| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.12 | men's fellowship. I had as lief have a reed that will do | mens Fellowship: I had as liue haue a Reede that will doe |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.75.1 | Carries beyond belief. | Carries beyond beleefe. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.136 | Therefore use thy discretion; I had as lief thou didst | therefore vse thy discretion, I had as liefe thou didst |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.247 | I had as lief have been myself alone. | I had as liefe haue beene my selfe alone. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.86 | Wherever sorrow is, relief would be. | Where euer sorrow is, reliefe would be: |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.46 | sight; I had as lief be wooed of a snail. | sight, I had as liefe be woo'd of a Snaile. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.55 | in some little measure draw a belief from you to do | in some little measure draw a beleefe from you, to do |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.181 | nations. I had as lief be a condemned man. | Nations; I had as liue be a condemn'd man. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.116 | relief, nor my voice for thy preferment. | releefe, nor my voyce for thy preferment. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.202 | By wounding his belief in her renown, | By wounding his beleefe in her Renowne, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.8 | For this relief much thanks. 'Tis bitter cold, | For this releefe much thankes: 'Tis bitter cold, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.24 | And will not let belief take hold of him | And will not let beleefe take hold of him |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.3 | as many of your players do, I had as lief the town crier | as many of your Players do, I had as liue the Town-Cryer |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.18 | had as lief hear the devil as a drum, such as fear the | had as lieue heare the Deuill, as a Drumme; such as feare the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.40 | security. I had as lief they would put ratsbane in my | Securitie: I had as liefe they would put Rats-bane in my |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.217 | crowns for you. In very truth, sir, I had as lief be | Crownes for you: in very truth, sir, I had as lief be |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.15 | And, to relief of lazars and weak age, | And to reliefe of Lazars, and weake age |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.57 | I had as lief have my mistress a jade. | I had as liue haue my Mistresse a Iade. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.30 | Marry, for that she's in a wrong belief, | Marry, for that shee's in a wrong beleefe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.28 | With you, mine alderliefest sovereign, | With you mine Alder liefest Soueraigne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.164 | My liefest liege to be mine enemy. | My liefest Liege to be mine Enemie: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.88 | Away, for your relief! And we will live | Away for your releefe, and we will liue |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.20 | It shall be eased, if France can yield relief. | It shall be eas'd, if France can yeeld reliefe. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.95 | I had as lief not be as live to be | I had as liefe not be, as liue to be |
| King John | KJ II.i.245 | In the relief of this oppressed child | In the releefe of this oppressed childe, |
| King John | KJ III.i.31 | And let belief and life encounter so | And let beleefe, and life encounter so, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.6 | His highness yet doth speak, and holds belief | His Highnesse yet doth speak, & holds beleefe, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.73 | Stands not within the prospect of belief – | Stands not within the prospect of beleefe, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.184 | Which was to my belief witnessed the rather | Which was to my beleefe witnest the rather, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.33 | had as lief be a list of an English kersey as be piled, as | had as liefe be a Lyst of an English Kersey, as be pil'd, as |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.132 | truth, I had as lief have the foppery of freedom as | truth, I had as lief haue the foppery of freedome, as |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.6 | How true a gentleman you send relief, | How true a Gentleman you send releefe, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.59 | lief you would tell me of a mess of porridge. | lief you would tell me of a messe of porredge. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.107 | I hope not. I had as lief bear so much lead. | I hope not, I had liefe as beare so much lead. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.125 | received belief, in despite of the teeth of all rhyme and | receiu'd beleefe, in despight of the teeth of all rime and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.82 | God his bad voice bode no mischief. I had as lief have | God his bad voyce bode no mischiefe, I had as liefe haue |
| Othello | Oth I.i.144 | Belief of it oppresses me already. | Beleefe of it oppresses me alreadie. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.264 | She's gone: I am abused, and my relief | Shee's gone. I am abus'd, and my releefe |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.23 | See how belief may suffer by foul show! | See how beleefe may suffer by fowle showe, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.237 | If this but answer to my just belief, | if this but answere to my iust beliefe, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.49 | God knows I had as lief be none as one. | God knowes, I had as liefe be none, as one. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.198 | aboard. But she, good soul, had as lief see a toad, a very | aboard: but she good soule had as leeue a see Toade, a very |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.129 | I cannot tell. But I had as lief take her dowry | I cannot tell: but I had as lief take her dowrie |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.67 | relief, if it be but for that. If I can recover him, and keep | reliefe if it be but for that: if I can recouer him, and keepe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.25 | Immediate are my needs, and my relief | Immediate are my needs, and my releefe |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.105 | To beg relief among Rome's enemies, | To beg reliefe among Romes Enemies, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.105 | flaming a praise for a good complexion. I had as lief | flaming a praise for a good complexion, I had as lieue |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.30 | policy I hate. I had as lief be a Brownist as a politician. | policie I hate: I had as liefe be a Brownist, as a Politician. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.135 | bound. My niece is already in the belief that he's mad. | bound. My Neece is already in the beleefe that he's mad: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.102 | I had as lief trace this good action with you | I had as leife trace this good action with you |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.14 | Shall make and act the story, the belief | Shall make, and act the Story, the beleife |