| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.62 | Share with thy birthright! Love all, trust a few, | Share with thy birth-right. Loue all, trust a few, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.46 | At a few drops of women's rheum, which are | At a few drops of Womens rhewme, which are |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.283 | Here's a few flowers, but 'bout midnight more: | Heere's a few Flowres, but 'bout midnight more: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.58 | And these few precepts in thy memory | And these few Precepts in thy memory, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.68 | Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice. | Giue euery man thine eare; but few thy voyce: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.126 | Than may be given you. In few, Ophelia, | Then may be giuen you. In few, Ophelia, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.6 | few flocks in the point; poor jade is wrung in the withers | few Flockes in the point: the poore Iade is wrung in the withers, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.112 | In few, his death, whose spirit lent a fire | In few; his death (whose spirit lent a fire, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.215 | Never so few, and never yet more need. | Neuer so few, nor neuer yet more need. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.102 | Thou hast stolen that which after some few hours | Thou hast stolne that, which after some few howres |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.246.2 | Thus then, in few: | Thus than in few: |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.89 | Hath, for a few light crowns, lightly conspired, | Hath for a few light Crownes, lightly conspir'd |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.36 | weapons. For Nym, he hath heard that men of few | Weapons: for Nim, hee hath heard, that men of few |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.39 | few bad words are matched with as few good deeds, for | few bad Words are matcht with as few good Deeds; for |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.92 | you voutsafe me, look you, a few disputations with you, | you voutsafe me, looke you, a few disputations with you, |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.5 | O Dieu vivant! Shall a few sprays of us, | O Dieu viuant: Shall a few Sprayes of vs, |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.56 | Sorry am I his numbers are so few, | Sorry am I his numbers are so few, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.144 | My numbers lessened, and those few I have | My numbers lessen'd: and those few I haue, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.137 | I am afeard there are few die well that die in a battle, | I am afear'd, there are few dye well, that dye in a Battaile: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.60 | We few, we happy few, we band of brothers: | We few, we happy few, we band of brothers: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.161 | Since they, so few, watch such a multitude. | Since they so few, watch such a multitude. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.69 | These few days' wonder will be quickly worn. | These few dayes wonder will be quickly worne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.16 | Who having pinched a few and made them cry, | Who hauing pincht a few, and made them cry, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.204 | With some few bands of chosen soldiers, | With some few Bands of chosen Soldiours, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.86 | My sovereign liege, no letters; and few words, | My Soueraigne Liege, no Letters, & few words, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.29 | For few men rightly temper with the stars. | For few men rightly temper with the Starres: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.53 | What talk you of debating? In few words, | What talke you of debating? in few words, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.18 | I am solicited, not by a few, | I am solicited not by a few, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.63 | But few now give so great ones. My barge stays; | But few now giue so great ones: / My Barge stayes; |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.71 | More than I dare make faults. You few that loved me, | More then I dare make faults. / You few that lou'd me, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.12 | Of our flesh; few are angels; out of which frailty | Of our flesh, few are Angels; out of which frailty |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.138 | This good man – few of you deserve that title – | This good man (few of you deserue that Title) |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.21 | But few now living can behold that goodness – | (But few now liuing can behold that goodnesse) |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.43 | So many fair against a famished few, | So many faire against a famisht few, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.3 | There's few or none do know me; if they did, | There's few or none do know me, if they did, |
| King Lear | KL III.i.52 | Few words, but to effect more than all yet: | Few words, but to effect more then all yet; |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.134 | though few have the grace to do it. | though few haue the grace to doe it. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.825 | The liker you; few taller are so young. | The liker you, few taller are so yong. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.4.1 | For a few words. | For a few words. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.256 | Faith, sir, few of any wit in such matters. As they | 'Faith sir, few of any wit in such matters: as they |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.229 | in her discoveries of dishonour. In few, bestowed her | in her, discoueries of dishonor: in few, bestow'd her |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.48 | man? Which is the way? Is it sad, and few words? | Man? Which is the way? Is it sad, and few words? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.251 | Here are a few of the unpleasant'st words | Heere are a few of the vnpleasant'st words |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.7 | But few of any sort, and none of name. | But few of any sort, and none of name. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.139 | Hath drops too few to wash her clean again | Hath drops too few to wash her cleane againe, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.93 | Few love to hear the sins they love to act. | Few loue to heare the sinnes they loue to act, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.255 | I have too few to take my leave of you, | I haue too few to take my leaue of you, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.4 | With some few private friends upon this coast. | With some few priuate friends, vpon this Coast. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.86 | And some few vanities that make him light. | And some few Vanities, that make him light: |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.134 | few or none will entertain it. | few or none / will entertaine it. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.139 | That it is meet so few should fetch the Prince. | That it is meete so few should fetch the Prince. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.37 | And thus I took the vantage of those few: | And thus I tooke the vantage of those few. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.51 | Where small experience grows. But in a few, | Where small experience growes but in a few. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.65 | Few words suffice; and therefore, if thou know | Few words suffice: and therefore, if thou know |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.144 | In few, they hurried us aboard a bark, | In few, they hurried vs a-boord a Barke, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.7 | I mean our preservation, few in millions | (I meane our preseruation) few in millions |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.166 | This cell's my court. Here have I few attendants, | This Cell's my Court: heere haue I few attendants, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.255 | Some few odd lads that you remember not. | Some few odde Lads, that you remember not. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.61 | To Apemantus, that few things loves better | To Apemantus, that few things loues better |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.97 | 'Tis in few words, but spacious in effect. | 'Tis in few words, but spacious in effect: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.126 | Few come within the compass of my curse – | Few come within few compasse of my curse, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.93 | humble: few words to fair faith. Troilus shall be such | humble: few words to faire faith. Troylus shall be such |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.102 | We are a few of those collected here | We are a few of those collected here |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.136 | I'll warrant ye, he had not so few last night | Ile warrant ye, he had not so few last night |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.122 | Being so few and well disposed, they show | Being so few, and well disposd, they show |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.776 | few, the sharpest too easy. | few, the sharpest too easie. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.92.2 | But few, | But few, |