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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
All's Well That Ends Well	AW III.vii.35	To marry her I'll add three thousand crowns	To marry her, Ile adde three thousand Crownes
Antony and Cleopatra	AC III.xii.28	And in our name, what she requires; add more,	And in our Name, what she requires, adde more
Cymbeline	Cym V.v.13	The heir of his reward, (to Belarius, Guiderius, and Arviragus) which I will add	The heyre of his Reward, which I will adde
Cymbeline	Cym V.v.19.1	Unless I add we are honest.	Vnlesse I adde, we are honest.
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 III.i.101	And these unseasoned hours perforce must add	And these vnseason'd howres perforce must adde
Henry V	H5 I.ii.307	That may with reasonable swiftness add	That may with reasonable swiftnesse adde
Henry V	H5 III.vi.131	satisfaction. To this add defiance: and tell him for	satisfaction. To this adde defiance: and tell him for
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 I.i.103	My gracious lords, to add to your laments,	My gracious Lords, to adde to your laments,
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 III.ii.292	Thou wilt but add increase unto my wrath.	Thou wilt but adde encrease vnto my Wrath.
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 II.i.99	The words would add more anguish than the wounds.	The words would adde more anguish then the wounds.
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 II.i.105	And now, to add more measure to your woes,	And now to adde more measure to your woes,
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 III.ii.191	I can add colours to the chameleon,	I can adde Colours to the Camelion,
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 V.iv.8	With tearful eyes add water to the sea,	With tearefull Eyes adde Water to the Sea,
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 V.iv.70	I need not add more fuel to your fire,	I need not adde more fuell to your fire,
Henry VIII	H8 III.i.137	Yet will I add an honour – a great patience.	Yet will I adde an Honor; a great Patience.
Henry VIII	H8 IV.ii.67	And, to add greater honours to his age	And to adde greater Honors to his Age
Julius Caesar	JC II.i.267	To add unto his sickness? No, my Brutus;	To adde vnto hit sicknesse? No my Brutus,
King John	KJ II.i.347	Or add a royal number to the dead,	Or adde a royall number to the dead:
King John	KJ III.i.153	Add thus much more: that no Italian priest	Adde thus much more, that no Italian Priest
King John	KJ IV.ii.13	To smooth the ice, or add another hue	To smooth the yce, or adde another hew
King Lear	KL I.iv.335	And thereto add such reasons of your own	And thereto adde such reasons of your owne,
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL III.i.86	I will add the l'envoy. Say the moral again.
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL V.ii.470	Now, to our perjury to add more terror,	Now to our periurie, to adde more terror,
Macbeth	Mac IV.i.33	Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,	Adde thereto a Tigers Chawdron,
Macbeth	Mac IV.iii.207.1	To add the death of you.	To adde the death of you.
Measure for Measure	MM IV.ii.170	O, death's a great disguiser, and you may add to it.	Oh, death's a great disguiser, and you may adde to it;
Much Ado About Nothing	MA IV.i.170	Is that she will not add to her damnation	Is, that she wil not adde to her damnation,
Othello	Oth III.iii.369	For nothing canst thou to damnation add	For nothing canst thou to damnation adde,
Pericles	Per I.iv.90	Nor come we to add sorrow to your tears,	Nor come we to adde sorrow to your teares,
Pericles	Per II.i.167	This day I'll rise, or else add ill to ill.	This day Ile rise, or else adde ill to ill.
Richard II	R2 I.i.24	Add an immortal title to your crown!	Adde an immortall title to your Crowne.
Richard II	R2 I.iii.73	Add proof unto mine armour with thy prayers,	Adde proofe vnto mine Armour with thy prayres,
Richard II	R2 V.vi.12	And to thy worth will add right worthy gains.	And to thy worth will adde right worthy gaines.
Romeo and Juliet	RJ I.i.189	Doth add more grief to too much of mine own.	Doth adde more griefe, to too much of mine owne.
