| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.15 | And let me buy your friendly help thus far, | And let me buy your friendly helpe thus farre, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.27 | To buy his will it would not seem too dear, | To buy his will, it would not seeme too deere, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.40 | put you into a butter-woman's mouth, and buy myself | put you into a Butter-womans mouth, and buy my selfe |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.148 | I will buy me a son-in-law in a fair, and toll for | I will buy me a sonne in Law in a faire, and toule for |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.269 | Where did you buy it? Or who gave it you? | Where did you buy it? Or who gaue it you? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.270 | It was not given me, nor I did not buy it. | It was not giuen me, nor I did not buy it. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.69 | me by testament; with that I will go buy my fortunes. | me by testament, with that I will goe buy my fortunes. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.69 | Can in this desert place buy entertainment, | Can in this desert place buy entertainment, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.85 | What is he that shall buy his flock and pasture? | What is he that shall buy his flocke and pasture? |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.89 | Buy thou the cottage, pasture, and the flock, | Buy thou the Cottage, pasture, and the flocke, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.97 | And buy it with your gold right suddenly. | And buy it with your Gold right sodainly. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.250 | God buy you, let's meet as little as we can. | God buy you, let's meet as little as we can. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.28 | Nay then, God buy you, an you talk in blank verse. | Nay then God buy you, and you talke in blanke verse. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.45 | hear such a foolish song. God buy you, and God mend | heare such a foolish song. God buy you, and God mend |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.5 | And, not being able to buy out his life, | And not being able to buy out his life, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.16 | And buy a rope's end; that will I bestow | And buy a ropes end, that will I bestow |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.20 | Buy thou a rope, and bring it home to me. | Buy thou a rope, and bring it home to me. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.21 | I buy a thousand pound a year, I buy a rope. | I buy a thousand pound a yeare, I buy a rope. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.82 | But, sirrah, you shall buy this sport as dear | But sirrah, you shall buy this sport as deere, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.6 | Some offer me commodities to buy. | Some offer me Commodities to buy. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.5.2 | I'll buy him of you. | Ile buy him of you. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.10 | To buy and sell with groats, to show bare heads | To buy and sell with Groats, to shew bare heads |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.90 | But with a grain a day, I would not buy | But with a graine a day, I would not buy |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.163.1 | Would buy this for a lie! | Would buy this for a lye. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.36 | But he does buy my injuries, to be friends: | But he do's buy my Iniuries, to be Friends: |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.131 | You are a friend, and therein the wiser. If you buy | You are a Friend, and there in the wiser: if you buy |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.187 | To buy a present for the emperor: | To buy a Present for the Emperor: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.43.1 | I bid for you as I do buy. | I bid for you, as I do buy. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.70 | Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, | Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy; |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.69.2 | God bye ye, fare ye well. | God buy you; fare you well. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.200 | And of all Christian souls, I pray God. God bye you. | And of all Christian Soules, I pray God. God buy ye. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.182 | Pulled the poor wretch from her melodious lay | Pul'd the poore wretch from her melodious buy, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.86 | Shall we buy treason, and indent with fears | Shall we buy Treason? and indent with Feares, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.352 | turned white with the news. You may buy land now as | turn'd white with the Newes; you may buy Land now as |
| 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 II.iv.356 | as they buy hob-nails, by the hundreds. | as they buy Hob-nayles, by the Hundreds. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.48 | He's gone in Smithfield to buy your worship a | He's gone into Smithfield to buy your worship a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.50 | I bought him in Paul's, and he'll buy me a | I bought him in Paules, and hee'l buy mee a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.26 | manhoods – to buy a saddle, and he is indited to dinner | manhoods) to buy a saddle, and hee is indited to dinner |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.5 | They sell the pasture now to buy the horse, | They sell the Pasture now, to buy the Horse; |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.13 | To buy a slobbery and a dirty farm | To buy a slobbry and a durtie Farme |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.6 | God bye you, Princes all: I'll to my charge. | God buy' you Princes all; Ile to my Charge: |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.62 | cudgels – you shall be a woodmonger, and buy nothing | Cudgels, you shall be a Woodmonger, and buy nothing |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.63 | of me but cudgels. God bye you, and keep you, and heal | of me but cudgels: God bu'y you, and keepe you, &heale |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.70 | Which you have cited, you must buy that peace | Which you haue cited; you must buy that Peace |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.125 | thou wouldst think I had sold my farm to buy my crown. | thou wouldst thinke, I had sold my Farme to buy my Crowne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.43 | Before he'll buy again at such a rate. | Before hee'le buy againe at such a rate. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.73 | God bye, my lord; we came but to tell you | God b'uy my Lord, we came but to tell you |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.5 | Ah, sancta majestas! Who would not buy thee dear? | Ah Sancta Maiestas! who would not buy thee deere? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.80 | If this right hand would buy two hour's life, | If this right hand would buy two houres life, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.68 | Thou and thy brother both shall buy this treason | Thou and thy Brother both shall buy this Treason |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.192 | Does buy and sell his honour as he pleases, | Does buy and sell his Honour as he pleases, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.146 | And buy men's voices to commend our deeds. | And buy mens voyces, to commend our deeds: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.206 | Can pawn itself to buy thy remedy. | Can pawne it selfe to buy thy remedy. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.247 | Nor beg I do not, but I rather buy – | Nor beg I do not but I rather buie, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.314 | My proper harm should buy your highness' good. | My proper harme should buy your highnes good, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.365 | But not his kingdom can buy out the sin; | But not his kingdome can buy out the sinne; |
