| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.99 | wine; but if thou beest not an ass, I am a youth of fourteen; | wine. But if thou be'st not an asse, I am a youth of fourteene: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.74 | thy faith, for seventeen poniards are at thy bosom. | thy faith, for seuenteene ponyards are at thy bosome. |
| 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.165 | not to fifteen thousand poll; half of the which dare not | not to fifteene thousand pole, halfe of the which, dare not |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.58 | Our nineteen legions thou shalt hold by land | Our nineteene Legions thou shalt hold by Land, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.71 | From seventeen years till now almost four score | From seauentie yeeres, till now almost fourescore |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.73 | At seventeen years many their fortunes seek, | At seauenteene yeeres, many their fortunes seeke |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.126 | At eighteen years became inquisitive | At eighteene yeeres became inquisitiue |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.85 | Be singly counterpoised. At sixteen years, | Be singly counter-poys'd. At sixteene yeeres, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.98 | And in the brunt of seventeen battles since | And in the brunt of seuenteene Battailes since, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.55 | And leave eighteen. Alas, poor princess, | And leaue eighteene. Alas poore Princesse, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.199 | Have skipped from sixteen years of age to sixty: | Haue skipt from sixteene yeares of Age, to sixty: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.141 | That he might not beteem the winds of heaven | That he might not beteene the windes of heauen |
| 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. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.26 | Which fourteen hundred years ago were nailed | Which fourteene hundred yeares ago were nail'd |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.106 | answers ‘ Some fourteen,’ an hour after, ‘ a trifle, a | answeres, some fourteene, an houre after: a trifle, a |
| 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.307 | O villain, thou stolest a cup of sack eighteen | O Villaine, thou stolest a Cup of Sacke eighteene |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.84 | Not shall we need his help these fourteen days. | Nor shall wee neede his helpe these foureteene dayes: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.126 | He cannot draw his power this fourteen days. | He cannot draw his Power this fourteene dayes. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.172 | No, fifteen hundred foot, five hundred horse | No: Fifteene hundred Foot, fiue hundred Horse |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.46 | a forehand shaft a fourteen and fourteen and a half, | a fore-hand Shaft at foureteene, and foure-teene and a halfe, |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.13 | Full fifteen earls, and fifteen hundred knights, | Full fifteene Earles, and fifteene hundred Knights, |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.31 | and board a dozen or fourteen gentlewomen that live | and board a dozen or fourteene Gentlewomen that liue |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.123 | within fifteen hundred paces of your tents. | within fifteene hundred paces of your Tents. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.78 | Full fifteen hundred, besides common men. | Full fifteene hundred, besides common men. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.87 | There are but sixteen hundred mercenaries; | There are but sixteene hundred Mercenaries: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.78 | In thirteen battles Salisbury o'ercame; | In thirteene Battailes, Salisbury o'recame: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.42 | For eighteen months concluded by consent. | For eighteene moneths concluded by consent. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.65 | I'the parts of France, till term of eighteen months | I'th parts of France, till terme of eighteene Moneths |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.131 | That Suffolk should demand a whole fifteenth | That Suffolke should demand a whole Fifteenth, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.327 | My Lord of Suffolk, within fourteen days | My Lord of Suffolke, within foureteene dayes |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.19 | pay one-and-twenty fifteens, and one shilling to the | pay one and twenty Fifteenes, and one shilling to the |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.82 | I have been begging sixteen years in court, | I haue beene begging sixteene yeares in Court |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.59 | Sir, March is wasted fifteen days. | Sir, March is wasted fifteene dayes. |
| King John | KJ I.i.113 | Full fourteen weeks before the course of time. | Full fourteene weekes before the course of time: |
| King John | KJ II.i.275 | Twice fifteen thousand hearts of England's breed – | Twice fifteene thousand hearts of Englands breed. |
