Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.25 | When I should take possession of the bride, | When I should take possession of the Bride, |
Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.99 | Possess it, I'll make answer. | Possesse it, Ile make answer: |
Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.21 | I will possess you of that ship and treasure. | I will possesse you of that ship and Treasure. |
Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.139 | I am possessed of. 'Tis exactly valued, | I am possest of, 'tis exactly valewed, |
Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.314 | Now boast thee, death, in thy possession lies | Now boast thee Death, in thy possession lyes |
As You Like It | AYL IV.i.133 | after you have possessed her. | after you haue possest her? |
The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.149 | I am possessed with an adulterate blot. | I am possest with an adulterate blot, |
The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.186 | If aught possess thee from me, it is dross, | If ought possesse thee from me, it is drosse, |
The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.106 | For ever housed where it gets possession. | For euer hows'd, where it gets possession. |
The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.168 | Possessed with such a gentle sovereign grace, | Possest with such a gentle soueraigne grace, |
The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.53 | To yield possession to my holy prayers, | To yeeld possession to my holie praiers, |
The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.90 | Mistress, both man and master is possessed; | Mistris, both Man and Master is possest, |
The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.44 | How long hath this possession held the man? | How long hath this possession held the man. |
The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.246 | Cries out I was possessed. Then all together | Cries out, I was possest. Then altogether |
Coriolanus | Cor II.i.127 | in them. Is the Senate possessed of this? | in them. Is the Senate possest of this? |
Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.111 | Away, my disposition, and possess me | Away my disposition, and possesse me |
Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.48 | Where folly now possesses? Do thou work: | Where Folly now possesses? Do thou worke: |
Cymbeline | Cym III.v.125 | late master's garments in thy possession? | late Masters Garments in thy possession? |
Hamlet | Ham I.ii.137 | Possess it merely. That it should come to this – | Possesse it meerely. That it should come to this: |
Hamlet | Ham III.iii.53 | That cannot be, since I am still possessed | That cannot be, since I am still possest |
Hamlet | Ham V.ii.89 | spacious in the possession of dirt. | spacious in the possession of dirt. |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.103 | The thieves are all scattered and possessed with fear | The Theeues are scattred, and possest with fear |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.43 | Had still kept loyal to possession, | Had still kept loyall to possession, |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.40 | Because the King is certainly possessed | Because the King is certainely possest |
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 IV.v.221 | Then plain and right must my possession be, | Then plaine and right must my possession be; |
Henry V | H5 I.i.8 | We lose the better half of our possession; | We loose the better halfe of our Possession: |
Henry V | H5 I.ii.56 | Nor did the French possess the Salic land | Nor did the French possesse the Salike Land, |
Henry V | H5 III.vi.91 | possession of the pridge, but he is enforced to retire, | possession of the Pridge, but he is enforced to retyre, |
Henry V | H5 IV.i.108 | man should possess him with any appearance of fear, | man should possesse him with any appearance of feare; |
Henry V | H5 IV.i.283 | Possess them not with fear; take from them now | Possesse them not with feare: Take from them now |
Henry V | H5 V.ii.180 | Je – quand sur le possession de France, et quand vous avez | Ie quand sur le possession de Fraunce, & quand vous aues |
Henry V | H5 V.ii.181 | le possession de moi, – let me see, what then? Saint Denis | le possession de moy. (Let mee see, what then? Saint Dennis |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.138 | 'Tis known already that I am possessed | 'Tis knowne already that I am possest |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.70 | Unless you be possessed with devilish spirits, | Vnlesse you be possest with diuellish spirits, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.26 | And this the regal seat; possess it, York; | And this the Regall Seat: possesse it Yorke, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.44 | I mean to take possession of my right. | I meane to take possession of my Right. |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.53 | Than in possession any jot of pleasure. | Then in possession any iot of pleasure. |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.57 | May be possessed with some store of crowns; | May be possessed with some store of Crownes, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.110 | To see these honours in possession. | To see these Honors in possession. |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.4 | Her suit is now to repossess those lands; | Her suit is now, to repossesse those Lands, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.24 | That Henry, sole possessor of my love, | That Henry, sole possessor of my Loue, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.v.29 | And pray that I may repossess the crown. | And pray that I may re-possesse the Crowne. |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.99 | Ay, for if Edward repossess the crown, | I: for if Edward re-possesse the Crowne, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.19 | That thou mightst repossess the crown in peace; | That thou might'st repossesse the Crowne in peace, |