| King John | KJ III.i.164 | Dreading the curse that money may buy out, | Dreading the curse that money may buy out, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.259 | Can buy this unprized-precious maid of me. | Can buy this vnpriz'd precious Maid of me. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.317 | If my cap would buy a halter – | If my Cap would buy a Halter, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.5 | The endeavour of this present breath may buy | Th'endeuour of this present breath may buy: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.229 | As jewels in crystal for some prince to buy; | As Iewels in Christall for some Prince to buy. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.231 | Did point you to buy them along as you passed. | Did point out to buy them along as you past. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.139 | than French crown. I will never buy and sell out of | then a French-Crowne. I will neuer buy and sell out of |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.143 | a man buy for a remuneration? | a man buy for a remuneration? |
| 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 |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.41 | Why, I can buy me twenty at any market. | Why I can buy me twenty at any Market. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.42 | Then you'll buy 'em to sell again. | Then you'l by 'em to sell againe. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.2 | needs buy and sell men and women like beasts, we shall | needes buy and sell men and women like beasts, we shall |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.422.1 | To buy you a better husband. | To buy you a better husband. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.75 | They lose it that do buy it with much care. | They loose it that doe buy it with much care, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.33 | I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk | I will buy with you, sell with you, talke with you, walke |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.165 | To buy his favour I extend this friendship. | To buy his fauour, I extend this friendship, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.68 | That will be excellent. I'll go buy them vizards. | That will be excellent, / Ile go buy them vizards. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.71 | That silk will I go buy. (Aside) And in that time | That silke will I go buy, and in that time |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.426 | Nay, then thou mockest me. Thou shalt buy this dear | Nay then thou mock'st me; thou shalt buy this deere, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.168 | Would you buy her, that you inquire after her? | Would you buie her, that you enquier after her? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.169 | Can the world buy such a jewel? | Can the world buie such a iewell? |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.187.2 | God bu'y! I have done. | God be with you: I haue done. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.372 | God bu'y you: take mine office. O wretched fool, | God buy you: take mine Office. Oh wretched Foole, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.171 | buy him a wooden one? | buy him a woodden one? |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.232 | But dead, thy kingdom cannot buy my breath. | But dead, thy kingdome cannot buy my breath. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.6 | Though 'twere to buy a world of happy days, | Though 'twere to buy a world of happy daies: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.72 | Only reserved their factor to buy souls | Onely reseru'd their Factor, to buy soules, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.31 | man should buy the fee-simple of my life for an hour | man should buy the Fee-simple of my life, for an houre |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.84 | Farewell. Buy food and get thyself in flesh. | Farewell, buy food, and get thy selfe in flesh. |
| 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 II.i.308 | To buy apparel 'gainst the wedding-day. | To buy apparell 'gainst the wedding day; |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.265.1 | Will money buy 'em? | Will money buy em? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.7 | If I would sell my horse and buy twenty more | If I would sell my Horse, and buy twenty moe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.174 | Ah, when the means are gone that buy this praise, | Ah, when the meanes are gone, that buy this praise, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.69 | his brain more than he has beat my bones. I will buy | his Braine more then he has beate my bones: I will buy |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.28 | And he shall buy my daughter; and her presence | And he shall buy my Daughter: and her presence, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.293 | God buy you, with all my heart. | God buy you with all my heart. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.77 | Dispraise the thing that you desire to buy; | Dis praise the thing that you desire to buy: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.39 | Did buy each other, must poorly sell ourselves | Did buy each other, must poorely sell our selues, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.238 | As I would buy thee, view thee limb by limb. | As I would buy thee, view thee, limbe by limbe. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.100 | voice) Who, I, sir? Not I, sir. God buy you, good Sir | Who I sir, not I sir. God buy you good sir |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.122 | The ground-piece of some painter, I would buy you | The ground-peece of some Painter, I would buy you |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iv.22 | He s' buy me a white cut, forth for to ride, | He's buy me a white Cut, forth for to ride |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.112 | To buy you I have lost what's dearest to me | To buy you, I have lost what's deerest to me, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.52 | Weakens his price, and many will not buy | Weakens his price, and many will not buy |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.111 | The loss of our desire! That naught could buy | The losse of our desire; That nought could buy |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.36 | am I to buy for our sheep-shearing feast? Three pound | am I to buy for our Sheepe-shearing-Feast? Three pound |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.113 | Then fare thee well. I must go buy spices for our | Then fartheewell, I must go buy Spices for our |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.138 | I'd have you buy and sell so, so give alms, | I'ld haue you buy, and sell so: so giue Almes, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.230 | Come buy of me, come, come buy, come buy; | Come buy of me, come: come buy, come buy, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.231 | Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry: Come buy. | Buy Lads, or else your Lasses cry: Come buy. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.258 | Pray now, buy some. I love a ballad in print a-life, | Pray now buy some: I loue a ballet in print, a life, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.270 | Pray you now, buy it. | 'Pray you now buy it. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.272 | we'll buy the other things anon. | Wee'l buy the other things anon. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.310 | Wenches, I'll buy for you both. Pedlar, let's have the | Wenches Ile buy for you both: Pedler let's haue the |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.313 | Will you buy any tape, | Will you buy any Tape, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.597 | from fasting. They throng who should buy first, as if my | from fasting: they throng who should buy first, as if my |