| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.46 | 'Tis the best brine a maiden can season her | 'Tis the best brine a Maiden can season her |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.70.2 | He cannot want the best | He cannot want the best |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.73 | The best wishes that can be forged in your | The best wishes that can be forg'd in your |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.99 | wine; but if thou beest not an ass, I am a youth of fourteen; | wine. But if thou be'st not an asse, I am a youth of fourteene: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.249 | thy sleeves? Do other servants so? Thou wert best set | thy sleeues? Do other seruants so? Thou wert best set |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iii.2 | Great in our hope, lay our best love and credence | Great in our hope, lay our best loue and credence |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.20 | As we'll direct her how 'tis best to bear it. | As wee'l direct her how 'tis best to beare it: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.248 | would think truth were a fool. Drunkenness is his best | would thinke truth were a foole: drunkennesse is his best |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.281 | is reputed one of the best that is. In a retreat he outruns | is reputed one of the best that is. In a retreate hee outrunnes |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.144 | country for justice. Grant it me, O King! In you it best | Countrey for Iustice Grant it me, O King, in you it best |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.24.1 | The gods best know – | The Gods best know. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.61 | The garboils she awaked. At the last, best, | The Garboyles she awak'd: at the last, best, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.83 | But this is not the best. Look, prithee, Charmian, | But this is not the best. Looke prythee Charmian, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.59 | O heavenly mingle! Be'st thou sad or merry, | Oh heauenly mingle! Bee'st thou sad, or merrie, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.134 | No worse a husband than the best of men; | No worse a husband then the best of men: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.4 | My arm is sore; best play with Mardian. | My arme is sore, best play with Mardian. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.59.1 | For the best turn i'th' bed. | For the best turne i'th'bed. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.15 | But he loves Caesar best, yet he loves Antony – | But he loues Casar best, yet he loues Anthony: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.9 | When the best hint was given him, he not took't, | When the best hint was giuen him: he not look't, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.21 | Let your best love draw to that point which seeks | Let your best loue draw to that point which seeks |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.22 | Best to preserve it. If I lose mine honour, | Best to preserue it: if I loose mine Honour, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.89 | Of us and those that love you. Best of comfort, | Of vs, and those that loue you. Best of comfort, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.26 | Which might have well becomed the best of men | Which might haue well becom'd the best of men |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.30 | In their best fortunes strong, but want will perjure | In their best Fortunes strong; but want will periure |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.i.10.2 | Let our best heads | Let our best heads |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.26 | I tell you true. Best you safed the bringer | I tell you true: Best you saf't the bringer |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.38 | Some ditch wherein to die; the foul'st best fits | Some Ditch, wherein to dye: the foul'st best fits |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.x.8 | Where their appointment we may best discover | Where their appointment we may best discouer, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xi.2 | Which, as I take't, we shall, for his best force | Which as I tak't we shall, for his best force |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xi.4 | And hold our best advantage. | And hold our best aduantage. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.6 | Mark Antony I served, who best was worthy | Marke Anthony I seru'd, who best was worthie |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.7 | Best to be served. Whilst he stood up and spoke, | Best to be seru'd: whil'st he stood vp, and spoke |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.68 | It shall content me best. Be gentle to her. | It shall content me best: Be gentle to her, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.203 | Make your best use of this. I have performed | Make your best vse of this. I haue perform'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.228 | My best attires. I am again for Cydnus, | My best Attyres. I am againe for Cidrus, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.137 | break his neck as his finger. And thou wert best look | breake his necke as his finger. And thou wert best looke |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.158 | of my own people, who best know him, that I am | of my owne people, who best know him, that I am |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.106 | your ladyships, you may see the end, for the best is yet | your Ladiships, you may see the end, for the best is yet |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.275 | 'Tis a fault I will not change for your best | 'Tis a fault I will not change, for your best |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.115 | He'll make a proper man. The best thing in him | Hee'll make a proper man: the best thing in him |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.68 | I say I am a magician. Therefore, put you in your best | I say I am a Magitian: Therefore put you in your best |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.109 | I see the jewel best enamelled | I see the Iewell best enamaled |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.67 | In debating which was best, we shall part with neither. | In debating which was best, wee shall part with neither. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.224 | Our musty superfluity. See, our best elders. | Our mustie superfluity. See our best Elders. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.54 | Of their best trust; o'er them Aufidius, | Of their best trust: O're them Auffidious, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.66.1 | That best can aid your action. | That best can ayde your action. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.85.1 | Which men are best inclined. | Which men are best inclin'd. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.76 | The best, with whom we may articulate | The best, with whom we may articulate, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.81 | When you speak best unto the purpose, it is not worth | when you speake best vnto the purpose. It is not woorth |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.87 | peradventure some of the best of 'em were hereditary | peraduenture some of the best of 'em were hereditarie |
