| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.220 | In heedfullest reservation to bestow them, | In heedefull'st reseruation to bestow them, |
| 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.iii.52 | Of noble bachelors stand at my bestowing, | Of Noble Batchellors, stand at my bestowing, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.99 | I will bestow some precepts of this virgin, | I will bestow some precepts of this Virgin, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.12.1 | Err in bestowing it. | Erre in bestowing it. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.84 | Bestowed his lips on that unworthy place, | Bestow'd his lips on that vnworthy place, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.182 | Bestow it at your pleasure, and believe | Bestow it at your pleasure, and beleeue |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.32 | bestowed equally. | bestowed equally. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.87 | Of female favour, and bestows himself | Of femall fauour, and bestowes himselfe |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.7 | You will bestow her on Orlando here? | You wil bestow her on Orlando heere? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.78 | In what safe place you have bestowed my money, | In what safe place you haue bestow'd my monie; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.86 | bestows on beasts, and what he hath scanted men in | bestowes on beasts, and what he hath scanted them in |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.117 | For there's the house. That chain will I bestow – | For there's the house: That chaine will I bestow |
| 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 |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.123 | If you'll bestow a small – of what you have little – | If you'l bestow a small (of what you haue little) |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.206 | Of him that did not ask but mock, bestow | of him that did not aske, but mock, / Bestow |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.521 | bestowed? Do you hear? Let them be well used, for | bestow'd. Do ye heare, let them be well vs'd: for |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.33 | We'll so bestow ourselves that, seeing unseen, | Will so bestow our selues, that seeing vnseene |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.44 | We will bestow ourselves. (to Ophelia) Read on this book, | We will bestow our selues: Reade on this booke, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.177 | I will bestow him and will answer well | I will bestow him, and will answer well |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.4 | Bestow this place on us a little while. | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.12 | Where the dead body is bestowed, my lord, | Where the dead body is bestow'd my Lord, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.163 | How might we see Falstaff bestow | How might we see Falstaffe bestow |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.74 | I have bestowed to breed this present peace | I haue bestow'd, To breede this present Peace, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.12 | liveries, I would have bestowed the thousand pound I | Liueries, I would haue bestowed the thousand pound I |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.10 | I will bestow a breakfast to make you friends, | I will bestow a breakfast to make you friendes, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.289 | And on it have bestowed more contrite tears | And on it haue bestowed more contrite teares, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.68 | My sovereign lord, bestow yourself with speed. | My Soueraign Lord, bestow your selfe with speed: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.88 | We will bestow you in some better place, | We will bestow you in some better place, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.66 | Large gifts have I bestowed on learned clerks, | Large gifts haue I bestow'd on learned Clearkes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.56 | Or else you would not have bestowed the heir | Or else you would not haue bestow'd the Heire |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.163 | For not bestowing on him at his asking | For not bestowing on him at his asking, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.14 | And to bestow your pity on me; for | And to bestow your pitty on me; for |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.182 | Bestow your counsels on me. She now begs | Bestow your Councels on me. She now begges |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.159 | But pared my present havings to bestow | But par'd my present Hauings, to bestow |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.56 | Which was a sin – yet in bestowing, madam, | (Which was a sinne) yet in bestowing, Madam, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.151 | And so bestow these papers as you bade me. | And so bestow these Papers as you bad me. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.61 | Fellow, wilt thou bestow thy time with me? | Fellow, wilt thou bestow thy time with me? |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.143 | That we cannot bestow but by their death. | That we cannot bestow but by their death, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.60 | Come, gentlemen, I will see my friend bestowed | Come gentlemen, I will see my friend bestowed, |
| King John | KJ III.i.225 | And tell me how you would bestow yourself. | And tell me how you would bestow your selfe? |
| King Lear | KL I.i.163 | Kill thy physician and thy fee bestow | Kill thy Physition, and thy fee bestow |
