| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.73 | Ay, madam, with the swiftest wing of speed. | I Madam, with the swiftest wing of speed. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.36 | Engrossed by swift impress. In Caesar's fleet | Ingrost by swift Impresse. In Casars Fleete, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.35 | If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean | If swift thought breake it not: a swifter meane |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.42 | Stood on th' extremest verge of the swift brook | Stood on th'extremest verge of the swift brooke, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.9 | Your praise is come too swiftly home before you. | Your praise is come too swiftly home before you. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.297 | And why not the swift foot of Time? Had not | And why not the swift foote of time? Had not |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.61 | By my faith, he is very swift and sententious. | By my faith, he is very swift, and sententious |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.3 | Our swifter composition. | Our swifter Composition. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.311 | The harm of unscanned swiftness, will too late | The harme of vnskan'd swiftnesse, will (too late) |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.14.1 | How swift his ship. | How swift his Ship. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.48 | Swift, swift, you dragons of the night, that dawning | Swift, swift, you Dragons of the night, that dawning |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.27 | The swiftest harts have posted you by land; | The swiftest Harts, haue posted you by land; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.29 | Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift | Hast, hast me to know it, / That with wings as swift |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.66 | That swift as quicksilver it courses through | That swift as Quick-siluer, it courses through |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.102 | Upon agreement of swift Severn's flood, | Vpon agreement, of swift Seuernes flood; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.109 | To Harry Monmouth, whose swift wrath beat down | To Henrie Monmouth, whose swift wrath beate downe |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.123 | That arrows fled not swifter toward their aim | That Arrowes fled not swifter toward their ayme, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.256 | come off and on swifter than he that gibbets on the | come off, and on, swifter then hee that gibbets on the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.260 | edge of a penknife. And for a retreat, how swiftly will | edge of a Pen-knife: and for a Retrait, how swiftly will |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.307 | That may with reasonable swiftness add | That may with reasonable swiftnesse adde |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.6 | And you, Prince Dauphin, with all swift dispatch, | And you Prince Dolphin, with all swift dispatch |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.1 | Thus with imagined wing our swift scene flies | Thus with imagin'd wing our swift Scene flyes, |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.33 | And teach lavoltas high and swift corantos, | And teach Lauolta's high, and swift Carranto's, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.59 | And make them skirr away as swift as stones | And make them sker away, as swift as stones |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.15 | So swift a pace hath thought that even now | So swift a pace hath Thought, that euen now |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.75 | Another would fly swift, but wanteth wings; | Another would flye swift, but wanteth Wings: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.29 | When arm in arm they both came swiftly running, | When Arme in Arme they both came swiftly running, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.15 | Swift-winged with desire to get a grave, | Swift-winged with desire to get a Graue, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.9 | Therefore, dear boy, mount on my swiftest horse, | Therefore deere Boy, mount on my swiftest horse, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.109 | Tidings, as swiftly as the posts could run, | Tydings, as swiftly as the Postes could runne, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.142 | By violent swiftness that which we run at, | By violent swiftnesse that which we run at; |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.92 | As swift as ever yet thou didst bestride, | As swift as euer yet thou didst bestride, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.19 | Dismayed, and distraught; swift-starting fear | Dismayed, and distraught, swift starting feare |
| King John | KJ II.i.233 | Forwearied in this action of swift speed, | Fore-wearied in this action of swift speede, |
| King John | KJ II.i.448 | With swifter spleen than powder can enforce, | With swifter spleene then powder can enforce |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.11 | posts shall be swift and intelligent betwixt us. Farewell, | Postes shall be swift, and intelligent betwixt vs. Farewell |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.55 | As swift as lead, sir. | As swift as Lead sir. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.59.2 | You are too swift, sir, to say so. | You are too swift sir to say so. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.306 | Courses as swift as thought in every power, | Courses as swift as thought in euery power, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.261 | Fleeter than arrows, bullets, wind, thought, swifter things. | Fleeter then arrows, bullets wind, thoght, swifter things |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.18 | That swiftest wing of recompense is slow | That swiftest Wing of Recompence is slow, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.15 | Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, | Beauteous, and swift, the Minions of their Race, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.37 | I wish your horses swift and sure of foot; | I wish your Horses swift, and sure of foot: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.95 | Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, | Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.47 | His message ere he come, that a swift blessing | His Message ere he come, that a swift blessing |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.61 | Intends you for his swift ambassador, | Intends you for his swift Ambassador, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.101 | Convenient is it. Make a swift return, | Conuenient is it: Make a swift returne, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.391 | It was the swift celerity of his death, | It was the swift celeritie of his death, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.197 | My eyes, my lord, can look as swift as yours: | My eyes my Lord can looke as swift as yours: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.144 | Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, | Swift as a shadow, short as any dreame, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.7 | Swifter than the moon's sphere, | swifter then ye Moons sphere; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.94 | About the wood go swifter than the wind, | About the wood, goe swifter then the winde, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.101 | Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow. | Swifter then arrow from the Tartars bowe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.379 | For night's swift dragons cut the clouds full fast, | For night-swift Dragons cut the Clouds full fast, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.97 | Swifter than the wandering moon. | Swifter then the wandering Moone. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.89 | Having so swift and excellent a wit | Hauing so swift and excellent a wit |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.226 | The town might fall in fright. He, swift of foot, | The Towne might fall in fright. He, (swift of foote) |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.474 | To furnish me with some swift means of death | To furnish me with some swift meanes of death |
| Pericles | Per III.i.13 | Aboard our dancing boat, make swift the pangs | Aboard our dauncing Boat, make swift the pangues |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.79 | Be swift like lightning in the execution, | Be swift like lightning in the execution, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.54 | With all swift speed you must away to France. | With all swift speed, you must away to France. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.44 | That our swift-winged souls may catch the King's, | That our swift-winged Soules may catch the Kings, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.48 | (To Dorset) Take all the swift advantage of the hours. | Take all the swift aduantage of the howres: |
| Richard III | R3 V.ii.23 | True hope is swift and flies with swallow's wings; | True Hope is swift, and flyes with Swallowes wings, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.8 | And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings. | And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.13 | She would be as swift in motion as a ball. | She would be as swift in motion as a ball, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.15 | Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. | Too swift arriues as tardie as too slow. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.165 | ‘ Hold, friends! Friends, part!’ and swifter than his tongue | Hold Friends, Friends part, and swifter then his tongue, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.35 | Let's see for means. O mischief, thou art swift | Lets see for meanes: O mischiefe thou art swift, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.46 | Say thou wilt course, thy greyhounds are as swift | Say thou wilt course, thy gray-hounds are as swift |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.1 | Softly and swiftly, sir, for the priest is ready. | Softly and swiftly sir, for the Priest is ready. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.54 | A good swift simile, but something currish. | A good swift simile, but something currish. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.451 | (aside) They are both in either's powers. But this swift business | They are both in eythers pow'rs: But this swift busines |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.109 | That are of suppler joints, follow them swiftly, | (That are of suppler ioynts) follow them swiftly, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.226.2 | It requires swift foot. | It requires swift foot. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.3 | Good uncle Marcus, see how swift she comes. | Good Vncle Marcus see how swift she comes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.171 | Now to the Goths, as swift as swallow flies, | Now to the Gothes, as swift as Swallow flies, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.51 | To hale thy vengeful waggon swift away, | To hale thy vengefull Waggon swift away, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.118.1 | In all swift haste. | In all swift hast. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.113 | But his evasion, winged thus swift with scorn, | But his euasion winged thus swift with scorne, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.263 | Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep. | Light Botes may saile swift, though greater bulkes draw deepe. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.10 | And give me swift transportance to those fields | And giue me swift transportance to those fields, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.161 | That doth renew swifter than blood decays! | That doth renew swifter then blood decaies: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.14 | With wings more momentary-swift than thought. | With wings more momentary, swift then thought: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.29 | That mouldeth goblins swift as frenzy's thoughts. – | That mouldeth goblins swift as frensies thoughts. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.165 | even with the swiftness of putting on. Jove and | euen with the swiftnesse of putting on. Ioue, and |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.23 | And perfected by the swift course of time. | And perfected by the swift course of time: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.42 | Love, lend me wings to make my purpose swift, | Loue lend me wings, to make my purpose swift |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.164 | Longer than swiftest expedition | Longer then swiftest expedition |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.78 | Swifter than wind upon a field of corn, | Swifter, then winde upon a feild of Corne |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.154 | And thy dogs be swift and strong; | And thy dogs be swift and strong: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.98 | With such a cry and swiftness that, believe me, | With such a cry, and swiftnes, that beleeve me |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.134 | He's swift to make 'em his; he does no wrongs, | He's swift to make 'em his: He do's no wrongs, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.289 | Skulking in corners? Wishing clocks more swift? | Skulking in corners? wishing Clocks more swift? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.409 | Which must be ev'n as swiftly followed as | Which must be eu'n as swiftly followed, as |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.161 | My swift command, though I with death and with | My swift command: though I with Death, and with |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.5 | To me or my swift passage that I slide | To me, or my swift passage, that I slide |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.665 | The swifter speed the better. | The swifter speed, the better. |