| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.179 | Which might be felt, that we, the poorer born, | Which might be felt, that we the poorer borne, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.187 | Monsieur Parolles, you were born under a | Monsieur Parolles you were borne vnder a |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.193 | needs be born under Mars. | needes be borne vnder Mars. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.84 | have a good woman born but one every blazing star or | haue a good woman borne but ore euerie blazing starre, or |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.126 | Our blood to us, this to our blood is born. | Our bloud to vs, this to our blood is borne, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.133 | Which challenges itself as honour's born | Which challenges it selfe as honours borne, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.172.1 | Is as 'twere born so. | Is as 'twere borne so. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.178 | Shall seem expedient on the now-born brief, | Shall seeme expedient on the now borne briefe, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.4 | Though my estate be fallen, I was well born, | Though my estate be falne, I was well borne, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.70 | Was borne so like a soldier that thy cheek | Was borne so like a Soldiour, that thy cheeke |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.63.2 | Who's born that day | Who's borne that day, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.10 | Serves for the matter that is then born in't. | serues for the matter that is then borne in't. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.2 | other officers and soldiers. Before Ventidius is borne | the dead body of Pacorus borne before him. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.47 | Should have borne men, and expectation fainted, | Should haue borne men, and expectation fainted, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.107 | Forborne the getting of a lawful race, | Forborne the getting of a lawfull Race, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.43 | You have been nobly borne. – From me awhile. | You haue bin Nobly borne. From me awhile. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.45 | born, but the same tradition takes not away my blood, | borne, but the same tradition takes not away my bloud, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.132 | but he is resolute. I'll tell thee, Charles, it is the stubbornest | but he is resolute. Ile tell thee Charles, it is the stubbornest |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.49 | Never so much as in a thought unborn | Neuer so much as in a thought vnborne, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.19 | That can translate the stubbornness of fortune | That can translate the stubbornnesse of fortune |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.50 | A stubborn will to please: | A stubborne will to please, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.58 | first-born of Egypt. | first borne of Egypt. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.197 | was begot of thought, conceived of spleen, and born of | was begot of thought, conceiu'd of spleene, and borne of |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.ii.15 | It was a crest ere thou wast born, | It was a crest ere thou wast borne, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.22 | A fair name. Wast born i'th' forest here? | A faire name. Was't borne i'th Forrest heere? |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.30 | But, my good lord, this boy is forest-born, | But my good Lord, this Boy is Forrest borne, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.17 | If any born at Ephesus be seen | if any borne at Ephesus / Be seene |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.19 | Again, if any Syracusian born | Againe, if any Siracusian borne |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.37 | In Syracusa was I born, and wed | In Syracusa was I borne, and wedde |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.79 | My wife, more careful for the latter-born, | My wife, more carefull for the latter borne, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.103 | Which being violently borne upon, | Which being violently borne vp, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.80 | Thou hast suborned the goldsmith to arrest me. | Thou hast subborn'd the Goldsmith to arrest mee. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.160 | Let him be brought forth, and borne hence for help. | Let him be brought forth, and borne hence for helpe. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.187 | That he is borne about invisible. | That he is borne about inuisible, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.268.1 | Had borne the business!’ | Had borne the businesse. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.35 | Though you were born in Rome.’ His bloody brow | Though you were borne in Rome; his bloody brow |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.129 | All cause unborn, could never be the native | All cause vnborne, could neuer be the Natiue |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.79 | O'erborne their way, consumed with fire and took | O're-borne their way, consum'd with fire, and tooke |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.15 | Had borne the action of yourself, or else | haue borne / The action of your selfe, or else |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.4.1 | I have borne this business. | I haue borne this Businesse. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.40 | As he was born. The king he takes the babe | As he was borne. The King he takes the Babe |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.118 | let it die as it was born, and I pray you be better | let it dye as it was borne, and I pray you be better |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.98 | The remedy then born – discover to me | The remedy then borne. Discouer to me |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.66 | Why should excuse be born or ere begot? | Why should excuse be borne or ere begot? |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.57 | Put on for villainy; not born where't grows, | Put on for Villainy; not borne where't growes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.116 | Yet I not doing this, the fool had borne | Yet I not doing this, the Foole had borne |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.54 | Till it fly out and show them princes born. | Till it flye out, and shew them Princes borne. