| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.8 | must of necessity hold his virtue to you, whose worthiness | must of necessitie hold his vertue to you, whose worthinesse |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.76 | Farewell, pretty lady. You must hold the credit of | Farewell prettie Lady, you must hold the credit of |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.225 | thy bondage. I have a desire to hold my acquaintance | thy bondage, I haue a desire to holde my acquaintance |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.291 | Will this capriccio hold in thee, art sure? | Will this Caprichio hold in thee, art sure? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.9 | hold a goodly manor for a song. | hold a goodly Mannor for a song. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.24 | world I will hold a long distance. My duty to you. | world, I will hold a long distance. My duty to you. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.114 | I am the caitiff that do hold him to't; | I am the Caitiffe that do hold him too't, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.4 | hold me no more in your respect. | hold me no more in your respect. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.186 | Nay, by your leave, hold your hands – though | Nay, by your leaue hold your hands, though |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.42 | Hold thee, there's my purse. I give thee not this | Hold thee there's my purse, I giue thee not this |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.7 | You do not hold the method to enforce | You do not hold the method, to enforce |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.120 | What hoop should hold us staunch, from edge to edge | What Hoope should hold vs staunch from edge to edge |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.130 | To hold you in perpetual amity, | To hold you in perpetuall amitie, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.92 | The gods confound thee! Dost thou hold there still? | The Gods confound thee, / Dost thou hold there still? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.85 | Hold unbewailed their way. Welcome to Rome; | Hold vnbewayl'd their way. Welcome to Rome, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.58 | Our nineteen legions thou shalt hold by land | Our nineteene Legions thou shalt hold by Land, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xi.4 | And hold our best advantage. | And hold our best aduantage. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.14 | Yet cannot hold this visible shape, my knave. | Yet cannot hold this visible shape (my Knaue) |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.39.2 | Hold, worthy lady, hold! | Hold worthy Lady, hold: |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.45 | If with myself I hold intelligence | If with my selfe I hold intelligence, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.27 | hold your tongues. | hold your tongues. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vi.9 | be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. I | be comfortable, hold death a while / At the armes end: I |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.12 | for: we shall be flouting, we cannot hold. | for: we shall be flouting: we cannot hold. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.93 | What mean you, sir? For God's sake hold your hands. | What meane you sir, for God sake hold your hands: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.23 | Thinkest thou I jest? Hold, take thou that, and that. | Thinkst yu I iest? hold, take thou that, & that. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.24 | Hold, sir, for God's sake; now your jest is earnest. | Hold sir, for Gods sake, now your iest is earnest, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.21 | I hold your dainties cheap, sir, and your welcome dear. | I hold your dainties cheap sir, & your welcom deer. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.69.2 | O, soft, sir, hold you still. | Oh soft sir, hold you still: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.17 | I cannot nor I will not hold me still. |
I cannot, nor I will not hold me still. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.20 | Good now, hold thy tongue. | Good now hold thy tongue. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.21 | Nay, rather persuade him to hold his hands. | Nay, rather perswade him to hold his hands. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.33 | Hold, hurt him not, for God's sake; he is mad. | Hold, hurt him not for God sake, he is mad, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.91 | Good people, enter, and lay hold on him. | Good people enter, and lay hold on him. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.232 | Than have him hold that purpose and to put it | then haue him hold that purpose, and to put it |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.187 | Peace, peace, peace! Stay, hold, peace! | Peace, peace, peace, stay, hold, peace. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.211.2 | Therefore lay hold of him; | Therefore lay hold of him: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.49 | That it shall hold companionship in peace | That it shall hold Companionship in Peace |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.80 | That will not hold the handling, say to them | That will not hold the handling: or say to them, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.13 | If you do hold the same intent wherein | If you do hold the same intent / Wherein |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.132 | Hold, hold, hold, hold! | Hold, hold, hold, hold. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.130 | hold dear as my finger, 'tis part of it. | it: My Ring I holde deere as my finger, 'tis part of it. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.168 | Will this hold, think you? | Will this hold, thinke you. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.77 | And the remembrancer of her to hold | And the Remembrancer of her, to hold |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.69 | Can my sides hold, to think that man, who knows | Can my sides hold, to think that man who knowes |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.61 | Of the divorce, he'ld make. The heavens hold firm | Of the diuorce, heel'd make the Heauens hold firme |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.140 | Another stain, as big as hell can hold, | Another staine, as bigge as Hell can hold, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.58 | Shall – by the power we hold – be our good deed, | Shall (by the power we hold) be our good deed, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.20 | The sharded beetle in a safer hold | The sharded-Beetle, in a safer hold |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.18 | Here is a path to't: 'tis some savage hold: | Heere is a path too't: 'tis some sauage hold: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iii.16.1 | Hold me your loyal servant. | Hold me your loyall Seruant. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.400 | (to Belarius) Thou art my brother; so we'll hold thee ever. | Thou art my Brother, so wee'l hold thee euer. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.24 | And will not let belief take hold of him | And will not let beleefe take hold of him |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.159 | But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue. | But breake my heart, for I must hold my tongue. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.225.1 | Hold you the watch tonight? | Hold you the watch to Night? |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.246 | And bid me hold my peace. I pray you all, | And bid me hold my peace. I pray you all, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.6 | Hold it a fashion and a toy in blood, | Hold it a fashion and a toy in Bloud; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.80.2 | Hold off your hands. | Hold off your hand. