| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.165 | Or four-and-twenty times the pilot's glass | Or foure and twenty times the Pylots glasse |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.81 | Love make your fortunes twenty times above | Loue make your fortunes twentie times aboue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.81 | That twenty such rude boys might tend upon | That twenty such rude boyes might tend vpon, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.142 | dies instantly. I have seen her die twenty times upon | dies instantly: I haue seene her dye twenty times vppon |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.62 | Ay, madam, twenty several messengers. | I Madam, twenty seuerall Messengers. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.96 | Whip him! Were't twenty of the greatest tributaries | Whip him: wer't twenty of the greatest Tributaries |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.3 | He thinks, being twenty times of better fortune, | He thinks, being twenty times of better fortune, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.4.1 | He is twenty men to one. | He is twenty men to one. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.46 | were there twenty brothers betwixt us: I have as much | were there twenty brothers betwixt vs: I haue as much |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.42 | So near our public court as twenty miles, | So neere our publike Court as twentie miles, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.108 | Ay, and twenty such. | I, and twentie such. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.180 | Not once, nor twice, but twenty times you have. | Not once, nor twice, but twentie times you haue: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.327 | I tell thee, Syracusian, twenty years | I tell thee Siracusian, twentie yeares |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.70 | Within thine eyes sat twenty thousand deaths, | Within thine eyes sate twenty thousand deaths |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.62 | Some twenty years. | Some twenty yeares. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.54 | Cannot take two from twenty, for his heart, | Cannot take two from twenty for his heart, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.69 | Followed my banishment, and this twenty years | Followed my Banishment, and this twenty yeeres, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.49 | Are now each one the slaughterman of twenty: | Are now each one the slaughter-man of twenty: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.338 | For such and so they are – these twenty years | (For such, and so they are) these twenty yeares |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.364 | while my father lived give twenty, forty, fifty, a hundred | while my Father liued; giue twenty, forty, an hundred |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.25 | Two thousand souls and twenty thousand ducats | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.60 | The imminent death of twenty thousand men | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.170 | Here's a skull now hath lien you i'th' earth three-and-twenty | Heres a Scull now: this Scul, has laine in the earth three & twenty |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.68 | Ten thousand bold Scots, two-and-twenty knights, | Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty Knights |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.16 | time this two-and-twenty years, and yet I am bewitched | time this two and twenty yeare, & yet I am bewitcht |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.8 | make twenty, take them all, I'll answer the coinage. Bid | make twentie, take them all, Ile answere the Coynage. Bid |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.42 | have sent me two-and-twenty yards of satin, as I am a | sent me two and twenty yards of Satten (as I am true |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.11 | To five-and-twenty thousand men of choice; | To fiue and twenty thousand men of choice: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.16 | Whether our present five-and-twenty thousand | Whether our present fiue and twenty thousand |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.68 | What, is the King but five-and-twenty thousand? | What is the King but fiue & twenty thousand? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.152 | Pray thee, Sir John, let it be but twenty nobles; | Prethee (Sir Iohn) let it be but twenty Nobles, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.130 | That's to make him eat twenty of his | That's to make him eate twenty of his |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.351 | And there are twenty weak and wearied posts | And there are twentie weake and wearied Postes, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.62 | Had twenty years been made. This is a stem | Had twentie yeeres been made. This is a Stem |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.82 | Who will go to hazard with me for twenty | Who will goe to Hazard with me for twentie |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.218 | Indeed, the French may lay twenty French | Indeede the French may lay twentie French |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.8 | Seven earls, twelve barons, and twenty reverend bishops, | Seuen Earles, twelue Barons, & twenty reuerend Bishops |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.60 | And had I twenty times so many foes, | And had I twentie times so many foes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.61 | And each of them had twenty times their power, | And each of them had twentie times their power, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.142 | With twenty thousand kisses, and to drain | With twenty thousand kisses, and to draine |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.206 | Though Suffolk dare him twenty thousand times. | Though Suffolke dare him twentie thousand times. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.268 | Your loving uncle, twenty times his worth, | Your louing Vnckle, twentie times his worth, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.19 | pay one-and-twenty fifteens, and one shilling to the | pay one and twenty Fifteenes, and one shilling to the |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.51 | She is hard by with twenty thousand men; | She is hard by, with twentie thousand men: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.71 | Five men to twenty! Though the odds be great, | Fiue men to twentie: though the oddes be great, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.180 | Will but amount to five-and-twenty thousand, | Will but amount to fiue and twenty thousand, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.152 | Than to accomplish twenty golden crowns! | Then to accomplish twentie Golden Crownes. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.30.1 | He would kiss you twenty with a breath. | He would Kisse you Twenty with a breath. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.30 | That like a jewel has hung twenty years | That like a Iewell, ha's hung twenty yeares |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.36 | Upward of twenty years, and have been blessed | Vpward of twenty yeares, and haue bene blest |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.41 | face, for, o'my conscience, twenty of the dog-days now | face, for o' my conscience twenty of the Dog-dayes now |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.17 | Like twenty torches joined; and yet his hand, | Like twentie Torches ioyn'd; and yet his Hand, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.101 | Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life | Why he that cuts off twenty yeares of life, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.110 | A hundred-and-twenty knights, and thirty thousand | A hundred and twenty knights, and thirty thousand |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.36 | Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliaths; | Hath with a stone foild twentie stout Goliahs, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.37 | Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints | Some twentie naked staruelings with small flints, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.9 | One against twenty, beat you up together? | One against twentie beate you vp together. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.101 | Than twenty silly-ducking observants | Then twenty silly-ducking obseruants, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.68 | not a nose among twenty but can smell him that's | not a nose among twenty, but can smell him that's |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.249 | With five-and-twenty – Regan, said you so? | With fiue and twenty? Regan, said you so? |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.254 | Thy fifty yet doth double five-and-twenty, | Thy fifty yet doth double fiue and twenty, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.256 | What need you five-and-twenty, ten, or five | What need you fiue and twenty? Ten? Or fiue? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.37 | I am compared to twenty thousand fairs. | I am compar'd to twenty thousand fairs. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.265 | Twenty adieus, my frozen Muscovits. | Twentie adieus my frozen Muscouits. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.26 | With twenty trenched gashes on his head, | With twenty trenched gashes on his head; |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.80 | With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, | With twenty mortall murthers on their crownes, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.41 | Why, I can buy me twenty at any market. | Why I can buy me twenty at any Market. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.180 | That, had he twenty heads to tender down | That had he twentie heads to tender downe |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.181 | On twenty bloody blocks, he'd yield them up, | On twentie bloodie blockes, hee'ld yeeld them vp, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.15 | his own instructions. I can easier teach twenty what were | his owne instructions; I can easier teach twentie what were |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.16 | good to be done than be one of the twenty to follow | good to be done, then be one of the twentie to follow |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.59 | should marry him, I should marry twenty husbands. If | should marry him, I should marry twentie husbands: if |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.66 | I have sent twenty out to seek for you. | I haue sent twenty out to seeke for you. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.153 | I would be trebled twenty times myself, | I would be trebled twenty times my selfe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.279 | If they deny him justice. Twenty merchants, | If they deny him iustice. Twenty Merchants, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.287 | Than twenty times the value of the sum | Then twenty times the value of the summe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.307 | To pay the petty debt twenty times over. | To pay the petty debt twenty times ouer. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.74 | And twenty of these puny lies I'll tell, | And twentie of these punie lies Ile tell, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.84 | For we must measure twenty miles today. | For we must measure twentie miles to day. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.2 | a Star-Chamber matter of it. If he were twenty Sir | a Star-Chamber matter of it, if hee were twenty Sir |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.275 | Sackerson loose twenty times, and have taken him by | Sackerson loose, twenty times, and haue taken him by |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.75 | I will find you twenty lascivious turtles ere one chaste | I will find you twentie lasciuious Turtles ere one chaste |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.183 | twenty, good Master Page. Master Page, will you go with | twenty (good Master Page.) Master Page, wil you go with |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.69 | could never get an eye-wink of her – I had myself twenty | could neuer get an eye-winke of her: I had my selfe twentie |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.29 | Why, this boy will carry a letter twenty mile as easy as a | why this boy will carrie a letter twentie mile as easie, as a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.88 | Though twenty thousand worthier come to crave her. | Though twenty thousand worthier come to craue her. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.78 | And twenty glow-worms shall our lanterns be, | And twenty glow-wormes shall our Lanthornes bee |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.113 | cudgel, and twenty pounds of money, which must be | cudgell, and twenty pounds of money, which must be |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.133 | write to him; for she'll be up twenty times a night, and | write to him, for shee'll be vp twenty times a night, and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.68 | one wise man among twenty that will praise himself. | one wise man among twentie that will praise himselfe. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.165 | Though I lost twenty lives. Help! Help, ho! Help! | Though I lost twenty liues. Helpe, helpe, hoa, helpe: |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.262 | Than twenty times your stop. but, O vain boast! – | Then twenty times your stop. But (oh vaine boast) |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.14 | Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows | Each substance of a greefe hath twenty shadows |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.76 | But now the blood of twenty thousand men | But now the blood of twentie thousand men |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.85 | Is not the King's name twenty thousand names? | Is not the Kings Name fortie thousand Names? |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.38 | If thou deniest it twenty times, thou liest, | If thou deniest it, twenty times thou lyest, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.59 | To answer twenty thousand such as you. | |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.101 | Away, fond woman. Were he twenty times my son | Away fond woman: were hee twenty times my Son |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.161 | And twenty times made pause to sob and weep, | And twenty times, made pause to sob and weepe: |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.120 | to hold me but while one tells twenty. | to hold me but while one tels twenty. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.38 | Gold were as good as twenty orators, | Gold were as good as twentie Orators, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.38 | Some five-and-twenty years; and then we masked. | Some fiue and twenty yeares, and then we Maskt. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.72 | Than twenty of their swords! Look thou but sweet, | Then twenty of their Swords, looke thou but sweete, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.169 | I will not fail. 'Tis twenty years till then. | I will not faile, 'tis twenty yeares till then, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.148 | down, an 'a were lustier than he is, and twenty such | downe, & a were lustier then he is, and twentie such |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.49 | It beats as it would fall in twenty pieces. | It beates as it would fall in twenty peeces. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.178 | Some twenty of them fought in this black strife, | Some twenty of them fought in this blacke strife, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.179 | And all those twenty could but kill one life. | And all those twenty could but kill one life. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.153 | With twenty hundred thousand times more joy | With twenty hundred thousand times more ioy |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.2 | Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks. | Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning Cookes. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.79 | Of twenty men it would dispatch you straight. | Of twenty men, it would dispatch you straight. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.19 | I would not lose the dog for twenty pound. | I would not loose the dogge for twentie pound. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.35 | And twenty caged nightingales do sing. | And twentie caged Nightingales do sing. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.94 | And twenty more such names and men as these, | And twentie more such names and men as these, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.122 | And in possession twenty thousand crowns. | And in possession twentie thousand Crownes. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.158 | And twangling Jack, with twenty such vile terms, | And twangling Iacke, with twentie such vilde tearmes, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.57 | That teacheth tricks eleven and twenty long, | That teacheth trickes eleuen and twentie long, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.4 | Near twenty years ago in Genoa, | Neere twentie yeares a goe in Genoa. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.70.2 | Twenty crowns. | Twentie crownes. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.71 | Twenty crowns? | Twentie crownes, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.73 | But twenty times so much upon my wife. | But twentie times so much vpon my Wife. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.112 | Unto their losses twenty thousand crowns – | Vnto their losses twentie thousand crownes, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.283 | This deity in my bosom. Twenty consciences | This Deity in my bosome: 'Twentie consciences |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.245 | 'Tis Alcibiades, and some twenty horse, | 'Tis Alcibiades, and some twenty Horse |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.3 | Which makes it five-and-twenty. Still in motion | Which makes it fiue and twenty. Still in motion |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.7 | If I would sell my horse and buy twenty more | If I would sell my Horse, and buy twenty moe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.77 | gives it. Let no assembly of twenty be without a score of | giues it. Let no Assembly of Twenty, be without a score of |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.513 | Expecting in return twenty for one? | Expecting in returne twenty for one? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.82 | Romans, of five-and-twenty valiant sons, | Romaines, of fiue and twenty Valiant Sonnes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.198 | And buried one-and-twenty valiant sons | And buried one and twenty Valiant Sonnes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.10 | For two-and-twenty sons I never wept | For two and twenty sonnes I neuer wept, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.45 | And that would she, for twenty thousand more. | And that would she for twenty thousand more. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.76 | With twenty popish tricks and ceremonies | With twenty Popish trickes and Ceremonies, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.120 | And for my tidings gave me twenty kisses. | And for my tydings, gaue me twenty kisses. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.235 | youth! He ne'er saw three and twenty. – Go thy way, | youth! he ne're saw three and twenty. Go thy way |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.49 | Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty, | Then come kisse me sweet and twentie: |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.87 | And grew a twenty years' removed thing | And grew a twentie yeeres remoued thing |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.31 | With twenty, watchful, weary, tedious nights; | With twenty watchfull, weary, tedious nights; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.72 | Twenty to one then he is shipped already, | Twenty to one then, he is ship'd already, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.93 | Why, lady, Love hath twenty pair of eyes. | Why Lady, Loue hath twenty paire of eyes. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.168 | As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, | As twenty Seas, if all their sand were pearle, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.16 | With twenty thousand soul-confirming oaths! | With twenty thousand soule-confirming oathes. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.46 | With twenty odd-conceited true-love knots – | With twentie od-conceited true-loue knots: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.14 | Twenty to one, he'll come to speak to her, | Twenty to one, hee'le come to speake to her, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iv.17 | Twenty to one, is trussed up in a trice | Twenty to one is trust up in a trice |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.147 | Take twenty, dominie. (To Hippolyta) How does my sweetheart? | Take 20. Domine; how does my sweet heart. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.106.1 | I can sing twenty more. | I can sing twenty more. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.137 | As twenty to dispatch; he'll tickle it up | As twenty to dispatch, hee'l tickl't up |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.116.1 | His age some five-and-twenty. | His age some five and twenty. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.7 | 'Twas well done; twenty times had been far better, | Twas well done; twentie times had bin far better, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.49 | He'll dance the morris twenty mile an hour, | Hee'l dance the Morris twenty mile an houre, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.63 | And twenty strike of oats; but he'll ne'er have her. | And twenty strike of Oates, but hee'l ne're have her; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.107.2 | – And twenty. | And twenty. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.107.3 | Ay, and twenty. | I and twenty. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.59 | three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the | three and twenty, or that youth would sleep out the |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.63 | brains of nineteen and two-and-twenty hunt this | braines of nineteene, and two and twenty hunt this |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.40 | me four-and-twenty nosegays for the shearers, | me four and twenty Nose-gayes for the shearers |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.261 | usurer's wife was brought to bed of twenty money-bags | Vsurers wife was brought to bed of twenty money baggs |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.71 | Make me to think so twenty years together! | Make me to thinke so twentie yeeres together: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.84.1 | No, not these twenty years. | No: not these twentie yeeres. |