| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.41 | the better, whilst I have a tooth in my head. Why, he's | the Better whil'st I haue a tooth in my head: why he's |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.102 | Me and my service, ever whilst I live, | Me and my seruice, euer whilst I liue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.91 | Whilst I can shake my sword or hear the drum. | Whilst I can shake my sword, or heare the drumme: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.10 | Bless him at home in peace, whilst I from far | Blesse him at home in peace. Whilst I from farre, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.105.1 | Whilst – | whil'st--- |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.250.1 | Whilst you abide here. | whilst you abide heere. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.22 | Then put my tires and mantles on him, whilst | Then put my Tires and Mantles on him, whilst |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.6 | Whilst yet with Parthian blood thy sword is warm, | Whil'st yet with Parthian blood thy Sword is warme, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.9 | Tell them your feats, whilst they with joyful tears | Tell them your feats, whil'st they with ioyfull teares |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.17 | Which, whilst it was mine, had annexed unto't | Which whil'st it was mine, had annext vntoo't |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.75 | To penetrative shame, whilst the wheeled seat | To penetratiue shame; whil'st the wheel'd seate |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.7 | Best to be served. Whilst he stood up and spoke, | Best to be seru'd: whil'st he stood vp, and spoke |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.83 | Whilst I had been like heedful of the other. | Whil'st I had beene like heedfull of the other. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.131 | Whom whilst I laboured of a love to see, | Whom whil'st I laboured of a loue to see, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.88 | Whilst I at home starve for a merry look. | Whil'st I at home starue for a merrie looke: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.215 | Whilst man and master laughs my woes to scorn. | Whil'st man and Master laughes my woes to scorne: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.61 | Whilst upon me the guilty doors were shut, | Whil'st vpon me the guiltie doores were shut, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.146 | Whilst to take order for the wrongs I went, | Whil'st to take order for the wrongs I went, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.v.13 | Whilst I, with those that have the spirit, will haste | Whil'st I with those that haue the spirit, wil haste |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.215 | as we term it, his friends whilst he's in directitude. | (as we terme it) his Friends, whilest he's in Directitude. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.53 | Whilst with no softer cushion than the flint | Whil'st with no softer Cushion then the Flint |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.17 | The people will remain uncertain whilst | The People will remaine vncertaine, whil'st |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.81 | Whilst I am bound to wonder, I am bound | Whil'st I am bound to wonder, I am bound |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.12.1 | Whilst what we have killed be cooked. | Whil'st what we haue kill'd, be Cook'd. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.219 | Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, | Whil'st Sommer lasts, and I liue heere, Fidele, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.254 | We'll say our song the whilst. – Brother, begin. | Wee'l say our Song the whil'st: Brother begin. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.37 | I died whilst in the womb he stayed, | I dy'de whil'st in the Wombe he staide, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.204 | Within his truncheon's length, whilst they, distilled | Within his Truncheons length; whilst they bestil'd |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.49 | Whiles like a puffed and reckless libertine | Whilst like a puft and recklesse Libertine |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.106 | I have a daughter – have while she is mine – | I haue a daughter: haue, whil'st she is mine, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.122 | Thine evermore, most dear lady, whilst | Thine euermore most deere Lady, whilst |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.98 | If 'a steal aught the whilst this play is playing, | If he steale ought the whil'st this Play is Playing, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.149 | Whiles rank corruption, mining all within, | Whil'st ranke Corruption mining all within, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.83 | Whilst I by looking on the praise of him | Whil'st I by looking on the praise of him, |