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.93 | And shall I couple hell? O, fie! Hold, hold, my heart. | And shall I couple Hell? Oh fie: hold my heart; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.128 | I hold it fit that we shake hands and part: | I hold it fit that we shake hands, and part: |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.44 | I hold my duty as I hold my soul, | I hold my dutie, as I hold my Soule, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.202 | powerfully and potently believe, yet I hold it not | powerfully, and potently beleeue; yet I holde it not |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.260 | Truly; and I hold ambition of so airy and | Truely, and I hold Ambition of so ayry and |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.291 | love me, hold not off. | loue me hold not off. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.333 | Do they hold the same estimation they did when | Doe they hold the same estimation they did when |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.182 | But if you hold it fit, after the play | But if you hold it fit after the Play, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.21 | both at the first and now, was and is to hold, as 'twere, | both at the first and now, was and is, to hold as 'twer |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.177 | And women's fear and love hold quantity, | For womens Feare and Loue, holds quantitie, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.119 | And with th' incorporal air do hold discourse? | And with their corporall ayre do hold discourse. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.27 | hold their course for England. Of them I have much | hold their course for England. Of them I haue much |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.152 | Should have a back or second, that might hold | Should haue a backe or second, that might hold, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.161 | Our purpose may hold there. – But stay, what noise? | Our purpose may hold there; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.31 | hold up Adam's profession. | hold vp Adams Profession. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.164 | hold the laying in, 'a will last you some eight year or | hold the laying in) he will last you some eight yeare, or |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.245 | Deprived thee of! Hold off the earth awhile, | Depriu'd thee of. Hold off the earth a while, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.259 | Which let thy wisdom fear. Hold off thy hand. | Which let thy wisenesse feare. Away thy hand. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.33 | I once did hold it, as our statists do, | I once did hold it as our Statists doe, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.173 | hold his purpose, I will win for him an I can, If not, I | hold his purpose; I will win for him if I can: if not, Ile |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.193 | him in the hall. He sends to know if your pleasure hold | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.340 | If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, | If thou did'st euer hold me in thy heart, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.103 | Will hold at Windsor, so inform the lords. | will hold / At Windsor, and so informe the Lords: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.89 | For I shall never hold that man my friend | For I shall neuer hold that man my Friend, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.293 | Which now we hold at much uncertainty. | Which now we hold at much vncertainty. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.78 | hold in, such as will strike sooner than speak, and speak | holde in, such as will strike sooner then speake; and speake |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.85 | Will she hold out water in foul way? | Will she hold out water in foule way? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.355 | and this civil buffeting hold, we shall buy maidenheads | and this ciuill buffetting hold, wee shall buy Maiden-heads |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.46 | And hold me pace in deep experiments. | And hold me pace in deepe experiments. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.17 | And hold their level with thy princely heart? | And hold their leuell with thy Princely heart? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.30 | At thy affections, which do hold a wing | At thy affections, which doe hold a Wing |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.11 | I hold as little counsel with weak fear | I hold as little counsaile with weake feare, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.20 | I saw him hold Lord Percy at the point | I saw him hold Lord Percy at the point, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.38 | Hold up thy head, vile Scot, or thou art like | Hold vp thy head vile Scot, or thou art like |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.39 | Never to hold it up again! The spirits | Neuer to hold it vp againe: the Spirits |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.35 | And this worm-eaten hold of ragged stone, | And this Worme-eaten-Hole of ragged Stone, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.17 | May hold up head without Northumberland. | May hold-vp-head, without Northumberland: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.24 | hold him sure; good Master Snare, let him not 'scape. | hold him sure: good M. Snare let him not scape, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.40 | To hold your honour more precise and nice | To hold your Honor more precise and nice |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.66 | But many thousand reasons hold me back. | But many thousand Reasons hold me backe. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.64 | stuffed in the hold. Come, I'll be friends with thee, | stufft in the Hold. Come, Ile be friends with thee |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.154 | tortures vile also! Hold hook and line, say I! Down | and Tortures vilde also. Hold Hooke and Line, say I: Downe: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.200 | was then a bona-roba. Doth she hold her own well? | was then a Bona-Roba. Doth she hold her owne well. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.264 | Hold, Wart, traverse. Thas! Thas! Thas! | Hold Wart, Trauerse: thus, thus, thus. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.268 | Wart, th'art a good scab. Hold, there's a tester for thee. | Wart, thou art a good Scab: hold, there is a Tester for thee. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.11 | As might hold sortance with his quality, | As might hold sortance with his Qualitie, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.217.1 | May offer, but not hold. | May offer, but not hold. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.35 | To hold our safety up. I sent your grace | To hold our safetie vp. I sent your Grace |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.48 | And heir from heir shall hold this quarrel up | And Heire from Heire shall hold this Quarrell vp, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.117 | No, no, he cannot long hold out these pangs. | No, no, hee cannot long hold out: these pangs, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.17 | How many nobles then should hold their places | How many Nobles then, should hold their places, |
