| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.38 | If you will tarry, holy pilgrim, | If you will tarrie holy Pilgrime |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.283 | I'll tarry no longer with you. Farewell, good | Ile tarrie no longer with you, farewell good |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.39 | and then were you hindered by the sergeant to tarry for | and then were you hindred by the Serieant to tarry for |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.131 | not, tarry at home and be hanged. | not, tarry at home and be hang'd. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.132 | Hear ye, Yedward, if I tarry at home and go | Heare ye Yedward, if I tarry at home and go |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.143 | Well, come what will, I'll tarry at home. | Well, come what will, Ile tarry at home. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.188 | tarry dinner. I am glad to see you, by my troth, Master | tarry dinner. I am glad to see you in good troth, Master |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.15 | And cries aloud, ‘ Tarry, my cousin Suffolk! | He cryes aloud; Tarry my Cosin Suffolke, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.17 | Tarry, sweet soul, for mine, then fly abreast, | Tarry (sweet soule) for mine, then flye a-brest: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.65 | Leave me, or tarry. Edward will be king, | Leaue me, or tarry, Edward will be King, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.v.26 | Better do so than tarry and be hanged. | Better do so, then tarry and be hang'd. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.131 | I will not tarry; no, nor ever more | I will not tarry: no, nor euer more |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.25 | Than tarry till they push us. Good Volumnius, | Then tarry till they push vs. Good Volumnius, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.90 | lubber's length again, tarry; but away, go to! Have you | lubbers length againe, tarry, but away, goe too, haue you |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.312 | Nuncle Lear, nuncle Lear, tarry! Take the Fool | Nunkle Lear, Nunkle Lear, / Tarry, take the Foole |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.78 | But I will tarry, the fool will stay, | But I will tarry, the Foole will stay, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.162 | Nay, tarry, I'll go along with thee. I can tell thee | Nay tarrie, Ile go along with thee, / I can tel thee |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.1 | I pray you tarry, pause a day or two | I pray you tarrie, pause a day or two |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.302 | Tarry a little, there is something else. | Tarry a little, there is something else, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.343.2 | Tarry, Jew! | Tarry Iew, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.ii.18 | Away, make haste. Thou know'st where I will tarry. | Away, make haste, thou know'st where I will tarry. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.60 | By my trot, I tarry too long. 'Od's me! Qu'ai-je | By my trot: I tarry too long: od's-me: que ay ie |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.87 | paper. (To Simple) Tarry you a little-a while. | paper: tarry you a littell-a-while. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.108 | may be gone. It is not good you tarry here. Exit Simple | may be gon: it is not good you tarry here: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.63 | Tarry, rash wanton! Am not I thy lord? | Tarrie rash Wanton; am not I thy Lord? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.44 | And tarry for the comfort of the day. | And tarry for the comfort of the day. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.288 | (taking her by the hand) Tarry, sweet Beatrice. | Tarrie sweet Beatrice. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.319 | Tarry, good Beatrice. By this hand, I love | Tarry good Beatrice, by this hand I loue |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.144 | tarry for the mourners, and stay dinner. | tarrie for the Mourners, and stay dinner. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.124 | Ay, it stands so that I may hardly tarry so long. But I | I, it stands so that I may hardly tarry so long: / But I |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.126 | tarry in despite of the flesh and the blood. | tarrie in despight of the flesh & the blood |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.115 | Tarry, Petruchio, I must go with thee, | Tarrie Petruchio, I must go with thee, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.235 | I chafe you, if I tarry. Let me go. | I chafe you if I tarrie. Let me go. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.95 | I cannot tarry. I knew a wench married in an | I cannot tarry: I knew a wench maried in an |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.141 | And tarry with him till I turn again. | And tarry with him till I turne againe. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.15 | have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the | haue a Cake out of the Wheate, must needes tarry the |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.18 | Ay, the grinding; but you must tarry the | I the grinding; but you must tarry the |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.21 | Ay, the bolting; but you must tarry the | I the boulting; but you must tarry the |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.15.2 | Prithee, tarry – | Prithee tarry, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.16 | You men will never tarry – | you men will neuer tarry; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.74 | That go or tarry. | that go, or tarry. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.18 | There's money for thee; if you tarry longer, I shall give | there's money for thee, if you tarry longer, I shall giue |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.34 | the tide, if you tarry any longer. | the Tide, if you tarry any longer. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.186 | Tarry I here, I but attend on death; | Tarry I heere, I but attend on death, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.75 | tarry till my son come: he hallowed but even now. | tarry till my sonne come: he hallow'd but euen now. |