| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.150 | Let me see. Marry, ill, to like him that ne'er it | Let mee see. Marry ill, to like him that ne're it |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.102 | Madam, I was very late more near her than I | Madam, I was verie late more neere her then I |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.142 | You ne'er oppressed me with a mother's groan, | You nere opprest me with a mothers groane, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.131 | As one near death to those that wish him live. | As one neere death to those that wish him liue: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.53 | I ne'er had worse luck in my life in my ‘ O Lord, | I nere had worse lucke in my life in my O Lord |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.71.1 | We'll ne'er come there again.’ | Wee'l nere come there againe. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.93 | Sure, they are bastards to the English; the French ne'er | sure they are bastards to the English, the French nere |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.98 | Will you draw near? | Will you draw neere? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.33 | And my integrity ne'er knew the crafts | And my integritie ne're knew the crafts |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.86 | congied with the Duke, done my adieu with his nearest, | congied with the Duke, done my adieu with his neerest; |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.149 | He's very near the truth in this. | He's very neere the truth in this. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.221 | He ne'er pays after-debts, take it before. | He nere payes after-debts, take it before, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.94 | To bear such idleness so near the heart | To beare such Idlenesse so neere the heart |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.43 | And the ebbed man, ne'er loved till ne'er worth love, | And the ebb'd man, / Ne're lou'd, till ne're worth loue, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.38.1 | The ne'er lust-wearied Antony. | The neere Lust-wearied Anthony. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.95 | From mine own knowledge. As nearly as I may, | From mine owne knowledge, as neerely as I may, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.228 | Whom ne'er the word of ‘ No’ woman heard speak, | Whom nere the word of no woman hard speake, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.22 | Where Caesar's is not. But near him thy angel | Where Casars is not. But neere him, thy Angell |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.30 | Is all afraid to govern thee near him; | Is all affraid to gouerne thee neere him: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.82 | Thy father, Pompey, would ne'er have | Thy Father Pompey would ne're haue |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.30 | I am not so well as I should be, but I'll ne'er | I am not so well as I should be: / But Ile ne're |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.33 | The ne'er-yet-beaten horse of Parthia | The nere-yet beaten Horse of Parthia, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.6 | Through whom I might command it? – Come thou near. | through whom I might commaund it: / Come thou neere. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.13 | If this division chance, ne'er stood between, | If this deuision chance, ne're stood betweene |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.22 | Experience, manhood, honour, ne'er before | Experience, Man-hood, Honor, ne're before, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.31 | The ne'er-touched vestal. Try thy cunning, Thidias. | The ne're touch'd Vestall. Try thy cunning Thidias, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.v.7 | One ever near thee; call for Enobarbus, | one euer neere thee, call for Enobarbus, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.5 | The time of universal peace is near. | The time of vniuersall peace is neere: |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.48 | before me is nearer to his reverence. | before me is neerer to his reuerence. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.42 | So near our public court as twenty miles, | So neere our publike Court as twentie miles, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.53 | Nay, I shall ne'er be ware of mine own wit | Nay, I shall nere be ware of mine owne wit, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vi.8 | nearer death than thy powers. (Raising him) For my sake | neerer death, then thy powers. / For my sake |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.96 | 'Tis no matter; ne'er a fantastical | 'Tis no matter; Ne're a fantastical |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.28 | If ever – as that ever may be near – | If euer (as that euer may be neere) |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.32 | Come not thou near me; and when that time comes, | Come not thou neere me: and when that time comes, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.125 | In parcels, as I did, would have gone near | In parcells as I did, would haue gone neere |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.60 | Rosalind so near the heart as your gesture cries it out, | Rosalinde so neere the hart, as your gesture cries it out: |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.121 | Nor ne'er wed woman, if you be not she. | Nor ne're wed woman, if you be not shee. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.45 | The one ne'er got me credit, the other mickle blame. | The one nere got me credit, the other mickle blame: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.185 | For fear you ne'er see chain nor money more. | For feare you ne're see chaine, nor mony more. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.57 | light wenches will burn. Come not near her. | light wenches will burne, come not neere her. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.104 | O, bind him, bind him, let him not come near me! | Oh binde him, binde him, let him not come neere me. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.12 | Good sir, draw near to me. I'll speak to him. | Good sir draw neere to me, Ile speake to him: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.48 | Ne'er brake into extremity of rage. | Ne're brake into extremity of rage. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.210 | Ne'er may I look on day nor sleep on night | Nere may I looke on day, nor sleepe on night, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.326 | I ne'er saw Syracusa in my life. | I ne're saw Siracusa in my life. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.329 | During which time he ne'er saw Syracusa. | During which time, he ne're saw Siracusa: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.403 | My heavy burden ne'er delivered. | My heauie burthen are deliuered: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.77 | Care for us? True indeed! They ne'er | Care for vs? True indeed, they nere |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.106 | Which ne'er came from the lungs, but even thus – | Which ne're came from the Lungs, but euen thus: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.248 | To gnaw their garners. (Citizens steal away) Worshipful mutineers, | To gnaw their Garners. Worshipfull Mutiners, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.44 | The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge | The Mouse ne're shunn'd the Cat, as they did budge |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.8 | that have flattered the people, who ne'er loved them; and | that haue flatter'd the people, who ne're loued them; and |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.250.2 | Say you ne'er had done't – | Say you ne're had don't, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.122 | That ne'er did service for't. Being pressed to th' war, | They ne're did seruice for't; being prest to'th' Warre, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.189 | Confusion's near. I cannot speak. You Tribunes | Confusions neere, I cannot speake. You, Tribunes |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.5.1 | Was ne'er distributed. | Was ne're distributed. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.39 | Draw near, ye people. | Draw neere ye people. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.26 | Whene'er we come to our account. | When ere we come to our account. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.46 | Ne'er through an arch so hurried the blown tide | Ne're through an Arch so hurried the blowne Tide, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.60 | They are near the city? | They are neere the City. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.108 | And am so near the lack of charity – | And am so neere the lacke of Charitie |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.2 | Was near at hand: ne'er longed my mother so | Was neere at hand: Ne're long'd my Mother so |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.149 | Pretty, and full of view; yea, haply, near | Pretty, and full of view: yea, happily, neere |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.92.2 | Where is she, sir? Come nearer: | Where is she Sir? Come neerer: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.65.2 | Pray, draw near. | Pray draw neere. