| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.264 | good; let it be concealed awhile. | good, let it be conceal'd awhile. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.112 | Is as our earing. Fare thee well awhile. | Is as our earing: fare thee well awhile. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.43 | Our services awhile; but my full heart | Our Seruicles a-while: but my full heart |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.43 | You have been nobly borne. – From me awhile. | You haue bin Nobly borne. From me awhile. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.19 | I here importune death awhile, until | I heere importune death a-while, vntill |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.124 | Patience awhile, you'st hear the belly's answer. | Patience awhile; you'st heare the Bellies answer. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.225 | Down with that sword! Tribunes, withdraw awhile. | Downe with that Sword, Tribunes withdraw a while. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.35 | With thee awhile. Determine on some course | With thee awhile: Determine on some course |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.107 | Pray, walk awhile. | Pray walke a-while. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.37 | Will stupefy and dull the sense awhile; | Will stupifie and dull the Sense a-while, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.357.2 | Be pleased awhile; | Be pleas'd awhile; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.30.2 | Sit down awhile, | Sit downe a-while, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.23 | As to expend your time with us awhile | As to expend your time with vs a-while, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.114 | Good madam, stay awhile. I will be faithful. | Good Madam stay awhile, I will be faithfull. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.145.14 | awhile, but in the end accepts love | awhile, but in the end, accepts his loue. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.235 | 'Tis deeply sworn. Sweet, leave me here awhile. | 'Tis deepely sworne: / Sweet, leaue me heere a while, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.176 | And mermaid-like awhile they bore her up; | And Mermaid-like, a while they bore her vp, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.213.1 | But soft, but soft awhile! | But soft, but soft, aside; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.218 | Couch we awhile, and mark. | Couch we a while, and mark. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.245 | Deprived thee of! Hold off the earth awhile, | Depriu'd thee of. Hold off the earth a while, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.281 | And thus a while the fit will work on him. | And thus awhile the fit will worke on him: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.278 | I'll play this bout first; set it by awhile. | Ile play this bout first, set by a-while. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.341 | Absent thee from felicity awhile, | Absent thee from felicitie awhile, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.100 | And for this cause awhile we must neglect | And for this cause a-while we must neglect |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.193 | I know you all, and will awhile uphold | I know you all, and will a-while vphold |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.127 | What? Drunk with choler? Stay, and pause awhile, | What? drunke with choller? stay & pause awhile, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.209 | Good cousin, give me audience for a while. | Good Cousin giue me audience for a-while, / And list to me. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.78 | our horses down the hill. We'll walk afoot awhile and | our Horses downe the hill: Wee'l walke a-foot a while, and |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.82 | Let them alone awhile, and then open the | Let them alone awhile, and then open the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.244 | Well, breathe awhile, and then to it again, | Well, breath a-while, and then to't againe: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.107 | Not so, Sir Walter. We'll withdraw awhile. | Not so, Sir Walter. / Wee'le with-draw a while: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.45 | awhile. Turk Gregory never did such deeds in arms as I | awhile: Turke Gregory neuer did such deeds in Armes, as I |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.46 | Stay and breathe a while. | Stay, and breath awhile. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.63 | But rather show awhile like fearful war | But rather shew a while like fearefull Warre, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.31 | I and my bosom must debate awhile, | I and my Bosome must debate a while, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.70 | Stand back, you lords, and give us leave awhile. | Stand back you Lords, and giue vs leaue a while. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.106 | Let me persuade you to forbear awhile. | Let me perswade you to forbeare a while. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.3 | I have awhile given truce unto my wars | I haue a while giuen Truce vnto my Warres, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.43 | I prithee give me leave to curse awhile. | I prethee giue me leaue to curse awhile. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.246 | Then, York, be still awhile till time do serve; | Then Yorke be still a-while, till time do serue: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.30 | But I must make fair weather yet awhile, | But I must make faire weather yet a while, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.52 | I would prolong awhile the traitor's life. | I would prolong a while the Traytors Life: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.5 | And, spite of spite, needs must I rest a while. | And spight of spight, needs must I rest a-while. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.27 | Forbear awhile; we'll hear a little more. | Forbeare a-while, wee'l heare a little more. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.5 | Must strike her sail and learn awhile to serve | Must strike her sayle, and learne a while to serue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.76 | For though usurpers sway the rule awhile, | For though Vsurpers sway the rule a while, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.58 | Now, for a while farewell, good Duke of York. | Now for a-while farewell good Duke of Yorke. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.84 | Leave me awhile. | Leaue me a while. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.66 | To rest awhile, some half an hour or so, | To rest a while, some halfe an houre, or so, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.131 | Stand close awhile, for here comes one in haste. | Stand close a while, for heere comes one in haste. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.304 | Hark, hark! one knocks, Portia, go in awhile; | Harke, harke, one knockes: Portia go in a while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.290 | Hie hence, and tell him so. Yet stay awhile; | Hie hence, and tell him so. Yet stay a-while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.150 | Will you be patient? will you stay awhile? | Will you be Patient? Will you stay a-while? |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.254 | Canst thou hold up thy heavy eyes awhile, | Canst thou hold vp thy heauie eyes a-while, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.118 | So thou wilt hence a while and leave me here. | So thou wilt hence awhile and leaue me heere. |
