| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.70.2 | He cannot want the best | He cannot want the best |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.42 | Whose want and whose delay is strewed with sweets, | Whose want, and whose delay, is strew'd with sweets |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.68 | And I shall lose my life for want of language. | And I shall loose my life for want of language. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.80 | Three kings I had newly feasted, and did want | Three Kings I had newly feasted, and did want |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.11 | Wherefore my father should revengers want, | Wherefore my Father should reuengers want, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.30 | In their best fortunes strong, but want will perjure | In their best Fortunes strong; but want will periure |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.53 | Dido and her Aeneas shall want troops, | Dido, and her Aeneas shall want Troopes, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.58 | want. | want. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.188 | Who, all for want of pruning, with intrusion | Who all for want of pruning, with intrusion, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.4 | To Persia, and want guilders for my voyage. | To Persia, and want Gilders for my voyage: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.82 | 'Tis not to save labour, nor that I want love. | 'Tis not to saue labour, nor that I want loue. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.247 | Shall touch the people – which time shall not want, | Shall teach the People, which time shall not want, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.69.1 | Of what that want might ruin. | Of what that want might ruine. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.115 | man: thou shouldst neither want my means for thy | man: thou should'st neither want my meanes for thy |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iii.31 | The want is but to put those powers in motion | The want is, but to put those Powres in motion, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.26 | Who find in my exile the want of breeding, | Who finde in my Exile, the want of Breeding; |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.162 | faint for want of meat, depart reeling with too much | faint for want of meate, depart reeling with too much |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.187 | I tell thee, fellow, there are none want eyes to | I tell thee, Fellow, there are none want eyes, to |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.218 | And who in want a hollow friend doth try | And who in want a hollow Friend doth try, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.131 | Will want true colour – tears perchance for blood. | Will want true colour; teares perchance for blood. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.154 | thief, for the poor abuses of the time want countenance. | theefe; for the poore abuses of the time, want countenance. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.130 | Want mercy if I do not join with him. | Want mercy, if I do not ioyne with him. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.103 | to his wife, ‘ Fie upon this quiet life, I want work.’ ‘ O | to his wife; Fie vpon this quiet life, I want worke. O |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.178 | Defect of manners, want of government, | Defect of Manners, want of Gouernment, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.44 | And yet, in faith, it is not! His present want | And yet, in faith, it is not his present want |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.79 | And never yet did insurrection want | And neuer yet did Insurrection want |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.74 | lack subjects? Do not the rebels need soldiers? Though | lack subiects? Do not the Rebels want Soldiers? Though |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.8 | Only we want a little personal strength, | Onely wee want a little personall Strength: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.28 | What you want in meat, we'll have in drink; but you | What you want in meate, wee'l haue in drinke: but you |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.70 | And yet my sky shall not want. | And yet my Sky shall not want. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.57 | Have lost, or do not learn for want of time, | Haue lost, or doe not learne, for want of time, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.69 | Whose want gives growth to th' imperfections | Whose want giues growth to th'imperfections |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.69 | No treachery, but want of men and money. | No trecherie, but want of Men and Money. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.9 | They want their porridge and their fat bull-beeves. | They want their Porredge, & their fat Bul Beeues: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.41 | Good morrow, gallants, want ye corn for bread? | God morrow Gallants, want ye Corn for Bread? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.46 | Because you want the grace that others have, | Because you want the grace that others haue, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.33 | And choke the herbs for want of husbandry. | And choake the Herbes for want of Husbandry. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.168 | I shall not want false witness to condemn me, | I shall not want false Witnesse, to condemne me, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.236 | But yet we want a colour for his death. | But yet we want a Colour for his death: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.126 | That want their leader, scatter up and down | That want their Leader, scatter vp and downe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.348 | As one that surfeits thinking on a want. | As one that surfets, thinking on a want: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.61 | honour be witness that no want of resolution in me, but | honor be witnesse, that no want of resolution in mee, but |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.22 | Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem, | Nor should thy prowesse want praise & esteeme, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.133 | The want thereof makes thee abominable. | The want thereof, makes thee abhominable. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.121 | That, though I want a kingdom, yet in marriage | That though I want a Kingdome, yet in Marriage |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.57 | Ay, therein Clarence shall not want his part. | I, therein Clarence shall not want his part. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.66 | O, welcome, Oxford, for we want thy help. | Oh welcome Oxford, for we want thy helpe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.8 | My blood, my want of strength, my sick heart shows, | My blood, my want of strength, my sicke heart shewes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.308 | It is to see a nobleman want manners. | It is to see a Nobleman want manners. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.309 | I had rather want those than my head. Have at you! | I had rather want those, then my head; / Haue at you. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.13 | And want of wisdom, you, that best should teach us, | And want of wisedome, you that best should teach vs, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.58 | That should be in a Roman you do want, | that should be in a Roman, / You doe want, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.8 | O, for more arrows, Lord! That's our want. | O for more arrowes Lord, thats our want. |