Henry VIII | H8 II.i.158 | To the good Queen, possessed him with a scruple | To the good Queene, possest him with a scruple |
Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.128.1 | Possession of a subject. | Possession of a Subiect. |
Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.94.1 | Possess your fancy. | Possesse your Fancy. |
King Edward III | E3 I.i.66 | And he himself will repossess the place. | And hee him self will repossesse the place. |
King Edward III | E3 II.i.231 | And dispossess myself, to give it thee. | And disposse my selfe to giue it thee, |
King Edward III | E3 III.i.109 | 'Tis you are in the possession of the crown, | Tis you are in possession of the Crowne, |
King Edward III | E3 IV.i.3 | And I again am quietly possessed | And I againe am quietly possest, |
King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.22 | The fear-possessed abject soul to fly. | The feare possessed abiect soule to flie, |
King Edward III | E3 V.i.33 | We take possession of the town in peace. | We take possession of the towne in peace, |
King John | KJ I.i.39 | Our strong possession and our right for us. | Our strong possession, and our right for vs. |
King John | KJ I.i.40 | Your strong possession much more than your right, | Your strong possessiõ much more then your right, |
King John | KJ I.i.131 | To dispossess that child which is not his? | To dispossesse that childe which is not his. |
King John | KJ I.i.132 | Of no more force to dispossess me, sir, | Of no more force to dispossesse me sir, |
King John | KJ II.i.266 | And stalk in blood to our possession? | And stalke in blood to our possession? |
King John | KJ II.i.366 | And bear possession of our person here, | And beare possession of our Person heere, |
King John | KJ III.iii.41 | And thou possessed with a thousand wrongs; | And thou possessed with a thousand wrongs: |
King John | KJ IV.i.32 | His words do take possession of my bosom. | His words do take possession of my bosome. |
King John | KJ IV.ii.9 | Therefore, to be possessed with double pomp, | Therefore, to be possess'd with double pompe, |
King John | KJ IV.ii.41 | I have possessed you with, and think them strong; | I haue possest you with, and thinke them strong. |
King John | KJ IV.ii.145 | Possessed with rumours, full of idle dreams, | Possest with rumors, full of idle dreames, |
King John | KJ IV.ii.203 | Why seekest thou to possess me with these fears? | Why seek'st thou to possesse me with these feares? |
King John | KJ IV.iii.23 | The King hath dispossessed himself of us; | The king hath dispossest himselfe of vs, |
King John | KJ V.iii.17 | Weakness possesseth me, and I am faint. | Weaknesse possesseth me, and I am faint. |
King Lear | KL I.i.74 | Which the most precious square of sense possesses, | Which the most precious square of sense professes, |
King Lear | KL II.i.66 | ‘ Thou unpossessing bastard, dost thou think, | Thou vnpossessing Bastard, dost thou thinke, |
King Lear | KL IV.i.61 | mowing, who since possesses chambermaids and | |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.100 | For still her cheeks possess the same | For still her cheekes possesse the same, |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.383 | O, I am yours, and all that I possess. | O, I am yours, and all that I possesse. |
Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.202 | Which shall possess them with the heaviest sound | Which shall possesse them with the heauiest sound |
Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.145 | I got possession of Julietta's bed. | I got possession of Iulietas bed, |
Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.22 | And dispossessing all my other parts | And dispossessing all my other parts |
Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.43 | And that I have possessed him my most stay | And that I haue possest him, my most stay |
Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.85 | How now? What noise? That spirit's possessed with haste | How now? what noise? That spirit's possest with hast, |
Measure for Measure | MM V.i.419 | And choke your good to come. For his possessions, | And choake your good to come: For his Possessions, |
The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.61 | I'll break a custom. (To Bassanio) Is he yet possessed | Ile breake a custome: is he yet possest |
The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.71 | The third possessor; ay, he was the third – | The third possesser; I, he was the third. |
The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.35 | I have possessed your grace of what I purpose, | I haue possest your grace of what I purpose, |
The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.386 | Here in the court of all he dies possessed | Heere in the Court of all he dies possest |
The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.293 | After his death, of all he dies possessed of. | After his death, of all he dies possess'd of. |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.93 | deal with poison. I will possess him with yellowness, for | deale with poyson: I will possesse him with yallownesse, for |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.100 | As well possessed. My love is more than his, | As well possest: my loue is more then his: |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.178 | such matter; there's her cousin, an she were not possessed | such matter: there's her cosin, and she were not possest |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.145 | placed, and possessed, by my master Don John, saw afar | placed, and possessed by my Master Don Iohn, saw a far |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.150 | by his oaths, which first possessed them, partly by the | by his oathes, which first possest them, partly by the |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.219 | The virtue that possession would not show us | The vertue that possession would not shew vs |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.268 | Possess the people in Messina here | Possesse the people in Messina here, |