The Merchant of Venice	MV V.i.186	If I could add a lie unto a fault,	If I could adde a lie vnto a fault,
The Taming of the Shrew	TS III.ii.127	But, sir, to love concerneth us to add	But sir, Loue concerneth vs to adde
The Taming of the Shrew	TS V.ii.111	The wager thou hast won, and I will add	The wager thou hast won, and I will adde
The Winter's Tale	WT II.i.67	The justice of your hearts will thereto add,	The iustice of your hearts will thereto adde
Timon of Athens	Tim III.i.51	May these add to the number that may scald thee!	May these adde to the number y^t may scald thee:
Troilus and Cressida	TC II.ii.107	Add to my clamour! Let us pay betimes	Adde to my clamour: let vs pay betimes
Troilus and Cressida	TC II.iii.131	Rode on his tide. Go tell him this; and add	Rode on his tyde. Goe tell him this, and adde,
Troilus and Cressida	TC II.iii.194	And add more coals to Cancer when he burns	And adde more Coles to Cancer, when he burnes
Twelfth Night	TN I.iii.33	They that add, moreover, he's drunk nightly in	They that adde moreour, hee's drunke nightly in
Twelfth Night	TN V.i.78	His life I gave him, and did thereto add	His life I gaue him, and did thereto adde

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Sonnets	Sonn.69.12	To thy fair flower add the rank smell of weeds.	To thy faire flower ad the rancke smell of weeds,
Sonnets	Sonn.84.13	You to your beauteous blessings add a curse,	You to your beautious blessings adde a curse,
Sonnets	Sonn.85.10	And to the most of praise add something more,	And to the most of praise adde some-thing more,
Sonnets	Sonn.135.11	So thou, being rich in Will, add to thy Will,	So thou beeing rich in Will adde to thy Will,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.332	To add a more rejoicing to the prime	To ad a more reioysing to the prime,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.651	Add to his flow, but alter not his taste.’	Adde to his flowe, but alter not his tast.

above	in addition, as well
addiction	inclination, leaning, bent
addition	polite form of address, style of address
addition	exaggeration, overstatement
addition	external honour, distinctive style
addition	attribute, mark of honour, distinction [as if added to a coat--of-arms]
addition	advantage, credit, plus
addition	title, name
addle	addled, rotten, putrid
address	prepare, make ready, poise to act
address	direct, apply, turn
address	dress, array, attire
address	make a formal address
adjunct	annex, addendum, extra function
advantage	enrich, augment, add value to
advantage	interest, bonus, addition
advantage	addition, enhancement, exaggeration
aggravate	add weight to, magnify, increase
ameer	[jocular address] emir [hereditary Arab ruler]
annexion	addition, attachment, supplement
assail	attack, assault, address
assay	make advances to, accost, address proposals to
augmentation	additional detail, fuller account
balance	add weight to, make up for
belly doublet	doublet with the lower part padded
bemadding	making mad, maddening
beside	besides, in addition
bespeak	address, speak to
bestride	straddle, stand over with legs astride
bladder	cavity, vessel [of the body]
bladder	vessel derived from animals used for storing liquid
bladder	air-filled bag
board	accost, address, approach, tackle
bombast, bumbast	wool padding, stuffing; also: high-flown language, empty words
bombast, bumbast	bombastic, padded-out, waffly
boot	in addition, as well
boot	additional element, something added to the bargain
brained	furnished with a brain, addle-brained
brainsick, brain-sick	foolish, addle-headed
brain-sickly	foolishly, in such an addle-headed way
bully	[especially as a warm form of address] fine fellow, good friend
bumbast	wool padding; also: high-flown language
caddis	tape made of worsted yarn
caddis-garter	garter made of coloured worsted yarns
counter-seal	provide with an additional seal, countersign
crown	add regal status to, dignify
crupper	leather saddle-strap on a horse
devoted	devoted, dedicated, addicted
