| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.165 | not to fifteen thousand poll; half of the which dare not | not to fifteene thousand pole, halfe of the which, dare not |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.214 | the behalf of the maid; for I knew the young Count to | the behalfe of the maid: for I knew the young Count to |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.220 | Half-won is match well made; match, and well make it. | Halfe won is match well made, match and well make it, |
| 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 |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iv.28.1 | Something in my behalf. | Something in my behalfe. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.69 | the King my master to speak in the behalf of my | the King my master to speake in the behalfe of my |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.94 | left cheek is a cheek of two pile and a half, but his right | left cheeke is a cheeke of two pile and a halfe, but his right |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.140 | Where now half-tales be truths. Her love to both | Where now halfe tales be truth's: her loue to both, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.177 | Half the heart of Caesar, worthy Maecenas. | Halfe the heart of Casar, worthy Mecenas. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.94 | So half my Egypt were submerged and made | So halfe my Egypt were submerg'd and made |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.1.2 | Half afeard to come. | Halfe afeard to come. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.64 | With half the bulk o'th' world played as I pleased, | With halfe the bulke o'th'world plaid as I pleas'd, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.9 | When half to half the world opposed, he being | When halfe to halfe the world oppos'd, he being |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.105 | You were half blasted ere I knew you. Ha! | You were halfe blasted ere I knew you: Ha? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.256 | they say shall never be saved by half that they do. But | they say, shall neuer be saued by halfe that they do: but |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.115 | i'th' country: for you'll be rotten ere you be half ripe, | i'th country: for you'l be rotten ere you bee halfe ripe, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.341 | one another as halfpence are, every one fault seeming | one another, as halfe pence are, euerie one fault seeming |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.203 | insinuate with you in the behalf of a good play? I am | insinuate with you in the behalfe of a good play? I am |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.14 | Even now, even here, not half an hour since. | Euen now, euen here, not halfe an howre since. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.65 | You know I gave it you half an hour since. | You know I gaue it you halfe an houre since. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.231 | Were half to half the world by th' ears and he | Were halfe to halfe the world by th' eares, & he |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.271 | Half all Cominius' honours are to Martius, | halfe all Cominius Honors are to Martius |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.60 | half an hour together. 'Has such a confirmed | halfe an houre together: ha's such a confirm'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.7 | For half a hundred years. (To the trumpeter) Summon the town. | For halfe a hundred yeares: Summon the Towne. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.8.2 | Within this mile and half. | Within this mile and halfe. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.21.1 | Half an hour since brought my report. | Halfe an houre since brought my report. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.122 | To one that would do thus. I am half through; | To one that would doe thus. I am halfe through, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.3.1 | In his behalf. | In his behalfe. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.129 | And waked half dead with nothing. Worthy Martius, | And wak'd halfe dead with nothing. Worthy Martius, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.141 | Th' one half of my commission, and set down – | Th'one halfe of my Commission, and set downe |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.205 | but one half of what he was yesterday, for the other has | but one halfe of what he was yesterday. For the other ha's |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.206 | half by the entreaty and grant of the whole table. He'll | halfe, by the intreaty and graunt of the whole Table. Hee'l |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.162 | Let's to the Capitol. Would half my wealth | Let's to the Capitoll: would halfe my wealth |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.25 | his behalf as you have uttered words in your own, you | his behalfe, as you haue vttered words in your owne, you |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.54 | go, lest I let forth your half-pint of blood. Back – that's | go: least I let forth your halfe pinte of blood. Backe, that's |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.108 | About some half-hour hence, pray you, speak with me; | About some halfe houre hence, / Pray you speake with me; |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.168.1 | Half all men's hearts are his. | Halfe all men hearts are his. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.154 | Must be half-workers? We are all bastards, | Must be halfe-workers? We are all Bastards, |