| 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 II.iii.241 | That our best water brought by conduits hither; | That our best Water, brought by Conduits hither, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.243 | Take up a brace o'th' best of them; yea, the two Tribunes. | take vp a Brace o'th' best of them, yea, the two Tribunes. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.47 | The same you are not, which for your best ends | The same you are not, which for your best ends |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.142 | As best thou art experienced, since thou know'st | As best thou art experienc'd, since thou know'st |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.113 | Does of the shepherds. For his best friends, if they | Doe's of the Shepheards: For his best Friends, if they |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.145 | did very many of us. That we did, we did for the best, | did very many of vs, that we did we did for the best, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.42 | Even to a full disgrace. (Rising and going to her) Best of my flesh, | euen to a full Disgrace. Best of my Flesh, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.35 | My best and freshest men; served his designments | My best and freshest men, seru'd his designements |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.148.1 | Let's make the best of it. | Let's make the Best of it. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.87.1 | Out of your best advice. | Out of your best aduice. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.13 | Could best express how slow his soul sailed on, | Could best expresse how slow his Soule sayl'd on, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.186 | The best feather of our wing – have mingled sums | (The best Feather of our wing) haue mingled summes |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.96 | To your best kindness: one of your great knowing | To your best kindnesse: one of your great knowing |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.33 | And therewithal the best, or let her beauty | And therewithall the best, or let her beauty |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.78.2 | Madam, you're best consider. | Madam, you're best consider. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.29 | What air's from home. Haply this life is best – | What Ayre's from home. Hap'ly this life is best, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.30 | If quiet life be best – sweeter to you | (If quiet life be best) sweeter to you |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.58 | First, with the best of note. Cymbeline loved me, | First, with the best of Note. Cymbeline lou'd me, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.195.1 | Direct you to the best! | Direct you to the best. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.74 | The best she hath, and she of all compounded | The best she hath, and she of all compounded |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.19 | I were best not call; I dare not call: yet famine, | I were best not call; I dare not call: yet Famine |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.25 | Best draw my sword; and if mine enemy | Best draw my Sword; and if mine Enemy |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.1 | You, Polydore, have proved best woodman, and | You Polidore haue prou'd best Woodman, and |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.i.16 | But Innogen is your own, do your best wills, | But Imogen is your owne, do your best willes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.56 | In eye of Innogen, that best | In eye of Imogen, that best |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.101 | Whom best I love I cross; to make my gift, | Whom best I loue, I crosse; to make my guift |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.191 | should have the best use of eyes to see the way of | shold haue the best vse of eyes, to see the way of |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.110 | What's best to ask. Know'st him thou look'st on? Speak, | What's best to aske. Know'st him thou look'st on? speak |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.117 | And lend my best attention. What's thy name? | And lend my best attention. What's thy name? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.159 | Where ill men were, and was the best of all | Where ill men were, and was the best of all |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.163 | Of him that best could speak: for feature, laming | Of him that best could speake: for Feature, laming |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.63 | And thy best graces spend it at thy will. | And thy best graces spend it at thy will: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.120 | I shall in all my best obey you, madam. | I shall in all my best / Obey you Madam. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.43 | Be wary then. Best safety lies in fear. | Be wary then, best safety lies in feare; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.73 | And they in France of the best rank and station | And they in France of the best ranck and station, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.27 | Murder most foul, as in the best it is, | Murther most foule, as in the best it is; |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.120 | to reckon my groans. But that I love thee best, O most best, | toreckon my grones; but that I loue thee best, oh most Best |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.395 | The best actors in the world, either for | The best Actors in the world, either for |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.188.1 | Your wisdom best shall think. | Your wisedome best shall thinke. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.ii.17 | King best service in the end. He keeps them, like an ape | King best seruice in the end. He keepes them like an Ape |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.292 | I pray you, pass with your best violence. | I pray you passe with your best violence, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.99 | He did confound the best part of an hour | He did confound the best part of an houre |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.95 | And cuts me from the best of all my land | And cuts me from the best of all my Land, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.3.1 | 'Twere best he did. | 'Twere best he did. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.92 | Let each man do his best. And here draw I | Let each man do his best. And heere I draw |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.94 | With the best blood that I can meet withal | With the best blood that I can meete withall, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.115 | From the best-tempered courage in his troops; | From the best temper'd Courage in his Troopes. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.108 | Past and to come seems best; things present, worst. | "Past, and to Come, seemes best; things Present, worst. |
| 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 III.ii.23 | the best of them all at commandment. Then was Jack | the best of them all at commandement. Then was Iacke |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.249 | with the best. | with the best. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.154 | Our armour all as strong, our cause the best; | Our Armor all as strong, our Cause the best; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.161 | Therefore thou best of gold art worst of gold. | Therefore, thou best of Gold, art worst of Gold. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.137 | In equal rank with the best-governed nation; | In equall ranke, with the best gouern'd Nation, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.23 | It is best, certain. | It is most certaine. |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.61 | And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best | And holesome Berryes thriue and ripen best, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.19 | No doubt, my liege, if each man do his best. | No doubt my Liege, if each man do his best. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.139 | To mark the full-fraught man and best endued | To make thee full fraught man, and best indued |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.43 | In cases of defence, 'tis best to weigh | In cases of defence, 'tis best to weigh |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.37 | words are the best men; and therefore he scorns to say | Words are the best men, and therefore hee scornes to say |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.3 | Therefore to our best mercy give yourselves, | Therefore to our best mercy giue your selues, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.6 | A name that in my thoughts becomes me best, | A Name that in my thoughts becomes me best; |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.1 | Tut! I have the best armour of the world. | Tut, I haue the best Armour of the World: |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.5 | It is the best horse of Europe. | It is the best Horse of Europe. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.277 | Whose hours the peasant best advantages. | Whose howres, the Pesant best aduantages. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.33 | For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more! | For the best hope I haue. O, doe not wish one more: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.36 | did in his ales and his angers, look you, kill his best | did in his Ales and his angers (looke you) kill his best |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.25 | The Mayor and all his brethren in best sort, | The Maior and all his Brethren in best sort, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.28 | Your mightiness on both parts best can witness. | Your Mightinesse on both parts best can witnesse. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.36 | Should not in this best garden of the world | Should not in this best Garden of the World, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.87 | Augment, or alter, as your wisdoms best | Augment, or alter, as your Wisdomes best |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.239 | be not fellow with the best king, thou shalt find the best | be not Fellow with the best King, thou shalt finde the best |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.351 | God, the best maker of all marriages, | God, the best maker of all Marriages, |
| Henry V | H5 Epil.chorus.7 | By which the world's best garden he achieved, | By which, the Worlds best Garden he atchieued: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.172 | And for his safety there I'll best devise. | And for his safetie there Ile best deuise. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.65 | Where is best place to make our battery next. | Where is best place to make our Batt'ry next? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.14 | As fitting best to quittance their deceit | As fitting best to quittance their deceite, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.14 | Between two horses, which doth bear him best; | Between two Horses, which doth beare him best, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.181 | Now will it best avail your majesty | Now will it best auaile your Maiestie, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.22 | Here is the best and safest passage in? | Here is the best and safest passage in. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.83 | I were best to leave him, for he will not hear. | I were best to leaue him, for he will not heare. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.110 | Warwick may live to be the best of all. | Warwicke may liue to be the best of all. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.19 | That time best fits the work we have in hand. | That time best fits the worke we haue in hand. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.184 | And look thyself be faultless, thou wert best. | And looke thy selfe be faultlesse, thou wert best. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.44 | Where it best fits to be, in Henry's hand. | Where it best fits to be, in Henries hand. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.163 | And with your best endeavour have stirred up | And with your best endeuour haue stirr'd vp |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.195 | My lords, what to your wisdoms seemeth best | My Lords, what to your wisdomes seemeth best, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.35 | Brave thee? Ay, by the best blood that ever was | Braue thee? I by the best blood that euer was |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.71 | Kent from me she hath lost her best man, and exhort | Kent from me, she hath lost her best man, and exhort |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.196 | You were best to go to bed and dream again, | You were best to go to bed, and dreame againe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.17 | Richard hath best deserved of all my sons. | Richard hath best deseru'd of all my sonnes: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.45 | Neither the King nor he that loves him best, | Neither the King, nor he that loues him best, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.54 | Ah, cousin York! Would thy best friends did know | Ah Cosin Yorke, would thy best Friends did know, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.74 | The Queen hath best success when you are absent. | The Queene hath best successe when you are absent. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.10 | Now one the better, then another best; | Now, one the better: then, another best; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.18 | They prosper best of all when I am thence. | They prosper best of all when I am thence. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.105 | Shall do and undo as him pleaseth best. | Shall do, and vndo as him pleaseth best. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.8 | Here stand we both, and aim we at the best; | Heere stand we both, and ayme we at the best: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.170 | I hope all's for the best. | I hope, all's for the best. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iii.20 | We, having now the best at Barnet field, | We hauing now the best at Barnet field, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.91 | Counting myself but bad till I be best. | Counting my selfe but bad, till I be best. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.29 | Equal in lustre, were now best, now worst, | Equall in lustre, were now best, now worst |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.121 | Have not the power to muzzle him; therefore best | Haue not the power to muzzle him, therefore best |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.1 | My life itself, and the best heart of it, | My life it selfe, and the best heart of it, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.81 | Than vainly longing. What we oft do best, | Then vainly longing. What we oft doe best, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.85 | For our best act. If we shall stand still, | For our best Act: if we shall stand still, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.108 | Who's best in favour. Let the music knock it. | Who's best in fauour. Let the Musicke knock it. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.4 | best breed in the north. When they were ready to set out for | best breed in the North. When they were ready to set out for |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.112 | Ay, and the best she shall have, and my favour | I, and the best she shall haue; and my fauour |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.113 | To him that does best, God forbid else. Cardinal, | To him that does best, God forbid els: Cardinall, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.23.1 | Is our best having. | Is our best hauing. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.195 | Well worthy the best heir o'th' world, should not | (Well worthy the best Heyre o'th'World) should not |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.138 | Of your best graces in your mind, the which | Of your best Graces, in your minde; the which |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.258 | With thee and all thy best parts bound together, | (With thee, and all thy best parts bound together) |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.147 | The best persuasions to the contrary | The best perswasions to the contrary |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.13 | And want of wisdom, you, that best should teach us, | And want of wisedome, you that best should teach vs, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.45 | Dare bite the best. I do beseech your lordships | Dare bite the best. I doe beseech your, Lordships, |
