| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.111 | ask you a question. Man is enemy to virginity; how may | aske you a question. Man is enemie to virginitie, how may |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.205 | More should I question thee, and more I must, | More should I question thee, and more I must, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.208 | Unquestioned welcome, and undoubted blessed. | Vnquestion'd welcome, and vndoubted blest. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.15 | questions. | questions. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.19 | Will your answer serve fit to all questions? | Will your answere serue fit to all questions? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.28 | all questions? | all questions? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.30 | it will fit any question. | it will fit any question. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.38 | fool in question, hoping to be the wiser by your answer. | foole in question, hoping to bee the wiser by your answer. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.38 | it you'll run again rather than suffer question for your | it you'le runne againe, rather then suffer question for your |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.7 | the ruff and sing, ask questions and sing, pick his teeth | the Ruffe and sing, aske questions and sing, picke his teeth, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.31 | I'll question her. God save you, pilgrim! Whither are | Ile question her. God saue you pilgrim, whether are |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.44.1 | Might be my question. | Might be my question. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.85.1 | Out of our question wipe him. | Out of our question wipe him. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.10 | The mered question. 'Twas a shame no less | The meered question? 'Twas a shame no lesse |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.58 | I pray you, one of you question yond man | I pray you, one of you question yon'd man, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.173 | As yet to question you about your fortunes. | As yet to question you about your fortunes: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.267 | from whence you have studied your questions. | from whence you haue studied your questions. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.359 | and sunken, which you have not; an unquestionable | and sunken, which you haue not: an vnquestionable |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.32 | question with him. He asked me of what parentage I | question with him: he askt me of what parentage I |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.5 | Neither call the giddiness of it in question: the | Neither call the giddinesse of it in question; the |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.135 | Feed yourselves with questioning, | Feede your selues with questioning: |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.158 | After some question with him, was converted | After some question with him, was conuerted |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.422 | That's a question. How shall we try it? | That's a question, how shall we trie it. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.222 | That he will give them make I as little question | that he will giue them, make I as little question, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.200 | o'th' table; no question asked him by any of the senators | o'th' Table: No question askt him by any of the Senators, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.34 | And had – besides this gentleman in question – | And had (besides this Gentleman in question) |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.2 | And question'dst every sail: if he should write, | And questioned'st euery Saile: if he should write, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.11 | Thou ask'st me such a question. Have I not been | Thou ask'st me such a Question: Haue I not bene |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.52 | We were to question farther; but I now | We were to question farther; but I now |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.34.1 | Cannot be questioned. | Cannot be question'd. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.45.2 | Speak to it, Horatio. | Question it Horatio. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.111 | That was and is the question of these wars. | |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.43 | Thou comest in such a questionable shape | Thou com'st in such a questionable shape |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.10 | By this encompassment and drift of question | By this encompassement and drift of question, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.239 | true. Let me question more in particular. What have | true. Let me question more in particular: what haue |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.339 | that cry out on the top of question and are most tyrannically | that crye out on the top of question; and are most tyrannically |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.355 | in the question. | in the Question. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.13 | Niggard of question, but of our demands | Niggard of question, but of our demands |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.56 | To be, or not to be – that is the question; | To be, or not to be, that is the Question: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.41 | in the meantime some necessary question of the play be | in the meane time, some necessary Question of the Play be |
| 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.iv.13 | Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue. | Go, go, you question with an idle tongue. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.26 | Will not debate the question of this straw. | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.217.1 | That I must call't in question. | That I must call in question. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.38 | question to thee. If thou answerest me not to the purpose, | question to thee; if thou answerest me not to the purpose, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.58 | when you are asked this question next, say ‘ a grave-maker.’ | when you are ask't this question next, say a Graue-maker: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.369 | But since, so jump upon this bloody question, | But since so iumpe vpon this bloodie question, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.34 | My liege, this haste was hot in question, | My Liege: This haste was hot in question, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.46 | He questioned me, amongst the rest demanded | He question'd me: Among the rest, demanded |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.89 | Directly unto this question that I ask. | directly vnto this question, that I shall aske. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.106 | I must not have you henceforth question me | I must not haue you henceforth, question me, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.28 | prithee do thou stand in some by-room while I question | prythee doe thou stand in some by-roome, while I question |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.401 | micher, and eat blackberries? A question not to be asked. | Micher, and eate Black-berryes? a question not to bee askt. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.403 | question to be asked. There is a thing, Harry, which thou | question to be askt. There is a thing, Harry, which thou |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.68 | And breed a kind of question in our cause. | And breede a kinde of question in our cause: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.48.1 | Staying no longer question. | Staying no longer question. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.58 | He that was in question for the | He that was in question for the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.15 | The question then, Lord Hastings, standeth thus – | The question then (Lord Hastings) standeth thus |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.53 | Question surveyors, know our own estate, | Question Surueyors, know our owne estate, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.53 | Wherefore do I this? So the question stands. | Wherefore doe I this? so the Question stands. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.165 | I muse you make so slight a question. | I muse you make so slight a Question. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.91 | Question your royal thoughts, make the case yours; | Question your Royall Thoughts, make the case yours: |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.5 | Did push it out of farther question. | Did push it out of farther question. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.17 | Though war nor no known quarrel were in question, | (Though War nor no knowne Quarrel were in question) |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.31 | Question your grace the late ambassadors, | Question your Grace the late Embassadors, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.142 | Come here himself to question our delay, | Come here himselfe to question our delay; |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.115 | question 'tween you tway. | question tween you tway. |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.43 | question too, and ambiguities. | question too, and ambiguities. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.196 | night, when you come into your closet, you'll question | night, when you come into your Closet, you'le question |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.62 | Question her proudly, let thy looks be stern; | Question her prowdly, let thy Lookes be sterne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.87 | Ask me what question thou canst possible, | Aske me what question thou canst possible, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.72 | Question, my lords, no further of the case, | Question (my Lords) no further of the case, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.95 | About a certain question in the law | About a certaine question in the Law, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.80 | That shall make answer to such questions | That shall make answere to such Questions, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.82 | It is enough; I'll think upon the questions. | It is enough, Ile thinke vpon the Questions: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.53 | No question of that; for I have seen him | No question of that: for I haue seene him |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.132 | Ay, there's the question; but I say 'tis true: | I, there's the question; But I say, 'tis true: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.122 | To question of his apprehension. | To question of his apprehension. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.130 | And let your reason with your choler question | And let your Reason with your Choller question |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.99 | Where this is questioned send our letters with | Where this is question'd, send our Letters, with |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.50 | A year before. It is not to be questioned | A yeare before. It is not to be question'd, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.151 | Induce you to the question on't, or ever | Induce you to the question on't: or euer |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.212 | The question did at first so stagger me – | The question did at first so stagger me, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.130 | The justice and the truth o'th' question carries | The Iustice and the Truth o'th'question carries |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.13 | How that might change his nature, there's the question. | How that might change his nature, there's the question? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.37 | to Caesar than you shall do to Brutus. The question of | to Casar, then you shall do to Brutus. The Question of |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.163 | And call in question our necessities. | And call in question our necessities. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.109 | That needs no further question; and I know | That needs no further question, and I knowe |
| King John | KJ I.i.195 | ‘ I shall beseech you ’ – that is question now; | I shaIl beseeeh you; that is question now, |
| King John | KJ I.i.199 | ‘ No, sir,’ says question, ‘ I, sweet sir, at yours.’ | No sir, saies question, I sweet sir at yours, |
| King John | KJ I.i.200 | And so, ere answer knows what question would, | And so ere answer knowes what question would, |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.14 | You and your fellows. I'd have it come to question. | You and your Fellowes: I'de haue it come to question; |
| King Lear | KL II.i.17 | And I have one thing of a queasy question | And I haue one thing of a queazie question |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.62 | And thou hadst been set i'the stocks for that question, | And thou hadst beene set i'th'Stockes for that question, |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.24.2 | Made she no verbal question? | |
