Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.20 | Frank nature, rather curious than in haste, | Franke Nature rather curious then in hast |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.43 | And bowed his eminent top to their low ranks, | And bow'd his eminent top to their low rankes, |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.54 | I have to use. Thy frank election make; | I haue to vse; thy franke election make, |
Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.32 | How, with his banners and his well-paid ranks, | How with his Banners, and his well paid ranks, |
Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.21 | But let the world rank me in register | But let the world ranke me in Register |
Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.212 | Rank of gross diet, shall be enclouded, | Ranke of grosse dyet, shall we be enclowded, |
As You Like It | AYL I.i.81 | physic your rankness, and yet give no thousand crowns | physicke your ranckenesse, and yet giue no thousand crownes |
As You Like It | AYL I.ii.100 | Nay, if I keep not my rank – | Nay, if I keepe not my ranke. |
As You Like It | AYL II.vii.46 | Of all opinion that grows rank in them | Of all opinion that growes ranke in them, |
As You Like It | AYL III.ii.94 | the right butter-women's rank to market. | the right Butter-womens ranke to Market. |
As You Like It | AYL IV.i.77 | or I should think my honesty ranker than my wit. | or I should thinke my honestie ranker then my wit. |
As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.80 | The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream | The ranke of Oziers, by the murmuring streame |
The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.218 | And shrive you of a thousand idle pranks. – | And shriue you of a thousand idle prankes: |
Coriolanus | Cor I.i.135 | And, through the cranks and offices of man, | And through the Crankes and Offices of man, |
Coriolanus | Cor III.i.23 | For they do prank them in authority | For they doe pranke them in Authoritie, |
Coriolanus | Cor III.i.66 | The mutable, rank-scented meiny, let them | the mutable ranke-sented Meynie, / Let them |
Coriolanus | Cor III.i.130 | Of our so frank donation. Well, what then? | Of our so franke Donation. Well, what then? |
Cymbeline | Cym II.i.15 | had been one of my rank! | had bin one of my Ranke. |
Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.176 | Lust and rank thoughts, hers, hers; revenges, hers: | Lust, and ranke thoughts, hers, hers: Reuenges hers: |
Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.78.1 | A franklin's housewife. | A Franklins Huswife. |
Hamlet | Ham I.ii.136 | That grows to seed. Things rank and gross in nature | That growes to Seed: Things rank, and grosse in Nature |
Hamlet | Ham I.iii.73 | And they in France of the best rank and station | And they in France of the best ranck and station, |
Hamlet | Ham I.v.38 | Rankly abused. But know, thou noble youth, | Rankly abus'd: But know thou Noble youth, |
Hamlet | Ham II.i.20 | What forgeries you please – marry, none so rank | What forgeries you please: marry, none so ranke, |
Hamlet | Ham III.i.34 | We may of their encounter frankly judge, | We may of their encounter frankely iudge, |
Hamlet | Ham III.ii.266 | Thou mixture rank, of midnight weeds collected, | Thou mixture ranke, of Midnight Weeds collected, |
Hamlet | Ham III.iii.36 | O, my offence is rank. It smells to heaven. | Oh my offence is ranke, it smels to heauen, |
Hamlet | Ham III.iv.2 | Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, | Tell him his prankes haue been too broad to beare with, |
Hamlet | Ham III.iv.93 | In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, | In the ranke sweat of an enseamed bed, |
Hamlet | Ham III.iv.149 | Whiles rank corruption, mining all within, | Whil'st ranke Corruption mining all within, |
Hamlet | Ham III.iv.153 | To make them ranker. Forgive me this my virtue. | To make them ranke. Forgiue me this my Vertue, |
Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.22 | A ranker rate, should it be sold in fee. | |
Hamlet | Ham V.ii.247 | And will this brothers' wager frankly play. | And will this Brothers wager frankely play. |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.14 | Shall now, in mutual well-beseeming ranks, | Shall now in mutuall well-beseeming rankes |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.55 | current that I told you yesternight. There's a franklin in | currant that I told you yesternight. There's a Franklin in |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.94 | See how this river comes me cranking in, | See, how this Riuer comes me cranking in, |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.140 | in the old frank? | in the old Franke? |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.39 | How foul it is, what rank diseases grow, | How foule it is: what ranke Diseases grow, |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.64 | To diet rank minds sick of happiness, | To dyet ranke Mindes, sicke of happinesse, |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.137 | In equal rank with the best-governed nation; | In equall ranke, with the best gouern'd Nation, |
Henry V | H5 I.ii.245 | Therefore with frank and with uncurbed plainness | Therefore with franke and with vncurbed plainnesse, |
Henry V | H5 IV.v.6.2 | Why, all our ranks are broke. | Why all our rankes are broke. |
Henry V | H5 V.ii.45 | The darnel, hemlock, and rank fumitory | The Darnell, Hemlock, and ranke Femetary, |
Henry V | H5 V.ii.50 | Wanting the scythe, all uncorrected, rank, | Wanting the Sythe, withall vncorrected, ranke; |
