| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.10 | Approved so to your majesty, may plead | Approu'd so to your Maiesty, may pleade |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.217 | Of rare and proved effects, such as his reading | Of rare and prou'd effects, such as his reading |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.223 | There is a remedy, approved, set down, | There is a remedie, approu'd, set downe, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.59 | Worthy fellows, and like to prove most sinewy | Worthy fellowes, and like to prooue most sinewie |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iii.10 | Make me but like my thoughts and I shall prove | Make me but like my thoughts, and I shall proue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.13 | For you have showed me that which well approves | For you haue shew'd me that which well approues |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.39 | May prove coherent. Every night he comes | May proue coherent. Euery night he comes |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.115 | Which I would fain shut out. If it should prove | Which I would faine shut out, if it should proue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.116 | That thou art so inhuman – 'twill not prove so, | That thou art so inhumane, 'twill not proue so: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.124.2 | If you shall prove | If you shall proue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.126 | Prove that I husbanded her bed in Florence, | Proue that I husbanded her bed in Florence, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.183 | Till your deeds gain them; fairer prove your honour | Till your deeds gaine them fairer: proue your honor, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.315 | If it appear not plain and prove untrue, | If it appeare not plaine, and proue vntrue, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.60 | That he approves the common liar, who | that hee approues the common / Lyar, who |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.34 | You have seen and proved a fairer former fortune | You haue seene and proued a fairer former fortune, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.127 | shall prove the immediate author of their variance. | shall proue the immediate Author of their variance. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.25 | Use me well in't. Sister, prove such a wife | Vse me well in't. Sister, proue such a wife |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.14 | Reprove the brown for rashness, and they them | Reproue the browne for rashnesse, and they them |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.6 | Prove this a prosperous day, the three-nooked world | Proue this a prosp'rous day, the three nook'd world |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.149 | Nay, blush not, Cleopatra. I approve | Nay blush not Cleopatra, I approue |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.287 | Now to that name my courage prove my title! | Now to that name, my Courage proue my Title. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.299.2 | This proves me base; | This proues me base: |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.66 | How prove you that, in the great heap of your | How proue you that in the great heape of your |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.79 | wainscot; then one of you will prove a shrunk panel and, | Wainscot, then one of you wil proue a shrunke pannell, and |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.54 | I'll prove a busy actor in their play. | Ile proue a busie actor in their play. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.169 | you would prove, my friends told me as much, and I | you would proue, my friends told mee as much, and I |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.200 | wine they do use good bushes, and good plays prove | wine they do vse good bushes: and good playes proue |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.103 | If it prove so, I will be gone the sooner. | If it proue so, I will be gone the sooner: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.109 | have proved there is no time for all things. | haue prou'd, there is no time for all things. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.51 | Have at you with a proverb: shall I set in my staff? | haue at you with a Prouerbe, / Shall I set in my staffe. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.28 | prove it by my long ears. I have served him from the | prooue it by my long eares. I haue serued him from the |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.30 | I'll prove mine honour and mine honesty | Ile proue mine honor, and mine honestie |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.103 | Till I have used the approved means I have, | Till I haue vs'd the approoued meanes I haue, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.203 | They said they were an-hungry, sighed forth proverbs – | They said they were an hungry, sigh'd forth Prouerbes |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.16 | than now in first seeing he had proved himself a | then now in first seeing he had proued himselfe a |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.43 | So, now the gates are ope. Now prove good seconds. | So, now the gates are ope: now proue good Seconds, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.62.1 | We prove this very hour. | We proue this very houre. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.43 | I'th' field prove flatterers, let courts and cities be | I'th' field proue flatterers, let Courts and Cities be |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.95 | He proved best man i'th' field, and for his meed | He prou'd best man i'th' field, and for his meed |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.326 | Will prove too bloody, and the end of it | Will proue to bloody: and the end of it, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.8 | Does not approve me further, who was wont | Do's not approue me further, who was wont |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.47.1 | As shall be proved upon you? | As shall be prou'd vpon you. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.9 | favour is well approved by your tongue. What's the news | Fauour is well appear'd by your Tongue. What's the Newes |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.92 | That my revengeful services may prove | That my reuengefull Seruices may proue |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.96 | Thou dar'st not this, and that to prove more fortunes | Thou dar'st not this, and that to proue more Fortunes |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.136 | Which will not prove a whip. As many coxcombs | Which will not proue a whip: As many Coxcombes |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.61.2 | Good faith, I'll prove him, | Good faith Ile proue him, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.72 | Thy thoughts with nobleness, that thou mayst prove | Thy thoughts with Noblenesse, that thou mayst proue |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.2 | of a crescent note, expected to prove so worthy as | of a Cressent note, expected to proue so woorthy, as |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.38 | Which first, perchance, she'll prove on cats and dogs, | Which first (perchance) shee'l proue on Cats and Dogs, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.86 | But when to my good lord I prove untrue, | But when to my good Lord, I proue vntrue, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.17 | That this will prove a war; and you shall hear | That this will proue a Warre; and you shall heare |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.25 | To their approvers they are people such | To their Approuers, they are People, such |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.121 | My purpose would prove well: it cannot be | My purpose would proue well: it cannot be, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.53 | Prove false! | Feare, proue false. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.104.1 | May prove his travel, not her danger. | May proue his trauell, not her danger. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.159 | Were to prove false, which I will never be, | Were to proue false, which I will neuer bee |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.1 | You, Polydore, have proved best woodman, and | You Polidore haue prou'd best Woodman, and |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.380 | Thou dost approve thyself the very same: | Thou doo'st approue thy selfe the very same: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.156 | So, if I prove a good repast to the spectators, the | So if I proue a good repast to the Spectators, the |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.68 | And prove it in thy feeling. Heaven mend all! | And proue it in thy feeling. Heauen mend all. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.178.1 | Proved us unspeaking sots. | Prou'd vs vnspeaking sottes. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.245 | Which must approve thee honest. ‘ If Pisanio | Which must approue thee honest. If Pasanio |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.269 | Prove holy water on thee; Innogen, | Proue holy-water on thee; Imogen, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.311 | But I will prove that two on's are as good | But I will proue that two one's are as good |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.29 | He may approve our eyes and speak to it. | He may approue our eyes, and speake to it. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.96 | Of unimproved mettle hot and full, | Of vnimproued Mettle, hot and full, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.131 | I would fain prove so. But what might you think | I wold faine proue so. But what might you think? |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.155.1 | When it proved otherwise? | When it prou'd otherwise? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.47 | 'Tis too much proved, that with devotion's visage | 'Tis too much prou'd, that with Deuotions visage, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.101 | Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. | Rich gifts wax poore, when giuers proue vnkinde. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.212 | For 'tis a question left us yet to prove, | For 'tis a question left vs yet to proue, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.351 | Ay, sir, but ‘ while the grass grows ’ – the proverb | I, but while the grasse growes, the Prouerbe |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.134 | would not much approve me. Well, sir? | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.392 | To have proved most royal. And for his passage | To haue prou'd most royally: / And for his passage, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.54 | That ever valiant and approved Scot, | That euer-valiant and approoued Scot, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.85 | Of my young Harry. O that it could be proved | Of my yong Harry. O that it could be prou'd, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.118 | proverbs. He will give the devil his due. | Prouerbs: He will giue the diuell his due. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.153 | true prince may – for recreation sake – prove a false | true Prince, may (for recreation sake) proue a false |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.94 | But by the chance of war. To prove that true | But by the chance of Warre: to proue that true, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.400 | thou so pointed at? Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a | thou so poynted at? Shall the blessed Sonne of Heauen proue a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.402 | Shall the son of England prove a thief, and take purses? A | Shall the Sonne of England proue a Theefe, and take Purses? a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.9 | Nay, task me to my word, approve me, lord. | Nay, taske me to my word: approue me Lord. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.122 | my faith, I am afraid he would prove the better counterfeit. | I am afraid hee would proue the better counterfeit: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.161 | say of wax, my growth would approve the truth. | say of wax, my growth would approue the truth. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.191 | and singing of anthems. To approve my youth further, | and singing of Anthemes. To approue my youth farther, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.39 | We see th' appearing buds; which to prove fruit | We see th' appearing buds, which to proue fruite, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.273 | sayst so. Prove that ever I dress myself handsome till | say'st so: proue that euer I dresse my selfe handsome, till |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.65 | Did speak these words, now proved a prophecy? | Did speake these words (now prou'd a Prophecie:) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.42 | And thou shalt prove a shelter to thy friends, | And thou shalt proue a shelter to thy friends, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.6 | will, I doubt, prove mine own marring. But to the | will (I doubt) prooue mine owne marring. But to the |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.65 | any such proverb so little kin to the purpose. | any such Prouerbe, so little kin to the purpose. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.111 | I will cap that proverb with ‘ There is flattery | I will cap that Prouerbe with, There is flatterie |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.116 | devil. Have at the very eye of that proverb with ‘ A pox | Deuill: haue at the very eye of that Prouerbe with, A Pox |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.118 | You are the better at proverbs by how much ‘ A | You are the better at Prouerbs, by how much a |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.56 | And give their fasting horses provender, | And giue their fasting Horses Prouender, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.203 | and thou must therefore needs prove a good soldier-breeder. | and thou must therefore needes proue a good Souldier-breeder: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.11 | And have their provender tied to their mouths, | And haue their Prouender ty'd to their mouthes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.150 | No prophet will I trust if she prove false. | No Prophet will I trust, if shee proue false. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.22 | Pray God she prove not masculine ere long, | Pray God she proue not masculine ere long: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.58 | I mean to prove this lady's courtesy. | I meane to proue this Ladyes courtesie. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.98 | And that I'll prove on better men than Somerset, | And that Ile proue on better men then Somerset, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.131 | But prove a chief offender in the same? | But proue a chiefe offendor in the same. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.57 | And, commendable proved, let's die in pride. | And commendable prou'd, let's dye in pride. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.69 | Approves her fit for none but for a king; | Approues her fit for none, but for a King. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.154 | Prove them, and I lie open to the law; | Proue them, and I lye open to the Law: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.86 | man's instigation, to prove him a knave and myself an | Mans instigation, to proue him a Knaue, and my selfe an |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.40 | Reprove my allegation if you can; | Reproue my allegation, if you can, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.149 | And prove the period of their tyranny, | And proue the Period of their Tyrannie, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.170 | The ancient proverb will be well effected: | The ancient Prouerbe will be well effected, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.205 | That e'er I proved thee false or feared thy faith. | That ere I prou'd thee false, or fear'd thy faith. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.258 | By nature proved an enemy to the flock, | By nature prou'd an Enemie to the Flock, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.260 | As Humphrey, proved by reasons, to my liege. | As Humfrey prou'd by Reasons to my Liege. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.302 | Nay then, this spark will prove a raging fire | Nay then, this sparke will proue a raging fire, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.306 | Might happily have proved far worse than his. | Might happily haue prou'd farre worse then his. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.22 | He be approved in practice culpable. | He be approu'd in practise culpable. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.34 | dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. It will be proved | Dignity, thou hast built a Paper-Mill. It will be prooued |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.195 | The first I warrant thee, if dreams prove true. | The first I warrant thee, if dreames proue true |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.89 | And Warwick shall disprove it. You forget | And Warwick shall disproue it. You forget, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.131 | Prove it, Henry, and thou shalt be king. | Proue it Henry, and thou shalt be King. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.218 | Seeing thou hast proved so unnatural a father! | Seeing thou hast prou'd so vnnaturall a Father. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.20 | I'll prove the contrary, if you'll hear me speak. | Ile proue the contrary, if you'le heare mee speake. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.71 | To prove him tyrant this reason may suffice, | To proue him Tyrant, this reason may suffice, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.180 | This proveth Edward's love and Warwick's honesty! | This proueth Edwards Loue, and Warwickes honesty. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.227 | Tell him, in hope he'll prove a widower shortly, | Tell him, in hope hee'l proue a widower shortly, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.18 | Yet hasty marriage seldom proveth well. | Yet hastie Marriage seldome proueth well. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.99 | ‘ Tell him, in hope he'll prove a widower shortly, | Tell him, in hope hee'le proue a Widower shortly, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.122 | I may not prove inferior to yourself. | I may not proue inferior to your selfe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.142 | So God help Montague as he proves true! | So God helpe Mountague, as hee proues true. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.70 | This pretty lad will prove our country's bliss. | This prettie Lad will proue our Countries blisse. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.115 | When these so noble benefits shall prove | When these so Noble benefits shall proue |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.156 | Men feared the French would prove perfidious, | Men feare the French would proue perfidious |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.159 | 'Twould prove the verity of certain words | 'Twould proue the verity of certaine words |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.189 | After your highness had reproved the Duke | After your Highnesse had reprou'd the Duke |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.74 | I shall not fail t' approve the fair conceit | I shall not faile t'approue the faire conceit |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.39 | And prove it too, against mine honour aught, | And proue it too, against mine Honor, aught; |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.226 | Prove but our marriage lawful, by my life | Proue but our Marriage lawfull, by my Life |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.69 | Ye speak like honest men – pray God ye prove so! | Ye speake like honest men, (pray God ye proue so) |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.19 | And, not reformed, may prove pernicious. | And not reform'd, may proue pernicious. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.159 | If he improve them, may well stretch so far | If he improue them, may well stretch so farre |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.101 | I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, | I speake not to disprooue what Brutus spoke, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.30 | I do appoint him store of provender. | I do appoint him store of Prouender. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.4 | It proves not so; their battles are at hand; | It proues not so: their battailes are at hand, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.59 | That thou hast proved Lucilius' saying true. | That thou hast prou'd Lucillius saying true. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.48 | And will approve fair Isabel's descent, | And will approue faire Issabells discent, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.22 | Then, Scottish wars, farewell! I fear 'twill prove | Then Scottish warres farewell, I feare twill prooue |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.40 | Whose oracles have many times proved true; | Whose Oracles haue many times prooued true, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.118 | Ay, that approves thee, tyrant, what thou art: | I that approues thee tyrant what thou art, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.106 | And proved thyself fit heir unto a king. | And proude thy selfe fit heire vnto a king: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.16 | Now is the proverb verified in you: | Now is the prouerbe verefied in you, |
