| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.56 | To entertain it so merrily with a fool. | to entertaine it so merrily with a foole. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.11 | one good quality worthy your lordship's entertainment. | one good qualitie, worthy your Lordships entertainment. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.35 | give him not John Drum's entertainment your inclining | giue him not Iohn drummes entertainement, your inclining |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.15 | i'th' adversary's entertainment. Now he hath a smack of | i'th aduersaries entertainment. Now he hath a smacke of |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.88 | I am returning, entertained my convoy, and between | I am returning, entertain'd my Conuoy, & betweene |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.46 | For they have entertained cause enough | For they haue entertained cause enough |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.63.2 | But entertain it, | But entertaine it, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.140 | Tell him thy entertainment. Look thou say | Tell him thy entertainment: looke thou say |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.17 | That fell away have entertainment, but | That fell away, haue entertainment, but |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.69 | Can in this desert place buy entertainment, | Can in this desert place buy entertainment, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.397 | would now like him, now loathe him; then entertain | would now like him, now loath him: then entertaine |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.144 | Who gave me fresh array and entertainment, | Who gaue me fresh aray, and entertainment, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.195 | I'll entertain the offered fallacy. | Ile entertaine the free'd fallacie. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.120 | Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me, | Since mine owne doores refuse to entertaine me, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.40 | charges distinctly billeted, already in th' entertainment, | charges distinctly billetted already in th' entertainment, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.10 | I have deserved no better entertainment | I haue deseru'd no better entertainment, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.61 | my son Coriolanus. Guess but by my entertainment with | my Son Coriolanus, guesse but my entertainment with |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.26 | Here comes the Briton. Let him be so entertained | Heere comes the Britaine. Let him be so entertained |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.152 | free entertainment. | free entertainment. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.394.1 | So please you entertain me. | So please you entertaine mee. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.64 | But do not dull thy palm with entertainment | But doe not dull thy palme, with entertainment |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.316 | man, what lenten entertainment the players shall | Man, what Lenton entertainment the Players shall |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.373 | show fairly outwards, should more appear like entertainment | shew fairely outward) should more appeare like entertainment |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.200 | The Queen desires you to use some gentle entertainment | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.24 | To entertain the lag end of my life | To entertaine the Lagge-end of my life |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.174 | Give entertainment to the might of it, | Giue entertainment to the might of it, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.54 | But entertain no more of it, good brothers, | But entertaine no more of it (good Brothers) |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.111 | O noble English, that could entertain | O Noble English, that could entertaine |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.1 | Now entertain conjecture of a time | Now entertaine coniecture of a time, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.38 | Yet tellest thou not how thou wert entertained. | Yet tell'st thou not, how thou wert entertain'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.71 | I did not entertain thee as thou art. | I did not entertaine thee as thou art. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.176 | For here we entertain a solemn peace. | For heere we entertaine a solemne peace. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.70 | In entertainment to my princely Queen. | In entertainment to my Princely Queene. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.14 | To entertain my vows of thanks and praise! | To entertaine my vowes of thankes and praise. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.4 | To entertain great England's lawful king. | To entertaine great Englands lawfull King. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.60 | All that served Brutus, I will entertain them. | All that seru'd Brutus, I will entertaine them. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.88 | How may I entertain his majesty, | How may I entertayne his Maiestie, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.211 | To see what entertainment it affords. | To see what intertainment it affords, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.133 | The misplaced John should entertain an hour, | The mis-plac'd-Iohn should entertaine an houre, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.57 | but to my judgement your highness is not entertained | but to my iudgement your Highnesse is not entertain'd |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.201 | Which shall be needful for your entertainment. | Which shall be needfull for your entertainement. |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.77 | these hard hearts? You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred. | these hard-hearts. You sir, I entertaine for one of my hundred; |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.349 | Some entertainment for them in their tents. | Some entertainment for them in their Tents. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.112 | Worthies. Sir Nathaniel, as concerning some entertainment | Worthies. Sir Holofernes, as concerning some entertainment |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.153 | The stealth of our most mutual entertainment | The stealth of our most mutuall entertainment |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.78 | Lest thou a feverous life shouldst entertain, | Least thou a feauorous life shouldst entertaine, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.203 | and advised him for th' entertainment of death. | and aduis'd him for th' entertainment of death. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.90 | And do a wilful stillness entertain | And do a wilfull stilnesse entertaine, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.10 | I will entertain Bardolph; he shall draw, he shall tap. | I will entertaine Bardolfe: he shall draw; he shall tap; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.40 | Ford's wife. I spy entertainment in her. She discourses, | Fords wife: I spie entertainment in her: shee discourses: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.50 | As many devils entertain! And ‘ To her, boy,’ say I. | As many diuels entertaine: and to her Boy say I. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.62 | were to entertain him with hope till the wicked fire of | were, to entertaine him with hope, till the wicked fire of |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.80 | ready to wrangle with mine own honesty. I'll entertain | readie to wrangle with mine owne honesty: Ile entertaine |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.69 | Have a care of your entertainments. There is a | Haue a care of your entertainments: there is a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.40 | your brother is royally entertained by Leonato; and I can | your brother is royally entertained by Leonato, and I can |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.54 | Being entertained for a perfumer, as I was | Being entertain'd for a perfumer, as I was |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.32 | would invent some other custom of entertainment. | would inuent some other Custome of entertainment. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.248 | Note if your lady strain his entertainment | Note if your Lady straine his Encertainment |
| Pericles | Per I.i.120 | And until then your entertain shall be | And vntill then, your entertaine shall bee |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.14 | 'Tis now your honour, daughter, to entertain | T'is now your honour (Daughter) to entertaine |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.55 | As if the entertainment in our court | As if the entertainement in our Court, |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.52 | entertainment. | entertainment. |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.4 | And entertain a cheerful disposition. | And entertaine a cheerefull disposition. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.29 | To entertain these fair well-spoken days, | To entertaine these faire well spoken dayes, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.256 | And entertain a score or two of tailors | And entertaine a score or two of Taylors, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.4 | Therefore for God's sake entertain good comfort | Therefore for Gods sake entertaine good comfort, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.134 | few or none will entertain it. | few or none / will entertaine it. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.171 | Who had but newly entertained revenge, | Who had but newly entertained Reuenge, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.44 | And take a lodging fit to entertain | And take a Lodging fit to entertaine |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.54 | And for an entrance to my entertainment | And for an entrance to my entertainment, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.244 | But thou with mildness entertain'st thy wooers, | But thou with mildnesse entertain'st thy wooers, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.2 | Have you so soon forgot the entertainment | Haue you so soone forgot the entertainment |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.466 | I will resist such entertainment till | I will resist such entertainment, till |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.18 | When every grief is entertained that's offered, | When euery greefe is entertaind, / That's offer'd |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.19 | Comes to th' entertainer – | comes to th' entertainer. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.75 | Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain. | Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertaine. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.75 | You, brother mine, that entertained ambition, | You, brother mine, that entertaine ambition, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.46 | With amplest entertainment. My free drift | With amplest entertainment: My free drift |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.247 | Pray entertain them, give them guide to us. | Pray entertaine them, giue them guide to vs. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.144 | Set a fair fashion on our entertainment, | Set a faire fashion on our entertainment, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.147 | And entertained me with mine own device. | And entertain'd me with mine owne deuice. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.178 | prithee let's be provided to show them entertainment. | prythee let's be prouided to shew them entertainment. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.184.1 | Be worthily entertained. | Be worthily entertain'd. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.49.1 | See them well entertained. | see them well entertain'd. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.492 | To entertain me as your steward still. | To entertaine me as your Steward still. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.32 | To entertain your highness and your Empress. | To entertaine your Highnesse, and your Empresse. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.354 | Which entertained, limbs are his instruments, | Which entertain'd, Limbes are in his instruments, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.195 | With entertaining great Hyperion. | With entertaining great Hiperion. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.207 | learned from my entertainment. What I am and what I | learn'd from my entertainment. What I am, and what I |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.29 | Pardon me, sir, your bad entertainment. | Pardon me sir, your bad entertainment. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.167 | Thou canst not choose but know who I am. If thou entertainest | Thou canst not choose but know who I am. If thou entertainst |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.102 | Mistress, it is. Sweet lady, entertain him | Mistris, it is: sweet Lady, entertaine him |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.108 | Sweet lady, entertain him for your servant. | Sweet Lady, entertaine him for your Seruant. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.60 | Sebastian, I have entertained thee, | Sebastian, I haue entertained thee, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.67 | Therefore, know thou, for this I entertain thee. | Therefore know thee, for this I entertaine thee. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.88 | Alas, poor Proteus, thou hast entertained | Alas poore Protheus, thou hast entertain'd |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.103 | And entertained 'em deeply in her heart. | And entertain'd 'em deepely in her heart. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.225 | Or entertainest a hope to blast my wishes, | Or entertain'st a hope to blast my wishes, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.8 | Wherein our entertainment shall shame | Wherein our Entertainment shall shame |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.111 | But not for joy, not joy. This entertainment | But not for ioy; not ioy. This Entertainment |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.118 | The mort o'th' deer – O, that is entertainment | The Mort o'th' Deere: oh, that is entertainment |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.53 | Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, | Addresse your selfe to entertaine them sprightly, |