| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.43 | better for their simpleness. She derives her honesty and | better for their simplenesse; she deriues her honestie, and |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.156 | which wear not now. Your date is better in your pie and | which were not now: your Date is better in your Pye and |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.160 | pear; it was formerly better; marry, yet 'tis a withered | peare: it was formerly better, marry yet 'tis a wither'd |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.41 | the better, whilst I have a tooth in my head. Why, he's | the Better whil'st I haue a tooth in my head: why he's |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.83.1 | No better, if you please. | No better if you please. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.46 | natures. Farewell, monsieur; I have spoken better of | natures. Farewell Monsieur, I haue spoken better of |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.66 | For my respects are better than they seem, | For my respects are better then they seeme, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.i.22 | When better fall, for your avails they fell. | When better fall, for your auailes they fell, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.64 | I prithee, lady, have a better cheer. | I prethee Ladie haue a better cheere, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.116 | His death was so effected. Better 'twere | His death was so effected: Better 'twere |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.118 | With sharp constraint of hunger; better 'twere | With sharpe constraint of hunger: better 'twere, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.17 | None better than to let him fetch off his | None better then to let him fetch off his |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.82 | done, damns himself to do, and dares better be damned | done, damnes himselfe to do, & dares better be damnd |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.2 | this letter. I have ere now, sir, been better known to | this letter, I haue ere now sir beene better knowne to |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.71 | Which better than the first, O dear heaven, bless! | Which better then the first, O deere heauen blesse, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.62 | Of better deeds tomorrow. Rest you happy! | of better deeds to morrow. Rest you happy. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.33 | O, excellent! I love long life better than figs. | Oh excellent, I loue long life better then Figs. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.59 | Am I not an inch of fortune better than she? | Am I not an inch of Fortune better then she? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.61 | better than I, where would you choose it? | better then I: where would you choose it. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.94 | Whose better issue in the war from Italy | Whose better issue in the warre from Italy, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.81 | You can do better yet; but this is meetly. | You can do better yet: but this is meetly. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.32 | A better ear. Menas, I did not think | A better eare. Menas, I did not thinke |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.226 | It should be better he became her guest; | It should be better, he became her guest: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.35 | And in our sports my better cunning faints | And in our sports my better cunning faints, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.14 | Better to leave undone than by our deed | Better to leaue vndone, then by our deed |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.31 | The fortress of it; for better might we | The Fortresse of it: for better might we |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.23.1 | Cannot make better note. | cannot make better note. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.23 | I lose myself; better I were not yours | I loose my selfe: better I were not yours |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.49 | I have sixty sails, Caesar none better. | I haue sixty Sailes, Caesar none better. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.94 | 'Tis better playing with a lion's whelp | 'Tis better playing with a Lions whelpe, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.3 | He thinks, being twenty times of better fortune, | He thinks, being twenty times of better fortune, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.33 | My better service, when my turpitude | My better seruice, when my turpitude |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.40 | If it be well to live; but better 'twere | If it be well to liue. But better 'twere |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.62 | No better than a sty? O, see, my women, | No better then a Stye? Oh see my women: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.2 | A better life. 'Tis paltry to be Caesar: | A better life: Tis paltry to be Casar: |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.10 | ox? His horses are bred better, for, besides that they | Oxe? his horses are bred better, for besides that they |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.33 | Marry, sir, be better employed, and be naught a | Marry sir be better employed, and be naught a |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.41 | Ay, better than him I am before knows me: I | I, better then him I am before knowes mee: I |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.44 | of nations allows you my better, in that you are the first | of nations allowes you my better, in that you are the first |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.92 | All the better: we shall be the more marketable. | All the better: we shalbe the more Marketable. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.179 | world I fill up a place which may be better supplied | world I fil vp a place, which may bee better supplied, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.215 | Thou shouldst have better pleased me with this deed | Thou should'st haue better pleas'd me with this deede, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.238 | Can I not say ‘ I thank you ’? My better parts | Can I not say, I thanke you? My better parts |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.273 | Hereafter, in a better world than this, | Hereafter in a better world then this, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.22 | O, they take the part of a better wrestler than | O they take the part of a better wrastler then |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.112.2 | Were it not better, | Were it not better, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.75 | Yet fortune cannot recompense me better | Yet fortune cannot recompence me better |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.14 | When I was at home I was in a better place, but travellers | when I was at home I was in a better place, but Trauellers |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.45 | Provided that you weed your better judgements | Prouided that you weed your better iudgements |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.114 | If ever you have looked on better days; | If euer you haue look'd on better dayes: |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.121 | True is it that we have seen better days, | True is it, that we haue seene better dayes, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.i.2 | But were I not the better part made mercy, | But were I not the better part made mercie, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.54 | sweat of a man? Shallow, shallow. A better instance, I | sweat of a man? Shallow, shallow: A better instance I |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.143 | Atalanta's better part, | Attalanta's better part, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.251 | I do desire we may be better strangers. | I do desire we may be better strangers. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.56 | of a bachelor; and by how much defence is better than | of a Batcheller: and by how much defence is better then |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.81 | I am not in the mind but I were better to | I am not in the minde, but I were better to |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.77 | Come, sister. – Shepherdess, look on him better, | Come Sister: Shepheardesse, looke on him better |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.1 | I prithee, pretty youth, let me be better acquainted | I prethee, pretty youth, let me better acquainted |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.4 | I am so: I do love it better than laughing. | I am so: I doe loue it better then laughing. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.49 | carries his house on his head – a better jointure, I think, | carries his house on his head; a better ioyncture I thinke |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.60 | of a better leer than you. | of a better leere then you. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.66 | Nay, you were better speak first, and when you | Nay,you were better speake first, and when you |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.50 | or, clown, thou perishest; or, to thy better understanding, | or Clowne thou perishest: or to thy better vnderstanding, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.201 | the better by the help of good epilogues. What a case am | the better by the helpe of good Epilogues: What a case am |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.132 | Am better than thy dear self's better part. | Am better then thy deere selfes better part. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.29 | Better cheer may you have, but not with better heart. | Better cheere may you haue, but not with better hart. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.61 | It is thyself, mine own self's better part, | it is thy selfe, mine owne selfes better part: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.25 | Ah, but I think him better than I say, |