| Henry VIII | H8 epilogue.13 | All the best men are ours; for 'tis ill hap | All the best men are ours; for 'tis ill hap, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.8 | What dost thou with thy best apparel on? | What dost thou with thy best Apparrell on? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.48 | And do you now put on your best attire? | And do you now put on your best attyre? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.59 | Where many of the best respect in Rome, | Where many of the best respect in Rome, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.125 | That your best friends shall wish I had been further. | That your best Friends shall wish I had beene further. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.5 | At your best leisure, this his humble suit. | (At your best leysure) this his humble suite. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.121 | With the most boldest and best hearts of Rome. | With the most boldest, and best hearts of Rome. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.45 | slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the | slewe my best Louer for the good of Rome, I haue the |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.69 | 'Twere best he speak no harm of Brutus here! | 'Twere best he speake no harme of Brutus heere? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.12 | Ay, and truly, you were best. | I, and truly, you were best. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.44 | Our best friends made, our means stretched; | Our best Friends made, our meanes stretcht, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.46 | How covert matters may be best disclosed, | How couert matters may be best disclos'd, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.102 | If that thou be'st a Roman, take it forth. | If that thou bee'st a Roman, take it foorth. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.35 | To see my best friend ta'en before my face! | To see my best Friend tane before my face. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.179 | The sick man best sets down the pangs of death, | The sick man best sets downe the pangs of death, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.373 | And do your best to make his highness merry. | And do your best to make his highnes merrie. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.94 | Mean space, my lords, 'tis best we be dispersed | Meane space my Lords, tis best we be disperst, |
| King John | KJ I.i.197 | ‘ O sir,’ says answer, ‘ at your best command; | O sir, sayes answer, at your best command, |
| King John | KJ II.i.40 | To cull the plots of best advantages. | To cull the plots of best aduantages: |
| King John | KJ II.i.296 | In best appointment all our regiments. | In best appointment all our Regiments. |
| King John | KJ II.i.328 | By our best eyes cannot be censured. | By our best eyes cannot be censured: |
| King John | KJ III.i.201.2 | Your breeches best may carry them. | Your breeches best may carry them. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.43 | The best I had, a princess wrought it me – | (The best I had, a Princesse wrought it me) |
| King John | KJ IV.i.85 | I am best pleased to be from such a deed. | I am best pleas'd to be from such a deede. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.51 | Bend their best studies – heartily request | Bend their best studies, heartily request |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.28 | Whate'er you think, good words, I think, were best. | What ere you thinke, good words I thinke were best. |
| King John | KJ V.ii.105 | Have I not here the best cards for the game | Haue I not heere the best Cards for the game |
| King John | KJ V.vii.61 | For in a night the best part of my power, | For in a night the best part of my powre, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.97 | With other princes that may best be spared, | With other Princes that may best be spar'd, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.150 | And in thy best consideration check | And in thy best consideration checke |
| King Lear | KL I.i.214 | That she whom even but now was your best object, | That she whom euen but now, was your obiect, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.216 | The best, the dearest, should in this trice of time | The best, the deerest, should in this trice of time |
| King Lear | KL I.i.294 | The best and soundest of his time hath been | The best and soundest of his time hath bin |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.47 | makes the world bitter to the best of our times, keeps our | makes the world bitter to the best of our times: keepes our |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.112 | have seen the best of our time. Machinations, hollowness, | haue seene the best of our time. Machinations, hollownesse, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.169 | Brother, I advise you to the best. I am no honest | Brother, I aduise you to the best, I am no honest |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.21 | If thou be'st as poor for a subject as he's for a king | If thou be'st as poore for a subiect, as hee's for a King, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.35 | and the best of me is diligence. | and the best of me, is Dilligence. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.97 | Sirrah, you were best take my coxcomb. | Sirrah, you were best take my Coxcombe. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.14 | The Duke be here tonight! The better! best! | The Duke be here to night? The better best, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.52 | But when he saw my best alarumed spirits | And when he saw my best alarum'd spirits |
| King Lear | KL II.i.122 | Of differences, which I best thought it fit | Of differences, which I best though it fit |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.293 | 'Tis best to give him way. He leads himself. | 'Tis best to giue him way, he leads himselfe. |
| King Lear | KL III.i.33 | In some of our best ports and are at point | |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.5 | The lamentable change is from the best; | The lamentable change is from the best, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.49 | I'll bring him the best 'parel that I have. | Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.4 | Who with best meaning have incurred the worst. | Who with best meaning haue incurr'd the worst: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.57 | And the best quarrels in the heat are cursed | |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.70 | By me invested, he compeers the best. | By me inuested, he compeeres the best. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.137 | This sword, this arm, and my best spirits are bent | This Sword, this arme, and my best spirits are bent |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.277 | Mine eyes are not o'the best, I'll tell you straight. | Mine eyes are not o'th'best, Ile tell you straight. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.231 | the sixth hour; when beasts most graze, birds best peck, | thesixt houre, When beasts most grase, birds best pecke, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.267 | This is not so well as I looked for, but the best | This is not so well as I looked for, but the best |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.269 | Ay, the best for the worst. But, sirrah, what say you | I the best, for the worst. But sirra, What say you |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.82 | As I have read, sir; and the best of them too. | As I haue read sir, and the best of them too. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.29 | As our best-moving fair solicitor. | As our best mouing faire soliciter: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.130 | him a coin), for the best ward of mine honour is | for the best ward of mine honours is rewarding |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.172 | You were best call it ‘ daughter-beamed eyes.’ | You were best call it Daughter beamed eyes. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.229.2 | I am best pleased with that. | I am best pleas'd with that. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.375 | With eyes' best seeing, heaven's fiery eye, | With eies best seeing, heauens fierie eie: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.514 | That sport best pleases that doth least know how – | That sport best pleases, that doth least know how. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.558 | best Worthy. | best Worthie. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.639 | No; he is best indued in the small. | No, he is best indued in the small. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.748 | Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief; | Honest plain words, best pierce the ears of griefe |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.73 | To know my deed 'twere best not know myself. | To know my deed, / 'Twere best not know my selfe. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iii.21 | Best half of our affair. | Best halfe of our Affaire. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.5 | Our hostess keeps her state; but in best time | Our Hostesse keepes her State, but in best time |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.16.2 | Thou art the best o'the cut-throats. | Thou art the best o'th' Cut-throats, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.34 | 'Tis given with welcome. To feed were best at home; | 'Tis giuen, with welcome: to feede were best at home: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.127 | And show the best of our delights. | And shew the best of our delights. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.16 | He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows | He is Noble, Wise, Iudicious, and best knowes |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.150 | Himself best knows: but strangely visited people, | Himselfe best knowes: but strangely visited people |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.25 | If thou be'st slain, and with no stroke of mine, | If thou beest slaine, and with no stroake of mine, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.74 | And He that might the vantage best have took | And he that might the vantage best haue tooke, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.17 | Of a poor worm. Thy best of rest is sleep, | Of a poore worme: thy best of rest is sleepe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.63 | Therefore your best appointment make with speed; | Therefore your best appointment make with speed, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.154.1 | 'Tis best thou diest quickly. | 'Tis best that thou diest quickly. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.70 | The best and wholesom'st spirits of the night | The best, and wholsomst spirits of the night, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.158 | reports, but the best is, he lives not in them. | reports, but the best is, he liues not in them. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.254 | Do with your injuries as seems you best, | Doe with your iniuries as seemes you best |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.436 | They say best men are moulded out of faults, | They say best men are moulded out of faults, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.83 | is best he is a little worse than a man, and when he is | is best, he is a little worse then a man, and when he is |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.112 | foolish eyes looked upon, was the best deserving a fair | foolish eyes look'd vpon, was the best deseruing a faire |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.10 | The best-regarded virgins of our clime | The best regarded Virgins of our Clyme |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.160 | My best-esteemed acquaintance. Hie thee, go. | My best esteemd acquaintance, hie thee goe. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.161 | My best endeavours shall be done herein. | My best endeuors shall be done herein. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.26 | If thou be'st rated by thy estimation, | If thou beest rated by thy estimation |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.33 | You were best to tell Antonio what you hear, | Yo were best to tell Anthonio what you heare. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.293 | The best-conditioned and unwearied spirit | The best condition'd, and vnwearied spirit |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.41 | the best grace of wit will shortly turn into silence, and | the best grace of witte will shortly turne into silence, and |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.177 | Why, I were best to cut my left hand off | Why I were best to cut my left hand off, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.61 | How shall I be revenged on him? I think the best way | How shall I bee reuenged on him? I thinke the best way |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.60 | wonderful. The best courtier of them all, when the | wonderfull: the best Courtier of them all (when the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.67 | wine and sugar of the best and the fairest, that would | wine and suger of the best, and the fairest, that would |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.46 | husband were dead. I'll speak it before the best lord, | Husband were dead, Ile speake it before the best Lord, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.147 | bear it? You were best meddle with buck-washing. | beare it? You were best meddle with buck-washing. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.130 | There's a hole made in your best coat, Master Ford. This | ther's a hole made in your best coate (Master Ford:) this |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.1 | 'Tis one of the best discretions of a 'oman as ever | 'Tis one of the best discretions of a o'man as euer |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.85 | And he my husband best of all affects. | And he, my husband best of all affects: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.177 | Dispatched? I'll make the best in Gloucestershire | Dispatch'd? Ile make the best in Glostershire |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.170 | By his best arrow with the golden head, | By his best arrow with the golden head, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.2 | You were best to call them generally, man by | You were best to call them generally, man by |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.84 | best to play it in? | best to play it in? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.151 | Help me, Lysander, help me! Do thy best | Helpe me Lysander, helpe me; do thy best |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.120 | And those things do best please me | And those things doe best please me, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.9 | No, he hath simply the best wit of any handicraft | No, hee hath simply the best wit of any handy-craft |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.11 | Yea and the best person, too; and he is a very | Yea, and the best person too, and hee is a very |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.208 | The best in this kind are but shadows; and the | The best in this kind are but shadowes, and the |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.224 | The very best at a beast, my lord, that e'er I. | The verie best at a beast, my Lord, ytere I |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.393 | To the best bride bed will we, | To the best Bride-bed will we, |
| 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 II.iii.89 | The best I can, my lord. | The best I can, my Lord. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.103 | Which is the best to furnish me tomorrow. | Which is the best to furnish me to morrow. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.239 | As best befits her wounded reputation, | As best befits her wounded reputation, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.30.1 | You were best go in. | You were best go in. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.121 | Ancient, conduct them: you best know the place. | Aunciant, conduct them: / You best know the place. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.171 | Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the best: | Good Brabantio, take vp this mangled matter at the best: |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.220 | Cyprus. Othello, the fortitude of the place is best known | Cyprus: Othello, the Fortitude of the place is best knowne |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.294 | And bring them after in the best advantage. | And bring them after in the best aduantage. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.142 | best. But what praise couldst thou bestow on a deserving | best. But what praise could'st thou bestow on a deseruing |
