | Rendering faint quittance, wearied and out-breathed, | Rend'ring faint quittance (wearied, and out-breath'd) |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.16 | Of indigent faint souls past corporal toil, | Of indigent faint Soules, past corporall toyle, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.129 | kingdom too faint a number; and for our disgrace, his | Kingdome too faint a number; and for our disgrace, his |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.42 | And faintly through a rusty beaver peeps. | And faintly through a rustie Beuer peepes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.158 | The English army is grown weak and faint; | The English Army is growne weake and faint: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.8 | Faintly besiege us one hour in a month. | Faintly besiege vs one houre in a moneth. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.22 | Faint-hearted Woodville, prizest him 'fore me? | Faint-hearted Wooduile, prizest him 'fore me? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.40 | That I may kindly give one fainting kiss. | That I may kindly giue one fainting Kisse. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.95 | And that my fainting words do warrant death. | And that my fainting words doe warrant death: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.107 | Bewrayed the faintness of my master's heart. | Bewray'd the faintnesse of my Masters heart. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.129 | Shall be my winding-sheet. Why faint you, lords? | Shall be my Winding-sheet. Why faint you Lords? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.183 | Farewell, faint-hearted and degenerate King, | Farwell faint-hearted and degenerate King, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.23 | And I am faint and cannot fly their fury; | And I am faint, and cannot flye their furie: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.48 | Whose frown hath made thee faint and fly ere this! | Whose frowne hath made thee faint and flye ere this. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.152 | Can pluck the diadem from faint Henry's head, | Can plucke the Diadem from faint Henries head, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.57 | And this soft courage makes your followers faint. | And this soft courage makes your Followers faint: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.28 | And much effuse of blood doth make me faint. | And much effuse of blood, doth make me faint: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.31.1 | He faints | |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.51 | And warriors faint! Why, 'twere perpetual shame. | And Warriors faint, why 'twere perpetuall shame. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.103 | If this salute my blood a jot; it faints me | If this salute my blood a iot; it faints me |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.43 | That Caesar will not grant. (aside) O, I grow faint. | That Casar will not grant. O, I grow faint: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.227 | I faintly broke with thee of Arthur's death; | I faintly broke with thee of Arthurs death: |
| King John | KJ V.iii.17 | Weakness possesseth me, and I am faint. | Weaknesse possesseth me, and I am faint. |
| King John | KJ V.v.4 | In faint retire! O, bravely came we off, | In faint Retire: Oh brauely came we off, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.21 | I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan | I am the Symet to this pale faint Swan, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.78 | Out of the weak door of our fainting land. | Out of the weake doore of our fainting Land: |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.171 | told you what I have seen and heard but faintly, nothing | told you what I haue seene, and heard: But faintly. Nothing |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.67 | I have perceived a most faint neglect of late, | I haue perceiued a most faint neglect of late, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.309.2 | He faints. My lord, my lord! | He faints, my Lord, my Lord. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.43 | – But I am faint; my gashes cry for help. | but I am faint, My Gashes cry for helpe. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.125 | Than my faint means would grant continuance. | Then my faint meanes would grant continuance: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.73 | Chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moon. | Chanting faint hymnes to the cold fruitlesse Moone, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.215 | Upon faint primrose beds were wont to lie, | Vpon faint Primrose beds, were wont to lye, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.41 | Fair love, you faint with wandering in the wood; | Faire loue, you faint with wandring in ye woods, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.428 | Now, go thy way. Faintness constraineth me | Now goe thy way: faintnesse constraineth me, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.279.2 | Why do you speak so faintly? | Why do you speake so faintly? |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.112 | (aside) Now he denies it faintly, and laughs it out. | Now he denies it faintly: and laughes it out. |
| Othello | Oth V.i.63 | He faints | |
| Othello | Oth V.i.83.2 | Alas, he faints! | Alas he faints. |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.15 | She faints | |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.281 | Where it perceives it is but faintly borne. | |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.297 | But if you faint, as fearing to do so, | But if you faint, as fearing to do so, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.32 | Makes me with heavy nothing faint and shrink. | Makes me with heauy nothing faint and shrinke. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.102 | He prays but faintly, and would be denied; | He prayes but faintly, and would be denide, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.173 | Fainting, despair; despairing, yield thy breath! | Fainting dispaire; dispairing yeeld thy breath. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.7 | Nor no without-book prologue, faintly spoke | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.67 | faint. | faints. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.106 | Or I shall faint. A plague a'both your houses! | Or I shall faint: a plague a both your houses. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.15 | I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins | I haue a faint cold feare thrills through my veines, |
| The Tempest | Tem epilogue.3 | Which is most faint. Now 'tis true | Which is most faint: now 'tis true |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.15 | To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, | To set a glosse on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.54 | Has friendship such a faint and milky heart | Has friendship such a faint and milkie heart, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.26 | And with their faint reply this answer join: | And with their faint reply, this answer ioyne; |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.233 | O brother, help me with thy fainting hand – | O Brother helpe me with thy fainting hand. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.234 | If fear hath made thee faint, as me it hath – | If feare hath made thee faint, as mee it hath, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.65 | Faint-hearted boy, arise and look upon her. | Faint-harted boy, arise and looke vpon her, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.172 | And then, forsooth, the faint defects of age | And then (forsooth) the faint defects of Age |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.143.1 | Nor faint in the pursuit. | Nor faint in the pursuite. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.4 | Maiden pinks, of odour faint, | Maiden Pinckes, of odour faint, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.7 | I know you are faint; then I'll talk further with you. | I know you are faint, then ile talke further with you. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.121 | He that faints now, shame take him! Put thyself | He that faints now, shame take him, put thy selfe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.129 | Which speaks him prone to labour, never fainting | Which speakes him prone to labour, never fainting |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.145 | Hermione faints | |