| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.100 | But I had rather fast from all, four days, | but I had rather fast from all, foure dayes, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.28 | Like a right gypsy hath at fast and loose | Like a right Gypsie, hath at fast and loose |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.68 | be so, as fast as she answers thee with frowning looks, | be so, as fast / As she answeres thee with frowning lookes, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.123 | Why, now, as fast as she can marry us. | Why now, as fast as she can marrie vs. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.194 | Or rather, bottomless, that as fast as you pour | Or rather bottomlesse, that as fast as you poure |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.50 | You have no stomach, having broke your fast. | You haue no stomacke, hauing broke your fast: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.51 | But we that know what 'tis to fast and pray | But we that know what 'tis to fast and pray, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.89 | She that doth fast till you come home to dinner, | She that doth fast till you come home to dinner: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.72 | Where runnest thou so fast? | where run'st thou so fast? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.30.2 | By running fast. |
By running fast. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.144 | Run all out as fast as may be, frighted | Exeunt omnes, as fast as may be, frighted. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.40 | Let us come in, that we may bind him fast | Let vs come in, that we may binde him fast, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.41 | If you'll stand fast, we'll beat them to their wives, | If you'l stand fast, wee'l beate them to their Wiues, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.94 | eyes so fast? | Eyes so fast? |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.183 | Fast foe to th' plebeii, your voices might | Fast Foe to th'Plebeij, your Voyces might |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.230.3 | Stand fast! | Stand fast, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.12 | O world, thy slippery turns! Friends now fast sworn, | Oh World, thy slippery turnes! Friends now fast sworn, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.45 | As we do air, fast as 'twas ministered, | As we do ayre, fast as 'twas ministred, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.138 | And will continue fast to your affection, | And will continue fast to your Affection, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.347 | I fast, and prayed for their intelligence – thus: | (I fast, and pray'd for their Intelligence) thus: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.11 | And for the day confined to fast in fires, | And for the day confin'd to fast in Fiers, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.162 | Well said, old mole! Canst work i'th' earth so fast? | Well said old Mole, can'st worke i'th' ground so fast? |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.147 | Fell into a sadness, then into a fast, | Fell into a Sadnesse, then into a Fast, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.164 | So fast they follow. Your sister's drowned, Laertes. | So fast they'l follow: your Sister's drown'd Laertes. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.271 | Woo't weep? Woo't fight? Woo't fast? Woo't tear thyself? | Woo't weepe? Woo't fight? Woo't teare thy selfe? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.70 | Farewell, and stand fast! | Farewell, and stand fast. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.143 | could run as fast as thou canst. You are straight enough | could run as fast as thou canst. You are straight enough |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.513 | Falstaff! Fast asleep behind the arras, and snorting | Falstaffe? fast asleepe behinde the Arras, and snorting |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.82 | Do pelt so fast at one another's pate | Doe pelt so fast at one anothers Pate, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.42 | I think the Duke of Burgundy will fast | I thinke the Duke of Burgonie will fast, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.30 | And York as fast upon your grace exclaims, | And Yorke as fast vpon your Grace exclaimes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.30 | Damsel of France, I think I have you fast. | Damsell of France, I thinke I haue you fast, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.21 | We will make fast within a hallowed verge. | Wee will make fast within a hallow'd Verge. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.73 | Thither goes these news, as fast as horse can carry them – | Thither goes these Newes, / As fast as Horse can carry them: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.189 | And sees fast by a butcher with an axe, | And sees fast-by, a Butcher with an Axe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.367 | Whither goes Vaux so fast? What news, I prithee? | Whether goes Vaux so fast? What newes I prethee? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.21 | But that thou art so fast mine enemy. | But that thou art so fast mine enemie. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.119 | Now, brother King, farewell, and sit you fast, | Now Brother King farewell, and sit you fast, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.10 | The gates made fast! Brother, I like not this; | The Gates made fast? / Brother, I like not this. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.54 | This hand, fast wound about thy coal-black hair, | This Hand, fast wound about thy coale-black hayre, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.3 | Now, Montague, sit fast; I seek for thee, | Now Mountague sit fast, I seeke for thee, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.63 | To haste thus fast to find us unprovided. | To haste thus fast, to finde vs vnprouided. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.1.1 | Whither away so fast? | Whether away so fast? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.116 | Springs out into fast gait; then stops again, | Springs out into fast gate, then stops againe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.3 | To make great haste. All fast? What means this? Ho! | To make great hast. All fast? What meanes this? Hoa? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.229 | Boy! Lucius! Fast asleep? It is no matter. | Boy: Lucius: Fast asleepe? It is no matter, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.87 | Stand fast together, lest some friend of Caesar's | Stand fast together, least some Friend of Casars |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.201 | Weeping as fast as they stream forth thy blood, | Weeping as fast as they streame forth thy blood, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.22 | Stand fast, Titinius; we must out and talk. | Stand fast Titinius, we must out and talke. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.175 | Which now lies fast asleep within my heart. | Which now lies fast a sleepe within my hart, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.161 | Purple the sea, whose channel filled as fast | Purple the Sea whose channel fild as fast, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.143 | Or as a bear fast chained unto a stake, | Or as a beare fast chaind vnto a stake, |
| King John | KJ I.i.235 | Upon Good Friday and ne'er broke his fast. | Vpon good Friday, and nere broke his fast: |
| King John | KJ II.i.447 | To our fast-closed gates. For at this match, | To our fast closed gates: for at this match, |
| King John | KJ III.i.208 | O Lewis, stand fast! The devil tempts thee here | O Lewis, stand fast, the deuill tempts thee heere |
| King John | KJ III.i.242 | Play fast and loose with faith? So jest with heaven, | Play fast and loose with faith? so iest with heauen, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.5 | Fast to the chair. Be heedful. Hence, and watch! | Fast to the chaire: be heedfull: hence, and watch. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.269 | I conjure thee but slowly – run more fast! | I coniure thee but slowly: run more fast. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.38 | In three our kingdom: and 'tis our fast intent | In three our Kingdome: and 'tis our fast intent, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.29 | Bind fast his corky arms. | Binde fast his corky armes. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.24 | I am resolved. 'Tis but a three years' fast. | I am resolu'd, 'tis but a three yeeres fast: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.48 | Not to see ladies, study, fast, not sleep. | Not to see Ladies, study, fast, not sleepe. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.62 | When I to feast expressly am forbid; | When I to fast expressely am forbid. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.287 | Sir, I will pronounce your sentence: you shall fast a | Sir I will pronounce your sentence: You shall fast a |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.123 | no penance, but 'a must fast three days a week. For | no penance, but hee must fast three daies a weeke: for |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.140 | Villain, thou shalt fast for thy offences ere thou | Villaine, thou shalt fast for thy offences ere thou |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.149 | Let me not be pent up, sir. I will fast, being | Let mee not bee pent vp sir, I will fast being |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.151 | No, sir, that were fast and loose. Thou shalt to | No sir, that were fast and loose: thou shalt to |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.101 | To sell a bargain well is as cunning as fast and loose. | To sell a bargaine well is as cunning as fast and loose: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.184.2 | Soft! Whither away so fast? | Soft, Whither a-way so fast? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.290 | To fast, to study, and to see no woman – | To fast, to study, and to see no woman: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.292 | Say, can you fast? Your stomachs are too young, | Say, Can you fast? your stomacks are too young: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.3 | Hold fast the mortal sword; and like good men | Hold fast the mortall Sword: and like good men, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.8 | to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleep. | to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleepe. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.20 | upon my life, fast asleep. Observe her; stand close. | vp-on my life fast asleepe: obserue her, stand close. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.125 | As surfeit is the father of much fast, | As surfet is the father of much fast, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.146 | You know the lady. She is fast my wife | You know the Lady, she is fast my wife, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.61 | With profits of the mind, study, and fast. | With profits of the minde: Studie, and fast |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.63 | As fast locked up in sleep as guiltless labour | As fast lock'd vp in sleepe, as guiltlesse labour, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.208 | Was fast belocked in thine. This is the body | Was fast belockt in thine: This is the body |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.93 | I cannot tell, I make it breed as fast. | I cannot tell, I make it breede as fast, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.52 | Fast bind, fast find, | fast binde, fast finde, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.49 | I will make fast the doors, and gild myself | I will make fast the doores and guild my selfe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.25 | Who comes so fast in silence of the night? | Who comes so fast in silence of the night? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.62 | do fast enough of themselves, and to call ‘ horum.’ Fie | doe fast enough of themselues, and to call horum; fie |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.129 | How chance the roses there do fade so fast? | How chance the Roses there do fade so fast? |