| King Lear | KL V.i.31.1 | Are not the question here. | Are not the question heere. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.34 | Will not bear question; either say thou'lt do't, | Will not beare question: either say thou'lt do't, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.59 | The question of Cordelia and her father | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.114.2 | Berowne and Rosaline converse apart | [Q1] BEROWNE Did not I dance with you in Brabant once? KATHER. Did not I dance with you in Brabant once? BEROWNE I know you did. KATH. How needles was it then to aske the question? BEROWNE You must not be so quicke. KATH. Tis long of you that spur me with such questions. BEROWNE Your wit's too hot, it speedes too fast, twill tire. KATH. Not till it leaue the rider in the mire. BEROWNE What time a day? KATH. The houre that fooles should aske. BEROWNE Now faire befall your maske. KATH. Faire fall the face it couers. BEROWNE And send you manie louers. KATH. Amen, so you be none. BEROWNE Nay then will I be gone. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.30 | And out of question so it is sometimes; | And out of question, so it is sometimes: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.81 | I do, sans question. | I doe sans question. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.42 | That man may question? You seem to understand me | That man may question? you seeme to vnderstand me, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.3 | knowledge. When I burned in desire to question them further, | knowledge. When I burnt in desire to question them further, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.125 | And question this most bloody piece of work | And question this most bloody piece of worke, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.117 | Question enrages him. At once, good night. | Question enrages him: at once, goodnight. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.46 | Though first in question, is thy secondary. | Though first in question, is thy secondary. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.54 | That it prefers itself, and leaves unquestioned | That it prefers it selfe, and leaues vnquestion'd |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.90 | But in the loss of question – that you, his sister, | But in the losse of question) that you, his Sister, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.131 | Wise? Why, no question but he was. | Wise? Why no question but he was. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.270 | Pray you, my lord, give me leave to question. You shall | pray you, my Lord, giue mee leaue to question, you shall |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.156 | In making question of my uttermost | In making question of my vttermost |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.176 | That I should questionless be fortunate. | That I should questionlesse be fortunate. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.184 | Where money is; and I no question make | Where money is, and I no question make |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.79 | Fie, what a question's that, | Fie, what a questions that? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.70 | I pray you think you question with the Jew. | I pray you thinke you question with the Iew: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.73 | You may as well use question with the wolf | Or euen as well vse question with the Wolfe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.169 | That holds this present question in the court? | That holds this present question in the Court. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.343.1 | I'll stay no longer question. | Ile stay no longer question. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.204 | But that is not the question. The question is | But that is not the question: the question is |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.70 | Disarm them, and let them question. Let them keep | Disarme them, and let them question: let them keepe |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.88 | My daughter will I question how she loves you, | My daughter will I question how she loues you, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.16 | ask him some questions in his accidence. | aske him some questions in his Accidence. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.67 | Therefore, fair Hermia, question your desires, | Therefore faire Hermia question your desires, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.235 | I will not stay thy questions. Let me go; | I will not stay thy questions, let me go; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.279 | Therefore be out of hope, of question, of doubt, | Therefore be out of hope, of question, of doubt; |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.156 | Do you question me as an honest man should | Doe you question me as an honest man should |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.ii.17 | question him yourself. | question him your selfe. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.307 | merry best becomes you; for, out o' question, you were | merry, best becomes you, for out of question, you were |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.173 | A commodity in question, I warrant you. Come, | A commoditie in question I warrant you, come |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.71 | Let me but move one question to your daughter; | Let me but moue one question to your daughter, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.74 | Question – why, an hour in clamour and a | Question, why an hower in clamour and a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.6 | In the true course of all the question. | In the true course of all the question. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.113 | question thou wilt be, if my cousin do not look exceeding | questiõ thou wilt be, if my Cousin do not looke exceeding |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.23 | So may he with more facile question bear it, | So may he with more facile question beare it, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.113 | Or came it by request and such fair question | Or came it by request, and such faire question |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.128 | Still questioned me the story of my life | Still question'd me the Storie of my life, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.17 | questions, and by them answer. | Questions, and by them answer. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.93 | Now will I question Cassio of Bianca, | Now will I question Cassio of Bianca, |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.60.2 | There be some such, no question. | There be some such, no question. |