| King John | KJ I.i.68 | The which if he can prove, 'a pops me out | The which if he can proue, a pops me out, |
| King John | KJ II.i.137 | You are the hare of whom the proverb goes, | You are the Hare of whom the Prouerb goes |
| King John | KJ II.i.270 | That can we not. But he that proves the King, | That can we not: but he that proues the King |
| King John | KJ II.i.271 | To him will we prove loyal. Till that time | To him will we proue loyall, till that time |
| King John | KJ II.i.273 | Doth not the crown of England prove the King? | Doth not the Crowne of England, prooue the King? |
| King John | KJ II.i.332 | One must prove greatest; while they weigh so even, | One must proue greatest. While they weigh so euen, |
| King John | KJ III.i.28 | That give you cause to prove my saying true. | That giue you cause to proue my saying true. |
| King John | KJ III.i.101 | Proves valueless. You are forsworn, forsworn! | Proues valuelesse: you are forsworne, forsworne, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.55 | And prove a deadly bloodshed but a jest, | And proue a deadly blood-shed, but a iest, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.90.2 | Do not prove me so; | Do not proue me so: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.184 | And your large speeches may your deeds approve | And your large speeches,may your deeds approue, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.158 | Good King, that must approve the common saw, | Good King, that must approue the common saw, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.178 | I know't – my sister's. This approves her letter | I know't, my Sisters: this approues her Letter, |
| King Lear | KL III.v.9 | to be just! This is the letter he spoke of, which approves | to be iust? This is the Letter which hee spoake of; which approues |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.21 | Prove our commodities. O dear son Edgar, | Proue our Commodities. Oh deere Sonne Edgar, |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.15 | May prove effects. Back, Edmund, to my brother! | May proue effects. Backe Edmond to my Brother, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.90 | do't. – There's my gauntlet; I'll prove it on a giant. – | doo't. There's my Gauntlet, Ile proue it on a Gyant. |
| King Lear | KL V.i.43 | I can produce a champion that will prove | I can produce a Champion, that will proue |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.72.1 | Jesters do oft prove prophets. | Iesters do oft proue Prophets. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.82 | Let the drum strike and prove my title thine. | Let the Drum strike, and proue my title thine. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.92 | If none appear to prove upon thy person | If none appeare to proue vpon thy person, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.138 | To prove upon thy heart, whereto I speak, | To proue vpon thy heart, whereto I speake, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.296 | These oaths and laws will prove an idle scorn. | These oathes and lawes will proue an idle scorne. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.55 | To prove you a cipher. | To proue you a Cypher. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.103 | Where now his knowledge must prove ignorance. | Where now his knowledge must proue ignorance. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.113 | For you'll prove perjured if you make me stay. | For you'll proue periur'd if you make me stay. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.159 | And if you prove it, I'll repay it back | And if you proue it, Ile repay it backe, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.36 | prove. | proue. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.37 | What wilt thou prove? | What wilt thou proue? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.107 | Though to myself forsworn, to thee I'll faithful prove; | Though to my selfe forsworn, to thee Ile faithfull proue. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.155 | or pupil, undertake your ben venuto; where I will prove | or Pupill, vndertake your bien vonuto, where I will proue |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.6 | I – and I the fool. Well proved, wit! By the Lord, this | I, and I the foole: Well proued wit. By the Lord this |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.8 | sheep. Well proved again o' my side! I will not love; if | sheepe: Well proued againe a my side. I will not loue; if |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.62 | A woman I forswore, but I will prove – | A Woman I forswore, but I will proue, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.151 | Good heart, what grace hast thou, thus to reprove | Good heart, What grace hast thou thus to reproue |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.272 | I'll prove her fair, or talk till doomsday here. | Ile proue her faire, or talke till dooms-day here. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.282 | Then leave this chat, and, good Berowne, now prove | Then leaue this chat, & good Berown now proue |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.315 | Love's tongue proves dainty Bacchus gross in taste. | Loues tongue proues dainty, Bachus grosse in taste, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.330 | Else none at all in aught proves excellent. | Else none at all in ought proues excellent. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.332 | Or, keeping what is sworn, you will prove fools. | Or keeping what is sworne, you will proue fooles, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.361 | Light wenches may prove plagues to men forsworn; | Light Wenches may proue plagues to men forsworne, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.78 | To prove, by wit, worth in simplicity. | To proue by Wit, worth in simplicitie. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.250 | Take all and wean it; it may prove an ox. | Take all and weane it, it may proue an Oxe. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.379 | This proves you wise and rich, for in my eye – | This proues you wise and rich: for in my eie |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.557 | My hat to a halfpenny, Pompey proves the | My hat to a halfe-penie, Pompey prooues the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.596 | A kissing traitor. How art thou proved | A kissing traitor. How art thou prou'd |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.767 | Is likewise yours. We to ourselves prove false | Is likewise yonrs. We to our selues proue false, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.114 | But treasons capital, confessed, and proved | But Treasons Capitall, confess'd, and prou'd, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.4 | The temple-haunting martlet, does approve | The Temple-haunting Barlet does approue, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.21.1 | I'll prove the lie thou speak'st. | Ile proue the lye thou speak'st. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.83 | Prove it before these varlets here, thou honourable | Proue it before these varlets here, thou honorable |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.84 | man, prove it. | man, proue it. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.170 | officer. Prove this, thou wicked Hannibal, or I'll have | Officer: proue this, thou wicked Hanniball, or ile haue |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.237 | shall beat you to your tent, and prove a shrewd Caesar | shall beat you to your Tent, and proue a shrewd Casar |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.115 | And rather proved the sliding of your brother | And rather prou'd the sliding of your brother |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.169 | I'll prove a tyrant to him. As for you, | Ile proue a Tirant to him. As for you, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.153 | Mercy to thee would prove itself a bawd, | Mercy to thee would proue it selfe a Bawd, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.27 | sir, I would prove – | Sir I would proue. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.29 | Thou wilt prove his. Take him to prison, officer. | Thou wilt proue his. Take him to prison Officer: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.228 | events, with a prayer they may prove prosperous, and | euents, with a praier they may proue prosperous, & |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.35 | using painting, do prove my occupation a mystery. But | vsing painting, do proue my Occupation, a Misterie: but |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.161 | Her shall you hear disproved to her eyes, | Her shall you heare disproued to her eyes, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.357 | This may prove worse than hanging. | This may proue worse then hanging. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.46 | and smiles not. I fear he will prove the weeping philosopher | and smiles not, I feare hee will proue the weeping Phylosopher |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.7 | To prove whose blood is reddest, his or mine. | To proue whose blood is reddest, his or mine. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.138 | The old proverb is very well parted between | The old prouerbe is verie well parted betweene |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.53 | A proverb never stale in thrifty mind. | A prouerbe neuer stale in thriftie minde. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.55 | And true she is, as she hath proved herself; | And true she is, as she hath prou'd her selfe: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.18 | I would it might prove the end of his losses. | I would it might proue the end of his losses. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.20 | And so, though yours, not yours. Prove it so, | And so though yours, not yours (proue it so) |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.79 | Will bless it and approve it with a text, | Will blesse it, and approue it with a text, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.64 | I'll prove the prettier fellow of the two, | Ile proue the prettier fellow of the two, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.346 | If it be proved against an alien | If it be proued against an Alien, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.90 | His dove will prove, his gold will hold, | His Doue will proue; his gold will hold, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.96 | Hugh? No; he gives me the proverbs and the no-verbs. | Hugh? No, he giues me the Prouerbes, and the No-verbes. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.139 | have horns to make one mad, let the proverb go with | haue hornes, to make one mad, let the prouerbe goe with |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.108 | Ay, but if it prove true, Master Page, have you any | I, but if it proue true (Mr. Page) haue you any |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.265 | Effect it with some care, that he may prove | Effect it with some care, that he may proue |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.74 | On whose eyes I might approve | One whose eyes I might approue |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.127 | Bearing the badge of faith to prove them true? | Bearing the badge of faith to proue them true. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.253 | To prove him false that says I love thee not. | To proue him false, that saies I loue thee not. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.255 | If thou say so, withdraw, and prove it too. | If thou say so, with-draw and proue it too. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.350 | And so far blameless proves my enterprise | And so farre blamelesse proues my enterprize, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.458 | And the country proverb known, | And the Country Prouerb knowne, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.31 | Truly, a peck of provender. I could munch your | Truly a pecke of Prouender; I could munch your |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.303 | and prove an ass. | and proue an Asse. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.230 | lord, not with love. Prove that ever I lose more blood | Lord, not with loue: proue that euer I loose more blood |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.236 | thou wilt prove a notable argument. | thou wilt proue a notable argument. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.60 | Come, come, let us thither; this may prove | Come, come, let vs thither, this may proue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.68 | mind! Shall we go prove what's to be done? | minde: shall we goe proue whats to be done? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.262 | I should prove the mother of fools. I have brought | I should prooue the mother of fooles: I haue brought |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.351 | noble strain, of approved valour and confirmed honesty. | noble straine, of approued valour, and confirm'd honesty, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.226 | I cannot reprove it; and wise, but for loving me. By my | I cannot reprooue it, and wise, but for louing me, by my |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.105 | If it prove so, then loving goes by haps; | If it proue so, then louing goes by haps, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.171 | We are like to prove a goodly commodity, | We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.42 | Not to knit my soul to an approved wanton. | Not to knit my soule to an approued wanton. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.179 | Prove you that any man with me conversed | Proue you that any man with me conuerst, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.297 | Is he not approved in the height a villain that | Is a not approued in the height a villaine, that |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.20 | before such villains! Masters, it is proved already that | maisters, it is proued alreadie that |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.77 | proved upon thee by good witness. I am a wise fellow, | prou'd vpon thee by good witnesse, I am a wise fellow, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.17 | Patch grief with proverbs, make misfortune drunk | Patch griefe with prouerbs, make misfortune drunke, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.74 | I'll prove it on his body if he dare, | Ile proue it on his body if he dare, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.87 | old coil at home; it is proved my Lady Hero hath been | old coile at home, it is prooued my Ladie Hero hath bin |
