| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.37 | names. Prithee, how many boys and wenches must I | names: Prythee how many Boyes and Wenches must I |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.53 | I cannot scratch mine ear. Prithee, tell her | I cannot scratch mine eare. Prythee tel her |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.76 | I prithee turn aside and weep for her; | I prythee turne aside, and weepe for her, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.83 | But this is not the best. Look, prithee, Charmian, | But this is not the best. Looke prythee Charmian, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.53 | Some monstrous malefactor. Prithee, friend, | Some monstrous Malefactor. Prythee Friend, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.26.1 | Guess at her years, I prithee. | Guesse at her yeares, I prythee. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.12.2 | Prithee, peace. | Prythee peace. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiii.9 | And word it, prithee, piteously. Hence, Mardian, | And word it (prythee) pitteously. Hence Mardian, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.128 | Too late, good Diomed. Call my guard, I prithee. | Too late good Diomed: call my Guard I prythee. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.172 | Beneath the fall I have. (To Seleucus) Prithee go hence, | Beneath the fall I haue. Prythee go hence, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.108 | Come, good sweet lady. Prithee, Virgilia, turn thy | Come good sweet Ladie. / Prythee Virgilia turne thy |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.10 | Now Mars, I prithee, make us quick in work, | Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.233 | I prithee, noble friend, home to thy house; | I prythee noble friend, home to thy House, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.72.2 | I prithee now, my son, | I pry thee now, my Sonne, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.89.2 | Prithee now, | Prythee now, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.98 | Prithee now, say you will, and go about it. | Prythee now say you will, and goe about it. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.107 | I prithee now, sweet son, as thou hast said | I prythee now sweet Son, as thou hast said |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.12.2 | Nay, I prithee, woman – | Nay, I prythee woman. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.22 | I cannot get him out o'th' house. Prithee, call my master | I cannot get him out o'th' house: Prythee call my Master |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.36 | What, you will not? Prithee tell | What you will not? Prythee tell |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.28 | Prithee, fellow, remember my name is Menenius, | Prythee fellow, remember my name is Menenius, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.64 | What is more cordial. Nay, I prithee take it; | What is more Cordiall. Nay, I prythee take it, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.7 | I prithee call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly. | I prythee call me: Sleepe hath ceiz'd me wholly. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.67 | We'll talk of that hereafter. Prithee speak, | Weele talke of that heereafter. Prythee speake, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.81 | That I cannot look through. Away, I prithee, | That I cannot looke through. Away, I prythee, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.48 | Is certain falling: or so slipp'ry that | Is certaine falling: or so slipp'ry, that |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.97 | Will then be panged by me. Prithee, dispatch: | Will then be pang'd by me. Prythee dispatch, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.141 | In a great pool, a swan's nest: prithee think | In a great Poole, a Swannes-nest, prythee thinke |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.182 | The gods will diet me with. Prithee away, | The Gods will diet me with. Prythee away, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.186 | A prince's courage. Away, I prithee. | A Princes Courage. Away, I prythee. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.36.2 | Prithee, fair youth, | Prythee (faire youth) |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.163 | Where there's no profit. I prithee, to our rock, | Where there's no profit. I prythee to our Rocke, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.229.2 | Prithee, have done, | Prythee haue done, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.36.2 | Prithee say. | Prythee say. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.289 | Pluck a hard sentence: prithee, valiant youth, | Plucke a hard sentence: Prythee valiant youth |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.119 | I pray thee stay with us. Go not to Wittenberg. | I prythee stay with vs, go not to Wittenberg. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.498 | Prithee say on. He's for a jig or a tale of bawdry, or he | Prythee say on: He's for a Iigge, or a tale of Baudry, or hee |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.88 | I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot, | I prythee, when thou see'st that Acte a-foot, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.192 | that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. | that: prythee Horatio tell me one thing. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.256 | I prithee take thy fingers from my throat. | I prythee take thy fingers from my throat; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.16 | And I prithee sweet wag, when thou art King, as God | And I prythee sweet Wagge, when thou art King, as God |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.57 | that thou art heir apparent – but I prithee sweet | that thou art Heire apparant. But I prythee sweet |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.81 | prince. But Hal, I prithee trouble me no more with | Prince. But Hal, I prythee trouble me no more with |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.147 | Sir John, I prithee leave the Prince and me alone. | Sir Iohn, I prythee leaue the Prince & me alone, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.64 | No, I'll none of it, I pray thee keep that | No, Ile none of it: I prythee keep that |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.28 | prithee do thou stand in some by-room while I question | prythee doe thou stand in some by-roome, while I question |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.72 | The eye of reason may pry in upon us. | The eye of reason may prie in vpon vs: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.103 | This head of safety, and withal to pry | This Head of safetie; and withall, to prie |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.24 | With deafing clamour in the slippery clouds, | With deaff'ning Clamors in the slipp'ry Clouds, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.1 | Prithee, honey-sweet husband, let me bring thee | 'Prythee honey sweet Husband, let me bring thee |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.10 | Let it pry through the portage of the head | Let it pry through the portage of the Head, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.20 | Deny me not, I prithee, gentle Joan. | Deny me not, I prythee, gentle Ione. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.248 | To pry into the secrets of the state, | To prie into the secrets of the State, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.32.2 | I prithee, peace, | I prythee peace, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.86 | I prithee grieve, to make me merry, York. | I prythee grieue, to make me merry, Yorke. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.119 | I prithee give no limits to my tongue; | I prythee giue no limits to my Tongue, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.450 | And prithee, lead me in. | And prythee leade me in: |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.73 | Prithee to bed, and in thy prayers remember | Prythee to bed, and in thy Prayres remember |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.116 | Prithee let's walk. Now, by my holidame, | Prythee let's walke. Now by my Holydame, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.1 | I prithee, boy, run to the Senate House. | I prythee Boy, run to the Senate-house, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.17.2 | Prithee, listen well; | Prythee listen well: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.44 | I prithee, Strato, stay thou by thy lord. | I prythee Strato, stay thou by thy Lord, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.137 | And he that stands upon a slippery place | And he that stands vpon a slipp'ry place, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.132 | Prithee tell him; so much the rent of his | Prythee tell him, so much the rent of his |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.175 | Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach thy | Pry'thy Nunckle keepe a Schoolemaster that can teach thy |
| King Lear | KL I.v.11 | Then I prithee be merry. Thy wit shall not go | Then I prythee be merry, thy wit shall not go |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.5 | Prithee, if thou lovest me, tell me. | Prythee, if thou lou'st me, tell me. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.213 | I prithee, daughter, do not make me mad. | I prythee Daughter do not make me mad, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.23 | Prithee go in thyself: seek thine own ease. | Prythee go in thy selfe, seeke thine owne ease, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.106 | Prithee, nuncle, be contented; 'tis a naughty night | Prythee Nunckle be contented, 'tis a naughtie night |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.9 | Prithee, nuncle, tell me whether a madman be a | Prythee Nunkle tell me, whether a madman be a |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.86 | Good friend, I prithee, take him in thy arms; | Good friend, I prythee take him in thy armes; |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.8.1 | I prithee put them off. | I prythee put them off. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.266.1 | Prithee away. | Prythee away. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.310.1 | Break, heart; I prithee break. | Breake heart, I prythee breake. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.45.2 | Prithee peace. | Prythee peace: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.86 | Dear Duff, I prithee contradict thyself | Deare Duff, I prythee contradict thy selfe, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.56 | So, prithee, go with me. | So prythee goe with me. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.67.2 | Prithee, see there! | Prythee see there: |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.293 | I prithee let thy wife attend on her, | I prythee let thy wife attend on her, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.201 | In mine own comforts. I prithee, good Iago, | In mine owne comforts. I prythee, good Iago, |