| King John | KJ II.i.379 | Be friends awhile, and both conjointly bend | Be friends a-while, and both conioyntly bend |
| King John | KJ II.i.416 | Hear us, great Kings! Vouchsafe a while to stay, | Heare vs great kings, vouchsafe awhile to stay |
| King John | KJ III.i.180 | That I have room with Rome to curse awhile! | That I haue roome with Rome to curse a while, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.80 | Now, good my lord, lie here and rest awhile. | Now good my Lord, lye heere, and rest awhile. |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.52 | Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.51 | He's scarce awake. Let him alone awhile. | He's scarse awake, / Let him alone a while. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.254 | The gods defend her. Bear him hence awhile. | The Gods defend her, beare him hence awhile. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.346 | Stay, sir, stay awhile. | Stay Sir, stay a while. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.103 | Come, good Lorenzo. Fare ye well awhile; | Come good Lorenzo, faryewell a while, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.3 | I lose your company. Therefore forbear awhile. | I loose your companie; therefore forbeare a while, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.79 | But hark, a voice. Stay thou but here awhile, | But harke, a voyce: stay thou but here a while, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.436 | Steal me awhile from mine own company. | Steale me a while from mine owne companie. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.79 | Silence awhile! Robin, take off this head. | Silence a while. Robin take off his head: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.255 | Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile, and I | Indeed my Lord, hee lent it me a while, and I |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.198.2 | Pause awhile, | Pause awhile: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.201 | Let her awhile be secretly kept in, | Let her awhile be secretly kept in, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.367 | Content thyself awhile. By th' mass, 'tis morning: | Content thy selfe, a-while. In troth 'tis Morning; |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.246 | Yet, if you please to hold him off awhile, | Yet if you please, to him off a-while: |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.125 | For my free speech! You must awhile be patient. | For my free speech. You must awhile be patient: |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.74.2 | Stand you awhile apart; | Stand you a while apart, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.87 | Patience awhile, good Cassio. Come, come, | Patience awhile, good Cassio. Come, come; |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.107 | Which welcome we'll accept, feast here awhile, | Which welcome wee'le accept, feast here awhile, |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.53 | Yet pause awhile. | Yet pause awhile, |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.110 | Pray you, come hither awhile. You | Pray you come hither a while, you |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.21 | Like motes and shadows see them move awhile; | Like moats and shadowes, see them / Moue a while, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.166 | Give sorrow leave awhile to tutor me | Giue Sorrow leaue a while, to tuture me |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.3 | Whilst I awhile obsequiously lament | Whil'st I a-while obsequiously lament |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.73 | Keeper, I pray thee, sit by me awhile. | Keeper, I prythee sit by me a-while, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.41 | Withdraw yourself awhile. I'll go with you. | Withdraw your selfe a while, Ile goe with you. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.116 | O thou well-skilled in curses, stay awhile | O thou well skill'd in Curses, stay a-while, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.8 | This is the matter – Nurse, give leave awhile. | This is the matter: Nurse giue leaue awhile, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.15 | Cheerly, boys! Be brisk a while, and the longer liver | chearly Boyes, / Be brisk awhile, and the longer liuer |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.25 | I am aweary. Give me leave a while. | I am a weary, giue me leaue awhile, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.76 | Thou wilt be taken. – Stay awhile! – Stand up. | Thou wilt be taken, stay a while, stand vp: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.21 | What, with a torch! Muffle me, night, awhile. | What with a Torch? Muffle me night a while. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.46 | But stay awhile, what company is this? | But stay a while, what companie is this? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.35 | ears with the music awhile, if they will fare so harshly | eares with the Musicke awhile: If they will fare so harshly |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.197 | Well could I leave our sport to sleep awhile. | Well could I leaue our sport to sleepe a while. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.31 | But let her rest in her unrest awhile. | But let her rest, in her vnrest awhile. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.148 | But, gentle people, give me aim awhile, | But gentle people, giue me ayme a-while, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.12 | Stand you awhile aloof. (To Viola) Cesario, | Stand you a-while aloofe. Cesario, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.75 | An if the shepherd be a while away. | And if the Shepheard be awhile away. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.78 | And here he means to spend his time awhile. | And heere he meanes to spend his time a while, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.1 | Sir Thurio, give us leave, I pray, awhile; | Sir Thurio, giue vs leaue (I pray) a while, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.58 | Nay then, no matter; stay with me awhile; | Nay then no matter: stay with me a while, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.25 | Let's tune, and to it lustily awhile. | Let's tune: and too it lustily a while. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.27 | Love, lend me patience to forbear awhile. | Loue, lend me patience to forbeare a while. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.279 | Prince Palamon, I must awhile bereave you | Prince Palamon, I must awhile bereave you |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.70.2 | I awhile. | I a while. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.3 | I am cruel fearful. Pray yet stay awhile, | I am cruell fearefull: pray yet stay a while, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.388.2 | Soft, swain, awhile, beseech you. | Soft Swaine a-while, beseech you, |