| 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.74 | That run i'th' clock's behalf. But this is foolery: | That run i'th'Clocks behalfe. But this is Foolrie, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.202 | My brother wears thee not the one half so well | My Brother weares thee not the one halfe so well, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.274 | too dear a halfpenny. Were you not sent for? Is it your | too deare a halfepeny; were you not sent for? Is it your |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.141 | man's memory may outlive his life half a year. But, by'r | mans Memorie, may out-liue his life halfe a yeare: But |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.288 | Half a share. | Halfe a share. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.159 | And live the purer with the other half. | And liue the purer with the other halfe. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.7 | That carry but half sense. Her speech is nothing. | That carry but halfe sense: Her speech is nothing, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.309 | In thee there is not half an hour's life. | In thee, there is not halfe an houre of life; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.47 | My prisoners in your majesty's behalf. | My Prisoners, in your Maiesties behalfe. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.131 | Yea, on his part I'll empty all these veins | In his behalfe, Ile empty all these Veines, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.171 | Did gage them both in an unjust behalf – | Did gage them both in an vniust behalfe |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.206 | But out upon this half-faced fellowship! | But out vpon this halfe-fac'd Fellowship. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.26 | Score a pint of bastard in the Half-moon!’, or so. But | Score a Pint of Bastard in the Halfe Moone, or so. But |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.80 | My lord, old Sir John with half a dozen more are at the | My Lord, olde Sir Iohn with halfe a dozen more, are at the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.159 | I am a rogue if I were not at half-sword with a | I am a Rogue, if I were not at halfe Sword with a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.424 | Depose me? If thou dost it half so gravely, so | Depose me: if thou do'st it halfe so grauely, so |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.470 | to say in the behalf of that Falstaff. | to say in the behalfe of that Falstaffe. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.525 | O monstrous! But one halfpennyworth of | O monstrous, but one halfe penny-worth of |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.96 | A huge half-moon, a monstrous cantle out. | A huge halfe Moone, a monstrous Cantle out. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.148 | To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf, | To engrosse vp glorious Deedes on my behalfe: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.136 | Of death or death's hand for this one half year. | Of death, or deaths hand, for this one halfe yeare. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.41 | half in all my company; and the half shirt is two napkins | halfe in all my Company: and the halfe Shirt is two Napkins |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.24 | That not a horse is half the half himself. | That not a Horse is halfe the halfe of himselfe. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.96 | And even in thy behalf I'll thank myself | And euen in thy behalfe, Ile thanke my selfe |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.73 | And would have told him half his Troy was burnt; | And would haue told him, Halfe his Troy was burn'd. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.59 | Beyond his power to build it, who, half-through, | Beyond his power to builde it; who (halfe through) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.43 | Had my sweet Harry had but half their numbers, | Had my sweet Harry had but halfe their Numbers, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.46 | a forehand shaft a fourteen and fourteen and a half, | a fore-hand Shaft at foureteene, and foure-teene and a halfe, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.93 | provided me here half a dozen sufficient men? | prouided me heere halfe a dozen of sufficient men? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.257 | brewer's bucket. And this same half-faced fellow | Brewers Bucket. And this same halfe-fac'd fellow, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.27 | Yet not so sound, and half so deeply sweet, | Yet not so sound, and halfe so deepely sweete, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.109 | To stab at half an hour of my life. | To stab at halfe an howre of my Life. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.110 | What, canst thou not forbear me half an hour? | What? canst thou not forbeare me halfe an howre? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iv.21 | swinged I'll forswear half-kirtles. | swing'd, Ile forsweare halfe Kirtles. |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.8 | We lose the better half of our possession; | We loose the better halfe of our Possession: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.112 | With half their forces the full pride of France, | With halfe their Forces, the full pride of France, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.113 | And let another half stand laughing by, | And let another halfe stand laughing by, |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.43 | bore it twelve leagues, and sold it for three halfpence. | bore it twelue Leagues, and sold it for three halfepence. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.8 | I will not leave the half-achieved Harfleur | I will not leaue the halfe-atchieued Harflew, |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.38 | The Emperor's coming in behalf of France | The Emperour's comming in behalfe of France, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.205 | Saint George, compound a boy, half French, half | Saint George, compound a Boy, halfe French halfe |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.81 | Of England's coat one half is cut away. | Of Englands Coat, one halfe is cut away. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.30 | Sheep run not half so treacherous from the wolf, | Sheepe run not halfe so trecherous from the Wolfe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.39.2 | several ways, the Bastard, Alençon, Reignier, half | seuerall wayes, Bastard, Alanson, Reignier halfe |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.39.3 | ready and half unready | ready, and halfe vnready. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.129 | That you on my behalf would pluck a flower. | That you on my behalfe would pluck a Flower. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.130 | In your behalf still will I wear the same. | In your behalfe still will I weare the same. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.55 | And twit with cowardice a man half dead? | And twit with Cowardise a man halfe dead? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.139 | With more than half the Gallian territories, | With more then halfe the Gallian Territories, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.73 | Not all these lords do vex me half so much | Not all these Lords do vex me halfe so much, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.46 | Not half so bad as thine to England's king, | Not halfe so bad as thine to Englands King, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.62 | Within this half-hour hath received his sight, | Within this halfe houre hath receiu'd his sight, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.208 | For every word you speak in his behalf | For euery word you speake in his behalfe, |
| 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.98 | Advance our half-faced sun, striving to shine, | Aduance our halfe-fac'd Sunne, striuing to shine; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.61 | reformation. There shall be in England seven halfpenny | Reformation. There shall be in England, seuen halfe peny |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.220 | Hadst thou but loved him half so well as I, | Hadst thou but lou'd him halfe so well as I, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.114 | Bearing the King in my behalf along; | Bearing the King in my behalfe along: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.59 | And, gracious madam, in our king's behalf, | And gracious Madame, / In our Kings behalfe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.10 | That you stand pensive, as half-malcontent? | That you stand pensiue, as halfe malecontent? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.63 | To play the broker in mine own behalf; | To play the Broker in mine owne behalfe; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.129 | Pembroke and Stafford, you in our behalf | Pembrooke and Stafford, you in our behalfe |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.63 | My joy of liberty is half eclipsed. | My ioy of libertie is halfe eclips'd. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.5 | And half our sailors swallowed in the flood? | And halfe our Saylors swallow'd in the flood? |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.10 | Arise, and take place by us. Half your suit | Arise, and take place by vs; halfe your Suit |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.11 | Never name to us: you have half our power. | Neuer name to vs; you haue halfe our power: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.11 | But half my lay thoughts in him, some of these | But halfe my Lay-thoughts in him, some of these |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.105 | Good my lord Cardinal: I have half a dozen healths | Good my Lord Cardinall: I haue halfe a dozen healths, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.88 | You met him half in heaven. My vows and prayers | You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.108 | I will not wish ye half my miseries; | I will not wish ye halfe my miseries, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.455 | Had I but served my God with half the zeal | Had I but seru'd my God, with halfe the Zeale |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.66 | To rest awhile, some half an hour or so, | To rest a while, some halfe an houre, or so, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.77 | That had not half a week to go, like rams | That had not halfe a weeke to go, like Rammes |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.6 | And has done half an hour, to know your pleasures. | And ha's done halfe an houre to know your pleasures. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.82.2 | Would you were half so honest! | Would you were halfe so honest: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.74 | And half their faces buried in their cloaks, | And halfe their Faces buried in their Cloakes, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.274 | That you unfold to me, your self, your half, | That you vnfold to me, your selfe; your halfe |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.155 | Of half that worth as those your swords, made rich | Of halfe that worth, as those your Swords; made rich |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.51 | I killed not thee with half so good a will. | I kill'd not thee with halfe so good a will. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.5 | With vehement suit the king in my behalf. | Wth vehement sute the king in my behalfe: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.343 | Go to thy daughter, and in my behalf | Go to thy daughter and in my behalfe, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.410 | Thus have I in his majesty's behalf | Thus haue I in his maiesties behalfe, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.31 | For, like a half-moon opening but one way, | For like a halfe Moone opening but one way, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.158 | Nor half a halfpenny to shun grim death, | Nor halfe a halfepenie to shun grim death, |
| King John | KJ I.i.7 | Philip of France, in right and true behalf | Philip of France, in right and true behalfe |
| King John | KJ I.i.92 | Because he hath a half-face like my father! | Because he hath a half-face like my father? |