Henry V | H5 V.ii.97 | Within the fore-rank of our articles. | Within the fore-ranke of our Articles. |
Henry V | H5 V.ii.287 | Pardon the frankness of my mirth, if I answer | Pardon the franknesse of my mirth, if I answer |
Henry V | H5 V.ii.338 | Let that one article rank with the rest, | Let that one Article ranke with the rest, |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.115 | No leisure had he to enrank his men; | No leysure had he to enranke his men. |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.15 | Thy lewd, pestiferous, and dissentious pranks, | Thy lewd, pestiferous, and dissentious prancks, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.10 | Our ranks are broke, and ruin follows us. | Our rankes are broke, and ruine followes vs. |
Henry VIII | H8 prologue.18 | To rank our chosen truth with such a show | To ranke our chosen Truth with such a show |
Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.186.2 | Ha! What, so rank? Ah, ha! | Ha? What, so rancke? Ah, ha, |
Henry VIII | H8 II.i.81 | Were hid against me, now to forgive me frankly. | Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly. |
Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.59.1 | With the mere rankness of their joy. | With the meere ranknesse of their ioy. |
Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.34 | Of an unbounded stomach, ever ranking | Of an vnbounded stomacke, euer ranking |
Henry VIII | H8 V.i.52 | He be convented. He's a rank weed, Sir Thomas, | He be conuented. He's a ranke weed Sir Thomas, |
Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.20 | In ranks and squadrons and right form of war, | In Rankes and Squadrons, and right forme of Warre |
Julius Caesar | JC III.i.69 | That unassailable holds on his rank, | That vnassayleable holds on his Ranke, |
Julius Caesar | JC III.i.152 | Who else must be let blood, who else is rank: | Who else must be let blood, who else is ranke: |
King Edward III | E3 I.ii.55 | The hindmost rank unto this place, my liege. | The hindmost rancke, vnto this place my liege. |
King Edward III | E3 III.i.57 | Whose soldiers drank up rivers in their thirst. | Whose souldiers drancke vp riuers in their thirst: |
King Edward III | E3 IV.v.58 | With all endeavour sought to break our ranks | With all indeuor sought to breake our rankes, |
King John | KJ IV.ii.200 | That were embattailed and ranked in Kent. | That were embattailed, and rank'd in Kent. |
King John | KJ IV.ii.244 | Even at my gates, with ranks of foreign powers; | Euen at my gates, with rankes of forraigne powres; |
King John | KJ V.ii.29 | Her enemies' ranks – I must withdraw and weep | Her Enemies rankes? I must withdraw, and weepe |
King John | KJ V.iv.54 | Leaving our rankness and irregular course, | Leauing our ranknesse and irregular course, |
King Lear | KL I.iv.199 | In rank and not-to-be endured riots. Sir, | In ranke, and (not to be endur'd) riots Sir. |
King Lear | KL I.iv.234 | Of other your new pranks. I do beseech you | Of other your new prankes. I do beseech you |
King Lear | KL II.iv.253 | Stands in some rank of praise. (To Gonerill) I'll go with thee. | Stands in some ranke of praise, Ile go with thee, |
King Lear | KL III.iv.20 | Your old kind father, whose frank heart gave all! | Your old kind Father, whose franke heart gaue all, |
King Lear | KL IV.ii.25.1 | Yours in the ranks of death. | Yours in the rankes of death. |
King Lear | KL IV.iv.3 | Crowned with rank fumiter and furrow-weeds, | Crown'd with ranke Fenitar, and furrow weeds, |
Macbeth | Mac I.iii.94 | He finds thee in the stout Norweyan ranks, | He findes thee in the stout Norweyan Rankes, |
Macbeth | Mac I.iv.6 | That very frankly he confessed his treasons, | that very frankly hee / Confess'd his Treasons, |
Macbeth | Mac III.i.102 | Not i'the worst rank of manhood, say't, | Not i'th' worst ranke of Manhood, say't, |
Measure for Measure | MM III.i.103 | Yes, he would give't thee, from this rank offence, | Yes, he would giu't thee; from this rank offence |
Measure for Measure | MM III.i.109.1 | As frankly as a pin. | As frankely as a pin. |
The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.77 | Should fall as Jacob's hire, the ewes being rank, | Should fall as Iacobs hier, the Ewes being rancke, |
The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.33 | And rank me with the barbarous multitudes. | And ranke me with the barbarous multitudes. |
The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.77 | cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfurt! The curse | cost me two thousand ducats in Franckford, the curse |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.140 | How now, sweet Frank, why art thou | How now (sweet Frank) why art thou |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.84 | rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended | rankest compound of villanous smell, that euer offended |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.22 | While other jests are something rank on foot, | While other Iests are something ranke on foote, |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.101 | My fortunes every way as fairly ranked – | My fortunes euery way as fairely ranck'd |
Othello | Oth I.iii.38 | Their backward course, bearing with frank appearance | Their backward course, bearing with frank appearance |
Othello | Oth II.i.54 | Stand ranks of people, and they cry ‘ A sail!’ | Stand rankes of People, and they cry, a Saile. |
Othello | Oth II.i.140 | But does foul pranks which fair and wise ones do. | But do's foule pranks, which faire, and wise-ones do. |