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.68 | I pray, draw near. | I pray draw neere. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.i.1 | I am near to th' place where they should meet, if | I am neere to'th'place where they should meet, if |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.69 | What companies are near: pray you, away, | What Companies are neere: pray you away, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.71 | That fly me thus? Some villain mountaineers? | That flye me thus? Some villaine-Mountainers? |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.73 | More slavish did I ne'er than answering | More slauish did I ne're, then answering |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.100 | Yield, rustic mountaineer. | Yeeld Rusticke Mountaineer. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.120 | Who called me traitor, mountaineer, and swore, | Who call'd me Traitor, Mountaineer, and swore |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.279 | Nothing ill come near thee! | Nothing ill come neere thee. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.370 | That here by mountaineers lies slain. Alas! | That heere by Mountaineers lyes slaine: Alas, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.39 | A rider like myself, who ne'er wore rowel, | A Rider like my selfe, who ne're wore Rowell, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.96 | To say, live boy: ne'er thank thy master, live; | To say, liue boy: ne're thanke thy Master, liue; |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.114.1 | Am something nearer. | Am something neerer. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.145 | As it doth me – a nobler sir ne'er lived | As it doth me: a Nobler Sir, ne're liu'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.231 | You ne'er killed Innogen till now. Help, help! | You ne're kill'd Imogen till now: helpe, helpe, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.281 | To seek her on the mountains near to Milford; | To seeke her on the Mountaines neere to Milford, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.335 | Your pleasure was my ne'er-offence, my punishment | Your pleasure was my neere offence, my punishment |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.370 | A mother to the birth of three? Ne'er mother | A Mother to the byrth of three? Nere Mother |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.44 | Youth to itself rebels, though none else near. | Youth to it selfe rebels, though none else neere. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.5 | Indeed? I heard it not. It then draws near the season | Indeed I heard it not: then it drawes neere the season, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.89 | The glow-worm shows the matin to be near | The Glow-worme showes the Matine to be neere, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.163 | A worthy pioneer! Once more remove, good friends. | A worthy Pioner, once more remoue good friends. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.11 | That they do know my son, come you more nearer | That they doe know my sonne: Come you more neerer |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.190 | youth I suffered much extremity for love, very near | youth, I suffred much extreamity for loue: very neere |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.238 | Then is doomsday near. But your news is not | Then is Doomesday neere: But your newes is not |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.424 | and mistress? By'r Lady, your ladyship is nearer to | and Mistris? Byrlady your Ladiship is neerer |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.86 | One scene of it comes near the circumstance, | One Scoene of it comes neere the Circumstance |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.17 | What's near it with it; or 'tis a massy wheel | What's neere it, with it. It is a massie wheele |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.75 | Nor sense to ecstasy was ne'er so thralled | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.7 | But never the offence. To bear all smooth and even, | But neerer the offence: to beare all smooth, and euen, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.70 | Howe'er my haps, my joys were ne'er begun. | How ere my happes, my ioyes were ne're begun. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.139 | near the heel of the courtier he galls his kibe. – How | neere the heeles of our Courtier, hee galls his Kibe. How |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.58 | They are not near my conscience. Their defeat | They are not neere my Conscience; their debate |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.270 | The trumpet to the cannoneer without, | The Trumpet to the Cannoneer without, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.13 | Indeed, you come near me now Hal, for we | Indeed you come neere me now Hal, for we |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.9 | Which the proud soul ne'er pays but to the proud. | Which the proud soule ne're payes, but to the proud. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.17 | Like a tench! By the mass, there is ne'er | Like a Tench? There is ne're a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.20 | Why, they will allow us ne'er a | Why, you will allow vs ne're a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.434 | Swearest thou, ungracious boy? Henceforth ne'er look on me. | Swearest thou, vngracious Boy? henceforth ne're looke on me: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.2 | Must have some private conference – but be near at hand, | Must haue some priuate conference: . But be neere at hand, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.57 | Ne'er seen but wondered at, and so my state, | Ne're seene, but wondred at: and so my State, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.123 | Which art my nearest and dearest enemy? | Which art my neer'st and dearest Enemie? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.138 | And that shall be the day, whene'er it lights, | And that shall be the day, when ere it lights, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.123 | Meet and ne'er part till one drop down a corpse. | Meete, and ne're part, till one drop downe a Coarse? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.134 | Doomsday is near. Die all, die merrily. | Doomesday is neere; dye all, dye merrily. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.63 | That even our love durst not come near your sight | That euen our Loue durst not come neere your sight |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.134 | Are near at hand; the rest the paper tells. | Are neere at hand: The rest the Paper telles. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.113 | knight, to the son of the King nearest his father, Harry | Knight, to the Sonne of the King, neerest his Father, Harrie |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.81 | Tilly-fally, Sir John, ne'er tell me; an your | Tilly-fally (Sir Iohn) neuer tell me, your |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.40 | And with what danger, near the heart of it. | And with what danger, neere the Heart of it? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.57 | This Percy was the man nearest my soul, | This Percie was the man, neerest my Soule, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.79 | With a near aim, of the main chance of things | With a neere ayme, of the maine chance of things, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.229 | we owe God a death. I'll ne'er bear a base mind. An't, | wee owe a death. I will neuer beare a base minde: if it |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.277 | ne'er see such a fellow. | neuer see such a fellow. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.310 | been sworn brother to him, and I'll be sworn 'a ne'er | beene sworne Brother to him: and Ile be sworne hee neuer |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.22 | Upon or near the rate of thirty thousand. | Vpon, or neere, the rate of thirtie thousand. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.133 | He ne'er had borne it out of Coventry; | Hee ne're had borne it out of Couentry. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.111 | O me! Come near me. Now I am much ill. | O me, come neere me, now I am much ill. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.212 | Too near unto my state. Therefore, my Harry, | Too neere vnto my State. / Therefore (my Harrie) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.66 | imputation of being near their master; if to his men, I | imputation of beeing neere their Mayster. If to his Men, I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.68 | Not to come near our person by ten mile. | Not to come neere our Person, by ten mile. |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.58 | The grave doth gape, and doting death is near: | The Graue doth gape, and doting death is neere, |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.84 | mines? Have the pioneers given o'er? | Mynes? haue the Pioners giuen o're? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.189 | we ne'er the wiser. | wee ne're the wiser. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.57 | And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, | And Crispine Crispian shall ne're goe by, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.62 | Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, | Shall be my brother: be he ne're so vile, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.82 | For certainly thou art so near the gulf | For certainly, thou art so neere the Gulfe, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.125 | Where ne'er from France arrived more happy men. | Where ne're from France arriu'd more happy men. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.7 | England ne'er lost a king of so much worth. | England ne're lost a King of so much worth. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.8 | England ne'er had a king until his time. | England ne're had a King vntill his time: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.16 | He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered. | He ne're lift vp his Hand, but conquered. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.42 | And ne'er throughout the year to church thou goest, | And ne're throughout the yeere to Church thou go'st, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.6 | At pleasure here we lie, near Orleans; | At pleasure here we lye, neere Orleance: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.23 | Dogs! Cowards! Dastards! I would ne'er have fled | Dogges, Cowards, Dastards: I would ne're haue fled, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.43 | Else ne'er could they hold out so as they do. | Else ne're could they hold out so as they doe: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.103 | And while I live, I'll ne'er fly from a man. | And while I liue, Ile ne're flye from a man. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.120 | Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech. | Else ne're could he so long protract his speech. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.24 | Whom Henry, our late sovereign, ne'er could brook? | Whom Henry our late Soueraigne ne're could brooke? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.48 | None durst come near for fear of sudden death. | None durst come neere, for feare of suddaine death. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.81 | His sword did ne'er leave striking in the field. | His Sword did ne're leaue striking in the field. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.vi.10 | More blessed hap did ne'er befall our state. | More blessed hap did ne're befall our State. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.3 | Near to the walls, by some apparent sign | Neere to the walles, by some apparant signe |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.44 | Ne'er heard I of a warlike enterprise | Nere heard I of a warlike enterprize |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.48 | Ne'er trust me then; for when a world of men | Ne're trust me then: for when a World of men |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.58 | Yes, when his holy state is touched so near. | Yes, when his holy State is toucht so neere. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.110 | Though ne'er so cunningly you smother it. | Though ne're so cunningly you smother it. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.19 | He that flies so will ne'er return again. | He that flyes so, will ne're returne againe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.17 | The Earl of Armagnac, near knit to Charles, | The Earle of Arminacke neere knit to Charles, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.98 | It shall be so, disdain they ne'er so much. | It shall be so, disdaine they ne're so much: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.3 | Have I sought every country far and near, | Haue I sought euery Country farre and neere, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.22 | And otherwise will Henry ne'er presume. | And otherwise, will Henry ne're presume: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.45 | Because he is near kinsman unto Charles. | Because he is neere Kinsman vnto Charles. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.102 | Hume, if you take not heed, you shall go near | Hume, if you take not heed, you shall goe neere |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.139 | Could I come near your beauty with my nails, | Could I come neere your Beautie with my Nayles, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.63 | A man that ne'er saw in his life before. | A man that ne're saw in his life before. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.70 | Stand by, my masters; bring him near the King. | Stand by, my Masters, bring him neere the King, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.72 | And my consent ne'er asked herein before! | And my consent ne're ask'd herein before? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.21 | First note that he is near you in descent, | First note, that he is neere you in discent, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.79 | Why, then, Dame Margaret was ne'er thy joy. | Why then Dame Elianor was neere thy ioy. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.166 | Which with the heart there cools, and ne'er returneth | Which with the heart there cooles, and ne're returneth, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.40 | Nay, it shall ne'er be said, while England stands, | Nay, it shall nere be said, while England stands, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.67 | Ne'er shall this blood be wiped from thy point, | Ne're shall this blood be wiped from thy point, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.22 | Or dare to bring thy force so near the court? | Or dare to bring thy Force so neere the Court? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.149 | But ne'er till now his scandal of retire. | But ne're till now, his Scandall of Retire. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.186 | Ne'er may he live to see a sunshine day | Ne're may he liue to see a Sun-shine day, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.128 | That ne'er shall dine unless thou yield the crown. | That ne're shall dine, vnlesse thou yeeld the Crowne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.148 | And ne'er was Agamemnon's brother wronged | And ne're was Agamemnons Brother wrong'd |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.104 | Take on with me and ne'er be satisfied! | Take on with me, and ne're be satisfi'd? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.106 | Shed seas of tears and ne'er be satisfied! | Shed seas of Teares, and ne're be satisfi'd? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.116 | For from my heart thine image ne'er shall go; | For from my heart, thine Image ne're shall go. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.138 | Draw near, Queen Margaret, and be a witness | Draw neere, Queene Margaret, and be a witnesse, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.90 | Tell me their words as near as thou canst guess them. | tell me their words, / As neere as thou canst guesse them. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.135 | Are near to Warwick by blood and by alliance; | Are neere to Warwicke, by bloud, and by allyance: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.8 | If Warwick be so near as men report. | If Warwicke be so neere as men report. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.1 | Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, | Great Lords, wise men ne'r sit and waile their losse, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.24 | And ne'er have stolen the breech from Lancaster. | And ne're haue stolne the Breech from Lancaster. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.57 | And men ne'er spend their fury on a child. | And Men, ne're spend their fury on a Childe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.80 | Petitioners for blood thou ne'er puttest back. | Petitioners for Blood, thou ne're put'st backe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.9 | Ne'er spurred their coursers at the trumpet's sound; | Ne're spurr'd their Coursers at the Trumpets sound. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.69 | For further life in this world I ne'er hope, | For further life in this world I ne're hope, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.157 | Or some about him near have, out of malice | Or some about him neere, haue out of malice |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.16.1 | Has crept too near his conscience. | Ha's crept too neere his Conscience. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.17.1 | Has crept too near another lady. | Ha's crept too neere another Ladie. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.67 | Malice ne'er meant. Our breach of duty this way | Malice ne're meant: Our breach of Duty this way, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.133 | I will have none so near else. Learn this, brother, | I will haue none so neere els. Learne this Brother, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.13 | She ne'er had known pomp; though't be temporal, | She ne're had knowne pompe; though't be temporall, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.19.1 | To come near. | To come neere: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.71 | In such a point of weight, so near mine honour, | In such a poynt of weight, so neere mine Honour, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.72 | More near my life, I fear, with my weak wit, | (More neere my Life I feare) with my weake wit; |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.135 | One that ne'er dreamed a joy beyond his pleasure, | One that ne're dream'd a Ioy, beyond his pleasure; |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.50 | Those men are happy, and so are all are near her. | Those men are happy, / And so are all, are neere her. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.76 | Patience, be near me still, and set me lower; | Patience, be neere me still, and set me lower, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.108.1 | Let me ne'er see again. | Let me ne're see againe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.29 | And let me tell you, it will ne'er be well – | And let me tell you, it will ne're be well, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.29 | A man of his place, and so near our favour, | A man of his Place, and so neere our fauour |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.26 | Let me ne'er hope to see a chine again – | Let me ne're hope to see a Chine againe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.40 | somewhat near the door, he should be a brazier by his | somewhat neere the doore, he should be a Brasier by his |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.47 | wife of small wit near him, that railed upon me till her | Wife of small wit, neere him, that rail'd vpon me, till her |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.278 | Nay, an I tell you that, I'll ne'er look you i'th' face | Nay, and I tell you that, Ile ne're looke you i'th'face |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.3 | Give guess how near to day. Lucius, I say! | Giue guesse how neere to day--- Lucius, I say? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.11 | Ne'er looked but on my back; when they shall see | Ne're look'd but on my backe: When they shall see |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.112 | Caesar was ne'er so much your enemy | Casar was ne're so much your enemy, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.123 | Be near me, that I may remember you. | Be neere me, that I may remember you. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.124 | Caesar, I will. (aside) And so near will I be | Casar I will: and so neere will I be, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iii.2 | Cassius; come not near Casca; have an eye to Cinna; trust | Cassius; come not neere Caska, haue an eye to Cynna, trust |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.7 | That touches Caesar nearer. Read it, great Caesar. | That touches Casar neerer. Read it great Casar. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.29 | He is addressed. Press near and second him. | He is addrest: presse neere, and second him. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.3 | What now, Lucilius, is Cassius near? | What now Lucillius, is Cassius neere? |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.204 | How near then shall I be to remedy? | How neere then shall I be to remedie. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.62 | Near to the coast I have descried, my lord, | Neere to the cost I haue discribde my Lord, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.67 | But, drawing near, their glorious bright aspect, | But drawing neere, their glorious bright aspect, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.108 | And bring he ne'er so plain a pedigree, | And bring he nere so playne a pedegree, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.61 | I'll pitch my tent near to the sandy shore. | Ile pitch my tent neere to the sandy shore. |
| King John | KJ I.i.174 | Near or far off, well won is still well shot, | Neere or farre off, well wonne is still well shot, |
| King John | KJ I.i.235 | Upon Good Friday and ne'er broke his fast. | Vpon good Friday, and nere broke his fast: |
| King John | KJ II.i.424 | Is niece to England. Look upon the years | Is neere to England, looke vpon the yeeres |
| King John | KJ II.i.461 | What cannoneer begot this lusty blood? | What Cannoneere begot this lustie blood, |
| King John | KJ III.i.307 | Which till this time my tongue did ne'er pronounce, | Which till this time my tongue did nere pronounce; |
| King John | KJ III.iii.31 | But thou shalt have; and creep time ne'er so slow, | But thou shalt haue: and creepe time nere so slow, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.51 | And ne'er have spoke a loving word to you; | And nere haue spoke a louing word to you: |
| King John | KJ IV.i.62 | Approaching near these eyes, would drink my tears | Approaching neere these eyes, would drinke my teares, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.5 | And that high royalty was ne'er plucked off, | And that high Royalty was nere pluck'd off: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.6 | The faiths of men ne'er stained with revolt; | The faiths of men, nere stained with reuolt: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.87 | Indeed we heard how near his death he was, | Indeed we heard how neere his death he was, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.150 | To souse annoyance that comes near his nest. | To sowsse annoyance that comes neere his Nest; |
| King Lear | KL I.i.284 | nearly appertains to us both. I think our father will | neerely appertaines to vs both, / I thinke our Father will |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.163 | Fools had ne'er less grace in a year, | Fooles had nere lesse grace in a yeere, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.81 | I will send far and near, that all the kingdom | I will send farre and neere, that all the kingdome |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.9 | Brought near to beast. My face I'll grime with filth, | Brought neere to beast; my face Ile grime with filth, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.51 | Ne'er turns the key to the poor. | nere turns the key to th'poore. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.81 | The safer sense will ne'er accommodate | The safer sense will ne're accommodate |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.212 | How near's the other army? | How neere's the other Army? |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.213 | Near, and on speedy foot. The main descry | Neere, and on speedy foot: the maine descry |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.240 | come not near th' old man; keep out, che vor' ye, or I'ce | come not neere th'old man: keepe out che vor'ye, or ice |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.97 | If not, I'll ne'er trust medicine. | If not, Ile nere trust medicine. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.182 | That followed me so near – O, our life's sweetness, | That follow'd me so neere, (O our liues sweetnesse, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.69 | Swear me to this, and I will ne'er say no. | Sweare me to this, and I will nere say no. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.95 | Her faults will ne'er be known, | Her faults will nere be knowne: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.174 | A domineering pedant o'er the boy, | A domineering pedant ore the Boy, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.135 | Indeed, 'a must shoot nearer, or he'll ne'er hit the clout. | Indeede a'must shoote nearer, or heele ne're hit the clout. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.110 | Ne'er to pluck thee from thy thorn, | Nere to plucke thee from thy throne: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.13 | You'll ne'er be friends with him; 'a killed your sister. | You'll nere be friends with him, a kild your sister. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.152 | The rest will ne'er come in, if he be out | The rest will ere come in, if he be out. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.21 | Which ne'er shook hands nor bade farewell to him | Which neu'r shooke hands, nor bad farwell to him, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.16 | To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, | To catch the neerest way. Thou would'st be great, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.137 | There's daggers in men's smiles. The nea'er in blood, | there's Daggers in mens smiles; / The neere in blood, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.138.1 | The nearer bloody. | the neerer bloody. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.117 | Against my near'st of life; and though I could | Against my neer'st of Life: and though I could |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iii.7 | To gain the timely inn; and near approaches | To gayne the timely Inne, and neere approches |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.67 | I doubt some danger does approach you nearly. | I doubt some danger do's approach you neerely. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.208 | What, man! Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows. | What man, ne're pull your hat vpon your browes: |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.42 | What, will these hands ne'er be clean? – No more o' that, | What will these hands ne're be cleane? No more o'that |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.1 | The English power is near, led on by Malcolm, | The English powre is neere, led on by Malcolm, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.5.2 | Near Birnan Wood | Neere Byrnan wood |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iv.1 | Cousins, I hope the days are near at hand | Cosins, I hope the dayes are neere at hand |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.1 | Now near enough. Your leavy screens throw down, | Now neere enough: / Your leauy Skreenes throw downe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.77 | something near to the speech we had to such a purpose. | somthing neere to the speech we had to such a purpose. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.16.1 | She's very near her hour. | Shee's very neere her howre. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.111 | As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, | As Ioue himselfe do's, Ioue would neuer be quiet, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.146 | Ne'er issued from his blood. Take my defiance, | Nere issu'd from his blood. Take my defiance, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.91 | As near the dawning, provost, as it is, | As neere the dawning Prouost, as it is, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.93 | Shall witness to him I am near at home, | Shal witnesse to him I am neere at home: |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.vi.14 | Have hent the gates, and very near upon | Haue hent the gates, and very neere vpon |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.123 | On him so near us? This needs must be a practice. | On him so neere vs? This needs must be a practise: |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.184 | My lord, I do confess I ne'er was married, | My Lord, I doe confesse I nere was married, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.201 | Who thinks he knows that he ne'er knew my body, | Who thinkes he knowes, that he nere knew my body, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.51 | And, by the near guess of my memory | And by the neere gesse of my memorie |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.3 | To whom I am a neighbour and near bred. | To whom I am a neighbour, and neere bred. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.146 | ne'er a tongue in my head, well! (He looks at his palm) If | nere a tongue in my head, well: if |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.116 | Hath come so near creation? Move these eyes? | Hath come so neere creation? moue these eies? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.216 | No, we shall ne'er win at that sport, and stake | No, we shal nere win at that sport, and stake |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.22 | This comes too near the praising of myself, | This comes too neere the praising of my selfe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.230 | Nearest the merchant's heart. Be merciful, | Neerest the Merchants heart; be mercifull, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.251 | ‘ Nearest his heart,’ those are the very words. | Neerest his heart, those are the very words. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.20.1 | And ne'er a true one. | And nere a true one. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.158 | The clerk will ne'er wear hair on's face that had it! | The Clearke wil nere weare haire on's face that had it. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.190 | By heaven, I will ne'er come in your bed | By heauen I wil nere come in your bed |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.223 | Let not that doctor e'er come near my house. | Let not that Doctor ere come neere my house, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.167 | matter. I'll ne'er be drunk whilst I live again, but in | matter; Ile nere be drunk whilst I liue againe, but in |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.85 | ne'er put my finger in the fire, and need not. | nere put my finger in the fire, and neede not. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.128 | Who's there, I trow? Come near | Who's there, I troa? Come neere |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.34 | Nay, I'll ne'er believe that. I have to | Nay, Ile nere beleeee that; I haue to |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.44 | I pray, come a little nearer this ways – I myself dwell | I pray come a little neerer this waies: I my selfe dwell |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.48 | pray your worship, come a little nearer this ways. | pray your worship come a little neerer this waies. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.57 | indeed! I ne'er made my will yet, I thank heaven. I am | indeede: I ne're made my Will yet (I thanke Heauen:) I am |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.35 | How near is he, Mistress Page? | How neere is he Mistris Page? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.64 | Be practised well to this, or they'll ne'er do't. | Be practis'd well to this, or they'll neu'r doo't. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.126 | Of something nearly that concerns yourselves. | Of something, neerely that concernes your selues. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.12 | Come not near our Fairy Queen. | Come not neere our Fairy Queene. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.22 | Beetles black, approach not near, | Beetles blacke approach not neere; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.40 | Wake when some vile thing is near! | Wake when some vile thing is neere. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.50 | Lie further off yet; do not lie so near. | Lie further off yet, doe not lie so neere. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.67 | Thy love ne'er alter till thy sweet life end. | Thy loue nere alter, till thy sweet life end. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.83 | Near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy. | Neere this lacke-loue, this kill-curtesie. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.142 | And never mayst thou come Lysander near. | And neuer maist thou come Lysander neere; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.71 | So near the cradle of the Fairy Queen? | So neere the Cradle of the Faierie Queene? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.7 | Near to her close and consecrated bower, | Neere to her close and consecrated bower, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.115 | The skies, the fountains, every region near | The skies, the fountaines, euery region neere, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.166 | Pyramus draws near the wall. Silence! | Pyramus drawes neere the Wall, silence. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.281 | would go near to make a man look sad. | Would go neere to make a man looke sad. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.3 | He is very near by this; he was not three | He is very neere by this: he was not three |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.148 | Signor, you are very near my brother in his | Signior, you are verie neere my Brother in his |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.229 | near her; she would infect to the north star. I would not | neere her, she would infect to the north starre: I would not |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.298 | Hath your grace ne'er a brother like you? Your | hath your Grace ne're a brother like you? your |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.31 | or come not near me; noble, or not I for an angel; of | or come not neere me: Noble, or not for an Angell: of |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.107 | of passion came so near the life of passion as she | of passion, came so neere the life of passion as she |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.21 | you are little better than false knaves, and it will go near | you are little better than false knaues, and it will goe neere |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.199 | shall ne'er weigh more reasons in her balance. Nay, an | shall nere weigh more reasons in her ballance, nay, and |
