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 |
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 |