| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.78.1 | And write to her a love-line. | And write to her a loue-line. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.138 | So holy writ in babes hath judgement shown, | So holy Writ, in babes hath iudgement showne, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.60.1 | And writ as little beard. | And writ as little beard. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.197 | I must tell thee, sirrah, I write man, to which | I must tell thee sirrah, I write Man: to which |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.286 | And wherefore I am fled; write to the King | And wherefore I am fled: Write to the King |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.23 | I have writ my letters, casketed my treasure, | I haue writ my letters, casketted my treasure, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.10 | Let me see what he writes, and when he | Let me see what he writes, and when he |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.59 | ‘ then ’ I write a ‘ never.’ | (then) I write a Neuer. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.95.1 | Written to bear along. | written to beare along. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.8 | Write, write, that from the bloody course of war | Write, write, that from the bloodie course of warre, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.24 | She might have been o'erta'en; and yet she writes | She might haue beene ore-tane: and yet she writes |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.29 | Of greatest justice. Write, write, Rynaldo, | Of greatest Iustice. Write, write Rynaldo |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.65 | I warrant, good creature, wheresoe'er she is, | I write good creature, wheresoere she is, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.87 | buried a wife, mourned for her, writ to my lady mother | buried a wife, mourn'd for her, writ to my Ladie mother, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.195 | officer of mine, and writ to me this other day to turn | Officer of mine, and writ to mee this other day, to turne |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.310 | sonnet you writ to Diana in behalf of the Count | sonnet you writ to Diana in behalfe of the Count |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.4 | Our written purposes before us sent; | Our written purposes before vs sent, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.58 | I crave our composition may be written, | I craue our composion may be written |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.I.29 | Grants scarce distinction. Thou wilt write to Antony? | graunts scarce distinction: thou wilt write to Anthony. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.17 | Think, speak, cast, write, sing, number – hoo! – | Thinke speake, cast, write, sing, number: hoo, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.46 | Where I will write. All may be well enough. | where I will write; all may be well enough. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.28 | Ourselves alone. I'll write it. Follow me. | Our selues alone: Ile write it: Follow me. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.v.13 | Detain no jot, I charge thee. Write to him – | Detaine no iot I charge thee: write to him, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.22 | Which writ his honour in the acts it did | Which writ his Honor in the Acts it did, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.76 | In all my writings. Go with me, and see | In all my Writings. Go with me, and see |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.119 | Though written in our flesh, we shall remember | Though written in our flesh, we shall remember |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.119 | Enter Celia with a writing | Enter Celia with a writing. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.133 | Will I ‘ Rosalinda ’ write, | Will I Rosalinda write, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.252 | I pray you, mar no more trees with writing love-songs | I pray you marre no more trees vvith Writing / Loue-songs |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.36 | O, that's a brave man! He writes brave verses, | O that's a braue man, hee writes braue verses, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.134 | I'll write to him a very taunting letter, | Ile write to him a very tanting Letter, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.136.2 | I'll write it straight: | Ile write it strait: |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.11 | Which she did use as she was writing of it, | Which she did vse, as she was writing of it, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.20 | Why writes she so to me? Well, shepherd, well, | Why writes she so to me? well Shepheard, well, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.23.1 | Phebe did write it. | Phebe did write it. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.40 | She Phebes me; mark how the tyrant writes: | She Phebes me: marke how the tyrant writes. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.42 | other; for all your writers do consent that ‘ ipse ’ is he. | other. For all your Writers do consent, that ipse is hee: |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.73 | To show the letter that I writ to you. | To shew the letter that I writ to you. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.14 | Your own handwriting would tell you what I think. | Your owne hand-writing would tell you what I thinke. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.55 | wench.’ It is written they appear to men like angels of | wench: It is written, they appeare to men like angels of |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.300 | Have written strange defeatures in my face. | Haue written strange defeatures in my face: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.73 | Where, ere we do repose us, we will write | Where ere we doe repose vs, we will write |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.122 | Titus Lartius writes they fought together, | Titus Lartius writes, they fought together, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.69 | He sent in writing after me, what he would not, | He sent in writing after me: what he would not, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.86 | Take this along. I writ it for thy sake | Take this along, I writ it for thy sake, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.145 | Whose chronicle thus writ: ‘ The man was noble, | Whose Chronicle thus writ, The man was Noble, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.63.1 | What I have written to you? | What I haue written to you? |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.114 | If you have writ your annals true, 'tis there | If you haue writ your Annales true, 'tis there, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.30 | Known but by letter; thither write, my queen, | Knowne but by Letter; thither write (my Queene) |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.2 | And question'dst every sail: if he should write, | And questioned'st euery Saile: if he should write, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.206 | To greet your lord with writing, do't tonight: | To greet your Lord with writing, doo't to night, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.208.2 | I will write. | I will write: |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.24 | To note the chamber: I will write all down: | To note the Chamber, I will write all downe, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.43 | Why should I write this down, that's riveted, | Why should I write this downe, that's riueted, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.105.2 | She writes so to you? Doth she? | She writes so to you? doth shee? |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.183 | Not half so old as that. I'll write against them, | Not halfe so old as that. Ile write against them, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.1 | How? Of adultery? Wherefore write you not | How? of Adultery? Wherefore write you not |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.105 | I'll write to my lord she's dead: O Innogen, | Ile write to my Lord she's dead: Oh Imogen, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.viii.1 | This is the tenor of the emperor's writ; | This is the tenor of the Emperors Writ; |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.316 | Hast here cut off my lord. To write, and read | Hath heere cut off my Lord. To write, and read, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.27 | Thus much the business is: we have here writ | Thus much the businesse is. We haue heere writ |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.222 | And we did think it writ down in our duty | And we did thinke it writ downe in our duty |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.110 | He writes | |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.349 | writers do them wrong to make them exclaim against | Writers do them wrong, to make them exclaim against |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.400 | light. For the law of writ and the liberty, these are the | light, for the law of Writ, and the Liberty. These are the |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.271 | name's Gonzago. The story is extant, and written in very | name's Gonzago: the Story is extant and writ in |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.143 | Of your dear father, is't writ in your revenge | Of your deere Fathers death, if writ in your reuenge, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.34 | A baseness to write fair, and laboured much | A basenesse to write faire; and laboured much |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.51 | Folded the writ up in the form of th' other, | Folded the Writ vp in forme of the other, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.34 | | [Q1 replaces this scene with the following] Enter Horatio and the Queene. HOR. Madame, your sonne is safe arriv'de in Denmarke, This letter I euen now receiv'd of him, Whereas he writes how he escap't the danger, And subtle treason that the king had plotted, Being crossed by the contention of the windes, He found the Packet sent to the king of England, Wherein he saw himselfe betray'd to death, As at his next conuersion with your grace, He will relate the circumstance at full. QUEENE. Then I perceiue there's treason in his lookes That seem'd to sugar o're his villanie: But I will soothe and please him for a time, For murderous mindes are alwayes jealous, But know not you Horatio where he is? HOR. Yes Madame, and he hath appoynted me To meete him on the east side of the Cittie To morrow morning. QUEENE. O faile not, good Horatio, and withall, commend me A mothers care to him, bid him a while Be wary of his presence, lest that he Faile in that he goes about. HOR. Madam, neuer make doubt of that: I thinke by this the news be come to court: He is arriv'de, obserue the king, and you shall Quickely finde, Hamlet being here, Things fell not to his minde. QUEENE. But what became of Gilderstone and Rossencraft? HOR. He being set ashore, they went for England, And in the Packet there writ down that doome To be perform'd on them poynted for him: And by great chance he had his fathers Seale, So all was done without discouerie. QUEENE. Thankes be to heauen for blessing of the prince, Horatio once againe I take my leaue, With thowsand mothers blessings to my sonne. HORAT. Madam adue. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.259 | Which I shall send you written, be assured | Which I shall send you written, be assur'd |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.405 | the name of pitch. This pitch – as ancient writers do report – | the Name of Pitch: this Pitch (as ancient Writers doe report) |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.137 | I'll haste the writer, and withal | Ile haste the Writer; and withall, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.31 | He writes me here that inward sickness – | He writes me here, that inward sicknesse, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.39 | For, as he writes, there is no quailing now, | For, as he writes, there is no quailing now, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.40 | Therefore make haste – I must go write again | Therefore make hast, I must go write againe |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.26 | writ man ever since his father was a bachelor. He may | writ man euer since his Father was a Batchellour. He may |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.181 | the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all | the scrowle of youth, that are written downe old, with all |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.102 | how he writes – | he writes. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.81 | Whose memory is written on the earth | Whose memorie is written on the Earth |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.104 | But wet her fair words still in foulest terms? | But write her faire words still in foulest Letters? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.128 | Rotten opinion, who hath writ me down | Rotten Opinion, who hath writ me downe |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.64 | Eight hundred five. Besides, their writers say, | Eight hundred fiue. Besides, their Writers say, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.98 | For in the book of Numbers is it writ, | For in the Booke of Numbers is it writ, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.38 | wonder at him. I once writ a sonnet in his praise, and | wonder at him, I once writ a Sonnet in his prayse, and |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.330 | having any occasion to write for matter of grant, shall | hauing any occasion to write for matter of Graunt, shall |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.22 | It cannot be this weak and writhled shrimp | It cannot be, this weake and writhled shrimpe |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.2 | With written pamphlets studiously devised? | With written Pamphlets, studiously deuis'd? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.10 | Think not, although in writing I preferred | Thinke not, although in Writing I preferr'd |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.12 | Writ to your grace from th' Duke of Burgundy. | Writ to your Grace, from th'Duke of Burgundy. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.67 | It is the worst, and all, my lord, he writes. | It is the worst, and all (my Lord) he writes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.74 | Writes not so tedious a style as this. | Writes not so tedious a Stile as this. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.66 | I'll call for pen and ink, and write my mind. | Ile call for Pen and Inke, and write my minde: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.56 | His weapons holy saws of sacred writ; | His Weapons, holy Sawes of sacred Writ, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.31 | As the Spirit speaks, Bolingbroke writes the answer | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.56 | Now pray, my lord, let's see the devil's writ. | Now pray my Lord, let's see the Deuils Writ. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.17.2 | sheet and verses written on her back and pinned on and | Sheet, and |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.24 | And so will I, and write home for it straight. | And so will I, and write home for it straight. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.63 | This hand of mine hath writ in thy behalf, | This hand of mine hath writ in thy behalfe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.99 | Under the which is writ ‘ Invitis nubibus.’ | Vnder the which is writ, Inuitis nubibus. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.80 | The clerk of Chartham; he can write and read and | The Clearke of Chartam: hee can write and |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.87 | Nay, he can make obligations, and write court-hand. | Nay, he can make Obligations, and write Court hand. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.92 | They use to write it on the top of letters. 'Twill go | They vse to writ it on the top of Letters: 'Twill go |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.94 | Let me alone. Dost thou use to write thy name? | Let me alone: Dost thou vse to write thy name? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.98 | that I can write my name. | that I can write my name. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.55 | Kent, in the Commentaries Caesar writ, | Kent, in the Commentaries Casar writ, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.200 | And that I'll write upon thy burgonet, | And that Ile write vpon thy Burgonet, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.iii.26 | Let us pursue him ere the writs go forth. | Let vs pursue him ere the Writs go forth. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.169 | Write up his title with usurping blood. | Write vp his Title with vsurping blood. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.271 | I'll write unto them and entreat them fair. | Ile write vnto them, and entreat them faire; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.56 | Write in the dust this sentence with thy blood: | Write in the dust this Sentence with thy blood, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.103 | Let there be letters writ to every shire | Let there be Letters writ to euery Shire, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.222 | I writ to's holiness. Nay then, farewell! | I writ too's Holinesse. Nay then, farewell: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.287 | You writ to th' Pope against the King! Your goodness, | You writ to'th Pope, against the King: your goodnesse |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.313 | Then, that in all you writ to Rome, or else | Then, That in all you writ to Rome, or else |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.341 | That therefore such a writ be sued against you: | That therefore such a Writ be sued against you, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.46 | We write in water. May it please your highness | We write in Water. May it please your Highnesse |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.128.1 | I caused you write yet sent away? | I caus'd you write, yet sent away? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.126 | Mark him and write his speeches in their books, | Marke him, and write his Speeches in their Bookes, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.143 | Write them together, yours is as fair a name; | Write them together: Yours, is as faire a Name: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.315 | Writings, all tending to the great opinion | Writings, all tending to the great opinion |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.278 | Caesar did write for him to come to Rome. | Casar did write for him to come to Rome. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.222 | For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, | For I haue neyther writ nor words, nor worth, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.6 | You wronged yourself to write in such a case. | You wrong'd your selfe to write in such a case. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.181 | Nor nothing in your letters writ of her? | Nor nothing in your Letters writ of her? |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.69 | And when thou writ'st of tears, encouch the word | And when thou writest of teares, encouch the word, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.95.2 | Write I to a woman? | Writ I to a woman? |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.105 | Write on, while I peruse her in my thoughts. | Write on while I peruse her in my thoughts, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.118 | Comes in too soon; for, writing of her eyes, | Comes in to soone: for writing of her eies, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.125 | If not, write but in letters capital | If not, write but in letters Capitall my mistres name, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.184 | Give me the pen and paper; I will write. | Giue me the pen and paper I will write, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.393 | The poets write that great Achilles' spear | The Poets write that great Achilles speare, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.52 | For I will use it as my writing paper, | For I wiii vse it as my writing paper, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.64 | Wherein is written what success is like | Wherein is written what successe is like |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.98 | Engaged his word, writ down his noble hand, | Ingagde his word, writ downe his noble hand, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.20 | Have writ that note of death in Audley's face? | Haue writ that note of death in Audleys face: |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.3 | Shall find displeasure written in our looks. | Shall finde displeasure written in our lookes, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.37 | Can you not read it? Is it not fair writ? | Can you not reade it? Is it not faire writ? |
| King John | KJ V.ii.4 | That, having our fair order written down, | That hauing our faire order written downe, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.57 | write this? a heart and brain to breed it in? When came | write this? A heart and braine to breede it in? When came |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.87 | life for him that he hath writ this to feel my affection to | my life for him, that he hath writ this to feele my affection to |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.142 | I promise you, the effects he writes of succeed | I promise you, the effects he writes of, succeede |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.26 | That I may speak. I'll write straight to my sister | Ile write straight to my Sister |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.328 | What he hath uttered I have writ my sister; | What he hath vtter'd I haue writ my Sister: |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.331 | What, have you writ that letter to my sister? | What haue you writ that Letter to my Sister? |
| King Lear | KL II.i.121 | Our father he hath writ, so hath our sister, | Our Father he hath writ, so hath our Sister, |
| King Lear | KL IV.v.19 | Why should she write to Edmund? Might not you | Why should she write to Edmund? |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.36 | About it; and write happy when th' hast done. | About it, and write happy, when th'hast done, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.243 | Be brief in it – to the castle, for my writ | (Be briefe in it) to'th'Castle, for my Writ |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.117 | And to the strictest decrees I'll write my name. | And to the strictest decrees Ile write my name. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.153 | So to the laws at large I write my name, | So to the Lawes at large I write my name, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.108 | or, if it were, it would neither serve for the writing nor | or if it were, it would neither serue for the writing, nor |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.110 | I will have that subject newly writ o'er, that I | I will haue that subiect newly writ ore, that I |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.177 | sure I shall turn sonnet. Devise, wit; write, pen; for I | sure I shall turne Sonnet. Deuise Wit, write Pen, for I |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.201 | Well, I will love, write, sigh, pray, sue, and groan; | Well, I will loue, write, sigh, pray, shue, grone, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.61.1 | It is writ to Jaquenetta. | It is writ to Iaquenetta. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.133 | the nomination of the party writing to the person written | the nomination of the partie written to the person written |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.55 | These numbers will I tear, and write in prose. | These numbers will I teare, and write in prose. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.97 | Once more I'll read the ode that I have writ. | Once more Ile read the Ode that I haue writ. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.179 | When shall you see me write a thing in rhyme? | When shall you see me write a thing in rime? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.201 | It is Berowne's writing, and here is his name. | It is Berowns writing, and heere is his name. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.322 | Never durst poet touch a pen to write | Neuer durst Poet touch a pen to write, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.8 | Writ o' both sides the leaf, margin and all, | Writ on both sides the leafe, margent and all, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.419 | Write ‘ Lord have mercy on us ’ on those three. | Write Lord haue mercie on vs, on those three, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.100 | That writes them all alike. And so of men. | That writes them all alike: and so of men. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.7 | write upon't, read it, afterwards seal it, and again return | write vpon't, read it, afterwards Seale it, and againe re-turne |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.42 | Raze out the written troubles of the brain, | Raze out the written troubles of the Braine, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.65 | Painted upon a pole, and underwrit, | Painted vpon a pole, and vnder-writ, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.55 | Matters of needful value. We shall write to you, | Matters of needfull value: We shall write to you |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.154 | With character too gross is writ on Juliet. | With Character too grosse, is writ on Iuliet. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.16 | Let's write ‘ good Angel ’ on the devil's horn, | Let's write good Angell on the Deuills horne |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.150 | More of him anon. There is written in your brow, | More of him anon: There is written in your brow |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.196 | chance nothing of what is writ. Look, th' unfolding star | chance nothing of what is writ. Looke, th' vnfolding Starre |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.91 | Now will I write letters to Varrius – | Now wil I write Letters to Angelo, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iv.1 | Every letter he hath writ hath disvouched other. | Euery Letter he hath writ, hath disuouch'd other. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.13 | And whiter than the paper it writ on | And whiter then the paper it writ on, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.14.1 | Is the fair hand that writ. | I the faire hand that writ. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.64 | There is a written scroll. I'll read the writing. | there is a written scroule; / Ile reade the writing. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.118 | Than to live still, and write mine epitaph. | Then to liue still, and write mine Epitaph. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.164 | You hear the learn'd Bellario, what he writes, | You heare the learn'd Bellario what he writes, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.182 | That took some pains in writing, he begged mine, | That tooke some paines in writing, he begg'd mine, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.9 | master parson, who writes himself Armigero – in any | (Master Parson) who writes himselfe Armigero, in any |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.53 | I have writ me here a letter to her; and here | I haue writ me here a letter to her: & here |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.88 | He writes | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.70 | of these letters, writ with blank space for different names | of these Letters, writ with blancke-space for different names |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.61 | he dances, he has eyes of youth, he writes verses, he | he dances, he has eies of youth: he writes verses, hee |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.69 | And Honi soit qui mal y pense write | And, Hony Soit Qui Mal-y-Pence, write |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.62 | Have you the lion's part written? Pray you, if it be, | Haue you the Lions part written? pray you if be, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.128 | Love's stories written in love's richest book. | Loues stories, written in Loues richest booke. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.16 | Write me a prologue, and let the prologue seem to say | Write me a Prologue, and let the Prologue seeme to say, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.22 | be written in eight and six. | be written in eight and sixe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.23 | No, make it two more: let it be written in eight | No, make it two more, let it be written in eight |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.212 | Peter Quince to write a ballad of this dream. It shall be | PeterQuince to write a ballet of this dreame, it shall be |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.348 | there needs none to be blamed. Marry, if he that writ it | there need none to be blamed. Marry, if hee that writ it |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.245 | great letters as they write ‘ Here is good horse to hire,’ | great Letters as they write, heere is good horse to hire: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.131 | scorn, write to him that I love him?’ | scorne, write to him that I loue him? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.133 | write to him; for she'll be up twenty times a night, and | write to him, for shee'll be vp twenty times a night, and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.134 | there will she sit in her smock till she have writ a sheet | there will she sit in her smocke, till she haue writ a sheet |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.138 | O, when she had writ it and was reading it | O when she had writ it, & was reading it |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.144 | to write to one that she knew would flout her. | to write, to one that shee knew would flout her: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.146 | should flout him, if he writ to me; yea, though I love | should flout him if hee writ to mee, yea though I loue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.12 | for they can write and read. | for they can write and reade. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.15 | man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes | is the gift of Fortune, but to write and reade, comes |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.20 | make no boast of it; and for your writing and reading, | make no boast of it, and for your writing and reading, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.58 | the learned writer to set down our excommunication, | the learned writer to set downe our excommunication, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.54 | Out on thee! Seeming! I will write against it. | Out on thee seeming, I will write against it, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.12 | Pray, write down, Borachio. Yours, sirrah? | Pray write downe Borachio. Yours sirra. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.15 | Write down Master Gentleman Conrade. | Write downe Master gentleman Conrade: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.18 | Write down, that they hope they serve God – | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.19 | and write God first, for God defend but God should go | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.31 | a tale. Have you writ down, that they are none? | a tale: haue you writ downe that they are none? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.39 | Write down Prince John a villain. Why, this is | Write down, Prince Iohn a villaine: why this is |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.69 | write down the Prince's officer coxcomb. Come, bind | write downe the Princes Officer Coxcombe: come, binde |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.73 | not suspect my years? O that he were here to write me | not suspect my yeeres? O that hee were heere to write mee |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.75 | though it be not written down, yet forget not that I am | though it be not written down, yet forget not yt I am |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.84 | I had been writ down an ass! | I had been writ downe an asse! |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.37 | However they have writ the style of gods, | How euer they haue writ the stile of gods, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.4 | Will you then write me a sonnet in praise of | Will you then write me a Sonnet in praise of |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.86 | For here's a paper written in his hand, | For heres a paper written in his hand, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.89 | Writ in my cousin's hand, stolen from her pocket, | Writ in my cosins hand, stolne from her pocket, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.45.2 | Write from us: wish him | Write from vs, / To him, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.115.1 | You shall not write my praise. | You shall not write my praise. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.116 | What wouldst thou write of me, if thou shouldst praise me? | What would'st write of me, if thou should'st praise me? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.321 | As proofs of holy writ. This may do something. | As proofes of holy Writ. This may do something. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.71 | Made to write ‘ whore ’ upon? What committed! | Made to write Whore vpon? What commited, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.12 | Thinks all is writ he speken can; | Thinkes all is writ, he spoken can: |
| Pericles | Per II.v.40 | She thinks not so; peruse this writing else. | She thinkes not so: peruse this writing else. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.32 | The epitaph is for Marina writ | The Epitaph is for Marina writ, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.186 | Nor never write, regreet, nor reconcile | Nor euer write, regreete, or reconcile |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.14 | Writ in remembrance more than things long past. | Writ in remembrance, more then things long past; |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.147 | Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth. | Write Sorrow on the Bosome of the Earth. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.274 | Where all my sins are writ; and that's myself. | Where all my sinnes are writ, and that's my selfe. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.57 | Yea, lookest thou pale? Let me see the writing. | Yea, look'st thou pale? Let me see the Writing. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.59 | I will be satisfied. Let me see the writing. | I will be satisfied, let me see the Writing. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.69 | Boy, let me see the writing. | Boy, let me see the Writing. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.48 | Peruse this writing here, and thou shalt know | Peruse this writing heere, and thou shalt know |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.336 | With odd old ends stolen forth of Holy Writ, | With odde old ends, stolne forth of holy Writ, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.46 | With that sour ferryman which poets write of, | With that sowre Ferry-man which Poets write of, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vi.5 | Eleven hours I have spent to write it over, | Eleuen houres I haue spent to write it ouer, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.428 | I go. Write to me very shortly, | I go, write to me very shortly, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.36 | Whose names are written there, and to them say, | Whose names are written there, and to them say, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.38 | Find them out whose names are written here! It | Find them out whose names are written. Heere it |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.39 | is written that the shoemaker should meddle with his | is written, that the Shoo-maker should meddle with his |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.42 | persons whose names are here writ, and can never find | persons whose names are writ, & can neuer find |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.43 | what names the writing person hath here writ. I must | what names the writing person hath here writ (I must |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.83 | And find delight writ there with beauty's pen. | And find delight, writ there with Beauties pen: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.87 | Find written in the margent of his eyes. | Find written in the Margent of his eyes. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.57 | Had I it written, I would tear the word. | Had I it written, I would teare the word. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.10 | Any man that can write may answer a letter. | Any man that can write, may answere a Letter. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.1 | So many guests invite as here are writ. | So many guests inuite as here are writ, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.4 | Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter. | Or if his mind be writ, giue me his Letter. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.27 | But I will write again to Mantua, | But I will write againe to Mantua, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.82 | One writ with me in sour misfortune's book. | One, writ with me in sowre misfortunes booke. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.246 | The form of death. Meantime I writ to Romeo | The forme of death. Meane time, I writ to Romeo, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.288 | And here he writes that he did buy a poison | And heere he writes, that he did buy a poyson |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.68 | And there it is in writing fairly drawn. | And there it is in writing fairely drawne. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.118 | Are not within the leaf of pity writ, | Are not within the Leafe of pitty writ, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.152 | And write in thee the figures of their love, | And write in thee the figures of their loue, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.183 | Why, I was writing of my epitaph; | Why I was writing of my Epitaph, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.264 | Then all too late I bring this fatal writ, | Then all too late I bring this fatall writ, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.3 | Write down thy mind, bewray thy meaning so, | Write downe thy mind, bewray thy meaning so, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.12 | For these two, tribunes, in the dust I write | For these, Tribunes, in the dust I write |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.169 | Writing destruction on the enemy's castle? | Writing destruction on the enemies Castle? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.69.1 | He writes his name with his staff, and guides it with | He writes his Name with his staffe, and guides it with |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.69.2 | I have writ my name | I haue writ my name, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.72 | Write thou, good niece, and here display at last | Write thou good Neece, and heere display at last, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.76.2 | her stumps, and writes | her stumps and writes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.76 | O, do ye read, my lord, what she hath writ? | Oh doe ye read my Lord what she hath writs? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.83 | There is enough written upon this earth | There is enough written vpon this earth, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.102 | And with a gad of steel will write these words, | And with a Gad of steele will write these words, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.1.3 | bundle of weapons and verses writ upon them | bundle of weapons, and verses writ vpon them. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.18 | What's here? A scroll, and written round about? | What's heere? a scrole, & written round about? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.60 | Of my word, I have written to effect: | Of my word, I haue written to effect, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.105 | Give me pen and ink. (Writes) | Giue me pen and inke. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.13 | And now he writes to heaven for his redress. | And now he writes to heauen for his redresse. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.15 | And what is written shall be executed. | And what is written shall be executed. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.58 | Writing their own reproach; to whose soft seizure | Writing their owne reproach; to whose soft seizure, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.127 | And underwrite in an observing kind | And vnder write in an obseruing kinde |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.96 | Writes me that man – how dearly ever parted, | Writes me, that man, how dearely euer parted, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.259 | Write loyal cantons of contemned love | Write loyall Cantons of contemned loue, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.125 | Do't, knight, I'll write thee a challenge; or I'll | Doo't knight, Ile write thee a Challenge: or Ile |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.152 | feelingly personated. I can write very like my lady, your | feelingly personated. I can write very like my Ladie your |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.40 | Go, write it in a martial hand. Be curst and | Go, write it in a martial hand, be curst and |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.47 | in thy ink, though thou write with a goose pen, no | in thy inke, though thou write with a Goose-pen, no |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.38 | ‘ Be not afraid of greatness.’ 