| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.78.1 | And write to her a love-line. | And write to her a loue-line. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.138 | So holy writ in babes hath judgement shown, | So holy Writ, in babes hath iudgement showne, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.60.1 | And writ as little beard. | And writ as little beard. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.197 | I must tell thee, sirrah, I write man, to which | I must tell thee sirrah, I write Man: to which |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.286 | And wherefore I am fled; write to the King | And wherefore I am fled: Write to the King |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.23 | I have writ my letters, casketed my treasure, | I haue writ my letters, casketted my treasure, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.10 | Let me see what he writes, and when he | Let me see what he writes, and when he |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.59 | ‘ then ’ I write a ‘ never.’ | (then) I write a Neuer. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.95.1 | Written to bear along. | written to beare along. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.8 | Write, write, that from the bloody course of war | Write, write, that from the bloodie course of warre, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.24 | She might have been o'erta'en; and yet she writes | She might haue beene ore-tane: and yet she writes |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.29 | Of greatest justice. Write, write, Rynaldo, | Of greatest Iustice. Write, write Rynaldo |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.65 | I warrant, good creature, wheresoe'er she is, | I write good creature, wheresoere she is, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.87 | buried a wife, mourned for her, writ to my lady mother | buried a wife, mourn'd for her, writ to my Ladie mother, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.195 | officer of mine, and writ to me this other day to turn | Officer of mine, and writ to mee this other day, to turne |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.310 | sonnet you writ to Diana in behalf of the Count | sonnet you writ to Diana in behalfe of the Count |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.4 | Our written purposes before us sent; | Our written purposes before vs sent, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.58 | I crave our composition may be written, | I craue our composion may be written |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.I.29 | Grants scarce distinction. Thou wilt write to Antony? | graunts scarce distinction: thou wilt write to Anthony. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.17 | Think, speak, cast, write, sing, number – hoo! – | Thinke speake, cast, write, sing, number: hoo, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.46 | Where I will write. All may be well enough. | where I will write; all may be well enough. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.28 | Ourselves alone. I'll write it. Follow me. | Our selues alone: Ile write it: Follow me. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.v.13 | Detain no jot, I charge thee. Write to him – | Detaine no iot I charge thee: write to him, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.22 | Which writ his honour in the acts it did | Which writ his Honor in the Acts it did, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.76 | In all my writings. Go with me, and see | In all my Writings. Go with me, and see |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.119 | Though written in our flesh, we shall remember | Though written in our flesh, we shall remember |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.119 | Enter Celia with a writing | Enter Celia with a writing. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.133 | Will I ‘ Rosalinda ’ write, | Will I Rosalinda write, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.252 | I pray you, mar no more trees with writing love-songs | I pray you marre no more trees vvith Writing / Loue-songs |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.36 | O, that's a brave man! He writes brave verses, | O that's a braue man, hee writes braue verses, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.134 | I'll write to him a very taunting letter, | Ile write to him a very tanting Letter, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.136.2 | I'll write it straight: | Ile write it strait: |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.11 | Which she did use as she was writing of it, | Which she did vse, as she was writing of it, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.20 | Why writes she so to me? Well, shepherd, well, | Why writes she so to me? well Shepheard, well, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.23.1 | Phebe did write it. | Phebe did write it. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.40 | She Phebes me; mark how the tyrant writes: | She Phebes me: marke how the tyrant writes. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.42 | other; for all your writers do consent that ‘ ipse ’ is he. | other. For all your Writers do consent, that ipse is hee: |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.73 | To show the letter that I writ to you. | To shew the letter that I writ to you. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.14 | Your own handwriting would tell you what I think. | Your owne hand-writing would tell you what I thinke. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.55 | wench.’ It is written they appear to men like angels of | wench: It is written, they appeare to men like angels of |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.300 | Have written strange defeatures in my face. | Haue written strange defeatures in my face: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.73 | Where, ere we do repose us, we will write | Where ere we doe repose vs, we will write |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.122 | Titus Lartius writes they fought together, | Titus Lartius writes, they fought together, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.69 | He sent in writing after me, what he would not, | He sent in writing after me: what he would not, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.86 | Take this along. I writ it for thy sake | Take this along, I writ it for thy sake, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.145 | Whose chronicle thus writ: ‘ The man was noble, | Whose Chronicle thus writ, The man was Noble, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.63.1 | What I have written to