| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.30 | be once heard and thrice beaten. (Aloud) God save you, | bee once hard, and thrice beaten. God saue you |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.95.2 | Thrice nobler than myself, | Thrice-Nobler then my selfe, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.54 | Rowland de Boys; he was my father, and he is thrice a | Rowland de Boys, he was my father, and he is thrice a |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.2 | And thou, thrice-crowned queen of night, survey | And thou thrice crowned Queene of night suruey |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.127 | Of wounds two dozen odd. Battles thrice six | Of Wounds, two dozen odde: Battailes thrice six |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.202 | Goes slow and stately by them. Thrice he walked | Goes slow and stately: By them thrice he walkt, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.93 | And thrice his head thus waving up and down, | And thrice his head thus wauing vp and downe; |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.267 | With Hecat's ban thrice blasted, thrice infected, | With Hecats Ban, thrice blasted, thrice infected, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.61 | Against my power, thrice from the banks of Wye | Against my Power: thrice from the Banks of Wye, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.131 | I do not care, I'll give thrice so much land | I doe not care: Ile giue thrice so much Land |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.92 | I shall hereafter, my thrice-gracious lord, | I shall hereafter, my thrice gracious Lord, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.112 | Thrice hath this Hotspur, Mars in swaddling clothes, | Thrice hath the Hotspur Mars, in swathing Clothes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.145 | Are thrice themselves. Hence, therefore, thou nice crutch! | Are thrice themselues. Hence therefore thou nice crutch, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.125 | The river hath thrice flowed, no ebb between, | The Riuer hath thrice flow'd, no ebbe betweene: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.57 | For thee thrice wider than for other men. | For thee, thrice wider then for other men. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.218 | If we, with thrice such powers left at home, | If we with thrice such powers left at home, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.4 | Lives he, good uncle? Thrice within this hour | Liues he good Vnckle: thrice within this houre |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.5 | I saw him down; thrice up again, and fighting. | I saw him downe; thrice vp againe, and fighting, |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.71 | galling at this gentleman twice or thrice. You thought, | galling at this Gentleman twice or thrice. You thought, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.47 | Bastard of Orleans, thrice welcome to us. | Bastard of Orleance, thrice welcome to vs. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.67 | The thrice-victorious Lord of Falconbridge, | The thrice victorious Lord of Falconbridge, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.266 | Thrice-noble Suffolk, 'tis resolutely spoke. | Thrice Noble Suffolke, 'tis resolutely spoke. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.233 | Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just; | Thrice is he arm'd, that hath his Quarrell iust; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.358 | Once by the King and three times thrice by thee. | Once by the King, and three times thrice by thee. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.iii.9 | Three times bestrid him; thrice I led him off, | Three times bestrid him: Thrice I led him off, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.10 | And thrice cried ‘ Courage, father! Fight it out!’ | And thrice cry'de, Courage Father, fight it out: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.224 | They shouted thrice: what was the last cry for? | They shouted thrice: what was the last cry for? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.226 | Was the crown offered him thrice? | Was the Crowne offer'd him thrice? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.227 | Ay, marry, was't, and he put it by thrice, every | I marry was't, and hee put it by thrice, euerie |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.2 | Thrice hath Calphurnia in her sleep cried out, | Thrice hath Calphurnia, in her sleepe cryed out, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.97 | I thrice presented him a kingly crown, | I thrice presented him a Kingly Crowne, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.98 | Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition? | Which he did thrice refuse. Was this Ambition? |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.157 | Say she hath thrice more splendour than the sun, | Say shee hath thrice more splendour then the sun, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.190 | Pardon my boldness, my thrice gracious lords. | Pardon my boldnes my thrice gracious Lords, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.202 | Should think my sovereign wrong! Thrice gentle King, | Should thinck my soueraigne wrong, thrice gentle King: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.218 | All this is done, my thrice dread sovereign. | All this is done my thrice dread souereigne, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.1 | Thrice noble Audley, well encountered here! | Thrice noble Audley, well incountred heere, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.74 | Stands with Prince Edward, your thrice valiant son. | Stands with Prince Edward your thrice valiant sonne. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.140.2 | My thrice-loving liege, | My thrice loning liege, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.130 | Did thrice so much increase our heaviness. | Did thrice so much increase our heauines, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.115 | S'Withold footed thrice the 'old; | Swithold footed thrice the old, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.39 | How many is one thrice told? | How many is one thrice told? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.51 | three studied ere ye'll thrice wink; and how easy it is to | three studied, ere you'll thrice wink, & how easie it is to |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.137 | Thrice-worthy gentleman! | Thrice worthy Gentleman. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.488.2 | And three times thrice is nine. | And three times thrice is nine. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.491.1 | I hope, sir, three times thrice, sir – | I hope sir three times thrice sir. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.34 | Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, | Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.35 | And thrice again, to make up nine. | And thrice againe, to make vp nine. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.1 | Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed. | Thrice the brinded Cat hath mew'd. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.2 | Thrice, and once the hedge-pig whined. | Thrice, and once the Hedge-Pigge whin'd. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.156 | Of thrice three times the value of this bond. | Of thrice three times the valew of this bond. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.152 | scape drowning thrice, and to be in peril of my life with | scape drowning thrice, and to be in perill of my life with |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.146 | So, thrice-fair lady, stand I even so, | So thrice faire Lady stand I euen so, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.224 | Shylock, there's thrice thy money offered thee. | Shylocke, there's thrice thy monie offered thee. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.231 | Take thrice thy money, bid me tear the bond. | Take thrice thy money, bid me teare the bond. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.315 | I take this offer then. Pay the bond thrice | I take this offer then, pay the bond thrice, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.24 | manner assay me? Why, he hath not been thrice in my | manner assay me? why, hee hath not beene thrice / In my |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.50 | That, ere she sleep, has thrice her prayers said, | That ere she sleepe has thrice her prayers said, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.74 | Thrice blessed they that master so their blood | Thrice blessed they that master so their blood, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.52 | The thrice three Muses mourning for the death | Lis. The thrice three Muses, mourning for the death |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.10 | thrice cut Cupid's bowstring and the little hangman | thrice cut Cupids bow-string, and the little hang-man |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.132 | Three Judases, each one thrice worse than Judas – | Three Iudasses, each one thrice worse then Iudas, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.13 | Why, so you are, my thrice -renowned lord. | Why so you are, my thrice-renowned Lord. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.91 | Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets | Haue thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.117 | Thrice-noble lord, let me entreat of you | Thrice noble Lord, let me intreat of you |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.44 | an old jerkin; a pair of old breeches thrice turned; a | an old ierkin, a paire of old breeches thrice turn'd; a |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.296 | And seek for grace. What a thrice double ass | And seeke for grace: what a thrice double Asse |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.13 | Thrice give him over. Must I take th' cure upon me? | Thriue, giue him ouer: Must I take th'Cure vpon me? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.23 | I'd rather than the worth of thrice the sum | I'de rather then the worth of thrice the summe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.123 | Thrice-noble Titus, spare my first-born son. | Thrice Noble Titus, spare my first borne sonne. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.112 | To send for Lucius, thy thrice-valiant son, | To send for Lucius thy thrice Valiant Sonne, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.188 | No; this thrice-worthy and right valiant lord | No, this thrice worthy and right valiant Lord, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.240 | Thrice-famed beyond, beyond all erudition; | Thrice fam'd beyond, beyond all erudition; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.20 | Love's thrice-repured nectar? – death, I fear me, | Loues thrice reputed Nectar? Death I feare me |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.43 | thou ‘ thou’-est him some thrice it shall not be amiss, and | thou thou'st him some thrice, it shall not be amisse, and |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.238 | And say, ‘ Thrice welcome, drowned Viola.’ | And say, thrice welcome drowned Viola. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.117 | But twice or thrice was Proteus written down. | But twice, or thrice, was Protheus written downe: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.346 | mine twice or thrice in that last article. Rehearse that | mine, twice or thrice in that last Article: rehearse that |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.13 | And chop on some cold thought! Thrice blessed chance | And chop on some cold thought, thrice blessed chance |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.23 | My cabin where I lay; thrice bowed before me, | My Cabine where I lay: thrice bow'd before me, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.104 | thrice a day, ever since the death of Hermione, visited | thrice a day, euer since the death of Hermione, visited |