| King John | KJ II.i.435 | And she again wants nothing, to name want, | And she againe wants nothing, to name want, |
| King John | KJ II.i.436 | If want it be not that she is not he. | If want it be not, that she is not hee: |
| King John | KJ III.iv.13 | Doth want example. Who hath read or heard | Doth want example: who hath read, or heard |
| King John | KJ IV.i.98 | Must needs want pleading for a pair of eyes. | Must needes want pleading for a paire of eyes: |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.138 | Let hell want pains enough to torture me. | Let hell want paines enough to torture me: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.224 | If for I want that glib and oily art | If for I want that glib and oylie Art, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.230 | But even for want of that for which I am richer: | But euen for want of that, for which I am richer, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.279 | And well are worth the want that you have wanted. | And well are worth the want that you haue wanted. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.194 | Weary of all, shall want some. | Weary of all, shall want some. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.340 | You are much more a-taxed for want of wisdom | Your are much more at task for want of wisedome, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.18 | I have no way and therefore want no eyes; | I haue no way, and therefore want no eyes: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.263 | opportunities to cut him off; if your will want not, time and | opportunities to cut him off: if your will want not, time and |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.78 | shall want no instruction; if their daughters be capable, | shall want no instruction: If their Daughters be capable, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.235 | Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek. | Where nothing wants, that want it selfe doth seeke. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.708 | True, and it was enjoined him in Rome for want of | True, and it was inioyned him in Rome for want of |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.8 | Who cannot want the thought how monstrous | Who cannot want the thought, how monstrous |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.103.1 | That want no ear but yours. | That want no eare but yours. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.247 | Want no money, Sir John; you shall want none. | Want no money (Sir Iohn) you shall want none. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.248 | Want no Mistress Ford, Master Brook; you | Want no Mistresse Ford (Master Broome) you |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.249 | shall want none. I shall be with her, I may tell you, by | shall want none: I shall be with her (I may tell you) by |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.12 | Ay; and as idle as she may hang together, for want | I, and as idle as she may hang together for want |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.37 | Why, yet there want not many that do fear | Why yet there want not many that do feare |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.130 | Belike for want of rain, which I could well | Belike for want of raine, which I could well |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.101 | The human mortals want their winter cheer. | The humane mortals want their winter heere, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.224 | which the Moor is defective in. Now for want of these | which the Moore is defectiue in. Now for want of these |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.105 | Whose want even kills me. | Whose want euen killes me. |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.16 | That, if heaven slumber while their creatures want, | that if heauen slumber, while / Their creatures want, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.37 | As houses are defiled for want of use, | As houses are defil'de for want of vse, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.38 | They are now starved for want of exercise. | They are now staru'de for want of exercise, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.72 | But what I am, want teaches me to think on: | But what I am, want teaches me to thinke on: |
| Pericles | Per V.i.54 | Wherein we are not destitute for want, | wherein we are not destitute for want, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.175 | I live with bread, like you; feel want, | I liue with Bread like you, feele Want, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.203 | Tears show their love, but want their remedies. | Teares shew their Loue, but want their Remedies. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.16 | It adds more sorrow to my want of joy; | It addes more Sorrow to my want of Ioy: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.18 | And what I want it boots not to complain. | And what I want, it bootes not to complaine. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.72 | O, I am pressed to death through want of speaking! | Oh I am prest to death through want of speaking: |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.16 | I, that am rudely stamped, and want love's majesty | I, that am Rudely stampt, and want loues Maiesty, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.42 | Why wither not the leaves that want their sap? | Why wither not the leaues that want their sap? |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.6 | I want more uncles here to welcome me. | I want more Vnkles heere to welcome me. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.12 | Those uncles which you want were dangerous; | Those Vnkles which you want, were dangerous: |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.124 | This noble isle doth want her proper limbs; | The Noble Ile doth want his proper Limmes: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.13 | Which they upon the adverse faction want. | Which they vpon the aduerse Faction want. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.332 | For want of means, poor rats, had hanged themselves. | For want of meanes (poore Rats) had hang'd themselues. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.155 | A thousand times the worse, to want thy light! | A thousand times the worse to want thy light, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.73 | But much of grief shows still some want of wit. | But much of griefe, shewes still some want of wit. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.102 | Let them want nothing that my house affords. | Let them want nothing that my house affoords. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.5 | To want the bridegroom when the priest attends | To want the Bride-groome when the Priest attends |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.149 | want of wine. | want of Wine. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.79 | What I shall die to want. But this is trifling; | What I shall die to want: But this is trifling, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.26 | And what does else want credit, come to me | And what do's else want credit, come to me |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.39 | Although they want the use of tongue, a kind | (Although they want the vse of tongue) a kinde |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.58 | Rather than want a spirit. Appear, and pertly. | Rather then want a Spirit; appear, & pertly. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.116 | Scarcity and want shall shun you, | Scarcity and want shall shun you, |
| The Tempest | Tem epilogue.13 | Which was to please. Now I want | Which was to please: Now I want |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.5 | If I want gold, steal but a beggar's dog | If I want Gold, steale but a beggers Dogge, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.64 | usurers' men, bawds between gold and want! | Vsurers men, Bauds betweene Gold and want. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.210 | That now they are at fall, want treasure, cannot | That now they are at fall, want Treature cannot |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.8 | Fie, no, do not believe it. He cannot want for | Fye no, doe not beleeue it: hee cannot want for |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.39 | He cannot want fifty five hundred talents. | He cannot want fifty fiue hundred Talents. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.13 | The want that makes him lean. Who dares, who dares, | The want that makes him leaue: who dares? who dares |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.92 | The want whereof doth daily make revolt | The want whereof, doth dayly make reuolt |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.402 | The mere want of gold, and the falling-from of his | the meere want of Gold, and the falling from of his |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.417 | We are not thieves, but men that much do want. | We are not Theeues, but men / That much do want. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.418 | Your greatest want is, you want much of meat. | Your greatest want is, you want much of meat: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.419 | Why should you want? Behold, the earth hath roots; | Why should you want? Behold, the Earth hath Rootes: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.423 | Lays her full mess before you. Want? Why want? | Layes her full Messe before you. Want? why Want? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.465 | Has desperate want made! | has desp'rate want made? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.26 | Chiron, thy years want wit, thy wit wants edge | Chiron thy yeres wants wit, thy wit wants edge |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.5 | Thy niece and I, poor creatures, want our hands | Thy Neece and I (poore Creatures) want our hands |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.199 | And being dead, let birds on her take pity. | And being so, shall haue like want of pitty. / See Iustice done on Aaron that damn'd Moore, / From whom, our heauy happes had their beginning: / Then afterwards, to Order well the State, / That like Euents, may ne're it Ruinate. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.174 | Want similes, truth tired with iteration – | Wants similes, truth tir'd with iteration, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.59 | Well, sir, for want of other idleness, I'll bide your | Well sir, for want of other idlenesse, Ile bide your |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.28 | was for want of money. And now you are metamorphosed | was for want of money: And now you are Metamorphis'd |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.157 | Or else for want of idle time, could not again reply; | Or else for want of idle time, could not againe reply, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.110 | And duty never yet did want his meed. | And dutie neuer yet did want his meed. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.147 | Because myself do want my servants' fortune. | Because my selfe doe want my seruants fortune. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.58 | As we do in our quality much want – | As we doe in our quality much want. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.222.1 | Shall want till your return. | Shall want till your returne. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.37 | Peril and want contending; they have skiffed | Perill and want contending, they have skift |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.56 | You want at any time, let me but know it; | You want at any time, let me but know it; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.52.1 | Get off your trinkets; you shall want naught. | Get off your Trinkets, you shall want nought; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.209 | Which cannot want due mercy, I beg first – | Which cannot want due mercie, I beg first. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.216 | But want the understanding where to use it. | But want the vnderstanding where to use it. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.154.2 | There shall want no bravery. | There shall want no bravery. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.109 | Commonly are; the want of which vain dew | Commonly are) the want of which vaine dew |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.13 | have had thee than thus to want thee. Thou, having | haue had thee, then thus to want thee, thou hauing |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.81 | anything I want. Offer me no money, I pray you: that | anie thing I want: Offer me no money I pray you, that |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.591 | That you may know you shall not want, one word. | That you may know you shall not want: one word. |