| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.33 | But a trifle neither, in good faith, if the learned | But a triflle neither in good faith, if the learned |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.4 | we make trifles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves into | we make trifles of terrours, ensconcing our selues into |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.165 | That I some lady trifles have reserved, | That I some Lady trifles haue reseru'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.51 | To your so infinite loss; so in our trifles | To your so infinite losse; so in our trifles |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.78 | outprized by a trifle. | out-priz'd by a trifle. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.112 | I had not quoted him. I feared he did but trifle | I had not quoted him. I feare he did but trifle, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.93 | Away, you trifler! Love! I love thee not, | away you trifler: Loue, I loue thee not, |
| 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.107 | trifle.’ I prithee call in Falstaff. I'll play Percy, and that | trifle. I prethee call in Falstaffe, Ile play Percy,and that |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.103 | A trifle, some eightpenny matter. | A Trifle, some eight-penny matter. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.150 | That for a trifle that was bought with blood! | That for a trifle, that was bought with blood. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.236 | These Cardinals trifle with me. I abhor | These Cardinals trifle with me: I abhorre |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.178 | Come, lords, we trifle time away; I long | Come Lords, we trifle time away: I long |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.8 | On every trifle. When he returns from hunting | On euery trifle. When he returnes from hunting, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.33 | Why I do trifle thus with his despair | Why I do trifle thus with his dispaire, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.293.2 | That's but a trifle here. | That's but a trifle heere: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.124 | Win us with honest trifles, to betray's | Winne vs with honest Trifles, to betray's |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.12.1 | As 'twere a careless trifle. | As 'twere a carelesse Trifle. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.4.1 | Hath trifled former knowings. | Hath trifled former knowings. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.149 | here's a simple line of life. Here's a small trifle of wives! | here's a simple line of life, here's a small trifle of wiues, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.295 | We trifle time. I pray thee pursue sentence. | We trifle time, I pray thee pursue sentence. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.427 | This ring, good sir, alas, it is a trifle! | This ring good sir, alas it is a trifle, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.43 | Hang the trifle, woman, take the honour. | Hang the trifle (woman) take the honour: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.44 | What is it? Dispense with trifles. What is it? | what is it? dispence with trifles: what is it? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.34 | Knacks, trifles, nosegays, sweetmeats – messengers | Knackes, trifles, Nose-gaies, sweet meats (messengers |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.133 | To fetch me trifles, and return again | To fetch me trifles, and returne againe, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.133 | I thus would play and trifle with your reverence. | I thus would play and trifle with your Reuerence. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.319 | And let him find it. Trifles light as air | And let him finde it. Trifles light as ayre, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.226 | More than indeed belonged to such a trifle – | (More then indeed belong'd to such a Trifle) |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.92 | Come, gentlemen, we sit too long on trifles, | Come Gentlemen, we sit too long on trifles, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.9 | His tyranny for trifles; his own bastardy, | His Tyrannie for Trifles, his owne Bastardie, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.8 | For every trifle are they set upon me; | For euery trifle, are they set vpon me, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.112 | Or some enchanted trifle to abuse me, | Or some inchanted triflle to abuse me, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.207 | Here, my lord, a trifle of our love. | Heere my Lord, a trifle of our Loue. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.22 | trifles, nothing comparing to his. Yet, had he mistook | Trifles; nothing comparing to his: yet had hee mistooke |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.180 | Alas, how love can trifle with itself! | Alas, how loue can trifle with it selfe: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.260 | Our swords and cause along; else never trifle, | Our Swords, aud cause along: else never trifle, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.45 | such a trifle. Believe me, one would marry a leprous | such a Trifle, beleve me one would marry a leaprous |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.62 | Let him that makes but trifles of his eyes | Let him that makes but trifles of his eyes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.26 | of unconsidered trifles. With die and drab I purchased | of vnconsidered trifles: With Dye and drab, I purchas'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.354 | She prizes not such trifles as these are: | She prizes not such trifles as these are: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.221 | My father will grant precious things as trifles. | My Father will graunt precious things, as Trifles. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.223.1 | Which he counts but a trifle. | Which he counts but a Trifle. |