Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
Hamlet | Ham II.ii.392 | Buzz, buzz. | Buzze, buzze. |
Hamlet | Ham IV.v.91 | And wants not buzzers to infect his ear | And wants not Buzzers to infect his eare |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.11 | And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, | And huisht with bussing Night, flyes to thy slumber, |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.99 | And buzz these conjurations in her brain. | And buzze these Coniurations in her brayne. |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.95 | Yet look to have them buzz to offend thine ears. | Yet looke to haue them buz to offend thine eares: |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.86 | For I will buzz abroad such prophecies | For I will buzze abroad such Prophesies, |
Henry VIII | H8 II.i.148 | A buzzing of a separation | A buzzing of a Separation |
Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.55 | There be more wasps that buzz about his nose | There be moe Waspes that buz about his Nose, |
Julius Caesar | JC V.i.37 | For you have stolen their buzzing, Antony, | For you haue stolne their buzzing Antony, |
King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.20 | Hath buzzed a cold dismay through all our army, | Hath buzd a cold dismaie through all our armie, |
King Lear | KL I.iv.322 | Each buzz, each fancy, each complaint, dislike, | Each buz, each fancie, each complaint, dislike, |
The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.180 | Among the buzzing pleased multitude, | Among the buzzing pleased multitude, |
Richard II | R2 II.i.26 | That is not quickly buzzed into his ears? | That is not quickly buz'd into his eares? |
Richard III | R3 I.i.133 | While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. | Whiles Kites and Buzards play at liberty. |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.206.1 | Should be? Should – buzz! | Shold be, should: buzze. |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.206.2 | Well ta'en, and like a buzzard. | Well tane, and like a buzzard. |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.207 | O slow-winged turtle, shall a buzzard take thee? | Oh slow-wing'd Turtle, shal a buzard take thee? |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.208 | Ay, for a turtle, as he takes a buzzard. | I for a Turtle, as he takes a buzard. |
Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.62 | And buzz lamenting doings in the air. | And buz lamenting doings in the ayer, |
Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.64 | That with his pretty buzzing melody | That with his pretty buzing melody, |
Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.7 | Buzz in the people's ears, there naught hath past | Buz in the peoples eares) there nought hath past, |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.80 | You are a fool. Tell ten; I have posed him. Buzz! | You are a foole: tell ten, I have pozd him: Buz |