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.ii.6 | In my profession? Knighthoods and honours, borne | In my profession? Knighthoods, and Honors borne |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.48 | O'er-borne i'th' former wave, ten chased by one, | Ore-borne i'th'former waue, ten chac'd by one, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.126 | Gone! They went hence so soon as they were born: | Gone, they went hence so soone as they were borne: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.17 | In Cambria are we born, and gentlemen: | In Cambria are we borne, and Gentlemen: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.84 | I will entreat, my boy – a Briton born – | I will entreate, my Boy (a Britaine borne) |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.113 | Than I to your highness, who being born your vassal, | Then I to your Highnesse, who being born your vassaile |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.306.1 | They were not born for bondage. | They were not borne for bondage. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.94 | Of impious stubbornness. 'Tis unmanly grief. | Of impious stubbornnesse. 'Tis vnmanly greefe, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.15 | And to the manner born, it is a custom | And to the manner borne: It is a Custome |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.189 | That ever I was born to set it right! | That euer I was borne to set it right. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.67 | Was falsely borne in hand, sends out arrests | Was falsely borne in hand, sends out Arrests |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.79 | The undiscovered country, from whose bourn | The vndiscouered Countrey, from whose Borne |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.124 | my mother had not borne me. I am very proud, revengeful, | my Mother had not borne me. I am very prowd, reuengefull, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.70 | Bow, stubborn knees, and, heart with strings of steel, | Bow stubborne knees, and heart with strings of Steele, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.71 | Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe! | Be soft as sinewes of the new-borne Babe, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.145 | that. It was that very day that young Hamlet was born – | that: It was the very day, that young Hamlet was borne, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.183 | He hath bore me on his back a thousand times. And | he hath borne me on his backe a thousand times: And |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.161 | Of murderous subornation – shall it be | Of murtherous subornation? Shall it be, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.17 | Had but kittened, though yourself had never been born. | had but kitten'd, though your selfe had neuer beene borne. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.18 | I say the earth did shake when I was born. | I say the Earth did shake when I was borne. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.21 | Of broached mischief to the unborn times? | Of broached Mischeefe, to the vnborne Times? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.51 | The seeming sufferances that you had borne, | The seeming sufferances that you had borne, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.11 | I was not born a yielder, thou proud Scot, | I was not borne to yeeld, thou haughty Scot, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.v.9 | If like a Christian thou hadst truly borne | If like a Christian thou had'st truly borne |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.157 | But let one spirit of the first-born Cain | But let one spirit of the First-borne Caine |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.177 | The stiff-borne action. What hath then befallen, | The stiffe-borne Action: What hath then befalne? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.188 | My lord, I was born about three of the clock | My Lord, I was borne |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.64 | Should be still-born, and that we now possessed | Should be still-borne: and that we now possest |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.31 | one for a poor lone woman to bear, and I have borne, | one, for a poore lone woman to beare: & I haue borne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.32 | and borne, and borne, and have been fubbed off, and | and borne, and borne, and haue bin fub'd off, and |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.359 | Borne with black vapour, doth begin to melt | Borne with black Vapour, doth begin to melt, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.90 | What peer hath been suborned to grate on you, | What Peere hath beene suborn'd, to grate on you, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.133 | He ne'er had borne it out of Coventry; | Hee ne're had borne it out of Couentry. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.38 | Whereon this Hydra son of war is born, | Whereon this Hydra-Sonne of Warre is borne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.47 | And so success of mischief shall be born, | And so, successe of Mischiefe shall be borne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.88 | The manner how this action hath been borne | The manner how this Action hath beene borne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.214 | With foreign quarrels, that action hence borne out | With Forraigne Quarrels: that Action hence borne out, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.58 | Reply not to me with a fool-born jest. | Reply not to me, with a Foole-borne Iest, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.213 | End in one purpose, and be all well borne | And in one purpose, and be all well borne |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.288 | And some are yet ungotten and unborn | And some are yet vngotten and vnborne, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.27 | Her sceptre so fantastically borne | Her Scepter so phantastically borne, |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.11 | Borne with th' invisible and creeping wind, | Borne with th'inuisible and creeping Wind, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.125 | have borne, the subjects we have lost, the disgrace we | haue borne, the subiects we haue lost, the disgrace we |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.167 | Where they feared the death, they have borne life away; | where they feared the death, they haue borne life away; |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.227 | Twin-born with greatness, subject to the breath | Twin-borne with Greatnesse, / Subiect to the breath |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.13 | the Pig was born! | the pig was borne? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.19 | I think Alexander the Great was born in Macedon; | I thinke Alexander the Great was borne in Macedon, |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.17 | Where that his lords desire him to have borne | Where, that his Lords desire him, to haue borne |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.15 | Your eyes which hitherto have borne in them, | Your eyes which hitherto haue borne / In them |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.224 | when he got me; therefore was I created with a stubborn | when hee got me, therefore was I created with a stubborne |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.27 | Let him that is a true-born gentleman | Let him that is a true-borne Gentleman, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.10 | Weak shoulders, overborne with burdening grief, | Weake Shoulders, ouer-borne with burthening Griefe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.53 | Ay, see the Bishop be not overborne. | I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.200 | That Henry born at Monmouth should win all | That Henry borne at Monmouth should winne all, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.201 | And Henry born at Windsor should lose all; | And Henry borne at Windsor, loose all: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.43 | Be quite degraded, like a hedge-born swain | Be quite degraded, like a Hedge-borne Swaine, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.94 | When stubbornly he did repugn the truth | When stubbornly he did repugne the truth, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.53 | Born to eclipse thy life this afternoon. | Borne to eclipse thy Life this afternoone: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.17 | Enter soldiers, with John Talbot, borne | Enter with Iohn Talbot, borne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.17 | O my dear lord, lo where your son is borne! | O my deare Lord, loe where your Sonne is borne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.40 | He answered thus: ‘ Young Talbot was not born | He answer'd thus: Yong Talbot was not borne |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.60 | The Bishop will be overborne by thee. | The Bishop will be ouer-borne by thee: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.21 | Peasant, avaunt! – You have suborned this man | Pezant auant. You haue suborn'd this man |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.226 | While all is shared and all is borne away, | While all is shar'd, and all is borne away, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.81 | Contemptuous base-born callet as she is, | Contemptuous base-borne Callot as she is, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.75 | Born blind, an't please your grace. | Borne blinde, and't please your Grace. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.81 | Where wert thou born? | Where wert thou borne? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.97.1 | O, born so, master. | O borne so, Master. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.125 | in Christendom. If thou hadst been born blind, thou | in Christendome. / If thou hadst beene borne blinde, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.9 | You, madam, for you are more nobly born, | You Madame, for you are more Nobly borne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.45 | The Duchess by his subornation, | The Duchesse, by his subornation, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.145 | Foul subornation is predominant, | Foule Subornation is predominant, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.180 | As if she had suborned some to swear | As if she had suborned some to sweare |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.213 | Even so remorseless have they borne him hence; | Euen so remorselesse haue they borne him hence: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.335 | Let pale-faced fear keep with the mean-born man, | Let pale-fac't feare keepe with the meane-borne man, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.360 | In Ireland have I seen this stubborn Cade | In Ireland haue I seene this stubborne Cade |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.223 | That thou thyself was born in bastardy; | That thou thy selfe wast borne in Bastardie; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.251 | Free from a stubborn opposite intent, | Free from a stubborne opposite intent, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.48 | and there was he born, under a hedge; for his father had | and there was he borne, vnder a hedge: for his Father had |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iii.13 | borne before us. | born before vs. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.126 | of the city until night; for with these borne before us, | of the Citie vntill night: / For with these borne before vs, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.46 | Better ten thousand base-born Cades miscarry | Better ten thousand base-borne Cades miscarry, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.10 | was born to do me good; for many a time, but for a sallet, | was borne to do me good: for many a time but for a Sallet, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.28 | I am far better born than is the King, | I am farre better borne then is the king: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.127 | Ay, and their colours, often borne in France, | I, and their Colours often borne in France, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.217 | And never seen thee, never borne thee son, | And neuer seene thee, neuer borne thee Sonne, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.39.2 | But 'twas ere I was born. | But 'twas ere I was borne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.8 | Like men born to renown by life or death. | Like men borne to Renowne, by Life or Death. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.143 | To let thy tongue detect thy base-born heart? | To let thy tongue detect thy base-borne heart. |
