| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.78.1 | And write to her a love-line. | And write to her a loue-line. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.197 | I must tell thee, sirrah, I write man, to which | I must tell thee sirrah, I write Man: to which |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.286 | And wherefore I am fled; write to the King | And wherefore I am fled: Write to the King |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.39 | The great prerogative and rite of love, | The great prerogatiue and rite of loue, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.10 | Let me see what he writes, and when he | Let me see what he writes, and when he |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.59 | ‘ then ’ I write a ‘ never.’ | (then) I write a Neuer. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.8 | Write, write, that from the bloody course of war | Write, write, that from the bloodie course of warre, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.24 | She might have been o'erta'en; and yet she writes | She might haue beene ore-tane: and yet she writes |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.29 | Of greatest justice. Write, write, Rynaldo, | Of greatest Iustice. Write, write Rynaldo |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.65 | I warrant, good creature, wheresoe'er she is, | I write good creature, wheresoere she is, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.I.29 | Grants scarce distinction. Thou wilt write to Antony? | graunts scarce distinction: thou wilt write to Anthony. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.17 | Think, speak, cast, write, sing, number – hoo! – | Thinke speake, cast, write, sing, number: hoo, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.46 | Where I will write. All may be well enough. | where I will write; all may be well enough. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.28 | Ourselves alone. I'll write it. Follow me. | Our selues alone: Ile write it: Follow me. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.v.13 | Detain no jot, I charge thee. Write to him – | Detaine no iot I charge thee: write to him, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.59 | Treason is not inherited, my lord, | Treason is not inherited my Lord, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.133 | Will I ‘ Rosalinda ’ write, | Will I Rosalinda write, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.135 | The quintessence of every sprite | The quintessence of euerie sprite, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.36 | O, that's a brave man! He writes brave verses, | O that's a braue man, hee writes braue verses, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.134 | I'll write to him a very taunting letter, | Ile write to him a very tanting Letter, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.136.2 | I'll write it straight: | Ile write it strait: |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.20 | Why writes she so to me? Well, shepherd, well, | Why writes she so to me? well Shepheard, well, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.23.1 | Phebe did write it. | Phebe did write it. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.40 | She Phebes me; mark how the tyrant writes: | She Phebes me: marke how the tyrant writes. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.42 | other; for all your writers do consent that ‘ ipse ’ is he. | other. For all your Writers do consent, that ipse is hee: |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.194 | Proceed, proceed. We'll begin these rites | Proceed, proceed: wee'l begin these rights, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.199 | We talk with goblins, owls, and sprites. | We talke with Goblins, Owles and Sprights; |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.73 | Where, ere we do repose us, we will write | Where ere we doe repose vs, we will write |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.122 | Titus Lartius writes they fought together, | Titus Lartius writes, they fought together, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.191 | To see inherited my very wishes | To see inherited my very Wishes, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.229 | peace as far as day does night. It's spritely walking, | peace as farre as day do's night: It's sprightly walking, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.30 | Known but by letter; thither write, my queen, | Knowne but by Letter; thither write (my Queene) |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.2 | And question'dst every sail: if he should write, | And questioned'st euery Saile: if he should write, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.81 | merit for the gift. The other is not a thing for sale, | merite for the guift. The other is not a thing for sale, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.208.2 | I will write. | I will write: |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.24 | To note the chamber: I will write all down: | To note the Chamber, I will write all downe, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.43 | Why should I write this down, that's riveted, | Why should I write this downe, that's riueted, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.138.2 | I am sprited with a fool, | I am sprighted with a Foole, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.105.2 | She writes so to you? Doth she? | She writes so to you? doth shee? |
| 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.1 | How? Of adultery? Wherefore write you not | How? of Adultery? Wherefore write you not |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.62 | T' inherit such a haven. But, first of all, | T' inherite such a Hauen. But first of all, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.105 | I'll write to my lord she's dead: O Innogen, | Ile write to my Lord she's dead: Oh Imogen, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.316 | Hast here cut off my lord. To write, and read | Hath heere cut off my Lord. To write, and read, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.304 | More of thee merited than a band of Clotens | More of thee merited, then a Band of Clotens |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.429 | Appeared to me, with other spritely shows | Appear'd to me, with other sprightly shewes |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.110 | He writes | |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.349 | writers do them wrong to make them exclaim against | Writers do them wrong, to make them exclaim against |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.214 | The great man down, you mark his favourite flies. | The great man downe, you marke his fauourites flies, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.404 | My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites. | My Tongue and Soule in this be Hypocrites. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.43 | Calls virtue hypocrite; takes off the rose | Cals Vertue Hypocrite, takes off the Rose |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.215 | No noble rite nor formal ostentation – | No Noble rite, nor formall ostentation, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.215 | And with such maimed rites? This doth betoken | And with such maimed rites? This doth betoken, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.228 | Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants, | Yet heere she is allowed her Virgin Rites, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.34 | A baseness to write fair, and laboured much | A basenesse to write faire; and laboured much |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.383 | I have some rights of memory in this kingdom, | I haue some Rites of memory in this Kingdome, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.393 | The soldiers' music and the rites of war | The Souldiours Musicke, and the rites of Warre |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.34 | | [Q1 replaces this scene with the following] Enter Horatio and the Queene. HOR. Madame, your sonne is safe arriv'de in Denmarke, This letter I euen now receiv'd of him, Whereas he writes how he escap't the danger, And subtle treason that the king had plotted, Being crossed by the contention of the windes, He found the Packet sent to the king of England, Wherein he saw himselfe betray'd to death, As at his next conuersion with your grace, He will relate the circumstance at full. QUEENE. Then I perceiue there's treason in his lookes That seem'd to sugar o're his villanie: But I will soothe and please him for a time, For murderous mindes are alwayes jealous, But know not you Horatio where he is? HOR. Yes Madame, and he hath appoynted me To meete him on the east side of the Cittie To morrow morning. QUEENE. O faile not, good Horatio, and withall, commend me A mothers care to him, bid him a while Be wary of his presence, lest that he Faile in that he goes about. HOR. Madam, neuer make doubt of that: I thinke by this the news be come to court: He is arriv'de, obserue the king, and you shall Quickely finde, Hamlet being here, Things fell not to his minde. QUEENE. But what became of Gilderstone and Rossencraft? HOR. He being set ashore, they went for England, And in the Packet there writ down that doome To be perform'd on them poynted for him: And by great chance he had his fathers Seale, So all was done without discouerie. QUEENE. Thankes be to heauen for blessing of the prince, Horatio once againe I take my leaue, With thowsand mothers blessings to my sonne. HORAT. Madam adue. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.21 | good friends. What a frosty-spirited rogue is this! Why, | good Friends. What a Frosty-spirited rogue is this? Why, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.405 | the name of pitch. This pitch – as ancient writers do report – | the Name of Pitch: this Pitch (as ancient Writers doe report) |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.137 | I'll haste the writer, and withal | Ile haste the Writer; and withall, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.31 | He writes me here that inward sickness – | He writes me here, that inward sicknesse, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.39 | For, as he writes, there is no quailing now, | For, as he writes, there is no quailing now, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.86 | Of all the favourites that the absent King | Of all the Fauorites, that the absent King |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.40 | Therefore make haste – I must go write again | Therefore make hast, I must go write againe |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.97 | For doing these fair rites of tenderness. | For doing these fayre Rites of Tendernesse. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.v.2 | Ill-spirited Worcester, did not we send grace, | Ill-spirited Worcester, did we not send Grace, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.51 | I would think thee a most princely hypocrite. | I would thinke thee a most Princely hypocrite. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.56 | hypocrite indeed. And what accites your most worshipful | Hypocrite indeede. And what accites your most worshipful |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.102 | how he writes – | he writes. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.25 | As a false favourite doth his prince's name, | As a false Fauorite doth his Princes Name, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.116 | he did naturally inherit of his father he hath like lean, | hee did naturally inherite of his Father, hee hath, like leane, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.104 | But wet her fair words still in foulest terms? | But write her faire words still in foulest Letters? |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.64 | Eight hundred five. Besides, their writers say, | Eight hundred fiue. Besides, their Writers say, |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.65 | Thy spirits are most tall. | spirites are most tall. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.34 | Oui. Sauf votre honneur, en vérité, vous prononcez | Ouy. Sauf vostre honneur en verite vous pronouncies |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.21 | And shall our quick blood, spirited with wine, | And shall our quick blood, spirited with Wine, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.22 | Ay, I praise God, and I have merited some love | I, I prayse God, and I haue merited some loue |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.289 | And on it have bestowed more contrite tears | And on it haue bestowed more contrite teares, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.121 | Do we all holy rites: | Doe we all holy Rights: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.330 | having any occasion to write for matter of grant, shall | hauing any occasion to write for matter of Graunt, shall |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.113 | I must not yield to any rites of love, | I must not yeeld to any rights of Loue, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.56 | Out, tawny coats! Out, scarlet hypocrite! | Out Tawney-Coates, out Scarlet Hypocrite. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.67 | It is the worst, and all, my lord, he writes. | It is the worst, and all (my Lord) he writes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.190 | This factious bandying of their favourites, | This factious bandying of their Fauourites, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.74 | Writes not so tedious a style as this. | Writes not so tedious a Stile as this. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.66 | I'll call for pen and ink, and write my mind. | Ile call for Pen and Inke, and write my minde: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.31 | As the Spirit speaks, Bolingbroke writes the answer | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.24 | And so will I, and write home for it straight. | And so will I, and write home for it straight. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.80 | The clerk of Chartham; he can write and read and | The Clearke of Chartam: hee can write and |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.87 | Nay, he can make obligations, and write court-hand. | Nay, he can make Obligations, and write Court hand. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.92 | They use to write it on the top of letters. 'Twill go | They vse to writ it on the top of Letters: 'Twill go |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.94 | Let me alone. Dost thou use to write thy name? | Let me alone: Dost thou vse to write thy name? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.98 | that I can write my name. | that I can write my name. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.200 | And that I'll write upon thy burgonet, | And that Ile write vpon thy Burgonet, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.56 | On him, his sons, his favourites, and his friends. | On him, his sonnes, his fauorites, and his friends. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.169 | Write up his title with usurping blood. | Write vp his Title with vsurping blood. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.193 | Whom I unnaturally shall disinherit. | Whom I vnnaturally shall dis-inherite. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.225 | And disinherited thine only son. | And dis-inherited thine onely Sonne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.226 | Father, you cannot disinherit me; | Father, you cannot dis-inherite me: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.250 | Whereby my son is disinherited. | Whereby my Sonne is dis-inherited. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.271 | I'll write unto them and entreat them fair. | Ile write vnto them, and entreat them faire; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.56 | Write in the dust this sentence with thy blood: | Write in the dust this Sentence with thy blood, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.46 | We write in water. May it please your highness | We write in Water. May it please your Highnesse |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.128.1 | I caused you write yet sent away? | I caus'd you write, yet sent away? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.126 | Mark him and write his speeches in their books, | Marke him, and write his Speeches in their Bookes, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.143 | Write them together, yours is as fair a name; | Write them together: Yours, is as faire a Name: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.241 | Have all true rites and lawful ceremonies, | Haue all true Rites, and lawfull Ceremonies, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.278 | Caesar did write for him to come to Rome. | Casar did write for him to come to Rome. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.36 | A barren-spirited fellow; one that feeds | A barren spirited Fellow; one that feeds |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.6 | You wronged yourself to write in such a case. | You wrong'd your selfe to write in such a case. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.77 | With all respect and rites of burial. | Withall Respect, and Rites of Buriall. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.143 | Let them be soldiers of a lusty spirit, | Let them be Souldiers of a lustie spirite, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.54 | And hath a lusty and persuasive spirit. | And hath a lustie and perswasiue spirite: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.69 | And when thou writ'st of tears, encouch the word | And when thou writest of teares, encouch the word, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.95.2 | Write I to a woman? | Writ I to a woman? |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.105 | Write on, while I peruse her in my thoughts. | Write on while I peruse her in my thoughts, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.125 | If not, write but in letters capital | If not, write but in letters Capitall my mistres name, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.184 | Give me the pen and paper; I will write. | Giue me the pen and paper I will write, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.383 | That thus have housed my spirit in his form, | That thus haue housd my spirite in his forme, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.393 | The poets write that great Achilles' spear | The Poets write that great Achilles speare, |
| King John | KJ II.i.539 | The rites of marriage shall be solemnized. | The rights of marriage shallbe solemniz'd. |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.57 | write this? a heart and brain to breed it in? When came | write this? A heart and braine to breede it in? When came |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.142 | I promise you, the effects he writes of succeed | I promise you, the effects he writes of, succeede |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.26 | That I may speak. I'll write straight to my sister | Ile write straight to my Sister |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.41 | A spirit, a spirit! He says his name's Poor Tom. | A spirite, a spirite, he sayes his name's poore Tom. |
| King Lear | KL IV.iv.28 | But love, dear love, and our aged father's right. | But loue, deere loue, and our ag'd Fathers Rite: |