Ah but I thinke him better then I say: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.263 | Better be held nor more attained than by | Better be held, nor more attain'd then by |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.10 | become such a person – that it was no better then picture-like | become such a person, that it was no better then Picture-like |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.106 | but disease our better mirth. | but disease our better mirth. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.112 | empiricutic and, to this preservative, of no better report | Emperickqutique; and to this Preseruatiue, of no better report |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.231.2 | I wish no better | I wish no better, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.11 | hate upon no better a ground. Therefore, for Coriolanus | hate vpon no better a ground. Therefore, for Coriolanus |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.13 | And to make us no better thought of a | And to make vs no better thought of a |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.112 | Better it is to die, better to starve, | Better it is to dye, better to sterue, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.255 | This mutiny were better put in hazard | This Mutinie were better put in hazard, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.49 | Each way to better yours. | each way to better yours. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.168 | Then were they chosen. In a better hour | Then were they chosen: in a better houre, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.31.1 | To better vantage. | To better vantage. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.10 | I have deserved no better entertainment | I haue deseru'd no better entertainment, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.16 | All's well, and might have been much better if | All's well, and might haue bene much better, if |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.93 | That shapes man better; and they follow him | That shapes man Better: and they follow him |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.205 | A better witness back than words, which we, | A better witnesse backe then words, which we |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.29 | I beseech you all be better known to this gentleman, | I beseech you all be better knowne to this Gentleman, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.118 | let it die as it was born, and I pray you be better | let it dye as it was borne, and I pray you be better |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.27 | your music the better: if it do not, it is a vice in her | your Musicke the better: if it do not, it is a voyce in her |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.186 | The very devils cannot plague them better. | The very Diuels cannot plague them better. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.82 | the adventure, our crows shall fare the better for you: | the aduenture, our Crowes shall fare the better for you: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.73 | Thou mayst be valiant in a better cause; | Thou mayst be valiant in a better cause; |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.19.2 | 'Tis all the better, | 'Tis all the better, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.69.2 | (aside) All the better: may | All the better: may |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.27 | As 'tis no better reckoned, but of those | As 'tis no better reckon'd, but of those |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.39 | 'Tis almost night, you shall have better cheer | 'Tis almost night, you shall haue better cheere |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.368 | Nothing to be were better. This was my master, | Nothing to be were better: This was my Master, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.31 | Better to cease to be. Pray, sir, to th' army: | Better to cease to be. Pray Sir, to'th'Army: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.45 | I'll take the better care: but if you will not, | Ile take the better care: but if you will not, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.i.4 | Must murder wives much better than themselves | Must murther Wiues much better then themselues |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.4 | I think to liberty: yet am I better | (I thinke) to liberty: yet am I better |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.14 | I cannot do it better than in gyves, | I cannot do it better then in Gyues, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.302 | This man is better than the man he slew, | This man is better then the man he slew, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.421.1 | And deal with others better. | And deale with others better. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.15 | Your better wisdoms, which have freely gone | Your better Wisedomes, which haue freely gone |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.131 | The better to beguile. This is for all: | The better to beguile. This is for all: |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.111 | I am sorry that with better heed and judgement | I am sorrie that with better speed and iudgement |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.64 | But, better looked into, he truly found | But better look'd into, he truly found |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.286 | love, and by what more dear a better proposer can charge | loue, and by what more deare, a better proposer could charge |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.330 | both in reputation and profit, was better both ways. | both in reputation and profit was better both wayes. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.348 | it is most like, if their means are not better – their | it is like most if their meanes are not better) their |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.523 | After your death you were better have a bad epitaph | After your death, you were better haue a bad Epitaph, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.527 | God's bodkin, man, much better! Use every | Gods bodykins man, better. Vse euerie |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.109 | Could beauty, my lord, have better commerce | Could Beautie my Lord, haue better Comerce |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.123 | yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better | yet I could accuse me of such things, that it were better |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.260 | Still better, and worse. | Still better and worse. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.33 | I took thee for thy better. Take thy fortune. | I tooke thee for thy Betters, take thy Fortune, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.151 | 'Twere better not assayed. Therefore this project | 'Twere better not assaid; therefore this Proiect |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.265 | The King shall drink to Hamlet's better breath, | The King shal drinke to Hamlets better breath, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.94 | should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked. | shold speake truly) little better then one of the wicked. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.208 | By how much better than my word I am, | By how much better then my word I am, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.232 | When you are better tempered to attend. | When you are better temper'd to attend. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.18 | a king Christian could be better bit than I have been | King in Christendome, could be better bit, then I haue beene |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.6 | loves his own barn better than he loves our house. Let | loues his owne Barne better then he loues our house. Let |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.164 | signum! I never dealt better since I was a man. All would | signum. I neuer dealt better since I was a man: all would |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.267 | instinct. I shall think the better of myself, and thee, | Instinct: I shall thinke the better of my selfe, and thee, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.47 | I think there's no man speaks better Welsh. | I thinke there's no man speakes better Welsh: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.27 | His health was never better worth than now. | His health was neuer better worth then now. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.64 | food for powder, they'll fill a pit as well as better. | foode for Powder: they'le fill a Pit, as well as better: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.27 | The better part of ours are full of rest. | The better part of ours are full of rest. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.15 | The better cherished still the nearer death. | The better cherisht, still the nearer death. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.58 | Making you ever better than his praise | Making you euer better then his praise, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.76 | Better consider what you have to do | Better consider what you haue to do, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.77 | I better brook the loss of brittle life | I better brooke the losse of brittle life, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.103 | I could have better spared a better man. | I could haue better spar'd a better man. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.118 | image of life indeed. The better part of valour is discretion, | image of life indeede. The better part of Valour, is Discretion; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.119 | in the which better part I have saved my life. | in the which better part, I haue saued my life. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.122 | my faith, I am afraid he would prove the better counterfeit. | I am afraid hee would proue the better counterfeit: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.35 | With joyful tidings, and, being better horsed, | With ioyfull tydings; and (being better hors'd) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.30 | He said, sir, you should procure him better assurance | He said sir, you should procure him better Assurance, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.88 | hang me. If thou takest leave, thou wert better be | hang me: if thou tak'st leaue, thou wer't better be |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.159 | better part burnt out. | better part burnt out |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.201 | better companion! | a better companion. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.202 | God send the companion a better prince! I | Heauen send the Companion a better Prince: I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.220 | to the enemy as it is. I were better to be eaten to death | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.6 | But gladly would be better satisfied | But gladly would be better satisfied, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.148 | better wench in England! Go, wash thy face, and draw | better Wench in England. Go, wash thy face, and draw |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.165 | I have heard better news. | I haue heard bitter newes. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.18 | But that the tennis-court keeper knows better than I, | But that the Tennis-Court-keeper knowes better then I, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.39 | to thee, as to one it pleases me for fault of a better to | to thee (as to one it pleases me, for fault of a better, to |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.55 | better than thine. Every man would think me an | better then thine: euery man would thinke me an |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.29 | Better than I was – hem! | Better then I was: Hem. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.63 | Bourdeaux stuff in him. You have not seen a hulk better | Burdeux-Stuffe in him: you haue not seene a Hulke better |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.215 | Agamemnon, and ten times better than the Nine | Agamemnon, and tenne times better then the nine |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.266 | I love thee better than I love e'er a scurvy young | I loue thee better, then I loue ere a scuruie young |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.282 | A better than thou – I am a gentleman; thou | A better then thou: I am a Gentleman, thou |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.65 | Sir, pardon; a soldier is better accommodated | Sir, pardon: a Souldier is better accommodated, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.68 | indeed too. ‘ Better accommodated!’ It is good, yea | indeede, too: Better accommodated? it is good, yea |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.4 | My lord of York, it better showed with you | My Lord of Yorke, it better shew'd with you, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.84 | Shall better speak of you than you deserve. | Shall better speake of you, then you deserue. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.85 | I would you had the wit; 'twere better than | I would you had but the wit: 'twere better then |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.22 | Thou hast a better place in his affection | Thou hast a better place in his Affection, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.187 | To thee it shall descend with better quiet, | To thee, it shall descend with better Quiet, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.188 | Better opinion, better confirmation, | Better Opinion, better Confirmation: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.27 | i'th' court is better than a penny in purse. Use his men | i'th Court, is better then a penny in purse. Vse his men |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.68 | better command his servants. It is certain that either | better command his Seruants. It is certaine, that either |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iv.9 | child I go with do miscarry, thou wert better thou hadst | Childe I now go with, do miscarrie, thou had'st better thou had'st |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.14 | better: this doth infer the zeal I had to see him. | better: this doth inferre the zeale I had to see him. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.10 | better. I meant indeed to pay you with this, which, if | Better: I did meane (indeede) to pay you with this, which if |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.8 | We lose the better half of our possession; | We loose the better halfe of our Possession: |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.25 | Never was monarch better feared and loved | Neuer was Monarch better fear'd and lou'd, |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.51 | must leave them, and seek some better service. Their | must leaue them, and seeke some better Seruice: their |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.62 | think 'a will plow up all, if there is not better directions. | thinke a will plowe vp all, if there is not better directions. |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.133 | better opportunity to be required, look you, I will be | better oportunitie to be required, looke you, I will be |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.118 | Advantage is a better soldier than rashness. Tell him | Aduantage is a better Souldier then rashnesse. Tell him, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.145 | Almost no better than so many French; | Almost no better then so many French; |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.101 | I was told that, by one that knows him better | I was told that, by one that knowes him better |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.118 | You are the better at proverbs by how much ‘ A | You are the better at Prouerbs, by how much a |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.15 | Were better than a churlish turf of France. | Were better then a churlish turfe of France. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.16 | Not so, my liege – this lodging likes me better, | Not so my Liege, this Lodging likes me better, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.43 | Then you are a better than the King. | Then you are a better then the King. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.77 | Which likes me better than to wish us one. | Which likes me better, then to wish vs one. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.66 | and I warrant you it is the better for you. | and I warrant you it is the better for you. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.80 | To sit with us once more, with better heed | To sit with vs once more, with better heed |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.121 | The Princess is the better Englishwoman. | The Princesse is the better English-woman: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.123 | am glad thou canst speak no better English; for, if thou | am glad thou canst speake no better English, for if thou |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.227 | the better I shall appear. My comfort is, that old age, | the better I shall appeare. My comfort is, that Old Age, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.230 | and thou shalt wear me, if thou wear me, better and | and thou shalt weare me, if thou weare me, better and |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.231 | better; and therefore tell me, most fair Katherine, will | better: and therefore tell me, most faire Katherine, will |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.29 | Not all together; better far, I guess, | Not altogether: Better farre I guesse, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.62 | Did look no better to that weighty charge. | Did looke no better to that weightie Charge. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.13 | Between two blades, which bears the better temper; | Between two Blades, which beares the better temper, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.98 | And that I'll prove on better men than Somerset, | And that Ile proue on better men then Somerset, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.121 | Will see his burial better than his life. | Will see his Buryall better then his Life. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.88 | We will bestow you in some better place, | We will bestow you in some better place, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.132 | Let me persuade you take a better course. | Let me perswade you take a better course. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.158 | But your discretions better can persuade | But your discretions better can perswade, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.37 | Her father is no better than an earl, | Her Father is no better than an Earle, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.106 | But prosper better than the Trojan did. | But prosper better than the Troian did: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.84 | Was better worth than all my father's lands, | Was better worth then all my Fathers Lands, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.108 | The Cardinal's not my better in the field. | The Cardinall's not my better in the field. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.13 | gear the sooner the better. | geere, the sooner the better. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.2 | I saw not better sport these seven years' day; | I saw not better sport these seuen yeeres day: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.80 | have better told. | haue better told. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.100 | Sheriff, farewell, and better than I fare, | Sherife farewell, and better then I fare, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.37 | Which fear if better reasons can supplant, | Which feare, if better Reasons can supplant, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.19 | Thou hast hit it; for there's no better sign of a | Thou hast hit it: for there's no better signe of a |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.46 | Better ten thousand base-born Cades miscarry | Better ten thousand base-borne Cades miscarry, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.48 | Come, wife, let's in, and learn to govern better; | Come wife, let's in, and learne to gouern better, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.28 | I am far better born than is the King, | I am farre better borne then is the king: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.130 | My title's good, and better far than his. | My Title's good, and better farre then his. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.2 | No, I can better play the orator. | No, I can better play the Orator. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.42 | You love the breeder better than the male. | You loue the Breeder better then the Male. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.104 | Your legs did better service than your hands. | Your legges did better seruice then your hands. |