| 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 V.v.28 | Ay, thou wast born to be a plague to men. | I, thou wast borne to be a plague to men. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.43 | Shall rue the hour that ever thou wast born. | Shall rue the houre that euer thou was't borne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.53 | Teeth hadst thou in thy head when thou wast born, | Teeth had'st thou in thy head, when thou was't borne, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.75 | ‘ O, Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth!’ | O Iesus blesse vs, he is borne with teeth, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.115.1 | Enter Cardinal Wolsey, the purse borne before him, | Enter Cardinall Wolsey, the Purse borne before him, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.19 | I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, | I sweare, tis better to be lowly borne, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.16 | Born out of your dominions, having here | Borne out of your Dominions: hauing heere |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.122 | Stubborn to justice, apt to accuse it, and | Stubborne to Iustice, apt to accuse it, and |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.141 | The queen of earthly queens. She's noble born, | The Queene of earthly Queenes: Shee's Noble borne; |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.163 | So much they love it; but to stubborn spirits | So much they loue it. But to stubborne Spirits, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.346 | How to live better. For your stubborn answer | How to liue better. For your stubborne answer |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.37.19 | 8. A canopy borne by four of the Cinque Ports; | 8 A Canopy, borne by foure of the Cinque-Ports, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.23 | But stop their mouths with stubborn bits and spur 'em | But stop their mouthes with stubborn Bits & spurre'em, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.1.7 | richly habited in a mantle, etc., train borne by a Lady; | richly habited in a Mantle, &c. Traine borne by a Lady: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.35 | You bear too stubborn and too strange a hand | You beare too stubborne, and too strange a hand |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.97 | I was born free as Caesar, so were you; | I was borne free as Casar, so were you, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.113 | In states unborn, and accents yet unknown! | In State vnborne, and Accents yet vnknowne? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.291 | Thou shalt not back till I have borne this corse | Thou shalt not backe, till I haue borne this course |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.58 | I was not born to die on Brutus' sword. | I was not borne to dye on Brutus Sword. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.72 | Was Cassius born. Give me thy hand, Messala: | Was Cassius borne. Giue me thy hand Messala: |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.49 | Able to yoke their stubborn necks with steel | Able to yoak their stubburne necks with steele, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.104 | Than when reproach with violence is borne. | Then when reproch with violence is borne, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.28 | Their light-borne snaffles, nor their nimble spurs, | Their light borne snaffles, nor their nimble spurre |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.445 | Is sin and subornation; deck an ape | Is sin and subbornation: Decke an Ape |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.125 | But he that is their true-born sovereign? | But he that is their true borne soueraigne? |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.136 | Which is the true-born sovereign, this, or that. | Which is the true borne soueraigne this or that. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.74 | Enter Prince Edward in triumph, bearing in his hand his shivered lance, and the body of the King of Bohemia borne before, wrapped in the colours. They run and embrace him | Enter Prince Edward in tryumph, bearing in his hande his shiuered Launce, and the King of Boheme, borne before, wrapt in the Coullours: They runne and imbrace him. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.103.1 | His sword borne by a soldier | his Sword borne by a Soldier. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.9 | It will repent them of their stubborn will. – | It will repent them of their stubborne will, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.35 | As wilful stubbornness hath made perverse. | As wilfull stubbornnes hath made peruerse. |
| King John | KJ I.i.51 | Born in Northamptonshire, and eldest son, | Borne in Northamptonshire, and eldest sonne |
| King John | KJ I.i.71 | A good blunt fellow! Why, being younger born, | A good blunt fellow: why being yonger born |
| King John | KJ II.i.104 | That Geoffrey was thy elder brother born, | That Geffrey was thy elder brother borne, |
| King John | KJ II.i.278 | As many and as well-born bloods as those – | As many and as well-borne bloods as those. |
| King John | KJ II.i.345 | Before we will lay down our just-borne arms, | Before we will lay downe our iust-borne Armes, |
| King John | KJ III.i.15 | A woman, naturally born to fears; | A woman naturally borne to feares; |
| King John | KJ III.iv.81 | There was not such a gracious creature born. | There was not such a gracious creature borne: |
| King John | KJ III.iv.149 | This act, so evilly borne, shall cool the hearts | This Act so euilly borne shall coole the hearts |
| King John | KJ IV.i.67 | Are you more stubborn-hard than hammered iron? | Are you more stubborne hard, then hammer'd Iron? |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.101 | This must not be thus borne; this will break out | This must not be thus borne, this will breake out |
| King John | KJ V.i.18 | Upon your stubborn usage of the Pope; | Vpon your stubborne vsage of the Pope: |
| King John | KJ V.ii.26 | Were born to see so sad an hour as this; | Was borne to see so sad an houre as this, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.79 | I am too high-born to be propertied, | I am too high-borne to be proportied |
| King John | KJ V.ii.97 | Am I Rome's slave? What penny hath Rome borne, | Am I Romes slaue? What penny hath Rome borne? |
| King John | KJ V.vii.25 | Be of good comfort, prince; for you are born | Be of good comfort (Prince) for you are borne |
| King Lear | KL I.i.54 | Our eldest born, speak first. | Our eldest borne, speake first. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.234 | Hadst not been born than not t' have pleased me better. | Not beene borne, then not t haue pleas'd me better. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.148 | wast born with. | |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.124 | You stubborn ancient knave, you reverend braggart, | You stubborne ancient Knaue, you reuerent Bragart, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.208 | Our youngest born, I could as well be brought | Our yongest borne, I could as well be brought |
