| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.64 | I prithee, lady, have a better cheer. | I prethee Ladie haue a better cheere, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.14 | I prithee do not strive against my vows. | I prethee do not striue against my vowes: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.8 | eat no fish of Fortune's buttering. Prithee, allow the | eate no Fish of Fortunes butt'ring. Prethee alow the |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.13 | nose, or against any man's metaphor. Prithee, get thee | nose, or against any mans Metaphor. Prethe get thee |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.16 | Foh! Prithee stand away. A paper from Fortune's | Foh, prethee stand away: a paper from fortunes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.37 | names. Prithee, how many boys and wenches must I | names: Prythee how many Boyes and Wenches must I |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.53 | I cannot scratch mine ear. Prithee, tell her | I cannot scratch mine eare. Prythee tel her |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.76 | I prithee turn aside and weep for her; | I prythee turne aside, and weepe for her, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.83 | But this is not the best. Look, prithee, Charmian, | But this is not the best. Looke prythee Charmian, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.53 | Some monstrous malefactor. Prithee, friend, | Some monstrous Malefactor. Prythee Friend, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.26.1 | Guess at her years, I prithee. | Guesse at her yeares, I prythee. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.12.2 | Prithee, peace. | Prythee peace. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiii.9 | And word it, prithee, piteously. Hence, Mardian, | And word it (prythee) pitteously. Hence Mardian, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.128 | Too late, good Diomed. Call my guard, I prithee. | Too late good Diomed: call my Guard I prythee. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.172 | Beneath the fall I have. (To Seleucus) Prithee go hence, | Beneath the fall I haue. Prythee go hence, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.25 | Marry, I prithee do, to make sport withal; but love | Marry I prethee doe, to make sport withall: but loue |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.77 | Prithee, who is't that thou meanest? | Prethee, who is't that thou means't? |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.92 | Prithee, be cheerful; knowest thou not the Duke | Prethee be cheerefull; know'st thou not the Duke |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.68 | I prithee, shepherd, if that love or gold | I prethee Shepheard, if that loue or gold |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.9 | More, more, I prithee, more. | More, more, I pre'thee more. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.11 | I thank it. More, I prithee, more. I can suck | I thanke it: More, I prethee more, / I can sucke |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.13 | I prithee, more. | I pre'thee more. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.177 | I prithee, who? | I pre'thee who? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.183 | Nay, I prithee now with most petitionary | Nay, I pre'thee now, with most petitionary |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.191 | South Sea of discovery. I prithee tell me who is it | South-sea of discouerie. I pre'thee tell me, who is it |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.195 | either too much at once, or none at all. I prithee, take | either too much at once, or none at all. I pre'thee take |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.237 | Cry ‘ holla ’ to thy tongue, I prithee; it curvets | Cry holla, to the tongue, I prethee: it curuettes |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.303 | I prithee, who doth he trot withal? | I prethee, who doth he trot withal? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.343 | I prithee, recount some of them. | I prethee recount some of them. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.2 | Do, I prithee, but yet have the grace to consider | Do I prethee, but yet haue the grace to consider, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.1 | I prithee, pretty youth, let me be better acquainted | I prethee, pretty youth, let me better acquainted |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.17 | cover thy head; nay, prithee, be covered. How old are | couer thy head: Nay prethee bee eouer'd. How olde are |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.55 | But say, I prithee, is he coming home? | But say, I prethee, is he comming home? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.108 | Come, good sweet lady. Prithee, Virgilia, turn thy | Come good sweet Ladie. / Prythee Virgilia turne thy |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.10 | Now Mars, I prithee, make us quick in work, | Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.233 | I prithee, noble friend, home to thy house; | I prythee noble friend, home to thy House, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.72.2 | I prithee now, my son, | I pry thee now, my Sonne, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.89.2 | Prithee now, | Prythee now, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.98 | Prithee now, say you will, and go about it. | Prythee now say you will, and goe about it. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.107 | I prithee now, sweet son, as thou hast said | I prythee now sweet Son, as thou hast said |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.12.2 | Nay, I prithee, woman – | Nay, I prythee woman. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.22 | I cannot get him out o'th' house. Prithee, call my master | I cannot get him out o'th' house: Prythee call my Master |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.36 | What, you will not? Prithee tell | What you will not? Prythee tell |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.28 | Prithee, fellow, remember my name is Menenius, | Prythee fellow, remember my name is Menenius, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.64 | What is more cordial. Nay, I prithee take it; | What is more Cordiall. Nay, I prythee take it, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.7 | I prithee call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly. | I prythee call me: Sleepe hath ceiz'd me wholly. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.67 | We'll talk of that hereafter. Prithee speak, | Weele talke of that heereafter. Prythee speake, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.81 | That I cannot look through. Away, I prithee, | That I cannot looke through. Away, I prythee, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.97 | Will then be panged by me. Prithee, dispatch: | Will then be pang'd by me. Prythee dispatch, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.141 | In a great pool, a swan's nest: prithee think | In a great Poole, a Swannes-nest, prythee thinke |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.182 | The gods will diet me with. Prithee away, | The Gods will diet me with. Prythee away, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.186 | A prince's courage. Away, I prithee. | A Princes Courage. Away, I prythee. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.36.2 | Prithee, fair youth, | Prythee (faire youth) |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.163 | Where there's no profit. I prithee, to our rock, | Where there's no profit. I prythee to our Rocke, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.229.2 | Prithee, have done, | Prythee haue done, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.36.2 | Prithee say. | Prythee say. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.289 | Pluck a hard sentence: prithee, valiant youth, | Plucke a hard sentence: Prythee valiant youth |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.177 | I prithee do not mock me, fellow-student. | I pray thee doe not mock me (fellow Student) |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.498 | Prithee say on. He's for a jig or a tale of bawdry, or he | Prythee say on: He's for a Iigge, or a tale of Baudry, or hee |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.518 | and has tears in's eyes. Prithee no more. | and ha's teares in's eyes. Pray you no more. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.88 | I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot, | I prythee, when thou see'st that Acte a-foot, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.192 | that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. | that: prythee Horatio tell me one thing. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.256 | I prithee take thy fingers from my throat. | I prythee take thy fingers from my throat; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.16 | And I prithee sweet wag, when thou art King, as God | And I prythee sweet Wagge, when thou art King, as God |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.57 | that thou art heir apparent – but I prithee sweet | that thou art Heire apparant. But I prythee sweet |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.81 | prince. But Hal, I prithee trouble me no more with | Prince. But Hal, I prythee trouble me no more with |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.147 | Sir John, I prithee leave the Prince and me alone. | Sir Iohn, I prythee leaue the Prince & me alone, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.5 | I prithee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a | I prethee Tom, beate Cuts Saddle, put a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.35 | I prithee lend me thy lantern, to see my | I prethee lend me thy Lanthorne to see my |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.39 | I prithee good Prince Hal, help me to my | I prethee good Prince Hal, help me to my |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.1 | Ned, prithee come out of that fat room, and | Ned, prethee come out of that fat roome, & |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.28 | prithee do thou stand in some by-room while I question | prythee doe thou stand in some by-roome, while I question |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.107 | trifle.’ I prithee call in Falstaff. I'll play Percy, and that | trifle. I prethee call in Falstaffe, Ile play Percy,and that |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.vi.203 | Prithee let him alone, we shall have more | Prethee let him alone, we shall haue more |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.289 | Prithee do, Jack. | Prethee doe Iacke. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.94 | Prithee let her alone, and list to me. | Prethee let her alone, and list to mee. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.172 | prithee be gone. | I prethee be gone. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.21 | I prithee tell me, doth he keep his bed? | I prethee tell me, doth he keepe his Bed? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.42 | Whose deaths are yet unrevenged. I prithee | Whose deaths are vnreueng'd. Prethy |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.44 | O Hal, I prithee give me leave to breathe | O Hal, I prethee giue me leaue to breath |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.49 | I prithee lend me thy sword. | I prethee lend me thy sword. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.1 | I prithee, Harry, withdraw thyself, thou bleedest too much. | I prethee Harry withdraw thy selfe, thou bleedest too much: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.134 | I prithee speak, we will not trust our eyes | I prethee speake, we will not trust our eyes |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.100 | too. Prithee put up. | to: prethee put vp. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.1 | Prithee, honey-sweet husband, let me bring thee | 'Prythee honey sweet Husband, let me bring thee |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.26 | Discourse, I prithee, on this turret's top. | Discourse I prethee on this Turrets top. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.ii.10 | What tidings send our scouts? I prithee speak. | What tidings send our Scouts? I prethee speak. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.43 | I prithee give me leave to curse awhile. | I prethee giue me leaue to curse awhile. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.20 | Deny me not, I prithee, gentle Joan. | Deny me not, I prythee, gentle Ione. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.32.2 | I prithee, peace, | I prythee peace, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.91 | Stanley, I prithee, go and take me hence; | Stanley, I prethee goe, and take me hence, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.367 | Whither goes Vaux so fast? What news, I prithee? | Whether goes Vaux so fast? What newes I prethee? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.32 | Buckingham, I prithee pardon me, | Buckingham, I prethee pardon me, |
| 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 II.ii.119 | I prithee give no limits to my tongue; | I prythee giue no limits to my Tongue, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.91 | Prithee come hither: what fair lady's that? | Prethee come hither, what faire Ladie's that? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.114 | Prithee call Gardiner to me, my new secretary; | Prethee call Gardiner to me, my new Secretary. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.239 | Prithee return. With thy approach I know | Prethee returne, with thy approch: I know, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.450 | And prithee, lead me in. | And prythee leade me in: |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.9 | Prithee, good Griffith, tell me how he died. | Pre'thee good Griffith, tell me how he dy'de. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.73 | Prithee to bed, and in thy prayers remember | Prythee to bed, and in thy Prayres remember |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.116 | Prithee let's walk. Now, by my holidame, | Prythee let's walke. Now by my Holydame, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.1 | I prithee, boy, run to the Senate House. | I prythee Boy, run to the Senate-house, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.17.2 | Prithee, listen well; | Prythee listen well: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.27 | Even for that our love of old, I prithee, | Euen for that our loue of old, I prethee |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.44 | I prithee, Strato, stay thou by thy lord. | I prythee Strato, stay thou by thy Lord, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.20 | I prithee, lady, go away with me. | I prethee Lady goe away with me. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.132 | Prithee tell him; so much the rent of his | Prythee tell him, so much the rent of his |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.175 | Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach thy | Pry'thy Nunckle keepe a Schoolemaster that can teach thy |
| 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 |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.5 | Prithee, if thou lovest me, tell me. | Prythee, if thou lou'st me, tell me. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.213 | I prithee, daughter, do not make me mad. | I prythee Daughter do not make me mad, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.23 | Prithee go in thyself: seek thine own ease. | Prythee go in thy selfe, seeke thine owne ease, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.106 | Prithee, nuncle, be contented; 'tis a naughty night | Prythee Nunckle be contented, 'tis a naughtie night |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.9 | Prithee, nuncle, tell me whether a madman be a | Prythee Nunkle tell me, whether a madman be a |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.86 | Good friend, I prithee, take him in thy arms; | Good friend, I prythee take him in thy armes; |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.41 | Then prithee get thee away. If for my sake | Get thee away: If for my sake |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.8.1 | I prithee put them off. | I prythee put them off. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.266.1 | Prithee away. | Prythee away. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.310.1 | Break, heart; I prithee break. | Breake heart, I prythee breake. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.45.2 | Prithee peace. | Prythee peace: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.86 | Dear Duff, I prithee contradict thyself | Deare Duff, I prythee contradict thy selfe, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.56 | So, prithee, go with me. | So prythee goe with me. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.67.2 | Prithee, see there! | Prythee see there: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.175 | I prithee, Lucio, do me this kind service; | I pre'thee ( Lucio) doe me this kinde seruice: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.45 | Visit both prince and people. Therefore, I prithee, | Visit both Prince, and People: Therefore I pre'thee |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.127 | What, I prithee, might be the cause? | What (I prethee) might be the cause? |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.170 | friar. I prithee, pray for me. The Duke, I say to thee | Friar, I prethee pray for me: The Duke (I say to thee |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.68 | Prithee hold thy peace. | Pre'thee hold thy peace. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.i.1 | Prithee no more prattling. Go. I'll hold. This | Pre'thee no more pratling: go, Ile hold, this |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.293 | I prithee let thy wife attend on her, | I prythee let thy wife attend on her, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.201 | In mine own comforts. I prithee, good Iago, | In mine owne comforts. I prythee, good Iago, |