| Othello | Oth II.i.208 | the harbour. (To Roderigo) Come hither. If thou be'st | the Harbour. Come thither, if thou be'st |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.200 | And passion, having my best judgement collied, | And passion (hauing my best iudgement collied) |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.202 | Or do but lift this arm, the best of you | Or do but lift this Arme, the best of you |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.235 | But men are men; the best sometimes forget. | But Men are Men: The best sometimes forget, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.237 | As men in rage strike those that wish them best, | As men in rage strike those that wish them best, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.66 | Out of their best – is not almost a fault | Out of her best, is not almost a fault |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.201 | They dare not show their husbands; their best conscience | They dare not shew their Husbands. / Their best Conscience, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.123 | As I have spoken for you all my best, | As I haue spoken for you all my best, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.96 | I think she stirs again. No. What's best to do? | I thinke she stirres againe. No, what's best to do? |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.160.2 | Peace, you were best. | Peace, you were best. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.171 | Disprove this villain, if thou be'st a man: | Disproue this Villaine, if thou bee'st a man: |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.284 | If that thou be'st a devil, I cannot kill thee. | If that thou bee'st a Diuell, I cannot kill thee. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.303.2 | Well, thou dost best. | Well, thou dost best. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.42 | I give my cause, who best can justify. | I giue my cause, who best can iustifie. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.12 | To knit in her their best perfections. | To knit in her, their best perfections. |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.20 | I'll do my best, sir. | Ile doe my best Syr. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.25 | And that in Tarsus was not best | And that in Tharsis was not best, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.164 | have my best gown to make thee a pair, and I'll bring | haue / My best Gowne to make thee a paire; / And Ile bring |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.108 | (to Pericles) But you the best. – Pages and lights, to conduct | But you the best: Pages and lights, to conduct |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.115 | Tomorrow all for speeding do their best. | To morrow all for speeding do their best. |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.38 | That best know how to rule and how to reign, | That best know how to rule, and how to raigne, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.37 | Now the good gods throw their best eyes upon't. | Now the good Gods throw their best eyes vpon't. |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.38 | No care to your best courses. Go, I pray you. | no care to your best courses, go I pray you, |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.97 | We shall have him here tomorrow with his best | We shall haue him here to morrow with his best |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.34 | The fairest, sweetest, and best lies here, | The fairest, sweetest and best lyes heere, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.167.1 | 'Twere best I did give o'er. | twere best I did giue ore. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.149 | Even in the best blood chambered in his bosom. | Euen in the best blood chamber'd in his bosome. |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.36 | The best way is to venge my Gloucester's death. | The best way is to venge my Glousters death. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.31 | Excepting one, I would he were the best | Excepting one, I would he were the best |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.116 | Yet best beseeming me to speak the truth: | Yet best beseeming me to speake the truth. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.100 | Were best he do it secretly, alone. | were best to do it secretly alone. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.63 | Where it seems best unto your royal self. | Where it think'st best vnto your Royall selfe. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.67 | For your best health and recreation. | For your best health, and recreation. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.142 | Best fitteth my degree or your condition. | Best fitteth my Degree, or your Condition. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.185 | Even in the afternoon of her best days, | Euen in the after-noone of her best dayes, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.269 | As one being best acquainted with her humour. | As one being best acquainted with her humour. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.337 | What were I best to say? Her father's brother | What were I best to say, her Fathers Brother |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.358 | An honest tale speeds best being plainly told. | An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.532 | That is the best news. That the Earl of Richmond | That is the best newes: that the Earle of Richmond |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.93 | With best advantage will deceive the time | With best aduantage will deceiue thet ime, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.98 | And she shall scant show well that now seems best. | And she shew scant shell, well, that now shewes best. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.119 | Away, be gone;. The sport is at the best. | Away, be gone, the sport is at the best. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.32 | Blind is his love and best befits the dark. | Blind is his Loue, and best befits the darke. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.104 | I thought all for the best. | I thought all for the best. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.10 | It best agrees with night. Come, civil night, | It best agrees with night: come ciuill night, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.61 | O Tybalt, Tybalt, the best friend I had! | O Tybalt, Tybalt, the best Friend I had: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.142 | Happiness courts thee in her best array. | Happinesse Courts thee in her best array, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.218 | I think it best you married with the County. | I thinke it best you married with the Countie, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.110 | In thy best robes uncovered on the bier | In thy best Robes vncouer'd on the Beere, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.1 | Ay, those attires are best. But, gentle Nurse, | I those attires are best, but gentle Nurse |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.78 | But she's best married that dies married young. | But shee's best married, that dies married yong. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.81 | In all her best array bear her to church. | And in her best array beare her to Church: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.78 | A pretty peat! It is best | A pretty peate, it is best |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.139 | I am agreed, and would I had given him the best | I am agreed, and would I had giuen him the best |
