| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.61 | Enter Lafew. The King comes forward | Enter Lafew. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.113 | Whoever charges on his forward breast, | Who euer charges on his forward brest |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.39 | Let's take the instant by the forward top; | Let's take the instant by the forward top: |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.59 | (coming forward) | |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.170 | that the wrestling might not go forward. | that the wrastling might not go forward. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.203 | (coming forward) | |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.11 | nor a man's good wit seconded with the forward child | nor a mans good wit seconded with the forward childe, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.66 | (coming forward) | |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.35 | (coming forward) | |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.97 | Nay, forward, old man; do not break off so, | Nay forward old man, doe not breake off so, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.197.1 | Brutus and Sicinius come forward | Enter Brutus and Scicinius. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.151 | First and Second Servingmen come forward | Enter two of the Seruingmen. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.220 | But when goes this forward? | But when goes this forward: |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.14 | No, but he fled forward still, toward | No, but he fled forward still, toward |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.29 | Hath made us forward. But, my gentle queen, | Hath made vs forward. But my gentle Queene, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.129 | (Cymbeline and Innogen come forward) | |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.480 | To all our subjects. Set we forward: let | To all our Subiects. Set we forward: Let |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.8 | Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, | Froward, not permanent; sweet not lasting |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.7 | Nor do we find him forward to be sounded, | Nor do we finde him forward to be sounded, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.250 | (coming forward) | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.5 | (coming forward) Peace, ye fat-kidneyed | Peace ye fat-kidney'd |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.30 | (coming forward) Peace, ye fat-guts, lie | Peace ye fat guttes, lye |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.45 | cup of sack be my poison. When a jest is so forward – | Cup of Sacke be my poyson: when a iest is so forward, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.29 | month, and are they not some of them set forward | Moneth? and are they not some of them set forward |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.36 | set forward tonight. | set forwards to night. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.173 | On Wednesday next, Harry, you shall set forward. | On Wednesday next, Harry thou shalt set forward: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.128 | before his day. What need I be so forward with him that | before his day. What neede I bee so forward with him, that |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.44 | And bending forward struck his armed heels | And bending forwards strooke his able heeles |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.173 | Of wounds and scars, and that his forward spirit | Of Wounds, and Scarres; and that his forward Spirit |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.276.1 | (coming forward) | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.225 | Your grace of York, in God's name then, set forward. | Your Grace of Yorke, in heauen's name then forward. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.226 | They go forward | |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.22.1 | He drives them forward | |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.112 | Go forward, and be choked with thy ambition! | Goe forward, and be choak'd with thy ambition: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.253 | Makes them thus forward in his banishment. | Makes them thus forward in his Banishment. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.119 | If you go forward; therefore yield, or die. | If you go forward: therefore yeeld, or dye. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.180 | of order. Come, march forward. | of order. Come, march forward. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.203 | And long live thou and these thy forward sons! | And long liue thou, and these thy forward Sonnes. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.58 | You promised knighthood to our forward son; | You promist Knighthood to our forward sonne, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.139 | Whither the Queen intends. Forward! Away! | Whether the Queene intends. Forward, away. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.58 | If that go forward, Henry's hope is done. | If that goe forward, Henries hope is done. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.81 | We'll forward towards Warwick and his mates; | Wee'le forward towards Warwicke, and his Mates; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.46 | Nor forward of revenge, though they much erred. | Nor forward of reuenge, though they much err'd. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.71 | I came into the world with my legs forward. | I came into the world with my Legges forward. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.177.1 | Go forward. | Goe forward. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.225 | Of my alleged reasons, drive this forward. | Of my alleadged reasons, driues this forward: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.281 | Farewell nobility. Let his grace go forward, | Farewell Nobilitie: let his Grace go forward, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.9 | As, let 'em have their rights, they are ever forward – | As let 'em haue their rights, they are euer forward |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.13 | Arrested him at York, and brought him forward, | Arrested him at Yorke, and brought him forward |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.5 | And now go forward with our pedigree: | And now goe forwards with our pedegree, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.168 | Then cheerfully forward, each a several way; | Then cheerefully forward ech a seuerall way, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.301 | That I was forward to have begged of thee. | That I was forwarde to haue begd of thee, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.99 | It must not be. – Come, boy, forward, advance! | It must not be, come boy forward, aduaunce, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.134 | And in thy turning change the froward winds, | And in thy turning change the forward winds, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.206 | My gracious father, and ye forward peers, | My gratious father and yee forwarde peeres, |
| King John | KJ II.i.482 | Speak England first, that hath been forward first | Speake England sirst, that hath bin forward first |
| King John | KJ IV.i.71 | The executioners come forward with ropes and irons | |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.81 | (coming forward) | |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.19 | Or rather then set forward; for 'twill be | Or rather then set forward, for 'twill be |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.41 | Gloucester throws himself forward | |
