| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.178 | If it be not, forswear't; howe'er, I charge thee, | If it be not, forsweare't how ere I charge thee, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.215 | I will tell truth, by grace itself I swear. | I will tell truth, by grace it selfe I sweare: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.49 | An idle lord, I swear. | An idle Lord, I sweare. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.22 | two hours in a sleep, and then to return and swear the | two houres in a sleepe, and then to returne & swear the |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.60 | would swear I recovered it. | would sweare I recouer'd it. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.23 | What is not holy, that we swear not by, | What is not holie, that we sweare not by, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.25 | If I should swear by Love's great attributes | If I should sweare by Ioues great attributes, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.28 | To swear by him whom I protest to love | To sweare by him whom I protest to loue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.218 | When he swears oaths, bid him drop gold, and take it; | Let. When he sweares oathes, bid him drop gold, and take it: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.156 | And that you fly them as you swear them lordship, | And that you flye them as you sweare them Lordship, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.288 | He knows I am no maid, and he'll swear to't; | He knowes I am no Maid, and hee'l sweare too't: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.289 | I'll swear I am a maid and he knows not. | Ile sweare I am a Maid, and he knowes not. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.28 | Though you in swearing shake the throned gods – | (Though you in swearing shake the Throaned Gods) |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.31.1 | Which break themselves in swearing! | Which breake themselues in swearing. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.70 | chins and swear by your beards that I am a knave. | chinnes, and sweare by your beards that I am a knaue. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.73 | but if you swear by that that is not, you are not forsworn: | but if you sweare by that that is not, you are not forsworn: |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.74 | no more was this knight, swearing by his honour, for | no more was this knight swearing by his Honor, for |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.27 | And, in that kind, swears you do more usurp | And in that kinde sweares you doe more vsurpe |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.60 | Yea, and of this our life, swearing that we | Yea, and of this our life, swearing that we |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.377 | I swear to thee, youth, by the white hand of | I sweare to thee youth, by the white hand of |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.398 | him, then forswear him; now weep for him, then spit | him, then forswear him: now weepe for him, then spit |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.401 | forswear the full stream of the world and to live in a | forsweare the ful stream of ye world, and to liue in a |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.19 | swear in poetry may be said as lovers they do feign. | sweare in Poetrie, may be said as Louers, they do feigne. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.22 | I do, truly: for thou swearest to me thou art | I do truly: for thou swear'st to me thou art |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.17 | But why did he swear he would come this | But why did hee sweare hee would come this |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.26 | You have heard him swear downright he was. | You haue heard him sweare downright he was. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.37 | speaks brave words, swears brave oaths and breaks | speakes braue words, sweares braue oathes, and breakes |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.41 | the forest. He hath been a courtier, he swears. | the Forrest: he hath bin a Courtier he sweares. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.55 | to swear and to forswear, according as marriage | to sweare, and to forsweare, according as mariage |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.25 | Who heard me to deny it or forswear it? | Who heard me to denie it or forsweare it? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.227 | There did this perjured goldsmith swear me down | There did this periur'd Goldsmith sweare me downe, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.58 | O' my word, the father's son! I'll swear 'tis a | A my word the Fathers Sonne: Ile sweare 'tis a |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.223.2 | I heard him swear, | I heard him sweare, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.36 | And hale him up and down, all swearing if | And hale him vp and downe; all swearing, if |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.28 | Such thoughts, and such: or I could make him swear | Such thoughts, and such: Or I could make him sweare, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.138 | what's spoken, I swear. | what's spoken, I sweare. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.4 | must take me up for swearing, as if I borrowed mine | must take me vp for swearing, as if I borrowed mine |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.11 | When a gentleman is disposed to swear, it is not for | When a Gentleman is dispos'd to sweare: it is not for |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.89.2 | Still I swear I love you. | Still I sweare I loue you. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.91 | If you swear still, your recompense is still | If you sweare still, your recompence is still |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.122 | Hark you, he swears: by Jupiter he swears. | Hearke you, he sweares: by Iupiter he sweares. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.143.3 | No swearing: | No swearing: |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.144 | If you will swear you have not done't you lie, | If you will sweare you haue not done't, you lye, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.140 | As it is like him – might break out, and swear | (As it is like him) might breake out, and sweare |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.145.2 | Nay, but swear't. | Nay, but swear't. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.149 | Swear. | Sweare. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.152.1 | Consent to swear. | Consent to sweare. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.154 | Swear by my sword. | Sweare by my sword. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.155 | Swear. | Sweare. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.159 | Swear by my sword | Sweare by my Sword. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.161 | Swear by his sword. | Sweare. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.179 | That you know aught of me – this do swear, | That you know ought of me; this not to doe: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.180 | So grace and mercy at your most need help you. | So grace and mercy at your most neede helpe you: / Sweare. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.181 | Swear. | Sweare. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.25 | Ay, or drinking, fencing, swearing, quarrelling, | I, or drinking, fencing, swearing, / Quarelling, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.96 | Madam, I swear I use no art at all. | Madam, I sweare I vse no Art at all: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.91 | At game, a-swearing, or about some act | At gaming, swearing, or about some acte |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.35 | spent on Tuesday morning, got with swearing ‘ Lay by!’, | spent on Tuesday Morning; got with swearing, Lay by: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.183 | he fight longer than he sees reason, I'll forswear arms. | he fight longer then he sees reason, Ile forswear Armes. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.104 | And when I am a-horseback I will swear | And when I am a horsebacke, I will sweare |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.299 | would swear truth out of England but he would make | would sweare truth out of England, but hee would make |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.304 | with it, and swear it was the blood of true men. I did | with it, and sweare it was the blood of true men. I did |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.434 | Swearest thou, ungracious boy? Henceforth ne'er look on me. | Swearest thou, vngracious Boy? henceforth ne're looke on me: |
| 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.247 | Swear me, Kate, like a lady as thou art, | Sweare me, Kate, like a Lady, as thou art, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.34 | swear by thy face. My oath should be ‘By this fire, that's | sweare by thy Face; my Oath should bee, By this Fire: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.60 | And when he heard him swear and vow to God | And when he heard him sweare, and vow to God, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.42 | And you did swear that oath at Doncaster, | And you did sweare that Oath at Doncaster, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.38 | By now forswearing that he is forsworn. | By now forswearing that he is forsworne, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.123 | Therefore I'll make him sure, yea, and I'll swear I | therefore Ile make him sure: yea, and Ile sweare I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.84 | the money too. Thou didst swear to me upon a parcel-gilt | the mony too. Thou didst sweare to mee vpon a parcell gilt |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.89 | didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, | didst sweare to me then (as I was washing thy wound) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.121 | misuses thy favours so much that he swears thou art to | misuses thy Fauours so much, that he sweares thou art to |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.199 | Here's a goodly tumult! I'll forswear keeping | Here's a goodly tumult: Ile forsweare keeping |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.243 | and swears with a good grace, and wears his boots very | and sweares with a good grace, and weares his Boot very |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.55 | And swear here, by the honour of my blood, | And sweare here, by the honor of my blood, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.46 | of this day's deeds, or by the Lord I will have it in a | of this dayes deedes; or I sweare, I will haue it in a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.121 | principle I would teach them should be to forswear | Principle I would teach them, should be to forsweare |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.125 | Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, | Haue you a Ruffian that will sweare? drinke? dance? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.28 | And I dare swear you borrow not that face | And I dare sweare, you borrow not that face |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iv.21 | swinged I'll forswear half-kirtles. | swing'd, Ile forsweare halfe Kirtles. |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.28 | Now by this hand I swear I scorn the term; | now by this hand I sweare I scorne the terme: |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.27 | The mettle of your pasture; let us swear | The mettell of your Pasture: let vs sweare, |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.87 | I swear, and my father's soul, the work ish ill done: it | I sweare, and my fathers Soule, the Worke ish ill done: it |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.92 | Swear by her foot, that she may tread out | Sweare by her Foot, that she may tread out |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.134 | a place;’ some swearing, some crying for a surgeon, | a place, some swearing, some crying for a Surgean; |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.123 | They shall have none, I swear, but these my joints, | They shall haue none, I sweare, but these my ioynts: |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.45 | and eat, I swear – | and eate I sweare. |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.47 | sauce to your leek? There is not enough leek to swear | sauce to your Leeke: there is not enough Leeke to sweare |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.85 | And swear I got them in the Gallia wars. | And swore I got them in the Gallia warres. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.61 | To swearing and stern looks, diffused attire, | To Swearing, and sterne Lookes, defus'd Attyre, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.220 | honour I dare not swear thou lovest me, yet my blood | Honor, I dare not sweare thou louest me, yet my blood |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.365 | Then shall I swear to Kate, and you to me, | Then shall I sweare to Kate, and you to me, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.84 | So sure I swear to get the town or die. | So sure I sweare, to get the Towne, or dye. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.31 | Swearing that you withhold his levied host, | Swearing that you with-hold his leuied hoast, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.28 | You fled for vantage, everyone will swear; | You fled for Vantage, euery one will sweare: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.129 | And, Charles, upon condition thou wilt swear | And Charles, vpon condition thou wilt sweare |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.169 | Then swear allegiance to his majesty: | Then sweare Allegeance to his Maiesty, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.186 | Swear like a ruffian, and demean himself | Sweare like a Ruffian, and demeane himselfe |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.180 | As if she had suborned some to swear | As if she had suborned some to sweare |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.285 | And therefore by His majesty I swear | And therefore by his Maiestie I sweare, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.294 | But when I swear, it is irrevocable. | But when I sweare, it is irreuocable: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.52 | Join with the traitor; and they jointly swear | Ioyne with the Traitor, and they ioyntly sweare |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.182 | It is great sin to swear unto a sin, | It is great sinne, to sweare vnto a sinne: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.24 | That hath authority over him that swears: | That hath authoritie ouer him that sweares. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.17 | Have chid me from the battle, swearing both | Haue chid me from the Battell: Swearing both, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.76 | They mock thee, Clifford; swear as thou wast wont. | They mocke thee Clifford, / Sweare as thou was't wont. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.72 | But did you never swear, and break an oath? | But did you neuer sweare, and breake an Oath. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.82 | Ah, simple men, you know not what you swear! | Ah simple men, you know not what you sweare: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.93 | Sweet widow, by my state I swear to thee | Sweet Widow, by my State I sweare to thee, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.123 | Myself have often heard him say and swear | My selfe haue often heard him say, and sweare, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.74 | Didst thou not hear me swear I would not do it? | Did'st thou not heare me sweare I would not do it? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.75 | Ay, but thou usest to forswear thyself, | I, but thou vsest to forsweare thy selfe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.8 | For when they hold 'em, you would swear directly | For when they hold 'em, you would sweare directly |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.19 | I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, | I sweare, tis better to be lowly borne, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.45 | I swear again, I would not be a queen | I sweare againe, I would not be a Queene, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.133 | To swear against you? Such things have been done. | To sweare against you: Such things haue bene done. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.154 | I swear he is true-hearted, and a soul | I sweare he is true-hearted, and a soule |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.113 | And let us swear our resolution. | And let vs sweare our Resolution. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.129 | Swear priests and cowards and men cautelous, | Sweare Priests and Cowards, and men Cautelous |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.131 | That welcome wrongs; unto bad causes swear | That welcome wrongs: Vnto bad causes, sweare |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.210.2 | Swear, Countess, that thou wilt. | Sweare Counties that thou wilt. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.244 | Didst thou not swear to give me what I would? | Didst thou not swere to giue me what I would, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.317 | Thou wilt not stick to swear what thou hast said, | Thou wilt not sticke to sweare what thou hast said, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.327 | Think'st that thou canst unswear thy oath again? | Thinkst that thou canst answere thy oth againe, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.352 | What if I swear by this right hand of mine | What if I sweare by this right hand of mine, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.182 | Either swear to leave thy most unholy suit | Either sweare to leaue thy most vnholie sute, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.186 | My poor chaste blood. Swear, Edward, swear, | My poore chast blood, sweare Edward sweare, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.188 | Even by that power I swear, that gives me now | Euen by that power I sweare that giues me now, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.6 | To swear allegiance to his majesty: | To sweare allegeance to his maiesty: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.36 | Only, before thou goest, swear by thy faith | Onely before thou goest, sweare by thy faith, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.41 | How we do swear, and, when we once have sworn, | How we do sweare, and when we once haue sworne, |
| King John | KJ II.i.343 | Rather, lost more. And by this hand I swear, | Rather lost more. And by this hand I sweare |
| King John | KJ III.i.1 | Gone to be married? Gone to swear a peace? | Gone to be married? Gone to sweare a peace? |
| King John | KJ III.i.122 | A ramping fool, to brag and stamp and swear | A ramping foole, to brag, and stamp, and sweare, |
| King John | KJ III.i.245 | Unswear faith sworn, and on the marriage-bed | Vn-sweare faith sworne, and on the marriage bed |
