| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.111 | ask you a question. Man is enemy to virginity; how may | aske you a question. Man is enemie to virginitie, how may |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.64 | I would you had kneeled, my lord, to ask me mercy, | I would you had kneel'd my Lord to aske me mercy, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.200 | Is free for me to ask, thee to bestow. | Is free for me to aske, thee to bestow. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.35 | to't. Ask me if I am a courtier; it shall do you no harm | to't. Aske mee if I am a Courtier, it shall doe you no harme |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.65 | And rather muse than ask why I entreat you; | And rather muse then aske why I intreate you, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.7 | the ruff and sing, ask questions and sing, pick his teeth | the Ruffe and sing, aske questions and sing, picke his teeth, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.126 | bids you answer to what I shall ask you out of a note. | bids you answer to what I shall aske you out of a Note. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.269 | need not to ask you if gold will corrupt him to revolt. | neede not to aske you, if Gold will corrupt him to reuolt. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.276 | Why does he ask him of me? | Why do's he aske him of me? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.22 | All repetition. Let him not ask our pardon; | All repetition: Let him not aske our pardon, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.185 | Ask him upon his oath if he does think | Aske him vpon his oath, if hee do's thinke |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.17.1 | Maecenas; ask Agrippa. | Mecenas, aske Agrippa. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.101 | So far ask pardon as befits mine honour | So farre aske pardon, as befits mine Honour |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.44 | I have one thing more to ask him yet, good Charmian. | I haue one thing more to aske him yet good Charmian: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.63 | I will ask Antony. Sir, sir, thou art so leaky | I will aske Anthony. / Sir, sir, thou art so leakie |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.133 | He did ask favour. | He did aske fauour. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.32 | Tend me tonight two hours, I ask no more, | Tend me to night two houres, I aske no more, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.242 | I'll ask him what he would. – Did you call, sir? | Ile aske him what he would: Did you call Sir? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.215 | makes he here? Did he ask for me? Where remains he? | makes hee heere? Did he aske for me? Where remaines he ? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.292 | You should ask me what time o' day: there's no | You should aske me what time o'day: there's no |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.109 | Think not I love him, though I ask for him. | Thinke not I loue him, though I ask for him, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.103 | disposition; and ask me what you will, I will grant it. | disposition: and aske me what you will, I will grant it. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.127 | I might ask you for your commission, but I | I might aske you for your Commission, / But I |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.219 | Sirrah, if any ask you for your master, | Sirra, if any aske you for your Master, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.71 | Some devils ask but the parings of one's nail, | Some diuels aske but the parings of ones naile, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.13 | two are old men; tell me one thing that I shall ask you. | two are old men, tell me one thing that I shall aske you. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.73 | The price is to ask it kindly. | The price is, to aske it kindly. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.206 | Of him that did not ask but mock, bestow | of him that did not aske, but mock, / Bestow |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.110.2 | Who shall ask it? | Who shall aske it? |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.79 | Or, if you'd ask, remember this before: | Or if you'ld aske, remember this before; |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.88 | For we have nothing else to ask but that | For we haue nothing else to aske, but that |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.89 | Which you deny already. Yet we will ask, | Which you deny already: yet we will aske, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.50 | Can we with manners ask what was the difference? | Can we with manners, aske what was the difference? |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.7 | My conscience bids me ask – wherefore you have | (My Conscience bids me aske) wherefore you haue |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.86 | I will not ask again. Close villain, | I will not aske againe. Close Villaine, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.131 | Meet thee at Milford-Haven! – I forgot to ask him | Meet thee at Milford-Hauen: (I forgot to aske |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.65 | To be i'th' field, and ask ‘ what news?’ of me! | To be i'th'Field, and aske what newes of me: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.16.1 | To ask of whence you are. Report it. | To aske of whence you are. Report it. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.97 | And ask of Cymbeline what boon thou wilt, | And aske of Cymbeline what Boone thou wilt, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.110 | What's best to ask. Know'st him thou look'st on? Speak, | What's best to aske. Know'st him thou look'st on? speak |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.47 | ask you what it means, say you this: | aske you what it meanes, say you this: |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.108.2 | Why ask you this? | Why aske you this? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.90 | Whose tongue shall ask me for one penny cost | Whose tongue shall aske me for one peny cost |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.89 | Directly unto this question that I ask. | directly vnto this question, that I shall aske. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.60 | ask me when thou wilt, and thou shalt have it. | Aske me when thou wilt, and thou shalt haue it. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.63 | backsword man. How doth the good knight? May I ask | Back-Sword-man. How doth the good Knight? may I aske, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.63 | Your highness bade me ask for it today. | Your Highnesse bad me aske for it to day. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.24 | Come hither, boy: ask me this slave in French | Come hither boy, aske me this slaue in French |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.195 | I'll ask them. Come, I know thou lovest me; and at | Ile aske them. Come, I know thou louest me: and at |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.87 | Ask me what question thou canst possible, | Aske me what question thou canst possible, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.27 | What means he now? Go ask him whither he goes. | What meanes he now? Goe aske him, whither he goes? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.25 | Thou tremblest at, answer that I shall ask; | thou tremblest at, / Answere that I shall aske: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.27 | Ask what thou wilt. That I had said and done! | Aske what thou wilt; that I had sayd, and done. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.161 | enemies; go to, then, I ask but this: can he that speaks | enemies: go too then, I ask but this: Can he that speaks |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.37 | And ask him what's the reason of these arms. | And aske him what's the reason of these Armes: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.109 | Wouldst have me kneel? First let me ask of these | Wold'st haue me kneele? First let me ask of thee, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.69 | Clifford, ask mercy and obtain no grace. | Clifford, aske mercy, and obtaine no grace. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.90 | And ask the Lady Bona for thy queen. | And aske the Ladie Bona for thy Queene: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.48 | Ay, but thou canst do what I mean to ask. | I, but thou canst doe what I meane to aske. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.7 | Why ask I that? My mangled body shows, | Why aske I that? my mangled body shewes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.124 | Ask God for temperance; that's th' appliance only | Aske God for Temp'rance, that's th'appliance onely |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.12 | The other moiety ere you ask is given. | The other moity ere you aske is giuen, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.110 | A woman of less place might ask by law – | A Woman of lesse Place might aske by Law; |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.246 | You ask with such a violence, the King, | You aske with such a Violence, the King |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.13 | May I be bold to ask what that contains, | May I be bold to aske what that containes, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.218 | I should not then ask Casca what had chanced. | I should not then aske Caska what had chanc'd. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.183 | Why ask you? Hear you aught of her in yours? | |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.11 | Ask what they are; it seems they come from Calais. | Aske what they are, it seemes they come from Callis. |
| King John | KJ II.i.525 | Nay, ask me if I can refrain from love; | Nay aske me if I can refraine from loue, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.44 | And I did never ask it you again; | And I did neuer aske it you againe: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.43 | I shall indue you with. Meantime but ask | I shall indue you with: Meane time, but aske |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.63 | That you have bid us ask, his liberty; | That you haue bid vs aske his libertie, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.64 | Which for our goods we do no further ask | Which for our goods, we do no further aske, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.41 | And comfort me with cold. I do not ask you much – | And comfort me with cold. I do not aske you much, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.147.2 | Ask her forgiveness? | Aske her forgiuenesse? |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.11 | than this rain-water out o' door. Good nuncle, in; ask thy | then this Rain-water out o' doore. Good Nunkle, in, aske thy |
| King Lear | KL III.iii.15 | of him perceived. If he ask for me, I am ill and gone to | of him perceiued; If he aske for me, I am ill, and gone to |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.153 | Let me ask you one word in private. | Let me aske you one word in priuate. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.10 | When thou dost ask me blessing I'll kneel down | When thou dost aske me blessing, Ile kneele downe |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.11 | And ask of thee forgiveness; so we'll live, | And aske of thee forgiuenesse: So wee'l liue, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.116 | Ask him his purposes, why he appears | Aske him his purposes, why he appeares |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.139.2 | In wisdom I should ask thy name; | In wisedome I should aske thy name, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.158.2 | Ask me not what I know. | Aske me not what I know. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.163 | And Rosaline they call her. Ask for her, | And Rosaline they call her, aske for her: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.188 | It is not so. Ask them how many inches | It is not so. Aske them how many inches |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.243 | I know the reason, lady, why you ask. | I know the reason Ladie why you aske. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.523 | Why ask you? | Why aske you? |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.60 | To what I ask you. | To what I aske you. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.21 | Why ‘ her unhappy brother ’? Let me ask, | Why her vnhappy Brother? Let me aske, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.136 | I beseech you, sir, ask him what this man did to | I beseech you Sir, aske him what this man did to |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.138 | I beseech your honour, ask me. | I beseech your honor, aske me. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.9.1 | Why dost thou ask again? | Why do'st thou aske againe? |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.137 | Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know | Knock there, and aske your heart what it doth know |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.173 | Let me ask my sister pardon. I am so out of | Let me ask my sister pardon, I am so out of |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.48 | oftener ask forgiveness. | oftner aske forgiuenesse. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.80 | Nay, but ask my opinion too of that! | Nay, but aske my opinion to of that? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.40 | You'll ask me why I rather choose to have | You'l aske me why I rather choose to haue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.366 | I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it. | I pardon thee thy life before thou aske it: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.ii.1 | Go your ways, and ask of Doctor Caius's house | Go your waies, and aske of Doctor Caius house, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.132 | worship to ask. | Worship to aske? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.4 | Ask me no reason why I love you, for though Love use | Aske me no reason why I loue you, for though Loue vse |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.64 | You may ask your father; here he comes. | you may aske your father, heere he comes. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.16 | ask him some questions in his accidence. | aske him some questions in his Accidence. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.57 | And ask him why, that hour of fairy revel, | And aske him why that houre of Fairy Reuell, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.22 | That will ask some tears in the true performing | That will aske some teares in the true performing |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.58 | I then did ask of her her changeling child, | I then did aske of her, her changeling childe, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.26 | Masters, I am to discourse wonders – but ask | Masters, I am to discourse wonders; but ask me |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.32 | What is he that you ask for, niece? | What is he that you aske for Neece? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.109 | Thou shouldst rather ask if it were possible | Thou should'st rather aske if it were possible |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.33 | otherwise 'tis light, and not heavy; ask my Lady | otherwise 'tis light and not heauy, aske my Lady |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.210 | First, I ask thee what they have done; thirdly, | First I aske thee what they haue done, thirdlie |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.211 | I ask thee what's their offence; sixth and lastly, why | I aske thee what's their offence, sixt and lastlie why |
| Othello | Oth I.i.86.2 | Why, wherefore ask you this? | Why? Wherefore ask you this? |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.294 | I will ask him for my place again; he shall tell me | I will aske him for my Place againe, he shall tell me, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.69 | What you would ask me that I should deny, | What you would aske me, that I should deny, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.95 | He did, from first to last. Why dost thou ask? | He did, from first to last: / Why dost thou aske? |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.50.1 | Send for the man and ask him. | send for the man, / And aske him. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.137 | Cassio did top her: ask thy husband else. | Cassio did top her: Ask thy husband else. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.297 | I do believe it, and I ask your pardon. | I do beleeue it, and I aske your pardon: |
| Pericles | Per I.i.63 | Nor ask advice of any other thought | Nor aske aduise of any other thought, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.158 | It fits thee not to ask the reason why, | It fittes thee not to aske the reason why? |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.120 | I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath; | Ile take thy word, for faith not aske thine oath, |
| Pericles | Per I.iii.5 | bid to ask what he would of the king, desired he might | bid to aske what hee would of the King, desired he might |
| Pericles | Per II.i.75 | To give my tongue that heat to ask your help; | To giue my tongue that heat to aske your helpe: |
| Pericles | Per II.v.32 | Let me ask you one thing. What do you think | Let me aske you one thing: / What do you thinke |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.9 | Ask him his name, and orderly proceed | Aske him his name, and orderly proceed |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.26 | Marshal, ask yonder knight in arms | Marshall: Aske yonder Knight in Armes, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.159 | And for these great affairs do ask some charge, | And for these great affayres do aske some charge |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.309 | Yet ask. | Yet aske. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.96 | The better that your lordship please to ask. | The better, that your Lordship please to aske. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.523 | Unto the shore to ask those on the banks | Vnto the shore, to aske those on the Banks, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.49.2 | Why, may one ask? | Why may one aske? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.134 | Go ask his name. – If he be married, | Go aske his name: if he be married, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.44 | I'll tell thee ere thou ask it me again. | Ile tell thee ere thou aske it me agen: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.97 | a church door. But 'tis enough. 'Twill serve. Ask for me | a Church doore, but 'tis inough, 'twill serue: aske for me |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.15 | How fares my Juliet? That I ask again, | How doth my Lady Iuliet? that I aske againe, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.58 | And ask him what apparel he will wear. | And aske him what apparrel he will weare: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.7 | any conserves, give me conserves of beef. Ne'er ask me | any Conserues, giue me conserues of Beefe: nere ask me |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.19 | bear-herd, and now by present profession a tinker? Ask | Beare-heard, and now by present profession a Tinker. Aske |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.244 | To make one among these wooers. If thou ask me why, | To make one among these wooers: if thou ask me why, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.248 | Sir, let me be so bold as ask you, | Sir, let me be so bold as aske you, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.180 | When I shall ask the banns, and when be married. | When I shall aske the banes, and when be married. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.158 | Should ask if Katherine should be his wife, | Should aske if Katherine should be his wife, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.175 | And seemed to ask him sops as he was drinking. | and seem'd to aske him sops as hee was drinking: |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.190 | I chose her when I could not ask my father | I chose her when I could not aske my Father |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.198.1 | Must ask my child forgiveness! | Must aske my childe forgiuenesse? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.9 | Ask nothing, give it him, it foals me straight, | Aske nothing, giue it him, it Foles me straight |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.68 | That you ask me what you are, and do not | That you ask me what you are, & do not |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.46 | What do ye ask of me, my friend? | What do ye aske of me, my Friend. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.476 | Why dost ask that? I have forgot all men. | Why dost aske that? I haue forgot all men. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.127 | Religiously they ask a sacrifice. | Religiously they aske a sacrifice: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.204 | Titus, thou shalt obtain and ask the empery. | Titus, thou shalt obtaine and aske the Emperie. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.221 | I ask your voices and your suffrages. | I aske your voyces and your Suffrages, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.476 | You shall ask pardon of his majesty. | You shall aske pardon of his Maiestie. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.83 | But what says Jupiter, I ask thee? | But what sayes Iupiter I aske thee? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.227 | I ask, that I might waken reverence, | I aske, that I might waken reuerence, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.71.1 | Hector bade ask. | Hector bad aske? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.60 | against destiny. Ask me not what I would be, if I were | against Destiny. Aske me not what I would be, if I were |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.53 | place, as I would they should do theirs – to ask for my | place, as I would they should doe theirs: to aske for my |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.177 | And ask no other dowry with her but such another | And aske no other dowry with her, but such another |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.207 | What shall you ask of me that I'll deny, | What shall you aske of me that Ile deny, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.326 | Makes me to ask you for my purse? It grieves me | Makes me to aske you for my purse. It greeues mee |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.379 | cowardship, ask Fabian. | cowardship aske Fabian. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.114 | You mistook, sir. I say she did nod; and you ask | You mistooke Sir: I say she did nod; / And you aske |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.65 | And ask remission for my folly past. | And aske remission, for my folly past. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.31 | Ask my dog. If he say ay, it will; if he say no, it | Aske my dogge, if he say I, it will: if hee say no, it |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.151 | To grant one boom that I shall ask of you. | To grant one Boone that I shall aske of you. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.204 | To ask you anything, nor be so hardy | To aske you any thing, nor be so hardy |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.91 | Here's one; if it but hold, I ask no more, | Here's one, if it but hold, I aske no more, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.168 | For scorning thy edict, Duke, ask that lady | For scorning thy Edict Duke, aske that Lady |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.32.2 | Why do you ask? | Why doe you aske? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.37 | I ask thy pardon; Palamon, thou art alone | I aske thy pardon: Palamon, thou art alone, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.50 | Stand both together. Now come ask me, brother – | Stand both together: Now, come aske me Brother, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.51 | Alas, I know not! Ask me now, sweet sister; | Alas, I know not: aske me now sweet Sister, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.17.1 | Lie with her if she ask you. | Lye with her if she aske you. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.1 | I would now ask ye how ye like the play, | I would now aske ye how ye like the Play, |