you? | What I haue written to you? |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.114 | If you have writ your annals true, 'tis there | If you haue writ your Annales true, 'tis there, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.30 | Known but by letter; thither write, my queen, | Knowne but by Letter; thither write (my Queene) |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.2 | And question'dst every sail: if he should write, | And questioned'st euery Saile: if he should write, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.206 | To greet your lord with writing, do't tonight: | To greet your Lord with writing, doo't to night, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.208.2 | I will write. | I will write: |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.24 | To note the chamber: I will write all down: | To note the Chamber, I will write all downe, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.43 | Why should I write this down, that's riveted, | Why should I write this downe, that's riueted, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.105.2 | She writes so to you? Doth she? | She writes so to you? doth shee? |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.183 | Not half so old as that. I'll write against them, | Not halfe so old as that. Ile write against them, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.1 | How? Of adultery? Wherefore write you not | How? of Adultery? Wherefore write you not |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.105 | I'll write to my lord she's dead: O Innogen, | Ile write to my Lord she's dead: Oh Imogen, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.viii.1 | This is the tenor of the emperor's writ; | This is the tenor of the Emperors Writ; |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.316 | Hast here cut off my lord. To write, and read | Hath heere cut off my Lord. To write, and read, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.27 | Thus much the business is: we have here writ | Thus much the businesse is. We haue heere writ |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.222 | And we did think it writ down in our duty | And we did thinke it writ downe in our duty |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.110 | He writes | |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.349 | writers do them wrong to make them exclaim against | Writers do them wrong, to make them exclaim against |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.400 | light. For the law of writ and the liberty, these are the | light, for the law of Writ, and the Liberty. These are the |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.271 | name's Gonzago. The story is extant, and written in very | name's Gonzago: the Story is extant and writ in |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.143 | Of your dear father, is't writ in your revenge | Of your deere Fathers death, if writ in your reuenge, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.34 | A baseness to write fair, and laboured much | A basenesse to write faire; and laboured much |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.51 | Folded the writ up in the form of th' other, | Folded the Writ vp in forme of the other, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.259 | Which I shall send you written, be assured | Which I shall send you written, be assur'd |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.405 | the name of pitch. This pitch – as ancient writers do report – | the Name of Pitch: this Pitch (as ancient Writers doe report) |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.137 | I'll haste the writer, and withal | Ile haste the Writer; and withall, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.31 | He writes me here that inward sickness – | He writes me here, that inward sicknesse, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.39 | For, as he writes, there is no quailing now, | For, as he writes, there is no quailing now, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.40 | Therefore make haste – I must go write again | Therefore make hast, I must go write againe |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.26 | writ man ever since his father was a bachelor. He may | writ man euer since his Father was a Batchellour. He may |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.181 | the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all | the scrowle of youth, that are written downe old, with all |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.102 | how he writes – | he writes. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.81 | Whose memory is written on the earth | Whose memorie is written on the Earth |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.104 | But wet her fair words still in foulest terms? | But write her faire words still in foulest Letters? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.128 | Rotten opinion, who hath writ me down | Rotten Opinion, who hath writ me downe |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.64 | Eight hundred five. Besides, their writers say, | Eight hundred fiue. Besides, their Writers say, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.98 | For in the book of Numbers is it writ, | For in the Booke of Numbers is it writ, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.38 | wonder at him. I once writ a sonnet in his praise, and | wonder at him, I once writ a Sonnet in his prayse, and |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.330 | having any occasion to write for matter of grant, shall | hauing any occasion to write for matter of Graunt, shall |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.22 | It cannot be this weak and writhled shrimp | It cannot be, this weake and writhled shrimpe |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.2 | With written pamphlets studiously devised? | With written Pamphlets, studiously deuis'd? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.10 | Think not, although in writing I preferred | Thinke not, although in Writing I preferr'd |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.12 | Writ to your grace from th' Duke of Burgundy. | Writ to your Grace, from th'Duke of Burgundy. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.67 | It is the worst, and all, my lord, he writes. | It is the worst, and all (my Lord) he writes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.74 | Writes not so tedious a style as this. | Writes not so tedious a Stile as this. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.66 | I'll call for pen and ink, and write my mind. | Ile call for Pen and Inke, and write my minde: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.56 | His weapons holy saws of sacred writ; | His Weapons, holy Sawes of sacred Writ, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.31 | As the Spirit speaks, Bolingbroke writes the answer | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.56 | Now pray, my lord, let's see the devil's writ. | Now pray my Lord, let's see the Deuils Writ. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.17.2 | sheet and verses written on her back and pinned on and | Sheet, and |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.24 | And so will I, and write home for it straight. | And so will I, and write home for it straight. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.63 | This hand of mine hath writ in thy behalf, | This hand of mine hath writ in thy behalfe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.99 | Under the which is writ ‘ Invitis nubibus.’ | Vnder the which is writ, Inuitis nubibus. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.80 | The clerk of Chartham; he can write and read and | The Clearke of Chartam: hee can write and |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.87 | Nay, he can make obligations, and write court-hand. | Nay, he can make Obligations, and write Court hand. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.92 | They use to write it on the top of letters. 'Twill go | They vse to writ it on the top of Letters: 'Twill go |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.94 | Let me alone. Dost thou use to write thy name? | Let me alone: Dost thou vse to write thy name? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.98 | that I can write my name. | that I can write my name. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.55 | Kent, in the Commentaries Caesar writ, | Kent, in the Commentaries Casar writ, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.200 | And that I'll write upon thy burgonet, | And that Ile write vpon thy Burgonet, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.iii.26 | Let us pursue him ere the writs go forth. | Let vs pursue him ere the Writs go forth. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.169 | Write up his title with usurping blood. | Write vp his Title with vsurping blood. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.271 | I'll write unto them and entreat them fair. | Ile write vnto them, and entreat them faire; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.56 | Write in the dust this sentence with thy blood: | Write in the dust this Sentence with thy blood, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.103 | Let there be letters writ to every shire | Let there be Letters writ to euery Shire, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.222 | I writ to's holiness. Nay then, farewell! | I writ too's Holinesse. Nay then, farewell: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.287 | You writ to th' Pope against the King! Your goodness, | You writ to'th Pope, against the King: your goodnesse |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.313 | Then, that in all you writ to Rome, or else | Then, That in all you writ to Rome, or else |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.341 | That therefore such a writ be sued against you: | That therefore such a Writ be sued against you, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.46 | We write in water. May it please your highness | We write in Water. May it please your Highnesse |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.128.1 | I caused you write yet sent away? | I caus'd you write, yet sent away? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.126 | Mark him and write his speeches in their books, | Marke him, and write his Speeches in their Bookes, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.143 | Write them together, yours is as fair a name; | Write them together: Yours, is as faire a Name: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.315 | Writings, all tending to the great opinion | Writings, all tending to the great opinion |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.278 | Caesar did write for him to come to Rome. | Casar did write for him to come to Rome. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.222 | For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, | For I haue neyther writ nor words, nor worth, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.6 | You wronged yourself to write in such a case. | You wrong'd your selfe to write in such a case. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.181 | Nor nothing in your letters writ of her? | Nor nothing in your Letters writ of her? |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.69 | And when thou writ'st of tears, encouch the word | And when thou writest of teares, encouch the word, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.95.2 | Write I to a woman? | Writ I to a woman? |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.105 | Write on, while I peruse her in my thoughts. | Write on while I peruse her in my thoughts, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.118 | Comes in too soon; for, writing of her eyes, | Comes in to soone: for writing of her eies, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.125 | If not, write but in letters capital | If not, write but in letters Capitall my mistres name, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.184 | Give me the pen and paper; I will write. | Giue me the pen and paper I will write, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.393 | The poets write that great Achilles' spear | The Poets write that great Achilles speare, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.52 | For I will use it as my writing paper, | For I wiii vse it as my writing paper, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.64 | Wherein is written what success is like | Wherein is written what successe is like |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.98 | Engaged his word, writ down his noble hand, | Ingagde his word, writ downe his noble hand, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.20 | Have writ that note of death in Audley's face? | Haue writ that note of death in Audleys face: |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.3 | Shall find displeasure written in our looks. | Shall finde displeasure written in our lookes, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.37 | Can you not read it? Is it not fair writ? | Can you not reade it? Is it not faire writ? |