| King John | KJ II.i.460 | As maids of thirteen do of puppy-dogs. | As maids of thirteene do of puppi-dogges. |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.5 | For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines | For that I am some twelue, or fourteene Moonshines |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.162 | Of sighs, of groans, of sorrow, and of teen! | Of sighes, of grones, of sorrow, and of teene: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.167 | So long that nineteen zodiacs have gone round | So long, that ninteene Zodiacks haue gone round, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.21 | Which for this fourteen years we have let slip; | Which for this foureteene yeares, we haue let slip, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.5 | a commodity of brown paper and old ginger, ninescore-and-seventeen | a commoditie of browne paper, and olde Ginger, nine score |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.6 | pounds, of which he made five marks | and seuenteene pounds, of which hee made fiue Markes |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.150 | Alas, fifteen wives is nothing; eleven widows and nine | alas, fifteene wiues is nothing, a leuen widdowes and nine |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.50 | able to overtake seventeen years old. It were a goot | able to ouertake seuenteene yeeres old. It were a goot |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.44 | and vetch me in my closet un boîtier vert – a box, a | and vetch me in my Closset, vnboyteene verd; a Box, a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.14 | Didst thou not share? Hadst thou not fifteen pence? | Didst not thou share? hadst thou not fifteene pence? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.10 | bitch's puppies, fifteen i'th' litter. And you may know | bitches Puppies, fifteene i'th litter: and you may know |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.129 | bloods between fourteen and five-and-thirty, sometimes | Hotblouds, betweene foureteene & fiue & thirtie, sometimes |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.8 | Was nursed with Cleon, whom at fourteen years | was nurst with Cleon, who at fourteene yeares |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.75 | And what this fourteen years no razor touched, | and what this fourteene yeeres no razer touch't, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.95 | That all the treasons for these eighteen years | That all the Treasons for these eighteene yeeres |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.96 | And each hour's joy wracked with a week of teen. | And each howres ioy wrackt with a weeke of teene. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.9 | She hath not seen the change of fourteen years, | Shee hath not seene the change of fourteene yeares, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.13.1 | She's not fourteen. | Shee's not fourteene. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.13.2 | I'll lay fourteen of my teeth – | Ile lay fourteene of my teeth, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.14 | And yet, to my teen be it spoken, I have but four – | And yet to my teene be it spoken, / I haue but foure, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.15 | She is not fourteen. How long is it now | shee's not fourteene. / How long is it now |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.18 | Come Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteen. | come Lammas Eue at night shall she be fourteene. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.22 | On Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteen. | on Lamas Eue at night shall she be fourteene, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.21 | me not. If she say I am not fourteen pence on the score | me not: if she say I am not xiiii.d. on the score |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.78 | These fifteen years you have been in a dream, | These fifteene yeeres you haue bin in a dreame, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.80 | These fifteen years! By my fay, a goodly nap. | These fifteene yeeres, by my fay, a goodly nap, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.112 | And slept above some fifteen year or more. | And slept aboue some fifteene yeare or more. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.64 | To think o'th' teen that I have turned you to, | To thinke oth' teene that I haue turn'd you to, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.116 | and down in, from four score to thirteen, this spirit | and downe in, from fourescore to thirteen, this spirit |
| 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, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.22 | – after fourteen years' purchase. | after foureteene yeares purchase. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.242 | Had numbered thirteen years. | Had numbred thirteene yeares. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.245 | That day that made my sister thirteen years. | That day that made my sister thirteene yeares. |
| 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 II.iii.7 | When fifteen once has found us! First I saw him; | When fifteene once has found us? First I saw him, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.109 | A lass of fourteen brided. 'Twas thy power | A Lasse of foureteene brided, twas thy power |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.29.2 | She's eighteen. | She's eighteene. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.147 | I'll geld 'em all! Fourteen they shall not see | Ile gell'd em all: fourteene they shall not see |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.63 | brains of nineteen and two-and-twenty hunt this | braines of nineteene, and two and twenty hunt this |
| 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.ii.4 | It is fifteen years since I saw my country. | It is fifteene yeeres since I saw my Countrey: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.32 | yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn, | yeeldes pound and odde shilling: fifteene hundred shorne, |
| 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, |