| Henry V | H5 I.chorus.11 | So great an object. Can this cockpit hold | So great an Obiect. Can this Cock-Pit hold |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.89 | To hold in right and title of the female; | To hold in Right and Title of the Female: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.91 | Howbeit they would hold up this Salic law | Howbeit, they would hold vp this Salique Law, |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.29 | If hell and treason hold their promises, | If Hell and Treason hold their promises, |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.6 | may. I dare not fight, but I will wink and hold out mine | may. I dare not fight, but I will winke and holde out mine |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.75 | I have, and I will hold, the quondam Quickly | I haue, and I will hold the Quondam Quickely |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.16 | Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit | Hold hard the Breath, and bend vp euery Spirit |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.22 | What rein can hold licentious wickedness | What Reyne can hold licentious Wickednesse, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.292 | Who twice a day their withered hands hold up | Who twice a day their wither'd hands hold vp |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.66 | And hold their manhoods cheap, whiles any speaks | And hold their Manhoods cheape, whiles any speakes, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.v.14 | Like a base pander, hold the chamber-door | Like a base Pander hold the Chamber doore, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.63 | mettle enough in his belly. Hold, there is twelve pence | mettell enough in his belly: Hold, there is twelue-pence |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.55 | Ay, leeks is good. Hold you, there is a groat to | I, Leekes is good: hold you, there is a groat to |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.43 | Else ne'er could they hold out so as they do. | Else ne're could they hold out so as they doe: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.61 | Plantagenet, I see, must hold his tongue, | Plantagenet I see must hold his tongue, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.87 | To hold your slaughtering hands and keep the peace. | To hold your slaughtring hands, and keepe the Peace: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.58 | Are ye so hot, sir? Yet, Pucelle, hold thy peace. | Are ye so hot, Sir: yet Pucell hold thy peace, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.13 | O, hold me not with silence overlong! | Oh hold me not with silence ouer-long: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.42 | Fell banning hag! Enchantress, hold thy tongue! | Fell banning Hagge, Inchantresse hold thy tongue. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.243 | Nor hold the sceptre in his childish fist, | Nor hold the Scepter in his childish Fist, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.174 | Image of pride, why should I hold my peace? | Image of Pride, why should I hold my peace? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.30 | Which now they hold by force and not by right; | Which now they hold by force, and not by right: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.93 | Hold, Peter, hold! I confess, I confess treason. | Hold Peter, hold, I confesse, I confesse Treason. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.186 | He'll wrest the sense and hold us here all day. | Hee'le wrest the sence, and hold vs here all day. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.28 | Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. | Hold vp thy hand, make signall of thy hope. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.115 | maidenhead, ere they have it. Men shall hold of me | Maydenhead ere they haue it: Men shall hold of mee |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.102 | Here is a hand to hold a sceptre up, | Heere is a hand to hold a Scepter vp, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.14 | Hold, Warwick! Seek thee out some other chase, | Hold Warwick: seek thee out some other chace |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.70 | Sword, hold thy temper; heart, be wrathful still; | Sword, hold thy temper; Heart, be wrathfull still: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.52 | And therefore fortify your hold, my lord. | And therefore fortifie your Hold, my Lord. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.51 | Hold, valiant Clifford! For a thousand causes | Hold valiant Clifford, for a thousand causes |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.54 | Hold, Clifford! Do not honour him so much | Hold Clifford, doe not honor him so much, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.95 | Hold you his hands whilst I do set it on. | Hold you his hands, whilest I doe set it on. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.42 | To hold thine own and leave thine own with him. | To hold thine owne, and leaue thine owne with him. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.109 | Northumberland, I hold thee reverently. | Northumberland, I hold thee reuerently, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.118 | Defy them then, or else hold close thy lips. | Defie them then, or els hold close thy lips. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.127 | Away! For death doth hold us in pursuit. | Away, for death doth hold vs in pursuite. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.24 | No way to fly, nor strength to hold out flight; | No way to flye, nor strength to hold out flight: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.139 | But if you mind to hold your true obedience, | But if you minde to hold your true obedience, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.7 | And welcome, Somerset. I hold it cowardice | And welcome Somerset: I hold it cowardize, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.75 | And thou shalt be the third, if this sword hold. | And thou shalt be the third, if this Sword hold. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iii.19 | That they do hold their course toward Tewkesbury. | That they doe hold their course toward Tewksbury. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.43 | Hold, Richard, hold; for we have done too much. | Hold, Richard, hold, for we haue done too much. |
| 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 I.iv.39 | Let me have such a bowl may hold my thanks, | Let me haue such a Bowle may hold my thankes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.87 | You hold a fair assembly; you do well, lord. | You hold a faire Assembly; you doe well Lord: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.83 | I hold my most malicious foe, and think not | I hold my most malicious Foe, and thinke not |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.121 | And all the fellowship I hold now with him | And all the Fellowship I hold now with him |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.7 | the first two hold a spare garland over her head, at | the first two hold a spare Garland ouer her Head, at |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.173 | Witness how dear I hold this confirmation. | Witnesse how deare, I hold this Confirmation. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.85 | A Marshalsea shall hold ye play these two months. | A Marshallsey, shall hold ye play these two Monthes. |
| Henry VIII | H8 epilogue.14 | If they hold when their ladies bid 'em clap. | If they hold, when their Ladies bid 'em clap. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.78 | To all the rout, then hold me dangerous. | To all the Rout, then hold me dangerous. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.83 | But wherefore do you hold me here so long? | But wherefore do you hold me heere so long? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.288 | Ay, if I be alive and your mind hold, and your | I, if I be aliue, and your minde hold, and your |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.117 | That is no fleering tell-tale. Hold, my hand; | That is no flearing Tell-tale. Hold, my Hand: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.201 | May hold him from the Capitol today. | May hold him from the Capitoll to day. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.65 | But there's but one in all doth hold his place. | But, there's but one in all doth hold his place. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.254 | Canst thou hold up thy heavy eyes awhile, | Canst thou hold vp thy heauie eyes a-while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.263 | I will not hold thee long. If I do live, | I will not hold thee long. If I do liue, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.286 | Ill spirit, I would hold more talk with thee. | Ill Spirit, I would hold more talke with thee. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.85 | But hold thee, take this garland on thy brow; | But hold thee, take this Garland on thy Brow, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iv.1 | Yet countrymen, O, yet hold up your heads! | Yet Country-men: O yet, hold vp your heads. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.28 | Hold thou my sword-hilts whilst I run on it. | Hold thou my Sword Hilts, whilest I runne on it. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.47 | Hold then my sword, and turn away thy face, | Hold then my Sword, and turne away thy face, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.93 | I hold thy message but as scurrilous, | I hold thy message but as scurrylous, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.50 | And bid the lords hold on their play at chess, | And bid the Lords hold on their play at Chesse, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.306 | O, that a man might hold the heart's close book | O that a man might hold the hartes close booke, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.60 | I hold thee for a false pernicious wretch; | I hould thee for a false pernitious wretch, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.199 | Hold, take this target, wear it on thy arm, | Hold take this target, weare it on thy arme, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.42 | Than all the world, and call it but a power. | As many sands as these my hands can hold, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.43 | As many sands as these my hands can hold | are but my handful of so many sands, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.162 | To live or die I hold indifferent. | To liue or die I hold indifferent. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.63 | For I do hold a tree in France too good | Eor I doo hold a tree in France too good, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.39 | If I could hold dim death but at a bay | If I could hold dym death but at a bay, |
| King John | KJ II.i.268 | For him, and in his right, we hold this town. | For him, and in his right, we hold this Towne. |
| King John | KJ II.i.282 | We for the worthiest, hold the right from both. | We for the worthiest hold the right from both. |
| King John | KJ II.i.333 | We hold our town for neither, yet for both. | We hold our Towne for neither: yet for both. |
| King John | KJ II.i.364 | Know him in us, that here hold up his right. | Know him in vs, that heere hold vp his right. |
| King John | KJ III.i.73 | Can hold it up. Here I and sorrows sit; | Can hold it vp: here I and sorrowes sit, |
| King John | KJ III.i.258 | France, thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue, | France, thou maist hold a serpent by the tongue, |
| King John | KJ III.i.261 | Than keep in peace that hand which thou dost hold. | Then keepe in peace that hand which thou dost hold. |
| King John | KJ III.i.329 | And in their rage, I having hold of both, | And in their rage, I hauing hold of both, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.90 | You hold too heinous a respect of grief. | You hold too heynous a respect of greefe. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.138 | Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up. | Makes nice of no vilde hold to stay him vp: |
| King John | KJ III.iv.161 | But hold himself safe in his prisonment. | But hold himselfe safe in his prisonment. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.96 | Is this your promise? Go to, hold your tongue. | Is this your promise? Go too, hold your toong. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.99 | Let me not hold my tongue. Let me not, Hubert! | Let me not hold my tongue: let me not Hubert, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.55 | If what in rest you have in right you hold, | If what in rest you haue, in right you hold, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.82 | We cannot hold mortality's strong hand. | We cannot hold mortalities strong hand. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.100 | Three foot of it doth hold – bad world the while! | Three foot of it doth hold; bad world the while: |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.156 | Hold out this tempest. Bear away that child | Hold out this tempest. Beare away that childe, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.161 | We hold our time too precious to be spent | We hold our time too precious to be spent |
| King John | KJ V.vii.19 | Which, in their throng and press to that last hold, | Which in their throng, and presse to that last hold, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.116 | Hold thee from this for ever. The barbarous Scythian, | Hold thee from this for euer. The barbarous Scythian, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.196 | When she was dear to us we did hold her so; | When she was deare to vs, we did hold her so, |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.27 | To hold my very course. Prepare for dinner. | to hold my course; prepare for dinner. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.190 | art nothing. (To Gonerill) Yes, forsooth, I will hold my | art nothing. Yes forsooth I will hold my |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.324 | And hold our lives in mercy. – Oswald, I say! | And hold our liues in mercy. Oswald, I say. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.85 | No contraries hold more antipathy | No contraries hold more antipathy, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.69 | stinking. Let go thy hold when a great wheel runs down | stinking; let go thy hold, when a great wheele runs downe |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.193 | Will you yet hold? – How came my man i'the stocks? | Will you yet hold? / How came my man i'th'Stockes? |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.237 | Hold amity? 'Tis hard, almost impossible. | Hold amity? 'Tis hard, almost impossible. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.144 | And let this tyrannous night take hold upon you, | And let this Tyrannous night take hold vpon you, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.66 | See't shalt thou never. Fellows, hold the chair. | See't shalt thou neuer. Fellowes hold ye Chaire, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.71.2 | Hold your hand, my lord! | Hold your hand, my Lord: |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.74.1 | Than now to bid you hold. | Then now to bid you hold. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.161 | Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand. | Thou, Rascall Beadle, hold thy bloody hand: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.234 | Like hold on thee. Let go his arm! | Like hold on thee. Let go his arme. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.58 | And hold your hand in benediction o'er me. | And hold your hand in benediction o're me, |
| King Lear | KL V.i.1 | Know of the Duke if his last purpose hold | Know of the Duke if his last purpose hold, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.55 | Where you shall hold your session. At this time | Where you shall hold your Session. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.61 | I hold you but a subject of this war, | I hold you but a subiect of this Warre, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.153 | Or with this paper shall I stop it – Hold, sir! | Or with this paper shall I stop it: hold Sir, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.200 | If there be more, more woeful, hold it in; | If there be more, more wofull, hold it in, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.141 | And hold fair friendship with his majesty. | And hold faire friendship with his Maiestie: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.36 | Do not curst wives hold that self-sovereignty | Do not curst wiues hold that selfe-soueraigntie |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.106 | Ah, never faith could hold if not to beauty vowed! | Ah neuer faith could hold, if not to beautie vowed. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.59 | 'Gainst whom the world cannot hold argument, | 'Gainst whom the world cannot hold argument, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.175 | I that am honest, I that hold it sin | I that am honest, I that hold it sinne |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.274 | I never knew man hold vile stuff so dear. | I neuer knew man hold vile stuffe so deere. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.67 | shouldst have it to buy gingerbread. Hold, there is the | shouldst haue it to buy Ginger bread: Hold, there is the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.130 | Hold, Rosaline, this favour thou shalt wear, | Hold Rosaline, this Fauour thou shalt weare, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.132 | Hold, take thou this, my sweet, and give me thine; | Hold, take thou this my sweet, and giue me thine, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.228 | If you deny to dance, let's hold more chat. | If you denie to dance, let's hold more chat. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.345 | This field shall hold me, and so hold your vow. | This field shal hold me, and so hold your vow: |