earn	grieve, sadden, wound
ech	add to, increase, supplement
eche	add to, increase, supplement
eke	add to, increase, supplement
else	(used after the noun) in addition
encounter	accosting, address, approach
enlard	smear with grease, add fatty juice to
envoy	explanation, exposition, address
flourish	embellish, adorn, add lustre to
frequent	addicted, inclined, disposed
gentle	[polite intimate address] dear one
gentleman	sir [in formally polite address, regardless of social rank]
gentlewoman	[formally polite address] madam
girth	saddle-securing belt around the body of a horse
glad	gladden, brighten, cause to rejoice
gladding	delighting, making joyful
glorify	add glory to, increase the splendour of
grace	favour, add merit to, do honour to
great-belly	with lower part padded
greet	address, offer a salutation, acknowledge in words
greeting	address, speech , discourse
horse	sit astride [as on a horse], straddle
ill-annexed	badly added, adversely attached
imposition	extra burden, additional demand
infer	adduce, bring up, put forward
joy	add joy to, enjoy, gladden, brighten
label	codicil, appendix, additional clause
ladder-tackle	rope-ladder in the rigging
Laura	lady addressed in Petrarch’s love poetry
lay	add to, place along with
lay	put on a surface in layers, add layers of colour to
l'envoy	explanation, exposition, address
lime	lime-juice [added to wine to improve its sparkle]
lime	mix wine with lime [to add to its sparkle]
lime	add birdlime to
mad	madden, excite, provoke
mad	madden, exasperate, infuriate
madded	maddened
madding	maddening, incensing, provocation
madding	becoming mad, frenzied
madding	driving one mad, provoking madness
make	contribute, add up, help to produce
master	dignified form of address to a professional person
more	additional amount, extra quantity
more	in addition, as well
mouse	[in playful address] little one
new-added	reinforced, supplemented, augmented
O	vocalization used before a direct address [to a person, thing, concept, etc]
object	urge, adduce, bring up
overplus	additional, extra, further
paddle	toy [with], play wantonly [with], fondle
paddock	toad
parcel	[debated meaning] increase, add to the list of
piece	add to, join to, augment
piece	add to, make up, parcel up
point	saddle-bow, pommel
promise	add to, reinforce, augment
quarter	add a coat-of-arms to a [quarter of] a shield
quilt	quilted furnishing, padded covering
raddock	F spelling of ruddock
reckon	add up, keep count of
rejoice	gladden, cheer, make joyful
salute	greet, welcome, address
score	mark up, chalk up, add to the tally
simple	unmixed, without addition, plain
spangle	adorn brightly, add glitter to
speak	address, talk to, call upon
spinner	spider, cranefly, daddy-longlegs
stair	ladder
stride	bestride, sit astride, straddle
style	mode of address, formal title
superfluity	spare availability, additional instance
superscript	address, heading, opening
superscription	address, direction [on a letter]
sur-addition	surname, additional title
swaddling clouts	Q1, Q2 alternative to 'swathing clothes'
swath	swathing in infant clothes, swaddling-clothes
swathing-clothes	swaddling clothes, cloths for wrapping round a new-born baby
thin-belly	with lower part unpadded
tiddle-taddle	[Welsh pronunciation] tittle-tattle, idle gossip, chatter
to	in addition to
vantage	in addition, as well, besides
vie	[cards] raise the stakes, add to a total
wagtail	[contemptuous form of address] tail-wagger, bower and scraper
withal	in addition, moreover, as well
worship	highly respectful term of address

add a coat-of-arms to a shield	quarter
add fatty juice to	enlard
add glitter to	spangle
add glory to	glorify
add joy to	joy
add to	eke
add to	piece
add to	eche
add to	lay
add to	promise
add to	piece
add to a total [cards]	vie
add up	reckon
add up	make
add value to	advantage
add weight to	balance
add weight to	aggravate
added, badly	ill-annexed
addendum	adjunct
addicted	frequent
addicted	devoted
addition [bonus]	advantage
