| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.86 | Strangers and foes do sunder and not kiss. | Strangers and foes do sunder, and not kisse. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.14 | From courtly friends, with camping foes to live | From Courtly friends, with Camping foes to liue, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.11 | My fleet hath yielded to the foe, and yonder | My Fleete hath yeelded to the Foe, and yonder |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.82 | Of pale distemperatures and foes to life? | Of pale distemperatures, and foes to life? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.39 | Or, by the fires of heaven, I'll leave the foe | Or by the fires of heauen, Ile leaue the Foe, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.183 | Fast foe to th' plebeii, your voices might | Fast Foe to th'Plebeij, your Voyces might |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.45 | Time-pleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. | Time-pleasers, flatterers, foes to Noblenesse. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.175 | A foe to th' public weal. Obey, I charge thee, | A Foe to'th' publike Weale. Obey I charge thee, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.131 | Still your own foes – deliver you | Still your owne Foes) deliuer you |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.18 | To bitterest enmity. So, fellest foes, | To bitterest Enmity: So fellest Foes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.27 | Such a foe, good heavens! | Such a Foe, good Heauens. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.249 | Of place 'tween high, and low. Our foe was princely, | Of place 'tweene high, and low. Our Foe was Princely, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.250 | And though you took his life, as being our foe, | And though you tooke his life, as being our Foe, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.60 | Who dares not stand his foe, I'll be his friend: | Who dares not stand his Foe, Ile be his Friend: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.46 | came crying 'mongst his foes, | came crying 'mong'st his Foes. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.182 | Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven | Would I had met my dearest foe in heauen, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.144 | That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe, | That Soop-stake you will draw both Friend and Foe, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.122 | Why, Harry, do I tell thee of my foes, | Why, Harry, doe I tell thee of my Foes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.259 | enemy – the foeman may with as great aim level at the | Enemie, the foe-man may with as great ayme leuell at the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.205 | His foes are so enrooted with his friends | His foes are so en-rooted with his friends, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.15 | It is most meet we arm us 'gainst the foe; | It is most meet we arme vs 'gainst the Foe: |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.38 | Fortune is Bardolph's foe, and frowns on him; | Fortune is Bardolphs foe, and frownes on him: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.27 | To purge this field of such a hilding foe, | To purge this field of such a hilding Foe; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.43 | Except it be to pray against thy foes. | Except it be to pray against thy foes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.144 | Unto his dastard foemen is betrayed. | Vnto his dastard foe-men is betray'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.115 | When I have chased all thy foes from hence, | When I haue chased all thy Foes from hence, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.62 | Here's Gloucester, a foe to citizens; | Here's Gloster, a Foe to Citizens, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.105 | And know us by these colours for thy foes, | And know vs by these Colours for thy Foes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.101 | And have our bodies slaughtered by thy foes. | And haue our bodyes slaughtred by thy foes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.176 | And so thrive Richard as thy foes may fall! | And so thriue Richard, as thy foes may fall, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.187 | For friendly counsel cuts off many foes. | For friendly counsaile cuts off many Foes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.32 | A prophet to the fall of all our foes! | A Prophet to the fall of all our Foes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.96 | Came to the field and vanquished his foes. | Came to the field, and vanquished his foes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.46 | By wasting ruin of the cruel foe; | By wasting Ruine of the cruell Foe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.69 | Was not the Duke of Orleans thy foe? | Was not the Duke of Orleance thy Foe? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.91 | And seek how we may prejudice the foe. | And seeke how we may preiudice the Foe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.6 | And none your foes but such as shall pretend | And none your Foes, but such as shall pretend |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.65 | He doth, my lord, and is become your foe. | He doth my Lord, and is become your foe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.77 | You may behold confusion of your foes. | You may behold confusion of your foes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.37 | To fight I will, but not to fly the foe. | To fight I will, but not to flye the Foe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.26 | Imagine him a Frenchman, and thy foe. | Imagine him a Frenchman, and thy Foe. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.92 | Crowned in Paris in despite of foes? | Crowned in Paris in despight of foes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.57 | Nor never seek prevention of thy foes. | Nor neuer seeke preuention of thy foes. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.60 | And had I twenty times so many foes, | And had I twentie times so many foes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.271 | And to preserve my sovereign from his foe, | And to preserue my Soueraigne from his Foe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.59 | And for myself, foe as he was to me, | And for my selfe, Foe as he was to me, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.182 | But both of you were vowed Duke Humphrey's foes, | But both of you were vowed D. Humfries foes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.iii.21 | 'Tis not enough our foes are this time fled, | 'Tis not enough our foes are this time fled, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.205 | Accursed be he that seeks to make them foes! | Accurst be he that seekes to make them foes. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.3 | And all my followers to the eager foe | And all my followers, to the eager foe |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.162 | Yea even my foes will shed fast-falling tears, | Yea, euen my Foes will shed fast-falling Teares, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.50 | Environed he was with many foes, | Enuironed he was with many foes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.162 | Or shall we on the helmets of our foes | Or shall we on the Helmets of our Foes |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.183 | And once again cry ‘ Charge!’ upon our foes; | And once againe cry Charge vpon our Foes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.56 | My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh, | My Lord cheere vp your spirits, our foes are nye, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.26 | Wailing our losses, whiles the foe doth rage; | Wayling our losses, whiles the Foe doth Rage, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.39 | That to my foes this body must be prey, | That to my Foes this body must be prey, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.82 | But let me see: is this our foeman's face? | But let me see: Is this our Foe-mans face? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.25 | The foe is merciless and will not pity, | The Foe is mercilesse, and will not pitty: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.45 | If friend or foe, let him be gently used. | If Friend or Foe, let him be gently vsed. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.93 | The scattered foe that hopes to rise again; | The scattred Foe, that hopes to rise againe: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.118 | My gracious lord, Henry your foe is taken, | My gracious Lord, Henry your Foe is taken, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.40 | The more we stay, the stronger grows our foe. | The more wee stay, the stronger growes our Foe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.257 | But I return his sworn and mortal foe; | But I returne his sworne and mortall Foe: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.138 | I rather wish you foes than hollow friends. | I rather wish you foes, then hollow friends. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.22 | But to defend his person from night-foes? | But to defend his Person from Night-foes? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.9 | Or by his foe surprised at unawares; | Or by his Foe surpriz'd at vnawares: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.12 | Fell Warwick's brother and by that our foe. | Fell Warwickes Brother, and by that our Foe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.61 | So other foes may set upon our backs. | So other foes may set vpon our backs. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.94 | I here proclaim myself thy mortal foe, | I here proclayme my selfe thy mortall foe: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.5 | Ah, who is nigh? Come to me, friend or foe, | Ah, who is nigh? come to me, friend, or foe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.10 | And, by my fall, the conquest to my foe. | And by my fall, the conquest to my foe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.77 | Is prisoner to the foe; his state usurped, | Is Prisoner to the Foe, his State vsurp'd, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.3 | What valiant foemen, like to autumn's corn, | What valiant Foe-men, like to Autumnes Corne, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.140 | Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot | Heat not a Furnace for your foe so hot |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.83 | I hold my most malicious foe, and think not | I hold my most malicious Foe, and thinke not |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.31 | Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, | Her Foes shake like a Field of beaten Corne, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.198 | Shaking the bloody fingers of thy foes, | Shaking the bloody fingers of thy Foes? |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iv.5 | A foe to tyrants, and my country's friend. | A Foe to Tyrants, and my Countries Friend. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.166 | Either to sacrifice my foes to death, | Either to sacrifice my foes to death, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.15 | I must withdraw. The everlasting foe | I must withdraw, the euerlasting foe, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.85 | For thou com'st well to chase my foes from hence. | For thou comst well to chase my foes from hence. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.35 | Of sweet defiance to her barbarous foes. | Of sweete defiance to her barbarous foes, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.414 | To have escaped the danger of my foes, | To haue escapt the danger of my foes, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.62 | But these of mine; and these shall meet my foe | But these of myne, and these shall meete my foe, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.2 | Have made a breakfast to our foe by sea, | Haue made a breakfast to our foe by Sea, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.116 | To look our foes more sternly in the face. | To looke our foes more sternely in the face. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.181 | Revolted all unto our foemen's side, | Reuolted all vnto our foe mens side, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.201 | Astonish and transform thy gazing foes | Astonish and transforme thy gazing foes |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.2 | Our number is far greater than our foe's. | Our nomber is far greater then our foes, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.108 | That in this conflict of our foes were slain: | That in this conflict of our foes were slaine, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.8 | That happen for advantage of our foes | That happen for aduantage of our foes, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.36 | And not to break a promise with his foe? | And not to breake a promise with his foe? |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.73 | As far in England as thy foe in France.’ | as farre in England, as thy foe in Fraunce, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.68 | Greets by me his foe, the Prince of Wales. | Greets by me his fo, the Prince of Wals, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.126 | Will choke our foes, though bullets hit them not. | Will choake our foes, though bullets hit them not. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.151 | Discern the difference 'twixt the friend and foe, | Discerne the difference twixt the friend and fo, |
| King John | KJ II.i.323 | Dyed in the dying slaughter of their foes. | Dide in the dying slaughter of their foes, |
| King John | KJ III.i.127 | And dost thou now fall over to my foes? | And dost thou now fall ouer to my foes? |
| King John | KJ III.i.171 | Against the Pope, and count his friends my foes. | Against the Pope, and count his friends my foes. |
