| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.92 | the black gown of a big heart. I am going, forsooth. The | the blacke-Gowne of a bigge heart: I am going forsooth, the |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.44 | Was I, in sooth? And I was the first that lost thee. | Was I insooth? And I was the first that lost thee. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.2 | Alexas, almost most absolute Alexas, where's the soothsayer | Alexas, almost most absolute Alexas, where's the Soothsayer |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.6 | Soothsayer! | Soothsayer. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.7 | Enter a Soothsayer | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.14 | (to Soothsayer) Good sir, give me good | Good sir, giue me good |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.52 | soothsay. | Soothsay. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.10.1 | Enter the Soothsayer | Exit. Enter Soothsaier. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.33 | Exit Soothsayer | Exit. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.8.1 | Sooth, la, I'll help; thus it must be. | Sooth-law Ile helpe: Thus it must bee. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.278 | Yes, forsooth. I wish you joy o'th' worm. | Yes forsooth: I wish you ioy o'th'worm. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.348 | brambles; all, forsooth, deifying the name of Rosalind. | brambles; all (forsooth) defying the name of Rosalinde. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.375 | in good sooth, are you he that hangs the verses on the | in good sooth, are you he that hangs the verses on the |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.67 | Sir, sooth to say, you did not dine at home. | Sir sooth to say, you did not dine at home. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.77 | Is't good to soothe him in these contraries? | Is't good to sooth him in these crontraries? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.243 | Forsooth, took on him as a conjurer, | Forsooth tooke on him as a Coniurer: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.44 | Made all of false-faced soothing. When steel grows | Made all of false-fac'd soothing: / When Steele growes |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.71 | You soothed not, therefore hurt not. But your people, | You sooth'd not, therefore hurt not: but your People, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.69 | In soothing them we nourish 'gainst our Senate | In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our Senate |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.85 | Thyself, forsooth, hereafter theirs, so far | Thy selfe (forsooth) hereafter theirs so farre, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.333.1 | Enter Lucius, Captains, and a Soothsayer | Enter Lucius, Captaines, and a Soothsayer. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.69.1 | Enter Lucius, Iachimo, the Soothsayer, and other Roman | Enter Lucius, Iachimo, and other Roman |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.427 | Call forth your soothsayer: as I slept, methought | Call forth your Sooth-sayer: As I slept, me thought |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.138 | He will forsooth have all my prisoners, | He will (forsooth) haue all my Prisoners: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.254.2 | I have done, i'faith. | I haue done insooth. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.82 | As you are tossed with. In faith, | as you are tost with. In sooth |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.41 | Forsooth, five years, and as much as to – | Forsooth fiue yeares, and as much as to--- |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.240 | Not mine, in good sooth. | Not mine, in good sooth. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.241 | Not yours, in good sooth! Heart! you swear like | Not yours, in good sooth? You sweare like |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.242 | a comfit-maker's wife – ‘ Not you, in good sooth!’, and | a Comfit-makers Wife: / Not you, in good sooth; and, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.248 | A good mouth-filling oath, and leave ‘ In sooth,’ | A good mouth-filling Oath: and leaue in sooth, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.7 | The tongues of soothers, but a braver place | The Tongues of Soothers. But a Brauer place |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.78 | And now forsooth takes on him to reform | And now (forsooth) takes on him to reforme |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.35 | rascally yea-forsooth knave, to bear a gentleman in hand, | Rascally-yea-forsooth-knaue, to beare a Gentleman in hand, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.36 | Sick of a calm, yea, good faith. | Sick of a Calme: yea, good-sooth. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.140 | Without impeachment: for, to say the sooth, | Without impeachment: for to say the sooth, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.157 | Because, forsooth, the King of Scots is crowned. | Because (forsooth) the King of Scots is Crown'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.83 | And yet, forsooth, she is a virgin pure! | And yet forsooth she is a Virgin pure. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.29 | That my master was? No, forsooth; my master said | That my Mistresse was? No forsooth: my Master said, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.113 | Because the King, forsooth, will have it so. | Because the King forsooth will haue it so. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.61 | Forsooth, a blind man at Saint Alban's shrine | Forsooth, a blinde man at Saint Albones Shrine, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.92 | Most true, forsooth; and many time and oft | Most true, forsooth: / And many time and oft |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.111 | Black, forsooth, coal-black as jet. | Black forsooth, Coale-Black, as Iet. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.81 | Peter, forsooth. | Peter forsooth. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.183 | And you, forsooth, had the good Duke to keep; | And you (forsooth) had the good Duke to keepe: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.175 | And now, to soothe your forgery and his, | And now to sooth your Forgery, and his, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.30 | Which, to say sooth, are blessings; and which gifts, | Which, to say sooth, are Blessings; and which guifts |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.87 | And live a subject? Nay, forsooth, my friends, | And liue a Subiect? Nay forsooth, my Friends, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.124 | Forsooth, an inventory, thus importing | Forsooth an Inuentory, thus importing |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.1.3 | Casca, a Soothsayer, and a great crowd; after them | Caska, a Soothsayer: after them |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.19 | A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March. | A Sooth-sayer bids you beware the Ides of March |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.20 | Sooth, madam, I hear nothing. | Sooth Madam, I heare nothing. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.21 | Enter the Soothsayer | Enter the Soothsayer. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.1.4 | Artemidorus, Publius, and the Soothsayer | Artimedorus, Publius, and the Soothsayer. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.1 | (to the Soothsayer) The ides of March are come. | The Ides of March are come. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.7 | To lay aside unnecessary soothing, | To lay aside vnnecessary soothing, |
| King John | KJ I.i.123 | In sooth, good friend, your father might have kept | Insooth, good friend, your father might haue kept |
| King John | KJ I.i.125 | In sooth he might. Then, if he were my brother's, | Insooth he might: then if he were my brothers, |
| King John | KJ III.i.121 | And soothest up greatness. What a fool art thou, | And sooth'st vp greatnesse. What a foole art thou, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.29 | In sooth, I would you were a little sick, | Insooth I would you were a little sicke, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.105 | No, in good sooth: the fire is dead with grief, | No, in good sooth: the fire is dead with griefe, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.190 | art nothing. (To Gonerill) Yes, forsooth, I will hold my | art nothing. Yes forsooth I will hold my |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.171 | Good my lord, soothe him: let him take the fellow. | Good my Lord, sooth him: / Let him take the Fellow. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.170 | And I, forsooth, in love! | O, and I forsooth in loue, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.579 | good neighbour, faith, and a very good bowler; | good neighbour insooth, and a verie good Bowler: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.36 | If I say sooth I must report they were | If I say sooth, I must report they were |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.40 | Till famine cling thee. If thy speech be sooth, | Till Famine cling thee: If thy speech be sooth, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.96 | Yes, in good sooth, the vice is of a great kindred. | Yes in good sooth, the vice is of a great kindred; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.1 | In sooth I know not why I am so sad. | IN sooth I know not why I am so sad, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.42 | They in themselves, good sooth, are too too light. | They in themselues goodsooth are too too light. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.248 | No, I thank you, forsooth, heartily. I am very | No, I thank you forsooth, hartely; I am very |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.251 | I am not a-hungry, I thank you, forsooth. | I am not a-hungry, I thanke you, forsooth: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.18 | Ay, forsooth. | I forsooth. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.21 | No, forsooth. He hath but a little wee face, with a | No forsooth: he hath but a little wee-face; with a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.24 | Ay, forsooth. But he is as tall a man of his hands | I forsooth: but he is as tall a man of his hands, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.46 | Ay, forsooth, I'll fetch it you. | I forsooth ile fetch it you: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.77 | Ay, forsooth, to desire her to – | I forsooth: to desire her to --- |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.153 | Ay, forsooth; and, I pray, how does | I forsooth: and I pray how do's |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.83 | Ay, forsooth; and then you may | I, forsooth: and then you may |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.5 | I had rather, forsooth, go before you like a man | I had rather (forsooth) go before you like a man, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.145 | To the laundress, forsooth. | To the Landresse forsooth? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.103 | had her; or, in sooth, I would Master Fenton had her. | had her: or (in sooth) I would M. Fenton had her; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.71 | and instigated by his distemper, and, forsooth, to | and instigated by his distemper, and (forsooth) to |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.71 | Forsooth, I have forgot. | Forsooth, I haue forgot. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.96 | From the two parties, forsooth. | From the two parties forsooth. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.ii.4 | Ay, forsooth. I have spoke with her, and we have | I forsooth, I haue spoke with her, & we haue |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.70 | But that, forsooth, the bouncing Amazon, | But that forsooth the bouncing Amazon |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.135 | Good troth, you do me wrong – good sooth, you do – | Good troth you do me wrong (good-sooth you do) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.230 | And tender me forsooth affection, | And tender me (forsooth) affection, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.265.2 | Yes, sooth, and so do you. | Yes sooth, and so do you. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.293 | Her height, forsooth, she hath prevailed with him. | Her height (forsooth) she hath preuail'd with him. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.55 | Note notes, forsooth, and nothing. | Note notes forsooth, and nothing. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.19 | Forsooth, a great arithmetician, | For-sooth, a great Arithmatician, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.52 | Yes, faith; so humbled | I sooth; so humbled, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.94.2 | I'faith you are to blame. | Insooth, you are too blame. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.87 | Good sooth, I care not for you. | Good sooth, I care not for you. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.44 | When Signor Sooth here does proclaim peace, | When signior sooth here does proclaime peace, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.89 | Good sooth, it showed well in you. Do so now. | good sooth it shewde well in you, do so now, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.136 | With words of sooth! O that I were as great | With words of sooth: Oh that I were as great |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.44 | That I, forsooth, am stern, and love them not? | Thar I (forsooth) am sterne, and loue them not? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.297 | And soothe the devil that I warn thee from? | And sooth the diuell that I warne thee from. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.12 | Ay, forsooth. | I forsooth. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.256 | Sir, understand you this of me in sooth, | Sir vnderstand you this of me (insooth) |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.234.2 | In sooth, you scape not so. | Insooth you scape not so. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.8 | No shame but mine. I must forsooth be forced | No shame but mine, I must forsooth be forst |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.115 | Good sooth, even thus. Therefore ha' done with words; | Good sooth euen thus: therefore ha done with words, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.99 | He is my father, sir, and, sooth to say, | He is my father sir, and sooth to say, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.1 | No, no, forsooth, I dare not for my life. | No, no forsooth I dare not for my life. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.144 | Well drawn, monster, in good sooth! | Well drawne Monster, in good sooth. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.40 | Yea, forsooth, an your mistress-ship be Emperial. | Yea forsooth, and your Mistership be Emperiall. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.172 | And then, forsooth, the faint defects of age | And then (forsooth) the faint defects of Age |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.108 | Yes, good sooth; to, Achilles! To, Ajax, to! | Yes good sooth, to Achilles, to Aiax, to--- |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.55 | Rude, in sooth; in good sooth, very rude. | Rude in sooth, in good sooth very rude. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.9 | No, sooth, sir; my determinate voyage is mere | No sooth sir: my determinate voyage is meere |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.20 | sweet a breath to sing, as the fool has. In sooth, thou | sweet a breath to sing, as the foole has. Insooth thou |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.46 | Do use to chant it. It is silly sooth, | Do vse to chaunt it: it is silly sooth, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.87.2 | Sooth, but you must. | Sooth but you must. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.17.2 | Very sooth, tomorrow. | Very sooth, to morrow. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.160 | That makes her blood look out. Good sooth, she is | That makes her blood looke on't: Good sooth she is |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.173 | He looks like sooth. He says he loves my daughter. | He lookes like sooth: he sayes he loues my daughter, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.344 | Your mind from feasting. Sooth, when I was young | Your minde from feasting. Sooth, when I was yong, |