| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.274 | There's letters from my mother: what th' import is | There's letters from my mother: What th' import is, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.21 | Now his important blood will naught deny | Now his important blood will naught denie, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.136 | With an importing visage, and she told me, | With an importing visage, and she told me |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.122.1 | Importeth thee to know, this bears. | Importeth thee to know, this beares. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.138 | And all great fears, which now import their dangers, | And all great feares, which now import their dangers, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.3 | Of semblable import – but he hath waged | Of semblable import, but he hath wag'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.19 | I here importune death awhile, until | I heere importune death a-while, vntill |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.87 | importunes access to you. | importunes accesse to you. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.127 | After his brother, and importuned me | After his brother; and importun'd me |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.2 | And since I have not much importuned you; | And since I haue not much importun'd you, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.53 | You hear how he importunes me. The chain! | You heare how he importunes me, the Chaine. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.138 | At your important letters, this ill day | At your important Letters this ill day, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.39 | purpose as then each bore, upon importance of so | purpose, as then each bore, vpon importance of so |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.19 | And ears so cloyed importantly as now, | And eares so cloyd importantly as now, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.249 | The queen, sir, very oft importuned me | The Queene (Sir) very oft importun'd me |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.446 | Being Leo-natus, doth impart so much: | Being Leonatus, doth import so much: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.23 | Importing the surrender of those lands | Importing the surrender of those Lands |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.32 | To his unmastered importunity. | To his vnmastred importunity. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.110 | My lord, he hath importuned me with love | My Lord, he hath importun'd me with loue, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.148 | Belike this show imports the argument of the | Belike this shew imports the Argument of the |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.109 | Th' important acting of your dread command? | Th'important acting of your dread command? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.65 | Our sovereign process, which imports at full, | Our Soueraigne Processe, which imports at full |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.2 | She is importunate, indeed distract. | She is importunate, indeed distract, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.27 | Alas, sweet lady, what imports this song? | Alas sweet Lady: what imports this Song? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.80 | Importing health and graveness. Two months since, | Some two Monthes hence |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.21 | Importing Denmark's health, and England's too, | Importing Denmarks health, and Englands too, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.126 | What imports the nomination of this | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.51 | Came from the north, and thus it did import. | Came from the North, and thus it did report: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.5 | How much they do import you would make haste. | how much they doe import, / You would make haste. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.2 | Comets, importing change of times and states, | Comets importing change of Times and States, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.91 | Except some petty towns of no import. | Except some petty Townes, of no import. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.124 | Forsooth, an inventory, thus importing | Forsooth an Inuentory, thus importing |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.371 | My mother and the peers importune you | My mother and the Peeres importune you, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.1 | I wonder, Villiers, thou shouldst importune me | I wounder Villiers, thou shouldest importune me |
| King John | KJ II.i.7 | At our importance hither is he come | At our importance hether is he come, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.17 | Is much more general than these lines import. | Is much more generall, then these lines import. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.154 | Importune him once more to go, my lord. | Importune him once more to go my Lord, |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.4 | which since his coming forth is thought of, which imports | |
| King Lear | KL IV.iv.26 | My mourning and importuned tears hath pitied. | My mourning, and important teares hath pittied: |
| King Lear | KL IV.v.6 | What might import my sister's letter to him? | What night import my Sisters Letter to him? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.32 | Importunes personal conference with his grace. | Importunes personall conference with his grace. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.60 | This letter is mistook; it importeth none here. | This Letter is mistooke: it importeth none here: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.94 | head. And among other importunate and most serious | head: and among other importunate & most serious |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.95 | designs, and of great import indeed, too – but let that | designes, and of great import indeed too: but let that |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.56 | As time and our concernings shall importune, | As time, and our concernings shall importune, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.108 | Stands without blemish. Next, it imports no reason | Stands without blemish: next it imports no reason, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.430 | Against all sense you do importune her. | Against all sence you doe importune her, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.532 | I have a motion much imports your good, | I haue a motion much imports your good, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.158 | enough commend, comes with him, at my importunity, to fill | enough commend, comes with him at my importunity, to fill |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.206 | Have you importuned her to such a purpose? | Haue you importun'd her to such a purpose? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.62 | be not wooed in good time. If the Prince be too important, | be not woed in good time: if the Prince bee too important, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.20 | Th' importancy of Cyprus to the Turk, | Th'importancie of Cyprus to the Turke; |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.280.1 | As doth import you. | As doth import you. |
