| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.187 | Here on my knee, before high heaven and you, | Here on my knee, before high heauen and you, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.61 | (kneeling) | |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.64 | I would you had kneeled, my lord, to ask me mercy, | I would you had kneel'd my Lord to aske me mercy, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iv.4 | Ere I can perfect mine intents, to kneel. | Ere I can perfect mine intents, to kneele. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.3 | Before the gods my knee shall bow my prayers | before the Gods my knee shall bowe my ptayers |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.19.1 | Kneel down, kneel down, and wonder. | Kneele downe, kneele downe, and wonder. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.40 | That kneeled unto the buds. Admit him, sir. | That kneel'd vnto the Buds. Admit him sir. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.76 | To lay my crown at's feet, and there to kneel, | To lay my Crowne at's feete, and there to kneele. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.21.1 | Will kneel to him with thanks. | Will kneele to him with thankes. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.28.1 | Where he for grace is kneeled to. | Where he for grace is kneel'd too. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.114 | Cleopatra kneels | Cleo. kneeles. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.114 | Arise! You shall not kneel. | Arise, you shall not kneele: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.57 | But, mistress, know yourself; down on your knees | But Mistris, know your selfe, downe on your knees |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.129 | Kneel to the Duke before he pass the abbey. | Kneele to the Duke before he passe the Abbey. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.72 | Your knees to them, not arms, must help. Alack, | Your knees to them (not armes) must helpe. Alacke, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.47 | He'll beat Aufidius' head below his knee | Hee'l beat Auffidius head below his knee, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i. | He kneels | Kneeles. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.93 | And struck him on his knee. In that day's feats, | And strucke him on his Knee: in that dayes feates, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.75 | Thy knee bussing the stones – for in such business | Thy Knee bussing the stones: for in such businesse |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.118 | Make motion through my lips, and my armed knees, | Make motion through my Lips, and my Arm'd knees |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.22 | Ourselves, our wives and children, on our knees | Our selues, our wiues, and children, on our knees, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.5 | A mile before his tent fall down, and knee | A Mile before his Tent, fall downe, and knee |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.66 | The gaoler to his pity. I kneeled before him; | The Gaoler to his pitty. I kneel'd before him, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.50 | Leave unsaluted. Sink, my knee, i'th' earth; | Leaue vnsaluted: Sinke my knee i'th' earth, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii. | He kneels | Kneeles |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.54 | I kneel before thee, and unproperly | I kneele before thee, and vnproperly |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.56 | She kneels | |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.57 | Your knees to me? To your corrected son? | your knees to me? / To your Corrected Sonne? |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.75.2 | Your knee, sirrah. | Your knee, Sirrah. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.169 | Down ladies! Let us shame him with our knees. | Down Ladies: let vs shame him with him with our knees |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.172 | The four kneel | |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.175 | But kneels and holds up hands for fellowship, | But kneeles, and holds vp hands for fellowship, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.288 | Come on, away, apart upon our knees: | Come on, away, apart vpon our knees: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.93.2 | eagle: he throws a thunderbolt. The Ghosts fall on their knees | Eagle: hee throwes a Thunder-bolt. The Ghostes fall on their knees. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.19.2 | Bow your knees: | Bow your knees: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.266 | (kneeling) | |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.326 | I am too blunt, and saucy: here's my knee: | I am too blunt, and sawcy: heere's my knee: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.413 | (kneels) | |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.414 | But now my heavy conscience sinks my knee, | But now my heauie Conscience sinkes my knee, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.418.2 | Kneel not to me: | Kneele not to me: |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.81 | Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other, | Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.71 | And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee | And crooke the pregnant Hindges of the knee, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.145.4 | kneels, and makes show of protestation unto him. He | kneeles, and makes shew of Protestation vntohim. He |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.70 | Bow, stubborn knees, and, heart with strings of steel, | Bow stubborne knees, and heart with strings of Steele, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.73.1 | The King kneels. Enter Hamlet | Enter Hamlet. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.242 | His uncle York – where I first bowed my knee | His Vncle Yorke, where I first bow'd my knee |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.321 | since thou sawest thine own knee? | since thou saw'st thine owne Knee? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.322 | My own knee? When I was about thy years, | My owne Knee? When I was about thy yeeres |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.151 | about thy knees! But sirrah, there's no room for faith, | about thy knees. But sirra: There's no roome for Faith, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.68 | The more and less came in with cap and knee, | The more and lesse came in with Cap and Knee, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.223 | Sit on my knee, Doll. A rascal bragging slave! The | Sit on my Knee, Dol. A Rascall, bragging Slaue: the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.18 | He kneels | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.139 | (kneels) | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.177 | That doth with awe and terror kneel to it! | That doth with awe, and terror kneele to it. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.15 | debtors do, promise you infinitely. And so I kneel down | Debtors do) promise you infinitely. and so kneele downe |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.24 | then I felt to his knees, and so up'ard and up'ard, and | then I felt to his knees, and so vp-peer'd, and vpward, and |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.130 | own person kneeling at our feet but a weak and worthless | owne person kneeling at our feet, but a weake and worthlesse |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.249 | Canst thou, when thou command'st the beggar's knee, | Canst thou, when thou command'st the beggers knee, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.129 | My lord, most humbly on my knee I beg | My Lord, most humbly on my knee I begge |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.59 | He gives you upon his knees a thousand thanks; and | He giues you vpon his knees a thousand thanks, and |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.171 | Stoop then and set your knee against my foot; | Stoope then, and set your Knee against my Foot, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.80 | And made me almost yield upon my knees. | And made me almost yeeld vpon my knees. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.10 | (He kneels) | |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.4.1 | (The Governor kneels) | |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.32 | Here on my knee I beg mortality | Here on my knee I begge Mortalitie, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.5 | When he perceived me shrink and on my knee, | When he perceiu'd me shrinke, and on my Knee, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.61 | I'll either make thee stoop and bend thy knee | Ile either make thee stoope, and bend thy knee, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.194 | That, when thou comest to kneel at Henry's feet, | That when thou com'st to kneele at Henries feete, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.25 | Kneel down and take my blessing, good my girl. | Kneele downe and take my blessing, good my Gyrle. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.173.1 | Charles and the French nobles kneel and acknowledge | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.10 | And humbly now upon my bended knee, | And humbly now vpon my bended knee, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.11 | (He kneels) | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.37 | All kneel | All kneel. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.61 | They please us well. Lord Marquess, kneel down. | They please vs well. Lord Marques kneel down, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.39 | Where Henry and Dame Margaret kneeled to me, | Where Henrie and Dame Margaret kneel'dto me, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.197 | for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees | for his fault the other day, he did vow vpon his knees |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.59 | Then, father Salisbury, kneel we together, | Then Father Salisbury, kneele we together, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.11 | Immediately he was upon his knee, | Immediately he was vpon his Knee, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.16 | And passeth by with stiff unbowed knee, | And passeth by with stiffe vnbowed Knee, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.220 | I would, false murderous coward, on thy knee | I would, false murd'rous Coward, on thy Knee |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.57 | Fed from my trencher, kneeled down at the board, | Fed from my Trencher, kneel'd downe at the boord, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.127 | Stoop to the block than these knees bow to any | Stoope to the blocke, then these knees bow to any, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.112 | (He kneels) Rise up, Sir John Mortimer. (He rises) Now | Rise vp Sir Iohn Mortimer. Now |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.56 | sleep in thy sheath, I beseech God on my knees thou | sleepe in thy Sheath, I beseech Ioue on my knees thou |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.78.1 | Iden, kneel down. | Iden, kneele downe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.78 | Iden kneels | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.108 | Obey, audacious traitor; kneel for grace. | Obey audacious Traitor, kneele for Grace. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.109 | Wouldst have me kneel? First let me ask of these | Wold'st haue me kneele? First let me ask of thee, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.110 | If they can brook I bow a knee to man. | If they can brooke I bow a knee to man: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.125 | He kneels | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.127 | We are thy sovereign, Clifford; kneel again. | We are thy Soueraigne Clifford, kneele againe; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.161 | Why, Warwick, hath thy knee forgot to bow? | Why Warwicke, hath thy knee forgot to bow? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.173 | For shame! In duty bend thy knee to me, | For shame in dutie bend thy knee to me, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.75 | And kneel for grace and mercy at my feet; | And kneele for grace and mercie at my feet, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.162 | Where I shall kneel to him that slew my father! | Where I shall kneele to him that slew my Father. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.60 | Edward, kneel down. | Edward, kneele downe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.81 | Now, perjured Henry, wilt thou kneel for grace, | Now periur'd Henry, wilt thou kneel for grace? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.87 | I am his king, and he should bow his knee. | I am his King, and he should bow his knee: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.29 | Here on my knee I vow to God above | Heere on my knee, I vow to God aboue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.33 | O Warwick, I do bend my knee with thine; | Oh Warwicke, I do bend my knee with thine, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.35 | And, ere my knee rise from the earth's cold face, | And ere my knee rise from the Earths cold face, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.18 | No bending knee will call thee Caesar now, | No bending knee will call thee Casar now, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.22 | Speak gentle words, and humbly bend thy knee, | Speake gentle words, and humbly bend thy Knee, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.48 | Come, Warwick, take the time; kneel down, kneel down. | Come Warwicke, / Take the time, kneele downe, kneele downe: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.19 | Resign thy chair, and where I stand kneel thou, | Resigne thy Chayre, and where I stand, kneele thou, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.9.3 | and Suffolk. She kneels. The King riseth from his | and Suffolke: she kneels. King riseth from his |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.9 | Nay, we must longer kneel: I am a suitor. | Nay, we must longer kneele; I am a Suitor. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.13.2 | goes about the court, comes to the King, and kneels at | goes about the Court, comes to the King, and kneeles at |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.83 | Came to the altar, where she kneeled, and saint-like | Came to the Altar, where she kneel'd, and Saint-like |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.103 | To use so rude behaviour. Go to, kneel. | To vse so rude behauiour. Go too, kneele. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.90 | (kneeling) | |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.108 | (kneeling) | |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.4 | (kneeling) | |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.53 | Run to your houses, fall upon your knees, | Runne to your houses, fall vpon your knees, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.270 | I ought to know of; and, upon my knees, | I ought to know of: And vpon my knees, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.278.2 | Kneel not, gentle Portia. | Kneele not gentle Portia. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.54 | Let me upon my knee prevail in this. | Let me vpon my knee, preuaile in this. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.81 | And evils imminent; and on her knee | And euils imminent; and on her knee |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.33.1 | (kneeling) | |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.55 | (kneeling) | |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.75.2 | Doth not Brutus bootless kneel? | Doth not Brutus bootlesse kneele? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.123 | (kneeling) | |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.123 | Thus, Brutus, did my master bid me kneel; | Thus Brutus did my Master bid me kneele; |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.81 | And where he sets his foot he ought to kneel. | And where he sets his foote he ought to knele, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.107 | In duty lower than the ground I kneel, | In duetie lower then the ground I kneele, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.108 | And for my dull knees bow my feeling heart | And for my dul knees bow my feeling heart, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.41 | Am as a kneeling vassal, that observes | Am as a kneeling vassaile that obserues, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.76.1 | The Prince kneels and kisses his father's hand | kneele and kisse his fathers hand |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.77 | And prostrate yield themselves, upon their knees, | And prostrate yeeld themselues vpon their knees, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.71 | And with thyself and those kneel at his feet, | And with thy selfe and those kneele at his feete, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.87 | But to his person I will bend my knee. | But to his person I will bend my knee. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.94 | Kneel therefore down: now rise, King Edward's knight; | Kneele therefore downe, now rise king Edwards knight, |
| King John | KJ I.i.82 | O old Sir Robert, father, on my knee | O old sir Robert Father, on my knee |
| King John | KJ I.i.161 | Kneel thou down Philip, but rise more great – | Kneele thou downe Philip, but rise more great, |
| King John | KJ III.i.308 | Upon my knee I beg, go not to arms | Vpon my knee I beg, goe not to Armes |
| King John | KJ III.i.309.2 | O, upon my knee, | O, vpon my knee |
| King John | KJ III.i.310 | Made hard with kneeling, I do pray to thee, | made hard with kneeling, / I doe pray to thee, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.65 | Kneeling before this ruin of sweet life, | Kneeling before this ruine of sweete life, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.103 | To whom, with all submission, on my knee, | To whom with all submission on my knee, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.272.1 | He kneels | |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.29 | My duty kneeling, came there a reeking post, | My dutie kneeling, came there a reeking Poste, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.149 | (he kneels) | |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.150 | Age is unnecessary; on my knees I beg | Age is vnnecessary: on my knees I begge, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.209 | To knee his throne and, squire-like, pension beg | To knee his Throne, and Squire-like pension beg, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.34 | (kneeling) | |