| 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 III.ii.416 | I followed fast, but faster he did fly, | I followed fast, but faster he did flye; shifting places. |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.11 | Are you fast married? For be assured of this, | Are you fast married? Be assur'd of this, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.357 | Wilt thou be fast to my hopes, if I depend on | Wilt thou be fast to my hopes, if I depend on |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.346 | Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees | Drops teares as fast as the Arabian Trees |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.6 | Whom our fast-growing scene must find | Whom our fast growing scene must finde |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.36 | He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes. | He tyres betimes, that spurs too fast betimes; |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.75 | Within me grief hath kept a tedious fast; | Within me greefe hath kept a tedious fast, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.80 | Is my strict fast – I mean my children's looks; | Is my strict fast, I meane my Childrens lookes, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.34 | Cut off the heads of too fast-growing sprays | Cut off the heads of too fast growing sprayes, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.116 | I doubt not but to ride as fast as York; | I doubt not but to ride as fast as Yorke: |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.1 | Good morrow, neighbour. Whither away so fast? | Cit. Good morrow Neighbour, whether away so fast? |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.14 | And since, methinks, I would not grow so fast, | And since, me thinkes I would not grow so fast, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.27 | Marry, they say my uncle grew so fast | Marry (they say) my Vnkle grew so fast, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.103 | You said that idle weeds are fast in growth. | You said, that idle Weeds are fast in growth: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.118 | Forbear to sleep the nights, and fast the days; | Forbeare to sleepe the night, and fast the day: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.162 | Was that my father that went hence so fast? | Was that my Father that went hence so fast? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.90 | Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast. | Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.16 | Enter Juliet somewhat fast. She embraces Romeo | Enter Iuliet. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.1 | Mistress! What, mistress! Juliet! Fast, I warrant her, she. | Mistris, what Mistris? Iuliet? Fast I warrant her she. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.108 | and fast it fairly out. Our cake's dough on both sides. | and fast it fairely out. Our cakes dough on both sides. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.302 | She vied so fast, protesting oath on oath, | Shee vi'd so fast, protesting oath on oath, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.159 | And better 'twere that both of us did fast, | And better 'twere that both of vs did fast, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.163 | And for this night we'll fast for company. | And for this night we'l fast for companie. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.101 | Exeunt Biondello, Tranio and Pedant, as fast as may be | Exit Biondello, Tranio and Pedant as fast as may be. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.30 | is perfect gallows. Stand fast, good Fate, to his | is perfect Gallowes: stand fast good Fate to his |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.281 | As fast as millwheels strike. Then was this island – | As fast as Mill-wheeles strike: Then was this Island |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.219.1 | And yet so fast asleep. | And yet so fast asleepe. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.176 | Feast-won, fast-lost. One cloud of winter showers, | Feast won, fast lost; one cloud of Winter showres, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.8 | Do't in your parents' eyes. Bankrupts, hold fast; | Doo't in your Parents eyes. Bankrupts, hold fast |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.194 | Where I espied the panther fast asleep. | Where I espied the Panther fast asleepe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.11 | Who is this? My niece, that flies away so fast? | Who is this, my Neece that flies away so fast? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.164 | Is he sure bound? Look that you bind them fast. | Is he sure bound, looke that you binde them fast. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.259 | We must with all our main of power stand fast, | We must with all our maine of power stand fast: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.149 | As fast as they are made, forgot as soon | as fast as they are made, / Forgot as soone |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iii.3 | Comes fast upon. Good my brother Troilus, | Comes fast vpon: good my brother Troylus, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.190 | Stand fast, and wear a castle on thy head! | Stand fast, and weare a Castle on thy head. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.59 | Lay hold upon him, Priam, hold him fast; | Lay hold vpon him Priam, hold him fast: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.282 | Do give thee fivefold blazon. Not too fast! soft, soft – | Do giue thee fiue-fold blazon: not too fast: soft, soft, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.22 | young wench that had buried her grandam; to fast, like | yong wench that had buried her Grandam: to fast, like |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.139 | Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep, | Now can I breake my fast, dine, sup, and sleepe, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.25 | Haply when they have judged me fast asleep, | Haply when they haue iudg'd me fast asleepe, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.51 | Sir Valentine, whither away so fast? | Sir Valentine, whether away so fast? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.1 | Fellows, stand fast; I see a passenger. | Fellowes, stand fast: I see a passenger. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.132 | By my halidom, I was fast asleep. | By my hallidome, I was fast asleepe. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.6 | Fast by a brook, and there he shall keep close, | Fast by a Brooke, and there he shall keepe close, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.498 | A vessel rides fast by, but not prepared | A Vessell rides fast by, but not prepar'd |