| 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.395 | Can any face of brass hold longer out? | Can any face of brasse hold longer out? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.444 | Madam, he swore that he did hold me dear | Madam, he swore that he did hold me deare |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.872 | a votary; I have vowed to Jaquenetta to hold the plough | a Votarie, I haue vow'd to Iaquenetta to holde the Plough |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.33.1 | And hold thee to my heart. | And hold thee to my Heart. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.52.1 | To cry, ‘ Hold, hold!’ | To cry, hold, hold. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.4 | Hold, take my sword. There's husbandry in heaven: | Hold, take my Sword: There's Husbandry in Heauen, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.116.2 | Why do we hold our tongues, | Why doe we hold our tongues, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.14 | Tonight we hold a solemn supper, sir, | To night we hold a solemne Supper sir, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.54 | Thou marvell'st at my words; but hold thee still. | Thou maruell'st at my words: but hold thee still, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.44 | Advise him to a caution to hold what distance | Aduise him to a Caution, t' hold what distance |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.19 | And do not know, ourselves; when we hold rumour | And do not know our selues: when we hold Rumor |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.3 | Hold fast the mortal sword; and like good men | Hold fast the mortall Sword: and like good men, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.73 | And damned be him that first cries, ‘ Hold, enough!’ | And damn'd be him, that first cries hold, enough. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.42 | Hold therefore, Angelo: | Hold therefore Angelo: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.34 | I hold you as a thing enskied and sainted, | I hold you as a thing en-skied, and sainted, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.229 | commission for more heads. If this law hold in Vienna | Commission for more heads: if this law hold in Vienna |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.175 | Hold you there. Farewell. | Hold you there: farewell: |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.v.4 | And hold you ever to our special drift, | And hold you euer to our speciall drift, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.79.1 | Nor wished to hold my peace. | Nor wish'd to hold my peace. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.356 | Must have a word anon. Lay hold on him. | Must haue a word anon: lay hold on him. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.363.1 | And hold no longer out. | And hold no longer out. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.368 | No longer session hold upon my shame, | No longer Session hold vpon my shame, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.435 | Hold up your hands, say nothing, I'll speak all. | Hold vp your hands, say nothing: I'll speake all. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.77 | I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano, | I hold the world but as the world Gratiano, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.174 | To hold a rival place with one of them, | To hold a riuall place with one of them, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.19 | Hold here, take this. Tell gentle Jessica | Hold here, take this, tell gentle Iessica |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.41 | What, must I hold a candle to my shames? | What, must I hold a Candle to my shames? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.136 | And hold your fortune for your bliss, | And hold your fortune for your blisse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iii.25 | Will never grant this forfeiture to hold. | will neuer grant this forfeiture to hold. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.62 | With that we lack. I'll hold thee any wager, | With that we lacke; Ile hold thee any wager |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.131 | To hold opinion with Pythagoras | To hold opinion with Pythagoras, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.344 | The law hath yet another hold on you. | The Law hath yet another hold on you. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.444 | She would not hold out enemy for ever | Shee would not hold out enemy for euer |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.127 | We should hold day with the Antipodes | We should hold day with the Antipodes, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.213 | philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth. | Philosophers hold, that the lips is parcell of the mouth: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.74 | Hold, sirrah, bear you these letters tightly; | Hold Sirha, beare you these Letters tightly, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.90 | His dove will prove, his gold will hold, | His Doue will proue; his gold will hold, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.28 | him. Does he not hold up his head, as it were, | him: do's he not hold vp his head (as it were?) |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.150 | Well, I shall see her today. Hold, there's money | Well: I shall see her to day: hold, there's money |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.17 | Come hither, William. Hold up your head. Come. | Come hither William; hold vp your head; come. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.18 | Come on, sirrah. Hold up your head. | Come-on Sirha; hold vp your head; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.68 | Prithee hold thy peace. | Pre'thee hold thy peace. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.126 | Well said, brazen-face. Hold it out. – Come forth, | Well said Brazon-face, hold it out: Come forth |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.i.1 | Prithee no more prattling. Go. I'll hold. This | Pre'thee no more pratling: go, Ile hold, this |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.i.7 | Away, I say; time wears. Hold up your head, | Away I say, time weares, hold vp your head |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.105 | I pray you, come, hold up the jest no higher. | I pray you come, hold vp the iest no higher. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.236 | To Master Brook you yet shall hold your word, | To Master Broome, you yet shall hold your word, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.103 | Enough; hold, or cut bowstrings. | Enough, hold or cut bow-strings. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.55 | And then the whole choir hold their hips and laugh, | And then the whole quire hold their hips, and loffe, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.63 | about him to signify Wall; and let him hold his fingers | about him, to signifie wall; or let him hold his fingers |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.239 | Wink each at other, hold the sweet jest up. | Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.184 | We'll hold a feast in great solemnity. | Wee'll hold a feast in great solemnitie. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.9 | One sees more devils than vast hell can hold. | One sees more diuels then vaste hell can hold; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.359 | A fortnight hold we this solemnity | A fortnight hold we this solemnity. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.84 | I will hold friends with you, lady. | I will hold friends with you Lady. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.ii.18 | No, no; we will hold it as a dream, till it appear | No, no; wee will hold it as a dreame, till it appeare |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.57 | truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred. | truly I hold it a sinne to match in my kinred. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.247 | embassage to the Pigmies, rather than hold three words' | embassage to the Pigmies, rather then hould three words |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.23 | hold up – to a contaminated stale, such a one as Hero. | hold vp, to a contaminated stale, such a one as Hero. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.51 | Or, if thou wilt hold longer argument, | Or if thou wilt hold longer argument, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.124 | infection; hold it up. | infection, hold it vp. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.211 | carry. The sport will be, when they hold one | carry: the sport will be, when they hold one |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.161 | To burn the errors that these Princes hold | To burne the errors that these Princes hold |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.92 | Hold you content. What, man! I know them, yea, | Hold you content, what man? I know them, yea |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.38 | I'll hold my mind, were she an Ethiope. | Ile hold my minde were she an Ethiope. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.7 | Thou told'st me thou didst hold him in thy hate. | Thou told'st me, / Thou did'st hold him in thy hate. |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.2 | Yet do I hold it very stuff o'th' conscience | Yet do I hold it very stuffe o'th'conscience |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.80 | Lay hold upon him: if he do resist, | Lay hold vpon him, if he do resist |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.81.2 | Hold your hands, | Hold your hands |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.55 | Take hold on me; for my particular grief | Take hold on me. For my perticular griefe |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.118 | The trust, the office I do hold of you | The Trust, the Office, I do hold of you, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.9 | Can hold the mortise? What shall we hear of this? | Can hold the Morties. What shall we heare of this? |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.52 | That hold their honours in a wary distance, | (That hold their Honours in a wary distance, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.96 | No, for I hold him to be unworthy of his place | No: for I hold him to be vnworthy of his Place, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.146 | Nay, good Lieutenant; I pray you, sir, hold | Nay, good Lieutenant: / I pray you Sir, hold |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.156 | The town will rise. God's will, Lieutenant, hold! | The Towne will rise. Fie, fie Lieutenant, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.159.2 | Hold for your lives! | Hold for your liues. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.160 | Hold, ho, Lieutenant, sir, Montano, gentlemen! | Hold hoa: Lieutenant, Sir Montano, Gentlemen: |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.162 | Hold! The General speaks to you: hold, for shame! | Hold. The Generall speaks to you: hold for shame. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.246 | Yet, if you please to hold him off awhile, | Yet if you please, to him off a-while: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.253 | And hold her free, I do beseech your honour. | And hold her free, I do beseech your Honor. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.62 | Should hold her loathed, and his spirits should hunt | Should hold her loathed, and his Spirits should hunt |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.217.1 | Zounds, hold your peace! | Come, hold your peace. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.330 | That can torment him much, and hold him long, | That can torment him much, and hold him long, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.58 | In your imagination hold | In your imagination hold: |
| Pericles | Per III.i.79 | Cannot hold out to Tyrus. There I'll leave it | Cannot hold out to Tyrus; there Ile leaue it |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.25.2 | I hold it ever | I hold it euer |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.93 | Hold, villain! | Hold villaine. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.102 | Thy speech had altered it. Hold, here's gold for thee. | thy speeche had altered it, holde, heeres golde for thee, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.111 | Hold, here's more gold for thee. | hold, heeres more golde for thee, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.152 | To take from you the jewel you hold so dear. | To take from you the Iewell you hold so deere. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.294 | O, who can hold a fire in his hand | Oh who can hold a fire in his hand |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.300 | Hold out my horse, and I will first be there. | Hold out my horse, and I will first be there. |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.92 | Hold: take my ring. | Hold, take my Ring. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.47.2 | Hold thy peace. | Hold thy peace. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.51 | That seemed in eating him to hold him up, | That seem'd, in eating him, to hold him vp, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.83 | King Richard he is in the mighty hold | King Richard, he is in the mighty hold |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.52 | What news from Oxford? Do these justs and triumphs hold? | What newes from Oxford? Hold those Iusts & Triumphs? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.156 | I can no longer hold me patient. | I can no longer hold me patient. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.120 | to hold me but while one tells twenty. | to hold me but while one tels twenty. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.56 | Hold me a foe – | Hold me a Foe: |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.133 | O God! I fear thy justice will take hold | O God! I feare thy iustice will take hold |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.7 | Doth the news hold of good King Edward's death? | Doth the newes hold of good king Edwards death? |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.16 | Good faith, good faith, the saying did not hold | Good faith, good faith, the saying did not hold |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.179 | For we tomorrow hold divided councils, | For we to morrow hold diuided Councels, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.77 | My lord, I hold my life as dear as you do yours, | My Lord, I hold my Life as deare as yours, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.104 | God hold it, to your honour's good content! | God hold it, to your Honors good content. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.492 | You have no cause to hold my friendship doubtful. | You haue no cause to hold my friendship doubtfull, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.v.3 | My son George Stanley is franked up in hold; | My Sonne George Stanley is frankt vp in hold: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.79 | Thou villain Capulet! – Hold me not. Let me go. | Thou villaine Capulet. Hold me not, let me go |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.20 | This night I hold an old accustomed feast, | This night I hold an old accustom'd Feast, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.50 | Enough of this. I pray thee hold thy peace. | Inough of this, I pray thee hold thy peace. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.59 | To strike him dead I hold it not a sin. | To strike him dead I hold it not a sin. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.116 | I tell you, he that can lay hold of her | I tell you, he that can lay hold of her, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.67 | For stony limits cannot hold love out, | For stony limits cannot hold Loue out, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.88 | Hold, Tybalt! Good Mercutio! | Hold Tybalt, good Mercutio. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.165 | ‘ Hold, friends! Friends, part!’ and swifter than his tongue | Hold Friends, Friends part, and swifter then his tongue, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.108.2 | Hold thy desperate hand. | Hold thy desperate hand: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.170 | And why, my Lady Wisdom? Hold your tongue, | And why my Lady wisedome? hold your tongue, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.68 | Hold, daughter. I do spy a kind of hope, | Hold Daughter, I doe spie a kind of hope, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.89 | Hold, then. Go home, be merry, give consent | Hold then: goe home, be merrie, giue consent, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.122 | Hold. Get you gone. Be strong and prosperous | Hold get you gone, be strong and prosperous: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iv.1 | Hold, take these keys and fetch more spices, Nurse. | Hold, / Take these keies, and fetch more spices Nurse. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.59 | Hold, there is forty ducats. Let me have | Hold, there is fortie Duckets, let me haue |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.23 | Hold, take this letter. Early in the morning | Hold take this Letter, early in the morning |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.183 | Hold him in safety till the Prince come hither. | Hold him in safety, till the Prince come hither. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.129 | For so your doctors hold it very meet, | For so your doctors hold it very mcete, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.106 | good here's none will hold you. There! Love is not so | good heere's none will holde you: Their loue is not so |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.144 | That love should of a sudden take such hold? | That loue should of a sodaine take such hold. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.117 | He hath the jewel of my life in hold, | He hath the Iewel of my life in hold, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.146 | Iron may hold with her, but never lutes. | Iron may hold with her, but neuer Lutes. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.80 | I hold you a penny, | I hold you a penny, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.107 | To hold my stirrup nor to take my horse? | To hold my stirrop, nor to take my horse? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.6 | 'Tis well, and hold your own, in any case, | Tis well, and hold your owne in any case |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.17 | Th' art a tall fellow, hold thee that to drink. | Th'art a tall fellow, hold thee that to drinke, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.79 | Lay hold on him, I charge you, in the Duke's name. O, | laie hold on him I charge you in the Dukes name: oh |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.56 | 'Tis thought your deer does hold you at a bay. | 'Tis thought your Deere does hold you at a baie. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.48 | Lay her a-hold, a-hold! Set her two courses! | Lay her a hold, a hold, set her two courses |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.65 | drenched in the sea, hold, notwithstanding, their | drencht in the Sea, hold notwithstanding their |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.34 | now let loose my opinion, hold it no longer. This is no | now let loose my opinion; hold it no longer; this is no |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.49 | Infects one comma in the course I hold, | Infects one comma in the course I hold, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.104 | eyes cannot hold out water, methinks. To forget their | eies cannot hold out water me thinks to forget their |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.151 | hold taking, I doubt me. | hold taking, I doubt me. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.4 | Of raging waste? It cannot hold, it will not. | Of raging waste? It cannot hold, it will not. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.12 | All that pass by. It cannot hold. No reason | All that passe by. It cannot hold, no reason |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.144 | To hold your hand more close. I did endure | To hold your hand more close: I did indure |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.63 | Will't hold? Will't hold? | Wilt hold? Wilt hold? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.8 | Do't in your parents' eyes. Bankrupts, hold fast; | Doo't in your Parents eyes. Bankrupts, hold fast |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.135 | And to make whores, a bawd. Hold up, you sluts, | And to make Whores, a Bawd. Hold vp you Sluts |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.4 | hold for true that he's so full of gold? | hold for true, / That hee's so full of Gold? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.248 | I hold me highly honoured of your grace, | I hold me Highly Honoured of your Grace, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.42 | Thou shalt not sigh, nor hold thy stumps to heaven, | Thou shalt not sighe nor hold thy stumps to heauen, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.104.1 | Hold, hold. (Gives him money) | Hold, hold, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.116.1 | For thou must hold it like an humble suppliant, | For thou hast made it like an humble Suppliant: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.36 | Will hold thee dearly for thy mother's sake.’ | Will hold thee dearely for thy Mothers sake. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.76 | And whilst I at a banquet hold him sure, | And whil'st I at a Banquet hold him sure, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.181 | Whiles that Lavinia 'tween her stumps doth hold | Whil'st that Lauinia tweene her stumps doth hold: |
| 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.64 | Should hold up high in brass; and such again | Should hold vp high in Brasse: and such againe |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.78 | Nay, I must hold you. | Nay, I must hold you. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.113 | I will hold my peace when Achilles' brooch | I will hold my peace when Achilles Brooch |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.187 | Of that we hold an idol more than he? | Of that we hold an Idoll, more then hee? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.127 | Of speaking first. Sweet, bid me hold my tongue, | Of speaking first. Sweet, bid me hold my tongue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.196 | the witness. Here I hold your hand, here my cousin's. | the witnesse here I hold your hand: here my Cousins, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.78 | But we in silence hold this virtue well: | But we in silence hold this vertue well; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.114.1 | Now, Ajax, hold thine own! | Now Aiax hold thine owne. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.27 | I prithee, do not hold me to mine oath; | I prethee do not hold me to mine oath, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.30 | Hold, patience! | Hold, patience. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.24 | But vows to every purpose must not hold. | But vowes to euery purpose must not hold: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.25.2 | Hold you still, I say; | Hold you still I say; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.59 | Lay hold upon him, Priam, hold him fast; | Lay hold vpon him Priam, hold him fast: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.24 | Hold thy whore, Grecian! Now for thy | Hold thy whore Grecian: now for thy |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.16 | I saw him hold acquaintance with the waves | I saw him hold acquaintance with the waues, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.22 | That if one break, the other will hold; or if both | That if one breake, the other will hold: or if both |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.99 | Who of my people hold him in delay? | Who of my people hold him in delay: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.202 | war, no taxation of homage. I hold the olive in my hand; | warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.294 | Nor hold him up with hopes; I am not for him. | Nor hold him vp with hopes, I am not for him: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.63 | ‘ Hold thy peace, thou knave,’ knight? I shall be | Hold thy peace, thou Knaue knight. I shall be |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.67 | ‘ Hold thy peace – ’ | Hold thy peace. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.68 | I shall never begin if I hold my peace. | I shall neuer begin if I hold my peace. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.37 | Or thy affection cannot hold the bent. | Or thy affection cannot hold the bent: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.83 | Tell her I hold as giddily as fortune. | Tell her I hold as giddily as Fortune: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.95 | So big to hold so much, they lack retention. | So bigge, to hold so much, they lacke retention. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.42 | thee. Hold, there's expenses for thee! | thee. Hold there's expences for thee. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.39 | It doth not fit me. Hold, sir, here's my purse. | It doth not fit me: hold sir, here's my purse, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.108 | Prithee, hold thy peace, this is not the way. Do | Prethee hold thy peace, this is not the way: Doe |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.226 | if you hold your life at any price, betake you to | if you hold your life at any price, betake you to |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.275 | scarce hold him yonder. | scarse hold him yonder. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.310 | O good Sir Toby, hold! Here come the Officers. | O good sir Toby hold: heere come the Officers. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.337 | Hold: there's half my coffer. | Hold, there's halfe my Coffer. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.27 | Hold, sir, or I'll throw your dagger o'er the | Hold sir, or Ile throw your dagger ore the |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.31 | Come on, sir, hold! | Come on sir, hold. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.44 | Hold, Toby! On thy life, I charge thee hold! | Hold Toby, on thy life I charge thee hold. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.57 | shalt hold the opinion of Pythagoras ere I will allow of | shalt hold th'opinion of Pythagoras, ere I will allow of |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.169 | Hold little faith, though thou hast too much fear. | Hold little faith, though thou hast too much feare. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.87 | Did hold his eyes locked in her crystal looks. | Did hold his eyes, lockt in her Christall lookes. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.29 | And Valentine I'll hold an enemy, | And Valentine Ile hold an Enemie, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.17 | Proteus, the good conceit I hold of thee – | Protheus, the good conceit I hold of thee, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.33 | Three things that women highly hold in hate. | Three things, that women highly hold in hate. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.54 | That they may hold excused our lawless lives; | That they may hold excus'd our lawlesse liues; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.124 | There, hold! | There, hold: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.18 | But better, indeed, when you hold your peace. | But better indeede, when you hold you peace. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.130 | Verona shall not hold thee. Here she stands; | Verona shall not hold thee: heere she stands, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.134 | I hold him but a fool that will endanger | I hold him but a foole that will endanger |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.24.1 | Should hold you here for ever. | Should hold you here for ever. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.113 | If the gods please; to hold here a brave patience, | If the gods please, to hold here a brave patience, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.36.1 | Do we all hold against the maying? | Doe we all hold, against the Maying? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.36.2 | Hold? | Hold? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.60.1 | Away, boys, and hold! | Away / Boyes and hold. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.100.2 | Pray hold your promise; | Pray hold your promise; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.51 | And with thy teeth thou hold, will either fail. | And with thy teeth thou hold, will either faile, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.15 | If it but hold, I kill him with; 'tis justice. | If it but hold, I kill him with; tis Iustice: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.89.2 | Take my sword; I hold it better. | Take my Sword, I hold it better. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.91 | Here's one; if it but hold, I ask no more, | Here's one, if it but hold, I aske no more, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.136.2 | Hold thy word, Theseus; | Hold thy word Theseus, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.228 | Your reason will not hold it. If such vows | Your reason will not hold it, if such vowes |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.304 | Sleep till the hour prefixed, and hold your course. | Sleepe till the howre prefixt, and hold your course. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.16.2 | Pray heaven it hold so! | Pray heaven it hold so. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.161 | The file and quality I hold I may | The fyle and qualitie I hold, I may |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.40.2 | ‘ Run! Save! Hold!’ Enter in haste a Messenger | run, save hold: Enter in hast a Messenger. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.40 | Hold, hold, O hold, hold, hold! | Hold, Hold, O hold, hold, hold. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.41 | Hold, ho! It is a cursed haste you made | Hold hoa: It is a cursed hast you made |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.25 | In this deep water, do but you hold out | In this deepe water. Do but you hold out |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.213 | You had much ado to make his anchor hold: | You had much adoe to make his Anchor hold, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.139.2 | Hold your peaces. | Hold your peaces. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.23 | May hold together. On her frights and griefs – | May hold together: On her frights, and greefes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.34 | If the springe hold, the cock's mine. | If the sprindge hold, the Cocke's mine. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.36 | Your resolution cannot hold when 'tis | Your resolution cannot hold, when 'tis |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.282 | than my pack will hold. | then my packe will hold. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.406 | But fair posterity, should hold some counsel | But faire posterity) should hold some counsaile |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.427 | Not hold thee of our blood, no, not our kin, | Not hold thee of our blood, no not our Kin, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.496 | With her who here I cannot hold on shore; | With her, who heere I cannot hold on shore: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.499 | For this design. What course I mean to hold | For this designe. What course I meane to hold |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.553.1 | Hold up before him? | Hold vp before him? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.632 | on his side be the worst, yet hold thee, there's some | (on his side) be the worst, yet hold thee, there's some |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.676 | acquaint the King withal, I would not do't. I hold it the | acquaint the King withall, I would not do't: I hold it the |