addition [exaggeration]	advantage
addition [supplement]	annexion
addition, in	else
addition, in	boot
addition, in	vantage
addition, in	beside
addition, in	above
addition, in	more
addition, in	withal
addition, without	simple
additional	overplus
additional amount	more
additional clause	label
additional demand	imposition
additional detail	augmentation
additional instance	boot
additional instance	superfluity
additional title	sur-addition
addle-brained	brained
addled	addle
addle-headed	brainsick, brain-sick
addle-headed way, in an	brain-sickly
address	speak
address	superscript
address	salute
address	superscription
address	l'envoy
address	envoy
address	greeting
address	greet
address	encounter
address	board
address	bespeak
address	assail
address proposals to	assay
address, highly respectful term of	worship
address, make a formal	address
address, mode of	style
address, polite form of	addition
adduce	object
adduce	infer
amount, additional	more
badly added	ill-annexed
bargain, something added to a	boot
clause, additional	label
covering, padded	quilt
daddy-longlegs	spinner
demand, additional	imposition
detail, additional	augmentation
dignified form of address to a professional person	master
distinction [as if added to a coat-of-arms]	addition
doublet with the lower part padded	belly doublet
fatty juice, add	enlard
gladden	joy
gladden	glad
gladden	rejoice
glitter, add	spangle
glory, add	glorify
horse, saddle-securing belt for a	girth
horse, saddle-strap on a	crupper
joy, add	joy
ladder	stair
list, add to the	parcel
lustre, add	flourish
madden	mad
madden	mad
maddened	madded
maddening	madding
maddening	bemadding
merit to, add	grace
mode of address	style
padded covering	quilt
padded doublet	belly doublet
padded, with lower part	great-belly
padded-out	bombast, bumbast
padding, wool	bombast, bumbast
polite form of address	addition
proposals, address	assay
regal status, add	crown
respectful term of address, highly	worship
rigging, rope-ladder in the	ladder-tackle
rope-ladder in the rigging	ladder-tackle
sadden	earn
saddle-bow	point
saddle-securing belt for a horse	girth
saddle-strap on a horse	crupper
seal, provide an additional	counter-seal
shield, add a coat-of-arms to a	quarter
straddle	horse
straddle	stride
straddle	bestride
style of address	addition
swaddling-clothes	swathing-clothes
swaddling-clothes	swath
tail-wagger [contemptuous form of address]	wagtail
tally, add to the	score
title, additional	sur-addition
unpadded, with lower part	thin-belly
value, add	advantage
weight, add	balance
weight, add	aggravate
wool padding	bombast, bumbast

a- as a particle	... repetitive or habitual implication can add a sense of routine or ordinariness to a... ... the particle seems little more than to add an extra syllable to make up the metre ... ...le, already implies duration, little is add ed semantically by the ... ...ed semantically by the add ition of a-, so that its function in ape... ... front of adjectives, where it commonly add s a degree of extra intensity or emphasi... ...too the particle can be a useful way of add ing an extra metrical beat to a line, as...
Here, there, and where	... his life i gave him, and did thereto add / my love besides, in ... ... / my love besides, in add ition thereto h5 v.ii.90 anyth...
Abbreviations	...yal fleet far off after quotations the add itional reference convention when a seri... ...l reference convention when a series of add itional references follows the chief quo... ...on f; to later folios, by the use of an add itional number: f2, f3, etc. reference t... ...ase of all or part of the quotation, or add some ... ... some add itional information to make sense of the...

Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
ADD	BASIC	add v, added adj, addition n
ADD	TIME	new-added adj
ADDER	BASIC	adder n
ADDICT	BASIC	addict v, addiction n
ADDITION	BASIC	see ADD
ADDLE	BASIC	addle adj
ADDRESS	BASIC	address v

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