| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.11 | My fleet hath yielded to the foe, and yonder | My Fleete hath yeelded to the Foe, and yonder |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.39 | Or, by the fires of heaven, I'll leave the foe | Or by the fires of heauen, Ile leaue the Foe, |
| 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.175 | A foe to th' public weal. Obey, I charge thee, | A Foe to'th' publike Weale. Obey I charge thee, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.27 | Such a foe, good heavens! | Such a Foe, good Heauens. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.249 | Of place 'tween high, and low. Our foe was princely, | Of place 'tweene high, and low. Our Foe was Princely, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.250 | And though you took his life, as being our foe, | And though you tooke his life, as being our Foe, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.60 | Who dares not stand his foe, I'll be his friend: | Who dares not stand his Foe, Ile be his Friend: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.182 | Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven | Would I had met my dearest foe in heauen, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.144 | That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe, | That Soop-stake you will draw both Friend and Foe, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.15 | It is most meet we arm us 'gainst the foe; | It is most meet we arme vs 'gainst the Foe: |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.38 | Fortune is Bardolph's foe, and frowns on him; | Fortune is Bardolphs foe, and frownes on him: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.27 | To purge this field of such a hilding foe, | To purge this field of such a hilding Foe; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.62 | Here's Gloucester, a foe to citizens; | Here's Gloster, a Foe to Citizens, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.46 | By wasting ruin of the cruel foe; | By wasting Ruine of the cruell Foe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.69 | Was not the Duke of Orleans thy foe? | Was not the Duke of Orleance thy Foe? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.91 | And seek how we may prejudice the foe. | And seeke how we may preiudice the Foe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.65 | He doth, my lord, and is become your foe. | He doth my Lord, and is become your foe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.37 | To fight I will, but not to fly the foe. | To fight I will, but not to flye the Foe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.26 | Imagine him a Frenchman, and thy foe. | Imagine him a Frenchman, and thy Foe. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.271 | And to preserve my sovereign from his foe, | And to preserue my Soueraigne from his Foe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.59 | And for myself, foe as he was to me, | And for my selfe, Foe as he was to me, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.3 | And all my followers to the eager foe | And all my followers, to the eager foe |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.26 | Wailing our losses, whiles the foe doth rage; | Wayling our losses, whiles the Foe doth Rage, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.25 | The foe is merciless and will not pity, | The Foe is mercilesse, and will not pitty: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.45 | If friend or foe, let him be gently used. | If Friend or Foe, let him be gently vsed. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.93 | The scattered foe that hopes to rise again; | The scattred Foe, that hopes to rise againe: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.118 | My gracious lord, Henry your foe is taken, | My gracious Lord, Henry your Foe is taken, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.40 | The more we stay, the stronger grows our foe. | The more wee stay, the stronger growes our Foe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.257 | But I return his sworn and mortal foe; | But I returne his sworne and mortall Foe: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.9 | Or by his foe surprised at unawares; | Or by his Foe surpriz'd at vnawares: |
| 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 VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.94 | I here proclaim myself thy mortal foe, | I here proclayme my selfe thy mortall foe: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.5 | Ah, who is nigh? Come to me, friend or foe, | Ah, who is nigh? come to me, friend, or foe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.10 | And, by my fall, the conquest to my foe. | And by my fall, the conquest to my foe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.77 | Is prisoner to the foe; his state usurped, | Is Prisoner to the Foe, his State vsurp'd, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.140 | Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot | Heat not a Furnace for your foe so hot |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.83 | I hold my most malicious foe, and think not | I hold my most malicious Foe, and thinke not |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iv.5 | A foe to tyrants, and my country's friend. | A Foe to Tyrants, and my Countries Friend. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.15 | I must withdraw. The everlasting foe | I must withdraw, the euerlasting foe, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.62 | But these of mine; and these shall meet my foe | But these of myne, and these shall meete my foe, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.2 | Have made a breakfast to our foe by sea, | Haue made a breakfast to our foe by Sea, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.181 | Revolted all unto our foemen's side, | Reuolted all vnto our foe mens side, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.36 | And not to break a promise with his foe? | And not to breake a promise with his foe? |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.73 | As far in England as thy foe in France.’ | as farre in England, as thy foe in Fraunce, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.68 | Greets by me his foe, the Prince of Wales. | Greets by me his fo, the Prince of Wals, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.151 | Discern the difference 'twixt the friend and foe, | Discerne the difference twixt the friend and fo, |
| King John | KJ V.i.79 | Our party may well meet a prouder foe. | Our Partie may well meet a prowder foe. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.549 | That oft in field, with targe and shield, did make my foe to sweat; | That oft in field, with Targe and Shield, / did make my foe to sweat: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.39 | Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe. | doubly redoubled stroakes vpon the Foe: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.61 | thy foe, were – not Nature – thy friend. Come, | thy foe, were not Nature thy friend: Come, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.44 | Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe. | Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.136 | Of being taken by the insolent foe, | Of being taken by the Insolent Foe, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.136 | The honourable father to my foe, | The honourable Father to my foe, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.12 | Feed not thy sovereign's foe, my gentle earth, | Feed not thy Soueraignes Foe, my gentle Earth, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.180 | To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength, | To feare the Foe, since feare oppresseth strength, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.181 | Gives in your weakness strength unto your foe, | Giues in your weakenesse, strength vnto your Foe; |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.51 | Over the glittering helmet of my foe. | Ouer the glittering Helmet of my Foe. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iv.11 | I am the King's friend, and will rid his foe. | I am the Kings Friend, and will rid his Foe. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.56 | Hold me a foe – | Hold me a Foe: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.289 | Arm, arm, my lord; the foe vaunts in the field. | Arme, arme, my Lord: the foe vaunts in the field. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.80 | Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe. | Thou shalt not stir a foote to seeke a Foe. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.61 | Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe. | Vncle this is a Mountague, our foe: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.7 | But to his foe supposed he must complain, | But to his foe suppos'd he must complaine, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.9 | Being held a foe, he may not have access | Being held a foe, he may not haue accesse |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.50 | My intercession likewise steads my foe. | My intercession likewise steads my foe. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.238 | That thought is bounty's foe – | That thought is Bounties Foe; |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.20 | He did oppose his foe. | He did oppose his Foe: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.309 | And find the welcome of a noble foe. | And finde the welcome of a Noble Foe. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.8 | Thou art yet a fair foe; and I feel myself, | Thou art yet a faire Foe; and I feele my selfe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.22 | A beneficial foe, that my embraces | A beneficiall foe, that my embraces |