Othello | Oth II.i.297 | Abuse him to the Moor in the rank garb – | Abuse him to the Moore, in the right garbe |
Othello | Oth II.iii.289 | to make me frankly despise myself. | to make me frankly despise my selfe. |
Othello | Oth III.iii.193 | With franker spirit. Therefore, as I am bound, | With franker spirit. Therefore (as I am bound) |
Othello | Oth III.iii.200 | In Venice they do let God see the pranks | In Venice, they do let Heauen see the prankes |
Othello | Oth III.iii.230 | Foh! One may smell in such a will most rank, | Foh, one may smel in such, a will most ranke, |
Othello | Oth III.iv.44.1 | A frank one. | A franke one. |
Othello | Oth III.iv.131 | When it hath blown his ranks into the air, | When it hath blowne his Rankes into the Ayre, |
Richard II | R2 I.iii.302 | Fell sorrow's tooth doth never rankle more | Fell sorrowes tooth, doth euer ranckle more |
Richard II | R2 II.iii.101 | From forth the ranks of many thousand French, | From forth the Rankes of many thousand French: |
Richard III | R3 I.iii.290 | His venom tooth will rankle to the death. | His venom tooth will rankle to the death. |
Richard III | R3 I.iii.313 | He is franked up to fatting for his pains – | He is frank'd vp to fatting for his paines, |
Richard III | R3 IV.v.3 | My son George Stanley is franked up in hold; | My Sonne George Stanley is frankt vp in hold: |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.50 | And the rank poison of the old will die. | And the rank poyson of the old wil die. |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.131 | But to be frank and give it thee again. | But to be franke and giue it thee againe, |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.117 | And needly will be ranked with other griefs, | And needly will be rankt with other griefes, |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.6 | I ne'er drank sack in my life. And if you give me | I ne're drank sacke in my life: and if you giue me |
The Tempest | Tem V.i.132 | Thy rankest fault – all of them; and require | Thy rankest fault; all of them: and require |
Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.68 | Is ranked with all deserts, all kind of natures, | Is rank'd with all deserts, all kinde of Natures |
Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.184 | Men and men's fortunes could I frankly use | Men, and mens fortunes could I frankely vse |
Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.39 | Bring in thy ranks, but leave without thy rage. | Bring in thy rankes, but leaue without thy rage, |
Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.423 | To be controlled in that he frankly gave. | To be controul'd in that he frankly gaue: |
Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.84 | Alas, sir, I know not Jubiter. I never drank with | Alas sir I know not Iupiter: / I neuer dranke with |
Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.73 | When rank Thersites opes his mastic jaws | When ranke Thersites opes his Masticke iawes, |
Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.196 | How rank soever rounded in with danger. | How ranke soeuer rounded in with danger. |
Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.253.2 | Speak frankly as the wind; | Speake frankely as the winde, |
Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.318 | In rank Achilles must or now be cropped | In ranke Achilles, must or now be cropt, |
Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.161 | Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first rank, | Or like a gallant Horse falne in first ranke, |
Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.132 | Of our rank feud; but the just gods gainsay | Of our ranke feud: but the iust gods gainsay, |
Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.185 | Through ranks of Greekish youth; and I have seen thee, | Through rankes of Greekish youth: and I haue seen thee |
Troilus and Cressida | TC V.viii.19 | My half-supped sword, that frankly would have fed, | My halfe supt Sword, that frankly would haue fed, |
Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.85 | That nature pranks her in, attracts my soul. | That nature prankes her in, attracts my soule. |
Twelfth Night | TN II.v.121 | rank as a fox. | ranke as a Fox. |
Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.54 | And hear thou there how many fruitless pranks | And heare thou there how many fruitlesse prankes |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.28 | The cranks and turns of Thebes? You did begin | The Cranckes, and turnes of Thebs? you did begin |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.44 | And somewhat better than your rank I'll use you. | aud somewhat better than your rancke Ile use you. |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.79 | become the pranks and friskins of her madness. Sing | become the prankes / And friskins of her madnes; Sing |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.63 | Shaker of o'errank states, thou grand decider | Shaker of ore-rank States, thou grand decider |
The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.277 | As rank as any flax-wench that puts to | As ranke as any Flax-Wench, that puts to |
The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.10 | Most goddess-like pranked up. But that our feasts | Most Goddesse-like prank'd vp: But that our Feasts |
The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.695 | his son's pranks too; who, I may say, is no honest man, | his Sonnes prancks too; who, I may say, is no honest man, |
The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.156 | and franklins say it, I'll swear it. | and Francklins say it, Ile sweare it. |