| King John | KJ I.i.93 | With half that face would he have all my land – | With halfe that face would he haue all my land, |
| King John | KJ I.i.94 | A half-faced groat, five hundred pound a year! | A halfe-fac'd groat, fiue hundred pound a yeere? |
| King John | KJ II.i.8 | To spread his colours, boy, in thy behalf, | To spread his colours boy, in thy behalfe, |
| King John | KJ II.i.264 | In that behalf which we have challenged it, | In that behalfe which we haue challeng'd it? |
| King John | KJ II.i.437 | He is the half part of a blessed man, | He is the halfe part of a blessed man, |
| King John | KJ II.i.451 | The sea enraged is not half so deaf, | The sea enraged is not halfe so deafe, |
| King John | KJ II.i.454 | In moral fury half so peremptory, | In mortall furie halfe so peremptorie, |
| King John | KJ III.i.54 | And with the half-blown rose. But fortune, O, | And with the halfe-blowne Rose. But Fortune, oh, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.95 | And, now it is half conquered must I back | And now it is halfe conquer'd, must I backe, |
| King John | KJ V.vi.39 | I'll tell thee, Hubert, half my power this night, | Ile tell thee Hubert, halfe my power this night |
| King John | KJ V.vii.83 | Who half an hour since came from the Dauphin, | Who halfe an houre since came from the Dolphin, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.102 | Half my love with him, half my care and duty. | Halfe my loue with him, halfe my Care, and Dutie, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.52 | father would sleep till I waked him, you should enjoy half | Father would sleepe till I wak'd him, you should enioy halfe |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.56 | enjoy half his revenue.’ My son Edgar, had he a hand to | enioy halfe his Reuennew: my Sonne Edgar, had hee a hand to |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.30 | Stewed in his haste, half breathless, panting forth | Stew'd in his haste, halfe breathlesse, painting forth |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.154 | She hath abated me of half my train, | She hath abated me of halfe my Traine; |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.175 | Thy half o'the kingdom hast thou not forgot, | Thy halfe o'th'Kingdome hast thou not forgot, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.199 | Dismissing half your train, come then to me. | Dismissing halfe your traine, come then to me, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.37 | Fathom and half, fathom and half! Poor Tom! | Fathom, and halfe, Fathom and halfe; poore Tom. |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.91 | If thou shouldst dally half an hour, his life, | If thou should'st dally halfe an houre, his life |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.20 | If you dare venture in your own behalf, | (If you dare venture in your owne behalfe) |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.14 | Show scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down | Shew scarse so grosse as Beetles. Halfe way downe |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.81.2 | Half-blooded fellow, yes. | Halfe-blooded fellow, yes. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.191 | Until some half-hour past, when I was armed, | Vntill some halfe houre past when I was arm'd, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.45 | And make a dark night too of half the day – | And make a darke night too of halfe the day: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.27 | To know his pleasure; and in that behalf, | To know his pleasure, and in that behalfe |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.131 | Being but the one half of an entire sum | Being but th'one halfe, of an intire summe, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.139 | But that one half which is unsatisfied, | But that one halfe which is vnsatisfied, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.145 | Marry, sir, halfpenny farthing. | Marrie sir, halfe pennie farthing. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.28 | Nor shines the silver moon one half so bright | Nor shines the siluer Moone one halfe so bright, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.22 | t. He clepeth a calf ‘cauf’, half ‘hauf’; neighbour | he clepeth a Calf, Caufe: halfe, haufe: neighbour |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.68 | very remuneration I had of thy master, thou halfpenny | very Remuneration I had of thy Maister, thou halfpenny |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.54 | The letter is too long by half a mile. | The Letter is too long by halfe a mile. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.90 | I thought to close mine eyes some half an hour, | I thought to close mine eyes some halfe an houre: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.227 | Twice to your visor, and half once to you! | Twice to your Visore, and halfe once to you. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.234.1 | There's half a dozen sweets. | There's halfe a dozen sweets. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.246 | And would afford my speechless visor half. | And would affoord my speechlesse vizard halfe. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.249.2 | No, I'll not be your half. | No, Ile not be your halfe: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.557 | My hat to a halfpenny, Pompey proves the | My hat to a halfe-penie, Pompey prooues the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.614 | Saint George's half-cheek in a brooch. | S. Georges halfe cheeke in a brooch. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.49 | Thus to mine eyes. Now o'er the one half-world | Thus to mine Eyes. Now o're the one halfe World |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.82 | To half a soul and to a notion crazed | To halfe a Soule, and to a Notion craz'd, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iii.21 | Best half of our affair. | Best halfe of our Affaire. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.248 | Seven year and a half, sir. | Seuen yeere, and a halfe sir. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.252 | And a half, sir. | And a halfe sir. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.62 | Become them with one half so good a grace | Become them with one halfe so good a grace |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.16 | Master Shoe-tie the great traveller, and wild Half-can | M Shootie the great Traueller, and wilde Halfe-Canne |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.70 | As his wise mother wrought in his behalf, | (As his wise mother wrought in his behalfe) |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.96 | No more, I pray thee, I am half afeard | No more I pray thee, I am halfe a-feard |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.50 | me half a million, laughed at my losses, mocked at | me halfe a million, laught at my losses, mockt at |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.16 | One half of me is yours, the other half yours, | One halfe of me is yours, the other halfe yours, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.248 | With leave, Bassanio, I am half yourself, | With leaue Bassanio I am halfe your selfe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.249 | And I must freely have the half of anything | And I must freely haue the halfe of any thing |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.125 | No, not the hangman's axe, bear half the keenness | No, not the hangmans Axe beare halfe the keennesse |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.350 | Shall seize one half his goods, the other half | Shall seaze one halfe his goods, the other halfe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.367 | For half thy wealth, it is Antonio's, | For halfe thy wealth, it is Anthonio's, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.368 | The other half comes to the general state, | The other halfe comes to the generall state, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.378 | To quit the fine for one half of his goods, | To quit the fine for one halfe of his goods, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.380 | The other half in use, to render it | The other halfe in vse, to render it |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.200 | Or half her worthiness that gave the ring, | Or halfe her worthinesse that gaue the Ring, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.151 | for thee; let me have thy voice in my behalf. If thou | for thee: Let mee haue thy voice in my behalfe: if thou |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.167 | If you will help to bear it, Sir John, take all, or half, for | if you will helpe to beare it (Sir Iohn) take all, or halfe, for |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.107 | coming, with half Windsor at his heels, to search for such | comming, with halfe Windsor at his heeles, to serch for such |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.170 | I am half afraid he will have need of | I am halfe affraid he will haue neede of |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.108 | of this bath, when I was more than half stewed in | of this Bath (when I was more then halfe stew'd in |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.135 | into a halfpenny purse, nor into a pepperbox. But, lest | into a halfe-penny purse, nor into a Pepper-Boxe: But least |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.71 | With half that wish the wisher's eyes be pressed. | With halfe that wish, the wishers eyes be prest. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.33 | Nay, you must name his name, and half his face | Nay, you must name his name, and halfe his face |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.331 | In her behalf that scorns your services. | In her behalfe that scornes your seruices. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.146 | Half sleep, half waking. But as yet, I swear, | Halfe sleepe, halfe waking. But as yet, I sweare, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.10 | Then half Signor Benedick's tongue in Count | Then halfe signior Benedicks tongue in Count |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.11 | John's mouth, and half Count John's melancholy in | Iohns mouth, and halfe Count Iohns melancholy in |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.142 | O, she tore the letter into a thousand halfpence; | O she tore the letter into a thousand halfpence, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.169 | I would have daffed all other respects and made her half | I would haue daft all other respects, and made her halfe |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.99 | If half thy outward graces had been placed | If halfe thy outward graces had beene placed |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.208 | Marry, this, well carried, shall on her behalf | Marry this wel carried, shall on her behalfe, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.97 | And speak off half a dozen dangerous words, | And speake of halfe a dozen dang'rous words, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.88 | Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul. | Your heart is burst, you haue lost halfe your soule |