'Twas well writ. | Be not afraid of greatnesse: 'twas well writ. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.282 | end as well as a man in his case may do. He's here writ a | end as well as a man in his case may do: has heere writ a |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.309 | Did he write this? | Did he write this? |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.330 | Write from it if you can, in hand or phrase, | Write from it if you can, in hand, or phrase, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.343 | Alas, Malvolio, this is not my writing, | Alas Maluolio, this is not my writing, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.360 | We had conceived against him. Maria writ | We had conceiu'd against him. Maria writ |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.42 | Yet writers say, as in the sweetest bud | Yet Writers say; as in the sweetest Bud, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.45 | And writers say, as the most forward bud | And Writers say; as the most forward Bud |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.79 | Some love of yours hath writ to you in rhyme. | Some loue of yours, hath writ to you in Rime. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.109 | Look, here is writ, kind Julia. Unkind Julia, | Looke, here is writ, kinde Iulia: vnkinde Iulia, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.113 | And here is writ, love-wounded Proteus. | And here is writ, Loue wounded Protheus. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.117 | But twice or thrice was Proteus written down. | But twice, or thrice, was Protheus written downe: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.123 | Lo, here in one line is his name twice writ: | Loe, here in one line is his name twice writ: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.56 | There is no news, my lord, but that he writes | There is no newes (my Lord) but that he writes |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.82 | Last night she enjoined me to write some | Last night she enioyn'd me, / To write some |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.86 | Are they not lamely writ? | Are they not lamely writt? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.98 | As you enjoined me, I have writ your letter | As you inioynd me; I haue writ your Letter |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.105 | I writ at random, very doubtfully. | I writ at randome, very doubtfully. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.107 | No, madam; so it stead you, I will write, | No (Madam) so it steed you, I will write |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.116 | Yes, yes; the lines are very quaintly writ; | Yes, yes: the lines are very queintly writ, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.119 | Ay, ay; you writ them, sir, at my request, | I, I: you writ them Sir, at my request, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.121 | I would have had them writ more movingly. | I would haue had them writ more mouingly: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.122 | Please you, I'll write your ladyship another. | Please you, Ile write your Ladiship another. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.123 | And when it's writ, for my sake read it over; | And when it's writ: for my sake read it ouer, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.133 | That my master, being scribe, to himself should write the letter? | That my master being scribe, / To himselfe should write the Letter? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.143 | Why, she hath not writ to me. | Why she hath not writ to me? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.144 | What need she, when she hath made you write to | What need she, / When shee hath made you write to |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.151 | That's the letter I writ to her friend. | That's the Letter I writ to her friend. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.156 | For often have you writ to her; and she, in modesty, | For often haue you writ to her: and she in modesty, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.159 | Herself hath taught her love himself to write unto her lover. | Her self hath taught her Loue himself, to write vnto her louer. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.249 | Which, being writ to me, shall be delivered | Which, being writ to me, shall be deliuer'd |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.339 | Of her tongue she cannot, for that's writ down | Of her tongue she cannot; for that's writ downe |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.75 | Write till your ink be dry, and with your tears | Write till your inke be dry: and with your teares |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.110.1 | Your grief is written in your cheek. | Your greefe is written in your cheeke. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.55.2 | Can he write and read too? | Can he write and reade too. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.19 | From me the witless chaff of such a writer | From me the witles chaffe of such a wrighter |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.557 | Things known betwixt us three – I'll write you down, | Things knowne betwixt vs three, Ile write you downe, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.99 | Have said and writ so – but your writing now | Haue said, and writ so; but your writing now |