| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.i.22 | When better fall, for your avails they fell. | When better fall, for your auailes they fell, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.79 | He fell upon me, ere admitted, then. | he fell vpon me, ere admitted, then: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.17 | That fell away have entertainment, but | That fell away, haue entertainment, but |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.241 | He calls us back. My pride fell with my fortunes: | He cals vs back: my pride fell with my fortunes, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.334 | well, for there he fell in love. I have heard him read | well: for there he fel in loue. I haue heard him read |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.132 | Who quickly fell before him; in which hurtling | Who quickly fell before him, in which hurtling |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.247 | They fell upon me, bound me, bore me thence, | They fell vpon me, bound me, bore me thence, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.46 | Heavens bless my lord from fell Aufidius! | Heauens blesse my Lord from fell Auffidius. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.105 | And fell below his stem. His sword, death's stamp, | And fell below his Stem: his Sword, Deaths stampe, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.53 | It was much like an argument that fell out last night, | It was much like an argument that fell out last night, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.54 | where each of us fell in praise of our country mistresses; | where each of vs fell in praise of our Country-Mistresses. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.91 | Into my story: say ‘ Thus mine enemy fell, | Into my Story: say thus mine Enemy fell, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.109.1 | You say he is so fell. | You say he is so fell. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.72 | fell bravely and were slain, | fell brauely, and were slaine, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.95 | His fell to Hamlet. Now, sir, young Fortinbras, | His fell to Hamlet. Now sir, young Fortinbras, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.114 | A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, | |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.127 | As they fell out by time, by means, and place, | As they fell out by Time, by Meanes, and Place, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.147 | Fell into a sadness, then into a fast, | Fell into a Sadnesse, then into a Fast, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.471 | But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword | But with the whiffe and winde of his fell Sword, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.16 | Madam, it so fell out that certain players | Madam, it so fell out, that certaine Players |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.175 | Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide, | Fell in the weeping Brooke, her cloathes spred wide, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.61 | Between the pass and fell incensed points | Betweene the passe, and fell incensed points |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.330 | Had I but time – as this fell sergeant, Death, | Had I but time (as this fell Sergeant death |
| 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 IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.211 | Down fell their hose. | Downe fell his Hose. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.96 | The other night I fell asleep here, behind the | The other Night I fell asleepe heere behind the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.163 | state of innocency Adam fell, and what should poor | state of Innocency, Adam fell: and what should poore |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.48 | And such a flood of greatness fell on you, | And such a floud of Greatnesse fell on you, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.29 | To noise abroad that Harry Monmouth fell | To noyse abroad, that Harry Monmouth fell |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.206 | By whose fell working I was first advanced, | By whose fell working, I was first aduanc'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.37 | Rouse up Revenge from ebon den with fell Alecto's snake, | Rowze vppe Reuenge from Ebon den, with fell Alecto's Snake, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.17 | Do, with his smirched complexion, all fell feats | Doe with his smyrcht complexion all fell feats, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.355 | That never may ill office, or fell jealousy, | That neuer may ill Office, or fell Iealousie, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.90 | But, as the rest, so fell that noble earl, | But as the rest, so fell that Noble Earle, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.42 | Fell banning hag! Enchantress, hold thy tongue! | Fell banning Hagge, Inchantresse hold thy tongue. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.351 | And this fell tempest shall not cease to rage | And this fell Tempest shall not cease to rage, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.266 | From such fell serpents as false Suffolk is; | From such fell Serpents as false Suffolke is; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.107 | Stand, villain, stand, or I'll fell thee down. He shall | Stand villaine, stand, or Ile fell thee downe: he shall |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iii.3 | They fell before thee like sheep and oxen, and thou | They fell before thee like Sheepe and Oxen, & thou |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.153 | Who, being suffered with the bear's fell paw, | Who being suffer'd with the Beares fell paw, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.149 | 'Gainst thee, fell Clifford, and thee, false Frenchwoman. | 'Gainst thee fell Clifford, and thee false French-woman. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.131 | Fell gently down, as if they struck their friends. | Fell gently downe, as if they strucke their Friends. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.13 | So is the equal poise of this fell war. | So is the equall poise of this fell Warre. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.89 | What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, | What Stragems? how fell? how Butcherly? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.72 | While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. | While we deuise fell Tortures for thy faults. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.12 | Fell Warwick's brother and by that our foe. | Fell Warwickes Brother, and by that our Foe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.35 | But he fell to himself again, and sweetly | But he fell to himselfe againe, and sweetly, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.111 | And without trial fell. God's peace be with him! | And without Tryall, fell; Gods peace be with him. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.122 | Fell by our servants, by those men we loved most – | Fell by our Seruants, by those Men we lou'd most: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.136 | Speak how I fell. I have done; and God forgive me! | Speake how I fell. / I haue done; and God forgiue me. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.441 | By that sin fell the angels. How can man then, | By that sinne fell the Angels: how can man then |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.64 | To a prepared place in the choir, fell off | To a prepar'd place in the Quire, fell off |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.96 | For since the Cardinal fell that title's lost: | For since the Cardinall fell, that Titles lost, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.15 | He fell sick suddenly, and grew so ill | He fell sicke sodainly, and grew so ill |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.59 | Ipswich and Oxford! – one of which fell with him, | Ipswich and Oxford: one of which, fell with him, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.49 | And princely care, foreseeing those fell mischiefs | And Princely Care, fore-seeing those fell Mischiefes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.48 | pinked porringer fell off her head, for kindling such a | pinck'd porrenger fell off her head, for kindling such a |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.53 | was quartered. They fell on; I made good my place. At | was quartered; they fell on, I made good my place; at |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.221 | and then the people fell a-shouting. | and then the people fell a shouting. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.246 | swooned, and fell down at it. And for mine own part, I | swoonded, and fell downe at it: And for mine owne part, I |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.250 | He fell down in the market-place, and foamed at | He fell downe in the Market-place, and foam'd at |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.256 | Caesar fell down. If the tag-rag people did not clap him | Casar fell downe. If the tag-ragge people did not clap him, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.261 | Marry, before he fell down, when he perceived the | Marry, before he fell downe, when he perceiu'd the |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.266 | to hell among the rogues. And so he fell. When he came | to Hell among the Rogues, and so hee fell. When he came |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.269 | All pity choked with custom of fell deeds; | All pitty choak'd with custome of fell deeds, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.190 | Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. | (Which all the while ran blood) great Casar fell. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.192 | Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, | Then I, and you, and all of vs fell downe, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.153 | That tidings came. With this she fell distract, | That tydings came. With this she fell distract, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.80 | Two mighty eagles fell, and there they perched, | Two mighty Eagles fell, and there they pearch'd, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.7 | Took it too eagerly; his soldiers fell to spoil, | Tooke it too eagerly: his Soldiers fell to spoyle, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.162 | With streaming gore that from the maimed fell | With streaming gore that from the maymed fell, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.25 | Or by violence fell beside his horse? | Or by violence fell beside his horse. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.93 | That is enjoined to fell a load of oaks, | That is enioynd to fell a load of Oakes, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.40 | And rouse from sleep that fell anatomy | And rowze from sleepe that fell Anatomy |
| King John | KJ V.vii.9 | Of that fell poison which assaileth him. | Of that fell poison which assayleth him. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.49 | To his unnatural purpose, in fell motion | To his vnnaturall purpose, in fell motion |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.84 | How fell you out? Say that. | How fell you out, say that? |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.54 | Which thou hast perpendicularly fell. | Which thou hast perpendicularly fell, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.24 | The good-years shall devour them, flesh and fell, | The good yeares shall deuoure them, flesh and fell, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.115 | Fell over the threshold and broke my shin. | Fell ouer the threshold, and broke my shin. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.114 | The fourth turned on the toe, and down he fell. | The fourth turn'd on the toe, and downe he fell: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.60.1 | The victory fell on us – | The Victorie fell on vs. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.44 | Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between | Shake my fell purpose, nor keepe peace betweene |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.83.1 | Would murder as it fell. | Would murther as it fell. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.71 | To do worse to you were fell cruelty, | To do worse to you, were fell Cruelty, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.22 | Angels are bright still though the brightest fell. | Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.218 | And their dam, at one fell swoop? | and their Damme / At one fell swoope? |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.226 | Fell slaughter on their souls. Heaven rest them now! | Fell slaughter on their soules: Heauen rest them now. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.11 | To hear a night-shriek, and my fell of hair | To heare a Night-shrieke, and my Fell of haire |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.85 | that ever fell, I hope I shall make shift to go without him. | that euer fell, I hope I shall make shift to goe without him. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.24 | for nothing that my nose fell a-bleeding on Black Monday | for nothing that my nose fell a bleeding on blacke monday |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.78 | never fell upon our nation till now; I never felt it till | neuer fell vpon our Nation till now, I neuer felt it till |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.71 | Which I denying, they fell sick and died – | Which I denying, they fell sicke and died. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.135 | Even from the gallows did his fell soul fleet, | Euen from the gallowes did his fell soule fleet; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.20 | For Oberon is passing fell and wrath | For Oberon is passing fell and wrath, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.165 | Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell: | Yet markt I where the bolt of Cupid fell. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.166 | It fell upon a little western flower, | It fell vpon a little westerne flower; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.28 | will tell you everything, right as it fell out! | will tell you euery thing as it fell out. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.220 | A lion fell, nor else no lion's dam, | A Lion fell, nor else no Lions dam: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.276 | Approach, ye Furies fell. | Approch you Furies fell: |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.225 | Lest by his clamour – as it so fell out – | Least by hisclamour (as it so fell out) |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.44 | Her salt tears fell from her and softened the stones – | Her salt teares fell from her, and softned the stones, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.358 | More fell than anguish, hunger, or the sea, | More fell then Anguish, Hunger, or the Sea: |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.53 | And what ensues in this fell storm | And what ensues in this fell storme, |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.5 | Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast, | Vertue preferd from fell destructions blast, |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.46 | Our cousin Hereford and fell Mowbray fight. | Our Cosine Herford, and fell Mowbray fight: |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.302 | Fell sorrow's tooth doth never rankle more | Fell sorrowes tooth, doth euer ranckle more |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.147 | That ever fell upon this cursed earth. | That euer fell vpon this cursed Earth. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.50 | After he once fell in with Mistress Shore. | After he once fell in with Mistresse Shore: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.174 | And as he fell, did Romeo turn and fly. | And as he fell, did Romeo turne and flie: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.163 | That down fell priest and book, and book and priest. | That downe fell Priest and booke, and booke and Priest, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.65 | me, thou shouldst have heard how her horse fell, and | me, thou shouldst haue heard how her horse fel, and |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.207 | They fell together all, as by consent. | They fell together all, as by consent |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.62 | Then what should war be? This fell whore of thine | Then what should warre be? This fell whore of thine, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.266 | Fell from their boughs, and left me open, bare, | Fell from their boughes, and left me open, bare, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.504 | I fell with curses. | I fell with Curses. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.205 | And shortly must I fell it. Tell my friends, | And shortly must I fell it. Tell my Friends, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.235 | Out of this fell devouring receptacle, | Out of this fell deuouring receptacle, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.281 | Two of thy whelps, fell curs of bloody kind, | Two of thy whelpes, fell Curs of bloody kind |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.290 | That this fell fault of my accursed sons – | That this fell fault of my accursed Sonnes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.50 | He would have dropped his knife and fell asleep, | He would haue dropt his knife and fell asleepe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.72 | That down fell both the Ram's horns in the court, | That downe fell both the Rams hornes in the Court, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.99 | For their fell faults our brothers were beheaded, | For their fell faults our Brothers were beheaded, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.152 | And fell so roundly to a large confession, | And fell so roundly to a large confession, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.269 | Tomorrow do I meet thee, fell as death; | To morrow do I meete thee fell as death, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.23 | And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds, | And my desires like fell and cruell hounds, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.86 | Alas, sir, how fell you besides your five wits? | Alas sir, how fell you besides your fiue witts? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.39 | We are three queens, whose sovereigns fell before | We are 3. Queenes, whose Soveraignes fel before |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.15 | Might call fell things to listen, who have in them | Might call fell things to listen, who have in them |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.68 | There was three fools fell out about an owlet; | There was three fooles, fell out about an howlet |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.71 | Thou worest that day the three kings fell, but lighter. | Thou wor'st that day the 3. Kings fell, but lighter. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.102 | And fell, scarce to be got away. I left them with her, | And fell, scarce to be got away: I left them with her. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.66 | Took toy at this, and fell to what disorder | Tooke Toy at this, and fell to what disorder |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.80 | Even then fell off his head; and presently | Even then fell off his head: and presently |