| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.4 | Whiles we are suitors to their throne, decays | Whiles we are sutors to their Throne, decayes |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.129 | Whiles, like a doe, I go to find my fawn | Whiles (like a Doe) I go to finde my Fawne, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.48 | Whiles the eye of man did woo me, | Whiles the eye of man did wooe me, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.55 | Whiles you chid me, I did love, | Whiles you chid me, I did loue, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.5 | Patience once more, whiles our compact is urged. | Patience once more, whiles our cõpact is vrg'd: |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.134 | Whiles a wedlock-hymn we sing, | Whiles a Wedlocke Hymne we sing, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.4 | We shall be charged again. Whiles we have struck, | We shall be charg'd againe. Whiles we haue strooke |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.1 | Whiles yet the dew's on ground, gather those flowers; | Whiles yet the dewe's on ground, / Gather those Flowers, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.67 | The thick sighs from him; whiles the jolly Briton – | The thicke sighes from him; whiles the iolly Britaine, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.134 | Whiles he is vaulting variable ramps, | Whiles he is vaulting variable Rampes |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.49 | Whiles like a puffed and reckless libertine | Whilst like a puft and recklesse Libertine |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.96 | Ay, thou poor ghost, whiles memory holds a seat | I, thou poore Ghost, while memory holds a seate |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.149 | Whiles rank corruption, mining all within, | Whil'st ranke Corruption mining all within, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.388 | Even while men's minds are wild, lest more mischance | Euen whiles mens mindes are wilde, / Lest more mischance |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.13 | Whiles the big year, swollen with some other grief, | Whil'st the bigge yeare, swolne with some other griefes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.49 | Whiles England shall have generation. | Whiles England shall haue generation. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.76 | Whiles I was busy for the commonwealth, | Whiles I was busie for the Commonwealth, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.108 | Whiles his most mighty father on a hill | Whiles his most mightie Father on a Hill |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.57 | Whiles that his mountain sire, on mountain standing, | Whiles that his Mountaine Sire, on Mountaine standing |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.29 | Whiles yet my soldiers are in my command, | Whiles yet my Souldiers are in my Command, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.30 | Whiles yet the cool and temperate wind of grace | Whiles yet the coole and temperate Wind of Grace |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.39 | Whiles the mad mothers with their howls confused | Whiles the mad Mothers, with their howles confus'd, |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.24 | Upon our houses' thatch, whiles a more frosty people | Vpon our Houses Thatch, whiles a more frostie People |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.66 | And hold their manhoods cheap, whiles any speaks | And hold their Manhoods cheape, whiles any speakes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.91 | Thou shalt not die whiles – | Thou shalt not dye whiles---- |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.71 | Whiles thy consuming canker eats his falsehood. | Whiles thy consuming Canker eates his falsehood. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.52 | Henry the Fifth. Whiles they each other cross, | Henrie the fift: Whiles they each other crosse, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.17 | And whiles the honourable captain there | And whiles the honourable Captaine there |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.124 | Why, 'tis well known that, whiles I was Protector, | Why 'tis well known, that whiles I was Protector, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.320 | Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. | Whiles I take order for mine owne affaires. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.348 | Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band, | Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mightie Band, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.347 | 'Tis but surmised whiles thou art standing by, | 'Tis but surmiz'd, whiles thou art standing by, |
| 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.v.74 | Whiles lions war and battle for their dens, | Whiles Lyons Warre, and battaile for their Dennes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.2 | Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light. | Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.39 | The tiger will be mild whiles she doth mourn; | The Tyger will be milde, whiles she doth mourne; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.48 | Whiles Warwick tells his title, smooths the wrong, | Whiles Warwicke tels his Title, smooths the Wrong, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.169 | And, whiles I live, t' account this world but hell, | And whiles I liue, t'account this World but Hell, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.182 | Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, | Why I can smile, and murther whiles I smile, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.43 | But whiles he thought to steal the single ten, | But whiles he thought to steale the single Ten, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.55 | Shall, whiles thy head is warm and new cut off, | Shall, whiles thy Head is warme, and new cut off, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.10 | Whiles, in his moan, the ship splits on the rock, | Whiles in his moane, the Ship splits on the Rock, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.137 | Whose minister you are, whiles here He lived | Whose Minister you are, whiles heere he liu'd |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.208 | Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, | Whiles they behold a greater then themselues, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.14 | Lord Audley, whiles our son is in the chase, | Lord Audley, whiles our sonne is in the chase, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.121 | And wistly follow whiles the game's on foot. – | And wistlie follow whiles the games on foote. |