| King John | KJ V.i.79 | Our party may well meet a prouder foe. | Our Partie may well meet a prowder foe. |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.101 | We scarcely think our miseries our foes. | |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.301 | The wages of their virtue, and all foes | Taste the wages of their vertue,and all Foes |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.549 | That oft in field, with targe and shield, did make my foe to sweat; | That oft in field, with Targe and Shield, / did make my foe to sweat: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.39 | Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe. | doubly redoubled stroakes vpon the Foe: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.41 | That would make good of bad, and friends of foes! | That would make good of bad, and Friends of Foes. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.38.2 | We have met with foes | We haue met with Foes |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.61 | thy foe, were – not Nature – thy friend. Come, | thy foe, were not Nature thy friend: Come, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.44 | Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe. | Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.136 | Of being taken by the insolent foe, | Of being taken by the Insolent Foe, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.73 | And come to us as favourers, not as foes. | and come to vs as fauourers , not as foes. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.136 | The honourable father to my foe, | The honourable Father to my foe, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.169 | Nor friends, nor foes, to me welcome you are. | Nor Friends, nor Foes, to me welcome you are, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iv.23 | Thy friends are fled to wait upon thy foes, | Thy Friends are fled, to wait vpon thy Foes, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.12 | Feed not thy sovereign's foe, my gentle earth, | Feed not thy Soueraignes Foe, my gentle Earth, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.180 | To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength, | To feare the Foe, since feare oppresseth strength, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.181 | Gives in your weakness strength unto your foe, | Giues in your weakenesse, strength vnto your Foe; |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.141 | Since foes have scope to beat both thee and me. | Since Foes haue scope to beat both thee and me. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.51 | Over the glittering helmet of my foe. | Ouer the glittering Helmet of my Foe. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iv.11 | I am the King's friend, and will rid his foe. | I am the Kings Friend, and will rid his Foe. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.56 | Hold me a foe – | Hold me a Foe: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.72 | Foes to my rest and my sweet sleep's disturbers, | Foes to my Rest, and my sweet sleepes disturbers, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.258 | If you do fight against your country's foes, | If you do fight against your Countries Foes, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.289 | Arm, arm, my lord; the foe vaunts in the field. | Arme, arme, my Lord: the foe vaunts in the field. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.349 | Advance our standards, set upon our foes. | Aduance our Standards, set vpon our Foes, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.prologue.5 | From forth the fatal loins of these two foes | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.80 | Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe. | Thou shalt not stir a foote to seeke a Foe. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.61 | Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe. | Vncle this is a Mountague, our foe: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.118 | O dear account! My life is my foe's debt. | O deare account! My life is my foes debt. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.7 | But to his foe supposed he must complain, | But to his foe suppos'd he must complaine, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.9 | Being held a foe, he may not have access | Being held a foe, he may not haue accesse |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.50 | My intercession likewise steads my foe. | My intercession likewise steads my foe. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.238 | That thought is bounty's foe – | That thought is Bounties Foe; |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.20 | He did oppose his foe. | He did oppose his Foe: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.45 | And let the foes quietly cut their throats | And let the Foes quietly cut their Throats |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.71 | If there were no foes, that were enough | If there were no Foes, that were enough |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.107 | I'm worse than mad. I have kept back their foes, | I'm worse then mad: I haue kept backe their Foes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.ii.17 | Ours is the fall, I fear; our foe's the snare. | Ours is the fall I feare, our Foes the Snare. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.29 | That with his sons, a terror to our foes, | That with his Sonnes (a terror to our Foes) |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.144 | To quit these bloody wrongs upon her foes. | To quit the bloody wrongs vpon her foes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.369 | My foes I do repute you every one, | My foes I doe repute you euery one. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.127 | Than foemen's marks upon his battered shield, | Then foe-mens markes vpon his batter'd shield, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.32 | By working wreakful vengeance on thy foes. | By working wreakefull vengeance on my Foes: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.117 | The Emperor himself and all thy foes, | The Emperour himselfe, and all thy Foes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.147 | To lay a complot to betray thy foes. | To lay a complot to betray thy Foes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.165 | Come, come, Lavinia; look, thy foes are bound. | Come, come Lauinia, looke, thy Foes are bound, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.309 | And find the welcome of a noble foe. | And finde the welcome of a Noble Foe. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.202 | Whose present courage may beat down our foes, | Whose present courage may beate downe our foes, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.11 | Truly, sir, the better for my foes, and the worse for | Truely sir, the better for my foes, and the worse for |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.17 | Now my foes tell me plainly, I am an ass; so that by my | now my foes tell me plainly, I am an Asse: so that by my |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.18 | foes, sir, I profit in the knowledge of myself, and by my | foes sir, I profit in the knowledge of my selfe, and by my |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.22 | for my foes. | for my foes. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.72 | 'Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst! | 'Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.119 | 'Twere pity two such friends should be long foes. | 'Twere pitty two such friends should be long foes. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.v.8 | That are quick-eyed pleasure's foes; | That are quick-eyd pleasures foes; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.8 | Thou art yet a fair foe; and I feel myself, | Thou art yet a faire Foe; and I feele my selfe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.22 | A beneficial foe, that my embraces | A beneficiall foe, that my embraces |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.9 | You royal german foes, that this day come | You royall German foes, that this day come |