| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.3 | very merry, but yet she is not well. But thanks be given | very merrie, but yet she is not well: but thankes be giuen |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.50.2 | What was he, sad or merry? | What was he sad, or merry? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.52 | Of hot and cold, he was nor sad nor merry. | Of hot and cold, he was nor sad nor merrie. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.56 | That make their looks by his; he was not merry, | That make their lookes by his. He was not merrie, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.59 | O heavenly mingle! Be'st thou sad or merry, | Oh heauenly mingle! Bee'st thou sad, or merrie, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.15.2 | 'Twas merry when | 'Twas merry when |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.109 | and a many merry men with him; and there they live | and a many merry men with him; and there they liue |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.1 | I pray thee, Rosalind, sweet my coz, be merry. | I pray thee Rosalind, sweet my Coz, be merry. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.22 | be merry. | be merry. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.1 | O Jupiter, how weary are my spirits! | O Iupiter, how merry are my spirits? |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.3 | And turn his merry note | And tnrne his merrie Note, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.4 | Here was he merry, hearing of a song. | Heere was he merry, hearing of a Song. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.25 | rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to | rather haue a foole to make me merrie, then experience to |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.143 | will do that when you are disposed to be merry; I will | wil do that when you are dispos'd to be merry: I will |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.58 | God rest you merry, sir. | God rest you merry sir. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.21 | Lightens my humour with his merry jests. | Lightens my humour with his merry iests: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.79 | Or I shall break that merry sconce of yours | Or I shall breake that merrie sconce of yours |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.88 | Whilst I at home starve for a merry look. | Whil'st I at home starue for a merrie looke: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.7 | How now, sir. Is your merry humour altered? | How now sir, is your merrie humor alter'd? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.20 | I am glad to see you in this merry vein. | I am glad to see you in this merrie vaine, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.26 | Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. | Small cheere and great welcome, makes a merrie feast. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.108 | And in despite of mirth mean to be merry. | And in despight of mirth meane to be merrie: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.186 | You are a merry man, sir. Fare you well. | You are a merry man sir, fare you well. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.27 | Saving your merry humour, here's the note | Sauing your merrie humor: here's the note |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.91 | The ship is in her trim; the merry wind | The ship is in her trim, the merrie winde |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.58 | Your man and you are marvellous merry, sir. | Your man and you are maruailous merrie sir. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.31 | As merry as when our nuptial day was done, | As merry, as when our Nuptiall day was done, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.60 | So merry and so gamesome: he is called | So merry, and so gamesome: he is call'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.147 | I'll be merry in my revenge. | Ile bee merry in my Reuenge. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.131 | You are merry, my lord. | You are merrie, my Lord? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.135 | man do but be merry? For look you how cheerfully my | man do, but be merrie. For looke you how cheerefully my |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.87 | are at the door. Shall we be merry? | are at the doore, shall we be merry? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.vi.88 | As merry as crickets, my lad. But hark ye, what | As merrie as Crickets my Lad. But harke yee, What |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.273 | merry? Shall we have a play extempore? | merry? shall we haue a Play extempory. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.457 | be a fault, God help the wicked! If to be old and merry be a | bee a fault, Heauen helpe the Wicked: if to be olde and merry, be a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.14 | make me merry. I was as virtuously given as a gentleman | make me merry; I was as vertuously giuen, as a Gentle-man |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.270 | merry song! Come, it grows late; we'll to bed. Thou'lt | merrie Song, come: it growes late, wee will to Bed. Thou wilt |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.193 | Ha, 'twas a merry night! And is Jane Nightwork | Ha? it was a merry night. And is Iane Night-worke |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.81 | Against ill chances men are ever merry, | Against ill Chances, men are euer merry, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.83 | Therefore be merry, coz, since sudden sorrow | Therefore be merry (Cooze) since sodaine sorrow |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.112 | And bid the merry bells ring to thine ear | And bid the merry Bels ring to thy eare |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.18 | And praise God for the merry year, | and praise heauen for the merrie yeere: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.23 | There's a merry heart, Good Master Silence! | There's a merry heart, good M. Silence, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.30 | Be merry, Master Bardolph; and, my little | Be merry M. Bardolfe, and my little |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.31 | soldier there, be merry. | Souldiour there, be merry. