| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.206 | capable of a courtier's counsel, and understand what | capeable of a Courtiers councell, and vnderstand what |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.9 | And what to your sworn counsel I have spoken | And what to your sworne counsaile I haue spoken, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.187 | Yourself shall give us counsel. Feed and sleep. | Your selfe shall giue vs counsell: Feede, and sleepe: |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.165 | would counsel you to a more equal enterprise. We pray | would counsel you to a more equall enterprise. We pray |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.250 | Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you | Good Sir, I do in friendship counsaile you |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.350 | some good counsel, for he seems to have the quotidian | some good counsel, for he seemes to haue the Quotidian |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.387 | in love too. Yet I profess curing it by counsel. | in loue too: yet I professe curing it by counsel. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.85 | Go thou with me, and let me counsel thee. | Goe thou with mee, / And let me counsel thee. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.113 | Whoever gave that counsel to give forth | Who euer gaue that Counsell, to giue forth |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.97 | Counsel o'th' war. But at his nurse's tears | Counsaile a'th' warre: But at his Nurses teares |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.163 | set down by lawful counsel, and straight away for | set downe by lawfull Counsell, and straight away for |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.36 | You bees that make these locks of counsel! Lovers | You Bees that make these Lockes of counsaile. Louers, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iii.27 | Now for the counsel of my son and queen, | Now for the Counsaile of my Son and Queen, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.151 | keep counsel. They'll tell all. | keepe counsell, they'l tell all. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.ii.11 | That I can keep your counsel and not mine own. | That I can keepe your counsell, and not mine owne. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.72 | thank you for your good counsel. Come, my coach! | thanke you for your good counsell. Come, my Coach: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.20 | Your use and counsel we shall send for you. | Your vse and counsell, we shall send for you. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.6.2 | You do not counsel well. | You doe not counsaile well: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.11 | I hold as little counsel with weak fear | I hold as little counsaile with weake feare, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.212 | Go in with me, and counsel every man | Go in with me, and councell euery man |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.135 | As I was then advised by my learned counsel | As I was then aduised by my learned Councel, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.102.2 | I will take your counsel. | I will take your counsaile: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.182 | And hear, I think, the very latest counsel | And heare (I thinke, the very latest Counsell |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.135 | And let us choose such limbs of noble counsel | And let vs choose such Limbes of Noble Counsaile, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.80 | By your own counsel is suppressed and killed. | By your owne counsaile is supprest and kill'd: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.118 | Well, I will lock his counsel in my breast; | Well, I will locke his Councell in my Brest, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.187 | For friendly counsel cuts off many foes. | For friendly counsaile cuts off many Foes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.60 | The English whisper together in counsel | They whisper together in counsell. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.95 | Your deeds of war, and all our counsel die? | Your Deeds of Warre, and all our Counsell dye? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.91 | For I am bold to counsel you in this: | For I am bold to counsaile you in this; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.289 | What counsel give you in this weighty cause? | What counsaile giue you in this weightie cause? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.207 | And craves your company for speedy counsel. | And craues your company, for speedy counsell. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.11 | What counsel give you? Whither shall we fly? | What counsaile giue you? whether shall we flye? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.102 | Wherein thy counsel and consent is wanting. | Wherein thy counsaile and consent is wanting: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.1 | What counsel, lords? Edward from Belgia, | What counsaile, Lords? Edward from Belgia, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.112 | Thither he darts it. Bosom up my counsel; | Thither he darts it. Bosome vp my counsell, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.36 | Heaven keep me from such counsel! 'Tis most true | Heauen keep me from such councel: tis most true |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.55 | Be by my friends in Spain advised, whose counsel | Be by my Friends in Spaine, aduis'd; whose Counsaile |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.215 | The daring'st counsel which I had to doubt, | The daringst Counsaile which I had to doubt, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.67.1 | His service, and his counsel. | His Seruice, and his Counsell. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.79 | Let me have time and counsel for my cause. | Let me haue time and Councell for my Cause: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.84 | That any Englishman dare give me counsel, | That any English man dare giue me Councell? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.92.1 | Would leave your griefs, and take my counsel. | Would leaue your greefes, and take my Counsell. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.99 | Is this your Christian counsel? Out upon ye! | Is this your Christian Councell? Out vpon ye. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.29 | Holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel her; | Holy and Heauenly thoughts still Counsell her: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.9 | How hard it is for women to keep counsel! | How hard it is for women to keepe counsell. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.42 | This counsel, Artois, like to fruitful showers, | This counsayle Artoyes like to fruictfull shewers, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.101 | The soundest counsel I can give his grace | The soundest counsell I can giue his grace, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.62 | Make it our counsel house or cabinet. | Make it our counsel house or cabynet: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.13 | If we can counsel some of them to stay. | If we can counsell some of them to stay. |