| King Lear | KL IV.iv.95 | He falls to his knees | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.23.2 | servants. All fall to their knees | |
| King Lear | KL IV.iv.26 | (kneeling by the chair and kissing his hand) | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.58 | (Lear falls to his knees) | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.59.1 | No, sir, you must not kneel. | You must not kneele. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.10 | When thou dost ask me blessing I'll kneel down | When thou dost aske me blessing, Ile kneele downe |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.544.2 | With leopard's head on knee. | With Libbards head on knee. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.110 | Oftener upon her knees than on her feet, | Oftner vpon her knees, then on her feet, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.81 | Men give like gods; but when they weep and kneel, | Men giue like gods: but when they weepe and kneele, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.44 | Kneel down before him, hang upon his gown; | Kneele downe before him, hang vpon his gowne, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.171 | Tomorrow you must die. Go to your knees and make | to morrow you must die, goe to your knees, and make |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.19 | Now is your time. Speak loud and kneel before him. | Now is your time / Speake loud, and kneele before him. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.93 | How I persuaded, how I prayed, and kneeled, | How I perswaded, how I praid, and kneel'd, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.229 | Let me in safety raise me from my knees | Let me in safety raise me from my knees, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.428 | Lend me your knees, and, all my life to come, | Lend me your knees, and all my life to come, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.431 | Should she kneel down in mercy of this fact, | Should she kneele downe, in mercie of this fact, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.434 | Sweet Isabel, do yet but kneel by me. | Sweet Isabel, doe yet but kneele by me, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.439 | O Isabel, will you not lend a knee? | Oh Isabel: will you not lend a knee? |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.440 | (kneeling) | |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.72 | son. (He kneels) Give me your blessing. Truth will come | son, giue me your blessing, truth will come |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.31 | By holy crosses, where she kneels and prays | By holy crosses where she kneeles and prayes |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.72 | Buckled below fair knighthood's bending knee. | Buckled below faire Knight-hoods bending knee; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.121 | Crook-kneed, and dewlapped like Thessalian bulls; | Crooke kneed, and dew-lapt, like Thessalian Buls, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.25 | blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and | blessing, I am at him vpon my knees euery morning and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.148 | Then down upon her knees she falls, weeps, | Then downe vpon her knees she falls, weepes, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.45 | Many a duteous and knee-crooking knave | Many a dutious and knee-crooking knaue; |
| Othello | Oth II.i.84 | You men of Cyprus, let her have your knees. | You men of Cyprus, let her haue your knees. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.459 | He kneels | |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.460 | He kneels | |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.22 | And yet she'll kneel and pray – I have seen her do't. | And yet she'le kneele, and pray: I haue seene her do't. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.30 | Upon my knees, what doth your speech import? | Vpon my knee, what doth your speech import? |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.150 | I know not how I lost him. Here I kneel: | I know not how I lost him. Heere I kneele: |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.40 | Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knee, | Her hand on her bosome her head on her knee, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.47 | I cannot be much lower than my knees. | I cannot be much lower then my knees. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.48.1 | He kneels | |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.98 | They kneel | |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.15.3 | attendants. A messenger meets them, kneels, and gives | attendantes, a Messenger meetes them, kneeles and giues |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.15.5 | lords kneel to him. Then enter Thaisa with child, with | Lords kneele to him; then enter Thaysa with child, with |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.8 | master reasons, her prayers, her knees, that she would | master reasons, her prayers, her knees, that shee would |
| Pericles | Per V.i.199 | Down on thy knees; thank the holy gods as loud | Downe on thy knees, thanke the holie Gods as loud |
| Pericles | Per V.i.218 | When thou shalt kneel, and justify in knowledge | when thou shalt kneele, and iustifie in knowledge, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.46 | She kneels | |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.46 | Look who kneels here; flesh of thy flesh, Thaisa, | Looke who kneeles here, flesh of thy flesh Thaisa, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.165 | (kneels) | |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.47 | And bow my knee before his majesty; | And bow my knee before his Maiestie: |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.33 | And had the tribute of his supple knee, | And had the tribute of his supple knee, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.83 | He kneels | |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.83 | Show me thy humble heart, and not thy knee, | Shew me thy humble heart, and not thy knee, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.36 | On both his knees doth kiss King Richard's hand, | vpon his knees doth kisse / King Richards hand, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.73 | To watch the fearful bending of thy knee | To watch the fearefull bending of thy knee, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.114 | Enfranchisement immediate on his knees, | Infranchisement immediate on his knees: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.189 | He kneels down | |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.190 | Fair cousin, you debase your princely knee | Faire Cousin, / You debase your Princely Knee, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.195 | Thus high at least, although your knee be low. | Thus high at least, although your Knee be low. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.165 | To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my knee. | To insinuate, flatter, bowe, and bend my Knee. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.29 | For ever may my knees grow to the earth, | For euer may my knees grow to the earth, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.82 | Aumerle admits the Duchess. She kneels | Enter Dutchesse. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.92 | For ever will I walk upon my knees, | For euer will I kneele vpon my knees, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.96 | Unto my mother's prayers I bend my knee. | Vnto my mothers prayres, I bend my knee. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.97.1 | He kneels | |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.98.1 | He kneels | |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.105 | Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow. | Our knees shall kneele, till to the ground they grow: |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.131 | O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! | O happy vantage of a kneeling knee: |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.178 | And humbly beg the death upon my knee. | And humbly begge the death vpon my knee, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.109 | Kneeled at my feet and bid me be advised? | Kneel'd and my feet, and bid me be aduis'd? |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.126 | You straight are on your knees for pardon, pardon; | You straight are on your knees for Pardon, pardon, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.105 | I did not see your grace. Humbly on my knee | I did not see your Grace. Humbly on my knee, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.72 | But on his knees at meditation; | But on his Knees, at Meditation: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.94 | Who sues and kneels and says, ‘ God save the Queen ’? | Who sues, and kneeles, and sayes, God saue the Queene? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.72 | O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight; | On Courtiers knees, that dreame on Cursies strait: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.156 | With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bowed – | With gentle breath, calme looke, knees humbly bow'd |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.158 | Good father, I beseech you on my knees, | Good Father, I beseech you on my knees |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.167 | When with his knees he kissed the Cretan strand. | When with his knees he kist the Cretan strond. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.101 | (kneeling) | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.101.1 | Pardon, sweet father. | Pardon sweete father. Kneele. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.161 | To offer war where they should kneel for peace, | To offer warre, where they should kneele for peace: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.130 | You were kneeled to and importuned otherwise | You were kneel'd too, & importun'd otherwise |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.116 | I will kneel to him. | I will kneele to him. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.39 | Marry, will I. Kneel, and repeat it. I will | Marry will I: kneele, and repeate it, I will |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.179 | He comes forward, and kneels | |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.63 | The knee before him, and returns in peace | The knee before him, and returnes in peace |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.90 | Even on their knees and hands, let him fall down, | Euen on their knees and hand, let him sit downe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.97 | Cap-and-knee slaves, vapours, and minute-jacks! | Cap and knee-Slaues, vapours, and Minute Iackes. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.37 | And give them title, knee, and approbation, | And giue them Title, knee, and approbation |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.212 | By that which has undone thee. Hinge thy knee, | By that which ha's vndone thee; hindge thy knee, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.107 | (kneeling) | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.164 | (Kneeling) And at thy feet I kneel with tears of joy | And at thy feete I kneele, with teares of ioy |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.373 | The brother and the sons kneel | The Brother and the sonnes kneele. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.392 | (kneeling) | They all kneele and say. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.429 | (Kneeling) Rome and the righteous heavens be my judge, | Rome and the righteous heauens be my iudge, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.458 | Kneel in the streets and beg for grace in vain. | Kneele in the streetes, and beg for grace in vaine. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.475 | By my advice, all humbled on your knees, | By my aduise all humbled on your knees, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.477.2 | kneel | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.480 | (kneeling) | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.483 | The tribune and his nephews kneel for grace; | The Tribune and his Nephews kneele for grace, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.288 | (kneeling) | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.288 | High Emperor, upon my feeble knee | High Emperour, vpon my feeble knee, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.64.1 | (falling to his knees) | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.205 | (kneeling) | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.208.1 | To that I call. (Lavinia kneels) | To that I call: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.208.2 | What, wouldst thou kneel with me? | what wilt thou kneele with me? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.43 | Nor wink, nor nod, nor kneel, nor make a sign, | Nor winke, nor nod, nor kneele, nor make a signe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.86 | My lord, kneel down with me; Lavinia, kneel; | My Lord kneele downe with me: Lauinia kneele, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.87 | And kneel, sweet boy, the Roman Hector's hope; | And kneele sweet boy, the Romaine Hectors hope, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.88.1 | They kneel | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.110 | must kneel, then kiss his foot, then deliver up your | must kneele, then kisse his foote, then deliuer vp your |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.118 | And at thy mercy shall they stoop and kneel, | And at thy mercy shall they stoop, and kneele, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.161 | Many a time he danced thee on his knee, | Many a time he danc'd thee on his knee: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.50 | Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks, | Makes flexible the knees of knotted Oakes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.48 | To show itself but pride; for supple knees | To show it selfe, but pride: for supple knees, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.87 | Good uncle, I beseech you, on my knees I | Good Vnckle I beseech you, on my knees, I |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.10 | Pursue we him on knees; for I have dreamed | Pursue we him on knees: for I haue dreampt |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.54 | Not Priamus and Hecuba on knees, | Not Priamus, and Hecuba on knees; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.226 | With them, upon her knees, her humble self, | With them vpon her knees, her humble selfe, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.229 | But neither bended knees, pure hands held up, | But neither bended knees, pure hands held vp, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.35.3 | No knees to me. | No knees to me. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.54.2 | Pray you kneel not; | Pray you kneele not, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.56 | Your knees to wrong themselves. I have heard the fortunes | Your knees to wrong themselves; I have heard the fortunes |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.74.2 | O, no knees, none, widow; | O no knees, none Widdow, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.96 | Lend us a knee; | lend us a knee; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.106 | (to Emilia) | kneele to Emilia. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.186 | (kneels) | |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.200.1 | Our cause cries for your knee. | Our Cause cries for your knee. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.200 | (kneels) | |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.207.1 | That which you kneel to have me. | That which you kneele to have me; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.94 | I will now in and kneel, with great assurance | I will now in, and kneele with great assurance, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iv.19 | For I'll cut my green coat, a foot above my knee, | For ile cut my greene coat, afoote above my knee, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.192 | My knees shall grow to th' ground but I'll get mercy. | My knees shall grow to 'th ground but Ile get mercie. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.195 | (The ladies kneel) | |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.8 | And fair-eyed Emily, upon their knees, | And faire-eyd Emilie, upon their knees |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.83 | Was knee-deep where she sat; her careless tresses | Was knee deepe where she sat; her careles Tresses, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.36 | That women ought to beat me. On my knees | That women ought to beate me. On my knees |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.49.1 | They prostrate themselves, then kneel before the altar | They kneele. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.77.1 | Here they prostrate themselves, then kneel as formerly | Here they kneele as formerly. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.130.2 | fall again upon their faces, then on their knees | fall againe upon their faces, then on their knees. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.137.7 | aloof, she sets fire to it. Then they curtsy and kneel | a loofe, she sets fire to it, then they curtsey and kneele. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.186 | Inch-thick, knee-deep, o'er head and ears a forked one! | Ynch-thick, knee-deepe; ore head and eares a fork'd one. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.148 | So to esteem of us; and on our knees we beg, | So to esteeme of vs: and on our knees we begge, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.152 | Lead on to some foul issue. We all kneel. | Lead on to some foule Issue. We all kneele. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.154 | Shall I live on to see this bastard kneel | Shall I liue on, to see this Bastard kneele, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.208 | To nothing but despair. A thousand knees, | To nothing but dispaire. A thousand knees, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.198 | Wretches so quake: they kneel, they kiss the earth; | Wretches so quake: they kneele, they kisse the Earth; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.44 | I kneel and then implore her blessing. Lady, | I kneele, and then implore her Blessing. Lady, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.119 | (To Perdita) Please you to interpose, fair madam; kneel, | Please you to interpose (faire Madam) kneele, |