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.32 | Be merry, be merry, my wife has all, | Be merry, be merry, my wife ha's all. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.34 | 'Tis merry in hall, when beards wags all, | 'Tis merry in Hall, when Beards wagge all; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.35 | And welcome merry Shrovetide! Be merry, be merry. | And welcome merry Shrouetide. Be merry, be merry. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.38 | Who, I? I have been merry twice and once ere | Who I? I haue beene merry twice and once, ere |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.47 | And a merry heart lives long-a. | and a merry heart liues long-a. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.49 | An we shall be merry, now comes in the sweet | If we shall be merry, now comes in the sweete |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.69 | merry! | merry. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.28 | merry with fair Katharine of France – where, for anything | merry, with faire Katherine of France: where (for any thing |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.195 | Which pillage they with merry march bring home | Which pillage, they with merry march bring home |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.299 | This was a merry message. | This was a merry Message. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.41 | Her vine, the merry cheerer of the heart, | Her Vine, the merry chearer of the heart, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.85 | Here, Hume, take this reward. Make merry, man, | Here Hume, take this reward, make merry man |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.87 | Hume must make merry with the Duchess' gold; | Hume must make merry with the Duchesse Gold: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.70 | Be merry, Peter, and fear not thy | Be merry Peter, and feare not thy |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.8 | say it was never merry world in England since gentlemen | say, it was neuer merrie world in England, since Gentlemen |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.86 | I prithee grieve, to make me merry, York. | I prythee grieue, to make me merry, Yorke. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.76 | But, mighty lord, this merry inclination | But mightie Lord, this merry inclination |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.14 | That come to hear a merry, bawdy play, | That come to heare a Merry, Bawdy Play, |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.31 | And if you can be merry then, I'll say | And if you can be merry then, Ile say, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.5 | One care abroad. He would have all as merry | One care abroad: hee would haue all as merry: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.36 | Or gentleman that is not freely merry | Or Gentleman that is not freely merry |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.42 | Ladies, you are not merry! Gentlemen, | Ladies you are not merry; Gentlemen, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.45.2 | You are a merry gamester, | You are a merry Gamster |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.104 | I must not yet forsake you. Let's be merry, | I must not yet forsake you: Let's be merry, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.35 | The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours. | The merry Songs of Peace to all his Neighbours. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.45 | Say I am merry; come to me again, | Say I am merry; Come to me againe, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.268 | He comes upon a wish. Fortune is merry, | He comes vpon a wish. Fortune is merry, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.373 | And do your best to make his highness merry. | And do your best to make his highnes merrie. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.77 | Thus, titely carried with a merry gale, | Thus titely carried with a merrie gale, |
| King John | KJ III.iii.67 | I could be merry now. Hubert, I love thee. | I could be merry now, Hubert, I loue thee. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.18 | I should be as merry as the day is long; | I should be as merry as the day is long: |
| King Lear | KL I.v.11 | Then I prithee be merry. Thy wit shall not go | Then I prythee be merry, thy wit shall not go |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.153 | Well, if ever I do see the merry days of desolation | Well, if euer I do see the merry dayes of desolation |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.52 | Some merry mocking lord, belike – is't so? | Some merry mocking Lord belike, ist so? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.201 | That last is Berowne, the merry madcap lord. | That last is Beroune, the mery mad-cap Lord. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.355 | For revels, dances, masques, and merry hours | For Reuels, Dances, Maskes, and merry houres, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.16 | Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit, | of such a merrie nimble stirring spirit, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.633 | now be merry. | now be merrie. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.893 | And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, | And merrie Larkes are Ploughmens clockes: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.908 | Tu-who!’ – a merry note, | to-who. / A merrie note, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.917 | Tu-who!' – a merry note, | to who: / A merrie note, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.5 | 'Twas never merry world since, of two usuries, | Twas neuer merry world since of two vsuries |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.225 | Rather rejoicing to see another merry than | Rather reioycing to see another merry, then |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.226 | merry at anything which professed to make him rejoice: | merrie at anie thing which profest to make him reioice. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.48 | Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easy | Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easie |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.49 | For you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry | For you to laugh and leape, and say you are merry |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.60 | I would have stayed till I had made you merry, | I would haue staid till I had made you merry, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.45 | ‘ An you will not have me, choose.’ He hears merry tales | and you will not haue me, choose: he heares merrie tales |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.142 | Your single bond, and, in a merry sport, | Your single bond, and in a merrie sport |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.170 | Give him direction for this merry bond, | Giue him direction for this merrie bond, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iii.2 | Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil | Our house is hell, and thou a merrie diuell |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.43 | Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts | Be merry, and imploy your chiefest thoughts |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.312 | Bid your friends welcome, show a merry cheer; | Bid your friends welcome, show a merry cheere, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.69 | I am never merry when I hear sweet music. | I am neuer merry when I heare sweet musique. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.7 | there's sympathy. You are merry, so am I. Ha, ha, then | there's simpathie: you are merry, so am I: ha, ha, then |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.191 | My merry host hath had the measuring of their weapons, | My merry Host hath had the measuring of their weapons; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.202 | It is a merry knight. Will you go, Ameers? | It is a merry Knight: will you goe An-heires? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.99 | Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. | Wiues may be merry, and yet honest too: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.232 | Heaven give you many, many merry days. | Heauen giue you many, many merry dayes: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.14 | merry. Now, good Peter Quince, call forth your actors | merry. Now good Peter Quince, call forth your Actors |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.43 | I am that merry wanderer of the night. | I am that merrie wanderer of the night: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.58 | Merry and tragical? Tedious and brief? | The. Merry and tragicall? Tedious, and briefe? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.69 | Made mine eyes water: but more ‘ merry ’ tears | made mine eyes water: / But more merrie teares, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.57 | kind of merry war betwixt Signor Benedick and her; | kind of merry war betwixt Signior Benedick, & her: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.16 | man's business; laugh when I am merry, and claw no | mans businesse, laugh when I am merry, and claw no |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.42 | where the bachelors sit, and there live we as merry as | where the Batchellers sit, and there liue wee as merry as |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.116 | wit out of the ‘ Hundred Merry Tales ’ – well, this was | wit out of the hundred merry tales: well, this was |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.188 | go under that title because I am merry. Yea, but so I am | goe vnder that title, because I am merrie: yea but so I am |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.269 | The Count is neither sad, nor sick, nor merry, | The Count is neither sad, nor sicke, nor merry, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.288 | In faith, lady, you have a merry heart. | In faith Lady you haue a merry heart. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.307 | merry best becomes you; for, out o' question, you were | merry, best becomes you, for out of question, you were |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.308 | born in a merry hour. | born in a merry howre. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.311 | you leave to depart; and if a merry meeting may be | you leaue to depart, and if a merrie meeting may be |
| Othello | Oth II.i.121 | (aside) I am not merry, but I do beguile | I am not merry: but I do beguile |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.26 | With Cassio's suit. Therefore be merry, Cassio, | With Cassio's suite: Therefore be merry Cassio, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.337 | I slept the next night well, was free and merry; | I slept the next night well, fed well, was free, and merrie. |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.48 | What, are you merry, knights? | What, are you merry, Knights? |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.223 | Be merry; for our time of stay is short. | Be merry, for our time of stay is short. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.333 | A plot shall show us all a merry day. | a Plot / Shall shew vs all a merry day. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.7 | Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings, | Our sterne Alarums chang'd to merry Meetings; |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.5 | And cheer his grace with quick and merry eyes. | And cheere his Grace with quicke and merry eyes |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.62 | Ye say honestly. Rest you merry. | Ye say honestly, rest you merry. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.80 | you merry. | you merry. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.41 | 'A was a merry man – took up the child. | a was a merrie man, tooke vp the Child, |