| Othello | Oth II.i.6 | A fuller blast ne'er shook our battlements. | A fuller blast ne're shooke our Battlements: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.153 | She that could think and ne'er disclose her mind: | She that could thinke, and neu'r disclose her mind, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.251 | so near with their lips that their breaths embraced | so neere with their lippes, that their breathes embrac'd |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.214.2 | Touch me not so near. | Touch me not so neere, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.230 | I ne'er might say before. When I came back – | I nere might say before. When I came backe |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.452 | Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on | Neu'r keepes retyring ebbe, but keepes due on |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.455 | Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love, | Shall neu'r looke backe, neu'r ebbe to humble Loue, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.96.2 | I ne'er saw this before. | I neu'r saw this before. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.197 | to offend, for if it touch not you, it comes near | to offend, for if it touch not you, it comes neere |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.68 | That the sense aches at thee, would thou hadst ne'er been born! | That the Sense akes at thee, / Would thou had'st neuer bin borne. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.236 | your pleasure. I will be near to second your attempt, | your pleasure. I will be neere to second your Attempt, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.6 | Be near at hand; I may miscarry in't. | Be neere at hand, I may miscarry in't. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.20 | So sweet was ne'er so fatal. I must weep. | So sweet, was ne're so fatall. I must weepe, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.111 | She comes more nearer earth than she was wont, | She comes more neerer Earth then she was wont, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.196 | Perchance, Iago, I will ne'er go home. | Perchance Iago, I will ne're go home. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.139 | Murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke. | Murther's as neere to Lust, as Flame to Smoake: |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.28 | And subjects punished that ne'er thought offence; | And subiects punisht that nere thought offence, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.123 | That time of both this truth shall ne'er convince, | That time of both this truth shall nere conuince, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.25 | And strangers ne'er beheld but wondered at, | And strangers nere beheld, but wondred at, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.105 | Till when – the which I hope shall ne'er be seen – | Till when the which (I hope) shall neare be seene: |
| Pericles | Per II.i.26 | they ne'er come but I look to be washed. Master, I | they nere come but I looke to be washt. / Maister, I |
| Pericles | Per III.i.73 | We are near Tarsus. | Wee are neere Tharsus. |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.6 | Till now I ne'er endured. | Till now, I neare endured: |
| Pericles | Per III.iv.9 | My wedded lord, I ne'er shall see again, | my wedded Lord, I nere shall see againe, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.3 | The sun and moon ne'er looked upon. | The Sunne and Moone nere lookt vpon. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.2 | she had ne'er come here. | shee had nere come heere. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.100 | Ne'er dreamt thou couldst. | nere dremp't thou could'st, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.77.1 | Be suffered to come near him. | be suffered to come neere him. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.84 | My lord, that ne'er before invited eyes, | my Lorde, that nere before inuited eyes, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.12 | As near as I could sift him on that argument, | As neere as I could sift him on that argument, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.119 | Such neighbour nearness to our sacred blood | Such neighbour-neerenesse to our sacred blood, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.123 | Draw near, | Draw neere |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.230 | Nay, speak thy mind; and let him ne'er speak more | Nay speake thy mind: & let him ne'r speak more |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.272 | How near the tidings of our comfort is. | How neere the tidings of our comfort is. |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.126 | Besides, our nearness to the King in love | Besides our neerenesse to the King in loue, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.127 | Is near the hate of those love not the King. | Is neere the hate of those loue not the King. |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.133 | Because we ever have been near the King. | Because we haue beene euer neere the King. |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.142 | We three here part that ne'er shall meet again. | We three here part, that neu'r shall meete againe. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.38 | Which ne'er I did remember. To my knowledge | Which ne're I did remember: to my knowledge, |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.17 | Near to the King in blood, and near in love | Neere to the King in blood, and neere in loue, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.64 | Nor nea'er nor farther off, my gracious lord, | Nor neere, nor farther off, my gracious Lord, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.178 | My lord, wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes, | My Lord, wise men ne're waile their present woes, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.64 | Being ne'er so little urged another way, | Being ne're so little vrg'd another way, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.88 | Better far off than, near, be ne'er the nea'er. | Better farre off, then neere, be ne're the neere. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.46 | Tell us how near is danger, | Tell vs how neere is danger, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.117 | Go, tread the path that thou shalt ne'er return. | Go treade the path that thou shalt ne're return: |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.94 | Nearer in bloody thoughts, but not in blood, | Neerer in bloody thoughts, and not in blood, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.46 | To his new kingdom of ne'er-changing night. | To his new Kingdome of nere-changing night. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.25 | For emulation who shall now be nearest | For emulation, who shall now be neerest, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.26 | Will touch us all too near, if God prevent not. | Will touch vs all too neere, if God preuent not. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.25 | To touch his growth nearer than he touched mine. | To touch his growth, neerer then he toucht mine. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.13 | Lord Hastings, you and he are near in love. | Lord Hastings, you and he are neere in loue. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.84 | Nay, for a need, thus far come near my person: | Nay, for a need, thus farre come neere my Person: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.49 | Ely with Richmond troubles me more near | Ely with Richmond troubles me more neere, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.461 | When thou mayst tell thy tale a nearest way? | When thou mayest tell thy Tale the neerest way? |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.221 | 'Tis not yet near day. Come, go with me. | 'Tis not yet neere day. Come go with me, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.92 | Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun. | Nere saw her match, since first the world begun. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.39 | The game was ne'er so fair, and I am done. | The game was nere so faire, and I am done. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.53 | For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night. | For I neuer saw true Beauty till this night. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.192 | Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, | Is your man secret, did you nere heare say |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.17 | Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint. | Will nere weare out the euerlasting flint, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.109 | This gentleman, the Prince's near ally, | This Gentleman the Princes neere Alie, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.58 | To prison, eyes; ne'er look on liberty! | To prison eyes, nere looke on libertie. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.46 | No sudden mean of death, though ne'er so mean, | No sudden meane of death, though nere so meane, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.1 | Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day. | Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet neere day: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.191 | Thursday is near. Lay hand on heart. Advise. | Thursday is neere, lay hand on heart, aduise, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.194 | For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee, | For by my soule, Ile nere acknowledge thee, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.215 | That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you. | That he dares nere come backe to challenge you: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.39.1 | 'Tis now near night. | 'Tis now neere night. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iv.10 | All night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick. | All night for lesse cause, and nere beene sicke. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iv.23.2 | I hear him near. | I heare him neere, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.38 | And brave attendants near him when he wakes, | And braue attendants neere him when he wakes, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.77.1 | Bid them come near. | Bid them come neere: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.6 | I ne'er drank sack in my life. And if you give me | I ne're drank sacke in my life: and if you giue me |
| 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.2.141 | and let the world slip, we shall ne'er be younger. | And let the world slip, we shall nere be yonger. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.77 | For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. | For I will loue thee nere the lesse my girle. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.232.2 | I, sir? Ne'er a whit. | I sir, ne're a whit. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.78 | a puppet or an aglet-baby, or an old trot with ne'er a | a Puppet or an Aglet babie, or an old trot with ne're a |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.27 | Why dost thou wrong her that did ne'er wrong thee? | Why dost thou wrong her, that did nere wrong thee? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.55 | near-legged before, and with a half-cheeked | neere leg'd before, and with a halfe-chekt |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.223 | Go to the feast, revel and domineer, | Goe to the feast, reuell and domineere, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.103 | All things is ready. How near is our master? | All things is readie, how neere is our master? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.4 | Near twenty years ago in Genoa, | Neere twentie yeares a goe in Genoa. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.113 | I ne'er again shall see her. O thou mine heir | I ne're againe shall see her: O thou mine heire |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.231 | Most often do so near the bottom run | (Most often) do so neere the bottome run |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.74 | drunk wine afore, it will go near to remove his fit. If I | drunke wine afore, it will goe neere to remoue his Fit: if I |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.35 | If you prove a mutineer – the next tree! The poor | If you proue a mutineere, the next Tree: the poore |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.27 | And I'll be sworn 'tis true. Travellers ne'er did lie, | And Ile besworne 'tis true: Trauellers nere did lye, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.45 | Who would believe that there were mountaineers | Who would beleeue that there were Mountayneeres, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.76 | Hail, many-coloured messenger, that ne'er | Haile, many-coloured Messenger, that nere |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.195 | Hear a foot fall. We now are near his cell. | heare a foot fall: we now are neere his Cell. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.319 | Be free, and fare thou well. – Please you, draw near. | Be free, and fare thou well: please you draw neere. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.38 | should ne'er flatter thee. O you gods! What a number of | should nere flatter thee. Oh you Gods! What a number of |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.58 | Honest water, which ne'er left man i'th' mire. | Honest water, which nere left man i'th'mire: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.93 | I, what need we have any friends if we should ne'er | I,) what need we haue any Friends; if we should nere |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.95 | creatures living should we ne'er have use for 'em, and | Creatures liuing; should we nere haue vse for 'em? And |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.99 | nearer to you. We are born to do benefits. And what | neerer to you: we are borne to do benefits. And what |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.161 | That man might ne'er be wretched for his mind. | That man might ne're be wretched for his minde. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.176 | It does concern you near. | it does concerne you neere. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.177 | Near? Why then, another time I'll hear thee. I | Neere? why then another time Ile heare thee. I |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.223 | And ne'er be weary. Alcibiades, | And nere be wearie. Alcibiades, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.49.2 | Pray draw near. | Pray draw neere. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.128 | Pray you, walk near. I'll speak with you anon. | Pray you walke neere, / Ile speake with you anon. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.235 | To whom 'tis instant due. Ne'er speak or think | To whom 'tis instant due. Neu'r speake, or thinke, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.29 | ha' told him on't, but I could ne'er get him from't. | ha told him on't, but I could nere get him from't. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.39 | Draw nearer, honest Flaminius. Thy lord's a bountiful | Draw neerer honest Flaminius. Thy Lords a bountifull |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.23 | him and sent to me, I should ne'er have denied his | him, and sent to me, I should ne're haue denied his |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.72 | Has paid his men their wages. He ne'er drinks | Has paid his men their wages. He ne're drinkes, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.38 | Doors that were ne'er acquainted with their wards | Doores that were ne're acquainted with their Wards |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.35 | And ne'er prefer his injuries to his heart, | And ne're preferre his iniuries to his heart, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.10 | inviting, which many my near occasions did urge me to | inuiting, which many my neere occasions did vrge mee to |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.59 | My worthy friends, will you draw near? | My worthy Friends, will you draw neere? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.320 | What things in the world canst thou nearest | What things in the world canst thou neerest |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.322 | Women nearest. But men – men are the things | Women neerest, but men: men are the things |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.483 | Ne'er did poor steward wear a truer grief | Neu'r did poore Steward weare a truer greefe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.485 | What, dost thou weep? Come nearer. Then I love thee, | What, dost thou weepe? / Come neerer, then I loue thee |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.510 | For I must ever doubt, though ne'er so sure – | (For I must euer doubt, though ne're so sure) |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.540 | Ne'er see thou man, and let me ne'er see thee. | Ne're see thou man, and let me ne're see thee. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.108 | Come not near him. (To the Poet) If thou wouldst not reside | Come not neere him. If thou would'st not recide |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.120 | Wilt thou draw near the nature of the gods? | Wilt thou draw neere the nature of the Gods? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.121 | Draw near them then in being merciful; | Draw neere them then in being mercifull. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.326 | Sith priest and holy water are so near, | Sith Priest and Holy-water are so neere, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.161 | Hadst thou in person ne'er offended me, | Had'st thou in person nere offended 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 II.iii.220 | O tell me who it is, for ne'er till now | Oh tell me how it is, for nere till now |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.53 | Well, more or less, or ne'er a whit at all. | Well, more or lesse, or nere a whit at all, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.163 | The fields are near, and you are gallant grooms. | The fields are neere, and you are gallant Groomes: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.154 | Let him come near. | Let him come neere. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.150 | Stand all aloof, but uncle, draw you near | Stand all aloofe, but Vnckle draw you neere, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.6 | Will this gear ne'er be mended? | Will this geere nere be mended? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.235 | youth! He ne'er saw three-and-twenty. – Go thy way, | youth! he ne're saw three and twenty. Go thy way |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.243 | eyes of Troilus. Ne'er look, ne'er look, the eagles are | eyes of Troylus. Ne're looke, ne're looke; the Eagles are |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.167 | That's done, as near as the extremest ends | That's done, as neere as the extreamest ends |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.142 | Paris should ne'er retract what he hath done, | Paris should ne're retract what he hath done, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.176 | What nearer debt in all humanity | What neerer debt in all humanity, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.190 | Is this in way of truth; yet ne'ertheless, | Is this in way of truth: yet nere the lesse, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.8 | engineer. If Troy be not taken till these two undermine | Enginer. If Troy be not taken till these two vndermine |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.29 | and discipline come not near thee! Let thy blood be thy | and Discipline come not neere thee. Let thy bloud be thy |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.162 | Lie there for pavement to the abject rear, | Lye there for pauement to the abiect, neere |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.29 | Come, come, beshrew your heart; you'll ne'er be good, | Come, come, beshrew your heart: youle nere be good, |
| 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 IV.ii.97 | No kin, no love, no blood, no soul so near me | No kin, no loue, no bloud, no soule, so neere me, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.36 | am yet so near the manners of my mother that, upon the | am yet so neere the manners of my mother, that vpon the |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.25 | come thus near, that should she fancy, it should be one | come thus neere, that should shee fancie, it should bee one |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.83 | Now is the woodcock near the gin. | Now is the Woodcocke neere the gin. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.9 | beggar dwell near him; or the Church stands by thy | begger dwell neer him: or the Church stands by thy |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.65 | O ho! Do you come near me now? No worse | Oh ho, do you come neere me now: no worse |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.48 | Where manners ne'er were preached, out of my sight! | Where manners nere were preach'd: out of my sight. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.117 | Nay, I'll ne'er believe a madman till I see his | Nay, Ile nere beleeue a madman till I see his |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.67.1 | Is't near dinner-time? | Is't neere dinner time? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.60 | That touch me near, wherein thou must be secret. | That touch me neere: wherein thou must be secret. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.103 | Though ne'er so black, say they have angels' faces. | Though nere so blacke, say they haue Angells faces, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.29 | Why, ne'er repent it, if it were done so. | Why nere repent it, if it were done so; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.19 | No grief did ever come so near thy heart | No griefe did euer come so neere thy heart, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.57 | Or ne'er return again into my sight. | Or nere returne againe into my sight. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.80 | As it is white wast near to make the male | As it is white, wast neere to make the male |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.75 | Better the red-eyed god of war ne'er wore – | (Better the red-eyd god of war nev'r were) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.194 | With her chaste blushes! When the north comes near her, | With her chaste blushes? When the North comes neere her, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.204 | We'll see how near art can come near their colours. | Weele see how neere Art can come neere their colours; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.287 | Let honest men ne'er love again. Once more | Let honest men ne're love againe. Once more |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.298 | So near the gods in nature, they should fear her; | So neere the Gods in nature, they should feare her. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.12 | That Nature ne'er exceeded, nor ne'er shall. | That nature nev'r exceeded, nor nev'r shall: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.23 | I'll see her and be near her, or no more. | Ile see her, and be neere her, or no more. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.38 | And Rycas, and three better lads ne'er danced | And Rycas, and 3. better lads nev'r dancd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.18 | Hath made me near her; and this beauteous morn, | Hath made me neere her; and this beuteous Morne |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.1 | I should be near the place. Ho, cousin Palamon! | I should be neere the place, hoa. Cosen Palamon. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.142 | A falser ne'er seemed friend; this is the man | A Falser neu'r seem'd friend: This is the man |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.234 | That you would ne'er deny me anything | That you would nev'r deny me any thing |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.60 | To his own skill, came near, but yet perceived not | To his owne skill, came neere, but yet perceivd not |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.25 | Of gods and such men near 'em. Palamon | Of gods, and such men neere 'em. Palamon, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.99 | Ne'er revealed secret, for I knew none; would not, | Nev'r reveald secret, for I knew none; would not |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.147 | Which ne'er heard scurril term, into whose port | (Which nev'r heard scurrill terme, into whose port |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.148 | Ne'er entered wanton sound – to my petition | Ne're entred wanton sound,) to my petition |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.20 | Ne'er cast your child away for honesty; | Nev'r cast your child away for honestie; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.43.1 | Did you ne'er see the horse he gave me? | Did you nev'r see the horse he gave me? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.63 | And twenty strike of oats; but he'll ne'er have her. | And twenty strike of Oates, but hee'l ne're have her; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.72 | And our weak spirits ne'er been higher reared | And our weake Spirits ne're been higher rear'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.236 | With all the nearest things to my heart, as well | With all the neerest things to my heart, as well |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.404 | Is creeping toward me; how far off, how near; | Is creeping toward me; how farre off, how neere, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.55 | I'll to the Queen. Please you come something nearer. | Ile to the Queene: please you come something neerer. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.52 | Of all that hear me, and my near'st of kin | Of all that heare me, and my neer'st of Kin |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.53.2 | I ne'er heard yet | I ne're heard yet, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.17 | Appeared to me last night; for ne'er was dream | Appear'd to me last night: for ne're was dreame |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.34 | Put on thee by my lord, thou ne'er shalt see | Put on thee, by my Lord, thou ne're shalt see |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.78 | What! Art so near? If thou'lt see a thing to | What? art so neere? If thou'lt see a thing to |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.519 | And through him what's nearest to him, which is | And through him, what's neerest to him, which is |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.98 | her ape: he so near to Hermione hath done Hermione | her Ape: He so neere to Hermione, hath done Hermione, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.158 | If it be ne'er so false, a true gentleman may | If it be ne're so false, a true Gentleman may |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.23.1 | Comes it not something near? | Comes it not something neere? |