| King John | KJ II.i.395 | How like you this wild counsel, mighty states? | How like you this wilde counsell mighty States, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.23 | No, I defy all counsel, all redress, | No, I defie all Counsell, all redresse, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.24 | But that which ends all counsel, true redress – | But that which ends all counsell, true Redresse: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.36 | We breathed our counsel. But it pleased your highness | We breath'd our Councell: but it pleas'd your Highnes |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.32 | I can keep honest counsel, ride, run, mar a curious | I can keepe honest counsaile, ride, run, marre a curious |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.319 | This man hath had good counsel! A hundred knights! | This man hath had good Counsell, / A hundred Knights? |
| King Lear | KL II.i.126 | Your needful counsel to our businesses, | Your needfull counsaile to our businesses, |
| 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, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.165.1 | This sealed-up counsel. | This seal'd-vp counsaile. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.774 | And, in our maiden counsel rated them | And in our maiden counsaile rated them, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.240 | I thank your worship for your good counsel; | I thanke your Worship for your good counsell; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.20 | counsel the cripple. But this reasoning is not in the | counsaile the cripple; but this reason is not in f |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.18 | not,’ says my conscience. ‘ Conscience,’ say I, ‘ you counsel | not saies my conscience, conscience say I you counsaile |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.19 | well.’ ‘ Fiend,’ say I, ‘ you counsel well.’ To be ruled | well, fiend say I you counsaile well, to be rul'd |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.26 | counsel me to stay with the Jew. The fiend gives the | counsaile me to stay with the Iew; the fiend giues the |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.27 | more friendly counsel. I will run, fiend; my heels are at | more friendly counsaile: I will runne fiend, my heeles are at |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.113 | counsel. You'll be laughed at. | councell: you'll be laugh'd at. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.39 | counsel. | counsaile. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.128 | in, I'll in. Follow your friend's counsel. I'll in. | in, Ile in: Follow your friends counsell, Ile in. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.7 | least, keep your counsel. | least) keepe your counsell. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.216 | Emptying our bosoms of their counsel sweet, | Emptying our bosomes, of their counsell sweld: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.218 | And the ill counsel of a desert place | And the ill counsell of a desert place, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.198 | Is all the counsel that we two have shared – | Is all the counsell that we two haue shar'd, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.199 | good counsel. | good counsell. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.83 | And counsel him to fight against his passion. | And counsaile him to fight against his passion, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.102 | I'll show thee some attires, and have thy counsel | Ile shew thee some attires, and haue thy counsell, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.199 | And let my counsel sway you in this case. | And let my counsell sway you in this case, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.3.2 | I pray thee, cease thy counsel, | I pray thee cease thy counsaile, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.5 | As water in a sieve. Give not me counsel, | As water in a siue: giue not me counsaile, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.21 | Can counsel and speak comfort to that grief | Can counsaile, and speake comfort to that griefe, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.23 | Their counsel turns to passion, which before | Their counsaile turnes to passion, which before, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.31 | The like himself. Therefore give me no counsel; | The like himselfe: therefore giue me no counsaile, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.51 | We lacked your counsel and your help tonight. | We lack't your Counsaile, and your helpe to night. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.339 | To counsel Cassio to this parallel course | To Counsell Cassio to this paralell course, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.110 | And when I told thee he was of my counsel | And when I told thee, he was of my Counsaile, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.93 | I pray you turn the key, and keep our counsel. | I pray you turne the key, and keepe our counsaile. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.2 | In wholesome counsel to his unstaid youth? | In wholsome counsell to his vnstaid youth? |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.4 | For all in vain comes counsel to his ear. | For all in vaine comes counsell to his eare. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.15 | Though Richard my life's counsel would not hear, | Though Richard my liues counsell would not heare, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.27 | Then all too late comes counsel to be heard | That all too late comes counsell to be heard, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.214 | To alter this; for counsel is but vain. | To alter this, for counsaile is but vaine. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.260 | Good counsel, marry! Learn it, learn it, Marquess. | Good counsaile marry, learne it, learne it Marquesse. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.296 | What, dost thou scorn me for my gentle counsel? | What dost thou scorne me / For my gentle counsell? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.254 | To counsel me to make my peace with God, | To counsaile me to make my peace with God, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.20 | With politic grave counsel; then the King | With politike graue Counsell; then the King |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.64 | If I may counsel you, some day or two | If I may counsaile you, some day or two |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.47 | Full of wise care is this your counsel, madam. | Full of wise care, is this your counsaile, Madame: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.56 | Go, muster men. My counsel is my shield; | Go muster men: My counsaile is my Sheeld, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.142 | Unless good counsel may the cause remove. | Vnlesse good counsell may the cause remoue. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.10 | I have remembered me, thou's hear our counsel. | I haue remembred me, thou'se heare our counsell. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.53.1 | So stumblest on my counsel? | So stumblest on my counsell? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.81 | He lent me counsel, and I lent him eyes. | He lent me counsell, and I lent him eyes, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.193 | Two may keep counsel, putting one away? | two may keepe counsell putting one away. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.160 | To hear good counsel. O, what learning is! – | To heare good counsell: oh what learning is! |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.209 | By leaving earth? Comfort me, counsel me. | By leauing earth? Comfort me, counsaile me: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.61 | Give me some present counsel; or, behold, | Giue me some present counsell, or behold |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.134 | I'll in to counsel them. Haply my presence | Ile in to counsell them: haply my presence |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.154 | Counsel me, Tranio, for I know thou canst. | Counsaile me Tranio, for I know thou canst: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.60 | Thou'dst thank me but a little for my counsel, | Thou'dst thanke me but a little for my counsell: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.254 | To counsel deaf, but not to flattery. | To Counsell deafe, but not to Flatterie. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.27 | would embrace no counsel, take no warning by my | wold embrace no counsell, take no warning by my |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.131 | Not all thy counsel. | not all thy Counsell. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.168 | More counsel with more money, bounteous Timon. | More counsell with more Money, bounteous Timon. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.132 | Thy counsel, lad, smells of no cowardice. | Thy counsell Lad smells of no cowardise. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.143 | Two may keep counsel when the third's away. | Two may keepe counsell, when the third's away: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.131 | My soul of counsel from me! – Stop my mouth. | My soule of counsell from me. Stop my mouth. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.22 | And very courtly counsel; I'll begin. | And very courtly counsell: Ile begin. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.38 | Two faults, madonna, that drink and good counsel | Two faults Madona, that drinke & good counsell |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.8 | His counsel now might do me golden service. | His councell now might do me golden seruice, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.29 | O, you give me ill counsel! | O you giue me ill counsell. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.51 | But wherefore waste I time to counsel thee | But wherefore waste I time to counsaile thee |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.68 | War with good counsel, set the world at naught; | Warre with good counsaile; set the world at nought; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.2 | Wouldst thou then counsel me to fall in love? | Would'st thou then counsaile me to fall in loue? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.34 | I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised; | I like thy counsaile: well hast thou aduis'd: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.183 | In these affairs to aid me with thy counsel. | In these affaires to aid me with thy counsaile. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.35 | Myself in counsel, his competitor. | My selfe in counsaile his competitor. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.1 | Counsel, Lucetta; gentle girl, assist me; | Counsaile, Lucetta, gentle girle assist me, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.83 | With counsel of the night, I will be here | With counsaile of the night, I will be here |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.408 | That I think honourable. Therefore mark my counsel, | That I thinke Honorable: therefore marke my counsaile, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.428 | As or by oath remove or counsel shake | As (or by Oath) remoue, or (Counsaile) shake |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.186 | They will bring all; whose spiritual counsel, had, | They will bring all, whose spirituall counsaile had |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.19 | of a true subject, didst counsel and aid them, for their | of a true Subiect, didst counsaile and ayde them, for their |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.406 | But fair posterity, should hold some counsel | But faire posterity) should hold some counsaile |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.44 | Did perish with the infant. 'Tis your counsel | Did perish with the Infant. 'Tis your councell, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.52 | Had squared me to thy counsel! Then even now | Had squar'd me to thy councell: then, euen now, |