| King Lear | KL IV.v.19 | Why should she write to Edmund? Might not you | Why should she write to Edmund? |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.36 | About it; and write happy when th' hast done. | About it, and write happy, when th'hast done, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.45 | As we shall find their merits and our safety | As we shall find their merites, and our safety |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.300 | Have more than merited. All friends shall taste | Haue more then merited. All Friends shall |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.117 | And to the strictest decrees I'll write my name. | And to the strictest decrees Ile write my name. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.153 | So to the laws at large I write my name, | So to the Lawes at large I write my name, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.241 | There did I see that low-spirited swain, that base minnow | There did I see that low spirited Swaine, that base Minow |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.177 | sure I shall turn sonnet. Devise, wit; write, pen; for I | sure I shall turne Sonnet. Deuise Wit, write Pen, for I |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.201 | Well, I will love, write, sigh, pray, sue, and groan; | Well, I will loue, write, sigh, pray, shue, grone, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.55 | These numbers will I tear, and write in prose. | These numbers will I teare, and write in prose. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.179 | When shall you see me write a thing in rhyme? | When shall you see me write a thing in rime? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.322 | Never durst poet touch a pen to write | Neuer durst Poet touch a pen to write, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.419 | Write ‘ Lord have mercy on us ’ on those three. | Write Lord haue mercie on vs, on those three, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.76 | As from your graves rise up and walk like sprites | As from your Graues rise vp, and walke like Sprights, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.100 | That writes them all alike. And so of men. | That writes them all alike: and so of men. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.v.27 | Shall raise such artificial sprites | Shall raise such Artificiall Sprights, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.126 | Come, sisters, cheer we up his sprites | Come Sisters, cheere we vp his sprights, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.7 | write upon't, read it, afterwards seal it, and again return | write vpon't, read it, afterwards Seale it, and againe re-turne |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.55 | Matters of needful value. We shall write to you, | Matters of needfull value: We shall write to you |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.16 | Let's write ‘ good Angel ’ on the devil's horn, | Let's write good Angell on the Deuills horne |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.202 | uprighteously do a poor wronged lady a merited benefit, | vprighteously do a poor wronged Lady a merited benefit; |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.91 | Now will I write letters to Varrius – | Now wil I write Letters to Angelo, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.41 | An hypocrite, a virgin-violator, | An hypocrite, a virgin violator, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.32 | which your prophet the Nazarite conjured the devil into. | which your Prophet the Nazarite coniured the diuell into: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.6 | Straight shall our nuptial rites be solemnized; | Straight shall our nuptiall rights be solemniz'd: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.118 | Than to live still, and write mine epitaph. | Then to liue still, and write mine Epitaph. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.164 | You hear the learn'd Bellario, what he writes, | You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.9 | master parson, who writes himself Armigero – in any | (Master Parson) who writes himselfe Armigero, in any |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.88 | He writes | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.196 | occasions. But whatsoever I have merited – either in my | occasions: but whatsoeuer I haue merited, either in my |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.61 | he dances, he has eyes of youth, he writes verses, he | he dances, he has eies of youth: he writes verses, hee |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.38 | thus declined: Singulariter, nominativo, hic, haec, hoc. | thus declined. Singulariter nominatiuo hic haec, hoc. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.69 | And Honi soit qui mal y pense write | And, Hony Soit Qui Mal-y-Pence, write |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.33 | Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite | Or else you are that shrew'd and knauish spirit |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.16 | Write me a prologue, and let the prologue seem to say | Write me a Prologue, and let the Prologue seeme to say, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.132 | The rite of May, and hearing our intent | The right of May; and hearing our intent, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.212 | Peter Quince to write a ballad of this dream. It shall be | PeterQuince to write a ballet of this dreame, it shall be |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.371 | Every one lets forth his sprite | Euery one lets forth his spright, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.383 | Every elf and fairy sprite | Euerie Elfe and Fairie spright, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.142 | detain us longer. I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but | detaine vs longer: I dare sweare hee is no hypocrite, but |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.245 | great letters as they write ‘ Here is good horse to hire,’ | great Letters as they write, heere is good horse to hire: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.316 | By my troth, a pleasant-spirited lady. | By my troth a pleasant spirited Lady. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.331 | till love have all his rites. | till Loue haue all his rites. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.131 | scorn, write to him that I love him?’ | scorne, write to him that I loue him? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.133 | write to him; for she'll be up twenty times a night, and | write to him, for shee'll be vp twenty times a night, and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.144 | to write to one that she knew would flout her. | to write, to one that shee knew would flout her: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.9 | Forbid the sun to enter – like favourites, | Forbid the sunne to enter: like fauourites, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.12 | for they can write and read. | for they can write and reade. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.15 | man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes | is the gift of Fortune, but to write and reade, comes |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.58 | the learned writer to set down our excommunication, | the learned writer to set downe our excommunication, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.54 | Out on thee! Seeming! I will write against it. | Out on thee seeming, I will write against it, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.205 | Hang mournful epitaphs and do all rites | Hang mournfull Epitaphes, and do all rites, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.12 | Pray, write down, Borachio. Yours, sirrah? | Pray write downe Borachio. Yours sirra. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.15 | Write down Master Gentleman Conrade. | Write downe Master gentleman Conrade: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.18 | Write down, that they hope they serve God – | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.19 | and write God first, for God defend but God should go | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.39 | Write down Prince John a villain. Why, this is | Write down, Prince Iohn a villaine: why this is |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.69 | write down the Prince's officer coxcomb. Come, bind | write downe the Princes Officer Coxcombe: come, binde |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.73 | not suspect my years? O that he were here to write me | not suspect my yeeres? O that hee were heere to write mee |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.51 | If he could right himself with quarrelling, | If he could rite himselfe with quarrelling, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.200 | you be a cursing hypocrite once, you must be looked to. | you be a cursing hypocrite once, you must be lookt to. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.4 | Will you then write me a sonnet in praise of | Will you then write me a Sonnet in praise of |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.24 | Exit Margaret | Exit Margarite. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iii.23 | Yearly will I do this rite. | yeerely will I do this right. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.68 | When, after that the holy rites are ended, | When after that the holy rites are ended, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.22 | From men of royal siege, and my demerits | From Men of Royall Seige. And my demerites |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.45.2 | Write from us: wish him | Write from vs, / To him, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.254 | The rites for which I love him are bereft me, | The Rites for why I loue him, are bereft me: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.115.1 | You shall not write my praise. | You shall not write my praise. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.116 | What wouldst thou write of me, if thou shouldst praise me? | What would'st write of me, if thou should'st praise me? |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.51 | Three else of Cyprus, noble swelling spirits – | Three else of Cyprus, Noble swelling Spirites, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.185 | Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw | Nor from mine owne weake merites, will I draw |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.71 | Made to write ‘ whore ’ upon? What committed! | Made to write Whore vpon? What commited, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.123 | When what is done is like an hypocrite, | When what is done, is like an hipocrite, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.17 | Even ripe for marriage-rite. This maid | Euen right for marriage sight : this Maid |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.75 | By that, and all the rites of knighthood else, | By that, and all the rites of Knight-hood else, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.85 | It must be great that can inherit us | It must be great that can inherite vs, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.186 | Nor never write, regreet, nor reconcile | Nor euer write, regreete, or reconcile |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.88 | Ye favourites of a King. Are we not high? | Ye Fauorites of a King: are wee not high? |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.147 | Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth. | Write Sorrow on the Bosome of the Earth. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.57 | His issue disinherited should be. | His issue disinherited should be. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.46 | With that sour ferryman which poets write of, | With that sowre Ferry-man which Poets write of, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vi.5 | Eleven hours I have spent to write it over, | Eleuen houres I haue spent to write it ouer, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.428 | I go. Write to me very shortly, | I go, write to me very shortly, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.102 | God give us leisure for these rites of love! | God giue vs leysure for these rites of Loue. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.146 | Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite, | Where and what time thou wilt performe the right, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.10 | Any man that can write may answer a letter. | Any man that can write, may answere a Letter. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.8 | Lovers can see to do their amorous rites | Louers can see to doe their Amorous rights, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.27 | But I will write again to Mantua, | But I will write againe to Mantua, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.20 | To cross my obsequies and true love's rite? | To crosse my obsequies, and true loues right? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.288 | And here he writes that he did buy a poison | And heere he writes, that he did buy a poyson |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.6 | To speak the ceremonial rites of marriage! | To speake the ceremoniall rites of marriage? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.41 | I am sure, sweet Kate, this kindness merits thanks. | I am sure sweet Kate, this kindnesse merites thankes. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.380 | And, sweet sprites, the burden bear. | and sweete Sprights beare the burthen. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.114 | These be fine things, an if they be not sprites. | These be fine things, and if they be not sprights: |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.17 | With full and holy rite be ministered, | With full and holy right, be ministred, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.152 | And write in thee the figures of their love, | And write in thee the figures of their loue, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.38 | Are not inherited. Then, dear countryman, | Are not inherited, then deere Countryman, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.81 | Stand gracious to the rites that we intend. | Stand gracious to the Rites that we intend. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.146 | Our Roman rites. Alarbus' limbs are lopped, | Our Romaine rightes, Alarbus limbs are lopt, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.340 | There shall we consummate our spousal rites. | There shall we Consummate our Spousall rites. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.3 | Write down thy mind, bewray thy meaning so, | Write downe thy mind, bewray thy meaning so, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.12 | For these two, tribunes, in the dust I write | For these, Tribunes, in the dust I write |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.195 | More hath it merited, that let it have. | More hath it merited: That let it haue. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.69.1 | He writes his name with his staff, and guides it with | He writes his Name with his staffe, and guides it with |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.72 | Write thou, good niece, and here display at last | Write thou good Neece, and heere display at last, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.76.2 | her stumps, and writes | her stumps and writes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.102 | And with a gad of steel will write these words, | And with a Gad of steele will write these words, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.105 | Give me pen and ink. (Writes) | Giue me pen and inke. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.13 | And now he writes to heaven for his redress. | And now he writes to heauen for his redresse. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.195 | No funeral rite, nor man in mourning weed, | No Funerall Rite, nor man in mournfull Weeds: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.191 | My spritely brethren, I propend to you | My spritely brethren, I propend to you |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.127 | And underwrite in an observing kind | And vnder write in an obseruing kinde |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.31 | with a sprite. I'll fetch her. It is the prettiest villain; she | with a sprite: Ile fetch her; it is the prettiest villaine, she |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.96 | Writes me that man – how dearly ever parted, | Writes me, that man, how dearely euer parted, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.56 | Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out | Nay, her foote speakes, her wanton spirites looke out |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.259 | Write loyal cantons of contemned love | Write loyall Cantons of contemned loue, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.125 | Do't, knight, I'll write thee a challenge; or I'll | Doo't knight, Ile write thee a Challenge: or Ile |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.152 | feelingly personated. I can write very like my lady, your | feelingly personated. I can write very like my Ladie your |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.40 | Go, write it in a martial hand. Be curst and | Go, write it in a martial hand, be curst and |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.47 | in thy ink, though thou write with a goose pen, no | in thy inke, though thou write with a Goose-pen, no |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.309 | Did he write this? | Did he write this? |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.330 | Write from it if you can, in hand or phrase, | Write from it if you can, in hand, or phrase, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.42 | Yet writers say, as in the sweetest bud | Yet Writers say; as in the sweetest Bud, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.45 | And writers say, as the most forward bud | And Writers say; as the most forward Bud |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.56 | There is no news, my lord, but that he writes | There is no newes (my Lord) but that he writes |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.82 | Last night she enjoined me to write some | Last night she enioyn'd me, / To write some |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.107 | No, madam; so it stead you, I will write, | No (Madam) so it steed you, I will write |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.122 | Please you, I'll write your ladyship another. | Please you, Ile write your Ladiship another. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.133 | That my master, being scribe, to himself should write the letter? | That my master being scribe, / To himselfe should write the Letter? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.144 | What need she, when she hath made you write to | What need she, / When shee hath made you write to |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.159 | Herself hath taught her love himself to write unto her lover. | Her self hath taught her Loue himself, to write vnto her louer. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.75 | Write till your ink be dry, and with your tears | Write till your inke be dry: and with your teares |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.55 | To such a favourite's glass? What canon is there | To such a Favorites glasse: What Cannon is there |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.74.2 | Clear-spirited cousin, | Cleere spirited Cozen |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.2 | A several laund. This is a solemn rite | A severall land. This is a solemne Right |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.55.2 | Can he write and read too? | Can he write and reade too. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.19 | From me the witless chaff of such a writer | From me the witles chaffe of such a wrighter |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.26.1 | Of sprites and goblins. | of Sprights, and Goblins. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.28 | To fright me with your sprites. You're powerful at it. | To fright me with your Sprights: you're powrefull at it. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.47 | How merited to be so; since he came, | How merited to be so: Since he came, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.557 | Things known betwixt us three – I'll write you down, | Things knowne betwixt vs three, Ile write you downe, |