| King John | KJ III.i.281 | By what thou swearest against the thing thou swearest, | By what thou swear'st against the thing thou swear'st, |
| King John | KJ III.i.284 | To swear, swears only not to be forsworn – | To sweare, sweares onely not to be forsworne, |
| King John | KJ III.i.285 | Else what a mockery should it be to swear! | Else what a mockerie should it be to sweare? |
| King John | KJ III.i.286 | But thou dost swear only to be forsworn, | But thou dost sweare, onely to be forsworne, |
| King John | KJ III.i.287 | And most forsworn to keep what thou dost swear. | And most forsworne, to keepe what thou dost sweare, |
| King John | KJ V.i.10 | Swearing allegiance and the love of soul | Swearing Allegiance, and the loue of soule |
| King John | KJ V.ii.9 | And, noble Dauphin, albeit we swear | And Noble Dolphin, albeit we sweare |
| King Lear | KL I.i.161.1 | Thou swear'st thy gods in vain. | Thou swear.st thy Gods in vaine. |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.64 | If the matter were good, my lord, I durst swear | If the matter were good my Lord, I durst swear |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.20 | By Jupiter, I swear no! | By Iupiter I sweare no. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.21.1 | By Juno, I swear ay! | By Iuno, I sweare I. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.78 | thy word's justice, swear not, commit not with man's | thy words Iustice, sweare not, commit not, with mans |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.55 | I will not swear these are my hands. Let's see. | I will not sweare these are my hands: let's see, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.59 | Come on then, I will swear to study so, | Come on then, I will sweare to studie so, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.69 | Swear me to this, and I will ne'er say no. | Sweare me to this, and I will nere say no. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.62 | scorn to sigh: methinks I should outswear Cupid. | scorne to sigh, me thinkes I should out-sweare Cupid. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.61.2 | We will read it, I swear. | We will reade it, I sweare. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.147 | To see him kiss his hand, and how most sweetly 'a will swear! | To see him kisse his hand, and how most sweetly a will sweare: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.105 | If love make me forsworn, how shall I swear to love? | If Loue make me forsworne, how shall I sweare to loue? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.115 | Thou for whom Jove would swear | Thou for whom Ioue would sweare, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.144 | Faith infringed, which such zeal did swear? | Faith infringed, which such zeale did sweare. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.249 | That I may swear beauty doth beauty lack | That I may sweare Beauty doth beauty lacke, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.289 | Consider what you first did swear unto: | Consider what you first did sweare vnto: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.331 | Then fools you were these women to forswear, | Then fooles you were these women to forsweare: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.275 | Berowne did swear himself out of all suit. | Berowne did sweare himselfe out of all suite. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.359 | Not so, my lord. It is not so, I swear. | Not so my Lord, it is not so I sweare, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.410 | I do forswear them; and I here protest | I do forsweare them, and I heere protest, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.440 | Your oath once broke, you force not to forswear. | your oath once broke, you force not to forsweare. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.821 | Yet swear not, lest ye be forsworn again. | Yet sweare not, least ye be forsworne agen. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.8 | Faith, here's an equivocator that could swear in both the | Faith here's an Equiuocator, that could sweare in both the |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.48 | Why, one that swears and lies. | Why one that sweares, and lyes. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.52 | And must they all be hanged that swear and lie? | And must they all be hang'd, that swear and lye? |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.56 | Then the liars and swearers are fools; for there are | Then the Liars and Swearers are Fools: for there are |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.57 | liars and swearers enow to beat the honest men and hang | Lyars and Swearers enow, to beate the honest men, and hang |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.157 | do you little harm; you'll forswear this again. | doe you little harme: You'll for-sweare this againe? |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.185 | in the same kind? This would make mercy swear, and | in the same kinde? This would make mercy sweare and |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.57 | I swear I will not die today for any man's | I sweare I will not die to day for anie mans |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.169 | Yes, marry, did I, but I was fain to forswear it. | Yes marrie did I; but I was faine to forswear it, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.241 | Though they would swear down each particular saint, | Though they would swear downe each particular Saint, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.507 | As I have heard him swear himself there's one | (As I haue heard him sweare himselfe there's one |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.56 | Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. | Though Nestor sweare the iest be laughable. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.66 | nor Italian, and you will come into the court and swear | nor Italian, and you will come into the Court & sweare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.9 | Hath feared the valiant. By my love I swear, | Hath feard the valiant, (by my loue I sweare) |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.40 | Or swear before you choose, if you choose wrong | Or sweare before you choose, if you choose wrong |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.148 | swear upon a book, I shall have good fortune! Go to, | sweare vpon a booke, I shall haue good fortune; goe too, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.178 | Talk with respect, and swear but now and then, | Talke with respect, and sweare but now and than, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.35 | My sober house. By Jacob's staff I swear | My sober house. By Iacobs staffe I sweare, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.27 | Albeit I'll swear that I do know your tongue. | Albeit Ile sweare that I do know your tongue. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.17 | To these injunctions everyone doth swear | To these iniunctions euery one doth sweare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.104 | company to Venice that swear he cannot choose but | company to Venice, that sweare hee cannot choose but |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.204 | And swearing till my very roof was dry | And swearing till my very rough was dry |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.284 | When I was with him, I have heard him swear | When I was with him, I haue heard him sweare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.75 | That men shall swear I have discontinued school | That men shall sweare I haue discontinued schoole |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.237 | Proceed to judgement. By my soul I swear | Proceede to iudgement: By my soule I sweare, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.ii.14 | Which I did make him swear to keep for ever. | Which I did make him sweare to keepe for euer. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.ii.15 | Thou mayst, I warrant. We shall have old swearing | Thou maist I warrant, we shal haue old swearing |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.ii.17 | But we'll outface them, and outswear them too. | But weele out-face them, and out-sweare them to: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.18 | Did young Lorenzo swear he loved her well, | Did young Lorenzo sweare he lou'd her well, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.142 | By yonder moon I swear you do me wrong! | By yonder Moone I sweare you do me wrong, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.170 | I gave my love a ring, and made him swear | I gaue my Loue a Ring, and made him sweare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.178 | And swear I lost the ring defending it. | And sweare I lost the Ring defending it. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.225 | And that which you did swear to keep for me, | And that which you did sweare to keepe for me, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.242 | I swear to thee, even by thine own fair eyes, | I sweare to thee, euen by thine owne faire eyes |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.245 | In each eye one. Swear by your double self, | In each eye one, sweare by your double selfe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.247 | Pardon this fault, and by my soul I swear | Pardon this fault, and by my soule I sweare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.256 | Here, Lord Bassanio. Swear to keep this ring. | Heere Lord Bassanio, swear to keep this ring. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.53 | difference of men's liking. And yet he would not swear; | difference of mens liking: and yet hee would not sweare: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.10 | for swearing to gentlemen my friends you were good | for swearing to Gentlemen my friends, you were good |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.38 | I do believe the swearer. What with me? | I doe beleeue the swearer; what with me? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.28 | liberty if I tell you of it; for he swears he'll turn | liberty, if I tell you of it: for he sweares he'll turne |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.28 | Of none but him, and swears he was | Of none but him, and sweares he was |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.81 | Brainford. He swears she's a witch, forbade her my | Brainford; he sweares she's a witch, forbad her my |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.158 | swearings and starings, pribbles and prabbles? | swearings, and starings? Pribles and prables? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.169 | I swear to thee by Cupid's strongest bow, | I sweare to thee, by Cupids strongest bow, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.240 | As waggish boys in game themselves forswear, | As waggish boyes in game themselues forsweare; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.56 | And waxen in their mirth, and neeze, and swear | And waxen in their mirth, and neeze, and sweare, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.134 | On the first view to say, to swear, I love thee. | On the first view to say, to sweare I loue thee. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.153 | To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts, | To vow, and sweare, and superpraise my parts, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.252 | I swear by that which I will lose for thee | I sweare by that which I will lose for thee, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.146 | Half sleep, half waking. But as yet, I swear, | Halfe sleepe, halfe waking. But as yet, I sweare, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.123 | I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear | I had rather heare my Dog barke at a Crow, than a man sweare |
| 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.144 | If you swear, my lord, you shall not be | If you sweare, my Lord, you shall not be |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.153 | I heard him swear his affection. | I heard him sweare his affection, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.50.1 | Yet will he swear he loves. | Yet will he sweare he loues. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.127 | No, and swears she never will; that's her | No, and sweares she neuer will, that's her |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.62 | She would swear the gentleman should be her sister; | She would sweare the gentleman should be her sister: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.36 | To witness simple virtue? Would you not swear, | To witnesse simple Vertue? would you not sweare |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.271 | Do not swear, and eat it. | Doe not sweare by it and eat it. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.272 | I will swear by it that you love me; and I will | I will sweare by it that you loue mee, and I will |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.317 | swears it. I cannot be a man with wishing, therefore I | sweares it: I cannot be a man with wishing, therfore I |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.321 | Use it for my love some other way than swearing | Vse it for my loue some other way then swearing |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.57 | Before this Friar and swear to marry her. | Before this Frier, and sweare to marry her. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.79 | Are much deceived; for they did swear you did. | Are much deceiu'd, for they did sweare you did. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.273 | squabble! Swagger! Swear! And discourse fustian with | squabble? Swagger? Sweare? And discourse Fustian with |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.333 | I swear 'tis better to be much abused, | I sweare 'tis better to be much abus'd, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.31.1 | No more than he'll unswear. | No more then he'le vn-sweare. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.69 | Which they dare swear peculiar. Your case is better. | Which they dare sweare peculiar. Your case is better. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.243 | Though I should swear I saw't. 'Tis very much. | Though I should sweare I saw't. 'Tis very much, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.34 | Come, swear it; damn thyself; | Come sweare it: damne thy selfe, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.37.1 | Swear thou art honest. | sweare thou art honest. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.158 | Comfort forswear me! Unkindness may do much, | Comfort forsweare me. Vnkindnesse may do much, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.19 | Will think me speaking, though I swear to silence; | Will thinke me speaking, though I sweare to silence, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.99 | There's no hope she will return. I'll swear she's dead, | ther's no hope shee will returne, Ile sweare shees dead, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.50 | Doth swear to th' gods that winter kills the flies. | Doe sweare too'th Gods, that Winter kills / The Fliies, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.27 | Leaves Tarsus and again embarks. He swears | Leaues Tharsus, and againe imbarques, hee sweares |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.42 | Wherefore she does, and swears she'll never stint, | Wherefore she does and sweares sheele neuer stint, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.12 | of all our cavalleria and make our swearers priests. | of all our Caualereea, and make our swearers priests. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.78 | I take it up; and by that sword I swear | I take it vp, and by that sword I sweare, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.10 | To swear him in the justice of his cause. | To sweare him in the iustice of his cause. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.180 | Swear by the duty that you owe to God – | Sweare by the duty that you owe to heauen |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.191 | I swear. | I sweare. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.105 | And by the honourable tomb he swears | And by the Honorable Tombe he sweares, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.119 | This swears he as he is a prince and just, | This sweares he, as he is a Prince, is iust, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.210 | All pomp and majesty I do forswear. | All Pompe and Maiestie I doe forsweare: |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.141 | They shall not live within this world, I swear, | They shall not liue within this world I sweare, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.138 | a man cannot swear, but it checks him; a man cannot lie | A man cannot Sweare, but it Checkes him: A man cannot lye |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.205 | For false forswearing and for murder too: | For false Forswearing, and for murther too: |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.8 | Dissemble not your hatred, swear your love. | Dissemble not your hatred, Sweare your loue. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.11 | So thrive I as I truly swear the like! | So thriue I, as I truly sweare the like. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.16 | So prosper I as I swear perfect love! | So prosper I, as I sweare perfect loue. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.28 | And so swear I. | And so sweare I. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.76 | Off with his head! Now by Saint Paul I swear | Off with his Head; now by Saint Paul I sweare, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.219 | O, do not swear, my lord of Buckingham. | |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.368.1 | I swear – | I sweare. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.372 | If something thou wouldst swear to be believed, | If something thou would'st sweare to be beleeu'd, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.373 | Swear then by something that thou hast not wronged. | Sweare then by something, that thou hast not wrong'd. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.387.1 | What canst thou swear by now? | What can'st thou sweare by now. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.395 | Swear not by time to come, for that thou hast | Sweare not by time to come, for that thou hast |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.256 | If you do sweat to put a tyrant down, | If you do sweare to put a Tyrant downe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.87 | And being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two | and being thus frighted, sweares a prayer or two |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.21 | She, I'll swear, hath corns. Am I come near ye now? | She Ile sweare hath Cornes: am I come neare ye now? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.52 | Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! | Did my heart loue till now, forsweare it sight, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.10 | To breathe such vows as lovers use to swear, | To breath such vowes as Louers vse to sweare, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.91 | And I will take thy word. Yet, if thou swearest, | And I will take thy word, yet if thou swear'st, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.109 | O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon, | O sweare not by the Moone, th'inconstant Moone, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.112.1 | What shall I swear by? | What shall I sweare by? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.112.2 | Do not swear at all. | Do not sweare at all: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.113 | Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, | Or if thou wilt sweare by thy gratious selfe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.116 | Well, do not swear. Although I joy in thee, | Well do not sweare, although I ioy in thee: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.121 | I will not marry yet; and when I do, I swear | I will not marrie yet, and when I doe, I sweare |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.57 | Scratching her legs that one shall swear she bleeds, | Scratching her legs, that one shal sweare she bleeds, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.14 | If you affect him, sister, here I swear | If you affect him sister, heere I sweare |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.218 | I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. | I sweare Ile cuffe you, if you strike againe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.281 | A madcap ruffian and a swearing Jack, | A mad-cap ruffian, and a swearing Iacke, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.170 | And rails, and swears, and rates, that she, poor soul, | and railes, and sweares, and rates, that shee (poore soule) |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.12 | You that durst swear that your mistress Bianca | you that durst sweare that your Mistris Bianca |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.26 | Forswear Bianca and her love for ever. | Forsweare Bianca, and her loue for euer. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.29 | Never to woo her more, but do forswear her, | Neuer to woo her more, but do forsweare her |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.90 | in this business. I dare swear this is the right | in this businesse: I dare sweare this is the right |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.92 | Swear if thou dar'st. | Sweare if thou dar'st. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.93 | Nay, I dare not swear it. | Naie, I dare not sweare it. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.100 | him, forswear him, or else we are all undone. | him, forsweare him, or else we are all vndone. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.57 | Though every drop of water swear against it, | Though euery drop of water sweare against it, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.118 | hither? Swear by this bottle how thou cam'st hither. I | hither? Sweare by this Bottle how thou cam'st hither: I |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.122 | I'll swear upon that bottle to be thy true subject, | I'le sweare vpon that Bottle, to be thy true subiect, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.124 | Here! Swear, then, how thou escaped'st. | Heere: sweare then how thou escap'dst. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.139 | Come, swear to that. Kiss the book. I will | Come, sweare to that: kisse the Booke: I will |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.140 | furnish it anon with new contents. Swear! (Caliban | furnish it anon with new Contents: Sweare. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.149 | I'll kiss thy foot. I'll swear myself thy subject. | Ile kisse thy foot, Ile sweare my selfe thy Subiect. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.150 | Come on then. Down, and swear! | Come on then: downe and sweare. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.100 | Swears he will shoot no more, but play with sparrows, | Swears he will shoote no more, but play with Sparrows, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.123.1 | Or be not, I'll not swear. | Or be not, I'le not sweare. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.219 | That swear'st grace o'erboard, not an oath on shore? | That swear'st Grace ore-boord, not an oath on shore, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.123 | And mince it sans remorse. Swear against objects. | And mince it sans remorse. Sweare against Obiects, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.134 | Enough to make a whore forswear her trade, | Enough to make a Whore forsweare her Trade, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.137 | Although I know you 'll swear, terribly swear, | Although I know you'l sweare, terribly sweare |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.325 | And here I swear by all the Roman gods, | And heere I sweare by all the Romaine Gods, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.332 | And here in sight of heaven to Rome I swear, | And heere in sight of heauen to Rome I sweare, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.277 | And swear unto my soul to right your wrongs. | And sweare vnto my soule to right your wrongs. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.88 | And swear with me – as, with the woeful fere | And sweare with me, as with the wofull Feere |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.90 | Lord Junius Brutus swore for Lucrece' rape – | Lord Iunius Brutus sweare for Lucrece rape, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.68 | Unless thou swear to me my child shall live. | Vnlesse thou sweare to me my Childe shall liue. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.70 | Swear that he shall, and then I will begin. | Sweare that he shall, and then I will begin. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.71 | Who should I swear by? Thou believest no god. | Who should I sweare by, / Thou beleeuest no God, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.80 | And keeps the oath which by that god he swears, | And keepes the oath which by that God he sweares, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.86 | Even by my god I swear to thee I will. | Euen by my God I sweare to to thee I will. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.130 | Accuse some innocent and forswear myself, | Accuse some Innocent, and forsweare myselfe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.108 | I swear to you, I think Helen loves him better | I sweare to you, / I thinke Hellen loues him better |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.39 | a baby. (To Troilus) Here she is now: swear the oaths | a babie; here she is now, sweare the oathes |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.82 | They say, all lovers swear more performance | They say all Louers sweare more performance |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.23 | Welcome indeed! By Venus' hand I swear, | Welcome indeede: by Venus hand I sweare, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.179 | Your quondam wife swears still by Venus' glove. | Your quondam wife sweares still by Venus Gloue |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.26 | What did you swear you would bestow on me? | What did you sweare you would bestow on me? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.87 | I did swear patience. | I did sweare patience. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.15 | Be gone, I say; the gods have heard me swear. | Begon I say: the gods haue heard me sweare. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.9 | O'th't' other side, the policy of those crafty-swearing | O'th'tother side, the pollicie of those craftie swearing |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.85 | An I thought that, I'd forswear it. I'll ride | And I thought that, I'de forsweare it. Ile ride |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.105 | her swear't. Tut, there's life in't, man. | her swear't. Tut there's life in't man. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.134 | Madam, yond young fellow swears he will | Madam, yond young fellow sweares hee will |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.177 | of malice, I swear I am not that I play. Are you the lady | of malice, I sweare) I am not that I play. Are you the Ladie |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.115 | We men may say more, swear more, but indeed | We men may say more, sweare more, but indeed |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.154 | By innocence I swear, and by my youth, | By innocence I sweare, and by my youth, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.175 | thou seest him, draw, and as thou drawest, swear horrible; | thou seest him, draw, and as thou draw'st, sweare horrible: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.180 | Nay, let me alone for swearing. | Nay let me alone for swearing. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.246 | or forswear to wear iron about you. | or forsweare to weare iron about you. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.124 | And whom, by heaven, I swear, I tender dearly, | And whom, by heauen I sweare, I tender deerely, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.168.2 | O, do not swear! | O do not sweare, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.266 | And all those sayings will I overswear | And all those sayings, will I ouer sweare, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.267 | And those swearings keep as true in soul | And all those swearings keepe as true in soule, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.2 | Forswear not thyself, sweet youth, for I am not | Forsweare not thy selfe, sweet youth, for I am not |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.6 | Love bade me swear, and Love bids me forswear. | Loue bad mee sweare, and Loue bids me for-sweare; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.97 | For me – by this pale queen of night I swear – | For me (by this pale queene of night I sweare) |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.12 | Think not I flatter, for I swear I do not – | Thinke not I flatter (for I sweare I doe not) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.10 | If he not answered, I should call a wolf, | If he not answeard, I should call a wolfe, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.252.2 | Swear 'em never more | Sweare 'em never more |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.36 | But let him swear so and he shall not stay: | But let him sweare so, and he shall not stay, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.361 | Let villainy itself forswear't. I must | Let Villanie it selfe forswear't. I must |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.414 | He thinks, nay, with all confidence he swears, | He thinkes, nay with all confidence he sweares, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.424.2 | Swear his thought over | Sweare his thought ouer |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.167 | It shall be possible. Swear by this sword | It shall be possible: Sweare by this Sword |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.183 | I swear to do this, though a present death | I sweare to doe this: though a present death |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.123 | You here shall swear upon this sword of justice | You here shal sweare vpon this Sword of Iustice, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.129.2 | All this we swear. | All this we sweare. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.201 | I say she's dead; I'll swear't. If word nor oath | I say she's dead: Ile swear't. If word, nor oath |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.155.2 | I'll swear for 'em. | Ile sweare for 'em. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.69.2 | Will you swear | Will you sweare |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.199 | Forswear themselves as often as they speak; | Forsweare themselues as often as they speake: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.31 | by circumstance. That which you hear you'll swear | by Circumstance: That which you heare, you'le sweare |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.152 | Give me thy hand. I will swear to the Prince thou | Giue me thy hand: I will sweare to the Prince, thou |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.154 | You may say it, but not swear it. | You may say it, but not sweare it. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.155 | Not swear it, now I am a gentleman? Let boors | Not sweare it, now I am a Gentleman? Let Boores |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.156 | and franklins say it, I'll swear it. | and Francklins say it, Ile sweare it. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.159 | swear it in the behalf of his friend; and I'll swear to the | sweare it, in the behalfe of his Friend: And Ile sweare to the |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.162 | thy hands, and that thou wilt be drunk. But I'll swear it, | thy hands, and that thou wilt be drunke: but Ile sweare it, |