| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.26 | End ere I do begin. | And ere I doe begin. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.15 | my Cupid's knocked out, and I begin to love as an old | my Cupid's knock'd out, and I beginne to loue, as an old |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.27 | begin to smoke me, and disgraces have of late knocked | beginne to smoake mee, and disgraces haue of late, knock'd |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.255 | I begin to love him for this. | I begin to loue him for this. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.318 | might begin an impudent nation. Fare ye well, sir. I am | might begin an impudent Nation. Fare yee well sir, I am |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.54 | Go thy ways. I begin to be aweary of thee, and I | Go thy waies, I begin to bee a wearie of thee, and I |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.188 | Till his deserts are past, begin to throw | Till his deserts are past, begin to throw |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.61.1 | Draw lots who shall begin. | Draw lots who shall begin. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.41 | Mine honesty and I begin to square. | Mine honesty, and I, beginne to square, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.1 | Go forth, Agrippa, and begin the fight. | Go forth Agrippa, and begin the fight: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.1 | My desolation does begin to make | My desolation does begin to make |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.80 | Is it even so? Begin you to grow upon me? I will | Is it euen so, begin you to grow vpon me? I will |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.238 | Rosalind and Celia begin to withdraw | |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.118 | You must begin, ‘ Will you, Orlando.’ | You must begin, will you Orlando. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.194 | Proceed, proceed. We'll begin these rites | Proceed, proceed: wee'l begin these rights, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.205 | become me. My way is to conjure you, and I'll begin | become mee. My way is to coniure you, and Ile begin |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.51 | But like a shrew you first begin to brawl. | But like a shrew you first begin to brawle. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.78 | The gods begin to mock me. I, that now | The Gods begin to mocke me: / I that now |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.178 | A curse begnaw at very root on's heart | A Curse begin at very root on's heart, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.217 | From where he should begin and end, but will | From where he should begin, and end, but will |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.66 | Where he was to begin, and give away | Where he was to begin, and giue away |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.23 | And winking Mary-buds begin to ope their golden eyes; | And winking Mary-buds begin to ope their Golden eyes |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.254 | We'll say our song the whilst. – Brother, begin. | Wee'l say our Song the whil'st: Brother begin. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.257.2 | So, begin. | So, begin. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.i.32 | To shame the guise o'th' world, I will begin, | To shame the guize o'th'world, I will begin, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.460 | My peace we will begin: and Caius Lucius, | My Peace we will begin: And Caius Lucius, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.447 | memory, begin at this line – let me see, let me see. | memory, begin at this Line, let me see, let me see: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.261 | So you must take your husbands. – Begin, murderer. | So you mistake Husbands. / Begin Murderer. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.262 | Pox, leave thy damnable faces and begin. Come; | Pox, leaue thy damnable Faces, and begin. Come, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.42 | I stand in pause where I shall first begin, | I stand in pause where I shall first begin, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.105 | And, as the world were now but to begin, | And as the world were now but to begin, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.272 | ‘ Now the King drinks to Hamlet.’ Come, begin. | Now the King drinkes to Hamlet. Come, begin, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.283 | And see already how he doth begin | And see already, how he doth beginne |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.228 | and begin to patch up thine old body for heaven? | and begin to patch vp thine old Body for Heauen? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.359 | Borne with black vapour, doth begin to melt | Borne with black Vapour, doth begin to melt, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.65 | And purge th' obstructions which begin to stop | And purge th' obstructions, which begin to stop |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.168 | Then with Scotland first begin.’ | then with Scotland first begin. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.7 | If I begin the battery once again, | If I begin the batt'rie once againe, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.40 | I have heard a sonnet begin so to one's mistress. | I haue heard a Sonnet begin so to ones Mistresse. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.104 | They begin to skirmish again | Begin againe. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.142 | We shall begin our ancient bickerings. | We shall begin our ancient bickerings: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.37 | Begin your suits anew and sue to him. | Begin your Suites anew, and sue to him. