| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.71.2 | Some six months since, my lord. | Some six moneths since my Lord. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.1 | Enter the First French Lord, with five or six other | Enter one of the Frenchmen, with fiue or sixe other |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.84 | I have tonight dispatched sixteen businesses a | I haue to night dispatch'd sixteene businesses, a |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.130 | Five or six thousand, but very weak and | Fiue or sixe thousand, but very weake and |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.147 | ‘ Five or six thousand horse ’ I said – I will say | Fiue or six thousand horse I sed, I will say |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.196 | Of six preceding ancestors, that gem | Of sixe preceding Ancestors that Iemme |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.49 | I have sixty sails, Caesar none better. | I haue sixty Sailes, Caesar none better. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.3 | With all their sixty, fly and turn the rudder. | With all their sixty flye, and turne the Rudder: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.33 | My legions and my horse. Six kings already | My Legions and my Horse, sixe Kings alreadie |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vii.10 | Room for six scotches more. | Roome for six scotches more. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.158 | And so he plays his part; the sixth age shifts | And so he playes his part. The sixt age shifts |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.86 | almost six thousand years old, and in all this time there | almost six thousand yeeres old, and in all this time there |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.92 | Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; | quarrelsome: the sixt, the Lye with circumstance: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.45 | From whom my absence was not six months old | From whom my absence was not sixe moneths olde, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.55 | O, sixpence, that I had o' Wednesday last | Oh sixe pence that I had a wensday last, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.85 | Be singly counterpoised. At sixteen years, | Be singly counter-poys'd. At sixteene yeeres, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.127 | Of wounds two dozen odd. Battles thrice six | Of Wounds, two dozen odde: Battailes thrice six |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.18 | Six of his labours you'd have done, and saved | Six of his Labours youl'd haue done, and sau'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.170 | Worth six on him. | Worth six on him. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.129 | With six Aufidiuses or more – his tribe, | with six Auffidiusses, or more: / His Tribe, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.31 | At the sixth hour of morn, at noon, at midnight, | At the sixt houre of Morne, at Noone, at Midnight, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.199 | Have skipped from sixteen years of age to sixty: | Haue skipt from sixteene yeares of Age, to sixty: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.293 | 'Ods pittikins: can it be six mile yet? | 'Ods pittikins: can it be sixe mile yet? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.20 | A sixth, a tenth, letting them thrive again | A sixt, a tenth, letting them thriue againe |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.538 | need study a speech of some dozen or sixteen lines, | need study a speech of some dosen or sixteene lines, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.160 | sexton here, man and boy, thirty years. | sixeteene heere, man and Boy thirty yeares. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.145 | The King, sir, hath wagered with him six Barbary | The sir King ha's wag'd with him six Barbary |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.147 | six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as | sixe French Rapiers and Poniards, with their assignes, as |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.157 | it might be ‘ hangers ’ till then. But on! Six Barbary | it might be Hangers till then; but on sixe Barbary |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.158 | horses against six French swords, their assigns, and | Horses against sixe French Swords: their Assignes, and |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.75 | sixpenny strikers, none of these mad mustachio | six-penny strikers, none of these mad Mustachio- |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.24 | life than ‘ Eight shillings and sixpence,’ and ‘ You are | life, then Eight shillings and six pence, and, You are |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.101 | Hotspur of the north, he that kills me some six or seven | Hotspurre of the North, he that killes me some sixe or seauen |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.170 | Sixteen at least, my lord. | Sixteene, at least, my Lord. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.175 | As we were sharing, some six or seven fresh | As we were sharing, some sixe or seuen fresh |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.56 | And when he was not six-and-twenty strong, | And when he was not sixe and twentie strong, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.25 | sixpence out of it. And yet he'll be crowing as if he had | six pence out of it; and yet he will be crowing, as if he had |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.89 | Well, there is sixpence to preserve thee. | Well, there is six pence to preserue thee. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.7 | now take my leave of these six dry, round, old, withered | now take my leaue of these sixe drie, round, old-wither'd |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.73 | the wearing out of six fashions, which is four terms, or | the wearing out of sixe Fashions (which is foure Tearmes) or |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.14 | Six thousand and two hundred good esquires; | Six thousand and two hundred good Esquires: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.61 | Four hundred twenty-six; and Charles the Great | Foure hundred twentie six: and Charles the Great |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.82 | One hundred twenty-six: added to these, | One hundred twentie six: added to these, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.87 | There are but sixteen hundred mercenaries; | There are but sixteene hundred Mercenaries: |
