| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iv.34 | Our waggon is prepared, and time revives us. | Our Wagon is prepar'd, and time reuiues vs, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.16 | You wagered on your angling; when your diver | you wager'd on your Angling, when your diuer |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.3 | Of semblable import – but he hath waged | Of semblable import, but he hath wag'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.31 | Ay, and to wage this battle at Pharsalia, | I, and to wage this Battell at Pharsalia, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.31.1 | Waged equal with him. | wag'd equal with him. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.67 | And ere we have thy youthful wages spent | And ere we haue thy youthfull wages spent, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.91 | And we will mend thy wages: I like this place, | And we will mend thy wages: / I like this place, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.23 | ‘ Thus we may see,’ quoth he, ‘ how the world wags: | Thus we may see (quoth he) how the world wagges: |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.15 | And play the swaggerer. Bear this, bear all. | And play the swaggerer, beare this, beare all: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.1 | Yonder comes news. A wager they have met. | Yonder comes Newes: / A Wager they haue met. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.82 | the wagging of your beards; and your beards deserve not | the wagging of your Beards, and your Beards deserue not |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.73 | countrymen. The good gods assuage thy wrath and turn | Countrimen. The good Gods asswage thy wrath, and turne |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.40 | He waged me with his countenance as if | He wadg'd me with his Countenance, as if |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.107 | but I make my wager rather against your | but I make my wager rather against your |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.129 | I will wage against your gold, gold to it: my ring I | I will wage against your Gold, Gold to |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.166 | wagers recorded. | Wagers recorded. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.18 | Have lost the wager. Boldness be my friend! | Haue lost the wager. Boldnesse be my Friend: |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.192 | To have them in safe stowage: may it please you | To haue them in safe stowage: May it please you |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.95.1 | The wager you have laid. | The wager you haue laid. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.72 | Could never go so slow: I have heard of riding wagers, | Could neuer go so slow: I haue heard of Riding wagers, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.159 | Woman it pretty self – into a waggish courage, | Woman it pretty selfe) into a waggish courage, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.173 | Not wagging his sweet head; and yet, as rough – | Not wagging his sweet head; and yet, as rough |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.261 | Home art gone and ta'en thy wages. | Home art gon, and tane thy wages. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.182 | Made scruple of his praise, and wagered with him | Made scruple of his praise, and wager'd with him |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.9 | Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels. | Keepes wassels and the swaggering vpspring reeles, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.48 | and ‘ You owe me a quarter's wages,’ and ‘ My coat | |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.40 | What have I done that thou darest wag thy tongue | What haue I done, that thou dar'st wag thy tong, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.133 | And wager on your heads. He, being remiss, | And wager on your heads, he being remisse, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.154 | We'll make a solemn wager on your cunnings – | Wee'l make a solemne wager on your commings, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.263 | Until my eyelids will no longer wag. | Vntill my eielids will no longer wag. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.102 | signify to you that 'a has laid a great wager on your head. | signifie to you, that he ha's laid a great wager on your head: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.145 | The King, sir, hath wagered with him six Barbary | The sir King ha's wag'd with him six Barbary |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.203 | You will lose this wager, my lord. | You will lose this wager, my Lord. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.247 | And will this brothers' wager frankly play. | And will this Brothers wager frankely play. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.254.1 | You know the wager? | Cousen Hamlet, you know the wager. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.16 | And I prithee sweet wag, when thou art King, as God | And I prythee sweet Wagge, when thou art King, as God |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.23 | Marry then, sweet wag, when thou art King let | Marry then, sweet Wagge, when thou art King, let |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.44 | How now, how now, mad wag? What, in thy | How now? how now mad Wagge? What in thy |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.58 | wag, shall there be gallows standing in England when | Wag, shall there be Gallowes standing in England when |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.48 | What, Hal! How now, mad wag? What a devil | What Hal? How now mad Wag, what a Deuill |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.20 | To wage an instant trial with the King. | To wage an instant tryall with the King. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.179 | are wags too. | are wagges too. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.69 | Hang him, swaggering rascal. Let him not come | Hang him, swaggering Rascall, let him not come |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.71 | If he swagger, let him not come here. No, by | If hee swagger, let him not come here: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.73 | swaggerers. I am in good name and fame with the very | Swaggerers: I am in good name, and fame, with the very |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.74 | best. Shut the door. There comes no swaggerers here. I | best: shut the doore, there comes no Swaggerers heere: I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.75 | have not lived all this while to have swaggering now. | haue not liu'd all this while, to haue swaggering now: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.79 | no swaggerers here. | no Swaggerers heere. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.82 | ancient swagger, 'a comes not in my doors. I was before | ancient Swaggerer comes not in my doores. I was before |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.91 | receive,’ says he, ‘ no swaggering companions.’ There | Receiue (sayes hee) no swaggering Companions. There |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.93 | said. No, I'll no swaggerers. | said. No, Ile no Swaggerers. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.94 | He's no swaggerer, hostess, a tame cheater, | Hee's no Swaggerer (Hostesse:) a tame Cheater, hee: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.96 | He'll not swagger with a Barbary hen, if her | hee will not swagger with a Barbarie Henne, if her |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.100 | my house, nor no cheater, but I do not love swaggering; | my house, nor no Cheater: but I doe not loue swaggering; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.101 | by my troth, I am the worse when one says ‘ swagger.’ | I am the worse when one sayes, swagger: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.105 | aspen leaf. I cannot abide swaggerers. | Aspen Leafe: I cannot abide Swaggerers. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.21 | wages, about the sack he lost at Hinckley fair? | Wages, about the Sacke he lost the other day, at HinckleyFayre? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.34 | 'Tis merry in hall, when beards wags all, | 'Tis merry in Hall, when Beards wagge all; |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.123 | swaggered with me last night: who, if 'a live and ever | swagger'd with me last night: who if aliue, and euer |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.33 | Durst wag his tongue in censure. When these suns – | Durst wagge his Tongue in censure, when these Sunnes |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.180 | Respecting this our marriage with the dowager, | Respecting this our Marriage with the Dowager, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.70 | Shall be called Queen, but Princess Dowager, | Shall be call'd Queene, but Princesse Dowager, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.23 | The Princess Dowager? How goes her business? | The Princesse Dowager? How goes her businesse? |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.1.1 | Enter Katherine, Dowager, sick, led between | Enter Katherine Dowager, sicke, lead betweene |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.150 | That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, | That they may haue their wages, duly paid 'em, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.127 | And think with wagging of your tongue to win me; | And thinke with wagging of your tongue to win me: |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.131 | He that dares most, but wag his finger at thee. | Hee, that dares most, but wag his finger at thee. |
| King John | KJ I.i.266 | The aweless lion could not wage the fight, | The awlesse Lion could not wage the fight, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.156 | To wage against thine enemies; nor fear to lose it, | To wage against thine enemies, nere feare to loose it, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.65 | ‘ Spare my grey beard,’ you wagtail! | Spare my gray-beard, you wagtaile? |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.204 | To wage against the enmity o'th' air, | To wage against the enmity oth'ayre, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.238 | pass. And 'choud ha' bin zwaggered out of my life, | passe: and 'chud ha'bin zwaggerd out of my life, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.301 | The wages of their virtue, and all foes | Taste the wages of their vertue,and all Foes |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.108 | Making the bold wag by their praises bolder. | Making the bold wagg by their praises bolder. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.62 | With that we lack. I'll hold thee any wager, | With that we lacke; Ile hold thee any wager |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.75 | And on the wager lay two earthly women, | And on the wager lay two earthly women, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.76 | To wag their high-tops and to make no noise | To wagge their high tops, and to make no noise |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.6 | Discard, bully Hercules, cashier. Let them wag; | Discard, (bully Hercules) casheere; let them wag; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.212 | Here, boys, here, here! Shall we wag? | Heere boyes, heere, heere: shall we wag? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.64 | And I will provoke him to't, or let him wag. | And I will prouoke him to't, or let him wag. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.88 | Let us wag, then. | Let vs wag then. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.29 | brewage. | brewage. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.5 | Like to a stepdame or a dowager | Like to a Step-dame, or a Dowager, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.157 | I have a widow aunt, a dowager, | I haue a Widdow Aunt, a dowager, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.240 | As waggish boys in game themselves forswear, | As waggish boyes in game themselues forsweare; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.70 | What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here | What hempen home-spuns haue we swaggering here, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.102 | I know you by the waggling of your head. | I know you by the wagling of your head. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.16 | And, sorry wag, cry ‘ hem!’ when he should groan, | And sorrow, wagge, crie hem, when he should grone, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.30 | To wake and wage a danger profitless. | To wake, and wage a danger profitlesse. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.73 | swag-bellied Hollander – drink, ho! – are nothing to | swag-belly'd Hollander, (drinke hoa) are nothing to |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.273 | squabble! Swagger! Swear! And discourse fustian with | squabble? Swagger? Sweare? And discourse Fustian with |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.11 | I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest, | I durst (my Lord) to wager, she is honest: |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.29 | nor the commodity wages not with the danger. Therefore, | nor the commoditie wages not with the daunger: therefore |
| Pericles | Per V.i.40 | We have a maid in Mytilene, I durst wager, | we haue a maid in Metiliue, I durst wager |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.7 | Tremble and start at wagging of a straw; | Tremble and start at wagging of a Straw: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.62 | Her waggon spokes made of long spinners' legs; | her Waggon Spokes made of long Spinners legs: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.67 | Her waggoner, a small grey-coated gnat, | her Waggoner, a small gray-coated Gnat, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.2 | Towards Phoebus' lodging! Such a waggoner | Towards Phoebus lodging, such a Wagoner |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.69 | Shall win the wager which we will propose. | Shall win the wager which we will propose. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.70.1 | Content. What's the wager? | Content, what's the wager? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.111 | The wager thou hast won, and I will add | The wager thou hast won, and I will adde |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.115 | Nay, I will win my wager better yet, | Nay, I will win my wager better yet, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.185 | (to Lucentio) 'Twas I won the wager, though you hit the white, | 'Twas I wonne the wager, though you hit the white, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.30 | Which, of he or Adrian, for a good wager, | Which, of he, or Adrian, for a good wager, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.34 | Done. The wager? | Done: The wager? |
| 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, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.48 | And then I'll come and be thy waggoner, | And then Ile come and be thy Waggoner, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.51 | To hale thy vengeful waggon swift away, | To hale thy vengefull Waggon swift away, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.54 | I will dismount, and by thy waggon wheel | I will dismount, and by the Waggon wheele, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.87 | For well I wot the Empress never wags | For well I wote the Empresse neuer wags; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.139 | Will he swagger himself out on's own eyes? | Will he swagger himselfe out on's owne eyes? |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.177 | swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood | swaggering accent sharpely twang'd off, giues manhoode |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.396 | By swaggering could I never thrive, | By swaggering could I neuer thriue, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.91 | wages followest thy master, thy master for wages follows | wages followest thy Master, thy Master for wages followes |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.269 | serves for wages. She hath more qualities than a | serues for wages. Shee hath more qualities then a |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.86 | Why, boy? Why, wag, how now? What's the | Why, Boy? Why wag: how now? what's the |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.165.2 | Dowagers, take hands. | Dowagers, take hands |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.69 | Even in the wagging of a wanton leg, | Even in the wagging of a wanton leg |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.66 | The verier wag o'th' two? | The veryer Wag o'th' two? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.94 | Our praises are our wages. You may ride's | Our prayses are our Wages. You may ride's |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.118 | From Dis's waggon! Daffodils, | From Dysses Waggon: Daffadils, |