| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.101 | Yet these fixed evils sit so fit in him | Yet these fixt euils sit so fit in him, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.90.2 | Nay, I'll fit you, | Nay, Ile fit you, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.19 | Will your answer serve fit to all questions? | Will your answere serue fit to all questions? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.20 | As fit as ten groats is for the hand of an attorney, | As fit as ten groats is for the hand of an Atturney, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.30 | it will fit any question. | it will fit any question. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.32 | that must fit all demands. | that must fit all demands. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.12 | It were fit you knew him; lest, reposing | It were fit you knew him, least reposing |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.36 | Most fit for business. Go, make thee ready. | Most fit for businesse. Go, make thee ready, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.4.1 | And sayst it is not fit. | And say'st it it not fit. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.76 | And what's a fever but a fit of madness? | And what's a Feauer, but a fit of madnesse? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.139 | A most outrageous fit of madness took him, | A most outragious fit of madnesse tooke him: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.130 | Which you do live upon; and fit it is, | Which you do liue vpon: and fit it is, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.45 | We are fit to bid her welcome. | We are fit to bid her welcome. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.121 | He cannot but with measure fit the honours | He cannot but with measure fit the Honors |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.140 | Pray you go fit you to the custom and | Pray you goe fit you to the Custome, / And |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.33 | The violent fit o'th' time craves it as physic | The violent fit a'th' time craues it as Physicke |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.83 | Were fit for thee to use as they to claim, | Were fit for thee to vse, as they to clayme, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.93 | I have been i'th' market-place; and, sir, 'tis fit | I haue beene i'th' Market place: and Sir 'tis fit |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.110 | That's fed with stinking tallow: it were fit | That's fed with stinking Tallow: it were fit |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.150 | Of thy assault: if he shall think it fit | Of thy Assault: if he shall thinke it fit, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.162 | For the most worthiest fit. Give me your pardon. | For the most worthiest fit. Giue me your pardon, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.26 | It is not fit your lordship should undertake | It is not fit you Lordship should vndertake |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.28 | No, I know that: but it is fit I should commit offence | No, I know that: but it is fit I should commit offence |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.30 | Ay, it is fit for your lordship only. | I, it is fit for your Lordship onely. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.42 | Is it fit I went to look upon him? Is there no derogation | Is it fit I went to looke vpon him? Is there no derogation |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.77 | A riding-suit; no costlier than would fit | A Riding Suit: No costlier then would fit |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.170 | Fore-thinking this, I have already fit – | Fore-thinking this. I haue already fit |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.194 | And fit you to your manhood: may the gods | And fit you to your Manhood: may the Gods |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.i.2 | Pisanio have mapped it truly. How fit his garments | Pisanio haue mapp'd it truely. How fit his Garments |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.i.4 | him that made the tailor, not be fit too? The rather – | him that made the Taylor, not be fit too? The rather |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.21 | With faces fit for masks, or rather fairer | With faces fit for Maskes, or rather fayrer |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.21 | Companions to our person, and will fit you | Companions to our person, and will fit you |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.445 | The fit and apt construction of thy name, | The fit and apt Construction of thy name |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.88 | Let's follow. 'Tis not fit thus to obey him. | Let's follow; 'tis not fit thus to obey him. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.128 | I hold it fit that we shake hands and part: | I hold it fit that we shake hands, and part: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.182 | But if you hold it fit, after the play | But if you hold it fit after the Play, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.264 | Thoughts black, hands apt, drugs fit, and time agreeing, | Thoughts blacke, hands apt, / Drugges fit, and Time agreeing: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.86 | When he is fit and seasoned for his passage? | When he is fit and season'd for his passage? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.2 | You must translate. 'Tis fit we understand them. | You must translate; Tis fit we vnderstand them. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.8 | Which is the mightier. In his lawless fit, | Which is the Mightier, in his lawlesse fit |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.20 | We would not understand what was most fit, | We would not vnderstand what was most fit, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.10 | And botch the words up fit to their own thoughts, | And botch the words vp fit to their owne thoughts, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.149 | May fit us to our shape. If this should fail, | May fit vs to our shape, if this should faile; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.281 | And thus a while the fit will work on him. | And thus awhile the fit will worke on him: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.212 | forestall their repair hither and say you are not fit. | forestall their repaire hither, and say you are not fit. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.142 | Impatient of his fit, breaks like a fire | Impatient of his Fit, breakes like a fire |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.163 | mightst mend him and make him fit to go. I cannot put | might'st mend him, and make him fit to goe. I cannot put |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.129 | fit this soldier keep his oath? | fit this souldier keepe his oath. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.122 | I'faith, Kate, my wooing is fit for thy understanding. I | yfaith Kate, my wooing is fit for thy vnderstanding,I |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.33 | A goodly prize, fit for the devil's grace! | A goodly prize, fit for the diuels grace. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.149 | Fit to be made companion with a king. | Fit to be made companion with a King: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.69 | Approves her fit for none but for a king; | Approues her fit for none, but for a King. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.62 | That were a state fit for his holiness. | That were a State fit for his Holinesse. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.54 | A God's name, see the lists and all things fit; | A Gods Name see the Lysts and all things fit, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.94 | Not fit to govern and rule multitudes, | Not fit to gouerne and rule multitudes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.91 | I am a subject fit to jest withal, | I am a subiect fit to ieast withall, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.7 | A fit or two o'th' face – but they are shrewd ones; | A fit or two o'th'face, (but they are shrewd ones) |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.99 | And fit it with such furniture as suits | And fit it with such furniture as suites |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.74 | Thou art a cure fit for a king. (to Campeius) You're welcome, | Thou art a cure fit for a King; you'r welcome |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.115 | I find him a fit fellow. | I find him a fit fellow. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.66 | It's fit this royal session do proceed, | It's fit this Royall Session do proceed, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.78 | The last fit of my greatness – good your graces, | The last fit of my Greatnesse; good your Graces |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.214 | Fit for a fool to fall by! What cross devil | Fit for a Foole to fall by: What crosse Diuell |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.245 | In time will find their fit rewards. That seal | In time will finde their fit Rewards. That Seale |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.120 | And when the fit was on him, I did mark | And when the Fit was on him, I did marke |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.153 | Indeed he is not fit. | Indeed, he is not fit. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.173 | Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods, | Let's carue him, as a Dish fit for the Gods, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.174 | Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds. | Not hew him as a Carkasse fit for Hounds: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.153 | If I myself, there is no hour so fit | If I my selfe, there is no houre so fit |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.13 | Meet to be sent on errands. Is it fit, | Meet to be sent on Errands: is it fit |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.162 | As wise as fair: what fond fit can be heard | As wise as faire, what fond fit can be heard, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.106 | And proved thyself fit heir unto a king. | And proude thy selfe fit heire vnto a king: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.19 | And now, because we are not fit to serve, | And now because we are not fit to serue, |
| King John | KJ III.iii.26 | But I will fit it with some better tune. | But I will fit it with some better tune. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.85 | As dim and meagre as an ague's fit, | As dim and meager as an Agues fitte, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.114 | The fit is strongest. Evils that take leave, | The fit is strongest: Euils that take leaue |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.225 | Finding thee fit for bloody villainy, | Finding thee fit for bloody villanie: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.97 | I return those duties back as are right fit, | I returne those duties backe as are right fit, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.39 | as I have perused, I find it not fit for your o'erlooking. | as I haue perus'd, I finde it not fit for your ore-looking. |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.73 | it to be fit that, sons at perfect age and fathers | it to be fit, that Sonnes at perfect age, and Fathers |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.180 | All with me's meet that I can fashion fit. | All with me's meete, that I can fashion fit. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.34 | That which ordinary men are fit for I am qualified in, | that which ordinary men are fit for, I am quallified in, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.122 | Of differences, which I best thought it fit | Of differences, which I best though it fit |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.106 | To take the indisposed and sickly fit | To take the indispos'd and sickly fit, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.228 | For your fit welcome. Give ear, sir, to my sister; | For your fit welcome, giue eare Sir to my Sister, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.76 | Must make content with his fortunes fit, | Must make content with his Fortunes fit, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.8 | take upon your traitorous father are not fit for your beholding. | take vppon your Traitorous Father, are not fit for your beholding. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.46.2 | Sir, I thought it fit | Sir, I thought it fit, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.98.2 | Fit in his place and time. | Fit in his place and time. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.22 | O heresy in fair, fit for these days! | O heresie in faire, fit for these dayes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.51 | One o' these maids' girdles for your waist should be fit. | One a these Maides girdles for your waste should be fit. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.130 | By my troth, most pleasant! How both did fit it! | By my troth most pleasant, how both did fit it. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.144 | When it comes so smoothly off, so obscenely as it were, so fit. | When it comes so smoothly off, so obscenely, as it were, so fit. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.116 | before the Princess – I say, none so fit as to present the | before the Princesse: I say none so fit as to present the |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.20 | Then comes my fit again. I had else been perfect, | Then comes my Fit againe: I had else beene perfect; |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.54 | The fit is momentary; upon a thought | The fit is momentary, vpon a thought |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.101 | If such a one be fit to govern, speak. | If such a one be fit to gouerne, speake: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.102.2 | Fit to govern! | Fit to gouern? |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.14 | More fit to do another such offence | More fit to doe another such offence, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.161 | Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite, | Fit thy consent to my sharpe appetite, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.187 | And fit his mind to death, for his soul's rest. | And fit his minde to death, for his soules rest. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.256 | will I frame and make fit for his attempt. If you think | will I frame, and make fit for his attempt: if you thinke |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.v.1 | These letters at fit time deliver me. | These Letters at fit time deliuer me, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.vi.10 | Come, I have found you out a stand most fit, | Come I haue found you out a stand most fit, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.417 | I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, | I thought your marriage fit: else Imputation, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.85 | Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils, | Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoyles, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.151 | thought on her. She'll fit it. | thought on her: shee'll fit it. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.59 | In state as wholesome as in state 'tis fit, | In state as wholsome, as in state 'tis fit, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.118 | To fit your fancies to your father's will; | To fit your fancies to your Fathers will; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.5 | thought fit through all Athens to play in our interlude | thought fit through all Athens, to play in our Enterlude |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.112 | Where is Demetrius? O, how fit a word | Where is Demetrius? oh how fit a word |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.297 | Look what will serve is fit. 'Tis once, thou lovest, | Looke what will serue, is fit: 'tis once, thou louest, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.298 | And I will fit thee with the remedy. | And I will fit thee with the remedie, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.40 | We'll fit the kid-fox with a pennyworth. | Wee'll fit the kid-foxe with a penny worth. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.100 | title, and I will fit her to it. Wonder not till further | title, and I will fit her to it: wonder not till further |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.104 | but it would better fit your honour to change your mind. | But it would better fit your honour to change your minde. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.22 | are thought here to be the most senseless and fit man | are thought heere to be the most senslesse and fit man |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.85.2 | To prison, till fit time | To Prison, till fit time |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.234 | I crave fit disposition for my wife, | I craue fit disposition for my Wife, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.132 | She'll find a white that shall her blackness fit. | She'le find a white, that shall her blacknesse fit. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.117 | He is a soldier, fit to stand by Caesar | He's a Souldier, fit to stand by Casar, |
| Othello | Oth III.i.50 | If you think fit, or that it may be done, | If you thinke fit, or that it may be done, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.244 | Although 'tis fit that Cassio have his place, | Although 'tis fit that Cassio haue his Place; |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.146 | As fit the bridal. Beshrew me much, Emilia, | As fits the Bridall. Beshrew me much, Amilia, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.162 | If I do find him fit, I'll move your suit, | If I doe finde him fit, Ile moue your suite, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.51 | This is his second fit: he had one yesterday. | This is his second Fit: he had one yesterday. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.106 | It is enough you know, and it is fit, | It is enough you know, and it is fit; |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.62 | Fit counsellor and servant for a prince, | Fit Counsellor, and seruant for a Prince, |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.10 | It's fit it should be so, for princes are | It's fit it should be so, for Princes are |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.5 | Were more than you expect, or more than's fit, | Were more then you expect, or more then's fit, |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.23.2 | Some other is more fit. | Some other is more fit. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.190 | This ague-fit of fear is overblown. | This ague fit of feare is ouer-blowne, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.66 | Then where you please, and shall be thought most fit | Then where you please, and shall be thought most fit |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.35 | As you think fit to furnish me tomorrow? | As you thinke fit to furnish me to morrow? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.200 | With instruments upon them fit to open | With Instruments vpon them fit to open |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.44 | And take a lodging fit to entertain | And take a Lodging fit to entertaine |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.95 | Fit to instruct her youth. If you, Hortensio, | Fit to instruct her youth. If you Hortensio, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.110 | can by any means light on a fit man to teach her that | can by any meanes light on a fit man to teach her that |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.31 | soundly, sir. Well, was it fit for a servant to use his | soundly sir. Well, was it fit for a seruant to vse his |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.167 | Fit for her turn, well read in poetry | Fit for her turne, well read in Poetrie |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.131 | It skills not much, we'll fit him to our turn – | It skills not much, weele fit him to our turne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.69 | I'll have no bigger. This doth fit the time, | Ile haue no bigger, this doth fit the time, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.441 | If now 'twere fit to do't. At the first sight | If now 'twere fit to do't: At the first sight |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.72 | He's in his fit now, and does not talk after the | He's in his fit now; and doe's not talke after the |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.74 | drunk wine afore, it will go near to remove his fit. If I | drunke wine afore, it will goe neere to remoue his Fit: if I |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.31 | Nor is he fit for't, indeed. | Nor is he fit for't indeed. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.49 | Ha! Now I see thou art a fool, and fit for thy | Ha? Now I see thou art a Foole, and fit for thy |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.52 | Fit I meet them. | Fit I meet them. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.315 | One fit to bandy with thy lawless sons, | One, fit to bandy with thy lawlesse Sonnes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.12 | Then, Aaron, arm thy heart and fit thy thoughts | Then Aaron arme thy hart, and fit thy thoughts, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.33 | I am as able and as fit as thou | I am as able, and as fit, as thou, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.17 | Unless some fit or frenzy do possess her; | Vnlesse some fit or frenzie do possesse her: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.113 | Lucius, I'll fit thee, and withal my boy | Lucius Ile fit thee, and withall, my boy |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.94 | Why, sir, that is as fit as can be to serve | Why sir, that is as fit as can be to serue |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.207 | And better would it fit Achilles much | And better would it fit Achilles much, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.65 | For folly that he wisely shows is fit; | For folly that he wisely shewes, is fit; |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.39 | It doth not fit me. Hold, sir, here's my purse. | It doth not fit me: hold sir, here's my purse, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.170 | You may have very fit occasion for't. He is now in | Yon may haue verie fit occasion fot't: he is now in |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.47 | Fit for the mountains and the barbarous caves | Fit for the Mountaines, and the barbarous Caues, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.45 | And you an officer fit for the place. | And you an officer fit for the place: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.42 | Gentle Lucetta, fit me with such weeds | Gentle Lucetta, fit me with such weedes |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.138 | And here an engine fit for my proceeding. | And heere an Engine fit for my proceeding, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.117 | Would better fit his chamber than this shadow. | Would better fit his Chamber, then this Shadow. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.159 | Which served me as fit, by all men's judgements, | Which serued me as fit, by all mens iudgements, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.158 | And fit for great employment, worthy lord. | And fit for great employment (worthy Lord.) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.141.2 | None fit for th' dead. | None fit for'th dead: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.160 | How to draw out fit to this enterprise | How to draw out fit to this enterpise, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.22 | Resume her ancient fit of jealousy | Resume her ancient fit of Ielouzie |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.295 | Fit for the gods to feed on; youth and pleasure | Fit for the Gods to feed on: youth and pleasure |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.62 | Fit for the honour you have won, 'twere wrong else. – | Fit for the honour you have won; Twer wrong else, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.59 | Go thy ways, I'll remember thee; I'll fit thee. | Goe thy waies, ile remember thee, ile fit thee, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.44 | That no man but thy cousin's fit to kill thee. | That no man but thy Cosen's fit to kill thee, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.171 | I am a villain fit to lie unburied. | I am a villaine fit to lye unburied. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.235 | Fit for my modest suit, and your free granting. | Fit for my modest suit, and your free granting: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.111 | His red lips, after fights, are fit for ladies. | His red lips, after fights, are fit for Ladies. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.10.1 | What hour my fit would take me. | What houre my fit would take me. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.11 | And when your fit comes, fit her home, and presently. | And when your fit comes, fit her home, / And presently. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.172.2 | What fit is this, good lady? | What fit is this? good Lady? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.78 | A fair one are you – well you fit our ages | (A faire one are you:) well you fit our ages |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.194 | no milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. He has | No Milliner can so fit his customers with Gloues: he has |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.409 | Which 'tis not fit you know, I not acquaint | Which 'tis not fit you know, I not acquaint |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.831 | him. If he think it fit to shore them again, and that the | him: if he thinke it fit to shoare them againe, and that the |