| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.28 | brief and the tedious of it; and he's of a most facinerious | breefe and the tedious of it, and he's of a most facinerious |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.18 | respect it is not in the court, it is tedious. As it is a spare | respect it is not in the Court, it is tedious. As it is a spare |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.151 | O most gentle Jupiter, what tedious homily of | O most gentle Iupiter, what tedious homilie of |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.314 | heavy tedious penury. These Time ambles withal. | heauie tedious penurie. These Time ambles withal. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.1 | I see a man's life is a tedious one, | I see a mans life is a tedious one, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.219 | These tedious old fools! | These tedious old fooles. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.237.1 | The tedious day with sleep. | The tedious day with sleepe. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.203 | To sport would be as tedious as to work; | To sport, would be as tedious as to worke; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.45 | Can trace me in the tedious ways of art | Can trace me in the tedious wayes of Art, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.153 | But marked him not a word. O, he is as tedious | But mark'd him not a word. O, he is as tedious |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.53 | Ordained is to raise this tedious siege | Ordayned is to rayse this tedious Siege, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.74 | Writes not so tedious a style as this. | Writes not so tedious a Stile as this. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.64 | I would remove these tedious stumbling-blocks | I would remoue these tedious stumbling blockes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.340 | Weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemies. | Weaues tedious Snares to trap mine Enemies. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.9 | And for the time shall not seem tedious, | And for the time shall not seeme tedious, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.108 | Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, | Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.137 | Returning were as tedious as go o'er. | Returning were as tedious as go ore: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.111 | Come, you are a tedious fool. To the purpose. | Come: you are a tedious foole: to the purpose: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.9 | Grown seared and tedious; yea, my gravity, | Growne feard, and tedious: yea, my Grauitie |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.11 | His tedious measures with the unbated fire | His tedious measures with the vnbated fire, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.77 | To take a tedious leave. Thus losers part. | To take a tedious leaue: thus loosers part. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.118 | The tedious minutes I with her have spent. | The tedious minutes I with her haue spent. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.431 | O weary night! O long and tedious night, | O weary night, O long and tedious night, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.56 | A tedious brief scene of young Pyramus | Lis. A tedious breefe Scene of yong Piramus, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.58 | Merry and tragical? Tedious and brief? | The. Merry and tragicall? Tedious, and briefe? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.64 | Which makes it ‘ tedious.’ For in all the play | Which makes it tedious. For in all the play, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.17 | Neighbours, you are tedious. | Neighbours, you are tedious. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.20 | I were as tedious as a king, I could find it in my heart to | I were as tedious as a King I could finde in my heart to |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.394 | It were a tedious difficulty, I think, | It were a tedious difficulty, I thinke, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.171 | More tedious than the dial eightscore times! | More tedious then the Diall, eight score times? |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.69 | I grant it. Pray; but be not tedious, for | I graunt it, pray, but bee not tedious, for |
| Pericles | Per V.i.26 | 'Twould be too tedious to repeat; | Twould be too tedious to repeat, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.268 | Nay, rather every tedious stride I make | |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.75 | Within me grief hath kept a tedious fast; | Within me greefe hath kept a tedious fast, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.40 | In winter's tedious nights sit by the fire | In Winters tedious Nights sit by the fire |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.26 | Thinking his prattle to be tedious: | Thinking his prattle to be tedious: |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.90 | 'Tis better, sir, than to be tedious. | 'Tis better (Sir) then to be tedious: |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.5 | Have made it tedious, wearisome, and heavy. | Haue made it tedious, wearisome, and heauie. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.6 | Cannot my Lord Stanley sleep these tedious nights? | Cannot my Lord Stanley sleepe these tedious /Nights? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.28 | Brief abstract and record of tedious days, | Breefe abstract and record of tedious dayes, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.28 | Not yet enjoyed. So tedious is this day | Not yet enioy'd, so tedious is this day, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.230 | Is not so long as is a tedious tale. | Is not so long as is a tedious tale. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.104 | Tedious it were to tell, and harsh to hear – | Tedious it were to tell, and harsh to heare, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.371.2 | Away, thou tedious rogue! | Away thou tedious Rogue, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.39 | And in a tedious sampler sewed her mind; | And in a tedious Sampler sowed her minde. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.31 | With twenty, watchful, weary, tedious nights; | With twenty watchfull, weary, tedious nights; |