| Pericles | Per I.iii.11 | Further to question me of your King's departure. | further to question mee of your kings departure: |
| Pericles | Per V.i.42 | She questionless, with her sweet harmony | she questionlesse with her sweet harmonie, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.229 | To call hers, exquisite, in question more. | to cal hers (exquisit) in question more, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.158 | Stay not to question, for the Watch is coming. | Stay not to question, for the watch is comming. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.140 | My tale provokes that question. Dear, they durst not, | My Tale prouokes that question: Deare, they durst not, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.184 | Will ever after droop. Here cease more questions. | Will euer after droope: Heare cease more questions, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.63 | He last asked the question. Poor rogues and | He last ask'd the question. Poore Rogues, and |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.48 | Now question me no more, we are espied. | Now question me no more, we are espied, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.160 | This is her question. | This is her question. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.161 | That's true, make no question of that. ‘ Two- | That's true, make no question of that, two |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.18 | Since the first sword was drawn about this question, | Since the first sword was drawne about this question, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.165 | And on the cause and question now in hand | And on the cause and question now in hand, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.51 | I'll decline the whole question. | Ile declin the whole question: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.81 | We dare not move the question of our place, | We dare not moue the question of our place, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.145 | No question. | No question. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.56 | activity in question. What, billing again? Here's ‘ In | actiuity in question: what billing againe? here's in |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.42 | I will come last – 'tis like he'll question me | I will come last, 'tis like heele question me, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.12 | During all question of the gentle truce; | During all question of the gentle truce: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.83 | In this I do not call your faith in question | In this I doe not call your faith in question |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.248 | To answer such a question. Stand again: | To answer such a question: Stand againe; |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.84 | No question. | No question. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.94 | Past question, for thou seest it will not curl by | Past question, for thou seest it will not coole my |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.6 | you call in question the continuance of his love. Is he | you call in question the continuance of his loue. Is he |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.172 | question's out of my part. Good gentle one, give me | question's out of my part. Good gentle one, giue mee |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.88 | her great P's. It is, in contempt of question, her hand. | her great P's. It is in contempt of question her hand. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.48 | are – make the trial of it in any constant question. | are, make the triall of it in any constant question. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.345 | But out of question 'tis Maria's hand. | But out of question, tis Marias hand. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.3 | Make any timorous question; yet I wish him | Make any timerous question, yet I wish him |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.62.1 | Why, what a question's that! | why, what a question's that? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.62.2 | Yes, 'tis a question | Yes, tis a question, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.55 | Your question's with your equal, who professes | Your question's with your equall, who professes |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.113 | I am persuaded this question, sick between's, | I am perswaded this question sicke between's, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.222 | In public question with their swords. Be wise then, | In publique question with their Swords; Be wise then |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.15 | All shall be well; neither heard I one question | All shall be well: Neither heard I one question |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.35.2 | These are strange questions. | These are strange Questions. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.38 | I asked her questions, and she answered me | I ask'd her questions, and she answered me |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.8 | fits it to every question. | fyts it to every question; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.127 | Give me the victory of this question, which | Give me the victory of this question, which |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.17.1 | To crown the question's title. | To crowne the Questions title. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.136 | That are above our question. Let's go off, | That are above our question: Let's goe off, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.11 | I am questioned by my fears of what may chance | I am question'd by my feares, of what may chance, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.60 | But your kind hostess. Come, I'll question you | But your kind Hostesse. Come, Ile question you |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.324.2 | Make that thy question, and go rot! | Make that thy question, and goe rot: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.433 | Avoid what's grown than question how 'tis born. | Auoid what's growne, then question how 'tis borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.47 | what we are, have some question with the shepherd; | what we are) haue some question with the shepheard; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.197 | Has these poor men in question. Never saw I | Ha's these poore men in question. Neuer saw I |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.139 | But how is to be questioned: for I saw her, | But how, is to be question'd: for I saw her |