| 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 III.iii.2 | All my abilities in thy behalf. | All my abilities in thy behalfe. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.19 | have moved my lord on his behalf, and hope all will be | haue moou'd my Lord on his behalfe, and hope all will be |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.96 | Faith, half asleep. | Faith, halfe a sleepe. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.187 | deliver to Desdemona would half have corrupted a | deliuer Desdemona, would halfe haue corrupted a |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.83.1 | But half an hour! | But halfe an houre. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.155 | Rot half a grain a day! He lies to th' heart. | Rot halfe a graine a day: he lyes to'th'heart, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.161 | Thou hast not half that power to do me harm | Thou hast not halfe that powre to do me harm, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.78 | The ground's the lowest and we are halfway there. | our grounds the lowest? / And wee are halfe way there: |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.96 | And give them life whom hunger starved half dead. | And giue them life, whom hunger-staru'd halfe dead. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.25 | They say they're half fish, half flesh. A plague on them, | They say they're halfe fish, halfe flesh: / A plague on them, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.107 | Marry, sir, half a day's journey. And | Mary sir, halfe a dayes iourney: And |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.45 | On Neptune's billow; half the flood | On Neptunes billow, halfe the flood, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.45 | Walk half an hour, Leonine, at the least. | walke halfe an houre Leonine, at the least, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.95 | Half-part, mates, half-part. Come, let's | Halfe part mates, halfe part. Come lets |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.86 | Is mustering in his clouds on our behalf | Is mustring in his Clouds, on our behalfe, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.60 | Though he divide the realm and give thee half, | Though he diuide the Realme, and giue thee halfe, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.21 | Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, | Into this breathing World, scarse halfe made vp, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.19 | And in the Duke's behalf I'll give my voice, | And in the Dukes behalfe Ile giue my Voice, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.50 | In your behalf, to meet you on the way. | In your behalfe, to meet you on the way: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.111 | Now thy proud neck bears half my burdened yoke, | Now thy proud Necke, beares halfe my burthen'd yoke, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.357 | Be eloquent in my behalf to her. | Be eloquent in my behalfe to her. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.37 | His regiment lies half a mile at least | His Regiment lies halfe a Mile at least |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.123 | Of butchered princes fight in thy behalf | For the wronged Soules |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.124 | King Henry's issue, Richmond, comforts thee. | Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.68 | Not half so big as a round little worm | not halfe so bigge as a round little Worme, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.2 | In half an hour she promised to return. | In halfe an houre she promised to returne, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.34 | I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth. | I cannot sum vp some of halfe my wealth. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.111 | In my behalf – my reputation stained | In my behalfe, my reputation stain'd |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.27 | Therefore we'll have some half a dozen friends, | Therefore weele haue some halfe a dozen Friends, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.130.2 | Full half an hour. | Full halfe an houre. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.62 | Iwis it is not halfway to her heart. | I-wis it is not halfe way to her heart: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.109 | perhaps call him half-a-score knaves or so. Why, that's | perhaps call him halfe a score Knaues, or so: Why that's |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.206 | That gives not half so great a blow to hear | That giues not halfe so great a blow to heare, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.121 | After my death the one half of my lands, | After my death, the one halfe of my Lands, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.280 | To wish me wed to one half lunatic, | To wish me wed to one halfe Lunaticke, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.55 | near-legged before, and with a half-cheeked | neere leg'd before, and with a halfe-chekt |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.107 | Thou yard, three-quarters, half-yard, quarter, nail, | Thou yard three quarters, halfe yard, quarter, naile, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.77 | Son, I'll be your half Bianca comes. | Sonne, Ile be your halfe, Bianca comes. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.91.1 | Till half an hour hence. | Till halfe an houre hence. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.28 | being but half a fish and half a monster? | being but halfe a Fish, and halfe a Monster? |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.114 | Within this half-hour will he be asleep. | Within this halfe houre will he be asleepe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.92 | behalf; and thus far I confirm you. O you gods, think | behalfe. And thus farre I confirme you. Oh you Gods (thinke |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.145 | Which was not half so beautiful and kind. | Which was not halfe so beautifull, and kinde: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.149 | The greatest of your having lacks a half | The greatest of your hauing, lackes a halfe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.217 | With certain half-caps and cold-moving nods | With certaine halfe-caps, and cold mouing nods, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.18 | in my lord's behalf, I come to entreat your honour to | in my Lords behalfe, I come to intreat your Honor to |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.42 | I should not urge it half so faithfully. | I should not vrge it halfe so faithfully. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.86 | And the best half should have returned to him, | And the best halfe should haue return'd to him, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.40 | Who then dares to be half so kind again? | Who then dares to be halfe so kinde agen? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.83 | Half of the number that King Priam had, | Halfe of the number that King Priam had, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.134 | Was never Scythia half so barbarous. | Was euer Scythia halfe so barbarous? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.376 | Renowned Titus, more than half my soul – | Renowned Titus more then halfe my soule. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.21 | As half thy love? Why dost not speak to me? | As halfe thy Loue: Why doost not speake to me? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.190 | And that you'll say ere half an hour pass. | And that you'l say ere halfe an houre passe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.27 | ‘ Peace, tawny slave, half me and half thy dam! | Peace Tawny slaue, halfe me, and halfe thy Dam, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.217 | An 'twould, you'd carry half. | And 'twould, you'ld carry halfe. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.243 | And give him half; and for thy vigour, | And giue him halfe, and for thy vigour, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.16 | Which, you say, live to come in my behalf. | Which you say, liue to come in my behalfe. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.41 | I would not for half Troy have you seen here. | I would not for halfe Troy haue you seene here. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.83 | This Ajax is half made of Hector's blood, | This Aiax is halfe made of Hectors bloud; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.84 | In love whereof half Hector stays at home; | In loue whereof, halfe Hector staies at home: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.85 | Half heart, half hand, half Hector comes to seek | Halfe heart, halfe hand, halfe Hector, comes to seeke |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.86 | This blended knight, half Trojan and half Greek. | This blended Knight, halfe Troian, and halfe Greeke. |
| 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 IV.v.218 | My prophecy is but half his journey yet; | My prophesie is but halfe his iourney yet; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.164 | May worthy Troilus be half attached | May worthy Troylus be halfe attached |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.22 | And rob in the behalf of charity. | And rob in the behalfe of charitie. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.viii.19 | My half-supped sword, that frankly would have fed, | My halfe supt Sword, that frankly would haue fed, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.49 | Your eyes, half out, weep out at Pandar's fall; | Your eyes halfe out, weepe out at Pandar's fall: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.111 | By mine honour, half drunk! What is he at the | By mine honor halfe drunke. What is he at the |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.17 | practising behaviour to his own shadow this half-hour. | practising behauiour to his own shadow this halfe houre: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.103.1 | On his behalf – | On his behalfe. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.63 | of him. I would not have him miscarry for the half of | of him, I would not haue him miscarrie for the halfe of |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.337 | Hold: there's half my coffer. | Hold, there's halfe my Coffer. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.351 | I snatched one half out of the jaws of death; | I snatch'd one halfe out of the iawes of death, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.90.1 | Not half an hour before. | Not halfe an houre before. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.53 | Most parlously in our behalfs. He's excellent i'th' woods; | most parlously in our behalfes: hees excellent i'th woods, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.14 | Half his own heart, set in too, that I hope | Halfe his owne heart, set in too, that I hope |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.47.2 | I half suspected | I halfe suspected |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.66 | great penn'orth on't, to give half my state that both she | great / Pen-worth on't, to give halfe my state, that both / She |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.3 | Have half persuaded her that I am Palamon; | Have halfe perswaded her that I am Palamon; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.4 | Within this half-hour she came smiling to me, | within this / Halfe houre she came smiling to me, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.95.2 | Half-sights saw | Halfe sights saw |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.348 | Do't and thou hast the one half of my heart; | Do't, and thou hast the one halfe of my heart; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i11.1 | Or a half-moon, made with a pen. | Or a halfe-Moone, made with a Pen.) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.102 | bear half dined on the gentleman; he's at it now. | Beare halfe din'd on the Gentleman: he's at it now. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.177 | I think there is not half a kiss to choose | I thinke there is not halfe a kisse to choose |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.336 | three but jumps twelve foot and a half by th' square. | three, but iumpes twelue foote and a halfe by th' squire. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.636 | Nay, prithee, dispatch. The gentleman is half | Nay prethee dispatch: the Gentleman is halfe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.793 | your behalfs; and if it be in man besides the King to | your behalfes; and if it be in man, besides the King, to |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.159 | swear it in the behalf of his friend; and I'll swear to the | sweare it, in the behalfe of his Friend: And Ile sweare to the |