| King Lear | KL III.i.27 | Or the hard rein which both of them have borne | Or the hard Reine which both of them hath borne |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.183 | When we are born we cry that we are come | When we are borne, we cry that we are come |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.254 | Edmund is borne off | |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.323 | The oldest hath borne most; we that are young | The oldest hath borne most, we that are yong, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.101 | That bites the first-born infants of the spring. | That bites the first borne infants of the Spring. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.149 | For every man with his affects is born, | For euery man with his affects is borne, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.170 | In high-born words the worth of many a knight | In high-borne words the worth of many a Knight: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.53 | I fear these stubborn lines lack power to move. | I feare these stubborn lines lack power to moue. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.202 | Ah, you whoreson loggerhead, you were born to do me shame! | Ah you whoreson loggerhead, you were borne to doe me shame. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.216 | We cannot cross the cause why we were born; | We cannot crosse the cause why we are borne: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.242 | Beauty doth varnish age, as if new-born, | Beauty doth varnish Age, as if new borne, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.259 | And therefore is she born to make black fair. | And therfore is she borne to make blacke, faire. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.284 | And Longaville was for my service born. | And Longauill was for my seruice borne. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.729 | If overboldly we have borne ourselves | If ouer-boldly we haue borne our selues, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.17 | Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been | Hath borne his Faculties so meeke; hath bin |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.21 | And Pity, like a naked new-born babe | And Pitty, like a naked New-borne-Babe, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.24.2 | They were suborned. | They were subborned, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.80 | How you were borne in hand, how crossed, the instruments, | How you were borne in hand, how crost: / The Instruments: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.42 | The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, | The shard-borne Beetle, with his drowsie hums, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.3 | Things have been strangely borne. The gracious Duncan | Things haue bin strangely borne. The gracious Duncan |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.17 | He has borne all things well; and I do think | He ha's borne all things well, and I do thinke, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.79 | The power of man; for none of woman born | The powre of man: For none of woman borne |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.182 | Which I have heavily borne, there ran a rumour | Which I haue heauily borne, there ran a Rumour |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.4 | Was he not born of woman? The spirits that know | Was he not borne of woman? The Spirits that know |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.6 | ‘ Fear not, Macbeth; no man that's born of woman | Feare not Macbeth, no man that's borne of woman |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.13 | That was not born of woman? Such a one | That was not borne of Woman? Such a one |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.21.2 | Thou wast born of woman. | Thou was't borne of woman; |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.23 | Brandished by man that's of a woman born. | Brandish'd by man that's of a Woman borne. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.52.1 | To one of woman born. | To one of woman borne. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.70 | And thou opposed, being of no woman born, | And thou oppos'd, being of no woman borne, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.183 | Where were you born, friend? | Where were you borne, friend? |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.97 | And so in progress to be hatched and born, | And so in progresse to be hatch'd, and borne, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.193 | born. But O, how much is the good Duke deceived | borne. But (oh) how much is the good Duke deceiu'd |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.65 | and of antiquity too; bawd-born. Farewell, good | and of antiquity too: Baud borne. Farwell good |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.89 | the state, and usurp the beggary he was never born to. | the State, and vsurpe the beggerie hee was neuer borne to: |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.47.2 | 'Tis well borne up. | 'Tis well borne vp. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.108 | When it is borne in high authority, | When it is borne in high Authority. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.127 | A Bohemian born, but here nursed up and | A Bohemian borne: But here nurst vp & |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.137 | Hath he borne himself penitently in prison? How | Hath he borne himselfe penitently in prison? / How |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.167 | this morning executed, and his head borne to Angelo. | this morning executed, / And his head borne to Angelo. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.106 | Or else thou art suborned against his honour | Or else thou art suborn'd against his honor |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.304 | Is't not enough thou hast suborned these women | Is't not enough thou hast suborn'd these women, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.477 | Sirrah, thou art said to have a stubborn soul, | Sirha, thou art said to haue a stubborne soule |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.4 | What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, | What stuffe 'tis made of, whereof it is borne, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.106 | Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, | Still haue I borne it with a patient shrug, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.4 | Bring me the fairest creature northward born, | Bring me the fairest creature North-ward borne, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.32 | From stubborn Turks and Tartars never trained | From stubborne Turkes and Tarters neuer traind |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.8 | Ay, and Ratolorum too. And a gentleman born, | I, and Rato lorum too; and a Gentleman borne |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.257 | like a poor gentleman born. | like a poore Gentleman borne. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.122 | have borne the humoured letter to her, but I have a | haue borne the humour'd Letter to her: but I haue a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.37 | As my mother was the first hour I was born. | As my mother was the first houre I was borne. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.38 | To stubborn harshness. And, my gracious Duke, | To stubborne harshnesse. And my gracious Duke, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.92 | That they have overborne their continents. | That they haue ouer-borne their Continents. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.129 | Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born? | Wherefore was I to this keene mockery borne? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.124 | Look when I vow, I weep; and vows so born, | Looke when I vow I weepe; and vowes so borne, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.13 | by Don Pedro. He hath borne himself beyond | by Don Pedro, he hath borne himselfe beyond |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.11 | art, born under Saturn – goest about to apply a moral | art, borne vnder Saturne) goest about to apply a morall |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.304 | day. But, I beseech your grace, pardon me; I was born | day: but I beseech your Grace pardon mee, I was borne |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.308 | born in a merry hour. | born in a merry howre. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.310 | there was a star danced, and under that was I born. | there was a starre daunst, and vnder that was I borne: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.152 | ecstasy hath so much overborne her that my daughter | extasie hath so much ouerborne her, that my daughter |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.216 | conference was sadly borne. They have the truth of this | conference was sadly borne, they haue the truth of this |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.20 | underborne with a bluish tinsel; but for a fine, quaint, | vnderborn with a blewish tinsel, but for a fine queint |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.39 | rhyme; very ominous endings. No, I was not born under | time: verie ominous endings, no, I was not borne vnder |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.225 | new fortunes with this more stubborn and boisterous | new Fortunes, with this more stubborne, and boystrous |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.359 | Thou hadst been better have been born a dog | Thou had'st bin better haue bin borne a Dog |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.30 | Who? He? I think the sun where he was born | Who, he? I thinke the Sun where he was borne, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.149 | But now I find I had suborned the witness | But now I finde, I had suborn'd the Witnesse, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.158 | Begot upon itself, born on itself. | Begot vpon it selfe, borne on it selfe. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.68 | That the sense aches at thee, would thou hadst ne'er been born! | That the Sense akes at thee, / Would thou had'st neuer bin borne. |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.19 | That even his stubbornness, his checks, his frowns – | That euen his stubbornesse, his checks, his frownes, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.104 | Cassio is borne in. Roderigo's body is removed | |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.11 | If you, born in these latter times | If you, borne in those latter times, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.146 | I'll show the virtue I have borne in arms. | Ile shew the vertue I haue borne in Armes. |
| Pericles | Per II.v.82 | A straggling Theseus born we know not where? | |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.13 | Whom, for she was born at sea, I have named so, | Whom, for she was borne at sea, I haue named so, |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.17.1 | Be mannered as she is born. | be manere'd as she is borne. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.45 | Prest for this blow. The unborn event | Prest for this blow, the vnborne euent, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.18 | Born in a tempest when my mother died, | borne in a tempest, when my mother dide, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.52.1 | When I was born the wind was north. | When I was borne the wind was North. |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.59 | When I was born. | When I was borne, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.88 | If you were born to honour, show it now; | If you were borne to honour, shew it now, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.146 | come within my doors! Marry, hang you! She's born to | come within my doores, Marrie hang you: shees borne to |
| Pericles | Per V.i.154 | Motion as well? Speak on. Where were you born? | Motion well, speake on, where were you borne? |
| Pericles | Per V.i.156.1 | For I was born at sea. | for I was borne at sea. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.158 | Who died the minute I was born, | who died the minute I was borne, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.197 | Thou that wast born at sea, buried at Tarsus, | Thou that wast borne at sea, buried at Tharsus, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.196 | We were not born to sue, but to command; | We were not borne to sue, but to command, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.281 | Where it perceives it is but faintly borne. | |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.309 | Though banished, yet a trueborn Englishman! | hough banish'd, yet a true-borne Englishman. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.55 | As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry | As is the sepulcher in stubborne Iury |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.238 | Now, afore God, 'tis shame such wrongs are borne | Now afore heauen, 'tis shame such wrongs are borne, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.10 | Some unborn sorrow ripe in fortune's womb | Some vnborne sorrow, ripe in fortunes wombe |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.80 | And fright our native peace with self-borne arms. | And fright our Natiue Peace with selfe-borne Armes. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.121 | To upstart unthrifts? Wherefore was I born? | To vpstart Vnthrifts? Wherefore was I borne? |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.88 | Your children yet unborn and unbegot, | Your Children yet vnborne, and vnbegot, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.65 | Had he done so, himself had borne the crown | Had he done so, himselfe had borne the Crowne, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.98 | What was I born to this – that my sad look | What was I borne to this: that my sad looke, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.321 | The woe's to come. The children yet unborn | The Woes to come, the Children yet vnborne, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.92 | Wast born to bear? I was not made a horse, | Was't borne to beare? I was not made a horse, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.102 | My Lord of Gloucester, I have too long borne | My Lord of Glouster, I haue too long borne |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.262 | Yea, and much more; but I was born so high. | I, and much more: but I was borne so high: |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.58 | Have aught committed that is hardly borne | Haue ought committed that is hardly borne, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.73 | More than the infant that is born tonight. | More then the Infant that is borne to night: |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.33 | His nurse? Why, she was dead ere thou wast born. | His Nurse? why she was dead, ere yu wast borne. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.31 | My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn | My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborne, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.4 | Dighton and Forrest, whom I did suborn | Dighton and Forrest, who I did suborne |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.91 | For such a wish! He was not born to shame. | For such a wish, he was not borne to shame: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.4 | And so did I. Well, we were born to die. | And so did I. Well, we were borne to die. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.111 | Thou shalt be borne to that same ancient vault | Be borne to buriall in thy kindreds graue: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.112 | Where all the kindred of the Capulets lie. | Thou shalt be borne to that same ancient vault, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.15 | O weraday that ever I was born! | Oh weladay, that euer I was borne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.188 | Born in Verona, old Antonio's son. | Borne in Verona, old Butonios sonne: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.60 | His name is Licio, born in Mantua. | His name is Litio, borne in Mantua. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.269 | For I am he am born to tame you, Kate, | For I am he am borne to tame you Kate, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.32 | our own doth little advantage. If he be not born to be | our owne doth little aduantage: If he be not borne to bee |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.120.1 | Good wombs have borne bad sons. | Good wombes haue borne bad sonnes. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.260.2 | Thou hast. Where was she born? Speak! Tell me! | Thou hast: where was she born? speak: tell me: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.283 | A freckled whelp, hag-born – not honoured with | A frekelld whelpe, hag-borne) not honour'd with |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.155 | Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none. | Borne, bound of Land, Tilth, Vineyard none: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.253 | The Man i'th' Moon's too slow – till new-born chins | The Man i'th Moone's too slow, till new-borne chinnes |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.188 | A devil, a born devil, on whose nature | A Deuill, a borne-Deuill, on whose nature |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.99 | nearer to you. We are born to do benefits. And what | neerer to you: we are borne to do benefits. And what |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.103 | O, joy's e'en made away ere't can be born! Mine | Oh ioyes, e'ne made away er't can be borne: mine |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.87 | Alcibiades. Go, thou wast born a bastard, and thou'lt | Alcibiades. Go thou was't borne a Bastard, and thou't |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.30 | When sects and factions were newly born. | When Sects, and Factions were newly borne. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.107 | Thou wast born to conquer my country. | Thou was't borne to conquer my Country. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.276 | If thou hadst not been born the worst of men, | If thou hadst not bene borne the worst of men, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.497 | Was born of woman. | Was borne of woman. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.5 | I am his first-born son that was the last | I was the first borne Sonne, that was the last |
| 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 II.i.94 | And borne her cleanly by the keeper's nose? | And borne her cleanly by the Keepers nose? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.242 | These miseries are more than may be borne. | These miseries are more then may be borne. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.91 | That touches this, my first-born son and heir. | That touches this my first borne sonne and heire. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.2 | An emperor in Rome thus overborne, | An Emperour in Rome thus ouerborne, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.53 | May this be borne? As if his traitorous sons, | May this be borne? As if his traytrous Sonnes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.99 | As she is stubborn-chaste against all suit. | As she is stubborne, chast, against all suite. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.175 | 'twere a man born in April. | 'twere a man borne in Aprill. Sound a retreate. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.235 | Ay, or surly borne – | I, or surley borne. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.147 | To help unarm our Hector; his stubborn buckles, | To helpe vnarme our Hector: his stubborne Buckles, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.92 | before his birth, and, being born, his addition shall be | before his birth, and being borne his addition shall be |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.103 | The beauty that is borne here in the face | The beautie that is borne here in the face, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.176 | That all, with one consent, praise new-born gauds, | That all with one consent praise new borne gaudes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.47 | Troilus had rather Troy were borne to Greece | Troylus had rather Troy were borne to Greece, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.48.1 | Than Cressid borne from Troy. | Then Cressid borne from Troy. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.85 | been born! I knew thou wouldst be his death – O, poor | been borne; I knew thou would'st be his death. O poore |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.134 | To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme | To stubborne Criticks, apt without a theame |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.22 | Ay, madam, well, for I was bred and born | I Madam well, for I was bred and borne |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.129 | What shall we do else? Were we not born under | What shall we do else: were we not borne vnder |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.9 | saying was born, of ‘ I fear no colours.’ | saying was borne, of I feare no colours. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.17 | myself and a sister, both born in an hour – if the | my selfe, and a sister, both borne in an houre: if the |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.140 | thee, but be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, | thee, but be not affraid of greatnesse: Some are become great, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.40 | ‘ Some are born great – ’ | Some are borne great. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.68 | appear stubborn to him; for she incites me to that in | appeare stubborne to him: for she incites me to that in |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.359 | Upon some stubborn and uncourteous parts | Vpon some stubborne and vncourteous parts |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.368 | Why, ‘ Some are born great, some achieve greatness, | Why some are borne great, some atchieue greatnesse, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.69 | Proud, disobedient, stubborn, lacking duty; | Prowd, disobedient, stubborne, lacking duty, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.7 | Primrose, first-born child of Ver, | Prim-rose first borne, child of Ver, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.82 | Born to uphold creation in that honour | Borne to uphold Creation, in that honour |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.283 | And lovers yet unborn shall bless my ashes. | And Lovers yet unborne shall blesse my ashes. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.125 | Next to an auburn; tough and nimble-set, | Next to an aborne, tough, and nimble set, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.13 | The all-feared gods, bow down your stubborn bodies. | (The all feard gods) bow downe your stubborne bodies, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.65 | I am not there – O, better never born, | I am not there, oh better never borne |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.39 | he was born desire yet their life to see him a man. | he was borne, desire yet their life, to see him a Man. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.77 | Temptations have since then been born to's: for | Temptations haue since then been borne to's: for |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.134 | No bourn 'twixt his and mine, yet were it true | No borne 'twixt his and mine; yet were it true, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.433 | Avoid what's grown than question how 'tis born. | Auoid what's growne, then question how 'tis borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.174 | Or thou wert born a fool. Camillo's flight, | Or thou wer't borne a foole: Camillo's flight |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.24 | Which never tender lady hath borne greater – | (Which neuer tender Lady hath borne greater) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.110 | dying, I with things new-born. Here's a sight for thee: | dying, I with things new borne. Here's a sight for thee: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.8 | To o'erthrow law, and in one self-born hour | To orethrow Law, and in one selfe-borne howre |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.49 | born! | borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.156 | This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever | This is the prettiest Low-borne Lasse, that euer |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.514.1 | That I have borne your father? | That I haue borne your Father? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.576.1 | Be born another such. | Be borne another such. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.796 | him, give him gold; and though authority be a stubborn | him, giue him Gold; and though Authoritie be a stubborne |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.109 | will be born. Our absence makes us unthrifty to our | will be borne: our Absence makes vs vnthriftie to our |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.125 | sons and daughters will be all gentlemen born. | Sonnes and Daughters will be all Gentlemen borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.127 | me this other day because I was no gentleman born. | mee this other day, because I was no Gentleman borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.129 | me still no gentleman born. You were best say these | me still no Gentleman borne: You were best say these |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.130 | robes are not gentlemen born. Give me the lie, do, and | Robes are not Gentlemen borne. Giue me the Lye: doe: and |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.131 | try whether I am not now a gentleman born. | try whether I am not now a Gentleman borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.132 | I know you are now, sir, a gentleman born. | I know you are now (Sir) a Gentleman borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.135 | So you have; but I was a gentleman born before | So you haue: but I was a Gentleman borne before |