| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.172 | Confess it t' one to th' other, and thine eyes | Confesse it 'ton tooth to th' other, and thine eies |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.186.2 | Then, I confess, | Then I confesse |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.9 | Will not confess he owes the malady | Will not confesse he owes the mallady |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.107 | milk. He hath confessed himself to Morgan, whom he | milke, he hath confest himselfe to Morgan whom hee |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.110 | And what think you he hath confessed? | and what thinke you he hath confest? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.112 | His confession is taken, and it shall be | His confession is taken, and it shall bee |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.121 | I will confess what I know without constraint. | I will confesse what I know without constraint, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.241 | confess freely. Therefore once more to this Captain | confesse freely: therefore once more to this Captaine |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.107 | Confess 'twas hers, and by what rough enforcement | Confesse 'twas hers, and by what rough enforcement |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.231 | My lord, I do confess the ring was hers. | My Lord, I do confesse the ring was hers. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.16 | Next, Cleopatra does confess thy greatness, | Next, Cleopatra does confesse thy Greatnesse, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.122 | To make it clear, but do confess I have | To make it cleare, but do confesse I haue |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.47 | of my father in me as you, albeit I confess your coming | of my father in mee, as you, albeit I confesse your comming |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.172 | thoughts, wherein I confess me much guilty to deny so | thoughts, wherein I confesse me much guiltie to denie so |
| As You Like It | AYL II.ii.11 | Confesses that she secretly o'erheard | Confesses that she secretly ore-heard |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.373 | than to confess she does: that is one of the points in the | then to confesse she do's: that is one of the points, in the |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.166 | I do so, I confess it. Ah, sirrah, a body would | I doe so, I confesse it: Ah, sirra, a body would |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.97 | But I confess, sir, that we were locked out. | But I confesse sir, that we were lock'd out. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.261 | Heard you confess you had the chain of him | Heard you confesse you had the Chaine of him, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.86 | Confess yourselves wondrous malicious, | Confesse your selues wondrous Malicious, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.29 | that for their tongues to be silent and not confess so much | that for their Tongues to be silent, and not confesse so much, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.82 | Hast not the soft way which, thou dost confess, | Hast not the soft way, which thou do'st confesse |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.67 | Where, I confess, I slept not, but profess | (Where I confesse I slept not, but professe |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.33 | Most cruel to herself. What she confessed | Most cruell to her selfe. What she confest, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.37 | First, she confessed she never loved you: only | First, she confest she neuer lou'd you: onely |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.44 | With such integrity, she did confess | With such integrity, she did confesse |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.49 | More, sir, and worse. She did confess she had | More Sir, and worse. She did confesse she had |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.244 | I left out one thing which the queen confessed. | I left out one thing which the Queene confest, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.54 | Yet now I must confess, that duty done, | Yet now I must confesse, that duty done, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.279 | sent for. And there is a kind of confession in your looks, | sent for; and there is a kinde confession in your lookes; |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.5 | He does confess he feels himself distracted, | He does confesse he feeles himselfe distracted, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.9 | When we would bring him on to some confession | When we would bring him on to some Confession |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.150 | Infects unseen. Confess yourself to heaven. | Infects vnseene. Confesse your selfe to Heauen, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.94 | He made confession of you, | Hee mad confession of you, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.39 | confess thyself – | confesse thy selfe--- |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.137 | I dare not confess that, lest I should compare | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.280 | A touch, a touch. I do confess't. | A touch, a touch, I do confesse. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.166 | frailty. You confess then, you picked my pocket? | frailty. You confesse then you pickt my Pocket? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.47 | Which he confesseth to be manifold, | Which he confesseth to be manifold, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.94 | I see a strange confession in thine eye. | I see a strange Confession in thine Eye: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.178 | we that are in the vaward of our youth, I must confess, | we that are in the vaward of our youth, I must confesse, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.64 | fellow of my hands, and those two things I confess I | Fellowe of my hands: and those two things I confesse I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.306 | I shall drive you then to confess the | I shall driue you then to confesse the |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.76.2 | I do confess my fault, | I do confesse my fault, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.141 | Though 'tis no wisdom to confess so much | Though 'tis no wisdome to confesse so much |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.110 | care not who know it; I will confess it to all the 'orld. | care not who know it: I will confesse it to all the Orld, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.105 | with your French heart, I will be glad to hear you confess | with your French heart, I will be glad to heare you confesse |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.67 | And yet thy tongue will not confess thy error. | And yet thy tongue will not confesse thy error. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.93 | Hold, Peter, hold! I confess, I confess treason. | Hold Peter, hold, I confesse, I confesse Treason. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.11 | O, torture me no more! I will confess. | Oh torture me no more, I will confesse. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.99 | He hath confessed: away with him! He's a villain | He hath confest: away with him: he's a Villaine |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.6 | Where kings command. I was, I must confess, | Where Kings command. I was (I must confesse) |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.131 | Yet I confess that often ere this day, | Yet I confesse, that often ere this day, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.69 | Do me but right, and you must all confess | Doe me but right, and you must all confesse, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.13 | These news, I must confess, are full of grief; | These Newes I must confesse are full of greefe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.26 | Confess who set thee up and plucked thee down, | Confesse who set thee vp, and pluckt thee downe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.218 | Of the Duke's confessor, John de la Car, | Of the Dukes Confessor, Iohn de la Car, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.6 | I'll hear him his confessions justify, | Ile heare him his confessions iustifie, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.149 | His confessor, who fed him every minute | His Confessor, who fed him euery minute |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.164 | Whom after under the confession's seal | Whom after vnder the Commissions Seale, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.15 | O that your lordship were but now confessor | O that your Lordship were but now Confessor, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.82.2 | Such a one, they all confess, | Such a one, they all confesse |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.16 | Urged on the examinations, proofs, confessions, | Vrg'd on the Examinations, proofes, confessions |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.21 | Confessor to him, with that devil-monk, | Confessor to him, with that Diuell Monke, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.89 | Must now confess, if they have any goodness, | Must now confesse, if they haue any goodnesse, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.164 | And, if you may confess it, say withal | And if you may confesse it, say withall |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.166 | My sovereign, I confess your royal graces, | My Soueraigne, I confesse your Royall graces |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.88 | As holy oil, Edward Confessor's crown, | As holy Oyle, Edward Confessors Crowne, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.105 | You shall confess that you are both deceived: | You shall confesse, that you are both deceiu'd: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.116 | Do you confess so much? Give me your hand. | Do you confesse so much? Giue me your hand. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.19 | My promise? Well, I do confess as much; | My promise, wel I do confesse as much; |
| King John | KJ I.i.236 | Sir Robert could do well – marry, to confess – | Sir Robert could doe well, marrie to confesse |
| King John | KJ III.i.16 | And, though thou now confess thou didst but jest, | And though thou now confesse thou didst but iest |
| King John | KJ V.iv.43 | Awakes my conscience to confess all this. | Awakes my Conscience to confesse all this. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.149 | ‘ Dear daughter, I confess that I am old; | Deere daughter, I confesse that I am old; |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.225 | By her is poisoned; she confesses it. | By her is poyson'd: she confesses it. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.271 | Sir, I confess the wench. | Sir I confesse the Wench. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.273 | I do confess much of the hearing it, but little of | I doe confesse much of the hearing it, but little of |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.43 | I confess both. They are both the varnish of a | I confesse both, they are both the varnish of a |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.56 | I will hereupon confess I am in love; and as it is | I will heereupon confesse I am in loue: and as it is |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.156 | In so unseeming to confess receipt | In so vnseeming to confesse receyt |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.203 | Guilty, my lord, guilty! I confess, I confess! | Guilty my Lord, guilty: I confesse, I confesse. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.390 | Let us confess, and turn it to a jest. | Let vs confesse, and turne it to a iest. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.432.2 | The fairest is confession. | The fairest is confession. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.114 | But treasons capital, confessed, and proved | But Treasons Capitall, confess'd, and prou'd, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.6 | That very frankly he confessed his treasons, | that very frankly hee / Confess'd his Treasons, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.30 | In England and in Ireland, not confessing | In England, and in Ireland, not confessing |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.37 | feeling of thy speech. I will, out of thine own confession, | feeling of thy speech: I will, out of thine owne confession, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.51 | Stands at a guard with envy, scarce confesses | Stands at a guard with Enuie: scarce confesses |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.35 | Bring his confessor, let him be prepared; | Bring him his Confessor, let him be prepar'd, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.138 | That's like my brother's fault; if it confess | That's like my brothers fault: if it confesse |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.29 | I do confess it, and repent it, father. | I doe confesse it, and repent it (Father.) |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.168 | receive. I am confessor to Angelo, and I know this to | receiue: I am Confessor to Angelo, and I know this to |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.127 | One of our covent, and his confessor, | One of our Couent, and his Confessor |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.113 | Confess the truth, and say by whose advice | Confesse the truth, and say by whose aduice |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.162.1 | Till she herself confess it. | Till she her selfe confesse it. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.184 | My lord, I do confess I ne'er was married, | My Lord, I doe confesse I nere was married, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.185 | And I confess besides I am no maid; | And I confesse besides, I am no Maid, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.214 | My lord, I must confess I know this woman, | My Lord, I must confesse, I know this woman, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.275 | she would sooner confess. Perchance publicly she'll be | She would sooner confesse, perchance publikely she'll be |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.287 | slander Lord Angelo? They have confessed you did. | slander Lord Angelo? they haue confes'd you did. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.369 | But let my trial be mine own confession. | But let my Triall, be mine owne Confession: |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.524 | I have confessed her and I know her virtue. | I haue confes'd her, and I know her vertue. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.26 | Upon the rack, Bassanio? Then confess | Vpon the racke Bassanio, then confesse |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.34 | Promise me life and I'll confess the truth. | Promise me life, and ile confesse the truth. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.35.1 | Well then, confess and live. | Well then, confesse and liue. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.35.2 | Confess and love | Confesse and loue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.36 | Had been the very sum of my confession. | Had beene the verie sum of my confession: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.178.2 | Do you confess the bond? | Do you confesse the bond? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.86 | You'll not confess. You'll not confess. | You'll not confesse: you'll not confesse. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.97 | Sir, he doth in some sort confess it. | Sir, he doth in some sort confesse it. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.98 | If it be confessed, it is not redressed. Is not that | If it be confessed, it is not redressed; is not that |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.13 | Albeit, I will confess, thy father's wealth | Albeit I will confesse, thy Fathers wealth |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.111 | I must confess that I have heard so much, | I must confesse, that I haue heard so much, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.137 | But fare you well. Perforce I must confess | But fare you well; perforce I must confesse, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.68 | Which when I saw rehearsed, I must confess, | Which when I saw / Rehearst, I must confesse, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.107 | If you dare not trust that you see, confess not | If you dare not trust that you see, confesse not |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.91 | Confessed the vile encounters they have had | Confest the vile encounters they haue had |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.268 | believe me not, and yet I lie not; I confess nothing, nor I | beleeue me not, and yet I lie not, I confesse nothing, nor I |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.223 | light; who in the night overheard me confessing to this | light, who in the night ouerheard me confessing to this |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.67 | It appears not in this confession; there's not | It appeares not in this confession, there's not |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.100 | That will confess perfection so could err | That will confesse Perfection so could erre |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.123 | I do confess the vices of my blood, | I do confesse the vices of my blood, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.174 | If she confess that she was half the wooer, | If she confesse that she was halfe the wooer, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.314 | What should I do? I confess it is my shame to | What should I do? I confesse it is my shame to |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.334 | I confess me knit to thy deserving with cables of perdurable | I confesse me knit to thy deseruing, with Cables of perdurable |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.309 | Confess yourself freely to her; importune her help to | Confesse your selfe freely to her: Importune her helpe to |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.145 | As I confess it is my nature's plague | (As I confesse it is my Natures plague |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.37 | Handkerchief – confession – handkerchief! To | Handkerchiefe: Confessions: Handkerchiefe. To |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.38 | confess and be hanged for his labour. First to be hanged | confesse, and be hang'd for his labour. First, to be hang'd, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.39 | and then to confess! I tremble at it. Nature would not | and then to confesse: I tremble at it. Nature would not |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.42 | Noses, ears, and lips! Is't possible? – Confess? | Noses, Eares, and Lippes: is't possible. Confesse? |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.65.1 | Did he confess it? | Did he confesse it? |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.53 | Therefore confess thee freely of thy sin; | Therefore confesse thee freely of thy sinne: |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.68.1 | Let him confess a truth. | Let him confesse a truth. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.68.2 | He hath confessed. | He hath confest. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.211 | A thousand times committed. Cassio confessed it, | A thousand times committed. Cassio confest it, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.293 | This wretch hath part confessed his villainy. | This wretch hath part confest his Villany: |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.317 | And he himself confessed but even now | And he himselfe confest it but euen now, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.2 | I here confess myself the King of Tyre, | I here confesse my selfe the King of Tyre, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.140 | I did confess it, and exactly begged | I did confesse it, and exactly begg'd |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.198 | Confess thy treasons ere thou fly the realm. | Confesse thy Treasons, ere thou flye this Realme, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.152 | I cannot mend it, I must needs confess, | I cannot mend it, I must needes confesse, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.225 | That by confessing them the souls of men | That by confessing them, the Soules of men |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.56 | The traitor speak, and timorously confess | The Traytor speake, and timorously confesse |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.211 | I will confess she was not Edward's daughter. | I will confesse she was not Edwards daughter. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.102 | I should have been more strange, I must confess, | I should haue beene more strange, I must confesse, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.52 | Riddling confession finds but riddling shrift. | Ridling confession, findes but ridling shrift. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.21 | Good even to my ghostly confessor. | Good euen to my ghostly Confessor. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.50 | Being a divine, a ghostly confessor, | Being a Diuine, a Ghostly Confessor, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.234 | To make confession and to be absolved. | To make confession, and to be absolu'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.22 | Come you to make confession to this father? | Come you to make confession to this Father? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.23 | To answer that, I should confess to you. | To answere that, I should confesse to you. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.25 | I will confess to you that I love him. | I will confesse to you that I Loue him. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.149 | And now in plainness do confess to thee, | And now in plainnesse do confesse to thee |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.353 | Myself am struck in years, I must confess, | My selfe am strooke in yeeres I must confesse, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.379 | I must confess your offer is the best, | I must confesse your offer is the best, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.136 | I confess the cape. | I confesse the cape. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.138 | I confess two sleeves. | I confesse two sleeues. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.59 | Confess, confess, hath he not hit you here? | Confesse, confesse, hath he not hit you here? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.60 | 'A has a little galled me, I confess; | A has a little gald me I confesse: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.20 | My lord, we always have confessed it. | My Lord, we alwaies haue confest it. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.21 | Ho, ho, confessed it! Hanged it, have you not? | Ho ho, confest it? Handg'd it? Haue you not? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.20 | part, I must needs confess, I have received some small | part, I must needes confesse, I haue receyued some small |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.141.2 | They confess | They confesse |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.95 | – for so 'tis, I must confess – not brown neither – | (for so 'tis I must confesse) not browne neither. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.138 | hand, I must needs confess – | hand I must needs confesse. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.269 | That loves his mistress more than in confession | That loues his Mistris more then in consession, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.87 | If you'll confess he brought home noble prize – | If you'l confesse, he brought home Noble prize, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.117 | If I confess much, you will play the tyrant. | If I confesse much you will play the tyrant: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.152 | And fell so roundly to a large confession, | And fell so roundly to a large confession, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.73 | Though, I confess, on base and ground enough, | Though I confesse, on base and ground enough |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.344 | Though, I confess, much like the character. | Though I confesse much like the Charracter: |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.357 | Most freely I confess, myself and Toby | Most freely I confesse my selfe, and Toby |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.135 | And hath so humbled me as I confess | And hath so humbled me, as I confesse |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.44 | Where I intend holy confession. | Where I intend holy Confession. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.41 | Besides, she did intend confession | Besides she did intend Confession |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.35 | A confessed traitor, O thou most perfidious | A confest Traytor, o thou most persidious |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.105 | To large confessors, and have hotly asked them | To large Confessors, and have hotly ask'd them |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.116 | Your kinsman hath confessed the right o'th' lady | Your kinseman hath confest the right o'th Lady |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.273 | My wife is slippery? If thou wilt confess – | My Wife is slipperie? If thou wilt confesse, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.61 | With whom I am accused, I do confess | (With whom I am accus'd) I doe confesse |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.104 | I must confess to you, sir, I am no fighter. | I must confesse to you (sir) I am no fighter: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.84 | bravely confessed and lamented by the King, how | brauely confess'd, and lamented by the King) how |