| 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.ii.15 | See where she comes from shrift with merry look. | See where she comes from shrift / With merrie looke. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iv.20 | Mass! and well said. A merry whoreson, ha! | Masse and well said, a merrie horson, ha, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.104 | heart is full.’ O play me some merry dump to comfort | heart is full. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.89 | Have they been merry! which their keepers call | Haue they beene merrie? Which their Keepers call |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.95 | You break into some merry passion | You breake into some merrie passion, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.14 | And to be noted for a merry man, | And to be noted for a merry man; |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.25 | Though he be merry, yet withal he's honest. | Though he be merry, yet withall he's honest. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.225 | Be mad and merry, or go hang yourselves. | Be madde and merry, or goe hang your selues: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.129 | Why, when, I say? Nay, good sweet Kate, be merry. | Why when I say? Nay good sweete Kate be merrie. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.135 | Be merry, Kate. Some water here. What ho! | Be merrie Kate: Some water heere: what hoa. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.53 | Fair sir, and you my merry mistress, | Faire Sir, and you my merry Mistris, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.19 | two to make merry withal? | two to make merrie withall. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.1 | Beseech you, sir, be merry. You have cause – | Beseech you Sir, be merry; you haue cause, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.181 | Who, in this kind of merry fooling, am nothing | Who, in this kind of merry fooling am nothing |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.117 | Thou mak'st me merry. I am full of pleasure. | Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.135 | Come hither from the furrow, and be merry. | Come hether from the furrow, and be merry, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.104 | away merry. But they enter my mistress' house merrily | away merry: but they enter my Masters house merrily, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.38 | I know his lordship is but merry with me; | I know his Lordship is but merry with me, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.188 | Ne'er let my heart know merry cheer indeed | Nere let my heart know merry cheere indeed, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.47 | Make my aunt merry with some pleasing tale. | Make my Aunt merry, with some pleasing tale. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.65 | Came here to make us merry, and thou hast killed him. | Came heere to make vs merry, / And thou hast kil'd him. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.173 | My hand cut off and made a merry jest, | My hand cut off, and made a merry iest, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.26 | stain of it. He is melancholy without cause, and merry | staine of it. He is melancholy without cause, and merry |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.110 | Then she's a merry Greek indeed. | Then shee's a merry Greeke indeed. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.55 | A woeful Cressid 'mongst the merry Greeks! | A wofull Cressid 'mong'st the merry Greekes. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.75 | Three merry men be we! | Three merry men be wee. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.25 | I warrant thou art a merry fellow, and car'st for | I warrant thou art a merry fellow, and car'st for |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.95 | My servant, sir? 'Twas never merry world | My seruant sir? 'Twas neuer merry world, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.15 | If sad and merry madness equal be. | If sad and merry madnesse equall bee. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.28 | Marry, mine host, because I cannot be merry. | Marry (mine Host) because I cannot be merry. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.29 | Come, we'll have you merry; I'll bring you where | Come, we'll haue you merry: ile bring you where |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.8 | Merry springtime's harbinger, | Merry Spring times Herbinger, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.205 | I am wondrous merry-hearted, I could laugh now. | I am wondrous merry hearted, I could laugh now. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.105 | We are a merry rout, or else a rabble, | We are a merry rout, or else a rable |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.137 | Ladies, if we have been merry, | Ladies, if we have beene merry |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.53 | And sadness merry. Those darker humours that | And sadnes, merry; those darker humours that |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.23.2 | Merry or sad shall't be? | Merry, or sad, shal't be? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.24 | As merry as you will. | As merry as you will. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.123 | A merry heart goes all the day, | A merry heart goes all the day, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.46 | Though destiny say no. Be merry, gentle; | Though destiny say no. Be merry (Gentle) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.284 | This is a merry ballad, but a very pretty one. | This is a merry ballad, but a very pretty one. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.285 | Let's have some merry ones. | Let's haue some merry ones. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.286 | Why, this is a passing merry one, and goes | Why this is a passing merry one, and goes |