| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.104 | Cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly. | Cold wisedome waighting on superfluous follie. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.52 | In everything I wait upon his will. | In euery thing I waite vpon his will. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.320 | So, I thank thee. Wait on me home, I'll make sport with | So I thanke thee, waite on me home, Ile make sport with |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.20 | Well, my good fellows, wait on me tonight. | Well, my good Fellowes, wait on me to night: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.53 | Will not wait pinioned at your master's court, | Will not waite pinnion'd at your Masters Court, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.119 | I purpose not to wait on fortune till | I purpose not to waite on Fortune, till |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.265 | We'll wait upon | Wee'l wait vpon |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.71 | And waits upon the judgement; and what judgement | And waites vpon the Iudgement: and what Iudgement |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.289 | I pray thee, good Horatio, wait upon him. | I pray you good Horatio wait vpon him, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.69 | with my humour – as well as waiting in the court, I can | with my humour, as well as waiting in the Court, I can |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.54 | And talk so like a waiting-gentlewoman | And talke so like a Waiting-Gentlewoman, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.111 | Rebuke and dread correction wait on us, | Rebuke and dread correction waite on vs, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.15 | fitter to be worn in my cap than to wait at my heels. I | fitter to be worne in my cap, then to wait at my heeles. I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.55 | Wait close; I will not see him. | Wait close, I will not see him. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.183 | I must wait upon my good lord here, I thank you, | I must waite vpon my good Lord heere. I thanke you, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.166 | Put on two leathern jerkins and aprons, and wait | Put on two Leather Ierkins, and Aprons, and waite |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.98 | I'll wait upon you, and I long to hear it. | Ile wait vpon you, and I long to heare it. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.110 | Wonder to wait on treason and on murder: | Wonder to waite on treason, and on murther: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.321 | of may wait on her: so the maid that stood in the way | of, may wait on her: so the Maid that stood in the way |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.45 | Let's to the altar. Heralds, wait on us. | Let's to the Altar: Heralds wayt on vs; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.48 | Posterity, await for wretched years, | Posteritie await for wretched yeeres, |
| 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.iii.3 | Where be these warders that they wait not here? | Where be these Warders, that they wait not here? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.31 | What fates await the Duke of Suffolk? | What fates await the Duke of Suffolke? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.63 | Tell me what fate awaits the Duke of Suffolk? | Tell me what fate awaits the Duke of Suffolke? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.56 | How often hast thou waited at my cup, | How often hast thou waited at my cup, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.62 | And duly waited for my coming forth. | And duly wayted for my comming forth? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.54 | When care, mistrust, and treason waits on him. | When Care, Mistrust, and Treason waits on him. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.42 | O, but impatience waiteth on true sorrow. | O, but impatience waiteth on true sorrow. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.17.1 | Wait in the presence. | Wait in the presence. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.411 | Or gild again the noble troops that waited | Or gilde againe the Noble Troopes that waighted |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.4.1 | Who waits there? | Who waites there? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.6.1 | Must wait till you be called for. | must waight till you be call'd for. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.16 | Wait else at door, a fellow Councillor, | Wait else at doore: a fellow Councellor |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.34 | Cranmer withdraws to wait without | |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.4.3 | Who waits there? | Who waits there? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.139 | This honest man, wait like a lousy footboy | This honest man, wait like a lowsie Foot-boy |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.303 | Come home to me, and I will wait for you. | Come home to me, and I will wait for you. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.119 | I am to blame to be thus waited for. | I am too blame to be thus waited for. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.3 | Let us encamp, to wait their happy speed. – | Let vs incampe to wait their happie speede: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.60 | She shall be welcome; and to wait her coming | She shall be welcome, and to wait her comming, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.152 | Meet in one line; and vast confusion waits, | Meet in one line: and vast confusion waites |
| King John | KJ V.vii.72 | And then my soul shall wait on thee to heaven, | And then my soule shall waite on thee to heauen, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.98 | Shall wait upon your father's funeral. | Shall waite vpon your Fathers Funerall. |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.62 | waiting-women. So bless thee, master! | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.63 | And wait the season, and observe the times, | And wait the season, and obserue the times, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.401 | Nor never more in Russian habit wait. | Nor neuer more in Russian habit waite. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.48 | You wait on nature's mischief. Come, thick night, | You wait on Natures Mischiefe. Come thick Night, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.44 | Letting ‘ I dare not’ wait upon ‘ I would ’, | Letting I dare not, wait vpon I would, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.37 | Now good digestion wait on appetite, | Now good digestion waite on Appetite, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.1.1 | Enter a Doctor of Physic and a Waiting-Gentlewoman | Enter a Doctor of Physicke, and a Wayting Gentlewoman |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.83.2 | I'll wait upon your honour. | Ile wait vpon your honor. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.1.1 | Enter Portia with her waiting-woman, Nerissa | Enter Portia with her waiting woman Nerissa. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.22 | Not I but my affairs have made you wait. | Not I, but my affaires haue made you wait: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.185 | How now, Simple, where have you been? I must wait | How now Simple, where haue you beene? I must wait |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.244 | I will wait on him, fair Mistress Anne. | I will wait on him, (faire Mistris Anne.) |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.252 | (To Simple) Go, sirrah, for all you are my man, go wait | goe, Sirha, for all you are my man, goe wait |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.70 | her simply. The wealth I have waits on my consent, and | her simply: the wealth I haue waits on my consent, and |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.192 | Come, wait upon him. Lead him to my bower. | Come waite vpon him, lead him to my bower. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.31 | Wait in your royal walks, your board, your bed. | waite in your royall walkes, your boord, your bed. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.14 | man's jests; eat when I have stomach, and wait for no | mans iests, eat when I haue stomacke, and wait for no |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.69 | We'll wait upon your lordship. | Wee'll wait vpon your Lordship. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.30 | apparel and make him my waiting-gentlewoman? He | apparell, and make him my waiting gentlewoman? he |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.13 | waiting-gentlewoman to Hero. | waiting gentle-woman to Hero. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.51 | I'll wait upon them; I am ready. | Ile wait vpon them, I am ready. |
| Othello | Oth III.ii.6 | We'll wait upon your lordship. | Well waite vpon your Lordship. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.56 | I wait the sharpest blow, Antiochus. | I wayte the sharpest blow (Antiochus) |
| Pericles | Per I.i.80 | For he's no man on whom perfections wait | For hee's no man on whom perfections waite, |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.18 | New joy wait on you! Here our play has ending. | New ioy wayte on you, heere our play has ending. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iv.23 | Thy friends are fled to wait upon thy foes, | Thy Friends are fled, to wait vpon thy Foes, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.43.1 | That waits upon your grace? | That waites vpon your Grace? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.322 | We wait upon your grace. | We wait vpon your Grace. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.123 | But when your carters or your waiting vassals | But when your Carters, or your wayting Vassalls |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.142 | We wait upon your grace. | We wait vpon your Grace. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.111 | I'll wait upon your lordship. | Ile wait vpon your Lordship. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.122.2 | I'll wait upon your lordship. | Ile wait vpon your Lordship. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.104 | must hence to wait. I beseech you follow straight. | must hence to wait, I beseech you follow straight. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.205 | When Biondello comes, he waits on thee, | When Biondello comes, he waites on thee, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.230 | Wait you on him, I charge you, as becomes, | Waite you on him, I charge you, as becomes: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.59 | Are you so formal, sir? Well, I must wait – | Are you so formall sir, well I must waite |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.389 | It sounds no more; and sure it waits upon | It sounds no more: and sure it waytes vpon |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.165 | And you shall find I like it. Wait attendance | And you shall finde I like it; Waite attendance |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.40.1 | I'll wait upon you instantly. | Ile waite vpon you instantly. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.1.1 | Flaminius waiting to speak with Lucullus from his | Flaminius waiting to speake with a Lord from his |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.1.2 | Lucius, meeting Titus, Hortensius, and other Servants | All Timons Creditors to wait for his comming out. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.1.3 | of Timon's creditors, waiting for his coming out | Then enter Lucius and Hortensius. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.21 | For which I wait for money. | For which I waite for money. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.47.1 | We wait for certain money here, sir. | We waite for certaine Money heere, sir. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.48 | If money were as certain as your waiting, | if Money were as certaine as your waiting, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.341 | I am not bid to wait upon this bride. | I am not bid to waite vpon this Bride: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.10 | Upon her wit doth earthly honour wait, | Vpon her wit doth earthly honour waite, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.20 | To wait upon this new-made Empress. | To waite vpon this new made Empresse. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.21 | ‘ To wait ’ said I? – to wanton with this queen, | To waite said I? To wanton with this Queene, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.121 | Ay, marry, will we, sir, and we'll be waited on. | I marry will we sir, and weele be waited on. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.94 | By all Diana's waiting-women yond, | By all Dianas waiting women yond: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.115 | I wait upon his pleasure. (Exit Servant) Come, Sir Thurio, | I wait vpon his pleasure: Come Sir Thurio, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.96 | We'll wait upon your grace till after supper, | We'll wait vpon your Grace, till after Supper, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.130 | That wait for execution in the morn. | That wait for execution in the morne. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.52 | To flowery May, in Dian's wood. Wait well, sir, | To flowry May, in Dians wood: waite well Sir |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.93 | Slaughters a thousand waiting upon that. | Slaughters a thousand, wayting vpon that. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.71 | yet I can read waiting gentlewoman in the scape: this | yet I can reade Waiting-Gentlewoman in the scape: this |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.141 | Which waits upon worn times, hath something seized | (Which waits vpon worne times) hath something seiz'd |