| King John | KJ V.ii.4 | That, having our fair order written down, | That hauing our faire order written downe, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.57 | write this? a heart and brain to breed it in? When came | write this? A heart and braine to breede it in? When came |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.87 | life for him that he hath writ this to feel my affection to | my life for him, that he hath writ this to feele my affection to |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.142 | I promise you, the effects he writes of succeed | I promise you, the effects he writes of, succeede |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.26 | That I may speak. I'll write straight to my sister | Ile write straight to my Sister |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.328 | What he hath uttered I have writ my sister; | What he hath vtter'd I haue writ my Sister: |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.331 | What, have you writ that letter to my sister? | What haue you writ that Letter to my Sister? |
| King Lear | KL II.i.121 | Our father he hath writ, so hath our sister, | Our Father he hath writ, so hath our Sister, |
| King Lear | KL IV.v.19 | Why should she write to Edmund? Might not you | Why should she write to Edmund? |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.36 | About it; and write happy when th' hast done. | About it, and write happy, when th'hast done, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.243 | Be brief in it – to the castle, for my writ | (Be briefe in it) to'th'Castle, for my Writ |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.117 | And to the strictest decrees I'll write my name. | And to the strictest decrees Ile write my name. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.153 | So to the laws at large I write my name, | So to the Lawes at large I write my name, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.108 | or, if it were, it would neither serve for the writing nor | or if it were, it would neither serue for the writing, nor |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.110 | I will have that subject newly writ o'er, that I | I will haue that subiect newly writ ore, that I |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.177 | sure I shall turn sonnet. Devise, wit; write, pen; for I | sure I shall turne Sonnet. Deuise Wit, write Pen, for I |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.201 | Well, I will love, write, sigh, pray, sue, and groan; | Well, I will loue, write, sigh, pray, shue, grone, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.61.1 | It is writ to Jaquenetta. | It is writ to Iaquenetta. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.133 | the nomination of the party writing to the person written | the nomination of the partie written to the person written |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.55 | These numbers will I tear, and write in prose. | These numbers will I teare, and write in prose. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.97 | Once more I'll read the ode that I have writ. | Once more Ile read the Ode that I haue writ. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.179 | When shall you see me write a thing in rhyme? | When shall you see me write a thing in rime? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.201 | It is Berowne's writing, and here is his name. | It is Berowns writing, and heere is his name. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.322 | Never durst poet touch a pen to write | Neuer durst Poet touch a pen to write, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.8 | Writ o' both sides the leaf, margin and all, | Writ on both sides the leafe, margent and all, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.419 | Write ‘ Lord have mercy on us ’ on those three. | Write Lord haue mercie on vs, on those three, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.100 | That writes them all alike. And so of men. | That writes them all alike: and so of men. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.7 | write upon't, read it, afterwards seal it, and again return | write vpon't, read it, afterwards Seale it, and againe re-turne |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.42 | Raze out the written troubles of the brain, | Raze out the written troubles of the Braine, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.65 | Painted upon a pole, and underwrit, | Painted vpon a pole, and vnder-writ, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.55 | Matters of needful value. We shall write to you, | Matters of needfull value: We shall write to you |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.154 | With character too gross is writ on Juliet. | With Character too grosse, is writ on Iuliet. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.16 | Let's write ‘ good Angel ’ on the devil's horn, | Let's write good Angell on the Deuills horne |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.150 | More of him anon. There is written in your brow, | More of him anon: There is written in your brow |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.196 | chance nothing of what is writ. Look, th' unfolding star | chance nothing of what is writ. Looke, th' vnfolding Starre |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.91 | Now will I write letters to Varrius – | Now wil I write Letters to Angelo, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iv.1 | Every letter he hath writ hath disvouched other. | Euery Letter he hath writ, hath disuouch'd other. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.13 | And whiter than the paper it writ on | And whiter then the paper it writ on, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.14.1 | Is the fair hand that writ. | I the faire hand that writ. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.64 | There is a written scroll. I'll read the writing. | there is a written scroule; / Ile reade the writing. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.118 | Than to live still, and write mine epitaph. | Then to liue still, and write mine Epitaph. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.164 | You hear the learn'd Bellario, what he writes, | You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.182 | That took some pains in writing, he begged mine, | That tooke some paines in writing, he begg'd mine, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.9 | master parson, who writes himself Armigero – in any | (Master Parson) who writes himselfe Armigero, in any |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.53 | I have writ me here a letter to her; and here | I haue writ me here a letter to her: & here |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.88 | He writes | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.70 | of these letters, writ with blank space for different names | of these Letters, writ with blancke-space for different names |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.61 | he dances, he has eyes of youth, he writes verses, he | he dances, he has eies of youth: he writes verses, hee |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.69 | And Honi soit qui mal y pense write | And, Hony Soit Qui Mal-y-Pence, write |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.62 | Have you the lion's part written? Pray you, if it be, | Haue you the Lions part written? pray you if be, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.128 | Love's stories written in love's richest book. | Loues stories, written in Loues richest booke. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.16 | Write me a prologue, and let the prologue seem to say | Write me a Prologue, and let the Prologue seeme to say, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.22 | be written in eight and six. | be written in eight and sixe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.23 | No, make it two more: let it be written in eight | No, make it two more, let it be written in eight |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.212 | Peter Quince to write a ballad of this dream. It shall be | PeterQuince to write a ballet of this dreame, it shall be |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.348 | there needs none to be blamed. Marry, if he that writ it | there need none to be blamed. Marry, if hee that writ it |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.245 | great letters as they write ‘ Here is good horse to hire,’ | great Letters as they write, heere is good horse to hire: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.131 | scorn, write to him that I love him?’ | scorne, write to him that I loue him? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.133 | write to him; for she'll be up twenty times a night, and | write to him, for shee'll be vp twenty times a night, and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.134 | there will she sit in her smock till she have writ a sheet | there will she sit in her smocke, till she haue writ a sheet |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.138 | O, when she had writ it and was reading it | O when she had writ it, & was reading it |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.144 | to write to one that she knew would flout her. | to write, to one that shee knew would flout her: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.146 | should flout him, if he writ to me; yea, though I love | should flout him if hee writ to mee, yea though I loue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.12 | for they can write and read. | for they can write and reade. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.15 | man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes | is the gift of Fortune, but to write and reade, comes |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.20 | make no boast of it; and for your writing and reading, | make no boast of it, and for your writing and reading, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.58 | the learned writer to set down our excommunication, | the learned writer to set downe our excommunication, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.54 | Out on thee! Seeming! I will write against it. | Out on thee seeming, I will write against it, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.12 | Pray, write down, Borachio. Yours, sirrah? | Pray write downe Borachio. Yours sirra. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.15 | Write down Master Gentleman Conrade. | Write downe Master gentleman Conrade: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.18 | Write down, that they hope they serve God – | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.19 | and write God first, for God defend but God should go | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.31 | a tale. Have you writ down, that they are none? | a tale: haue you writ downe that they are none? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.39 | Write down Prince John a villain. Why, this is | Write down, Prince Iohn a villaine: why this is |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.69 | write down the Prince's officer coxcomb. Come, bind | write downe the Princes Officer Coxcombe: come, binde |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.73 | not suspect my years? O that he were here to write me | not suspect my yeeres? O that hee were heere to write mee |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.75 | though it be not written down, yet forget not that I am | though it be not written down, yet forget not yt I am |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.84 | I had been writ down an ass! | I had been writ downe an asse! |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.37 | However they have writ the style of gods, | How euer they haue writ the stile of gods, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.4 | Will you then write me a sonnet in praise of | Will you then write me a Sonnet in praise of |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.86 | For here's a paper written in his hand, | For heres a paper written in his hand, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.89 | Writ in my cousin's hand, stolen from her pocket, | Writ in my cosins hand, stolne from her pocket, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.45.2 | Write from us: wish him | Write from vs, / To him, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.115.1 | You shall not write my praise. | You shall not write my praise. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.116 | What wouldst thou write of me, if thou shouldst praise me? | What would'st write of me, if thou should'st praise me? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.321 | As proofs of holy writ. This may do something. | As proofes of holy Writ. This may do something. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.71 | Made to write ‘ whore ’ upon? What committed! | Made to write Whore vpon? What commited, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.12 | Thinks all is writ he speken can; | Thinkes all is writ, he spoken can: |