Othello | Oth V.ii.276 | From the possession of this heavenly sight! | From the possession of this Heauenly sight: |
Richard II | R2 II.i.107 | Deposing thee before thou wert possessed, | Deposing thee before thou wert possest, |
Richard II | R2 II.i.108 | Which art possessed now to depose thyself. | Which art possest now to depose thy selfe. |
Richard II | R2 II.i.162 | Whereof our uncle Gaunt did stand possessed. | Whereof our Vncle Gaunt did stand possest. |
Richard II | R2 II.ii.38 | 'Tis in reversion that I do possess – | 'Tis in reuersion that I do possesse, |
Richard II | R2 II.iii.14 | The present benefit which I possess; | The present benefit that I possesse; |
Richard II | R2 III.i.13 | Broke the possession of a royal bed, | Broke the possession of a Royall Bed, |
Richard II | R2 IV.i.110 | To the possession of thy royal hand. | To the possession of thy Royall Hand. |
Richard III | R3 III.i.196 | Whereof the King my brother stood possessed. | Whereof the King, my Brother, was possest. |
Richard III | R3 IV.i.93 | Go thou to sanctuary, and good thoughts possess thee! | Go thou to Sanctuarie, and good thoughts possesse thee, |
Richard III | R3 IV.ii.90 | Which you promised I shall possess. | Which you haue promised I shall possesse. |
Richard III | R3 IV.iv.470 | Is the King dead? The empire unpossessed? | Is the King dead? the Empire vnpossest? |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.94 | So shall you share all that he doth possess, | So shall you share all that he doth possesse, |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.27 | But not possessed it; and though I am sold, | But not possest it, and though I am sold, |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.10 | Ah me! how sweet is love itself possessed, | Ah me, how sweet is loue it selfe possest, |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.14 | Of such possessions, and so high esteem, | Of such possessions, and so high esteeme |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.122 | And in possession twenty thousand crowns. | And in possession twentie thousand Crownes. |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.49 | saddle and stirrups of no kindred – besides, possessed | saddle, and stirrops of no kindred: besides possest |
The Tempest | Tem I.ii.472 | Is so possessed with guilt. Come from thy ward! | Is so possest with guilt: Come, from thy ward, |
The Tempest | Tem II.i.202 | What a strange drowsiness possesses them! | What a strange drowsines possesses them? |
The Tempest | Tem III.ii.93 | First to possess his books, for without them | First to possesse his Bookes; for without them |
Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.143.1 | And dispossess her all. | And dispossesse her all. |
Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.411 | Meanwhile I am possessed of that is mine. | Meanewhile I am possest of that is mine. |
Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.26 | Our pastimes done, possess a golden slumber, | (Our pastimes done) possesse a Golden slumber, |
Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.17 | Unless some fit or frenzy do possess her; | Vnlesse some fit or frenzie do possesse her: |
Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.153 | Now to deliver her possession up | Now to deliuer her possession vp |
Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.168 | He makes important. Possessed he is with greatness, | He makes important; possest he is with greatnesse, |
Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.5 | I have abandoned Troy, left my possession, | I haue abandon'd Troy, left my possession, |
Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.7 | From certain and possessed conveniences, | From certaine and possest conueniences, |
Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.89 | At ample point all that I did possess, | At ample point, all that I did possesse, |
Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.111 | And by the way possess thee what she is. | And by the way possesse thee what she is. |
Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.133 | Possess us, possess us, tell us something of him. | Possesse vs, possesse vs, tell vs something of him. |
Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.9 | He is sure possessed, madam. | He is sure possest Madam. |
Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.86 | possessed him, yet I'll speak to him. | possest him, yet Ile speake to him. |
Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.58 | thy wits, and fear to kill a woodcock lest thou dispossess | thy wits, and feare to kill a Woodcocke, lest thou dis-possesse |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.173 | Only for his possessions are so huge, | (Onely for his possessions are so huge) |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.79 | For me and my possessions she esteems not. | For me, and my possessions she esteemes not. |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.206 | So much of bad already hath possessed them. | So much of bad already hath possest them. |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.25 | Considers she my possessions? | Considers she my Possessions? |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.131 | Take but possession of her with a touch – | Take but possession of her, with a Touch: |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.95 | That we, more than his Pirithous, possess | That we, more then his Pirothous, possesse |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.222 | I that first saw her; I that took possession | I that first saw her; I that tooke possession |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.62 | Cold as old Saturn and like him possessed | Cold as old Saturne, and like him possest |
The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.58 | Again possess her corpse, and on this stage, | Againe possesse her Corps, and on this Stage |