| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.26 | End ere I do begin. | And ere I doe begin. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.15 | my Cupid's knocked out, and I begin to love as an old | my Cupid's knock'd out, and I beginne to loue, as an old |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.27 | begin to smoke me, and disgraces have of late knocked | beginne to smoake mee, and disgraces haue of late, knock'd |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.37 | My love as it begins shall so persever. | My loue as it beginnes, shall so perseuer. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.255 | I begin to love him for this. | I begin to loue him for this. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.318 | might begin an impudent nation. Fare ye well, sir. I am | might begin an impudent Nation. Fare yee well sir, I am |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.54 | Go thy ways. I begin to be aweary of thee, and I | Go thy waies, I begin to bee a wearie of thee, and I |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.188 | Till his deserts are past, begin to throw | Till his deserts are past, begin to throw |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.61.1 | Draw lots who shall begin. | Draw lots who shall begin. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.33 | When it appears to you where this begins, | When it appeeres to you where this begins, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.41 | Mine honesty and I begin to square. | Mine honesty, and I, beginne to square, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.i.7 | When one so great begins to rage, he's hunted | When one so great begins to rage, hee's hunted |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.27 | That means to be of note, begins betimes. | That meanes to be of note, begins betimes. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.1 | Go forth, Agrippa, and begin the fight. | Go forth Agrippa, and begin the fight: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.1 | My desolation does begin to make | My desolation does begin to make |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.4 | breed me well; and there begins my sadness. My | breed mee well: and there begins my sadnesse: My |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.21 | within me, begins to mutiny against this servitude. I will | within mee, begins to mutinie against this seruitude. I will |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.80 | Is it even so? Begin you to grow upon me? I will | Is it euen so, begin you to grow vpon me? I will |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.105 | I will tell you the beginning; and, if it please | I wil tell you the beginning: and if it please |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.109 | Well, the beginning that is dead and buried. | Well, the beginning that is dead and buried. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.111 | I could match this beginning with an old tale. | I could match this beginning with an old tale. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.238 | Rosalind and Celia begin to withdraw | |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.73 | begins new matter. | begins new matter. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.118 | You must begin, ‘ Will you, Orlando.’ | You must begin, will you Orlando. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.194 | Proceed, proceed. We'll begin these rites | Proceed, proceed: wee'l begin these rights, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.205 | become me. My way is to conjure you, and I'll begin | become mee. My way is to coniure you, and Ile begin |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.51 | But like a shrew you first begin to brawl. | But like a shrew you first begin to brawle. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.347 | Why, here begins his morning story right. | Why heere begins his Morning storie right: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.78 | The gods begin to mock me. I, that now | The Gods begin to mocke me: / I that now |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.178 | A curse begnaw at very root on's heart | A Curse begin at very root on's heart, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.217 | From where he should begin and end, but will | From where he should begin, and end, but will |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.327.1 | Unknown to the beginning. | Vnknowne to the Beginning. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.66 | Where he was to begin, and give away | Where he was to begin, and giue away |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.23 | And winking Mary-buds begin to ope their golden eyes; | And winking Mary-buds begin to ope their Golden eyes |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.181.1 | Beginning, nor supplyment. | Beginning, nor supplyment. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.254 | We'll say our song the whilst. – Brother, begin. | Wee'l say our Song the whil'st: Brother begin. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.257.2 | So, begin. | So, begin. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.i.32 | To shame the guise o'th' world, I will begin, | To shame the guize o'th'world, I will begin, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.37 | Damned in the first beginners – 'gan to look | Damn'd in the first beginners) gan to looke |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.179 | Your daughter's chastity – there it begins – | Your daughters Chastity, (there it beginnes) |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.460 | My peace we will begin: and Caius Lucius, | My Peace we will begin: And Caius Lucius, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.447 | memory, begin at this line – let me see, let me see. | memory, begin at this Line, let me see, let me see: |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.449 | 'Tis not so. It begins with Pyrrhus. | It is not so: it begins with Pyrrhus |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.261 | So you must take your husbands. – Begin, murderer. | So you mistake Husbands. / Begin Murderer. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.262 | Pox, leave thy damnable faces and begin. Come; | Pox, leaue thy damnable Faces, and begin. Come, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.42 | I stand in pause where I shall first begin, | I stand in pause where I shall first begin, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.180 | Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind. | Thus bad begins, and worse remaines behinde. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.105 | And, as the world were now but to begin, | And as the world were now but to begin, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.272 | ‘ Now the King drinks to Hamlet.’ Come, begin. | Now the King drinkes to Hamlet. Come, begin, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.283 | And see already how he doth begin | And see already, how he doth beginne |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.215 | Begins his golden progress in the east. | Begins his Golden Progresse in the East. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.78 | To the latter end of a fray, and the beginning of a feast | to the latter end of a Fray, and the beginning of a Feast, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.1 | How bloodily the sun begins to peer | How bloodily the Sunne begins to peere |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.228 | and begin to patch up thine old body for heaven? | and begin to patch vp thine old Body for Heauen? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.359 | Borne with black vapour, doth begin to melt | Borne with black Vapour, doth begin to melt, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.81 | And weak beginning lie intreasured. | And weake beginnings lye entreasured: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.65 | And purge th' obstructions which begin to stop | And purge th' obstructions, which begin to stop |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.168 | Then with Scotland first begin.’ | then with Scotland first begin. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.187 | To hinder our beginnings. We doubt not now | To hinder our beginnings. We doubt not now, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.7 | If I begin the battery once again, | If I begin the batt'rie once againe, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.40 | I have heard a sonnet begin so to one's mistress. | I haue heard a Sonnet begin so to ones Mistresse. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.88 | We see yonder the beginning of the day, but I | Wee see yonder the beginning of the day, but I |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.221 | begins to flatter me that thou dost, notwithstanding the | begins to flatter me, that thou doo'st; notwithstanding the |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.1 | The day begins to break and night is fled, | The Day begins to breake, and Night is fled, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.104 | They begin to skirmish again | Begin againe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.194 | There comes the ruin, there begins confusion. | There comes the ruine, there begins confusion. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.35 | For ere the glass that now begins to run | For ere the Glasse that now begins to runne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.142 | We shall begin our ancient bickerings. | We shall begin our ancient bickerings: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.37 | Begin your suits anew and sue to him. | Begin your Suites anew, and sue to him. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.7 | Sweet York, begin; and if thy claim be good, | Sweet Yorke begin: and if thy clayme be good, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.91 | Dispatch; this knave's tongue begins to double. | Dispatch, this Knaues tongue begins to double. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.199 | Whose flood begins to flow within mine eyes, | Whose floud begins to flowe within mine eyes; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.146 | And when the rage allays, the rain begins. | And when the Rage allayes, the Raine begins. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.47 | Ay, now begins a second storm to rise, | I now begins a second Storme to rise, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.51.1 | The drum begins to march | The Drumme begins to march. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.13 | What! Can so young a thorn begin to prick? | What? can so young a Thorne begin to prick? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.46 | For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy. | For heere I hope begins our lasting ioy. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.71 | Or has given all before, and he begins | Or ha's giuen all before, and he begins |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.108 | Begin it with weak straws. What trash is Rome, | Begin it with weake Strawes. What trash is Rome? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.152.1 | That other men begin. | That other men begin. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.118 | Now mark him; he begins again to speak. | Now marke him, he begins againe to speake. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.39 | Begins his fashion. Do not talk of him | Begin his fashion. Do not talke of him, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.20 | When love begins to sicken and decay, | When Loue begins to sicken and decay |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.232 | This was an ill beginning of the night; | This was an ill beginning of the night: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.24 | And where I did begin, there shall I end. | And where I did begin, there shall I end, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.157 | On every side; and, Ned, thou must begin | On euery side, and Ned, thou must begin, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.84 | ‘ Better than beautiful ’ thou must begin. | Better then bewtifull thou must begin, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.92 | Begin. I will to contemplate the while. | Beginne I will to contemplat the while, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.377 | Then ‘ wife of Salisbury ’ shall I so begin? | Then wife of Salisbury shall I so begin: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.21 | Than when he sees it doth begin to rain | Then when he sees it doth begin to raigne, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.167 | And, Edward, when thou dar'st, begin the fight. | And Edward when thou darest, begin the fight: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.136 | For, from the instant we begin to live, | For from the instant we begin to liue, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.160 | And dying but beginning of new life. | And dying but beginning of new lyfe, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.146 | Anon the death-procuring knell begins: | Anon the death procuring knell begins, |
| King John | KJ I.i.5 | A strange beginning – ‘ borrowed majesty ’! | A strange beginning: borrowed Maiesty? |
| King John | KJ I.i.194 | Thus, leaning on mine elbow, I begin – | Thus leaning on mine elbow I begin, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.48 | fortunes from us till our oldness cannot relish them. I begin | Fortunes fromvs, till our oldnesse cannot rellish them. I begin |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.76 | Will pack when it begins to rain, | Will packe, when it begins to raine, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.67.2 | My wits begin to turn. | My wits begin to turne. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.110 | This is the foul fiend Flibberdigibbet. He begins | This is the foule Flibbertigibbet; hee begins |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.155.1 | His wits begin t' unsettle. | His wits begin t' vnsettle. |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.59 | My tears begin to take his part so much | My teares begin to take his part so much, |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.57 | With plumed helm thy state begins to threat, | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.69 | Some enigma, some riddle. Come, thy l'envoy – begin. | Some enigma, some riddle, come, thy Lenuoy begin. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.91 | Now will I begin your moral, and do you follow with | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.103 | Come hither, come hither. How did this argument begin? | Come hither, come hither: / How did this argument begin? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.43 | Peace! The peal begins. | Peace, the peale begins. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.414 | And, to begin: wench – so God help me, law! – | And to begin Wench, so God helpe me law, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.602 | Begin, sir; you are my elder. | Begin sir, you are my elder. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.717 | Worthies, away! The scene begins to cloud. | Worthies away, the Scene begins to cloud. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.882 | Ver, begin. | Ver, begin. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.52 | Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, | Good things of Day begin to droope, and drowse, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.42 | I pull in resolution, and begin | I pull in Resolution, and begin |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.38 | learn to begin thy health, but, whilst I live, forget to | learne to begin thy health; but, whilst I liue forget to |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.225 | There is pretty orders beginning, I can tell you. | There is pretty orders beginning I can tell you: |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.96 | I now begin with grief and shame to utter. | I now begin with griefe, and shame to vtter. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.71 | I'll begin it – Ding, dong, bell. | Ile begin it. Ding, dong, bell. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.229 | there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may | there bee no great loue in the beginning, yet Heauen may |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.119 | I do begin to perceive that I am made an ass. | I do begin to perceiue that I am made an Asse. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.68 | you begin. When you have spoken your speech, enter | you begin; when you haue spoken your speech, enter |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.28 | Made senseless things begin to do them wrong. | Made senselesse things begin to do them wrong. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.46 | Her dotage now I do begin to pity. | Her dotage now I doe begin to pitty. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.139 | Begin these woodbirds but to couple now? | Begin these wood birds but to couple now? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.111 | That is the true beginning of our end. | That is the true beginning of our end. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.132 | This says she now when she is beginning to | This saies shee now when shee is beginning to |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.23 | That only wounds by hearsay. Now begin; | That onely wounds by heare-say: now begin, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.49 | For the letter that begins them all, H. | For the letter that begins them all, H. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.226 | itself abused, begin to heave the gorge, disrelish and | it selfe abus'd, begin to heaue the, gorge, disrellish and |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.179 | Any beginning to this peevish odds; | Any begining to this peeuish oddes. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.199 | My blood begins my safer guides to rule, | My blood begins my safer Guides to rule, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.131 | (aside) Iago beckons me. Now he begins the | Iago becomes me: now he begins the |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.193 | not very well. Nay, I think it is scurvy and begin to | not very well. Nay I think it is scuruy: and begin to |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.29 | But custom what they did begin | But custome what they did begin, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.29 | For now the wind begins to blow; | For now the Wind begins to blow, |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.1 | Are the knights ready to begin the triumph? | Are the Knights ready to begin the Tryumph? |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.98 | Which Pericles hath lost, begin to part | which Pericles hath lost, / Begin to part |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.186 | Cousin, throw up your gage. Do you begin. | Coosin, throw downe your gage, / Do you begin. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.99 | Order the trial, Marshal, and begin. | Order the triall Marshall, and begin. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.116 | Attending but the signal to begin. | Attending but the signall to begin. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.124 | Thine eye begins to speak. Set thy tongue there; | Thine eye begins to speake, set thy tongue there, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.58 | And, for my name of George begins with G, | And for my name of George begins with G, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.323 | I do the wrong, and first begin to brawl. | I do the wrong, and first begin to brawle. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.51 | Insulting tyranny begins to jut | Insulting Tiranny beginnes to Iutt |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.70 | He did, my gracious lord, begin that place, | He did, my gracious Lord, begin that place, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.3 | And then again begin, and stop again, | And then againe begin, and stop againe, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.1 | So now prosperity begins to mellow | So now prosperity begins to mellow, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.8 | Soldiers begin to set up the King's tent | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.38 | begin. | begin. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.135 | Should in the farthest East begin to draw | Should in the farthest East begin to draw |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.108 | Shall bitterly begin his fearful date | Shall bitterly begin his fearefull date |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.202 | Doth not rosemary and Romeo begin both with a letter? | Doth not Rosemarie and Romeo begin both with a letter? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.205 | No, I know it begins with some other letter; and she hath | no, I know it begins with some other letter, and she hath |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.120 | This but begins the woe others must end. | This but begins, the wo others must end. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.141 | Where are the vile beginners of this fray? | Where are the vile beginners of this Fray? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.163 | The Nurse begins to go in and turns back again | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.49 | Romeo begins to open the tomb | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.140 | horse in Padua to begin his wooing that would thoroughly | horse in Padua to begin his woing that would thoroughly |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.110 | nothing; an he begin once, he'll rail in his rope-tricks. | nothing; and he begin once, hee'l raile in his rope trickes. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.64 | I must begin with rudiments of art, | I must begin with rudiments of Art, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.217 | Ay marry, sir, now it begins to work. | I marry sir, now it begins to worke. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.59 | Now I begin. Imprimis, we came down a foul hill, my | now I begin, Inprimis wee came downe a fowle hill, my |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.75.1 | Who shall begin? | Who shall begin? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.132 | Come on, I say, and first begin with her. | Come on I say, and first begin with her. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.134 | I say she shall. And first begin with her. | I say she shall, and first begin with her. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.396 | No, it begins again. | No, it begins againe. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.31 | first begins to crow? | First begins to crow? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.161 | commonwealth forgets the beginning. | Common-wealth forgets the beginning. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.220 | Give me thy hand. I do begin to have bloody | Giue me thy hand, I do begin to haue bloody |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.67 | Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle | Begin to chace the ignorant fumes that mantle |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.80 | Begins to swell, and the approaching tide | Begins to swell, and the approching tide |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.248 | Nay, an you begin to rail on society once, I am | Nay, and you begin to raile on Societie once, I am |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.185 | Of health and living now begins to mend, | Of Health, and Liuing, now begins to mend, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.85 | And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle. | And thou shalt read, when mine begin to dazell. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.72 | Ay, now begins our sorrows to approach. | I, now begins our sorrowes to approach, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.70 | Swear that he shall, and then I will begin. | Sweare that he shall, and then I will begin. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.160 | And stop their mouths, if they begin to cry. | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.199 | And being dead, let birds on her take pity. | And being so, shall haue like want of pitty. / See Iustice done on Aaron that damn'd Moore, / From whom, our heauy happes had their beginning: / Then afterwards, to Order well the State, / That like Euents, may ne're it Ruinate. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC prologue.28 | Beginning in the middle; starting thence away | Beginning in the middle: starting thence away, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.387 | Now, Ulysses, I begin to relish thy advice, | Now Vlysses, I begin to rellish thy aduice, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.47 | thou use to beat me, I will begin at thy heel, and tell | thou vse to beat me, I wil begin at thy heele, and tel |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.118 | Do in our eyes begin to lose their gloss, | Doe in our eyes, begin to loose their glosse; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.111 | In good troth, it begins so. | In good troth it begins so. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.182 | That all the Greeks begin to worship Ajax, | That all the Greekes begin to worship Aiax; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.183 | Since things in motion sooner catch the eye | Since things in motion begin to catch the eye, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.22 | And very courtly counsel; I'll begin. | And very courtly counsell: Ile begin. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.93 | Half stints their strife before their strokes begin. | Halfe stints their strife, before their strokes begin. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.16 | begin to proclaim barbarism, and policy grows | began to proclaime barbarisme; and pollicie growes |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.viii.5 | Look, Hector, how the sun begins to set, | Looke Hector how the Sunne begins to set; |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.66 | one to call me knave. Begin, fool; it begins (he sings) | one to call me knaue. Begin foole: it begins, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.68 | I shall never begin if I hold my peace. | I shall neuer begin if I hold my peace. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.69 | Good, i'faith. Come, begin! | Good ifaith: Come begin. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.122 | M . . . Malvolio! M! Why, that begins my | M. Maluolio, M. why that begins my |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.10 | Even as I would when I to love begin. | Euen as I would, when I to loue begin. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.31 | begin. | begin. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.206 | That thus without advice begin to love her! | That thus without aduice begin to loue her? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.i.1 | The sun begins to gild the western sky, | The Sun begins to guild the westerne skie, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.114 | Inconstancy falls off ere it begins. | Inconstancy falls-off, ere it begins: |
| 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 I.ii.35 | I did begin to speak of; this is virtue, | I did begin to speake of: This is vertue |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.67 | And put between my breasts – O, then but beginning | And put betweene my breasts, oh (then but beginning |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.100 | This is a cold beginning. | This is a cold beginning. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.21.2 | Come, who begins? | Come? who begins? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.365 | My favour here begins to warp. Not speak? | My fauor here begins to warpe. Not speake? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.24 | And, gasping to begin some speech, her eyes | And (gasping to begin some speech) her eyes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.48 | And still rest thine. The storm begins. Poor wretch, | And still rest thine. The storme beginnes, poore wretch, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.43 | more than can be thought to begin from such a cottage. | more, then can be thought to begin from such a cottage |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.1 | When daffodils begin to peer, | When Daffadils begin to peere, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.60.1 | And begin, ‘ Why to me?’ | And begin, why to me? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.107 | Would she begin a sect, might quench the zeal | Would she begin a Sect, might quench the zeale |