| Pericles | Per II.v.40 | She thinks not so; peruse this writing else. | She thinkes not so: peruse this writing else. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.32 | The epitaph is for Marina writ | The Epitaph is for Marina writ, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.186 | Nor never write, regreet, nor reconcile | Nor euer write, regreete, or reconcile |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.14 | Writ in remembrance more than things long past. | Writ in remembrance, more then things long past; |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.147 | Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth. | Write Sorrow on the Bosome of the Earth. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.274 | Where all my sins are writ; and that's myself. | Where all my sinnes are writ, and that's my selfe. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.57 | Yea, lookest thou pale? Let me see the writing. | Yea, look'st thou pale? Let me see the Writing. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.59 | I will be satisfied. Let me see the writing. | I will be satisfied, let me see the Writing. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.69 | Boy, let me see the writing. | Boy, let me see the Writing. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.48 | Peruse this writing here, and thou shalt know | Peruse this writing heere, and thou shalt know |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.336 | With odd old ends stolen forth of Holy Writ, | With odde old ends, stolne forth of holy Writ, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.46 | With that sour ferryman which poets write of, | With that sowre Ferry-man which Poets write of, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vi.5 | Eleven hours I have spent to write it over, | Eleuen houres I haue spent to write it ouer, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.428 | I go. Write to me very shortly, | I go, write to me very shortly, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.36 | Whose names are written there, and to them say, | Whose names are written there, and to them say, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.38 | Find them out whose names are written here! It | Find them out whose names are written. Heere it |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.39 | is written that the shoemaker should meddle with his | is written, that the Shoo-maker should meddle with his |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.42 | persons whose names are here writ, and can never find | persons whose names are writ, & can neuer find |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.43 | what names the writing person hath here writ. I must | what names the writing person hath here writ (I must |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.83 | And find delight writ there with beauty's pen. | And find delight, writ there with Beauties pen: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.87 | Find written in the margent of his eyes. | Find written in the Margent of his eyes. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.57 | Had I it written, I would tear the word. | Had I it written, I would teare the word. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.10 | Any man that can write may answer a letter. | Any man that can write, may answere a Letter. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.1 | So many guests invite as here are writ. | So many guests inuite as here are writ, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.4 | Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter. | Or if his mind be writ, giue me his Letter. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.27 | But I will write again to Mantua, | But I will write againe to Mantua, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.82 | One writ with me in sour misfortune's book. | One, writ with me in sowre misfortunes booke. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.246 | The form of death. Meantime I writ to Romeo | The forme of death. Meane time, I writ to Romeo, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.288 | And here he writes that he did buy a poison | And heere he writes, that he did buy a poyson |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.68 | And there it is in writing fairly drawn. | And there it is in writing fairely drawne. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.118 | Are not within the leaf of pity writ, | Are not within the Leafe of pitty writ, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.152 | And write in thee the figures of their love, | And write in thee the figures of their loue, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.183 | Why, I was writing of my epitaph; | Why I was writing of my Epitaph, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.264 | Then all too late I bring this fatal writ, | Then all too late I bring this fatall writ, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.3 | Write down thy mind, bewray thy meaning so, | Write downe thy mind, bewray thy meaning so, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.12 | For these two, tribunes, in the dust I write | For these, Tribunes, in the dust I write |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.169 | Writing destruction on the enemy's castle? | Writing destruction on the enemies Castle? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.69.1 | He writes his name with his staff, and guides it with | He writes his Name with his staffe, and guides it with |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.69.2 | I have writ my name | I haue writ my name, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.72 | Write thou, good niece, and here display at last | Write thou good Neece, and heere display at last, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.76.2 | her stumps, and writes | her stumps and writes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.76 | O, do ye read, my lord, what she hath writ? | Oh doe ye read my Lord what she hath writs? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.83 | There is enough written upon this earth | There is enough written vpon this earth, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.102 | And with a gad of steel will write these words, | And with a Gad of steele will write these words, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.1.3 | bundle of weapons and verses writ upon them | bundle of weapons, and verses writ vpon them. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.18 | What's here? A scroll, and written round about? | What's heere? a scrole, & written round about? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.60 | Of my word, I have written to effect: | Of my word, I haue written to effect, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.105 | Give me pen and ink. (Writes) | Giue me pen and inke. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.13 | And now he writes to heaven for his redress. | And now he writes to heauen for his redresse. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.15 | And what is written shall be executed. | And what is written shall be executed. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.58 | Writing their own reproach; to whose soft seizure | Writing their owne reproach; to whose soft seizure, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.127 | And underwrite in an observing kind | And vnder write in an obseruing kinde |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.96 | Writes me that man – how dearly ever parted, | Writes me, that man, how dearely euer parted, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.259 | Write loyal cantons of contemned love | Write loyall Cantons of contemned loue, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.125 | Do't, knight, I'll write thee a challenge; or I'll | Doo't knight, Ile write thee a Challenge: or Ile |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.152 | feelingly personated. I can write very like my lady, your | feelingly personated. I can write very like my Ladie your |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.40 | Go, write it in a martial hand. Be curst and | Go, write it in a martial hand, be curst and |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.47 | in thy ink, though thou write with a goose pen, no | in thy inke, though thou write with a Goose-pen, no |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.38 | ‘ Be not afraid of greatness.’ 'Twas well writ. | Be not afraid of greatnesse: 'twas well writ. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.282 | end as well as a man in his case may do. He's here writ a | end as well as a man in his case may do: has heere writ a |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.309 | Did he write this? | Did he write this? |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.330 | Write from it if you can, in hand or phrase, | Write from it if you can, in hand, or phrase, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.343 | Alas, Malvolio, this is not my writing, | Alas Maluolio, this is not my writing, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.360 | We had conceived against him. Maria writ | We had conceiu'd against him. Maria writ |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.42 | Yet writers say, as in the sweetest bud | Yet Writers say; as in the sweetest Bud, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.45 | And writers say, as the most forward bud | And Writers say; as the most forward Bud |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.79 | Some love of yours hath writ to you in rhyme. | Some loue of yours, hath writ to you in Rime. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.109 | Look, here is writ, kind Julia. Unkind Julia, | Looke, here is writ, kinde Iulia: vnkinde Iulia, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.113 | And here is writ, love-wounded Proteus. | And here is writ, Loue wounded Protheus. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.117 | But twice or thrice was Proteus written down. | But twice, or thrice, was Protheus written downe: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.123 | Lo, here in one line is his name twice writ: | Loe, here in one line is his name twice writ: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.56 | There is no news, my lord, but that he writes | There is no newes (my Lord) but that he writes |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.82 | Last night she enjoined me to write some | Last night she enioyn'd me, / To write some |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.86 | Are they not lamely writ? | Are they not lamely writt? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.98 | As you enjoined me, I have writ your letter | As you inioynd me; I haue writ your Letter |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.105 | I writ at random, very doubtfully. | I writ at randome, very doubtfully. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.107 | No, madam; so it stead you, I will write, | No (Madam) so it steed you, I will write |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.116 | Yes, yes; the lines are very quaintly writ; | Yes, yes: the lines are very queintly writ, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.119 | Ay, ay; you writ them, sir, at my request, | I, I: you writ them Sir, at my request, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.121 | I would have had them writ more movingly. | I would haue had them writ more mouingly: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.122 | Please you, I'll write your ladyship another. | Please you, Ile write your Ladiship another. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.123 | And when it's writ, for my sake read it over; | And when it's writ: for my sake read it ouer, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.133 | That my master, being scribe, to himself should write the letter? | That my master being scribe, / To himselfe should write the Letter? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.143 | Why, she hath not writ to me. | Why she hath not writ to me? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.144 | What need she, when she hath made you write to | What need she, / When shee hath made you write to |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.151 | That's the letter I writ to her friend. | That's the Letter I writ to her friend. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.156 | For often have you writ to her; and she, in modesty, | For often haue you writ to her: and she in modesty, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.159 | Herself hath taught her love himself to write unto her lover. | Her self hath taught her Loue himself, to write vnto her louer. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.249 | Which, being writ to me, shall be delivered | Which, being writ to me, shall be deliuer'd |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.339 | Of her tongue she cannot, for that's writ down | Of her tongue she cannot; for that's writ downe |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.75 | Write till your ink be dry, and with your tears | Write till your inke be dry: and with your teares |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.110.1 | Your grief is written in your cheek. | Your greefe is written in your cheeke. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.55.2 | Can he write and read too? | Can he write and reade too. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.19 | From me the witless chaff of such a writer | From me the witles chaffe of such a wrighter |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.557 | Things known betwixt us three – I'll write you down, | Things knowne betwixt vs three, Ile write you downe, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.99 | Have said and writ so – but your writing now | Haue said, and writ so; but your writing now |