| Othello | Oth II.ii.2 | General, that upon certain tidings now arrived importing | Generall. That vpon certaine tydings now arriu'd, importing |
| 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.249 | With any strong or vehement importunity – | With any strong, or vehement importunitie, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.313 | If it be not for some purpose of import, | If it be not for some purpose of import, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.104 | And lo, the happiness! Go, and importune her. | And loe the happinesse: go, and importune her. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.26 | Who having by their own importunate suit | Who hauing by their owne importunate suit, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.114 | (aside) Now he importunes him to tell it o'er. | Now he importunes him / To tell it o're: |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.138 | gesture imports it. | iesture imports it. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.30 | Upon my knees, what doth your speech import? | Vpon my knee, what doth your speech import? |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.307 | And here another: the one of them imports | And heere another, the one of them imports |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.14 | God will revenge it, whom I will importune | God will reuenge it, whom I will importune |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.67 | No less importing than our general good, | No lesse importing then our generall good, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.145 | Have you importuned him by any means? | Haue you importun'd him by any meanes? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.28 | Your looks are pale and wild and do import | Your lookes are pale and wild, and do import |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.19 | Of dear import; and the neglecting it | Of deare import, and the neglecting it |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.48 | Gentlemen, importune me no farther, | Gentlemen, importune me no farther, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.101 | And tell us what occasion of import | And tell vs what occasion of import |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.130 | You were kneeled to and importuned otherwise | You were kneel'd too, & importun'd otherwise |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.16 | Importune him for my moneys. Be not ceased | Importune him for my Moneyes, be not ceast |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.28 | Put on a most importunate aspect, | Put on a most importunate aspect, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.46 | Your importunacy cease till after dinner, | Your importunacie cease, till after dinner, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.13 | In like manner was I in debt to my importunate | In like manner was I in debt to my importunat |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.ii.11 | With letters of entreaty, which imported | With Letters of intreaty, which imported |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.71 | That matter needless, of importless burden, | That matter needlesse of importlesse burthen |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.168 | He makes important. Possessed he is with greatness, | He makes important; possest he is with greatnesse, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.50 | It doth import him much to speak with me. | It doth import him much to speake with me. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.78 | I cannot, lord; I have important business, | I cannot Lord, I haue important businesse, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.185 | Come to what is important in't. I forgive you the | Come to what is important in't: I forgiue you the |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.361 | The letter at Sir Toby's great importance, | The Letter, at sir Tobyes great importance, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.13 | And did request me to importune you | And did request me, to importune you |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.17 | Nor needest thou much importune me to that | Nor need'st thou much importune me to that |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.55 | Be they of much import? | Be they of much import? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.145 | While I, their king, that thither them importune, | While I (their King) that thither them importune |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.108 | To wrong him with thy importunacy? | To wrong him, with thy importunacy? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.172 | Greater than any war; it more imports me | Greater then any was; it more imports me |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.80 | Like old emportment's bastard – has this end, | Like old importments bastard, has this end, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.57 | To be your prisoner should import offending; | To be your Prisoner, should import offending; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.181 | For in an act of this importance 'twere | (For in an Acte of this importance, 'twere |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.2 | importunate. 'Tis a sickness denying thee anything; a | importunate: 'tis a sicknesse denying thee any thing: a |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.18 | th' importance were joy or sorrow: but in the extremity | th' importance were Ioy, or Sorrow; but in the extremitie |