| King Lear | KL II.i.125 | Lay comforts to your bosom, and bestow | Lay comforts to your bosome, and bestow |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.284 | Cannot be well bestowed. | Cannot be well bestow'd. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.285 | Come, father, I'll bestow you with a friend. | Come Father, Ile bestow you with a Friend. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.125 | By favours several which they did bestow. | By fauours seuerall, which they did bestow. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.661 | device. Sweet royalty, bestow on me the sense of | deuice; / Sweet Royaltie bestow on me the sence of |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.29 | We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed | We heare our bloody Cozens are bestow'd |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.24.1 | Where he bestows himself? | Where he bestowes himselfe? |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.229 | in her discoveries of dishonour. In few, bestowed her | in her, discoueries of dishonor: in few, bestow'd her |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.124 | I have here a dish of doves that I would bestow | I haue here a dish of Doues that I would bestow |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.158 | These things being bought and orderly bestowed, | These things being bought and orderly bestowed |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.19 | How little is the cost I have bestowed | How little is the cost I haue bestowed |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.101 | Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. | Silence bestowes that vertue on it Madam. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.221 | 'tis labour well bestowed. | 'tis labour well bestowed. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.189 | bestowed much on her, followed her with a doting | bestowed much on her: followed her with a doating |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.43 | I bestow him? Shall I put him into the basket again? | I bestow him? Shall I put him into the basket againe? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.98 | other! And so they shall be both bestowed. I have | other: and so they shall be both bestowed; I haue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.10 | bestowed much honour on a young Florentine called | bestowed much honor on a yong Florentine, called |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.210 | have worn himself, and the rod he might have bestowed | haue worne himselfe, and the rod hee might haue bestowed |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.168 | I would she had bestowed this dotage on me; | I would shee had bestowed this dotage on mee, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.89 | marriage – surely suit ill spent, and labour ill bestowed! | marriage: surely sute ill spent, and labour ill bestowed. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.21 | bestow it all of your worship. | bestow it all of your worship. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.101 | As of her tongue she oft bestows on me, | As of her tongue she oft bestowes on me, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.142 | best. But what praise couldst thou bestow on a deserving | best. But what praise could'st thou bestow on a deseruing |
| Othello | Oth III.i.53 | I will bestow you where you shall have time | I will bestow you where you shall haue time |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.13 | She may, I think, bestow't on any man. | She may (I thinke) bestow't on any man. |
| Pericles | Per II.v.78 | Bestow your love and your affections | Bestow your loue and your affections, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.41 | Hath Thetis' birth-child on the heavens bestowed. | Hath Thetis byrth-childe on the heauens bestowed. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.50 | That is, not to bestow my youngest daughter | That is, not to bestow my yongest daughter, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.99 | I here bestow a simple instrument, | I heere bestow a simple instrument, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.35 | With one consent to have her so bestowed. | With one consent to haue her so bestowed: |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.40 | Bestow upon the eyes of this young couple | Bestow vpon the eyes of this yong couple |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.299 | Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it. | Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.149 | What you bestow, in him I'll counterpoise, | What you bestow, in him Ile counterpoize, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.463 | And wonder of good deeds evilly bestowed! | And wonder of good deeds, euilly bestow'd! |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.222 | Will ye bestow them friendly on Andronicus? | Will you bestow them friendly on Andronicus? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.162 | And you must needs bestow her funeral. | And you must needs bestow her funerall, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.160 | Whose life were ill bestowed, or death unfamed, | Whose life were ill bestow'd, or death vnfam'd, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.35 | And all my powers do their bestowing lose, | And all my powers doe their bestowing loose, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.26 | What did you swear you would bestow on me? | What did you sweare you would bestow on me? |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.89 | had bestowed that time in the tongues that I have in | had bestowed that time in the tongues, that I haue in |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.181 | for what is yours to bestow is not yours to reserve. | for what is yours to bestowe, is, not yours to reserue. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.82 | The parts that fortune hath bestowed upon her | The parts that fortune hath bestow'd vpon her: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.5 | the Count's servingman than ever she bestowed upon | the Counts Seruing-man, then euer she bestow'd vpon |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.2 | How shall I feast him? What bestow of him? | How shall I feast him? What bestow of him? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.70 | Comes all the praises that I now bestow, | Comes all the praises that I now bestow.) |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.13 | I know you have determined to bestow her | I know you haue determin'd to bestow her |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.87 | How and which way I may bestow myself | How, and which way I may bestow my selfe |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.158 | Bestow thy fawning smiles on equal mates; | Bestow thy fawning smiles on equall mates, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.162 | Which, all too much, I have bestowed on thee. | Which (all too-much) I haue bestowed on thee. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iii.10 | If he please to bestow it so – as ever | (If he please to bestow it so) as ever |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.50 | Did first bestow on him, a black one, owing | Did first bestow on him, a blacke one, owing |