| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.15 | Not to woo honour, but to wed it. When | Not to wooe honour, but to wed it, when |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.17 | When I have found it. The Count he woos your daughter, | When I haue found it. The Count he woes your daughter, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.11 | But what linsey-woolsey hast thou to speak | But what linsie wolsy hast thou to speake |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.89 | We have caught the woodcock and will keep him muffled | We haue caught the woodcocke, and will keepe him mufled |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.66 | A heaven on earth I have won by wooing thee. | A heauen on earth I haue won by wooing thee. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.69 | My mother told me just how he would woo | My mother told me iust how he would woo, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.45 | I am a woodland fellow, sir, that always loved a | I am a woodland fellow sir, that alwaies loued a |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.7 | Shall make it live again. Woo't thou fight well? | Shall make it liue againe. Woo't thou fight well. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.26 | Swoons rather, for so bad a prayer as his | Swoonds rather, for so bad a Prayer as his |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.59.2 | Noblest of men, woo't die? | Noblest of men, woo't dye? |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.131 | Leave me alone to woo him. Let's away | Leaue me alone to woe him; Let's away |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.3 | Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods | Then that of painted pompe? Are not these woods |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.32 | Upon the brook that brawls along this wood, | Vpon the brooke that brawles along this wood, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.50 | Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo | Nor did not with vnbashfull forehead woe, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.46 | chopt hands had milked; and I remember the wooing of | chopt hands had milk'd; and I remember the wooing of |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.1 | Under the greenwood tree, | Vnder the greene wood tree, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.10 | That your poor friends must woo your company? | That your poore friends must woe your companie, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.391 | day to woo me. At which time would I, being but a | day to woe me. At which time would I, being but a |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.408 | ‘ Rosalind ’, and come every day to my cote, and woo me. | Rosalind, and come euerie day to my Coat, and woe me. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.46 | but the wood, no assembly but horn-beasts. But what | but the wood, no assembly but horne-beasts. But what |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.17 | Now counterfeit to swoon, why now fall down, | Now counterfeit to swound, why now fall downe, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.65 | I had rather hear you chide than this man woo. | I had rather here you chide, then this man wooe. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.46 | sight; I had as lief be wooed of a snail. | sight, I had as liefe be woo'd of a Snaile. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.61 | Come, woo me, woo me: for now I am in a | Come, wooe me, wooe mee: for now I am in a |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.136 | men are April when they woo, December when they | men are Aprill when they woe, December when they |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.48 | Whiles the eye of man did woo me, | Whiles the eye of man did wooe me, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.159 | Many will swoon when they do look on blood. | Many will swoon when they do look on bloud. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.3 | And loving woo? And, wooing, she should grant? And | And louing woo? and wooing, she should graunt? And |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.7 | wooing, nor her sudden consenting; but say with me | woing, nor sodaine consenting: but say with mee, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.156 | And to the skirts of this wild wood he came, | And to the skirts of this wilde Wood he came; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.35 | nay, I bear it on my shoulders, as a beggar wont her | nay I beare it on my shoulders, as a begger woont her |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.30 | In arms as sound as when I wooed, in heart | In Armes as sound, as when I woo'd in heart; |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.81 | When you speak best unto the purpose, it is not worth | when you speake best vnto the purpose. It is not woorth |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.114 | Why in this wolvish toge should I stand here | Why in this Wooluish tongue should I stand heere, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.9 | To call them woollen vassals, things created | To call them Wollen Vassailes, things created |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.64 | suffering, behold now presently and swoon for what's to | suffering, behold now presently, and swoond for what's to |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.97 | swoon? | swoond? |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.44 | But keep it till you woo another wife, | But keepe it till you woo another Wife, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.2 | of a crescent note, expected to prove so worthy as | of a Cressent note, expected to proue so woorthy, as |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.14 | That our great king himself doth woo me oft | That our great King himselfe doth woo me oft |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.58 | A mother hourly coining plots, a wooer | A Mother hourely coyning plots: A Wooer, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.1 | You, Polydore, have proved best woodman, and | You Polidore haue prou'd best Woodman, and |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.42 | I should woo hard, but be your groom in honesty: | I should woo hard, but be your Groome in honesty: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.390 | With wild wood-leaves and weeds I ha' strewed his grave | With wild wood-leaues & weeds, I ha' strew'd his graue |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.115 | Ay, springes to catch woodcocks. I do know, | I, Springes to catch Woodcocks. I doe know |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.145.13 | poisoner woos the Queen with gifts. She seems harsh | Poysoner Wooes the Queene with Gifts, she seemes loath and vnwilling |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.191 | That's wormwood. | Wormwood, Wormwood. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.156 | Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good. | Yea courb, and woe, for leaue to do him good. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.144 | That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe, | That Soop-stake you will draw both Friend and Foe, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.20 | Work like the spring that turneth wood to stone, | Would like the Spring that turneth Wood to Stone, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.271 | Woo't weep? Woo't fight? Woo't fast? Woo't tear thyself? | Woo't weepe? Woo't fight? Woo't teare thy selfe? |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.272 | Woo't drink up eisel? Eat a crocodile? | Woo't drinke vp Esile, eate a Crocodile? |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.300 | Why, as a woodcock to mine own springe, Osrick. | Why as a Woodcocke / To mine Sprindge, Osricke, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.176 | the wood. Our vizards we will change after we leave | the wood, our vizards wee will change after wee leaue |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.130 | How now, woolsack, what mutter you? | How now Woolsacke, what mutter you? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.113 | and for womanhood, Maid Marian may be the deputy's | and for Wooman-hood, Maid-marian may be the Deputies |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.56 | You took occasion to be quickly wooed | You tooke occasion to be quickly woo'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.175 | not worth a gooseberry. You that are old consider not | not woorth a Gooseberry. You that are old, consider not |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.7 | Alas, a black woosel, cousin Shallow! | Alas, a blacke Ouzell (Cousin Shallow.) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.232 | Unto the lodging where I first did swoon? | Vnto the Lodging, where I first did swoon'd? |
| Henry V | H5 I.chorus.13 | Within this wooden O the very casques | Within this Woodden O, the very Caskes |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.70 | everyone may pare his nails with a wooden dagger; and | euerie one may payre his nayles with a woodden dagger, and |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.62 | cudgels – you shall be a woodmonger, and buy nothing | Cudgels, you shall be a Woodmonger, and buy nothing |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.122 | I'faith, Kate, my wooing is fit for thy understanding. I | yfaith Kate, my wooing is fit for thy vnderstanding,I |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.154 | he hath not the gift to woo in other places. For these | he hath not the gift to wooe in other places: for these |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.225 | outside, with an aspect of iron, that when I come to woo | out-side, with an aspect of Iron, that when I come to wooe |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.19 | Upon a wooden coffin we attend; | Vpon a Woodden Coffin we attend; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.15.1 | Gloucester's men rush at the Tower gates, and Woodville | Glosters men rush at the Tower Gates, and Wooduile |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.22 | Faint-hearted Woodville, prizest him 'fore me? | Faint-hearted Wooduile, prizest him 'fore me? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.35 | How the young whelp of Talbot's, raging wood, | How the yong whelpe of Talbots raging wood, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.65 | Fain would I woo her, yet I dare not speak. | Faine would I woe her, yet I dare not speake: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.78 | She's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed; | She's beautifull; and therefore to be Wooed: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.89 | Why, for my king! Tush, that's a wooden thing! | Why for my King: Tush, that's a woodden thing. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.90 | He talks of wood. It is some carpenter. | He talkes of wood: It is some Carpenter. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.124 | To woo so fair a dame to be his wife | To woe so faire a Dame to be his wife, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.138 | Whom I with pain have wooed and won thereto; | Whom I with paine haue wooed and wonne thereto: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.151 | Since thou dost deign to woo her little worth | Since thou dost daigne to woe her little worth, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.16 | The sixth was Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester; | The sixt, was Thomas of Woodstock, Duke ofGloster; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.33.1 | The King swoons | King sounds. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.3 | hid me in these woods, and durst not peep out, for all | hid me in these Woods, and durst not peepe out, for all |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.61 | Ay, ay, so strives the woodcock with the gin. | I, I, so striues the Woodcocke with the Gynne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.83 | He is the bluntest wooer in Christendom. | Hee is the bluntest Wooer in Christendome. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.174 | And I – like one lost in a thorny wood, | And I, like one lost in a Thornie Wood, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.67 | Brave followers, yonder stands the thorny wood, | Braue followers, yonder stands the thornie Wood, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.45 | What! Doth she swoon? Use means for her recovery. | What? doth shee swowne? vse meanes for her recouerie. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.228.1 | Enter to Wolsey the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk, the | Enter to Woolsey, the Dukes of Norfolke and Suffolke, the |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.140.1 | And woo your own destruction. | And woe your owne destruction. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.246 | swooned, and fell down at it. And for mine own part, I | swoonded, and fell downe at it: And for mine owne part, I |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.249 | But, soft, I pray you; what, did Caesar swoon? | But soft I pray you: what, did Casar swound? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.143 | You are not wood, you are not stones, but men; | You are not Wood, you are not Stones, but men: |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.128 | Berwick is won, Newcastle spoiled and lost, | Barwicke is woon, Newcastle spoyld and lost, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.8 | Either to be wooed with broad untuned oaths, | Either to be wooed with broad vntuned othes, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.52 | A field of plate, a wood of picks advanced. | A field of plate, a wood of pickes aduanced: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.172 | And I shall woo her to cut off my head. | And I shall woo her to cut of my head |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.344 | Command her, woo her, win her any ways | Comaund her, woo her, win her anie waies, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.460 | My body sink my soul in endless woe! | My body sinke, my soule in endles woo. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.184 | We have untimely lost, and they have won. | We haue vntimly lost, and they haue woone. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.72 | If gall or wormwood have a pleasant taste, | If gall or worm wood haue a pleasant tast, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.92 | Like the continual labouring woodman's axe | Like the continuall laboring Wood-mans Axe, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.132 | But danger woos me as a blushing maid. | But danger wooes me as a blushing maide, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.21 | Speak, thou that wooest death with thy careless smile, | Speake thou that wooest death with thy careles smile |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.142 | A hazel wand amidst a wood of pines, | A Hasle wand a midst a wood of Pynes, |
| King John | KJ II.i.588 | But for because he hath not wooed me yet; | But for because he hath not wooed me yet: |
| King John | KJ V.v.7 | And wound our tottering colours clearly up, | And woon'd our tott'ring colours clearly vp, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.15 | filthy-worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking, | filthy woosted-stocking knaue, a Lilly-liuered, action-taking, |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.16 | Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary; | Pins, Wodden-prickes, Nayles, Sprigs of Rosemarie: |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.10 | legs, then he wears wooden nether-stocks. | legs, then he weares wodden nether-stocks. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.101 | worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the | Worme no Silke; the Beast, no Hide; the Sheepe, no Wooll; the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.80 | Dumaine transformed! Four woodcocks in a dish! | Dumaine transform'd, foure Woodcocks in a dish. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.246 | Is ebony like her? O wood divine! | Is Ebonie like her? O word diuine? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.247 | A wife of such wood were felicity. | A wife of such wood were felicitie. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.347 | Shall we resolve to woo these girls of France? | Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.135 | Woo contrary, deceived by these removes. | Woo contrary, deceiu'd by these remoues. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.299 | If they return in their own shapes to woo? | If they returne in their owne shapes to wo? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.392 | Help! Hold his brows! He'll swoon. Why look you pale? | Helpe hold his browes, hee'l sound: why looke you pale? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.405 | Nor woo in rhyme, like a blind harper's song. | Nor woo in rime like a blind-harpers songue, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.412 | Henceforth my wooing mind shall be expressed | Henceforth my woing minde shall be exprest |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.469 | Following the signs, wooed but the sign of she. | Following the signes, woo'd but the signe of she. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.707 | woolward for penance. | woolward for penance. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.817 | I'll mark no words that smooth-faced wooers say. | Ile marke no words that smoothfac'd wooers say. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.836 | To weed this wormwood from your fruitful brain, | To weed this Wormewood from your fruitfull braine, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.863 | Our wooing doth not end like an old play; | Our woing doth not end like an old Play: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.6 | Smells wooingly here; no jutty, frieze, | Smells wooingly here: no Iutty frieze, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.115 | (swooning) | |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.51 | And the crow makes wing to the rooky wood; | And the Crow makes Wing toth' Rookie Wood: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.15 | Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, | Wooll of Bat, and Tongue of Dogge: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.92 | Great Birnan Wood to high Dunsinane Hill | Great Byrnam Wood, to high Dunsmane Hill |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.96 | Rebellious dead rise never till the wood | Rebellious dead, rise neuer till the Wood |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.218 | And their dam, at one fell swoop? | and their Damme / At one fell swoope? |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.5.2 | Near Birnan Wood | Neere Byrnan wood |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.2 | Till Birnan Wood remove to Dunsinane | Till Byrnane wood remoue to Dunsinane, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iv.3.1 | What wood is this before us? | What wood is this before vs? |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iv.3.2 | The wood of Birnan. | The wood of Birnane. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.35.1 | The wood began to move. | The Wood began to moue. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.44 | That lies like truth. ‘ Fear not, till Birnan Wood | That lies like truth. Feare not, till Byrnane Wood |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.45 | Do come to Dunsinane ’ – and now a wood | Do come to Dunsinane, and now a Wood |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.69 | Though Birnan Wood be come to Dunsinane | Though Byrnane wood be come to Dunsinane, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.24 | So play the foolish throngs with one that swoons, | So play the foolish throngs with one that swounds, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.160 | He's a better woodman than thou tak'st him for. | he's a better woodman then thou tak'st him for. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.102 | father's will. I am glad this parcel of wooers are so | Fathers will: I am glad this parcell of wooers are so |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.126 | before. Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another | before; whiles wee shut the gate vpon one wooer, another |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.80 | Between these woolly breeders in the act, | Betweene these woolly breeders in the act, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.13 | To woo a maid in way of marriage; | To wooe a maide in way of marriage: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.75 | With one fool's head I came to woo, | With one fooles head I came to woo, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.203 | For wooing here until I sweat again, | For wooing heere vntill I swet againe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.56 | Why he a woollen bagpipe, but of force | Why he a woollen bag-pipe: but of force |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.155 | we have confidence, and of other wooers. | we haue confidence, and of other wooers. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.106 | He woos both high and low, both rich and poor, | He wooes both high and low, both rich & poor, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.111 | Like Sir Actaeon he, with Ringwood at thy heels. | like Sir Acteon he, with / Ring-wood at thy heeles: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.227 | your art of wooing, win her to consent to you. If any | your Art of wooing; win her to consent to you: if any |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.81 | woo her. Cried game? Said I well? | wooe her: Cride-game, said I well? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.77 | wooing at Master Page's. | woing at Mr Pages. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.14 | Was the first motive that I wooed thee, Anne; | Was the first motiue that I woo'd thee (Anne:) |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.15 | Yet, wooing thee, I found thee of more value | Yet wooing thee, I found thee of more valew |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.50 | Good Master Shallow, let him woo for himself. | Good Maister Shallow let him woo for himselfe. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.27 | husbands. Am I a woodman, ha? Speak I like Herne | husbands. Am I a Woodman, ha? Speake I like Herne |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.88.2 | Come, will this wood take fire? | Come: will this wood take fire? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.133 | to woo her in good English. | to woo her in good English. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.16 | Hippolyta, I wooed thee with my sword, | Hippolita, I woo'd thee with my sword, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.165 | And in the wood, a league without the town – | And in the wood, a league without the towne, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.214 | And in the wood, where often you and I | And in the wood, where often you and I, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.247 | Then to the wood will he tomorrow night | Then to the wood will he, to morrow night |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.94 | in the palace wood a mile without the town by moonlight. | in the palace wood, a mile without the Towne, by Moone-light, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.138 | How long within this wood intend you stay? | How long within this wood intend you stay? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.191 | Thou toldest me they were stolen unto this wood, | Thou toldst me they were stolne into this wood; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.192 | And here am I, and wood within this wood | And heere am I, and wood within this wood, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.223 | Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company, | Nor doth this wood lacke worlds of company, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.237 | But I shall do thee mischief in the wood. | But I shall doe thee mischiefe in the wood. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.242 | We should be wooed, and were not made to woo. | We should be woo'd, and were not made to wooe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.251 | Quite overcanopied with luscious woodbine, | Quite ouer-cannoped with luscious woodbine, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.41 | Fair love, you faint with wandering in the wood; | Faire loue, you faint with wandring in ye woods, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.136 | In such disdainful manner me to woo. | In such disdainfull manner, me to wooe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.160 | Speak, of all loves! I swoon almost with fear. | Speake of all loues; I sound almost with feare. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.118 | (sings) The ousel cock so black of hue, | The Woosell cocke, so blacke of hew, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.142 | out of this wood, I have enough to serve mine own turn. | out of this wood, I haue enough to serue mine owne turne. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.143 | Out of this wood do not desire to go! | Out of this wood, do not desire to goe, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.94 | About the wood go swifter than the wind, | About the wood, goe swifter then the winde, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.118 | Then will two at once woo one – | Then will two at once wooe one, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.122 | Why should you think that I should woo in scorn? | Why should you think yt I should wooe in scorn? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.310 | I told him of your stealth unto this wood. | I told him of your stealth vnto this wood. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.41 | So doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle | So doth the woodbine, the sweet Honisuckle, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.47 | For, meeting her of late behind the wood | For meeting her of late behinde the wood, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.112 | When in a wood of Crete they bayed the bear | When in a wood of Creete they bayed the Beare |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.139 | Begin these woodbirds but to couple now? | Begin these wood birds but to couple now? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.160 | Of this their purpose hither to this wood, | Of this their purpose hither, to this wood, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.137 | To meet at Ninus' tomb, there, there to woo. | To meet at Ninus toombe, there, there to wooe: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.58 | the Prince should woo Hero for himself, and having | the Prince should wooe Hero for himselfe, and hauing |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.27 | beard on his face! I had rather lie in the woollen. | beard on his face, I had rather lie in the woollen. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.62 | be not wooed in good time. If the Prince be too important, | be not woed in good time: if the Prince bee too important, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.64 | out the answer. For hear me, Hero: wooing, wedding, | out the answere, for heare me Hero, wooing, wedding, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.159 | 'Tis certain so; the Prince woos for himself. | 'Tis certaine so, the Prince woes for himselfe: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.274 | Here, Claudio, I have wooed in thy name, and fair | heere Claudio, I haue wooed in thy name, and faire |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.323 | O, by no means; she mocks all her wooers out | O, by no meanes, she mocks all her wooers out |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.46 | I pray thee sing, and let me woo no more. | I pray thee sing, and let me woe no more. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.47 | Because you talk of wooing, I will sing, | Because you talke of wooing, I will sing, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.48 | Since many a wooer doth commence his suit | Since many a wooer doth commence his suit, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.49 | To her he thinks not worthy; yet he woos, | To her he thinkes not worthy, yet he wooes, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.175 | her love known; and she will die if he woo her, rather | her loue knowne, and she will die if hee wooe her, rather |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.30 | Is couched in the woodbine coverture. | Is couched in the wood-bine couerture, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.114 | And, as I wooed for thee to obtain her, I will | And as I wooed for thee to obtaine her, I will |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.140 | wooed Margaret, the Lady Hero's gentlewoman, by the | wooed Margaret the Lady Heroes gentle-woman, by the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.107 | Hero swoons | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.152 | woodcock too? | wood-cocke too? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.40 | a rhyming planet, nor I cannot woo in festival terms. | a riming Plannet, for I cannot wooe in festiuall tearmes: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.66 | Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably. | Thou and I are too wise to wooe peaceablie. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.165 | And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake: | And that would wooe her. Vpon this hint I spake, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.174 | If she confess that she was half the wooer, | If she confesse that she was halfe the wooer, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.71 | That came a-wooing with you? And so many a time – | That came a woing wirh you? and so many a time |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.94 | When you wooed my lady, know of your love? | When he woo'd my Lady, know of your loue? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.111 | In my whole course of wooing, thou cried'st ‘ Indeed!’ | Of my whole course of wooing; thou cried'st, Indeede? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.290 | Wooed me to steal it; but she so loves the token – | Woo'd me to steale it. But she so loues the Token, |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.7 | For men to see and, seeing, wonder at. | For men to see; and seeing, woonder at. |
| Pericles | Per II.v.35 | As a fair day in summer, wondrous fair. | As a faire day in Sommer: woondrous faire. |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.52 | 'Tis wondrous heavy. Wrench it open straight. | t'is woondrous heauie; / Wrench it open straight: |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.84 | more serious wooing. But I protest to thee, pretty one, | more serious wooing, but I protest to thee prettie one, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.171 | buy him a wooden one? | buy him a woodden one? |