| 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.22 | To be no better than a homely swain; | To be no better then a homely Swaine, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.90 | 'Tis better said than done, my gracious lord. | 'Tis better said then done, my gracious Lord: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.167 | As are of better person than myself, | As are of better Person then my selfe: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.155 | And better 'twere you troubled him than France. | And better 'twere, you troubled him, then France. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.42 | 'Tis better using France than trusting France; | 'Tis better vsing France, then trusting France: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.54 | She better would have fitted me or Clarence; | Shee better would haue fitted me, or Clarence: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.17 | I like it better than a dangerous honour. | I like it better then a dangerous honor. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.v.26 | Better do so than tarry and be hanged. | Better do so, then tarry and be hang'd. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.36 | I am your better, traitors as ye are; | I am your better, Traytors as ye are, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.3 | 'Tis sin to flatter; ‘ good ’ was little better. | Tis sinne to flatter, Good was little better: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.27 | My breast can better brook thy dagger's point | My brest can better brooke thy Daggers point, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.28 | Abusing better men than they can be | Abusing better men then they can be |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.13 | I think would better please 'em. By my life, | I thinke would better please 'em: by my life, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.12.2 | O, God's will! Much better | Oh Gods will, much better |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.19 | I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, | I sweare, tis better to be lowly borne, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.135 | A better wife, let him in nought be trusted | A better Wife, let him in naught be trusted, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.95 | Both for your honour better and your cause; | Both for your Honour better, and your Cause: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.253 | Within these forty hours Surrey durst better | Within these fortie houres, Surrey durst better |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.346 | How to live better. For your stubborn answer | How to liue better. For your stubborne answer |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.12 | Nor, I'll assure you, better taken, sir. | Nor Ile assure you better taken Sir. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.26.1 | Deserve our better wishes. | Deserue our better wishes. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.135 | Of as great size. Ween you of better luck, | Of as great Size. Weene you of better lucke, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.155 | None better in my kingdom. Get you gone, | None better in my Kingdome. Get you gone, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.53 | And our consent, for better trial of you, | And our consent, for better tryall of you, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.63 | Become a churchman better than ambition. | Become a Churchman, better then Ambition: |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.132 | By all that's holy, he had better starve | By all that's holy, he had better starue, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.299 | With better appetite. | With better Appetite. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.326 | Yea, get the better of them. What's to do? | Yea get the better of them. What's to do? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.99 | When Caesar's wife shall meet with better dreams.’ | When Casars wife shall meete with better Dreames. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.202 | It would become me better than to close | It would become me better, then to close |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.17 | senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in | Senses, that you may the better Iudge. If there bee any in |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.51.2 | Caesar's better parts | Casars better parts, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.51 | You say you are a better soldier: | You say, you are a better Souldier: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.56 | I said an elder soldier, not a better; | I saide, an Elder Souldier, not a Better. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.57.1 | Did I say better? | Did I say Better? |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.105 | When thou didst hate him worst, thou lovedst him better | When thou did'st hate him worst, yu loued'st him better |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.145 | No man bears sorrow better. Portia is dead. | No man beares sorrow better. Portia is dead. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.197 | 'Tis better that the enemy seek us; | 'Tis better that the Enemie seeke vs, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.201 | Good reasons must of force give place to better. | Good reasons must of force giue place to better: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.28 | Not that we love words better, as you do. | Not that we loue words better, as you do. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.29 | Good words are better than bad strokes, Octavius. | Good words are better then bad strokes Octauius. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.31 | But somewhat better than the Scot could speak. | But somewhat better then the Scot could speake, |
| 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.353 | To cut this right hand off? The better way | To cut this right hande of the better waie, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.193 | May better boast of than ever Roman might | May better boast of then euer Romaine might, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.22 | Ah, that's the anch'rage of some better hope. | Ah, thats the anchredge of some better hope, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.85 | And better some do go to wrack, than all. | And better some do go to wrack then all. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.57 | Of whom the better part are slain and fled, | Of whom the better part are slaine and fled, |
| King John | KJ I.i.182 | A foot of honour better than I was, | Bast. A foot of Honor better then I was, |
| King John | KJ I.i.260 | Madam, I would not wish a better father. | Madam I would not wish a better father: |
| King John | KJ II.i.465 | But buffets better than a fist of France. | But buffets better then a fist of France: |
| King John | KJ III.i.274 | The better act of purposes mistook | The better Act of purposes mistooke, |
| King John | KJ III.i.290 | And better conquest never canst thou make | And better conquest neuer canst thou make, |
| King John | KJ III.i.293 | Upon which better part our prayers come in, | Vpon which better part, our prayrs come in, |
| King John | KJ III.iii.26 | But I will fit it with some better tune. | But I will fit it with some better tune. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.100 | I could give better comfort than you do. | I could giue better comfort then you doe. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.170 | And, O, what better matter breeds for you | And O, what better matter breeds for you, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.8 | With any longed-for change or better state. | With any long'd-for-change, or better State. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.28 | When workmen strive to do better than well, | When Workemen striue to do better then wel, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.170 | Nay, but make haste! The better foot before! | Nay, but make haste: the better foote before. |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.95 | Thou wert better gall the devil, Salisbury. | Thou wer't better gaul the diuell Salsbury. |
| King John | KJ V.vi.26 | The better arm you to the sudden time | The better arme you to the sodaine time, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.29 | I must love you and sue to know you better. | I must loue you, and sue to know you better. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.158 | See better, Lear, and let me still remain | See better Lear, and let me still remaine |
| King Lear | KL I.i.233.2 | Better thou | Better thou had'st' |
| King Lear | KL I.i.234 | Hadst not been born than not t' have pleased me better. | Not beene borne, then not t haue pleas'd me better. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.261 | Thou losest here, a better where to find. | Thou loosest here a better where to finde. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.274 | I would prefer him to a better place. | I would prefer him to a better place, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.82 | you can derive from him better testimony of his intent, | you can deriue from him better testimony of his intent, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.189 | figure. I am better than thou art now; I am a fool; thou | figure, I am better then thou art now, I am a Foole, thou |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.343 | Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. | Striuing to better, oft we marre what's well. |
| 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.ii.91 | I have seen better faces in my time | I haue seene better faces in my time, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.72 | wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again; | wiseman giues thee better counsell giue me mine againe, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.87.1 | Fetch me a better answer. | Fetch me a better answer. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.145 | Better than you yourself. Therefore I pray you | Better then you your selfe: therefore I pray you, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.172 | Against my coming in. Thou better knowest | Against my comming in. Thou better know'st |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.224 | Mend when thou canst, be better at thy leisure; | Mend when thou can'st, be better at thy leisure, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.10 | O nuncle, court holy water in a dry house is better | O Nunkle, Court holy-water in a dry house, is better |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.98 | Thou wert better in a grave than to answer with thy | Thou wert better in a Graue, then to answere with thy |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.135 | What, hath your grace no better company? | What, hath your Grace no better company? |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.1 | Here is better than the open air. Take it | Heere is better then the open ayre,t ake it |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.73 | But better service have I never done you | But better seruice haue I neuer done you, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.1 | Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, | Yet better thus, and knowne to be contemn'd, |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.19 | Were like a better way; those happy smilets | |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.39 | Who sometime in his better tune remembers | |