| Othello | Oth I.i.48 | For naught but provender, and when he's old – cashiered! | For naught but Prouender, & when he's old Casheer'd. |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.51 | If it prove lawful prize, he's made for ever. | If it proue lawfull prize, he's made for euer. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.11 | But the main article I do approve | But the maine Article I do approue |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.77 | My very noble and approved good masters, | My very Noble, and approu'd good Masters; |
| Othello | Oth II.i.44 | That so approve the Moor! O, let the heavens | That so approoue the Moore: Oh let the Heauens |
| Othello | Oth II.i.49 | Of very expert and approved allowance; | Of verie expert, and approu'd Allowance; |
| Othello | Oth II.i.281 | And, I dare think, he'll prove to Desdemona | And I dare thinke, he'le proue to Desdemona |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.58 | If consequence do but approve my dream, | If Consequence do but approue my dreame, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.205 | And he that is approved in this offence, | And he that is approu'd in this offence, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.303 | I have well approved it, sir. I drunk! | I haue well approued it, Sir. I drunke? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.188 | I'll see before I doubt; when I doubt, prove; | Ile see before I doubt; when I doubt, proue; |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.257 | Of human dealings. If I do prove her haggard, | Of humane dealings. If I do proue her Haggard, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.356 | Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore; | Villaine, be sure thou proue my Loue a Whore; |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.361 | Make me to see't: or, at the least, so prove it | Make me to see't: or (at the least) so proue it, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.246 | Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile. | Each drop she falls, would proue a Crocodile: |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.276.1 | That stroke would prove the worst! | That stroke would proue the worst. |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.18 | So would not I: my love doth so approve him | So would not I: my loue doth so approue him, |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.26 | She was in love: and he she loved proved mad | She was in loue: and he she lou'd prou'd mad, |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.49 | Let nobody blame him; his scorn I approve – | Let no body blame him, his scorne I approue. |
| Othello | Oth V.i.66 | As you shall prove us, praise us. | As you shall proue vs, praise vs. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.171 | Disprove this villain, if thou be'st a man: | Disproue this Villaine, if thou bee'st a man: |
| Pericles | Per I.i.60 | Of all 'sayed yet, mayst thou prove prosperous! | Of all sayd yet, mayst thou prooue prosperous, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.95.1 | Who now reprovedst me for't – | Who now reprou'dst me fort. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.4 | That will prove awful both in deed and word. | That Will proue awfull both in deed and word: |
| Pericles | Per II.i.51 | All that may men approve or men detect! – | All that may men approue, or men detect. |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.30 | The word, Me pompae provexit apex. | the word: Me Pompey prouexit apex. |
| Pericles | Per II.v.65 | This sword shall prove he's honour's enemy. | This Sword shall prooue, hee's Honours enemie. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.188 | Prove that I cannot, take me home again | Prooue that I cannot, take mee home againe, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.135 | If thine considered prove the thousandth part | if thine considered proue the thousand part |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.46 | What my tongue speaks my right-drawn sword may prove. | What my tong speaks, my right drawn sword may proue |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.87 | Look what I speak, my life shall prove it true: | Looke what I said, my life shall proue it true, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.92 | Besides I say, and will in battle prove | Besides I say, and will in battaile proue, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.148 | To prove myself a loyal gentleman | To proue my selfe a loyall Gentleman, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.23 | To prove him, in defending of myself, | To proue him (in defending of my selfe) |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.37 | To prove by God's grace and my body's valour | To proue by heauens grace, and my bodies valour, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.107 | To prove the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray, | To proue the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.112 | Both to defend himself and to approve | Both to defend himselfe, and to approue |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.236 | Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour. | Things sweet to tast, proue in digestion sowre: |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.44 | To more approved service and desert. | To more approued seruice, and desert. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.25 | Prove armed soldiers ere her native king | Proue armed Souldiers, ere her Natiue King |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.47 | To prove it on thee to the extremest point | To proue it on thee, to th'extreamest point |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.146 | It will the woefullest division prove | It will the wofullest Diuision proue, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.56 | Forget to pity him lest thy pity prove | Forget to pitty him, least thy pitty proue |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.144 | Your mother well hath prayed; and prove you true. | Your mother well hath praid, and proue you true. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.6 | My brain I'll prove the female to my soul, | My Braine, Ile proue the Female to my Soule, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.28 | And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover | And therefore, since I cannot proue a Louer, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.30 | I am determined to prove a villain | I am determined to proue a Villaine, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.145 | Which here you urge to prove us enemies, | Which here you vrge, to proue vs Enemies, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.5 | I fear, I fear 'twill prove a giddy world. | I feare, I feare, 'twill proue a giddy world. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.87 | Pray God, I say, I prove a needless coward! | Pray God (I say) I proue a needlesse Coward. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.147 | If to reprove you for this suit of yours, | If to reproue you for this suit of yours, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.80 | And proved the subject of mine own soul's curse, | And prou'd the subiect of mine owne Soules Curse, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.67.2 | Prove me, my gracious lord. | Proue me, my gracious Lord. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.7 | Will prove as bitter, black, and tragical. | Will proue as bitter, blacke, and Tragicall. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.497 | So deal with him as I prove true to you. | So deale with him, as I proue true to you. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.214 | What thinkest thou? Will our friends prove all true? | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.141 | Black and portentous must this humour prove, | Blacke and portendous must this humour proue, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.37 | For I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase – | For I am prouerb'd with a Grandsier Phrase, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.92 | Thou mayst prove false. At lovers' perjuries, | Thou maiest proue false: at Louers periuries |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.100 | But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true | But trust me Gentleman, Ile proue more true, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.111 | Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. | Least that thy Loue proue likewise variable. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.122 | May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet. | May proue a beautious Flower when next we meete: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.87 | For this alliance may so happy prove | For this alliance may so happy proue, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.85 | to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. | to the Goose, proues thee farre and wide, abroad Goose. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.7 | My trusty servant well approved in all, | My trustie seruant well approu'd in all, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.3 | My best beloved and approved friend, | My best beloued and approued friend |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.174 | Beloved of me, and that my deeds shall prove. | Beloued of me, and that my deeds shal proue. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.175 | And that his bags shall prove. | And that his bags shal proue. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.246 | Sir, give him head, I know he'll prove a jade. | Sir giue him head, I know hee'l proue a Iade. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.144 | What, will my daughter prove a good musician? | What, will my daughter proue a good Musitian? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.145 | I think she'll sooner prove a soldier. | I thinke she'l sooner proue a souldier, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.288 | For patience she will prove a second Grissel, | For patience shee will proue a second Grissell, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.212 | 'Tis like you'll prove a jolly surly groom | 'Tis like you'll proue a iolly surly groome, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.9 | And may you prove, sir, master of your art. | And may you proue sir Master of your Art. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.10 | While you, sweet dear, prove mistress of my heart. | While you sweet deere ptoue Mistresse of my heart. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.143 | that I'll prove upon thee, though thy little finger be | that Ile proue vpon thee, though thy little finger be |
| 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.ii.145 | This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where | This will proue a braue kingdome to me, / Where |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.237 | jerkin, you are like to lose your hair and prove a bald | Ierkin you are like to lose your haire, & proue a bald |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.175.2 | If this prove | If this proue |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.48 | him. 'T has been proved. If I were a huge man, I should | him. 'Tas beene proued, if I were a huge man I should |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.63 | Grant I may never prove so fond | Graunt I may neuer proue so fond, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.21 | So it may prove an argument of laughter | So it may proue an Argument of Laughter |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.23 | As if he had but proved an argument. | As if he had but prou'd an Argument. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.94 | It could not else be I should prove so base | It could not else be, I should proue so bace, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.35 | And that my sword upon thee shall approve, | And that my sword vpon thee shall approue, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.148 | What, wouldst thou have me prove myself a bastard? | What, / Would'st thou haue me proue myselfe a bastard? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.214 | To prove thou hast a true-divining heart, | To proue thou hast a true diuining heart, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.291 | Accursed if the faults be proved in them – | Accursed, if the faults be prou'd in them. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.292 | If it be proved? You see it is apparent. | If it be prou'd? you see it is apparant, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.1 | Approved warriors and my faithful friends, | Approued warriours, and my faithfull Friends, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.201 | To make this banquet, which I wish may prove | To make this Banket, which I wish might proue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.119 | But to prove to you that Helen loves him, she | But to prooue to you that Hellen loues him, she |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.128 | Why, go to, then: but to prove to you that | Why go to then, but to proue to you that |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.130 | Troilus will stand to the proof, if you'll prove | Troylus wil stand to thee / Proofe, if youle prooue |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.287 | And may that soldier a mere recreant prove | And may that Souldier a meere recreant proue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.89 | we are tasted, allow us as we prove. Our head shall go | we are tasted, allow vs as we proue: our head shall goe |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.172 | Approve their truths by Troilus; when their rhymes, | Approue their truths by Troylus, when their rimes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.197 | If ever you prove false one to another, since I have | if euer you proue false one to another, since I haue |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.114 | Who in his circumstance expressly proves | Who in his circumstance, expresly proues |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.6 | My dreams will sure prove ominous to the day. | My dreames will sure proue ominous to the day. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.11 | and that same dog-fox, Ulysses – is not proved | and that same dog-foxe Vlisses is not prou'd |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.30 | Those wits that think they have thee do very oft prove | those wits that thinke they haue thee, doe very oft proue |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.53 | prove you a fool. | proue you a foole. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.91 | but reprove. | but reproue. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.116 | Our shows are more than will; for still we prove | Our shewes are more then will: for still we proue |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.23 | words are grown so false, I am loath to prove reason | wordes are growne so false, I am loath to proue reason |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.13 | I will prove it legitimate, sir, upon the oaths of | I will proue it legitimate sir, vpon the Oathes of |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.10 | Unguided and unfriended, often prove | Vnguided, and vnfriended, often proue |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.199 | There's something in me that reproves my fault. | There's something in me that reproues my fault: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.356 | But O, how vild an idol proves this god! | But oh, how vilde an idoll proues this God: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.366 | Prove true, imagination, O, prove true – | Proue true imagination, oh proue ttue, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.374 | For him I imitate. O, if it prove, | For him I imitate: Oh if it proue, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.13 | I am afraid this great lubber the world will prove a | I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.54 | I think nobly of the soul, and no way approve | I thinke nobly of the soule, and no way aproue |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.37 | So, by your circumstance, I fear you'll prove. | So, by your circumstance, I feare you'll proue. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.82 | This proves me still a sheep. | This proues me still a Sheepe. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.85 | It shall go hard but I'll prove it by another. | It shall goe hard but ile proue it by another. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.138 | prove as hard to you in telling your mind. Give her no | proue as hard to you in telling your minde. / Giue her no |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.31 | I cannot now prove constant to myself | I cannot now proue constant to my selfe, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.79 | Pray heaven he prove so when you come to him! | Pray heau'n he proue so when you come to him. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.290 | This proves that thou canst not read. | this proues that thou canst not read. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.296 | And thereof comes the proverb: ‘ Blessing of | And thereof comes the prouerbe: (Blessing of |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.349 | More hair than wit? It may be I'll prove it: the | More haire then wit: it may be ile proue it: The |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.20 | Longer than I prove loyal to your grace | Longer then I proue loyall to your Grace, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.102 | Unless I prove false traitor to myself. | Vnlesse I proue false traitor to my selfe. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.43 | O, 'tis the curse in love, and still approved, | Oh 'tis the curse in Loue, and still approu'd |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.66 | I have one friend alive: thou wouldst disprove me. | I haue one friend aliue; thou wouldst disproue me: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.65 | Was then of me approved, what not, condemned, | Was then of me approov'd, what not condemd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.9 | Sure is a happy sire, then. What proves you? | Sure is a happy Sire then: what prooves you? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.39 | I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands, | Ile prove it in my Shackles, with these hands, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.31.1 | How good they'll prove I know not. | How good they'l prove, I know not. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.95 | I have seen it approved, how many times I know not, | I have seene it approved, how many times / I know not, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.57 | Of all his hay and provender; that ostler | Of all his hay and provender: That Hostler |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.157 | Lest it should bite its master and so prove, | Least it should bite it's Master, and so proue |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.443 | Have uttered truth; which if you seek to prove, | Haue vttred Truth: which if you seeke to proue, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.128 | Prove violence, in the which three great ones suffer: | Proue violence, in the which three great ones suffer, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.133.2 | If it prove | If it proue |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.146 | If this prove true, they'll pay for't. By mine honour, | If this proue true, they'l pay for't. By mine Honor |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.33 | If I prove honey-mouthed, let my tongue blister, | If I proue hony-mouth'd, let my tongue blister. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.96 | And, might we lay th' old proverb to your charge, | And might we lay th' old Prouerb to your charge, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.12 | Prove as successful to the Queen – O, be't so! – | Proue as successefull to the Queene (O be't so) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.119 | This is fairy gold, boy, and 'twill prove so. Up | This is Faiery Gold boy, and 'twill proue so: vp |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.27 | they are in losing them when they have approved their | they are in loosing them, when they haue approued their |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.118 | not this cheat bring out another, and the shearers prove | not this Cheat bring out another, and the sheerers proue |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.164 | I will prove so, sir, to my power. | I will proue so (Sir) to my power. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.165 | Ay, by any means prove a tall fellow. If I do not | I, by any meanes proue a tall Fellow: if I do not |