| Pericles | Per V.i.174 | And having wooed a villain to attempt it, | and hauing wooed a villaine, / To attempt it, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.260 | Were it to woo my daughter, for it seems | were it to wooe my daughter, for it seemes |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.1 | Alas, the part I had in Woodstock's blood | Alas, the part I had in Glousters blood, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.28 | Wooing poor craftsmen with the craft of smiles | Wooing poore Craftes-men, with the craft of soules, |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.23 | Disparked my parks, and felled my forest woods, | Dis-park'd my Parkes, and fell'd my Forrest Woods; |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.130 | Dogs easily won to fawn on any man! | Dogges, easily woon to fawne on any man, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.150 | My figured goblets for a dish of wood, | My figur'd Goblets, for a Dish of Wood, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.93 | Come, come – in wooing sorrow let's be brief, | Come, come, in wooing Sorrow let's be briefe, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.67 | Anthony Woodville, her brother there, | Anthony Woodeulle her Brother there, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.227 | Was ever woman in this humour wooed? | Was euer woman in this humour woo'd? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.32 | That wooed the slimy bottom of the deep | That woo'd the slimy bottome of the deepe, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.1.3 | Buckingham, and attendants | Buckingham, Wooduill. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.69 | Of you, Lord Woodville, and, Lord Scales, of you; | Of you Lord Wooduill, and Lord Scales of you, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.35 | Or else I swoon with this dead-killing news! | Or else I swoone with this dead-killing newes. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.43 | To her go I, a jolly thriving wooer. | To her go I, a iolly thriuing wooer. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.268.1 | How canst thou woo her? | How canst thou woo her? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.327 | Prepare her ears to hear a wooer's tale; | Prepare her eares to heare a Woers Tale. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.340 | Under what title shall I woo for thee | Vnder what Title shall I woo for thee, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.125 | And stole into the covert of the wood. | And stole into the couert of the wood, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.16 | But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart. | But wooe her gentle Paris, get her heart, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.27 | For I had then laid wormwood to my dug, | for I had then laid Worme-wood to my Dug |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.31 | When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple | when it did tast the Worme-wood on the nipple |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.100 | And more inconstant than the wind, who woos | And more inconstant then the wind, who wooes |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.97 | So thou wilt woo. But else, not for the world. | So thou wilt wooe: But else not for the world. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.58 | We met, we wooed and made exchange of vow, | We met, we wooed, and made exchange of vow: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.8 | These times of woe afford no times to woo. | These times of wo, affoord no times to wooe: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.119 | Ere he that should be husband comes to woo. | Ere he that should be Husband comes to woe: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.47 | And burn sweet wood to make the lodging sweet. | And burne sweet Wood to make the Lodging sweete: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.83 | 'Twas where you wooed the gentlewoman so well. | 'Twas where you woo'd the Gentlewoman so well: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.56 | Or Daphne roaming through a thorny wood, | Or Daphne roming through a thornie wood, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.140 | horse in Padua to begin his wooing that would thoroughly | horse in Padua to begin his woing that would thoroughly |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.141 | woo her, wed her, and bed her, and rid the house | woe her, wed her, and bed her, and ridde the house |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.244 | To make one among these wooers. If thou ask me why, | To make one among these wooers: if thou ask me why, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.67 | As wealth is burden of my wooing dance – | (As wealth is burthen of my woing dance) |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.123 | That ever Katherina will be wooed. | That euer Katherina wil be woo'd: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.158 | O this woodcock, what an ass it is! | Oh this Woodcocke, what an Asse it is. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.181 | Will undertake to woo curst Katherine, | Will vndertake to woo curst Katherine, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.194.1 | But will you woo this wild-cat? | But will you woo this Wilde-cat? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.195 | Will he woo her? Ay, or I'll hang her. | Wil he woo her? I: or Ile hang her. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.213 | And bear his charge of wooing, whatsoe'er. | And beare his charge of wooing whatsoere. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.241 | Fair Leda's daughter had a thousand wooers, | Faire Ladaes daughter had a thousand wooers, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.75 | I doubt it not, sir, but you will curse your wooing. | I doubt it not sir. But you will curse / Your wooing |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.96 | I may have welcome 'mongst the rest that woo, | I may haue welcome 'mongst the rest that woo, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.115 | And every day I cannot come to woo. | And euerie day I cannot come to woo, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.137 | For I am rough and woo not like a babe. | For I am rough, and woo not like a babe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.138 | Well mayst thou woo, and happy be thy speed. | Well maist thou woo, and happy be thy speed: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.169 | And woo her with some spirit when she comes. | And woo her with some spirit when she comes, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.194 | Myself am moved to woo thee for my wife. | My selfe am moou'd to woo thee for my wife. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.244 | But thou with mildness entertain'st thy wooers, | But thou with mildnesse entertain'st thy wooers, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.403 | Do get their children; but in this case of wooing | Doe get their children: but in this case of woing, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.34 | and that Lucentio that comes a-wooing – ‘ Priami,’ is my | and that Lucentio that comes a wooing, priami, is my |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.11 | Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure. | Who woo'd in haste, and meanes to wed at leysure: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.15 | He'll woo a thousand, 'point the day of marriage, | Hee'll wooe a thousand, point the day of marriage, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.17 | Yet never means to wed where he hath wooed. | Yet neuer meanes to wed where he hath woo'd: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.159 | ‘ Ay, by gogs-wouns,’ quoth he, and swore so loud | I, by goggs woones quoth he, and swore so loud, |
| 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 IV.ii.51 | That shall be wooed and wedded in a day. | That shalbe woo'd, and wedded in a day. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.312 | Fetch in our wood, and serves in offices | Fetch in our wood, and serues in Offices |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.314.2 | There's wood enough within. | There's wood enough within. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.1.1 | Enter Caliban with a burden of wood. A noise of | Enter Caliban, with a burthen of Wood (a noyse of |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.16 | For bringing wood in slowly. I'll fall flat. | For bringing wood in slowly: I'le fall flat, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.70 | Do not torment me, prithee. I'll bring my wood | Doe not torment me 'prethee: I'le bring my wood |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.158 | I'll fish for thee, and get thee wood enough. | I'le fish for thee; and get thee wood enough. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.62 | This wooden slavery than to suffer | This wodden slauerie, then to suffer |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.16 | But his occasions might have wooed me first; | But his Occasions might haue wooed me first: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.35 | Timon will to the woods, where he shall find | Timon will to the Woods, where he shall finde |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.1 | Enter Timon in the woods | Enter Timon in the woods. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.209 | That ever Timon was. Shame not these woods | That euer Timon was. Shame not these Woods, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.370 | I swoon to see thee. | I swoond to see thee. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.386 | Thou ever young, fresh, loved, and delicate wooer, | Thou euer, yong, fresh, loued, and delicate wooer, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.470 | Grant I may ever love, and rather woo | Grant I may euer loue, and rather woo |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.534 | Debts wither 'em to nothing. Be men like blasted woods, | Debts wither 'em to nothing, be men like blasted woods |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iii.1 | Enter a Soldier in the woods, seeking Timon | Enter a Souldier in the Woods, seeking Timon. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.18.2 | So did we woo | So did we wooe |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.131 | And with our swords upon a pile of wood | And with our Swords vpon a pile of wood, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.82 | She is a woman, therefore may be wooed; | Shee is a woman, therefore may be woo'd, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.128 | The woods are ruthless, dreadful, deaf, and dull. | The Woods are ruthlesse, dreadfull, deafe, and dull: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.2 | The fields are fragrant, and the woods are green. | The fields are fragrant, and the Woods are greene, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.34 | My fleece of woolly hair that now uncurls | My fleece of Woolly haire, that now vncurles, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.53 | Forced in the ruthless, vast, and gloomy woods? | Forc'd in the ruthlesse, vast, and gloomy woods? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.98 | And he's as tetchy to be wooed to woo. | And he's as teachy to be woo'd to woe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.286 | Yet hold I off. Women are angels, wooing; | Yet hold I off. Women are Angels wooing, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.155 | To hear the wooden dialogue and sound | To heare the woodden Dialogue and sound |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.146 | To greet the warriors. Sweet Helen, I must woo you | To greete the Warriers. Sweet Hellen, I must woe you, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.21 | Swooning destruction, or some joy too fine, | Sounding distruction, or some ioy too fine, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.108 | kindred, though they be long ere they are wooed, they | kindred though they be long ere they are wooed, they |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.124 | But though I loved you well, I wooed you not; | But though I lou'd you well, I woed you not, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.255 | there were wit in his head, an 'twould out – and so | there were wit in his head and twoo'd out; and so |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.155 | As Ariachne's broken woof to enter. | As Ariachnes broken woofe to enter: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.15 | you brought in one night here, to be her wooer. | you brought in one night here, to be hir woer. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.54 | her, board her, woo her, assail her. | her, boord her, woe her, assayle her. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.102 | none of me; the Count himself, here hard by, woos her. | none of me: the Connt himselfe here hard by, wooes her. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.41 | To woo your lady. (Aside) Yet, a barful strife! | To woe your Lady: yet a barrefull strife, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.42 | Whoe'er I woo, myself would be his wife. | Who ere I woe, my selfe would be his wife. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.83 | Now is the woodcock near the gin. | Now is the Woodcocke neere the gin. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.151 | steward still, the fellow of servants, and not worthy to | steward still, the fellow of seruants, and not woorthie to |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.151 | For that I woo, thou therefore hast no cause. | For that I woo, thou therefore hast no cause: |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.58 | thy wits, and fear to kill a woodcock lest thou dispossess | thy wits, and feare to kill a Woodcocke, lest thou dis-possesse |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.140 | To yourself. Why, she woos you by a figure. | To your selfe: why, she woes you by a figure. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.103 | Yet will I woo for him, but yet so coldly | Yet will I woe for him, but yet so coldly, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iii.9 | Go thou with her to the west end of the wood; | Goe thou with her to the West end of the wood, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.2 | This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods, | This shadowy desart, vnfrequented woods |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.57 | I'll woo you like a soldier, at arms' end, | Ile wooe you like a Souldier, at armes end, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.85 | She swoons | |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.1.1 | Enter Gaoler and Wooer | Enter Iailor, and Wooer. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.54 | Exeunt Gaoler, Daughter, and Wooer | Exeunt, Scaena 2. Enter Palamon, and Arcite in prison. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.130 | Woo us to wander from. What worthy blessing | Wooe us to wander from. What worthy blessing |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.155 | That woo the wills of men to vanity | That wooe the wils of men to vanity, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.50.1 | This must be done i'th' woods. | This must be done i'th woods. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.53 | Most parlously in our behalfs. He's excellent i'th' woods; | most parlously in our behalfes: hees excellent i'th woods, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.52 | To flowery May, in Dian's wood. Wait well, sir, | To flowry May, in Dians wood: waite well Sir |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.3 | And out I have brought him. To a little wood | And out I have brought him to a little wood |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.10 | O'th' wood, o'th' world, hast likewise blessed a place | O'th wood, o'th world, hast likewise blest a pace |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.4 | And darkness lord o'th' world. Hark; 'tis a wolf! | And darkenes Lord o'th world, Harke tis a woolfe: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.23.1 | Here in the wild woods, cousin? | here in the wild woods Cosen |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.40 | When young men went a-hunting – and a wood, | When yong men went a hunting, and a wood, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.156.1 | Then take my life; I'll woo thee to't. | Then take my life, Ile wooe thee too't. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.32 | Enter Wooer | Enter Wooer. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.45.3 | Not well? | Not well?---Wooer, No Sir not well. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.68 | Is gone to th' wood to gather mulberries; | Is gone to 'th wood to gather Mulberies, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.143 | And now direct your course to th' wood, where Palamon | And now direct your conrse to'th wood, wher Palamon |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.150.4 | A fair wood. | A faire wood. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.1.1 | Enter Gaoler, Wooer, and Doctor | Enter Iailor, Wooer, Doctor. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.1 | Enter Doctor, Gaoler, and Wooer in habit of Palamon | Enter Doctor, Iaylor and Wooer, in habite of Palamon. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.71 | (to Wooer) | |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.103 | I'll make her right again. (To Wooer) You must not from her, | Ile make her right againe. You must not from her |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.86.2 | Is he won yet? | Is he woon yet? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.154 | New woo my queen; recall the good Camillo – | New woe my Queene, recall the good Camillo |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.33 | what comes the wool to? | what comes the wooll too? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.13 | To see you so attired, swoon, I think, | To see you so attyr'd: sworne I thinke, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.151.1 | You wooed me the false way. | You woo'd me the false way. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.287 | to the tune of ‘ Two maids wooing a man.’ There's | to the tune of two maids wooing a man: there's |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.89 | swooned, all sorrowed. If all the world could have seen't, | swownded, all sorrowed: if all the World could haue seen't, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.36 | As now it coldly stands – when first I wooed her! | As now it coldly stands) when first I woo'd her. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.108 | When she was young you wooed her: now, in age, | When she was young, you woo'd her: now, in age, |