| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.88 | Be not afraid that I your hand should take; | Be not afraid that I your hand should take, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.236 | My life, sir, in any case! Not that I am afraid | My life sir in any case: Not that I am afraide |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.30 | Is all afraid to govern thee near him; | Is all affraid to gouerne thee neere him: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.145 | I see these witches are afraid of swords. | I see these Witches are affraid of swords. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.342 | many wearing rapiers are afraid of goosequills and dare | many wearing Rapiers, are affraide of Goose-quils, and dare |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.362 | Glendower? Art thou not horribly afraid? Doth not thy | Glendower? Art not thou horrible afraid? Doth not thy |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.139 | I am afraid my daughter will run mad, | I am afraid my Daughter will runne madde, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.120 | Zounds, I am afraid of this gunpowder Percy, though he | I am affraide of this Gun-powder Percy though he |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.122 | my faith, I am afraid he would prove the better counterfeit. | I am afraid hee would proue the better counterfeit: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.26 | Conjurers and sorcerers, that, afraid of him, | Coniurers and Sorcerers, that afraid of him, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.57 | Or more afraid to fight, than is the appellant, | Or more afraid to fight, then is the Appellant, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.69 | afraid. | afraid. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.133 | Dwell in his musings; but I am afraid | Dwell in his Musings, but I am affraid |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.101 | ‘ Lo, Caesar is afraid ’? | Loe Casar is affraid? |
| King John | KJ IV.i.21 | He is afraid of me and I of him. | He is affraid of me, and I of him: |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.5 | I am afraid – and yet I'll venture it. | I am afraide, and yet Ile venture it. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.9 | Alack, I am afraid they have awaked, | Alack, I am afraid they haue awak'd, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.51 | I am afraid to think what I have done; | I am afraid, to thinke what I haue done: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.165 | Almost afraid to know itself! It cannot | Almost affraid to know it selfe. It cannot |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.59 | I will not be afraid of death and bane | I will not be affraid of Death and Bane, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.15.2 | Thou'lt be afraid to hear it. | Thou'lt be affraid to heare it. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.41 | much afeard my lady his mother played false with a | \much afraid my Ladie his mother plaid false with a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.271 | at it as any man in England. You are afraid if you see the | at it, as any man in England: you are afraid if you see the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.170 | I am half afraid he will have need of | I am halfe affraid he will haue neede of |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.19 | Answer your master, be not afraid. | answere your Master, be not afraid. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.117 | and I will sing, that they shall hear I am not afraid. | and I will sing that they shall heare I am not afraid. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.321 | Be not afraid; she shall not harm thee, Helena. | Be not afraid, she shall not harme thee Helena. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.264 | Be not afraid, though you do see me weaponed; | Be not affraid, though you do see me weapon'd: |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.43 | What, do you tremble? Are you all afraid? | What do you tremble? are you all affraid? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.65 | I am afraid, methinks, to hear you tell it. | I am affraid (me thinkes) to heare you tell it. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.110 | What? Art thou afraid? | What? art thou affraid? |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.216 | Nay, good my lord, be not afraid of shadows. | Nay good my Lord, be not affraid of Shadows. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.10 | I am almost afraid to stand alone | I am almost afraid to stand alone |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.87.2 | I am afraid, sir, | I am affraid sir, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.44 | We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art. | we are lesse afraid to be drownde, then thou art. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.92 | Be not afraid. I met her deity | Be not afraid: I met her deitie |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.262 | How fine my master is! I am afraid | How fine my Master is? I am afraid |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.81.1 | Makes me afraid. | Makes me affraid. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.140 | thee, but be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, | thee, but be not affraid of greatnesse: Some are become great, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.128 | Be not afraid, good youth; I will not have you. | Be not affraid good youth, I will not haue you, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.38 | ‘ Be not afraid of greatness.’ 'Twas well writ. | Be not afraid of greatnesse: 'twas well writ. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.13 | I am afraid this great lubber the world will prove a | I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a |