| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.43 | Be wary then. Best safety lies in fear. | Be wary then, best safety lies in feare; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.273 | And you, the judges, bear a wary eye. | And you the Iudges beare a wary eye. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.34 | | [Q1 replaces this scene with the following] Enter Horatio and the Queene. HOR. Madame, your sonne is safe arriv'de in Denmarke, This letter I euen now receiv'd of him, Whereas he writes how he escap't the danger, And subtle treason that the king had plotted, Being crossed by the contention of the windes, He found the Packet sent to the king of England, Wherein he saw himselfe betray'd to death, As at his next conuersion with your grace, He will relate the circumstance at full. QUEENE. Then I perceiue there's treason in his lookes That seem'd to sugar o're his villanie: But I will soothe and please him for a time, For murderous mindes are alwayes jealous, But know not you Horatio where he is? HOR. Yes Madame, and he hath appoynted me To meete him on the east side of the Cittie To morrow morning. QUEENE. O faile not, good Horatio, and withall, commend me A mothers care to him, bid him a while Be wary of his presence, lest that he Faile in that he goes about. HOR. Madam, neuer make doubt of that: I thinke by this the news be come to court: He is arriv'de, obserue the king, and you shall Quickely finde, Hamlet being here, Things fell not to his minde. QUEENE. But what became of Gilderstone and Rossencraft? HOR. He being set ashore, they went for England, And in the Packet there writ down that doome To be perform'd on them poynted for him: And by great chance he had his fathers Seale, So all was done without discouerie. QUEENE. Thankes be to heauen for blessing of the prince, Horatio once againe I take my leaue, With thowsand mothers blessings to my sonne. HORAT. Madam adue. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.97 | But yet be wary in thy studious care. | But yet be wary in thy studious care. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.3 | Take heed, be wary how you place your words; | Take heed, be wary how you place your words, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.15 | And that craves wary walking. Crown him! – that! | And that craues warie walking: Crowne him that, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.145 | Be wary, therefore, since we do commence | Be warie therefore since we do comence, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.37 | I have ta'en a due and wary note upon't. | I haue t'ane a due, and wary note vpon't, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.52 | That hold their honours in a wary distance, | (That hold their Honours in a wary distance, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.417 | Let us be wary, let us hide our loves;’ | Let vs be wary, let vs hide our Loues, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.40 | The day is broke. Be wary. Look about. | The day is broke, be wary, looke about. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.253 | therefore it behoves men to be wary. | therfore it behooues men to be wary. |