| 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.55 | Haply to wive and thrive as best I may. | Happily to wiue and thriue, as best I may: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.86 | Brought up as best becomes a gentlewoman. | Brought vp as best becomes a Gentlewoman. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.9 | Whom thou lov'st best. See thou dissemble not. | Whom thou lou'st best: see thou dissemble not. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.210 | If I be waspish, best beware my sting. | If I be waspish, best beware my sting. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.379 | I must confess your offer is the best, | I must confesse your offer is the best, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.78 | Old fashions please me best. I am not so nice | Old fashions please me best, I am not so nice |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.54 | And revel it as bravely as the best, | And reuell it as brauely as the best, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.76 | And if you cannot, best you stop your ears. | And If you cannot, best you stop your eares. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.100 | I'll none of it. Hence, make your best of it. | Ile none of it; hence, make your best of it. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.48 | I thank you, sir. Where then do you know best | I thanke you sir, where then doe you know best |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.13 | They're busy within. You were best knock louder. | They're busie within, you were best knocke lowder. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.94 | Then thou wert best say that I am not Lucentio. | Then thou wert best saie that I am not Lucentio. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.8 | Feast with the best, and welcome to my house. | Feast with the best, and welcome to my house, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.190 | To answer thy best pleasure, be't to fly, | To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.286 | Whom now I keep in service. Thou best know'st | Whom now I keepe in seruice, thou best know'st |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.366 | Fetch us in fuel – and be quick, thou'rt best, | Fetch vs in Fewell, and be quicke thou'rt best |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.430 | I am the best of them that speak this speech, | I am the best of them that speake this speech, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.431.2 | How? The best? | How? the best? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.326 | That's verily. 'Tis best we stand upon our guard, | That's verily: 'tis best we stand vpon our guard; |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.37 | Alas, the storm is come again. My best way is to creep | Alas, the storme is come againe: my best way is to creepe |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.157 | I'll show thee the best springs. I'll pluck thee berries. | I'le shew thee the best Springs: I'le plucke thee / Berries: |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.40 | I have eyed with best regard, and many a time | I haue ey'd with best regard, and many a time |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.48.1 | Of every creature's best. | Of euerie Creatures best. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.71 | What best is boded me to mischief! I, | What best is boaded me, to mischiefe: I, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.52 | The best is past. Brother, my lord the Duke, | The best is past: brother: my Lord, the Duke, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.58 | A solemn air, and the best comforter | A solemne Ayre, and the best comforter, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.221 | The best news is that we have safely found | The best newes is, that we haue safely found |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.129 | In qualities of the best. This man of thine | In Qualities of the best. This man of thine |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.198 | The best, for the innocence. | The best, for the innocence. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.77 | no meat like 'em. I could wish my best friend at such a | no meat like 'em, I could wish my best friend at such a |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.121 | That of his bounties taste! The five best senses | that of his Bounties taste: the fiue best Sences |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.149 | My lord, you take us even at the best. | My Lord you take vs euen at the best. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.233 | The best of happiness, honour, and fortunes | The best of Happines, Honor, and Fortunes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.202 | Of whom, even to the state's best health, I have | Of whom, euen to the States best health; I haue |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.86 | And the best half should have returned to him, | And the best halfe should haue return'd to him, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.36 | This was my lord's best hope. Now all are fled, | This was my Lords best hope, now all are fled |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.28 | Ever at the best, hearing well of your | Euer at the best, hearing well of your |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.50 | I'll ever serve his mind with my best will; | Ile euer serue his minde, with my best will, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.246 | The other at high wish. Best state, contentless, | The other, at high wish: best state Contentlesse, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.292.2 | The best and truest; | The best, and truest: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.22 | Good as the best. Promising is the very air | Good as the best. / Promising, is the verie Ayre |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.67.1 | Make them best seen and known. | Make them best seene, and knowne. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.79 | Best in all Athens. Th' art indeed the best; | Best in all Athens, th'art indeed the best, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.141.1 | For thy best use and wearing. | For thy best vse and wearing. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.68 | Patron of virtue, Rome's best champion, | Patron of Vertue, Romes best Champion, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.167 | Whose fortunes Rome's best citizens applaud. | Whose Fortune Romes best Citizens applau'd. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.414 | My lord, what I have done, as best I may | My Lord, what I haue done as best I may, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.33 | Than prosecute the meanest or the best | Then prosecute the meanest or the best |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.106 | Bid him demand what pledge will please him best. | Bid him demaund what pledge will please him best. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.274 | Shall make it good, or do his best to do it, | Shall make it good, or do his best to do it. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.374 | In taint of our best man. No, make a lottery, | In taint of our best man. No, make a Lott'ry, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.261 | And cull their flower, Ajax shall cope the best. | And cull their flowre, Aiax shall cope the best. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.106.1 | Pleases me best. | pleases me best. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.37 | All, if you will; for I myself am best | All if you will: for I my selfe am best |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.40.2 | I'll do my best | Ile do my best |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.28 | lady. Make your excuse wisely, you were best. | Lady: make your excuse wisely, you were best. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.28 | Excellent! Why, this is the best fooling, | Excellent: Why this is the best fooling, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.143 | best persuaded of himself, so crammed, as he thinks, | best perswaded of himselfe: so cram'd (as he thinkes) |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.20 | Tomorrow, sir; best first go see your lodging. | To morrow sir, best first go see your Lodging? |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.41 | Is best to lodge. I will bespeak our diet | Is best to lodge: I will bespeake our dyet, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.12 | ladyship were best to have some guard about you, if he | Ladyship were best to haue some guard about you, if hee |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.101 | If the ground be overcharged, you were best stick | If the ground be ouer-charg'd, you were best sticke |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.103 | Nay, in that you are astray; 'twere best pound | Nay, in that you are astray: 'twere best pound |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.21 | Then thus: of many good, I think him best. | Then thus: of many good, I thinke him best. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.28 | Yet he, of all the rest, I think best loves ye. | Yet he, of all the rest, I thinke best loues ye. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.83 | Best sing it to the tune of ‘ Light o' love.’ | Best sing it to the tune of Light O, Loue. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.102 | She makes it strange, but she would be best pleased | She makes it strãge, but she would be best pleas'd |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.134 | If you respect them, best to take them up. | If you respect them; best to take them vp. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.24 | Then tell me, whither were I best to send him? | Then tell me, whether were I best to send him? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.52 | Why e'en what fashion thou best likes, Lucetta. | Why eu'n what fashion thou best likes (Lucetta.) |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.93 | A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her. | A woman somtime scorns what best cõtents her. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.128 | How shall I best convey the ladder thither? | How shall I best conuey the Ladder thither? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.334 | Well, the best is, she hath no teeth to bite. | Well: the best is, she hath no teeth to bite. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.31 | The best way is to slander Valentine, | The best way is, to slander Valentine, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.46 | Read over Julia's heart, thy first best love, | Read ouer Iulia's heart, (thy first best Loue) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.159.2 | Artesius, that best knowest | Artesuis that best knowest |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.170.1 | For best solicitation? | For best solicitation. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.9 | Those best affections that the heavens infuse | Those best affections, that the heavens infuse |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.10 | In their best-tempered pieces keep enthroned | In their best temperd peices, keepe enthroand |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.47.1 | Each side like justice, which he loves best. | Each side like Iustice, which he loves best. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.48 | There is a best, and reason has no manners | There is a best, and reason has no manners |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.46 | And great Apollo's mercy, all our best | And great Appollos mercy, all our best, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.47 | Their best skill tender. Lead into the city, | Their best skill tender. Leade into the Citty, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.190.1 | Methinks a rose is best. | Me thinkes a Rose is best. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.77 | The best men called it excellent; and run | The best men calld it excellent, and run |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.3 | Whate'er you are, you run the best and wrestle | What ere you are, you run the best, and wrastle, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.14 | Would say it was my best piece; last, and greatest, | Would say it was my best peece: last, and greatest, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.32 | Since thy best props are warped! So, which way now? | Since thy best props are warpt: So which way now? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.33 | The best way is the next way to a grave; | The best way is, the next way to a grave: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.151 | I called him now to answer; if thou be'st | I call'd him now to answer; if thou bee'st |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.123 | For a trick that I know. You'd best look to her; | For a tricke that I know, y'had best looke to her, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.8 | With all her best endowments, all those beauties | With all her best endowments, all those beuties |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.158 | He of the two pretenders that best loves me | He of the two Pretenders, that best loves me |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.50 | And that will founder the best hobby-horse, | And that will founder the best hobby-horse |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.39 | Do of the two know best, I pray them he | Doe of the two know best, I pray them he |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.77.1 | Had the best-boding chance. | Had the best boding chance: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.33.1 | He's beat from his best ward. | He's beat from his best ward. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.148.1 | What cheer? How is't with you, best brother? | Leo. What cheere? how is't with you, best Brother? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.406.1 | If not, how best to bear it. | If not, how best to beare it. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.417.2 | O, then my best blood turn | Oh then, my best blood turne |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.419 | Be yoked with his that did betray the Best! | Be yoak'd with his, that did betray the Best: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.9 | Become some women best, so that there be not | Become some Women best, so that there be not |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.25 | A sad tale's best for winter. I have one | A sad Tale's best for Winter: / I haue one |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.27 | Come on, sit down; come on, and do your best | Come-on, sit downe, come-on, and doe your best, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.114 | Shall best instruct you measure me; and so | Shall best instruct you, measure me; and so |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.32 | Becomes a woman best. I'll take't upon me. | Becomes a woman best. Ile take't vpon me, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.36 | Commend my best obedience to the Queen. | Commend my best obedience to the Queene, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.15 | Turn all to th' best! These proclamations, | Turne all to th' best: these Proclamations, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.31 | Tremble at patience. You, my lord, best know – | Tremble at Patience. You (my Lord) best know |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.9.2 | Make your best haste, and go not | Make your best haste, and go not |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.64 | weather? They have scared away two of my best sheep, | weather? They haue scarr'd away two of my best Sheepe, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.53 | My best Camillo! We must disguise | My best Camillo, we must disguise |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.178.1 | Who loves another best. | Who loues another best. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.393 | That best becomes the table. Pray you once more, | That best becomes the Table: Pray you once more |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.528 | And, with my best endeavours in your absence, | And with my best endeuours, in your absence, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.568 | Do their best office if they can but stay you | Doe their best office, if they can but stay you, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.599 | the buyer; by which means I saw whose purse was best | the buyer: by which meanes, I saw whose Purse was best |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.760 | for, if thou be'st capable of things serious, thou | for if thou bee'st capable of things serious, thou |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.49.1 | Was like to be the best. | Was like to be the best. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.162 | For visiting your highness. My best train | For visiting your Highnesse: My best Traine |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.129 | me still no gentleman born. You were best say these | me still no Gentleman borne: You were best say these |