| 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 V | H5 IV.v.15 | Whilst by a slave, no gentler than my dog, | Whilst a base slaue, no gentler then my dogge, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.72 | And whilst a field should be dispatched and fought, | And whil'st a Field should be dispatcht and fought, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.143 | Whilst such a worthy leader, wanting aid, | Whil'st such a worthy Leader, wanting ayd, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.76 | Lo, whilst I waited on my tender lambs | Loe, whilest I wayted on my tender Lambes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.80 | Whilst any trump did sound or drum struck up, | Whil'st any Trumpe did sound, or Drum struck vp, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.28 | For whilst I think I am thy married wife, | For whilest I thinke I am thy married Wife, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.45 | As he stood by whilst I, his forlorn duchess, | As he stood by, whilest I, his forlorne Duchesse, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.9 | For whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs | For whilst our Pinnace Anchors in the Downes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.11 | And yield to mercy, whilst 'tis offered you, | And yeeld to mercy, whil'st 'tis offered you, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.40 | Were't not a shame, that whilst you live at jar, | Wer't not a shame, that whilst you liue at iarre, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.197 | To cease this civil war; and, whilst I live, | To cease this Ciuill Warre: and whil'st I liue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.95 | Hold you his hands whilst I do set it on. | Hold you his hands, whilest I doe set it on. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.108 | And, whilst we breathe, take time to do him dead. | And whilest we breathe, take time to doe him dead. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.20 | Whilst I propose the selfsame words to thee, | Whil'st I propose the selfe-same words to thee, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.1 | Whilst our commission from Rome is read, | Whil'st our Commission from Rome is read, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.263 | Whilst your great goodness, out of holy pity, | Whil'st your great Goodnesse, out of holy pitty, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.79 | I named my knell, whilst I sit meditating | I nam'd my Knell; whil'st I sit meditating |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.158 | Now, whilst your purpled hands do reek and smoke, | Now, whil'st your purpled hands do reeke and smoake, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.193 | Whilst bloody treason flourished over us. | Whil'st bloody Treason flourish'd ouer vs. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.199 | Doing himself offence, whilst we, lying still, | Doing himselfe offence, whil'st we lying still, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.43 | Whilst damned Casca, like a cur, behind | Whil'st damned Caska, like a Curre, behinde |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.8 | Whilst we by Antony are all enclosed. | Whil'st we by Antony are all inclos'd. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.73 | Seek him, Titinius, whilst I go to meet | Seeke him Titinius, whilst I go to meet |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.28 | Hold thou my sword-hilts whilst I run on it. | Hold thou my Sword Hilts, whilest I runne on it. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.153 | Myself, whilst you are jointly thus employed, | Myselfe whilst you are ioyntly thus employd, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.42 | Muster about him; whilst he, lion-like, | Muster about him whilest he Lion like, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.191 | Whilst he that hears makes fearful action, | Whilst he that heares, makes fearefull action |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.194 | The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, | The whilst his Iron did on the Anuile coole, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.165 | Or whilst I can vent clamour from my throat | Or whil'st I can vent clamour from my throate, |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.58 | Whilst thou, a moral fool, sits still and cries | |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.206 | Whilst I was big in clamour, came there in a man, | |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.14 | She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice | Shee'le close, and be her selfe, whilest our poore Mallice |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.38 | learn to begin thy health, but, whilst I live, forget to | learne to begin thy health; but, whilst I liue forget to |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.3 | Whilst my invention, hearing not my tongue, | Whilst my Inuention, hearing not my Tongue, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.63.1 | A song the whilst Bassanio comments on the caskets to | Here Musicke. A Song the whilst Bassanio comments on the Caskets to |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.136 | And whilst thou layest in thy unhallowed dam, | And whil'st thou layest in thy vnhallowed dam, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.64 | But whilst this muddy vesture of decay | But whilst this muddy vesture of decay |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.167 | matter. I'll ne'er be drunk whilst I live again, but in | matter; Ile nere be drunk whilst I liue againe, but in |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.363 | Whilst the heavy ploughman snores | Whilest the heauy ploughman snores, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.366 | Whilst the screech-owl, screeching loud, | Whil'st the scritch-owle, scritching loud, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.162 | Nor shall not, whilst 'tis in my custody. | Nor shall not, whil'st 'tis in my custodie. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.76 | Whilst you were here, o'erwhelmed with your grief – | Whil'st you were heere, o're-whelmed with your griefe |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.34 | Whilst ours was blurted at, and held a malkin, | whilest ours was blurted at, and helde a Mawkin |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.81 | Whilst others come to make him lose at home. | Whilst others come to make him loose at home: |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.22 | Whilst you have fed upon my signories, | While you haue fed vpon my Seignories, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.34 | Whilst Bolingbroke through our security | Whilest Bullingbrooke through our securitie, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.49 | Whilst we were wandering with the Antipodes, | |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.59 | The rage be his, whilst on the earth I rain | The Rage be his, while on the Earth I raine |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.158 | For on my heart they tread now whilst I live, | For on my heart they tread now, whilest I liue; |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.75 | And spit upon him whilst I say he lies, | And spit vpon him, whilest I say he Lyes, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.188 | Drinking my griefs whilst you mount up on high. | Drinking my Griefes, whil'st you mount vp on high. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.237 | Whilst that my wretchedness doth bait myself, | Whil'st that my wretchednesse doth bait my selfe, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.11 | Whilst all tongues cried ‘ God save thee, Bolingbroke!’ | While all tongues cride, God saue thee Bullingbrooke. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.18 | Whilst he, from the one side to the other turning, | Whil'st he, from one side to the other turning, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.22 | Alack, poor Richard! Where rode he the whilst? | Alas poore Richard, where rides he the whilst? |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.112 | Whilst my gross flesh sinks downward here to die. | Whil'st my grosse flesh sinkes downward, heere to dye. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.3 | Whilst I awhile obsequiously lament | Whil'st I a-while obsequiously lament |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.355 | If whilst I live she will be only mine. | If whil'st I liue she will be onely mine. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.112 | As thou shalt think on prating whilst thou liv'st. | As thou shalt thinke on prating whil'st thou liu'st: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.150 | Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; | Whil'st thou ly'st warme at home, secure and safe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.51 | Whilst I have gold I'll be his steward still. | Whilst I haue Gold, Ile be his Steward still. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.491 | T' accept my grief, and whilst this poor wealth lasts | T'accept my greefe, and whil'st this poore wealth lasts, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.539 | Stay not. Fly, whilst thou art blest and free. | Stay not: flye, whil'st thou art blest and free: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.17 | And whilst the babbling echo mocks the hounds, | And whil'st the babling Eccho mock's the Hounds, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.154 | The whilst their own birds famish in their nests. | The whil'st their owne birds famish in their nests: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.3 | In dangerous wars whilst you securely slept, | In dangerous warres, whilst you securely slept: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.188 | And never whilst I live deceive men so; | And neuer whil'st I liue deceiue men so: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.98 | And lulls him whilst she playeth on her back, | And lulls him whilst she palyeth on her backe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.76 | And whilst I at a banquet hold him sure, | And whil'st I at a Banquet hold him sure, |
| 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 II.ii.213 | Whilst emulation in the army crept; | Whil'st emulation in the armie crept: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.5 | beat him whilst he railed at me. 'Sfoot, I'll learn to | beate him, whil'st he rail'd at me: Sfoote, Ile learne to |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.104 | Whilst some with cunning gild their copper crowns, | Whil'st some with cunning guild their copper crownes, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.3 | quickly. I'll call Sir Toby the whilst. | quickly. Ile call sir Toby the whilst. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.163 | Our worthiest instruments, whilst we dispatch | Our worthiest Instruments, whilst we despatch |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.68 | Like lazy clouds, whilst Palamon and Arcite, | Like lazy Clowdes, whilst Palamon and Arcite, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.103 | Our pointed javelins, whilst the angry swine | Our pointed Iavelyns, whilst the angry Swine |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.115 | Whilst Palamon is with me, let me perish | Whilst Palamon is with me, let me perish |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.6.2 | Whilst I remember | Whilest I remember |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.168 | Purge all infection from our air whilst you | Purge all Infection from our Ayre, whilest you |