| Henry V | H5 Epil.chorus.9 | Henry the Sixth, in infant bands crowned King | Henry the Sixt, in Infant Bands crown'd King |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.112 | Having full scarce six thousand in his troop, | Hauing full scarce six thousand in his troupe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.2 | God save King Henry, of that name the sixth! | God saue King Henry of that name the sixt. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.20 | When, but in all, I was six thousand strong, | When (but in all) I was sixe thousand strong, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.41 | Within six hours they will be at his aid. | Within sixe houres, they will be at his ayde. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.70 | Great Marshal to Henry the Sixth | Great Marshall to Henry the sixt, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.16 | The sixth was Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester; | The sixt, was Thomas of Woodstock, Duke ofGloster; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.143 | Some six miles off the Duke is with the soldiers; | Some six miles off the Duke is with the Soldiers, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.89 | You told not how Henry the Sixth hath lost | You told not, how Henry the Sixt hath lost |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.96 | Whom thou obeyed'st thirty-and-six years, | Whom thou obeyd'st thirtie and six yeeres, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.1.1 | Flourish. Enter King Henry the Sixth, George, Warwick, | Flourish. Enter King Henry the sixt, Clarence, Warwicke, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.1.1 | Enter King Henry the Sixth and Richard below, with | Enter Henry the sixt, and Richard, with |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.58 | The sixth part of his substance, to be levied | The sixt part of his Substance, to be leuied |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.94 | And stick them in our will. Sixth part of each? | And sticke them in our Will. Sixt part of each? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.82 | I have been begging sixteen years in court, | I haue beene begging sixteene yeares in Court |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.27 | Held a late court at Dunstable, six miles off | Held a late Court at Dunstable; sixe miles off |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.2 | Enter, solemnly tripping one after another, six | Enter solemnely tripping one after another, sixe |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.277 | Some six or seven, who did hide their faces | Some sixe or seuen, who did hide their faces |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.7 | Enter six poor Frenchmen | Enter sixe poore Frenchmen. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.73 | Except, within these two days, six of them, | Except within these two daies sixe of them |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.8 | Enter six Citizens in their shirts, barefoot, with halters about their necks | Enter sixe Citizens in their Shirts, bare foote, with halters about their necks. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.175 | And on the sixth to turn thy hated back | And on the sixt to turne thy hated backe |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.129 | imprisoned; who hath had three suits to his back, six | imprison'd: who hath three Suites to his backe, sixe |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.15 | Some five- or six-and-thirty of his knights, | Some fiue or six and thirty of his Knights |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.231 | the sixth hour; when beasts most graze, birds best peck, | thesixt houre, When beasts most grase, birds best pecke, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.259 | Look you bring me in the names of some six or | Looke you bring mee in the names of some sixe or |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.79 | And six or seven winters more respect | And six or seuen winters more respect |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.25 | last at six o'clock i'th' morning, falling out that year | last, at six a clocke ith morning, falling out that yeere |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.299 | Pay him six thousand, and deface the bond. | Pay him sixe thousand, and deface the bond: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.300 | Double six thousand and then treble that, | Double sixe thousand, and then treble that, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.84 | For thy three thousand ducats here is six. | For thy three thousand Ducates heere is six. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.85 | If every ducat in six thousand ducats | If euerie Ducat in sixe thousand Ducates |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.86 | Were in six parts, and every part a ducat, | Were in sixe parts, and euery part a Ducate, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.144 | else – of seven groats in mill-sixpences, and two Edward | else, of seauen groates in mill-sixpences, and two Edward |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.32 | I pray you bear witness that me have stay six or | I pray you beare witnesse, that me haue stay, sixe or |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.22 | be written in eight and six. | be written in eight and sixe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.18 | O, sweet Bully Bottom! Thus hath he lost sixpence | O sweet bully Bottome: thus hath he lost sixepence |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.19 | a day during his life. He could not have scaped sixpence | a day, during his life; he could not haue scaped sixpence |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.20 | a day. An the Duke had not given him sixpence a day for | a day. And the Duke had not giuen him sixpence a day for |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.22 | it. Sixpence a day in Pyramus, or nothing. | it. Sixpence a day in Piramus, or nothing. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.262 | The sixth of July. Your loving friend, | The sixt of Iuly. Your louing friend, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.34 | not for him. Therefore I will even take sixpence in | not for him: therefore I will euen take sixepence in |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.207 | are slanders; sixth and lastly, they have belied a lady; | are slanders, sixt and lastly, they haue belyed a Ladie, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.211 | I ask thee what's their offence; sixth and lastly, why | I aske thee what's their offence, sixt and lastlie why |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.86 | He held them sixpence all too dear; | He held them Six pence all to deere, |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.39 | The Sixth Knight, Pericles, passes by | 6.Knight. |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.39 | And what's the sixth and last, the which the knight himself | And what's the sixt, and last; the which, / The knight himself |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.31 | Come not home in twice six moons, | Come not home in twise sixe Moones, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.211 | Plucked four away. (To Bolingbroke) Six frozen winters spent, | Pluck'd foure away: Six frozen Winters spent, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.219 | For ere the six years that he hath to spend | For ere the sixe yeares that he hath to spend |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.248 | Six years we banish him, and he shall go. | Six yeares we banish him, and he shall go. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.260 | What is six winters? They are quickly gone. | What is sixe Winters, they are quickely gone? |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.121 | And everything is left at six and seven. | and euery thing is left at six and seuen. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.1.1 | Enter the corse of Henry the Sixth, with halberds to | Enter the Coarse of Henrie the sixt with Halberds to |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.16 | So stood the state when Henry the Sixth | So stood the State, when Henry the sixt |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.94 | I do remember me Henry the Sixth | I doe remember me, Henry the Sixt |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.10 | Six or seven thousand is their utmost power. | Six or seuen thousand is their vtmost power. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.119.3 | Sixth | sixt. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.125 | Enter the Ghost of Henry the Sixth | Enter the Ghost of Henry the sixt. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.128 | Harry the Sixth bids thee despair, and die! | Harry the sixt, bids thee dispaire, and dye. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iv.11 | I think there be six Richmonds in the field; | I thinke there be sixe Richmonds in the field, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.1.1 | Enter Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio, with five or six | Enter Romeo, Mercutio, Benuolio, with fiue or sixe |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.351 | Sixscore fat oxen standing in my stalls, | Sixe-score fat Oxen standing in my stalls, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.58 | burst and new-repaired with knots; one girth six times | burst, and now repaired with knots: one girth sixe times |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.240 | At least two glasses. The time 'twixt six and now | At least two Glasses: the time 'twixt six & now |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.4 | On the sixth hour, at which time, my lord, | On the sixt hower, at which time, my Lord |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.35 | six weeks and past. | sixe weekes, and past. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.13 | Thy mistress is o'th' brothel. Son of sixteen, | Thy Mistris is o'th'Brothell. Some of sixteen, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.144 | And be no turncoats. Yet may your pains, six months, | And be no turne-coats: yet may your paines six months |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC prologue.5 | Of cruel war. Sixty-and-nine that wore | Of cruell Warre: Sixty and nine that wore |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC prologue.15 | Their brave pavilions. Priam's six-gated city, | Their braue Pauillions. Priams six=gated City, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.277 | illustrious six-or-seven-times-honoured captain-general | illustrious, sixe or seauen times honour'd Captaine, Generall |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.24 | thee sixpence for thy leman, hadst it? | thee sixe pence for thy Lemon, hadst it? |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.30 | Come on, there is sixpence for you. Let's have a | Come on, there is sixe pence for you. Let's haue a |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.20 | Some sixteen months, and longer might have stayed, | Some sixteene moneths, and longer might haue staid, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.1.1 | Enter a Schoolmaster, six Countrymen, one dressed as | Enter a Schoole master 4. Countrymen: and |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.73 | And truly what I think. Six braver spirits | And truly what I thinke: Six braver spirits |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.139 | His age some six-and-thirty; in his hand | His age, some six and thirtie. In his hand |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.6 | O'er sixteen years, and leave the growth untried | Ore sixteene yeeres, and leaue the growth vntride |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.268 | Taleporter, and five or six honest wives that were present. | Tale-Porter, and fiue or six honest Wiues, that were present. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.31 | Which lets go by some sixteen years and makes her | Which lets goe-by some sixteene yeeres, and makes her |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.50 | Which sixteen winters cannot blow away, | Which sixteene Winters cannot blow away, |