| King John | KJ II.i.87 | Whiles we, God's wrathful agent, do correct | Whiles we Gods wrathfull agent doe correct |
| King John | KJ II.i.593 | Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail | Well, whiles I am a begger, I will raile, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.132 | That whiles warm life plays in that infant's veins | That whiles warme life playes in that infants veines, |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.5 | Does not attend my taking. Whiles I may 'scape | Do's not attend my taking. Whiles I may scape |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.5 | Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from | Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came Missiues from |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.60 | Which now suits with it. – Whiles I threat, he lives: | Which now sutes with it. Whiles I threat, he liues: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.53 | While night's black agents to their preys do rouse. | Whiles Nights black Agents to their Prey's doe rowse. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.41 | On mine own sword? Whiles I see lives, the gashes | On mine owne sword? whiles I see liues, the gashes |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.78 | And sent according to command, whiles I | And sent according to command, whiles I |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.126 | before. Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another | before; whiles wee shut the gate vpon one wooer, another |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.374 | Whiles I in this affair do thee employ | Whiles I in this affaire do thee imply, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.217 | Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost, | Whiles we enioy it; but being lack'd and lost, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.220 | Whiles it was ours. So will it fare with Claudio. | Whiles it was ours, so will it fare with Claudio: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.233 | I have drunk poison whiles he uttered it. | I haue drunke poison whiles he vtter'd it. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.66 | She died, my lord, but whiles her slander lived. | Shee died my Lord, but whiles her slander liu'd. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.343 | As I do now. For whiles this honest fool | As I do now. For whiles this honest Foole |
| Pericles | Per III.i.68 | Upon the pillow. Hie thee, whiles I say | Vpon the Pillow; hie thee whiles I say |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.133 | While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. | Whiles Kites and Buzards play at liberty. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.32 | Rest you, whiles I lament King Henry's corse. | Rest you, whiles I lament King Henries Coarse. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.122 | Whiles, in the mildness of your sleepy thoughts, | Whiles in the mildnesse of your sleepie thoughts, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.300 | That whiles Verona by that name is known, | That whiles Verona by that name is knowne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.22 | Take you your instrument, play you the whiles – | Take you your instrument, play you the whiles, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.210 | You may be jogging whiles your boots are green. | You may be iogging whiles your bootes are greene: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.343 | In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me | In this hard Rocke, whiles you doe keepe from me |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.221.1 | Whiles thou art waking. | Whiles thou art waking. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.229 | Whiles thus you mock it! How, in stripping it, | Whiles thus you mocke it: how in stripping it |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.289 | Can lay to bed for ever; whiles you, doing thus, | Can lay to bed for euer: whiles you doing thus, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.315 | Whiles we stood here securing your repose, | Whiles we stood here securing your repose, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.27 | Whiles hounds and horns and sweet melodious birds | Whiles Hounds and Hornes, and sweet Melodious Birds |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.138 | Whiles I go tell my lord the Emperor | Whiles I goe tell my Lord the Emperour, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.181 | Whiles that Lavinia 'tween her stumps doth hold | Whil'st that Lauinia tweene her stumps doth hold: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.135 | Whiles others play the idiots in her eyes! | Whiles others play the Ideots in her eyes: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.102 | Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion, | Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.42 | Whiles you beguile the time, and feed your knowledge | Whiles you beguile the time, and feed your knowledge |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.29 | Whiles you are willing it shall come to note; | Whiles you are willing it shall come to note, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.197 | Whiles other men have gates, and those gates opened, | Whiles other men haue Gates, and those Gates open'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.188 | Whiles he was hast'ning – in the chase, it seems, | Whiles he was hastning (in the Chase, it seemes, |