| Othello | Oth III.i.23 | Prithee keep up thy quillets – there's a poor piece | Prythee keepe vp thy Quillets, ther's a poore peece |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.51.1 | I prithee call him back. | I prythee call him backe. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.62 | I prithee name the time, but let it not | I prythee name the time, but let it not |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.75 | Prithee, no more: let him come when he will; | Prythee no more: Let him come when he will: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.130 | I prithee speak to me as to thy thinkings, | I prythee speake to me, as to thy thinkings, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.136.1 | I prithee do so. | I prythee do so. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.120 | I marry her! What! A customer! Prithee bear some | I marry. What? A customer; prythee beare / Some |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.125 | Prithee, say true. | Prythee say true. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.167 | Prithee come, will you? | Prythee come: will you? |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.103 | But what should go by water. Prithee tonight | But what should go by water. Prythee to night, |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.20 | Prithee, unpin me – have grace and favour in them. | (Prythee vn-pin me) haue grace and fauour. |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.23 | If I do die before thee, prithee shroud me | If I do die before, prythee shrow'd me |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.32 | And sing it like poor Barbary – prithee, dispatch. | And sing it like poore Brabarie: prythee dispatch. |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.47 | Prithee hie thee; he'll come anon | (Prythee high thee: he'le come anon) |
| Othello | Oth V.i.116 | This is the fruit of whoring. Prithee, Emilia, | This is the fruits of whoring. Prythe Amilia, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.59 | Rise, prithee rise. Sit down. Thou art no flatterer; | Rise, prethee rise, sit downe, thou art no flatterer, |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.91 | And I prithee tell me, how dost thou find the | And I prethee tell me, how dost thou find the |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.33 | What, prithee? | What prithi? |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.153 | Prithee tell me one thing first. | Prithee tell mee one thing first. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.119.2 | Prithee speak. | Prethee speake, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.180.2 | I prithee hear me speak. | I prythee heare me speake. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.21 | I prithee, sister Kate, untie my hands. | I prethee sister Kate, vntie my hands. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.214 | O Kate, content thee, prithee be not angry. | O Kate content thee, prethee be not angry. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.29 | I prithee, good Grumio, tell me, how goes the | I prethee good Grumio, tell me, how goes the |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.15 | I prithee go and get me some repast, | I prethee go, aud get me some repast, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.18 | 'Tis passing good, I prithee let me have it. | 'Tis passing good, I prethee let me haue it. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.54 | Prithee, Kate, let's stand aside and see the | Pree the Kate let's stand aside and see the |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.246.2 | I prithee, | I prethee, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.9.2 | Prithee, peace. | Prethee peace. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.27 | I prithee, spare. | I pre-thee spare. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.129.2 | Prithee, peace. | Pre-thee peace. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.175 | Prithee, no more. Thou dost talk nothing to me. | Pre-thee no more: thou dost talke nothing to me. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.232.2 | Prithee, say on. | 'Pre-thee say on, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.70 | Do not torment me, prithee. I'll bring my wood | Doe not torment me 'prethee: I'le bring my wood |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.112 | Prithee, do not turn me about. My stomach is | 'Prethee doe not turne me about, my stomacke is |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.146 | I will kiss thy foot. I prithee, be my god. | I will kisse thy foote: I prethee be my god. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.164 | I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow; | I 'prethee let me bring thee where Crabs grow; |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.170 | I prithee now, lead the way without any more | I pre'thee now lead the way without any more |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.33 | Lo, lo, again! Bite him to death, I prithee. | Loe, loe againe: bite him to death I prethee. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.83 | Now forward with your tale. – Prithee, stand | Now forward with your Tale: prethee stand |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.215 | Prithee, my king, be quiet. Seest thou here, | Pre-thee (my King) be quiet. Seest thou heere |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.101 | And presently, I prithee. | And presently, I pre'thee. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.130 | Attempts her love. I prithee, noble lord, | Attempts her loue: I prythee (Noble Lord) |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.36 | prithee, let my meat make thee silent. | prythee let my meate make thee silent. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.178 | prithee let's be provided to show them entertainment. | prythee let's be prouided to shew them entertainment. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.28 | I prithee but repair to me next morning. | I prythee but repaire to me next morning. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.81 | Prithee, Apemantus, read me the superscription of | Prythee Apemantus reade me the superscription of |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.168.2 | Prithee no more. | Prythee no more. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.219 | Prithee, man, look cheerly. These old fellows | Prythee man looke cheerely. These old Fellowes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.225 | Go to Ventidius. Prithee be not sad, | Go to Ventiddius (prythee be not sad, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.97 | I prithee beat thy drum and get thee gone. | I prythee beate thy Drum, and get thee gone. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.397.1 | Thy back, I prithee. | Thy backe I prythee. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.104 | Ay, ay, prithee now. By my troth, sweet lord, thou | I, I, prethee now: by my troth sweet Lord thou |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.7.1 | I prithee now, to bed. | I prithee now to bed. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.15.2 | Prithee, tarry – | Prithee tarry, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.84 | Prithee, get thee in. Would thou hadst ne'er | Prythee get thee in: would thou had'st nere |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.14 | Prithee, be silent, boy; I profit not by thy | Prythee be silent boy, I profit not by thy |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.27 | I prithee, do not hold me to mine oath; | I prethee do not hold me to mine oath, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.75 | I prithee, Diomed, visit me no more. | I prythee Diomed visite me no more. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.108.2 | Good night; I prithee come. | Good night: I prythee come: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.53 | I prithee – and I'll pay thee bounteously – | I prethee (and Ile pay thee bounteously) |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.49.2 | Ay, prithee sing. | I prethee sing. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.170 | my sweet, I prithee. | my sweete, I prethee. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.135 | I prithee, tell me what thou think'st of me? | I prethee tell me what thou thinkst of me? |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.108 | Prithee, hold thy peace, this is not the way. Do | Prethee hold thy peace, this is not the way: Doe |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.9 | I prithee, vent thy folly somewhere else; thou | I prethee vent thy folly some-where else, thou |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.14 | cockney. I prithee now, ungird thy strangeness, and | Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.17 | I prithee, foolish Greek, depart from me. | I prethee foolish greeke depart from me, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.50.2 | I prithee, gentle friend, | I prethee gentle friend, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.63 | Nay, come, I prithee. Would thou'dst be ruled by me! | Nay come I prethee, would thoud'st be rul'd by me |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.1 | Nay, I prithee, put on this gown and this beard; | Nay, I prethee put on this gown, & this beard, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.120 | prithee, be gone. | prethee be goue. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.294 | Prithee, read i' thy right wits. | Prethee reade i'thy right wits. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.349 | Upon thee in the letter. Prithee, be content. | Vpon thee in the Letter: prethee be content, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.319 | That are so envious to me! Prithee kill me. | That are so envious to me; pre'thee kill me. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.65.1 | Prithee take mine, good cousin. | Prethee take mine good Cosen. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.70 | Doubtless the primest of men. I prithee run | Doubtlesse the prim'st of men: I pre' thee run |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.91 | I prithee lay attention to the cry; | I pre' thee lay attention to the Cry. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.30 | I shall be glad of. Prithee tell her so; | I shall be glad of, pre'thee tell her so: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.91 | I prithee tell me. Cram's with praise, and make's | I prethee tell me: cram's with prayse, and make's |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.18 | Well, be't so, prithee. | Well: be't so: prethee. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.232 | Than to be pitied of thee. Prithee, bring me | Then to be pittied of thee. Prethee bring me |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.33 | I prithee call't. For this ungentle business, | I prethee call't: For this vngentle businesse |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.20 | that fatal country, Sicilia, prithee speak no more, whose | that fatall Countrey Sicillia, prethee speake no more, whose |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.49 | cause of my son's resort thither. Prithee be my present | cause of my sonnes resort thether. 'Prethe be my present |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.41 | With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not | With these forc'd thoughts, I prethee darken not |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.213 | Prithee bring him in, and let him approach | Pre'thee bring him in, and let him approach |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.411.2 | Prithee, let him. | Prethee let him. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.636 | Nay, prithee, dispatch. The gentleman is half | Nay prethee dispatch: the Gentleman is halfe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.640 | Dispatch, I prithee. | Dispatch, I prethee. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.118.2 | Prithee, no more! Cease! Thou know'st | 'Prethee no more; cease: thou know'st |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.148 | Prithee, son, do: for we must be gentle, now | 'Prethee Sonne doe: for we must be gentle, now |