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.7 | Sweet York, begin; and if thy claim be good, | Sweet Yorke begin: and if thy clayme be good, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.13 | What! Can so young a thorn begin to prick? | What? can so young a Thorne begin to prick? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.108 | Begin it with weak straws. What trash is Rome, | Begin it with weake Strawes. What trash is Rome? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.152.1 | That other men begin. | That other men begin. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.39 | Begins his fashion. Do not talk of him | Begin his fashion. Do not talke of him, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.24 | And where I did begin, there shall I end. | And where I did begin, there shall I end, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.157 | On every side; and, Ned, thou must begin | On euery side, and Ned, thou must begin, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.84 | ‘ Better than beautiful ’ thou must begin. | Better then bewtifull thou must begin, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.92 | Begin. I will to contemplate the while. | Beginne I will to contemplat the while, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.377 | Then ‘ wife of Salisbury ’ shall I so begin? | Then wife of Salisbury shall I so begin: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.21 | Than when he sees it doth begin to rain | Then when he sees it doth begin to raigne, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.167 | And, Edward, when thou dar'st, begin the fight. | And Edward when thou darest, begin the fight: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.136 | For, from the instant we begin to live, | For from the instant we begin to liue, |
| King John | KJ I.i.194 | Thus, leaning on mine elbow, I begin – | Thus leaning on mine elbow I begin, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.48 | fortunes from us till our oldness cannot relish them. I begin | Fortunes fromvs, till our oldnesse cannot rellish them. I begin |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.67.2 | My wits begin to turn. | My wits begin to turne. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.155.1 | His wits begin t' unsettle. | His wits begin t' vnsettle. |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.59 | My tears begin to take his part so much | My teares begin to take his part so much, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.69 | Some enigma, some riddle. Come, thy l'envoy – begin. | Some enigma, some riddle, come, thy Lenuoy begin. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.91 | Now will I begin your moral, and do you follow with | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.103 | Come hither, come hither. How did this argument begin? | Come hither, come hither: / How did this argument begin? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.414 | And, to begin: wench – so God help me, law! – | And to begin Wench, so God helpe me law, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.602 | Begin, sir; you are my elder. | Begin sir, you are my elder. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.882 | Ver, begin. | Ver, begin. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.52 | Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, | Good things of Day begin to droope, and drowse, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.42 | I pull in resolution, and begin | I pull in Resolution, and begin |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.38 | learn to begin thy health, but, whilst I live, forget to | learne to begin thy health; but, whilst I liue forget to |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.96 | I now begin with grief and shame to utter. | I now begin with griefe, and shame to vtter. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.71 | I'll begin it – Ding, dong, bell. | Ile begin it. Ding, dong, bell. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.119 | I do begin to perceive that I am made an ass. | I do begin to perceiue that I am made an Asse. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.68 | you begin. When you have spoken your speech, enter | you begin; when you haue spoken your speech, enter |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.28 | Made senseless things begin to do them wrong. | Made senselesse things begin to do them wrong. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.46 | Her dotage now I do begin to pity. | Her dotage now I doe begin to pitty. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.139 | Begin these woodbirds but to couple now? | Begin these wood birds but to couple now? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.23 | That only wounds by hearsay. Now begin; | That onely wounds by heare-say: now begin, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.226 | itself abused, begin to heave the gorge, disrelish and | it selfe abus'd, begin to heaue the, gorge, disrellish and |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.193 | not very well. Nay, I think it is scurvy and begin to | not very well. Nay I think it is scuruy: and begin to |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.29 | But custom what they did begin | But custome what they did begin, |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.1 | Are the knights ready to begin the triumph? | Are the Knights ready to begin the Tryumph? |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.98 | Which Pericles hath lost, begin to part | which Pericles hath lost, / Begin to part |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.186 | Cousin, throw up your gage. Do you begin. | Coosin, throw downe your gage, / Do you begin. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.99 | Order the trial, Marshal, and begin. | Order the triall Marshall, and begin. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.116 | Attending but the signal to begin. | Attending but the signall to begin. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.323 | I do the wrong, and first begin to brawl. | I do the wrong, and first begin to brawle. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.70 | He did, my gracious lord, begin that place, | He did, my gracious Lord, begin that place, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.3 | And then again begin, and stop again, | And then againe begin, and stop againe, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.8 | Soldiers begin to set up the King's tent | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.38 | begin. | begin. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.135 | Should in the farthest East begin to draw | Should in the farthest East begin to draw |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.108 | Shall bitterly begin his fearful date | Shall bitterly begin his fearefull date |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.202 | Doth not rosemary and Romeo begin both with a letter? | Doth not Rosemarie and Romeo begin both with a letter? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.140 | horse in Padua to begin his wooing that would thoroughly | horse in Padua to begin his woing that would thoroughly |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.110 | nothing; an he begin once, he'll rail in his rope-tricks. | nothing; and he begin once, hee'l raile in his rope trickes. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.64 | I must begin with rudiments of art, | I must begin with rudiments of Art, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.59 | Now I begin. Imprimis, we came down a foul hill, my | now I begin, Inprimis wee came downe a fowle hill, my |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.75.1 | Who shall begin? | Who shall begin? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.132 | Come on, I say, and first begin with her. | Come on I say, and first begin with her. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.134 | I say she shall. And first begin with her. | I say she shall, and first begin with her. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.220 | Give me thy hand. I do begin to have bloody | Giue me thy hand, I do begin to haue bloody |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.67 | Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle | Begin to chace the ignorant fumes that mantle |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.248 | Nay, an you begin to rail on society once, I am | Nay, and you begin to raile on Societie once, I am |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.85 | And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle. | And thou shalt read, when mine begin to dazell. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.70 | Swear that he shall, and then I will begin. | Sweare that he shall, and then I will begin. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.160 | And stop their mouths, if they begin to cry. | |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.387 | Now, Ulysses, I begin to relish thy advice, | Now Vlysses, I begin to rellish thy aduice, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.47 | thou use to beat me, I will begin at thy heel, and tell | thou vse to beat me, I wil begin at thy heele, and tel |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.118 | Do in our eyes begin to lose their gloss, | Doe in our eyes, begin to loose their glosse; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.182 | That all the Greeks begin to worship Ajax, | That all the Greekes begin to worship Aiax; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.183 | Since things in motion sooner catch the eye | Since things in motion begin to catch the eye, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.22 | And very courtly counsel; I'll begin. | And very courtly counsell: Ile begin. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.93 | Half stints their strife before their strokes begin. | Halfe stints their strife, before their strokes begin. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.16 | begin to proclaim barbarism, and policy grows | began to proclaime barbarisme; and pollicie growes |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.66 | one to call me knave. Begin, fool; it begins (he sings) | one to call me knaue. Begin foole: it begins, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.68 | I shall never begin if I hold my peace. | I shall neuer begin if I hold my peace. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.69 | Good, i'faith. Come, begin! | Good ifaith: Come begin. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.10 | Even as I would when I to love begin. | Euen as I would, when I to loue begin. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.31 | begin. | begin. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.206 | That thus without advice begin to love her! | That thus without aduice begin to loue her? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.28 | The cranks and turns of Thebes? You did begin | The Cranckes, and turnes of Thebs? you did begin |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.35 | I did begin to speak of; this is virtue, | I did begin to speake of: This is vertue |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.24 | And, gasping to begin some speech, her eyes | And (gasping to begin some speech) her eyes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.43 | more than can be thought to begin from such a cottage. | more, then can be thought to begin from such a cottage |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.1 | When daffodils begin to peer, | When Daffadils begin to peere, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.60.1 | And begin, ‘ Why to me?’ | And begin, why to me? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.107 | Would she begin a sect, might quench the zeal | Would she begin a Sect, might quench the zeale |