| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.152 | the longer kept, the less worth. Off with't while 'tis | The longer kept, the lesse worth: Off with't while 'tis |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.129 | I cannot give thee less, to be called grateful. | I cannot giue thee lesse to be cal'd gratefull: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.328 | Of that and all the progress more and less | Of that and all the progresse more and lesse, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.40.2 | I should have known no less. | I should haue knowne no lesse, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.31.2 | I could have given less matter | I could haue giuen lesse matter |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.10 | The mered question. 'Twas a shame no less | The meered question? 'Twas a shame no lesse |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.60 | The courage of a woman; less noble mind | The Courage of a Woman, lesse Noble minde |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.18 | No less beg than a kingdom. If he please | No lesse begge then a Kingdome: If he please |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.360 | No less in pity than his glory which | No lesse in pitty, then his Glory which |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.104 | stay behind her; she is at the court, and no less beloved | stay behind her; she is at the Court, and no lesse beloued |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.170 | thought no less. That flattering tongue of yours won | thought no lesse: that flattering tongue of yours wonne |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.182 | With no less religion than if thou wert indeed | With no lesse religion, then if thou wert indeed |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.145 | Even daughter, welcome, in no less degree. | Euen daughter welcome, in no lesse degree. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.31 | Less in your knowledge and your grace you show not | Lesse in your knowledge, and your grace you show not, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.44 | His incivility confirms no less. | His inciuility confirmes no lesse: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.23 | none less dear than thine and my good Martius, I had | none lesse deere then thine, and my good Martius, I had |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.14 | No, nor a man that fears you less than he: | No, nor a man that feares you lesse then he, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.v.23.2 | Thy friend no less | Thy Friend no lesse, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.22 | Worse than a theft, no less than a traducement, | worse then a Theft, / No lesse then a Traducement, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.124 | The common muck of the world. He covets less | The common Muck of the World: he couets lesse |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.129 | Done many things, some less, some more. Your voices! | done many things, some lesse, some more: / Your Voyces? |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.185 | That as his worthy deeds did claim no less | That as his worthy deeds did clayme no lesse |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.102 | If they be senators; and they are no less | If they be Senators: and they are no lesse, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.150 | You that will be less fearful than discreet, | You that will be lesse fearefull, then discreet, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.20 | With striving less to be so. Lesser had been | With striuing lesse to be so: Lesser had bin |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.48 | You adopt your policy, how is it less or worse | You adopt your policy: How is it lesse or worse |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.238 | Reason: because they then less | Reason, because they then lesse |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.94 | Against us brats with no less confidence | Against vs Brats, with no lesse Confidence, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.20 | And so he thinks, and is no less apparent | And so he thinkes, and is no lesse apparant |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.19 | When it was less expected. He replied, | When it was lesse expected. He replyed |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.22 | Very well. Could he say less? | Very well, could he say lesse. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.194 | A mother less? Or granted less, Aufidius? | A Mother lesse? or granted lesse Auffidius? |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.44.1 | For no less spoil than glory – | For no lesse Spoile, then Glory. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.80 | With no less honour to the Antiates | With no lesse Honor to the Antiates |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.15 | As little as a crow, or less, ere left | As little as a Crow, or lesse, ere left |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.7 | You speak of him when he was less furnished than | You speake of him when he was lesse furnish'd, then |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.21 | taking a beggar without less quality. But how comes | taking a Begger without lesse quality. But how comes |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.25 | have been often bound for no less than my life. – | haue bin often bound for no lesse then my life. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.58 | less attemptable than any the rarest of our ladies in | lesse attemptible then any, the rarest of our Ladies in |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.167 | Or less; at first? Perchance he spoke not, but | Or lesse; at first? Perchance he spoke not, but |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.6 | Famous in Caesar's praises, no whit less | (Famous in Casars prayses, no whit lesse |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.9 | Into a haviour of less fear, ere wildness | Into a hauiour of lesse feare, ere wildnesse |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.6 | To show less sovereignty than they, must needs | To shew lesse Soueraignty then they, must needs |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.50 | Been less, and so more equal ballasting | Bin lesse, and so more equall ballasting |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.66 | The night to th' owl and morn to th' lark less welcome. | The Night to'th'Owle, / And Morne to th'Larke lesse welcome. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.i.10 | no less young, more strong, not beneath him in fortunes, | no lesse young, more strong, not beneath him in Fortunes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.243 | Great griefs, I see, medicine the less; for Cloten | Great greefes I see med'cine the lesse: For Cloten |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.375 | Thou mov'st no less with thy complaining than | Thou mou'st no lesse with thy complaining, then |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.384 | No less beloved. The Roman emperor's letters | No lesse belou'd. The Romane Emperors Letters |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iii.29 | Your preparation can affront no less | Your preparation can affront no lesse |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.i.33 | The fashion less without, and more within. | The fashion lesse without, and more within. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.225 | Be villainy less than 'twas. O Innogen! | Be villany lesse then 'twas. Oh Imogen! |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.65 | A little more than kin, and less than kind! | A little more then kin, and lesse then kinde. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.110 | And with no less nobility of love | And with no lesse Nobility of Loue, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.95.2 | More matter, with less art. | More matter, with lesse Art. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.489 | With less remorse than Pyrrhus' bleeding sword | With lesse remorse then Pyrrhus bleeding sword |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.529 | Use them after your own honour and dignity. The less | vse them after your own Honor and Dignity. The lesse |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.77 | Yet needful too, for youth no less becomes | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.45 | Without debatement further, more or less, | Without debatement further, more or lesse, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.351 | So tell him, with th' occurrents, more and less, | So tell him with the occurrents more and lesse, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.166 | speak more or less than truth, they are villains and the | speake more or lesse then truth, they are villaines, and the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.68 | The more and less came in with cap and knee, | The more and lesse came in with Cap and Knee, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.34 | I hope no less, yet needful 'tis to fear, | I hope no lesse? Yet needfull 'tis to feare, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.163 | grow less, for I'll purge, and leave sack, and live | grow lesse? For Ile purge, and leaue Sacke, and liue |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.209 | And more and less do flock to follow him. | And more, and lesse, do flocke to follow him. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.140 | in less. | in lesse. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.7 | Less noise, less noise! | Lesse noyse, lesse noyse. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.162 | Other, less fine in carat, is more precious, | Other, lesse fine in Charract, is more precious, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.110 | And not less happy, having such a son | And no lesse happy, hauing such a Sonne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.55 | Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace; | Make lesse thy body (hence) and more thy Grace, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.39 | We judge no less. Uncle of Exeter, | We Iudge no lesse. Vnkle of Exeter, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.92 | This knight, no less for bounty bound to us | This Knight no lesse for bounty bound to Vs |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.2 | In motion of no less celerity | In motion of no lesse celeritie |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.241 | Wherein thou art less happy being feared, | Wherein thou art lesse happy, being fear'd, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.8 | And his achievements of no less account. | And his atchieuements of no lesse account: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.67 | I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited, | I finde thou art no lesse then Fame hath bruited, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.100 | Was nothing less than bloody tyranny. | Was nothing lesse then bloody Tyranny. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.130 | Much less to take occasion from their mouths | Much lesse to take occasion from their mouthes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.34 | I owe him little duty, and less love, | I owe him little Dutie, and lesse Loue, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.26 | And go in peace, Humphrey, no less beloved | And goe in peace, Humfrey, no lesse belou'd, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iii.9 | And to speak truth, thou deservest no less. | And to speake truth, thou deseru'st no lesse. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.85 | To weep is to make less the depth of grief; | To weepe, is to make lesse the depth of greefe: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.56 | More than I seem, and less than I was born to: | More then I seeme, and lesse then I was born to: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.57 | A man at least, for less I should not be; | A man at least, for lesse I should not be: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.10 | It were no less; but yet I'll make a pause. | It were no lesse, but yet Ile make a pawse. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.101 | I blame not her, she could say little less; | I blame not her; she could say little lesse: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.22 | True, my good lord, I know you for no less. | True, my good Lord, I know you for no lesse. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.62 | I thought no less; it is his policy | I thought no lesse: it is his Policie, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.50 | And yet brought forth less than a mother's hope, | And yet brought forth lesse then a Mothers hope, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.68 | This night to meet here, they could do no less, | This night to meet heere they could doe no lesse, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.110 | A woman of less place might ask by law – | A Woman of lesse Place might aske by Law; |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.62 | Does purpose honour to you no less flowing | Doe's purpose honour to you no lesse flowing, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.43 | With less allegiance in it! Men that make | With lesse Allegeance in it. Men that make |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.272 | stabbed their mothers, they would have done no less. | stab'd their Mothers, they would haue done no lesse. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.19 | that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then | that Brutus loue to Casar, was no lesse then his. If then, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.21 | is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I | is my answer: Not that I lou'd Casar lesse, but that I |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iv.27 | A prize no less in worth. Keep this man safe; | A prize no lesse in worth; keepe this man safe, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.103 | A voluntary mischief hath less scorn | A voluntarie mischiefe hath lesse scorne, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.224 | Though little, I do prize it ten times less. | Though litle I do prise it ten tymes lesse, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.125 | And that, my dearest love, can be no less | And that my dearest loue, can be no lesse, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.25 | We can no less but put you to the sword, | We can no lesse but put ye to the sword, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.82 | By this revenge that loss will seem the less. | By this reuenge, that losse will seeme the lesse, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.41 | No less than forty thousand wicked elders | No lesse than fortie thousand wicked elders, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.42 | And you, our no less loving son of Albany – | And you our no lesse louing Sonne of Albany, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.58 | No less than life, with grace, health, beauty, honour, | No lesse then life, with grace, health, beauty, honor: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.81 | No less in space, validity, and pleasure | No lesse in space, validitie, and pleasure |
| King Lear | KL I.i.93 | According to my bond, no more nor less. | According to my bond, no more nor lesse. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.195.1 | Nor will you tender less. | Nor will you tender lesse? |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.13 | I do profess to be no less than I seem: to serve him | I do professe to be no lesse then I seeme; to serue him |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.118 | Speak less than thou knowest, | Speake lesse then thou knowest, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.119 | Lend less than thou owest, | Lend lesse then thou owest, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.122 | Set less than thou throwest; | Set lesse then thou throwest; |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.163 | Fools had ne'er less grace in a year, | Fooles had nere lesse grace in a yeere, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.134 | You less know how to value her desert | You lesse know how to value her desert, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.195.1 | Deserved much less advancement. | Deseru'd much lesse aduancement. |
| King Lear | KL III.i.23 | Throned and set high – servants, who seem no less, | Thron'd and set high; Seruants, who seeme no lesse, |
| King Lear | KL III.iii.16 | bed. If I die for it, as no less is threatened me, the King | bed, if I die for it, (as no lesse is threatned me) the King |
| King Lear | KL III.iii.22 | That which my father loses – no less than all. | That which my Father looses: no lesse then all, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.61 | Four score and upward, not an hour more nor less, | Fourescore and vpward, / Not an houre more, nor lesse: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.95 | Ere I taste bread, thou art in nothing less | Ere I taste bread, thou art in nothing lesse |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.165 | I am no less in blood than thou art, Edmund; | I am no lesse in blood then thou art Edmond, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.7 | Matchless Navarre; the plea of no less weight | Matchlesse Nauarre, the plea of no lesse weight |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.17 | I am less proud to hear you tell my worth | I am lesse proud to heare you tell my worth, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.55 | I think no less. Dost thou not wish in heart | I thinke no lesse: Dost thou wish in heart |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.384.2 | I cannot give you less. | I cannot giue you lesse. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.119.1 | Promised no less to them? | Promis'd no lesse to them. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.137 | Are less than horrible imaginings. | Are lesse then horrible Imaginings: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.19 | To overtake thee. Would thou hadst less deserved, | To ouertake thee. Would thou hadst lesse deseru'd, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.31 | That hast no less deserved, nor must be known | That hast no lesse deseru'd, nor must be knowne |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.32 | No less to have done so, let me enfold thee | No lesse to haue done so: Let me enfold thee, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.135 | Whose absence is no less material to me | Whose absence is no lesse materiall to me, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.130 | No less in truth than life. My first false speaking | No lesse in truth then life. My first false speaking |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iv.12 | Both more and less have given him the revolt, | Both more and lesse haue giuen him the Reuolt, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.17 | Proclaim you are no less. Can you so stead me | Proclaime you are no lesse: can you so steed me, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.132 | I think no less. Good morrow to your lordship. | I thinke no lesse: good morrow to your Lordship. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.86 | With less respect than we do minister | With lesse respect then we doe minister |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.128 | But in the less, foul profanation. | But in the lesse fowle prophanation. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.253 | More nor less to others paying | More, nor lesse to others paying, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.58 | If he be less, he's nothing: but he's more, | If he be lesse, he's nothing, but he's more, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.142.2 | We did believe no less. | We did beleeue no lesse. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.54 | With no less presence but with much more love | With no lesse presence, but with much more loue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.113 | I feel too much thy blessing, make it less | I feele too much thy blessing, make it lesse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.38 | than reason; but if she be less than an honest woman, | then reason: but if she be lesse then an honest woman, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.322 | Shed thou no blood, nor cut thou less nor more | Shed thou no bloud, nor cut thou lesse nor more |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.324 | Or less than a just pound, be it but so much | Or lesse then a iust pound, be it so much |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.93 | So doth the greater glory dim the less. | So doth the greater glory dim the lesse, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.300 | Less than an ace, man; for he is dead. He is | Lesse then an ace man. For he is dead, he is |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.54 | It is so, indeed; he is no less than a stuffed man; | It is so indeed, he is no lesse then a stuft man: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.32 | no beard is less than a man; and he that is more than a | no beard, is lesse then a man: and hee that is more then a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.33 | youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am | youth, is not for mee: and he that is lesse then a man, I am |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.38 | instances, which shall bear no less likelihood than to | instances which shall beare no lesse likelihood, than to |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.51 | kind of men, the less you meddle or make with them, | kinde of men, the lesse you meddle or make with them, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.361 | the Moor. My cause is hearted: thine hath no less | the Moore. My cause is hearted; thine hath no lesse |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.213 | Thou dost deliver more or less than truth, | Thou dost deliuer more, or lesse then Truth, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.271 | Prerogatived are they less than the base. | Prerogatiu'd are they lesse then the Base, |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.9 | My commendations great, whose merit's less. | My Commendations great, whose merit's lesse. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.7 | Much less in blood than virtue, yet a princess | much lesse in bloud then vertue, yet a Princes |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.36 | less than it gives a good report to a number to be chaste. | lesse then it giues a good report to a number to be chaste. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.292 | For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite | |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.49 | Against the envy of less happier lands; | Against the enuy of lesse happier Lands, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.34 | 'Tis nothing less. Conceit is still derived | 'Tis nothing lesse: conceit is still deriu'd |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.15 | And hope to joy is little less in joy | And hope to ioy, is little lesse in ioy, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.19 | Of much less value is my company | Of much lesse value is my Companie, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.55 | With no less terror than the elements | With no lesse terror then the Elements |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.93 | God grant that some, less noble and less loyal, | God grant, that some lesse Noble, and lesse Loyall, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.67 | No less importing than our general good, | No lesse importing then our generall good, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.197 | Though far more cause, yet much less spirit to curse | Though far more cause, yet much lesse spirit to curse |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.299 | A grandam's name is little less in love | A Grandams name is little lesse in loue, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.95 | By having him making yourself no less. | By hauing him, making your selfe no lesse. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.96 | No less? Nay, bigger! Women grow by men. | No lesse, nay bigger: women grow by men. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.11 | And she as much in love, her means much less | And she as much in Loue, her meanes much lesse, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.109 | 'Tis no less, I tell ye, for the bawdy hand of | 'Tis no lesse I tell you: for the bawdy hand of |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.18 | hair less in his beard than thou hast. Thou wilt quarrel | haire lesse in his beard, then thou hast: thou wilt quarrell |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.9 | What less than doomsday is the Prince's doom? | What lesse then Doomesday, / Is the Princes Doome? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.69 | He is no less than what we say he is. | He is no lesse then what we say he is. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.77 | For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. | For I will loue thee nere the lesse my girle. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.370 | Gremio, 'tis known my father hath no less | Gremio, 'tis knowne my father hath no lesse |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.44 | We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art. | we are lesse afraid to be drownde, then thou art. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.335 | To name the bigger light, and how the less, | To name the bigger Light, and how the lesse |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.78 | What I desire to give, and much less take | What I desire to giue; and much lesse take |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.109 | shalt be no less esteemed. | shalt be no lesse esteemed. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.26 | him of purpose to have him spend less. And yet he | him of purpose, to haue him spend lesse, and yet he |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.55 | It turns in less than two nights? O you gods! | It turnes in lesse then two nights? O you Gods! |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.3 | We know him for no less, though we | We know him for no lesse, thogh we |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.40 | But in the mean time he wants less, my lord. | But in the mean time he wants lesse my Lord. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.450 | But thieves do lose it. Steal less for this I give you, | But Theeues do loose it: steale lesse, for this I giue you, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.405 | Nor wish no less, and so I take my leave. | Nor wish no lesse, and so I take my leaue. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.32 | Makes me less gracious, or thee more fortunate: | Makes me lesse gracious, or thee more fortunate: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.53 | Well, more or less, or ne'er a whit at all. | Well, more or lesse, or nere a whit at all, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.11 | Less valiant than the virgin in the night, | Lesse valiant then the Virgin in the night, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.70 | Speak, Prince of Ithaca; and be't of less expect | Speak Prince of Ithaca, and be't of lesse expect: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.355 | In no less working than are swords and bows | In no lesse working, then are Swords and Bowes |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.13 | that little little, less than little wit from them that they | that little little lesse then little wit from them that they |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.148 | valiant, as wise, no less noble, much more gentle, and | valiant, as wise, no lesse noble, much more gentle, and |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.85 | ten, and discharging less than the tenth part of one. | ten; and discharging lesse then the tenth part of one. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.164 | Though less than yours in past, must o'ertop yours; | Though lesse then yours in past, must ore-top yours: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.66 | Both merits poised, each weighs nor less nor more; | Both merits poyz'd, each weighs no lesse nor more, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.173 | My well-famed lord of Troy, no less to you. | My well-fam'd Lord of Troy, no lesse to you. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.33 | What great ones do, the less will prattle of – | What great ones do, the lesse will prattle of,) |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.13 | Thou knowest no less but all. I have unclasped | Thou knowst no lesse, but all: I haue vnclasp'd |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.157 | less! | lesse. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.184 | his lord and my niece confirms no less. Therefore this | his Lord and my Neece, confirmes no lesse. Therefore, this |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.208 | I must have done no less, with wit and safety. | I must haue done no lesse with wit and safety. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.105 | Nay, sir, less than a pound shall serve me for | Nay Sir, lesse then a pound shall serue me for |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.11 | Much less shall she that hath Love's wings to fly, | Much lesse shall she that hath Loues wings to flie, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.352 | the wit, for the greater hides the less. What's next? | the wit; for the greater hides the lesse: What's next? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.25 | And less than this, I am sure, you cannot give. | And lesse then this, I am sure you cannot giue.) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.125 | I fear less than my fortune. Know, weak cousin, | I feare lesse then my fortune: know weake Cosen |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.44 | As by another that less loves her – | As by an other that lesse loves her: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.58 | Which is for me less easy to commit | Which is for me, lesse easie to commit, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.282 | You never spoke what did become you less | You neuer spoke what did become you lesse |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.392 | Clerk-like experienced, which no less adorns | Clerke-like experienc'd, which no lesse adornes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.54 | Which often hath no less prevailed than so | Which often hath no lesse preuail'd, then so, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.56 | Less appear so in comforting your evils | Lesse appeare so, in comforting your Euilles, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.70 | In so entitling me; and no less honest | In so entit'ling me: and no lesse honest |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.55 | Less impudence to gainsay what they did | Lesse Impudence to gaine-say what they did, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.90.1 | Look for no less than death. | Looke for no lesse then death. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.26 | are no less unhappy, their issue not being gracious, than | are no lesse vnhappy, their issue, not being gracious, then |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.32 | court, and is less frequent to his princely exercises than | Court, and is lesse frequent to his Princely exercises then |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.154 | To greet a man not worth her pains, much less | To greet a man, not worth her paines; much lesse, |