| Othello | Oth III.i.23 | Prithee keep up thy quillets – there's a poor piece | Prythee keepe vp thy Quillets, ther's a poore peece |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.51.1 | I prithee call him back. | I prythee call him backe. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.62 | I prithee name the time, but let it not | I prythee name the time, but let it not |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.75 | Prithee, no more: let him come when he will; | Prythee no more: Let him come when he will: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.130 | I prithee speak to me as to thy thinkings, | I prythee speake to me, as to thy thinkings, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.136.1 | I prithee do so. | I prythee do so. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.120 | I marry her! What! A customer! Prithee bear some | I marry. What? A customer; prythee beare / Some |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.125 | Prithee, say true. | Prythee say true. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.167 | Prithee come, will you? | Prythee come: will you? |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.103 | But what should go by water. Prithee tonight | But what should go by water. Prythee to night, |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.20 | Prithee, unpin me – have grace and favour in them. | (Prythee vn-pin me) haue grace and fauour. |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.23 | If I do die before thee, prithee shroud me | If I do die before, prythee shrow'd me |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.32 | And sing it like poor Barbary – prithee, dispatch. | And sing it like poore Brabarie: prythee dispatch. |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.47 | Prithee hie thee; he'll come anon | (Prythee high thee: he'le come anon) |
| Othello | Oth V.i.116 | This is the fruit of whoring. Prithee, Emilia, | This is the fruits of whoring. Prythe Amilia, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.73 | Keeper, I pray thee, sit by me awhile. | Keeper, I prythee sit by me a-while, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.118 | Nay, I pray thee stay a little. I hope | Nay, I prythee stay a little: / I hope |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.26 | How, my young York? I pray thee let me hear it. | How my yong Yorke, / I prythee let me heare it. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.31 | I pray thee, pretty York, who told thee this? | I prythee pretty Yorke, who told thee this? |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.6 | Speak and look back, and pry on every side, | Speake, and looke backe, and prie on euery side, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.180.2 | I prithee hear me speak. | I prythee heare me speake. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.33 | But if thou, jealous, dost return to pry | But if thou iealous dost returne to prie |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.85 | But I have cause to pry into this pedant, | But I haue cause to pry into this pedant, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.145 | The narrow-prying father Minola, | The narrow prying father Minola, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.298.1 | And do my spriting gently. | And doe my spryting, gently. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.55 | As well of glib and slipp'ry creatures as | As well of glib and slipp'ry Creatures, as |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.130 | Attempts her love. I prithee, noble lord, | Attempts her loue: I prythee (Noble Lord) |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.36 | prithee, let my meat make thee silent. | prythee let my meate make thee silent. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.178 | prithee let's be provided to show them entertainment. | prythee let's be prouided to shew them entertainment. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.28 | I prithee but repair to me next morning. | I prythee but repaire to me next morning. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.81 | Prithee, Apemantus, read me the superscription of | Prythee Apemantus reade me the superscription of |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.168.2 | Prithee no more. | Prythee no more. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.219 | Prithee, man, look cheerly. These old fellows | Prythee man looke cheerely. These old Fellowes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.225 | Go to Ventidius. Prithee be not sad, | Go to Ventiddius (prythee be not sad, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.97 | I prithee beat thy drum and get thee gone. | I prythee beate thy Drum, and get thee gone. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.397.1 | Thy back, I prithee. | Thy backe I prythee. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.205 | They call this bed-work, mappery, closet-war; | They call this Bed-worke, Mapp'ry, Closset-Warre: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.84 | Prithee, get thee in. Would thou hadst ne'er | Prythee get thee in: would thou had'st nere |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.235 | Stand fair, I pray thee; let me look on thee. | Stand faire I prythee, let me looke on thee. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.14 | Prithee, be silent, boy; I profit not by thy | Prythee be silent boy, I profit not by thy |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.75 | I prithee, Diomed, visit me no more. | I prythee Diomed visite me no more. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.108.2 | Good night; I prithee come. | Good night: I prythee come: |