| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.127 | there was never virgin got till virginity was first lost. | there was neuer Virgin goe, till virginitie was first lost. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.26 | First tried our soldiership. He did look far | First tride our souldiership: he did looke farre |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.68 | They that least lend it you shall lack you first. | They that least lend it you, shall lacke you first. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.111 | poor knight surprised without rescue in the first assault | poore Knight surpris'd without rescue in the first assault |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.75 | Do my sighs stream. (To First Lord) Sir, will you hear my suit? | Do my sighes streame: Sir, wil you heare my suite? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.68 | Greater than shows itself at the first view | Greater then shewes it selfe at the first view, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.49 | That the first face of neither on the start | That the first face of neither on the start |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.1.1 | Enter Bertram and the two French Lords | Enter Count Rossillion and the Frenchmen, as at first. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.96 | ere we case him. He was first smoked by the old Lord | ere we case him. He was first smoak'd by the old Lord |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.8 | First give me trust the Count he is my husband, | First giue me trust, the Count he is my husband, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.25 | Since the first father wore it. This ring he holds | Since the first father wore it. This Ring he holds |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.1 | Enter the First French Lord, with five or six other | Enter one of the Frenchmen, with fiue or sixe other |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.31 | This is the first truth that e'er thine own | This is the first truth that ere thine own |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.115.1 | Enter Parolles guarded, and the First Soldier as his | Enter Parolles with his |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.128 | First demand of him how many | First demand of him, how many |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.212 | Nay, I'll read it first by your favour. | Nay, Ile reade it first by your fauour. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.279 | great as the first in goodness, but greater a great deal in | great as the first in goodnesse, but greater a great deale in |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.71 | majesty out of a self-gracious remembrance did first | Maiestie out of a selfe gracious remembrance did first |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.42 | O my good lord, you were the first that found | O my good Lord, you were the first that found |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.44 | Was I, in sooth? And I was the first that lost thee. | Was I insooth? And I was the first that lost thee. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.12 | But first I beg my pardon – the young lord | But first I begge my pardon: the yong Lord |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.21 | We are reconciled, and the first view shall kill | We are reconcil'd, and the first view shall kill |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.44 | Admiringly, my liege. At first | Admiringly my Liege, at first |
| 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, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.220 | You that have turned off a first so noble wife | You that haue turn'd off a first so noble wife, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.277 | This ring was mine; I gave it his first wife. | This Ring was mine, I gaue it his first wife. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.89 | Fulvia thy wife first came into the field. | Fuluia thy Wife, / First came into the Field. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.95.1 | Upon the first encounter drave them. | Vpon the first encounter draue them. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.25 | So mightily betrayed! Yet at the first | So mightily betrayed: yet at the fitst |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.12.1 | Not if the small come first. | Not if the fmall come first. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.191 | When she first met Mark Antony, she | When she first met Marke Anthony, she |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.31.1 | First, madam, he is well. | First Madam, he is well. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.3 | That first we come to words; and therefore have we | that first we come to words, / And therefore haue we |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.63 | But, first or last, your fine Egyptian cookery | but first or last, your fine Egyptian cookerie |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.160 | And poison it in the source, and the first stone | And poyson it in the sourse, and the first stone |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vii.5 | Had we done so at first, we had droven them home | Had we done so at first, we had drouen them home |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.300 | If she first meet the curled Antony, | If she first meete the Curled Anthony, |
| 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.128 | the first time that ever I heard breaking of ribs was sport | the first time that euer I heard breaking of ribbes was sport |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.194 | from a first. | from a first. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.46 | First, for his weeping into the needless stream: | First, for his weeping into the needlesse streame; |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.58 | first-born of Egypt. | first borne of Egypt. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.95 | You touched my vein at first: the thorny point | You touch'd my veine at first, the thorny point |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.132 | Limped in pure love; till he be first sufficed, | Limpt in pure loue: till he be first suffic'd, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.144 | His Acts being seven ages. At first the infant, | His Acts being seuen ages. At first the Infant, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.218 | You must borrow me Gargantua's mouth first: | You must borrow me Gargantuas mouth first: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.6 | But first begs pardon: will you sterner be | But first begs pardon: will you sterner be |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.82 | ‘Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?' | Who euer lov'd, that lou'd not at first sight? |
| 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 IV.iii.140 | When from the first to last betwixt us two | When from the first to last betwixt vs two, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.28 | My lord, the first time that I ever saw him | My Lord, the first time that I euer saw him, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.89 | degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, | degrees. The first, the Retort courteous: the second, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.167 | First, in this forest, let us do those ends | First, in this Forrest, let vs do those ends |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.1.1 | Enter Antipholus of Syracuse, First Merchant, and | Enter Antipholis Erotes, a Marchant, and |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.5 | I could not speak with Dromio since at first | I could not speake with Dromio, since at first |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.46 | Why, first: for flouting me; and then wherefore: | Why first for flowting me, and then wherefore, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.51 | But like a shrew you first begin to brawl. | But like a shrew you first begin to brawle. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.7 | First, he denied you had in him no right. |
First he deni'de you had in him no right. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.15 | First he did praise my beauty, then my speech. |
First, he did praise my beautie, then my speech. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.262 | After you first forswore it on the mart, | After you first forswore it on the Mart, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.363 | Antipholus, thou camest from Corinth first. | Antipholus thou cam'st from Corinth first. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.423 | We'll draw cuts for the senior. Till then, lead thou first. | Wee'l draw Cuts for the Signior, till then, lead thou first. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.7 | First, you know Caius Martius is chief | First you know, Caius Martius is chiefe |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.26 | Against him first. He's a very dog to the | Against him first: He's a very dog to the |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.129 | ‘ That I receive the general food at first | That I receiue the generall Food at first |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.158 | Lead'st first to win some vantage. | Lead'st first to win some vantage. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.216 | The rabble should have first unroofed the city | The rabble should haue first vnroo'st the City |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.264 | A place below the first; for what miscarries | A place below the first: for what miscarries |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.15 | I sprang not more in joy at first hearing he was a man-child | I sprang not more in ioy at first hearing he was a Man-child, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.16 | than now in first seeing he had proved himself a | then now in first seeing he had proued himselfe a |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.viii.5 | Let the first budger die the other's slave, | Let the first Budger dye the others Slaue, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.47 | the first complaint, hasty and tinder-like upon too | the first complaint, hasty and Tinder-like vppon, to |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.113 | Than crave the hire which first we do deserve. | Then craue the higher, which first we do deserue. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.4 | So then the Volsces stand but as at first, | So then the Volces stand but as at first, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.332.1 | In our first way. | In our first way. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.108 | My praises made thee first a soldier, so, | My praises made thee first a Souldier; so |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.41.1 | First, hear me speak. | First heare me speake. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.33.2 | My first son, | My first sonne, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.7 | Enter the First Servingman | Enter the first Seruingman. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.20 | Enter Third Servingman. The First meets him | Enter 3 Seruingman, the 1 meets him. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.116 | Contend against thy valour. Know thou first, | Contend against thy Valour. Know thou first, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.120 | Than when I first my wedded mistress saw | Then when I first my wedded Mistris saw |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.147 | Let me commend thee first to those that shall | Let me commend thee first, to those that shall |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.151 | First and Second Servingmen come forward | Enter two of the Seruingmen. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.10 | When first I did embrace him. Yet his nature | When first I did embrace him. Yet his Nature |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.35 | By sovereignty of nature. First he was | By Soueraignty of Nature. First, he was |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.14 | The first conditions, which they did refuse | The first Conditions which they did refuse, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.57 | First, the gods bless you for your tidings; next, | First, the Gods blesse you for your tydings: / Next, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.105 | Pardon me, Lords, 'tis the first time that ever | Pardon me Lords, 'tis the first time that euer |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.90 | would hazard the winning both of first and last. | would hazzard the winning both of first and last. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.99 | first. | first. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.28 | Will I first work: he's for his master, | Will I first worke: Hee's for his Master, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.38 | Which first, perchance, she'll prove on cats and dogs, | Which first (perchance) shee'l proue on Cats and Dogs, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.49 | Both filled and running – ravening first the lamb, | Both fill'd and running: Rauening first the Lambe, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.50 | Exeunt Cloten and First Lord | Exit. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.15 | do, let her remain: but I'll never give o'er. First, a | do, let her remaine: but Ile neuer giue o're. First, a |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.63 | Must first induce you to believe; whose strength | Must first induce you to beleeue; whose strength |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.66.3 | First, her bedchamber – | First, her Bed-chamber |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.167 | Or less; at first? Perchance he spoke not, but | Or lesse; at first? Perchance he spoke not, but |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.26 | The first that ever touched him – he was carried | (The first that euer touch'd him) he was carried |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.60 | Who was the first of Britain which did put | Who was the first of Britaine, which did put |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.62 | T' inherit such a haven. But, first of all, | T' inherite such a Hauen. But first of all, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.65 | And our return, to excuse: but first, how get hence. | And our returne, to excuse: but first, how get hence. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.58 | First, with the best of note. Cymbeline loved me, | First, with the best of Note. Cymbeline lou'd me, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.75 | The venison first shall be the lord o'th' feast, | The Venison first, shall be the Lord o'th'Feast, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.3 | To see me first, as I have now – Pisanio! Man! | To see me first, as I haue now. Pisanio, Man: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.103.1 | I'll wake mine eye-balls out first. | Ile wake mine eye-balles first. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.169.2 | First, make yourself but like one. | First, make your selfe but like one, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.128 | The first service thou dost me, fetch that suit | The first seruice thou dost mee, fetch that Suite |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.129 | hither, let it be thy first service, go. | hither, let it be thy first seruice, go. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.139 | my back, will I ravish her: first kill him, and in her | my backe wil I rauish her: first kill him, and in her |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.289 | The ground that gave them first has them again: | The ground that gaue them first, ha's them againe: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.387 | I'll follow, sir. But first, an't please the gods, | Ile follow Sir. But first, and't please the Gods, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.37 | Damned in the first beginners – 'gan to look | Damn'd in the first beginners) gan to looke |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.199 | Exeunt all but First Gaoler | |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.37 | First, she confessed she never loved you: only | First, she confest she neuer lou'd you: onely |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.323 | First pay me for the nursing of thy sons, | First pay me for the Nursing of thy Sonnes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.380.2 | And at first meeting loved, | And at first meeting lou'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.387 | How parted with your brothers? How first met them? | How parted with your Brother? How first met them? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.416 | Which I so often owe: but your ring first, | Which I so often owe: but your Ring first, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.105 | From the first corse till he that died today, | From the first Coarse, till he that dyed to day, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.7 | Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris, | Enquire me first what Danskers are in Paris; |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.51 | Give first admittance to th' ambassadors. | Giue first admittance to th'Ambassadors, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.61 | Upon our first, he sent out to suppress | Vpon our first, he sent out to suppresse |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.188 | my daughter. Yet he knew me not at first. 'A said I was | my daughter: yet he knew me not at first; he said I was |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.418 | The first row of the pious chanson will show you more. | The first rowe of the Pons Chanson will shew you more. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.534 | (aside to First Player) Dost thou hear me, old | Dost thou heare me old |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.21 | both at the first and now, was and is to hold, as 'twere, | both at the first and now, was and is, to hold as 'twer |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.190 | None wed the second but who killed the first. | None wed the second, but who kill'd the first. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.225 | But die thy thoughts when thy first lord is dead. | But die thy thoughts, when thy first Lord is dead. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.42 | I stand in pause where I shall first begin, | I stand in pause where I shall first begin, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.ii.18 | an apple, in the corner of his jaw, first mouthed, to be | in the corner of his iaw, first mouth'd to be |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.80 | But in battalions: first, her father slain; | But in Battaliaes. First, her Father slaine, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.45 | eyes; when I shall, first asking your pardon thereunto, | Eyes. When I shall (first asking your Pardon thereunto) |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.33 | 'A was the first that ever bore arms. | He was the first that euer bore Armes. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.77 | Cain's jawbone, that did the first murder! This might be | Caines Iaw-bone, that did the first murther: It might be |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.262 | If Hamlet give the first or second hit, | If Hamlet giue the first, or second hit, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.278 | I'll play this bout first; set it by awhile. | Ile play this bout first, set by a-while. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.242 | His uncle York – where I first bowed my knee | His Vncle Yorke, where I first bow'd my knee |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.19 | since the first cock. | since the first Cocke. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.41 | lantern, quoth he! Marry, I'll see thee hanged first. | Lanthorne (quoth-a) marry Ile see thee hang'd first. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.492 | First, pardon me, my lord. A hue and cry | First pardon me, my Lord. A Hue and Cry |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.181 | Rob me the exchequer the first thing thou | Rob me the Exchequer the first thing thou |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.25 | I would the state of time had first been whole | I would the state of time had first beene whole, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.15 | Whose power was in the first proportion, | Whose Power was in the first proportion; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.33 | We were the first and dearest of your friends. | We were the first, and dearest of your Friends: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.28 | To speak so true at first? My office is | To speake so true at first? My Office is |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.100 | Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news | Yet the first bringer of vnwelcome Newes |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.243 | I have weekly sworn to marry since I perceived the first | I haue weekly sworne to marry, since I perceiu'd the first |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.4 | And first, Lord Marshal, what say you to it? | And first (Lord Marshall) what say you to it? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.42 | We first survey the plot, then draw the model, | We first suruey the Plot, then draw the Modell, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.56 | First let them try themselves. So did your son; | First let them trye themselues. So did your Sonne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.32 | When Arthur first in court – | When Arthur first in Court --- |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.152 | I'll see her damned first! To Pluto's damned | Ile see her damn'd first: to Pluto's damn'd |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.120 | valiant. I had a thousand sons, the first human | valiant. If I had a thousand Sonnes, the first |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.206 | By whose fell working I was first advanced, | By whose fell working, I was first aduanc'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.232 | Unto the lodging where I first did swoon? | Vnto the Lodging, where I first did swoon'd? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.1 | First, my fear; then, my curtsy; last, my speech. | FIRST, my Feare: then, my Curtsie: last, my Speech. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.168 | Then with Scotland first begin.’ | then with Scotland first begin. |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.61 | the first stroke, I'll run him up to the hilts, as I am a | the first stroake, Ile run him vp to the hilts, as I am a |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.95 | By this sword, he that makes the first thrust, | By this sword, hee that makes the first thrust, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.40 | That shall first spring and be most delicate. | That shall first spring, and be most delicate. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.84 | You must first go yourself to hazard ere you | You must first goe your selfe to hazard, ere you |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.121 | 'Tis not the first time you were overshot. | 'Tis not the first time you were ouer-shot. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.11 | Suffolk first died: and York, all haggled over, | Suffolke first dyed, and Yorke all hagled ouer |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.326 | His daughter first, and then, in sequel, all, | His Daughter first; and in sequele, all, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.57 | Enter First Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.60.2 | But first, to try her skill, | but first, to try her skill, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.71 | She takes upon her bravely at first dash. | She takes vpon her brauely at first dash. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.79 | Henry the Fifth he first trained to the wars. | Henry the Fift he first trayn'd to the Warres. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.43 | Of all exploits since first I followed arms | Of all exploits since first I follow'd Armes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.51 | Didst thou at first, to flatter us withal, | Didst thou at first, to flatter vs withall, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.71 | Then how or which way should they first break in? | Then how, or which way, should they first breake in? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.23 | Since Henry Monmouth first began to reign, | Since Henry Monmouth first began to reigne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.43 | First, lean thine aged back against mine arm, | First, leane thine aged Back against mine Arme, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.65 | The first-begotten and the lawful heir | The first begotten, and the lawfull Heire |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.12 | First to my God and next unto your grace. | First to my God, and next vnto your Grace. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.33 | When first this Order was ordained, my lords, | When first this Order was ordain'd my Lords, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.88 | First let me know, and then I'll answer you. | First let me know, and then Ile answer you. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.105 | And he first took exceptions at this badge, | And he first tooke exceptions at this badge, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.116 | Let his dissension first be tried by fight, | Let this dissention first be tried by fight, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.121 | Nay, let it rest where it began at first. | Nay, let it rest where it began at first. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.31 | If the first hour I shrink and run away. | If the first howre I shrinke and run away: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.7 | The life thou gavest me first was lost and done | The Life thou gau'st me first, was lost and done, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.18 | Of thy first fight, I soon encountered, | Of thy first fight, I soone encountred, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.51 | Stay, my Lord Legate. You shall first receive | Stay my Lord Legate, you shall first receiue |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.13 | She was the first fruit of my bachelorship. | She was the first fruite of my Bach'ler-ship. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.36 | First let me tell you whom you have condemned: | First let me tell you whom you haue condemn'd; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.102 | Ay, grief, I fear me, both at first and last. | I greefe I feare me, both at first and last. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.62 | We here create thee the first Duke of Suffolk | We heere create thee the first Duke of Suffolke, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.30 | And William de la Pole, first Duke of Suffolk. | And William de la Pole first Duke of Suffolke. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.7 | I'll be the first, sure. | Ile be the first sure. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.164 | First, for I cannot flatter thee in pride; | First, for I cannot flatter thee in Pride: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.28 | First, of the King: what shall of him become? | First of the King: What shall of him become? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.11 | The first, Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales; | The first, Edward the Black-Prince, Prince ofWales; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.31 | For Richard, the first son's heir, being dead, | For Richard, the first Sonnes Heire, beingdead, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.60 | And in this private plot be we the first | And in this priuate Plot be we the first, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.71 | Holden at Bury the first of this next month. | Holden at Bury, the first of this next Moneth. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.21 | First note that he is near you in descent, | First note, that he is neere you in discent, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.43 | And had I first been put to speak my mind, | And had I first beene put to speake my minde, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.192 | And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. | And Wolues are gnarling, who shall gnaw thee first. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.265 | Which mates him first that first intends deceit. | Which mates him first, that first intends deceit. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.66 | First let my words stab him, as he hath me. | First let my words stab him, as he hath me. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.143 | Exeunt all but the First Gentleman | Exit Lieutenant, and the rest. Manet the first Gent. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.72 | The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. | The first thing we do, let's kill all the Lawyers. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.26 | Enter First Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vi.4 | but claret wine this first year of our reign. And now | but Clarret Wine / This first yeare of our raigne. / And now |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vi.13 | Come then, let's go fight with them. But first, | Come, then let's go fight with them: / But first, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.109 | Wouldst have me kneel? First let me ask of these | Wold'st haue me kneele? First let me ask of thee, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.195 | The first I warrant thee, if dreams prove true. | The first I warrant thee, if dreames proue true |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.121 | Plantagenet shall speak first. Hear him, lords; | Plantagenet shal speake first: Heare him Lords, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.126 | No; first shall war unpeople this my realm; | No: first shall Warre vnpeople this my Realme; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.5 | What is your quarrel? How began it first? | What is your Quarrell? how began it first? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.96 | First will I see the coronation, | First, will I see the Coronation, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.52 | First, to do greetings to thy royal person; | First, to doe greetings to thy Royall Person, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.63 | Ay, that's the first thing that we have to do; | I, that's the first thing that we haue to do, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.58 | But with the first of all your chief affairs, | But with the first, of all your chiefe affaires, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.8 | So first the harmless sheep doth yield his fleece, | So first the harmlesse Sheepe doth yeeld his Fleece, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.35 | Hadst thou been killed when first thou didst presume, | Hadst thou bin kill'd, when first yu didst presume, |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.24 | The first and happiest hearers of the town, | The First and Happiest Hearers of the Towne, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.132 | Requires slow pace at first. Anger is like | Requires slow pace at first. Anger is like |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.132 | First, it was usual with him – every day | First, it was vsuall with him; euery day |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.6 | As, first, good company, good wine, good welcome | As first, good Company, good wine, good welcome, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.43.2 | The red wine first must rise | The red wine first must rise |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.41 | By all conjectures: first, Kildare's attainder, | By all coniectures: First Kildares Attendure; |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.108 | Who first raised head against usurping Richard, | Who first rais'd head against Vsurping Richard, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.9 | 'Tis sweet at first t' acquire – after this process, | 'Tis sweet at first t'acquire. After this Processe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.170 | My conscience first received a tenderness, | My Conscience first receiu'd a tendernes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.186 | And pressed in with this caution. First, methought | And prest in with this Caution. First, me thought |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.206 | And doctors learned. First I began in private | And Doctors learn'd. First I began in priuate, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.209.1 | When I first moved you. | When I first mou'd you. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.212 | The question did at first so stagger me – | The question did at first so stagger me, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.79 | He did unseal them, and the first he viewed | He did vnseale them, and the first he view'd, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.310 | First, that without the King's assent or knowledge | First, that without the Kings assent or knowledge, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.17 | The Duke of Suffolk is the first, and claims | The Duke of Suffolke is the first, and claimes |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.37.27 | The procession passes over the stage in order and state, and then a great flourish of trumpets | Exeunt, first passing ouer the Stage in Order and State,and then, A great Flourish of Trumpets. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.5 | branches of bays or palm in their hands. They first | Branches of Bayes or Palme in their hands. They first |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.7 | the first two hold a spare garland over her head, at | the first two hold a spare Garland ouer her Head, at |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.113 | With me since first you knew me. But I pray you, | With me, since first you knew me. / But I pray you, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.115 | First mine own service to your grace; the next, | First mine owne seruice to your Grace, the next |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.15 | Toward the King first, then his laws, in filling | Toward the King first, then his Lawes, in filling |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.104 | When ye first put this dangerous stone a-rolling, | When we first put this dangerous stone a rowling, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.40 | Is not tomorrow, boy, the ides of March? | Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.61 | Since Cassius first did whet me against Caesar, | Since Cassius first did whet me against Casar, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.64 | And the first motion, all the interim is | And the first motion, all the Interim is |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.110 | He first presents his fire; and the high east | He first presents his fire, and the high East |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.6 | O Caesar, read mine first; for mine's a suit | O Casar, reade mine first: for mine's a suite |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.30 | Casca, you are the first that rears your hand. | Caska, you are the first that reares your hand. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.38 | And turn pre-ordinance and first decree | And turne pre-Ordinance, and first Decree |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.185 | First, Marcus Brutus, will I shake with you; | First Marcus Brutus will I shake with you; |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.236 | I will myself into the pulpit first, | I will my selfe into the Pulpit first, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.172 | The first time ever Caesar put it on; | The first time euer Casar put it on, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.23 | This day I breathed first. Time is come round, | This day I breathed first, Time is come round, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.49 | Give me your hand first. Fare you well, my lord. | Giue me your hand first. Fare you wel my Lord. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.139 | First, therefore, Audley, this shall be thy charge: | First therefore Audley this shalbe thy charge, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.43 | Nay, soft ye, sir; first I must make my choice, | Nay soft ye sir, first I must make my choyse, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.44 | And first I do bespeak her for myself. | And first I do bespeake her for my selfe, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.65 | Which, at the first far off when I did ken, | Which at the first far off when I did ken, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.96 | First you, my lord, with your Bohemian troops, | First you my Lord, with your Bohemian Troupes, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.52 | First, I condemn thee for a fugitive, | First I condeme thee for a fugitiue, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.172 | And, Ned, because this battle is the first | And Ned, because this battell is the first, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.76 | First having done my duty as beseemed, | First hauing donne my duety as beseemed |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.84 | This sacrifice, this first fruit of my sword, | This sacrifice, this first fruit of my sword, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.70 | Our princely clemency at first proclaimed, | Our princely clemencie at first proclaymed, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.53 | And send this passport first unto the earl, | And send this pasport first vnto the Earle, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.138 | First bud we, then we blow, and after seed, | First bud we, then we blow, and after seed, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.202 | But, had you done at first as now you do, | But had you done at first as now you do, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.210 | But first to England thou must cross the seas, | But first to England thou must crosse the seas, |
| King John | KJ II.i.206 | For our advantage; therefore hear us first. | For our aduantage, therefore heare vs first: |
| King John | KJ II.i.320 | That did display them when we first marched forth; | That did display them when we first marcht forth: |
| King John | KJ II.i.326 | From first to last, the onset and retire | From first to last, the on-set and retyre |
| King John | KJ II.i.467 | Since I first called my brother's father dad! | Since I first cal'd my brothers father Dad. |
| King John | KJ II.i.482 | Speak England first, that hath been forward first | Speake England sirst, that hath bin forward first |
| King John | KJ II.i.535 | That I did so when I was first assured. | That I did so when I was first assur'd. |
| King John | KJ III.i.266 | First made to heaven, first be to heaven performed, | First made to heauen, first be to heauen perform'd, |
| King John | KJ III.i.288 | Therefore thy later vows, against thy first, | Therefore thy later vowes, against thy first, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.79 | For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, | For since the birth of Caine, the first male-childe |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.120 | Is stopped with dust. The first of April died | Is stopt with dust: the first of Aprill di'de |
| King John | KJ V.ii.83 | Your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars | Your breath first kindled the dead coale of warres, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.114 | But when it first did help to wound itself. | But when it first did helpe to wound it selfe. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.54 | Our eldest born, speak first. | Our eldest borne, speake first. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.190 | We first address toward you, who with this king | We first addresse toward you, who with this King |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.8 | Exit First Knight | |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.162 | this, let him be whipped that first finds it so. | this, let him be whipt that first findes it so. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.115.1 | You we first seize on. | You we first seize on. |
| King Lear | KL III.i.54 | That way, I'll this – he that first lights on him | That way, Ile this: He that first lights on him, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.26 | In, boy, go first. – You houseless poverty – | In Boy, go first. You houselesse pouertie, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.111 | at curfew and walks till the first cock. He gives the web | at Curfew, and walkes at first Cocke: Hee giues the Web |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.147 | First let me talk with this philosopher. | First let me talke with this Philosopher, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.35 | I'll see their trial first; bring in their evidence. | |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.46 | Arraign her first. 'Tis Gonerill! I here take my oath | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.134 | Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality. | Let me wipe it first, / It smelles of Mortality. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.180 | Thou knowest the first time that we smell the air | Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the Ayre |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.227 | That eyeless head of thine was first framed flesh | That eyelesse head of thine, was first fram'd flesh |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.2 | Until their greater pleasures first be known | Vntill their greater pleasures first be knowne |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.3.2 | We are not the first | We are not the first, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.25 | Ere they shall make us weep. We'll see 'em starved first. | Ere they shall make vs weepe? / Weele seee'm staru'd first: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.114 | (First trumpet) | 1 Trumpet. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.159 | Exit First Officer | |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.193 | I asked his blessing, and from first to last | I ask'd his blessing, and from first to last |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.286 | That from your first of difference and decay, | That from your first of difference and decay, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.101 | That bites the first-born infants of the spring. | That bites the first borne infants of the Spring. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.171 | Spaniard's rapier. The first and second cause will not | Spaniards Rapier: The first and second cause will not |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.156 | Why, villain, thou must know first. | Why villaine thou must know first. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.14 | What, what? First praise me, and again say no? | What, what? First praise me, & then again say no. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.10 | assure ye it was a buck of the first head. | assure ye, it was a Bucke of the first head. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.49 | Am I the first that have been perjured so? | Am I the first yt haue been periur'd so? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.221 | At the first opening of the gorgeous east, | At the first opening of the gorgeous East, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.289 | Consider what you first did swear unto: | Consider what you first did sweare vnto: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.303 | But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, | But Loue first learned in a Ladyies eyes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.344 | Pell-mell, down with them! But be first advised | Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduis'd, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.350 | First from the park let us conduct them thither; | First from the Park let vs conduct them thither, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.534 | And if these four Worthies in their first show thrive, | And if these foure Worthies in their first shew thriue, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.536 | There is five in the first show. | There is fiue in the first shew. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.742 | Yet, since love's argument was first on foot, | Yet since loues argument was first on foote, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.13 | First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, | First, as I am his Kinsman, and his Subiect, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.57 | When first they put the name of king upon me, | When first they put the Name of King vpon me, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.1 | You know your own degrees, sit down. At first | You know your owne degrees, sit downe: At first |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.8 | Enter First Murderer | Enter first Murtherer. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.9 | Boil thou first i'the charmed pot. | Boyle thou first i'th' charmed pot. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.67 | Thunder. First Apparition, an Armed Head | Thunder. 1. Apparation, an Armed Head |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.75 | More potent than the first. | More potent then the first. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.113 | Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the first. | Thou other Gold-bound-brow, is like the first: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.130 | No less in truth than life. My first false speaking | No lesse in truth then life. My first false speaking |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.11.1 | Protest their first of manhood. | Protest their first of Manhood. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.4 | Lead our first battle. Worthy Macduff and we | Leade our first Battell. Worthy Macduffe, and wee |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.73 | And damned be him that first cries, ‘ Hold, enough!’ | And damn'd be him, that first cries hold, enough. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.102 | Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland | Henceforth be Earles, the first that euer Scotland |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.46 | Though first in question, is thy secondary. | Though first in question, is thy secondary. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.154 | First, an it like you, the house is a respected | First, and it like you, the house is a respected |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.92 | If that the first that did th' edict infringe | If the first, that did th' Edict infringe |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.106 | So you must be the first that gives this sentence, | So you must be ye first that giues this sentence, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.241 | of her first affection. His unjust unkindness, that | of her first affection: his vniust vnkindenesse (that |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.246 | point. Only refer yourself to this advantage: first, that | point: onely referre your selfe to this aduantage; first, that |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.158 | I'll be hanged first. Thou art deceived in me, friar. | Ile be hang'd first: Thou art deceiu'd in mee Friar. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.4 | customers. First, here's young Master Rash. He's in for | Customers. First, here's yong Mr Rash, hee's in for |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.v.10.1 | But send me Flavius first. | But send me Flauius first. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.107 | In hateful practice. First, his integrity | In hatefull practise: first his Integritie |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.139 | Your royal ear abused. First hath this woman | Your royall eare abus'd: first hath this woman |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.158 | Whensoever he's convented. First, for this woman, | Whensoeuer he's conuented: First for this woman, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.168 | First, let her show her face, and after speak. | First, let her shew your face, and after, speake. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.353 | Thou art the first knave that e'er mad'st a duke. | Thou art the first knaue, that ere mad'st a Duke. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.354 | First, provost, let me bail these gentle three – | First Prouost, let me bayle these gentle three: |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.504 | Whipped first, sir, and hanged after. | Whipt first, sir, and hang'd after. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.149 | Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt, | Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.152 | And thankfully rest debtor for the first. | And thankfully rest debter for the first. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.37 | First, there is the Neapolitan prince. | First there is the Neopolitane Prince. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.44 | First, forward to the temple; after dinner | First forward to the temple, after dinner |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.12 | That he did pace them first? All things that are | That he did pace them first: all things that are, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.4 | The first, of gold, who this inscription bears, | The first of gold, who this inscription beares, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.10 | First, never to unfold to anyone | First, neuer to vnfold to any one |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.213 | We'll play with them, the first boy for a thousand | Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.253 | When I did first impart my love to you, | When I did first impart my loue to you, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.303 | First go with me to church and call me wife, | First goe with me to Church, and call me wife, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.81 | I will anon. First let us go to dinner. | I will anone, first let vs goe to dinner? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.68 | Every offence is not a hate at first. | Euerie offence is not a hate at first. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.436 | You taught me first to beg, and now methinks | You taught me first to beg, and now me thinkes |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.167 | To part so slightly with your wife's first gift, | To part so slightly with your wiues first gift, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.300 | Let it be so. The first inter'gatory | Let it be so, the first intergatory |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.287 | Mistress Anne, yourself shall go first. | Mistris Anne: your selfe shall goe first. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.289 | Truly, I will not go first, truly, la! I will not do | Truely I will not goe first: truely-la: I will not doe |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.68 | twin-brother of thy letter. But let thine inherit first, for | twyn-brother of thy Letter: but let thine inherit first, for |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.37 | As my mother was the first hour I was born. | As my mother was the first houre I was borne. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.242 | Master Brook, I will first make bold with your | Master Broome, I will first make bold with your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.66 | And moreover, bully, – (Aside to the others) But | And moreouer, (Bully) but first, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.67 | first, Master guest, and Master Page, and eke Cavaliero | Mr. Ghuest, and M. Page, & eeke Caualeiro |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.81 | (aside) I think I shall drink in pipe-wine first with | I thinke I shall drinke in Pipe-wine first with |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.154 | the fox. Let me stop this way first. | the Fox. Let me stop this way first: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.14 | Was the first motive that I wooed thee, Anne; | Was the first motiue that I woo'd thee (Anne:) |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.99 | pangs of three several deaths: first, an intolerable fright | pangs of three seuerall deaths: First, an intollerable fright, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.93 | I'll first direct my men what they shall | Ile first direct my men, what they shall |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.8 | complexion of a goose! A fault done first in the form of a | complexion of a Goose: a fault done first in the forme of a |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.8 | First, good Peter Quince, say what the play treats | First, good Peter Quince, say what the play treats |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.267 | And look thou meet me ere the first cock crow. | And looke thou meet me ere the first Cocke crow. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.9 | Thisbe that will never please. First, Pyramus must draw | Thisby, that will neuer please. First, Piramus must draw |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.134 | On the first view to say, to swear, I love thee. | On the first view to say, to sweare I loue thee. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.213 | Two of the first, like coats in heraldry, | Two of the first life coats in Heraldry, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.69 | But first I will release the Fairy Queen. | But first I will release the Fairy Queene. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.43 | Make choice of which your highness will see first. | Make choise of which your Highnesse will see first. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.139 | The trusty Thisbe coming first by night | The trusty Thisby, comming first by night, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.387 | First rehearse your song by rote, | First rehearse this song by roate, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.180 | first of May doth the last of December. But I hope you | first of Maie doth the last of December: but I hope you |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.66 | cinquepace; the first suit is hot and hasty, like a Scotch | cinque-pace: the first suite is hot and hasty like a Scotch |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.71 | Since summer first was leavy: | Since summer first was leauy, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.201 | out first. | out first. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.23 | You must hang it first, and draw it afterwards. | You must hang it first, and draw it afterwards. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.9 | First, who think you the most desartless man | First, who thinke you the most desartlesse man |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.143 | good night – I tell this tale vilely – I should first tell thee how | good night: I tell this tale vildly. I should first tell thee how |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.150 | by his oaths, which first possessed them, partly by the | by his oathes, which first possest them, partly by the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.293 | We'll be friends first. | Wee'll be friends first. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.19 | and write God first, for God defend but God should go | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.81 | But that's no matter, let him kill one first. | But that's no matter, let him kill one first: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.210 | First, I ask thee what they have done; thirdly, | First I aske thee what they haue done, thirdlie |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.239 | In the rare semblance that I loved it first. | In the rare semblance that I lou'd it first. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.31 | swimmer, Troilus the first employer of panders, and a | swimmer, Troilous the first imploier of pandars, and a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.56 | didst thou first fall in love with me? | didst thou first fall in loue with me? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.60 | parts did you first suffer love for me? | parts did you first suffer loue for me? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.119 | First, of my word; therefore play, music. | First, of my word, therfore play musick. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.38 | Stood heir to th' first. Now sir, be judge yourself | Stood Heire to'th'first. Now Sir, be iudge your selfe, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.28 | To leave that latest which concerns him first, | To leaue that latest, which concernes him first, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.212 | guard. First, I must tell thee this: Desdemona is directly | First, I must tell thee this: Desdemona, is directly |
| Othello | Oth II.i.216 | Mark me with what violence she first loved the Moor, | Marke me with what violence she first lou'd the Moore, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.342 | They do suggest at first with heavenly shows | They do suggest at first with heauenly shewes, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.366 | Yet fruits that blossom first will first be ripe. | Yet Fruites that blossome first, will first be ripe: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.95 | He did, from first to last. Why dost thou ask? | He did, from first to last: / Why dost thou aske? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.288 | This was her first remembrance from the Moor. | This was her first remembrance from the Moore, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.305 | Why that the Moor first gave to Desdemona; | Why that the Moore first gaue to Desdemona, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.324 | Which at the first are scarce found to distaste, | Which at the first are scarse found to distaste: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.433 | I gave her such a one: 'twas my first gift. | I gaue her such a one: 'twas my first gift. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.38 | confess and be hanged for his labour. First to be hanged | confesse, and be hang'd for his labour. First, to be hang'd, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.146 | Ay, 'twas he that told me on her first. | I, 'twas he that told me on her first, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.214 | Which I first gave her. I saw it in his hand: | Which I first gaue her: I saw it in his hand: |
| Pericles | Per I.i.108 | All love the womb that their first being bred; | All loue the Wombe that their first beeing bred, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.12 | That have their first conception by misdread, | That haue their first conception by misdread, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.14 | And what was first but fear what might be done | And what was first but feare, what might be done, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.46 | Draw lots who first shall die to lengthen life. | Drawe lots who first shall die, to lengthen life. |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.17.1 | The First Knight enters and passes by, his squire | The first Knight passes by. |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.17 | Who is the first that doth prefer himself? | Who is the first, that doth preferre himselfe? |
| Pericles | Per III.i.35 | Even at the first thy loss is more than can | Euen at the first, thy losse is more then can |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.7 | (to First Servant) | |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.56 | first.’ Such a maidenhead were no cheap thing, if men | first, such a maydenhead were no cheape thing, if men |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.20 | To fetch his daughter home, who first is gone. | To fetch his daughter home, who first is gone |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.46 | First, I would have you note this is an | First, I would haue you note, this is an |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.153 | Prithee tell me one thing first. | Prithee tell mee one thing first. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.19.1 | First, what is your place? | First what is your place? |
| Pericles | Per V.i.203.2 | First, sir, I pray, | Frist sir, I pray |
| Pericles | Per V.i.253 | For other service first. Toward Ephesus | for other seruice first, Toward Ephesus |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.61.1 | From first to last resolve you. | from first to last resolue you. |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.65 | Beseech you first, go with me to my house, | beseech you first, goe with mee to my house, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.30 | First, heaven be the record to my speech! | First, heauen be the record to my speech, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.54 | First, the fair reverence of your highness curbs me | First the faire reuerence of your Highnesse curbes mee, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.97 | Fetch from false Mowbray, their first head and spring. | Fetch'd from false Mowbray their first head and spring. |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.49 | Or if misfortune miss the first career, | Or if misfortune misse the first carreere, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.99 | Of those ‘ physicians ’ that first wounded thee. | Of those Physitians, that first wounded thee. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.153 | The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he. | The ripest fruit first fals, and so doth he, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.172 | Of whom thy father, Prince of Wales, was first. | Of whom thy Father Prince of Wales was first, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.290 | The first departing of the King for Ireland. | The first departing of the King for Ireland. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.300 | Hold out my horse, and I will first be there. | Hold out my horse, and I will first be there. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.125 | Had you first died and he been thus trod down | Had you first died, and he beene thus trod downe, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.33 | If on the first, how heinous e'er it be | If on the first, how heynous ere it bee, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.111 | Say ‘ Pardon ’ first, and afterwards, ‘ Stand up!’ | But Pardon first, and afterwards stand vp. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.113 | ‘ Pardon ’ should be the first word of thy speech. | Pardon should be the first word of thy speach. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.24 | That they are not the first of Fortune's slaves, | That they are not the first of Fortunes slaues, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.99 | Taste of it first, as thou art wont to do. | Taste of it first, as thou wer't wont to doo. |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.6 | First, to thy sacred state wish I all happiness. | First to thy Sacred State, wish I all happinesse: |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.260 | But first I'll turn yon fellow in his grave, | But first Ile turne yon Fellow in his Graue, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.323 | I do the wrong, and first begin to brawl. | I do the wrong, and first begin to brawle. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.48 | The first that there did greet my stranger soul | The first that there did greet my Stranger-soule, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.277 | Enter First Murderer | Enter 1. Murtherer |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.63 | First, madam, I entreat true peace of you, | First Madam, I intreate true peace of you, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.89 | But he, poor man, by your first order died, | But he (poore man) by your first order dyed, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.8 | First, he commends him to your noble self. | First, he commends him to your Noble selfe. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.150 | Therefore – to speak, and to avoid the first, | Therefore to speake, and to auoid the first, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.155 | First, if all obstacles were cut away, | First, if all Obstacles were cut away, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.178 | For first he was contract to Lady Lucy – | For first was he contract to Lady Lucie, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.447 | First, mighty liege, tell me your highness' pleasure, | First, mighty Liege, tell me your Highnesse pleasure, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.168 | The first was I that helped thee to the crown; | The first was I / That help'd thee to the Crowne: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.311 | Devised at first to keep the strong in awe. | Deuis'd at first to keepe the strong in awe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.177 | O anything, of nothing first create! | O any thing, of nothing first created: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.92 | Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun. | Nere saw her match, since first the world begun. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.93 | That presses them and learns them first to bear, | That presses them, and learnes them first to beare, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.80 | By love, that first did prompt me to inquire. | By Loue that first did promp me to enquire, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.24 | a duellist. A gentleman of the very first house, of the | a Dualist: a Gentleman of the very first house of the |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.25 | first and second cause. Ah, the immortal passado! the | first and second cause: ah the immortall Passado, the |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.162 | first let me tell ye, if ye should lead her in a fool's paradise, | first let me tell ye, if ye should leade her in a fooles paradise, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.224 | For it excels your first; or if it did not, | For it excels your first: or if it did not, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.225 | Your first is dead – or 'twere as good he were | Your first is dead, or 'twere as good he were, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iv.16 | Exit First Servingman | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.11 | Gave me my being and my father first, | Gaue me my being, and my father first |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.188.1 | Tell me thine first. | Tell me thine first. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.206 | But I will charm him first to keep his tongue. | But I will charme him first to keepe his tongue. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.13 | My master is grown quarrelsome. I should knock you first, | My Mr is growne quarrelsome: / I should knocke you first, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.34 | Whom would to God I had well knocked at first, | Whom would to God I had well knockt at first, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.104 | To give you over at this first encounter, | To giue you ouer at this first encounter, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.260 | Until the elder sister first be wed. | Vntill the elder sister first be wed. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.196 | Remove you hence. I knew you at the first | Remoue you hence: I knew you at the first |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.292 | I'll see thee hanged on Sunday first. | Ile see thee hang'd on sonday first. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.293 | Hark, Petruchio, she says she'll see thee hanged first. | Hark Petruchio, she saies shee'll see thee hang'd first. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.327 | I am your neighbour, and was suitor first. | I am your neighbour, and was suter first. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.339 | First, as you know, my house within the city | First, as you know, my house within the City |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.97 | First were we sad, fearing you would not come, | First were we sad, fearing you would not come, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.213 | That take it on you at the first so roundly. | That take it on you at the first so roundly. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.47 | First know my horse is tired, my master and | First know my horse is tired, my master & |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.7 | What, master, read you? First resolve me that. | What Master reade you first, resolue me that? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.93 | First tell me, have you ever been at Pisa? | First tell me, haue you euer beene at Pisa? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.76 | For our first merriment hath made thee jealous. | For our first merriment hath made thee iealous. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.132 | First kiss me, Kate, and we will. | First kisse me Kate, and we will. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.68 | To come at first when he doth send for her, | To come at first when he doth send for her, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.132 | Come on, I say, and first begin with her. | Come on I say, and first begin with her. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.134 | I say she shall. And first begin with her. | I say she shall, and first begin with her. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.71 | Through all the signories it was the first, | Through all the signories it was the first, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.214 | Was the first man that leaped; cried, ‘ Hell is empty, | Was the first man that leapt; cride hell is empty, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.332 | Which thou tak'st from me. When thou cam'st first, | Which thou tak'st from me: when thou cam'st first |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.342 | Which first was mine own king; and here you sty me | Which first was min owne King: and here you sty-me |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.441 | If now 'twere fit to do't. At the first sight | If now 'twere fit to do't: At the first sight |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.446 | Is the third man that e'er I saw; the first | Is the third man that ere I saw: the first |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.31 | first begins to crow? | First begins to crow? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.72 | when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage of | when we put them on first in Affricke, at the marriage of |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.104 | Is not, sir, my doublet as fresh as the first day | Is not Sir my doublet as fresh as the first day |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.90 | Having first seized his books; or with a log | Hauing first seiz'd his bookes: Or with a logge |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.93 | First to possess his books, for without them | First to possesse his Bookes; for without them |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.232 | And do the murder first. If he awake, | And doe the murther first: if he awake, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.6 | When first I raised the tempest. Say, my spirit, | When first I rais'd the Tempest: say my Spirit, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.120.2 | First, noble friend, | First, noble Frend, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.165 | Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, sir. | Befitting this first meeting: Welcome, Sir; |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.225.1 | We first put out to sea. | We first put out to Sea. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.122 | That from my first have been inclined to thrift, | That from my first haue beene inclin'd to thrift, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.14 | Ceremony was but devised at first | Ceremony was but deuis'd at first |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.16 | But his occasions might have wooed me first; | But his Occasions might haue wooed me first: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.17 | For, in my conscience, I was the first man | For in my conscience, I was the first man |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.24 | 'Had sent to me first, but for my mind's sake; | Had sent to me first, but for my mindes sake: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.69 | we can agree upon the first place. Sit, sit. The gods | we can agree vpon the first place. Sit, sit. The Gods |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.100 | Soft, take thy physic first. Thou too, and thou. | Soft, take thy Physicke first; thou too, and thou: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.169 | More whore, more mischief first. I have given you earnest. | More whore, more Mischeefe first, I haue giuen you earnest. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.253 | Hadst thou, like us from our first swath, proceeded | Had'st thou like vs from our first swath proceeded, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.285 | First mend my company, take away thyself. | First mend thy company, take away thy selfe. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.458 | Let us first see peace in Athens. There is | Let vs first see peace in Athens, there is |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.509 | Upon their first lord's neck. But tell me true – | Vpon their first Lords necke. But tell me true, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.14 | When thy first griefs were but a mere conceit, | When thy first greefes were but a meere conceit, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.27 | Who were the motives that you first went out; | Who were the motiues that you first went out, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.5 | I am his first-born son that was the last | I was the first borne Sonne, that was the last |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.31 | Ten years are spent since first he undertook | Ten yeares are spent, since first he vndertooke |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.76 | From whence at first she weighed her anchorage, | From whence at first she wegih'd her Anchorage: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.123 | Thrice-noble Titus, spare my first-born son. | Thrice Noble Titus, spare my first borne sonne. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.123 | First thrash the corn, then after burn the straw. | First thrash the Corne, then after burne the straw: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.91 | That touches this, my first-born son and heir. | That touches this my first borne sonne and heire. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.122 | Of that self blood that first gave life to you, | Of that selfe blood that first gaue life to you, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.109 | and when you come to him, at the first approach you | and when you come to him, at the first approach you |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.51 | First hang the child, that he may see it sprawl: | First hang the Child that he may see it sprall, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.87 | First know thou, I begot him on the Empress. | First know thou, / I begot him on the Empresse. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.132 | Exampled by the first pace that is sick | Exampled by the first pace that is sicke |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.305 | To our pavilion shall I lead you first. | To our Pauillion shal I leade you first: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.18 | Since the first sword was drawn about this question, | Since the first sword was drawne about this question, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.215 | – 'a should not bear it so, 'a should eat swords first; | A should not beare it so, a should eate Swords first: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.116 | With the first glance that ever – pardon me; | With the first glance; that euer pardon me, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.127 | Of speaking first. Sweet, bid me hold my tongue, | Of speaking first. Sweet, bid me hold my tongue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.102.1 | To the first giver. | To the first giuer. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.161 | Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first rank, | Or like a gallant Horse falne in first ranke, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.64 | Ere the first sacrifice, within this hour, | Ere the first sacrifice, within this houre, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.32 | The first was Menelaus' kiss; this, mine – | The first was Menelaus kisse, this mine: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.215 | Since first I saw yourself and Diomed | Since first I saw your selfe, and Diomed |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.271 | First, all you peers of Greece, go to my tent; | First, all you Peeres of Greece go to my Tent, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.10 | She will sing any man at first sight. | She will sing any man at first sight. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.20 | O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first, | O when mine eyes did see Oliuia first, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.217 | To answer by the method, in the first of his heart. | To answer by the method, in the first of his hart. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.65 | 'Tis not the first time I have constrained | 'Tis not the first time I haue constrained |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.109 | ‘ M.O.A.I. doth sway my life.’ Nay, but first | M.O.A.I. doth sway my life. Nay but first |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.191 | his first approach before my lady. He will come to her in | his first approach before my Lady: hee will come to her in |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.20 | Tomorrow, sir; best first go see your lodging. | To morrow sir, best first go see your Lodging? |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.35 | first, yet it's no matter for that. | first, yet it's no matter for that. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.5 | and I would I were the first that ever dissembled in such | and I would I were the first that euer dissembled in in such |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.271 | The Captain that did bring me first on shore | The Captaine that did bring me first on shore |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.347 | First told me thou wast mad; then, camest in smiling, | First told me thou wast mad; then cam'st in smiling, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.17 | Marry, by these special marks: first, you have | Marry by these speciall markes: first, you haue |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.4 | And e'en that power which gave me first my oath | And ev'n that Powre which gaue me first my oath |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.9 | At first I did adore a twinkling star, | At first I did adore a twinkling Starre, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.95 | For scorn at first makes after-love the more. | For scorne at first, makes after-loue the more. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.46 | Read over Julia's heart, thy first best love, | Read ouer Iulia's heart, (thy first best Loue) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.7 | Primrose, first-born child of Ver, | Prim-rose first borne, child of Ver, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.25.2 | imperial crowns. The First Queen falls down at the | imperiall Crownes. The 1. Queene fals downe at the |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.83 | First Nature styled it in, shrunk thee into | First nature stilde it in, shrunke thee into |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.135 | Is not done rashly; your first thought is more | Is not done rashly; your first thought is more. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.14 | Since first we went to school, may we perceive | Since first we went to Schoole, may we perceive |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.215.1 | I saw her first. | I saw her first. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.222 | I that first saw her; I that took possession | I that first saw her; I that tooke possession |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.223 | First with mine eye of all those beauties | First with mine eye of all those beauties |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.250 | First sees the enemy, shall I stand still | First sees the Enemy, shall I stand still |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iii.7 | When fifteen once has found us! First I saw him; | When fifteene once has found us? First I saw him, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iii.22 | To bring him water in a morning, first | To bring him water in a morning, first |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.9 | But I must fear you first. Sit down, and good now, | But I must feare you first: Sit downe, and good now |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.45.1 | Darest thou break first? | Dar'st thou breake first? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.121 | I first appear, though rude, and raw, and muddy, | I first appeare, though rude, and raw, and muddy, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.53.1 | I'll arm you first. | Ile arme you first. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.82.2 | When I saw you charge first, | When I saw you charge first, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.148 | And first bequeathing of the soul to, justly | And first bequeathing of the soule to) justly |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.209 | Which cannot want due mercy, I beg first – | Which cannot want due mercie, I beg first. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.57.3 | Would I might end first! | Would I might end first: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.76 | In the first place with Arcite, by his seeming | In the first place with Arcite, by his seeming |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.90 | Methinks, of him that's first with Palamon. | Me thinkes, of him that's first with Palamon. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.18.2 | But first, by your leave, | But first by your leave |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.21 | Cure her first this way, then if she will be honest, | Cure her first this way, then if shee will be honest, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.126 | Anon the other, then again the first, | Anon the other, then againe the first, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.50 | Did first bestow on him, a black one, owing | Did first bestow on him, a blacke one, owing |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.99 | In this place first you fought; e'en very here | In this place first you fought: ev'n very here |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.117 | Did lie in you, for you first saw her, and | Did lye in you, for you first saw her, and |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.6 | That after holy tie and first night's stir | That after holy Tye, and first nights stir |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.16 | And the first sound this child hear be a hiss, | And the first sound this child heare, be a hisse, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.84 | If you first sinned with us, and that with us | If you first sinn'd with vs: and that with vs |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.98 | What was my first? It has an elder sister, | What was my first? it ha's an elder Sister, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.336 | Will take again your queen as yours at first, | Will take againe your Queene, as yours at first, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.63 | First hand me. On mine own accord I'll off, | First hand me: on mine owne accord, Ile off, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.64 | But first I'll do my errand. The good Queen – | But first, Ile do my errand. The good Queene |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.56.1 | Than to perform it first. | Then to performe it first. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.96 | And first-fruits of my body, from his presence | And first Fruits of my body, from his presence |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.96 | but first, how the poor souls roared, and the sea mocked | but first, how the poore soules roared, and the sea mock'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.271 | Come on, lay it by, and let's first see more ballads; | Come-on, lay it by: and let's first see moe Ballads: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.311 | first choice. Follow me, girls. | first choice; folow me girles. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.597 | from fasting. They throng who should buy first, as if my | from fasting: they throng who should buy first, as if my |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.80 | As, walked your first queen's ghost, it should take joy | As (walk'd your first Queenes Ghost) it should take ioy |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.83 | Shall be when your first queen's again in breath; | Shall be when your first Queene's againe in breath: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.205 | The stars, I see, will kiss the valleys first: | The Starres (I see) will kisse the Valleyes first: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.140 | wept; and there was the first gentlemanlike tears that | wept: and there was the first Gentleman-like teares that |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.22 | Your wonder. But yet speak: first you, my liege. | Your wonder: but yet speake, first you (my Liege) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.36 | As now it coldly stands – when first I wooed her! | As now it coldly stands) when first I woo'd her. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.154 | Performed in this wide gap of time since first | Perform'd in this wide gap of Time, since first |