| King Lear | KL IV.iv.208 | (coming forward) | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.217 | (coming forward) | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.617 | now forward, for we have put thee in countenance. | now forward, for we haue put thee in countenance |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.660 | breathed, he was a man. But I will forward with my | But I will forward with my |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.155 | Duke comes forward | |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.56 | forward on the journey you shall go. | forward on the iournie you shall go. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.44 | First, forward to the temple; after dinner | First forward to the temple, after dinner |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.138 | Mistress Page and Mistress Ford come forward | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.12 | But let our plot go forward. Let our wives | But let our plot go forward: Let our wiues |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.345.1 | Oberon and Puck come forward | Enter Oberon and Pucke. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.45 | (comes forward) | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.6 | forward. Doth it? | forward, doth it? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.17 | our sport had gone forward, we had all been made men. | our sport had gone forward, we had all bin made men. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.52 | A very forward March-chick! How came you | A very forward March-chicke, how came you |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.215 | (coming forward) | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.107 | (coming forward) | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.100 | forward with thy tale. | forward with thy tale. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.169 | (coming forward) | |
| Othello | Oth V.i.65 | Lodovico and Gratiano come forward | |
| Pericles | Per I.iii.29 | He comes forward | |
| Pericles | Per V.i.79.5 | (coming forward) | |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.109 | And dares him to set forward to the fight. | And dares him to set forwards to the fight. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.117 | Sound, trumpets; and set forward, combatants! | Sound Trumpets, and set forward Combatants: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.73.1 | She comes forward | |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.72 | How fondly dost thou spur a forward horse! | How fondly do'st thou spurre a forward Horse? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.157.1 | She comes forward | |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.94 | (aside) Short summers lightly have a forward spring. | Short Summers lightly haue a forward Spring. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.155 | Bold, quick, ingenious, forward, capable. | Bold, quicke, ingenious, forward, capable: |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.46 | Ay, on my life, and hopes to find you forward | I, on my life, and hopes to find you forward, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.64 | Makes me most forward in this princely presence | Makes me most forward, in this Princely presence, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.35.2 | (comes forward) | |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.95 | But on thy side I may not be too forward, | But on thy side I may not be too forward, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.1 | Can I go forward when my heart is here? | Can I goe forward when my heart is here? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.1 | (coming forward) | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.54.1 | Comes forward | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.160 | Gramercies, lad. Go forward, this contents. | Gramercies Lad: Go forward, this contents, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.160 | Grumio, mum! (Coming forward) God save you, Signor Gremio. | Grumio mum: God saue you signior Gremio. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.51 | Am bold to show myself a forward guest | Am bold to shew my selfe a forward guest |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.73 | Baccare! You are marvellous forward. | Bacare, you are meruaylous forward. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.101 | Biondello steps forward with the lute and the books | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.1 | Fiddler, forbear, you grow too forward, sir. | Fidler forbeare, you grow too forward Sir, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.46 | (aside) How fiery and forward our pedant is. | Luc. How fiery and forward our Pedant is, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.218 | Gentlemen, forward to the bridal dinner. | Gentlemen, forward to the bridall dinner, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.221 | They shall go forward, Kate, at thy command. | They shall goe forward Kate at thy command, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.12 | Forward, I pray, since we have come so far, | Forward I pray, since we haue come so farre, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.24 | Well, forward, forward! Thus the bowl should run, | Well, forward, forward, thus the bowle should run, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.89 | monster. His forward voice now is to speak well of his | Monster: his forward voyce now is to speake well of his |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.83 | Now forward with your tale. – Prithee, stand | Now forward with your Tale: prethee stand |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.179 | He comes forward, and kneels | |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.53 | He comes forward | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.59 | Friends that have been thus forward in my right, | Friends, that haue beene / Thus forward in my Right, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.159 | Agamemnon and the rest come forward | Enter Agamemnon and the rest. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.214 | Sir Toby and Fabian come forward | Enter Toby and Fabian. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.45 | And writers say, as the most forward bud | And Writers say; as the most forward Bud |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.11 | Well, you'll still be too forward. | Well: you'll still be too forward. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.60.1 | Valentine steps forward | |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.130 | Forward to th' temple! Leave not out a jot | Forward to'th Temple, leave not out a Iot |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.217 | Sweet, keep it as my token. – Set you forward, | Sweete keepe it as my Token; Set you forward |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.176.1 | Pray, forward. | Pray forward. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.180.2 | Will ye go forward, cousin? | Will ye goe forward Cosen? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.16 | And then cries ‘ Rare!’, and I go forward; at length | and then cries rare, and I goe forward, at length |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.97 | Well, sir, go forward, we will edify. | Well Sir, goe forward, we will edifie. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.67 | (comes forward) | |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.211 | He comes forward | |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.577 | She is as forward of her breeding as | She's as forward, of her Breeding, as |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.615 | Camillo, Florizel, and Perdita come forward | |