| King Lear | KL IV.v.3 | Your sister is the better soldier. | Your Sister is the better Souldier. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.8 | In better phrase and matter than thou didst. | In better phrase, and matter then thou did'st. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.10.2 | Methinks y'are better spoken. | Me thinkes y'are better spoken. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.280 | Of my huge sorrows! Better I were distract; | Of my huge Sorrowes? Better I were distract, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.6.2 | Be better suited. | Be better suited, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.114 | To be whipped – and yet a better love than | To bee whip'd: and yet a better loue then |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.212 | This civil war of wits were much better used | This ciuill warre of wits were much better vsed |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.166 | Guerdon, O sweet guerdon! Better than | Gardon, O sweete gardon, better then |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.167 | remuneration – elevenpence farthing better. Most sweet | remuneration, a leuenpence-farthing better: most sweete |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.96 | What vane? What weathercock? Did you ever hear better? | What veine? What Wethercocke? Did you euer heare better? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.362 | If so, our copper buys no better treasure. | If so, our Copper buyes no better treasure. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.110 | A better speech was never spoke before. | A better speech was neuer spoke before. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.281 | Well, better wits have worn plain statute-caps. | Well, better wits haue worne plain statute caps, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.341 | Construe my speeches better, if you may. | Construe my speeches better, if you may. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.342 | Then wish me better; I will give you leave. | Then wish me better, I wil giue you leaue. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.388 | That hid the worse and showed the better face. | That hid the worse, and shew'd the better face. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.25 | 'Twixt this and supper. Go not my horse the better, | 'Twixt this, and Supper. Goe not my Horse the better, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.19 | That shake us nightly; better be with the dead | That shake vs Nightly: Better be with the dead, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.14 | 'Tis better thee without than he within. | 'Tis better thee without, then he within. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.119.2 | Good night; and better health | Good night, and better health |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.65 | That did oppose my will. Better Macbeth | That did oppose my will. Better Macbeth, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.191 | An older and a better soldier none | An older, and a better Souldier, none |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.42.1 | Do better upon them. | Do better vpon them. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.57 | For it hath cowed my better part of man; | For it hath Cow'd my better part of man: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.7 | My holy sir, none better knows than you | My holy Sir, none better knowes then you |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.211 | Come, tell me true. It shall be the better for you. | come, tell me true, it shall be the better for you. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.241 | but I shall follow it as the flesh and fortune shall better | but I shall follow it as the flesh and fortune shall better |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.32 | That you might know it, would much better please me | That you might know it, wold much better please me, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.77 | But graciously to know I am no better. | But graciously to know I am no better. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.106 | Better it were a brother died at once | Better it were a brother dide at once, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.135 | must, upon a warranted need, give him a better proclamation. | must vppon a warranted neede, giue him a better proclamation. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.142 | Love talks with better knowledge, and knowledge | Loue talkes with better knowledge, & knowledge |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.152 | He shall know you better, sir, if I may live to report | He shall know you better Sir, if I may liue to report |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.119 | in the afternoon, Barnardine. For my better satisfaction, | in the afternoone Bernardine: For my better satisfaction, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.201 | shrift and advise him for a better place. Yet you are | shrift, and aduise him for a better place. Yet you are |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.43 | O, the better, sir, for he that drinks all night, | Oh, the better Sir: for he that drinkes all night, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.111 | The better, given me by so holy a man. | The better giuen me by so holy a man, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.160 | He's a better woodman than thou tak'st him for. | he's a better woodman then thou tak'st him for. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.188 | He was drunk, then, my lord. It can be no better. | He was drunk then, my Lord, it can be no better. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.272 | Not better than he, by her own report. | Not better then he, by her owne report. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.394 | That life is better life past fearing death | That life is better life past fearing death, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.422.1 | To buy you a better husband. | To buy you a better husband. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.423 | I crave no other, nor no better man. | I craue no other, nor no better man. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.437 | And, for the most, become much more the better | And for the most, become much more the better |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.482 | For better times to come. Friar, advise him: | For better times to come: Frier aduise him, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.16 | The better part of my affections would | The better part of my affections, would |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.59 | We leave you now with better company. | We leaue you now with better company. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.11 | They would be better if well followed. | They would be better if well followed. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.55 | why he hath a horse better than the Neapolitan's, a better | why he hath a horse better then the Neopolitans, a better |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.84 | worst he is little better than a beast. An the worst fall | worst, he is little better then a beast: and the worst fall |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.133 | Who if he break, thou mayst with better face | Who if he breake, thou maist with better face |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.33 | Which is the better man, the greater throw | Which is the better man, the greater throw |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.7 | And better in my mind not undertook. | And better in my minde not vndertooke. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.60 | Is that my prize? Are my deserts no better? | Is that my prize, are my deserts no better? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.66 | shall go hard but I will better the instruction. | shall goe hard but I will better the instruction. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.152 | To wish myself much better, yet for you | To wish my selfe much better, yet for you, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.33 | I shall answer that better to the | I shall answere that better to the |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.63 | A many fools that stand in better place, | A many fooles that stand in better place, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.117 | You cannot better be employed, Bassanio, | You cannot better be employ'd Bassanio, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.163 | shall better publish his commendation. | shall better publish his commendation. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.186 | The throned monarch better than his crown. | The throned Monarch better then his Crowne. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.106 | No better a musician than the wren. | No better a Musitian then the Wren? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.115 | Which speed we hope the better for our words. | Which speed we hope the better for our words, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.255 | And bid him keep it better than the other. | And bid him keepe it better then the other. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.274 | And I have better news in store for you | And I haue better newes in store for you |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.77 | do it your good heart! I wished your venison better – it | doe it your good heart: I wish'd your Venison better, it |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.112 | 'Twere better for you if it were known in | 'Twere better for you if it were known in |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.230 | decrease it upon better acquaintance when we are | decrease it vpon better acquaintance, when wee are |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.16 | Ay, for fault of a better. | I: for fault of a better. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.131 | The better that it pleases your good | The better that it pleases your good |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.9 | you desire better sympathy? Let it suffice thee, Mistress | you desire better simpathie? Let it suffice thee (Mistris |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.167 | I like it never the better for that. Does he lie at the | I like it neuer the beter for that, / Do's he lye at the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.113 | honest man. Never a wife in Windsor leads a better | honest man: neuer a wife in Windsor leades a better |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.162 | better plight for a lender than you are, the which hath | better plight for a Lender, then you are: the which hath |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.296 | Page. I will about it. Better three hours too soon than a | Page. I will about it, better three houres too soone, then a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.166 | I know not which pleases me better – | I know not which pleases me better, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.192 | Heaven make you better than your | Heauen make you better then your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.63 | dole. They can tell you how things go better than I can. | dole, they can tell you how things go, better then I can: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.82 | I mean it not – I seek you a better husband. | I meane it not, I seeke you a better husband. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.75 | He is a better scholar than I thought he | He is a better scholler then I thought he |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.41 | with him, away with him! Better shame than murder. | with him, away with him: Better shame, then murther. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.16 | There is no better way than that they spoke of. | There is no better way then that they spoke of. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.39 | The better to denote her to the doctor – | (The better to deuote her to the Doctor; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.iii.9 | daughter. But 'tis no matter. Better a little chiding | daughter: But 'tis no matter; better a little chiding, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.108 | Become the forest better than the town? | Become the Forrest better then the Towne? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.18 | is not killed indeed; and for the more better assurance, | is not kill'd indeede: and for the more better assurance, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.35 | This falls out better than I could devise! | This fals out better then I could deuise: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.163 | Would you desire lime and hair to speak better? | Would you desire Lime and Haire to speake better? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.311 | which Thisbe is the better – he for a man, God warrant | which Thisby is the better. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.15 | lamb, the feats of a lion; he hath indeed better bettered | Lambe, the feats of a Lion, he hath indeede better bettred |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.26 | truer than those that are so washed. How much better is | truer, then those that are so wash'd, how much better is |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.131 | A bird of my tongue is better than a beast of | A bird of my tongue, is better than a beast of |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.ii.20 | be the better prepared for an answer, if peradventure | may be the better prepared for an answer, if peraduenture |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.26 | in his grace, and it better fits my blood to be disdained | in his grace, and it better fits my bloud to be disdain'd |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.93 | I love you the better; the hearers may cry | I loue you the better, the hearers may cry |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.79 | It were a better death than die with mocks, | It were a better death, to die with mockes, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.116 | Believe it better than reportingly. | Beleeue it better then reportingly. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.86 | hereafter, and aim better at me by that I now will | hereafter, and ayme better at me by that I now will |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.104 | but it would better fit your honour to change your mind. | But it would better fit your honour to change your minde. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.46 | if they make you not then the better answer, you may | if they make you not then the better answere, you may |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.6 | Troth, I think your other rebato were better. | Troth I thinke your other rebato were better. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.233 | Will fashion the event in better shape | Wil fashion the euent in better shape, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.21 | you are little better than false knaves, and it will go near | you are little better than false knaues, and it will goe neere |
| Othello | Oth I.i.125 | Transported with no worse nor better guard | Transported with no worse nor better guard, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.6.1 | 'Tis better as it is. | 'Tis better as it is. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.335 | toughness. I could never better stead thee than | toughnesse. I could neuer better steed thee then |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.385 | The better shall my purpose work on him. | The better shall my purpose worke on him: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.169 | lieutenantry, it had been better you had not kissed your | Lieutenantrie, it had beene better you had not kiss'd your |
| Othello | Oth II.i.233 | humane seeming for the better compassing of his salt | Humaine seeming, for the better compasse of his salt, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.234 | Her will, recoiling to her better judgement, | Her will, recoyling to her better iudgement, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.333 | I swear 'tis better to be much abused, | I sweare 'tis better to be much abus'd, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.359 | Thou hadst been better have been born a dog | Thou had'st bin better haue bin borne a Dog |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.69 | Which they dare swear peculiar. Your case is better. | Which they dare sweare peculiar. Your case is better. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.205 | this instant do build on thee a better opinion than ever | this instant do build on thee a better opinion then euer |
| Othello | Oth V.i.25 | But that my coat is better than thou think'st. | But that my Coate is better then thou know'st: |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.207 | Yea, curse his better angel from his side, | Yea, curse his better Angell from his side, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.258 | A better never did itself sustain | A better neuer did it selfe sustaine |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.3 | A better prince and benign lord, | A better Prince, and benigne Lord, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.92 | all your beggars were whipped, I would wish no better | all your Beggers were whipt, I would wish no better |
| Pericles | Per II.i.143 | And if that ever my low fortune's better, | And if that euer my low fortune's better, |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.47 | He had need mean better than his outward show | He had need meane better, then his outward shew |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.72 | Now, by the gods, he could not please me better. | Now by the Gods, he could not please me better. |
| Pericles | Per II.v.27 | Protest my ears were never better fed | I do protest, my eares were neuer better fedde |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.35 | As well as we? Ay, and better too; we offend | As well as wee. I, and better too, wee offende |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.21 | You may so; 'tis the better for you that | You may , so t'is the better for you that |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.159 | Since they do better thee in their command. | since they doe better thee in their command, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.176 | Any of these ways are yet better than this, | anie of these wayes are yet better then this: |
| Pericles | Per V.i.68 | I'd wish no better choice, and think me rarely wed. | I do wish / No better choise, and thinke me rarely to wed, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.9 | He sought to murder. But her better stars | he sought to murder, but her better stars |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.37.2 | Now I know you better: | Now I knowe you better, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.22 | Each day still better other's happiness | Each day still better others happinesse, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.43 | Why hopest thou so? 'Tis better hope he is, | Why hop'st thou so? Tis better hope he is: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.20 | But thou shouldst please me better wouldst thou weep. | But thou should'st please me better, would'st thou weepe. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.78 | Darest thou, thou little better thing than earth, | Dar'st thou, thou little better thing then earth, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.88 | Better far off than, near, be ne'er the nea'er. | Better farre off, then neere, be ne're the neere. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.21 | I see some sparks of better hope, which elder years | I see some sparkes of better hope: which elder dayes |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.11 | For no thought is contented; the better sort, | For no thought is contented. The better sort, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.35 | Persuades me I was better when a king. | Perswades me, I was better when a King: |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.105 | The better for the King of Heaven that hath him. | The better for the King of heauen that hath him. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.139 | Did it to help thee to a better husband. | Did it to helpe thee to a better Husband. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.140 | His better doth not breathe upon the earth. | His better doth not breath vpon the earth. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.141 | He lives, that loves thee better than he could. | He liues, that loues thee better then he could. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.143 | The selfsame name, but one of better nature. | The selfesame name, but one of better Nature. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.59 | Whom God preserve better than you would wish! – | (Whom God preserue better then you would wish) |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.125 | Yea, and much better blood than his or thine. | I and much better blood / Then his, or thine. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.90 | 'Tis better, sir, than to be tedious. | 'Tis better (Sir) then to be tedious: |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.233 | Who shall reward you better for my life | Who shall reward you better for my life, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.4 | Ill news, by'r Lady – seldom comes the better. | Ill newes byrlady, seldome comes the better: |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.23 | Better it were they all came by his father, | Better it were they all came by his Father: |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.91 | They, for their truth, might better wear their heads | They, for their truth, might better wear their Heads, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.96 | The better that your lordship please to ask. | The better, that your Lordship please to aske. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.97 | I tell thee, man, 'tis better with me now | I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.103 | And I in better state than e'er I was. | And I in better state then ere I was. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.49 | I never looked for better at his hands | I neuer look'd for better at his hands, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.508 | There, take thou that, till thou bring better news. | There, take thou that, till thou bring better newes. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.275 | He smiled and said, ‘ The better for our purpose.’ | He smil'd and said, the better for our purpose. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.55 | No better. | No better? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.57 | Say ‘ better.’ Here comes one | Say better: here comes one |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.59 | Yes, better, sir. | Yes, better. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.77 | My life were better ended by their hate | My life were better ended by their hate, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.40 | wench – marry, she had a better love to berhyme her – | wench, marrie she had a better Loue to berime her: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.86 | Why, is not this better now than groaning for | Why is not this better now, then groning for |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.40 | his face be better than any man's, yet his leg excels all | his face be better then any mans, yet his legs excels all |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.60 | No better term than this: thou art a villain. | No better terme then this: Thou art a Villaine. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.68 | But love thee better than thou canst devise | But lou'd thee better then thou can'st deuise: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.115 | I thought thy disposition better tempered. | I thought thy disposition better temper'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.68 | And all the better is it for the maid. | And all the better is it for the Maid: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.64 | By heaven, I love thee better than myself, | By heauen I loue thee better then my selfe, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.23 | Trust me, I take him for the better dog. | Trust me, I take him for the better dogge. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.121 | No better than a poor and loathsome beggar. | No better then a poore and loathsome begger: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.235 | The better for him, would I were so too! | The better for him, would I were so too. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.48 | Pedascule, I'll watch you better yet. | Pedascule, Ile watch you better yet: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.90 | Were it not better I should rush in thus? | Were it better I should rush in thus: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.119 | 'Twere well for Kate and better for myself. | 'Twere well for Kate, and better for my selfe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.125 | To put on better ere he go to church. | To put on better ere he goe to Church. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.159 | And better 'twere that both of us did fast, | And better 'twere that both of vs did fast, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.196 | He that knows better how to tame a shrew, | He that knowes better how to tame a shrew, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.101 | I never saw a better-fashioned gown, | I neuer saw a better fashion'd gowne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.173 | Or is the adder better than the eel | Or is the Adder better then the Eele, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.71 | Come sir, we will better it in Pisa. | Come sir, we will better it in Pisa. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.141 | Better once than never, for never too late. | Better once then neuer, for neuer to late. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.45 | Have at you for a bitter jest or two. | Haue at you for a better iest or too. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.84 | I hope better. | I hope better. |
| 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 Tempest | Tem I.ii.19 | Of whence I am, nor that I am more better | Of whence I am: nor that I am more better |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.497 | My father's of a better nature, sir, | My Fathers of a better nature (Sir) |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.286 | No better than the earth he lies upon, | No better then the earth he lies vpon, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.197 | fairy, has done little better than played the Jack | Fairy, / Has done little better then plaid the Iacke |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.61 | To Apemantus, that few things loves better | To Apemantus, that few things loues better |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.82 | Some better than his value – on the moment | Some better then his valew; on the moment |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.200 | He wrought better that made the painter, | He wrought better that made the Painter, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.100 | better or properer can we call our own than the riches of | better or properer can we call our owne, then the riches of |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.250 | with better music. | with better Musicke. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.8 | Better than he, why, give my horse to Timon, | Better then he; why giue my Horse to Timon. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.47 | Let it not cumber your better remembrance. | Let it not cumber your better remembrance. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.88 | May you a better feast never behold, | May you a better Feast neuer behold |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.27 | ‘ We have seen better days.’ Let each take some. | We haue seene better dayes. Let each take some: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.24 | Who seeks for better of thee, sauce his palate | Who seekes for better of thee, sawce his pallate |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.234 | I love thee better now than e'er I did. | I loue thee better now, then ere I did. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.268 | That never knew but better, is some burden. | That neuer knew but better, is some burthen: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.312 | shouldst have loved thyself better now. What man didst | should'st haue loued thy selfe better now. What man didd'st |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.65 | Let it go naked, men may see't the better. | Let it go, / Naked men may see't the better: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.190 | A better head her glorious body fits | A better head her Glorious body fits, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.42 | Till you know better how to handle it. | Till you know better how to handle it. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.89 | Better than he have worn Vulcan's badge. | Better then he haue worne Vulcans badge. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.167 | The worse to her, the better loved of me. | The worse to her, the better lou'd of me. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.192 | Come on, my lords, the better foot before. | Come on my Lords, the better foote before, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.43 | That could have better sewed than Philomel. | That could haue better sowed then Philomel. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.39 | Yet in some sort they are better than the tribunes, | Yet in some sort they are better then the Tribunes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.165 | My youth can better spare my blood than you | My youth can better spare my blood then you, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.33 | (To Lavinia) But thou art deeper read and better skilled. | But thou art deeper read and better skild, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.98 | Coal-black is better than another hue, | Cole-blacke is better then another hue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.68 | is: if she be fair, 'tis the better for her; an she be not, | if she be faire, 'tis the better for her: and she be not, she |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.116 | Better at home, if ‘ would I might ’ were ‘ may ’ – | Better at home, if would I might were may: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.60 | Who, Troilus? Troilus is the better man of | Who Troylus? / Troylus is the better man of |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.80 | were in her body. No, Hector is not a better man than | were in her body; no, Hector is not a better man then |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.92 | 'Twould not become him; his own's better. | 'Twould not become him, his own's better. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.108 | I swear to you, I think Helen loves him better | I sweare to you, / I thinke Hellen loues him better |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.123 | smiling becomes him better than any man in all | smyling becomes him better then any man in all |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.247 | There is among the Greeks Achilles, a better | There is among the Greekes Achilles, a better |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.361 | The lustre of the better yet to show | The luster of the better yet to shew, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.362 | Shall show the better. Do not consent | Shall shew the better. Do not consent, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.370 | And we were better parch in Afric sun | And we were better parch in Affricke Sunne, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.384 | That we have better men. But, hit or miss, | That we haue better men. But hit or misse, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.98 | All the better: their fraction is more our wish | All the better, their fraction is more our wish |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.144 | better man than I am? | a better man then I am? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.11 | Friend, know me better: I am the Lord | Friend know me better, I am the Lord |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.13 | I hope I shall know your honour better. | I hope I shall know your honour better. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.61 | The better. | The better. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.207 | And better would it fit Achilles much | And better would it fit Achilles much, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.21 | 'Twere better she were kissed in general. | 'twere better she were kist in generall. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.38 | The kiss you take is better than you give; | The kisse you take is better then you giue: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.34 | Thy better must. | Thy better must. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.92 | 'Twas one's that loved me better than you will. | 'Twas one that lou'd me better then you will. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.38 | Which better fits a lion than a man. | Which better fits a Lyon, then a man. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.49 | Good Mistress Accost, I desire better | Good Mistris accost, I desire better |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.27 | She will attend it better in thy youth | She will attend it better in thy youth, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.32 | man. For what says Quinapalus? ‘ Better a witty fool | man. For what saies Quinapalus, Better a witty foole, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.72 | better fool. | better foole. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.73 | God send you, sir, a speedy infirmity for the better | God send you sir, a speedie Infirmity, for the better |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.84 | fools, no better than the fools' zanies. | fooles, no better then the fooles Zanies. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.26 | Poor lady, she were better love a dream. | Poore Lady, she were better loue a dreame: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.81 | and so do I too. He does it with a better grace, but I do | and so do I too: he does it with a better grace, but I do |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.77 | My legs do better under-stand me, sir, than I | My legges do better vnderstand me sir, then I |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.125 | If one should be a prey, how much the better | If one should be a prey, how much the better |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.140 | Would it be better, madam, than I am? | Would it be better Madam, then I am? |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.153 | Love sought, is good; but given unsought, is better. | Loue sought, is good: but giuen vnsought, is better. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.18 | You should find better dealing. What's to do? | You should finde better dealing: what's to do? |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.167 | hope is better – and so, look to thyself. Thy friend as thou | hope is better, and so looke to thy selfe. Thy friend as thou |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.289 | with you for's oath's sake. Marry, he hath better | with you for's oath sake: marrie hee hath better |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.90 | no better in your wits than a fool. | no better in your wits then a foole. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.11 | Truly, sir, the better for my foes, and the worse for | Truely sir, the better for my foes, and the worse for |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.13 | Just the contrary: the better for thy friends. | Iust the contrary: the better for thy friends. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.21 | why then, the worse for my friends and the better | why then the worse for my friends, and the better |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.148 | I must go send some better messenger. | I must goe send some better Messenger, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.132 | O excellent device! Was there ever heard a better, | Oh excellent deuise, was there euer heard a better? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.ii.18 | For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it. | For truth hath better deeds, then words to grace it. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.13 | To learn his wit t' exchange the bad for better. | To learne his wit, t' exchange the bad for better; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.14 | Better forbear till Proteus make return. | Better forbeare, till Protheus make returne. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.273 | horse cannot fetch, but only carry; therefore is she better | horse cannot fetch, but onely carry, therefore is shee better |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.364 | a better man than thee. | a better man then thee. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.19 | Makes me the better to confer with thee. | Makes me the better to confer with thee. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.117 | Would better fit his chamber than this shadow. | Would better fit his Chamber, then this Shadow. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.18 | But better, indeed, when you hold your peace. | But better indeede, when you hold you peace. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.3 | I better brook than flourishing peopled towns. | I better brooke then flourishing peopled Townes: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.51 | And that's far worse than none; better have none | And that's farre worse then none: better haue none |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.5 | I am given out to be better lined than it can appear to | I am given out to be better lyn'd / Then it can appeare, to |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.75 | Better the red-eyed god of war ne'er wore – | (Better the red-eyd god of war nev'r were) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.167.1 | Better than we do, Arcite? | Better then we doe Arcite? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.38 | And Rycas, and three better lads ne'er danced | And Rycas, and 3. better lads nev'r dancd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iii.26 | I loved my lips the better ten days after – | I lov'd my lips the better ten daies after, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.44 | And somewhat better than your rank I'll use you. | aud somewhat better than your rancke Ile use you. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.48 | I like him better, prince; I shall not then | I like him better (Prince) I shall not then |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.10 | Durst better have endured cold iron than done it. | Durst better have indur'd cold yron, than done it: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.149 | And for a preface I never heard a better. | and for a preface / I never heard a better. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.89.2 | Take my sword; I hold it better. | Take my Sword, I hold it better. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.225 | Better they fall by th' law than one another. | Better they fall by 'th law, then one another. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.30.1 | At better time. | At better time. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.62 | Two greater and two better never yet | Two greater, and two better never yet |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.87 | To seal his will with – better, o'my conscience, | To seale his will with, better o' my conscience |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.5 | drinking; dreaming of another world, and a better; and | drinking, / Dreaming of another world, and a better; and |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.7 | 'Twas well done; twenty times had been far better, | Twas well done; twentie times had bin far better, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.64 | Which craved that very time. It is much better | Which crav'd that very time: it is much better |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.65 | I am not there – O, better never born, | I am not there, oh better never borne |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.123 | Encountered yet his better. I have heard | Encountred yet his Better, I have heard |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.16 | I dare say many a better, to prolong | I dare say many a better, to prolong |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.89.1 | To better purpose. | To better purpose. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.389 | I have looked on thousands who have sped the better | I haue look'd on thousands, who haue sped the better |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.6 | I were a baby still. – I love you better. | I were a Baby still. I loue you better. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.122 | Is for my better grace. Adieu, my lord. | Is for my better grace. Adieu (my Lord) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.126 | A better guiding spirit! What needs these hands? | A better guiding Spirit. What needs these hands? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.146 | Beseech your highness, give us better credit. | Beseech your Highnesse, giue vs better credit: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.155 | And call me father? Better burn it now | And call me Father? better burne it now, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.20 | better safety, to fly away by night. | better safetie, to flye away by Night. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.231 | When most the truth; which I receive much better | When most the truth: which I receyue much better, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.27 | Since fate, against thy better disposition, | Since Fate (against thy better disposition) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.12 | of thee thine own goodness hath made. Better not to | of thee, thine owne goodnesse hath made: better not to |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.108 | Sweet sir, much better than I was: I can | Sweet sir, much better then I was: I can |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.66 | A way to make us better friends, more known. | A way to make vs better Friends, more knowne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.89 | Yet Nature is made better by no mean | Yet Nature is made better by no meane, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.189 | He could never come better; he shall come in. I | He could neuer come better: hee shall come in: I |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.378 | So well, nothing so well; no, nor mean better. | So well, (nothing so well) no, nor meane better |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.481 | If not, my senses, better pleased with madness, | If not, my sences better pleas'd with madnesse, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.665 | The swifter speed the better. | The swifter speed, the better. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.23.1 | Your kindness better. | Your kindnesse better. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.57 | And better used, would make her sainted spirit | And better vs'd, would make her Sainted Spirit |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.97 | Above a better gone, so must thy grave | Aboue a better, gone; so must thy Graue |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.103.1 | To say you have seen a better. | To say you haue seene a better. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.117 | and himself little better, extremity of weather | and himselfe little better, extremitie of Weather |