| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.71 | The Duke will lay upon him all the honour | The Duke will lay vpon him all the honor |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iii.2 | Great in our hope, lay our best love and credence | Great in our hope, lay our best loue and credence |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.43.1 | As if his life lay on't. | As if his life lay on't. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.251 | they know his conditions and lay him in straw. I have | they know his conditions, and lay him in straw. I haue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.i.15 | Which lay nice manners by, I put you to | Which lay nice manners by, I put you to |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.180 | Lay a more noble thought upon mine honour | Lay a more noble thought vpon mine honour, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.77 | Lo now, if it lay in their hands to make me a | Lo now, if it lay in their hands to make mee a |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.57 | Which seemed to tell them his remembrance lay | Which seem'd to tell them, his remembrance lay |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.232 | She made great Caesar lay his sword to bed. | She made great Casar lay his Sword to bed, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.26 | To lay his gay comparisons apart, | To lay his gay Comparisons a-part, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.76 | To lay my crown at's feet, and there to kneel, | To lay my Crowne at's feete, and there to kneele. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.81 | No chance may shake it. Give me grace to lay | No chance may shake it. Giue me grace to lay |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.21.1 | I lay up thy lips. | I lay vpon thy lippes. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.18 | Is not a single doom; in the name lay | Is not a single doome, in the name lay |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.59 | Lay me stark nak'd and let the waterflies | Lay me starke-nak'd, and let the water-Flies |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.129 | To lay on me a cruelty by taking | To lay on me a Cruelty, by taking |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.52 | Wilt thou lay hands on me, villain? | Wilt thou lay hands on me villaine? |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.30 | Did steal behind him as he lay along | Did steale behinde him as he lay along |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.233 | There lay he, stretched along like a wounded | There lay hee stretch'd along like a Wounded |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.108 | Lay sleeping on his back. About his neck | Lay sleeping on his back; about his necke |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.116 | Lay couching, head on ground, with catlike watch | Lay cowching head on ground, with catlike watch |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.34 | Lay open to my earthy gross conceit, | Lay open to my earthie grosse conceit: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.87 | would lay to your horse; and she would have me as a | would lay to your horse, and she would haue me as a |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.91 | Good people, enter, and lay hold on him. | Good people enter, and lay hold on him. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.411 | Your goods that lay at host, sir, in the Centaur. | Your goods that lay at host sir in the Centaur. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.195 | Would the nobility lay aside their ruth | Would the Nobility lay aside their ruth, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.70 | Come, lay aside your stitchery. I must have you | Come, lay aside your stitchery, I must haue you |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.81 | I sometime lay here in Corioles | I sometime lay here in Corioles, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.1.1 | Enter two Officers, to lay cushions, as it were in the | Enter two Officers, to lay Cushions, as it were, in the |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.225.2 | Lay | Lay |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.233 | To voice him consul. Lay the fault on us. | To Voyce him Consull. Lay the fault on vs. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.197 | To unbuild the city and to lay all flat. | To vnbuild the Citie, and to lay all flat. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.203 | That is the way to lay the city flat, | That is the way to lay the Citie flat, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.211.2 | Therefore lay hold of him; | Therefore lay hold of him: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.221 | Where the disease is violent. Lay hands upon him | Where the Disease is violent. Lay hands vpon him, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.226.1 | Lay hands upon him. | Lay hands vpon him. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.329.1 | Masters, lay down your weapons. | Masters, lay downe your Weapons. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.80 | What lay before them. | What lay before them. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.105 | Your faithful servant: I dare lay mine honour | Your faithfull Seruant: I dare lay mine Honour |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.20 | which else an easy battery might lay flat, for | which else an easie battery might lay flat, for |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.124 | I will lay you ten thousand ducats to your ring, that, | I will lay you ten thousands Duckets to your Ring, that |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.144 | I will have it no lay. | I will haue it no lay. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.86 | Good morrow, sir. You lay out too much pains | Good morrow Sir, you lay out too much paines |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.29 | He'd lay the future open. You good gods, | Heel'd lay the Future open. You good Gods, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.63 | Wilt lay the leaven on all proper men; | Wilt lay the Leauen on all proper men; |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.233.2 | Say, where shall's lay him? | Say, where shall's lay him? |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.255 | Nay, Cadwal, we must lay his head to the east, | Nay Cadwall, we must lay his head to th'East, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.282.1 | We have done our obsequies: come, lay him down. | We haue done our obsequies: / Come lay him downe. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.91.2 | Lay hands on him: a dog, | Lay hands on him: a Dogge, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.109 | This tablet lay upon his breast, wherein | This Tablet lay vpon his Brest, wherein |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.158 | And lay your hands again upon my sword. | And lay your hands againe vpon my sword, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.31 | To lay our service freely at your feet, | To lay our Seruices freely at your feete, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.452 | When he lay couched in th' ominous horse, | When he lay couched in the Ominous Horse, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.1 | 'A will come straight. Look you lay home to him. | He will come straight: / Looke you lay home to him, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.146 | Lay not that flattering unction to your soul, | Lay not a flattering Vnction to your soule, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.70 | I cannot choose but weep to think they would lay him | I cannot choose but weepe, to thinke they should lay him |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.182 | Pulled the poor wretch from her melodious lay | Pul'd the poore wretch from her melodious buy, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.234.2 | Lay her i'th' earth, | Lay her i'th' earth, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.5 | That would not let me sleep. Methought I lay | That would not let me sleepe; me thought I lay |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.87 | In cradle-clothes our children where they lay, | In Cradle-clothes, our Children where they lay, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.35 | spent on Tuesday morning, got with swearing ‘ Lay by!’, | spent on Tuesday Morning; got with swearing, Lay by: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.148 | I will lay him down such reasons for this adventure that | I will lay him downe such reasons for this aduenture, that |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.31 | down, lay thine ear close to the ground and list if thou | downe, lay thine eare close to the ground, and list if thou |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.32 | will he to the King, and lay open all our proceedings! | will he to the King, and lay open all our proceedings. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.190 | ward – here I lay, and thus I bore my point. Four rogues | word: here I lay, and thus I bore my point; foure Rogues |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.207 | She bids you on the wanton rushes lay you down, | She bids you, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.208 | And rest your gentle head upon her lap, | On the wanton Rushes lay you downe, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.222 | Come, quick, quick, that I may lay my head in thy lap. | Come, quicke, quicke, that I may lay my Head in thy / Lappe. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.34 | To lay so dangerous and dear a trust | To lay so dangerous and deare a trust |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.5 | Lay out, lay out. | Lay out, lay out. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.80 | That lie too heavy on the commonwealth, | That lay too heauie on the Common-wealth; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.28 | Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it. | Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.47 | O, would the quarrel lay upon our heads, | O, would the quarrell lay vpon our heads, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.86 | I give thee leave to tell me so? I lay aside that | I giue thee leaue to tell me so? I lay a-side that |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.35 | To lay down likelihoods and forms of hope. | To lay downe likely-hoods, and formes of hope. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.167 | Where lay the King tonight? | Where lay the King last night? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.190 | O, Sir John, do you remember since we lay all | O sir Iohn, doe you remember since wee lay all |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.270 | right. I remember at Mile End Green, when I lay at | right. I remember at Mile-end-Greene, when I lay at |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.100 | To lay a heavy and unequal hand | To lay a heauie and vnequall Hand vpon our Honors? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.1.1 | They take up the King and lay him on a bed | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.74 | The image of his power lay then in me | The Image of his power, lay then in me, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.106 | Then, Pistol, lay thy head in Furies' lap. | Then Pistoll lay thy head in Furies lappe. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.108 | I will lay odds that, ere this year expire, | I will lay oddes, that ere this yeere expire, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.137 | But lay down our proportions to defend | But lay downe our proportions, to defend |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.229 | Or lay these bones in an unworthy urn, | Or lay these bones in an vnworthy Vrne, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.22 | me lay more clothes on his feet; I put my hand into the | me lay more Clothes on his feet: I put my hand into the |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.78 | That you divest yourself, and lay apart | That you deuest your selfe, and lay apart |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.37 | unknown, to lay apart their particular functions and | vnknowne, to lay apart their particular Functions, and |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.218 | Indeed, the French may lay twenty French | Indeede the French may lay twentie French |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.225 | Our children, and our sins, lay on the King! | Our Children, and our Sinnes, lay on the King: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.12 | Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped, | Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.140 | my love, or bound my horse for her favours, I could lay | my Loue, or bound my Horse for her fauours, I could lay |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.57 | Or will you blame and lay the fault on me? | Or will you blame and lay the fault on me? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.77 | And lay new platforms to endamage them. | And lay new Plat-formes to endammage them. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.4 | Or aught intendest to lay unto my charge, | Or ought intend'st to lay vnto my charge, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.13 | Shall lay your stately and air-braving towers, | Shall lay your stately, and ayre-brauing Towers, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.29 | Come, come, and lay him in his father's arms. | Come, come, and lay him in his Fathers armes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.49 | And lay them gently on thy tender side. | And lay them gently on thy tender side. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.40 | Lay hands upon these traitors and their trash. | Lay hands vpon these Traytors, and their trash: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.46 | Lay not thy hands on me; forbear, I say; | Lay not thy hands on me: forbeare I say, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.16 | A thousand crowns, or else lay down your head. | A thousand Crownes, or else lay down your head |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.115 | Marked for the gallows, lay your weapons down; | Mark'd for the Gallowes: Lay your Weapons downe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.57 | desolate. I see them lay their heads together to surprise | desolate. I see them lay their heades together to surprize |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.27 | A dreadful lay! Address thee instantly! | A dreadfull lay, addresse thee instantly. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.2 | I lay me down a little while to breathe; | I lay me downe a little while to breath: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.26 | Why linger we? Let us lay hands upon him. | Why linger we? Let vs lay hands vpon him. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.78 | He meant to lay upon; and his own letter, | He meant to lay vpon: and his owne Letter |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.40 | Have got a speeding trick to lay down ladies. | Haue got a speeding tricke to lay downe Ladies. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.11 | But half my lay thoughts in him, some of these | But halfe my Lay-thoughts in him, some of these |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.11 | Hung their heads, and then lay by. | Hung their heads, & then lay by. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.265 | This talking lord can lay upon my credit, | This talking Lord can lay vpon my credit, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.296 | Lay kissing in your arms, lord Cardinal. | Lay kissing in your Armes, Lord Cardinall. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.28 | From Ampthill where the Princess lay; to which | From Ampthill, where the Princesse lay, to which |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.70 | That ever lay by man; which when the people | That euer lay by man: which when the people |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.22 | Is come to lay his weary bones among ye; | Is come to lay his weary bones among ye: |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.171 | Then lay me forth; although unqueened, yet like | Then lay me forth (although vnqueen'd) yet like |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.66 | Lay all the weight ye can upon my patience, | Lay all the weight ye can vpon my patience, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.77 | If the King blame me for't, I'll lay ye all | If the King blame me for't; Ile lay ye all |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.174.1 | Is like to lay upon us. | Is like to lay vpon vs. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.239 | again; but to my thinking, he was very loath to lay his | againe: but to my thinking, he was very loath to lay his |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.143 | And look you lay it in the praetor's chair, | And looke you lay it in the Pretors Chayre, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.19 | And though we lay these honours on this man, | And though we lay these Honours on this man, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.29 | Nor lay aside their jacks of gimmaled mail, | Nor lay aside their Iacks of Gymould mayle, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.7 | To lay aside unnecessary soothing, | To lay aside vnnecessary soothing, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.88 | And lay as thick upon my battered crest | And laye as thicke vpon my battered crest, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.54 | And, as thou lov'st me, Prince, lay thy consent | And as thou louest me Prince, lay thy consent. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.25 | Albeit severity lay dead in us. | Albeit seuerity lay dead in vs, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.132 | Down in a valley how both armies lay: | Downe in a vallie how both armies laie: |
| King John | KJ I.i.12 | Desiring thee to lay aside the sword | Desiring thee to lay aside the sword |
| King John | KJ I.i.72 | Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance? | Doth he lay claime to thine inheritance? |
| King John | KJ I.i.76 | That still I lay upon my mother's head. | That still I lay vpon my mothers head, |
| King John | KJ I.i.106 | Between my father and my mother lay, | Betweene my father, and my mother lay, |
| King John | KJ I.i.256 | Heaven lay not my transgression to my charge! | Heauen lay not my transgression to my charge, |
| King John | KJ I.i.263 | Needs must you lay your heart at his dispose, | Needs must you lay your heart at his dispose, |
| King John | KJ II.i.19 | Upon thy cheek lay I this zealous kiss, | Vpon thy cheeke lay I this zelous kisse, |
| King John | KJ II.i.41 | We'll lay before this town our royal bones, | Wee'll lay before this towne our Royal bones, |
| King John | KJ II.i.146 | Or lay on that shall make your shoulders crack. | Or lay on that shall make your shoulders cracke. |
| King John | KJ II.i.154 | Wilt thou resign them and lay down thy arms? | Wilt thou resigne them, and lay downe thy Armes? |
| King John | KJ II.i.345 | Before we will lay down our just-borne arms, | Before we will lay downe our iust-borne Armes, |
| King John | KJ II.i.399 | And lay this Angiers even with the ground, | And lay this Angiers euen with the ground, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.38 | Doth lay it open to urge on revenge. | Doth lay it open to vrge on reuenge. |
| King John | KJ V.i.24 | Go I to make the French lay down their arms. | Goe I to make the French lay downe their Armes. |
| King John | KJ V.ii.126 | He flatly says he'll not lay down his arms. | He flatly saies, heell not lay downe his Armes. |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.127 | man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a | man, to lay his Goatish disposition on the charge of a |
| King Lear | KL II.i.125 | Lay comforts to your bosom, and bestow | Lay comforts to your bosome, and bestow |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.10 | But if thy flight lay toward the roaring sea | But if they flight lay toward the roaring Sea, |
| King Lear | KL III.v.23 | I will lay trust upon thee, and thou shalt find | I will lay trust vpon thee: and thou shalt finde |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.88 | There is a litter ready; lay him in't | There is a Litter ready, lay him in't, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.189 | O, here he is. Lay hand upon him. – Sir, | Oh heere he is: lay hand vpon him, Sir. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.252 | To lay the blame upon her own despair, | To lay the blame vpon her owne dispaire, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.295 | I'll lay my head to any goodman's hat | Ile lay my head to any good mans hat, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.133 | Nor never lay his wreathed arms athwart | Nor neuer lay his wreathed armes athwart |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.346 | Now to plain dealing. Lay these glosses by. | Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.551 | And lay my arms before the legs of this sweet lass of France. | And lay my Armes before the legs of this sweet Lasse of France. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.12 | Lay it to thy heart, and farewell. | Lay it to thy heart and farewell. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.51 | The night has been unruly. Where we lay, | The Night ha's been vnruly: / Where we lay, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.108 | Outrun the pauser reason. Here lay Duncan, | Out-run the pawser, Reason. Here lay Duncan, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.32 | Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure, | Great Tyrrany, lay thou thy basis sure, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.72 | I throw my warlike shield. Lay on, Macduff; | I throw my warlike Shield: Lay on Macduffe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.96 | You must lay down the treasures of your body | You must lay downe the treasures of your body, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.162 | Lay by all nicety and prolixious blushes, | Lay by all nicetie, and prolixious blushes |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.134 | Can lay on nature is a paradise | Can lay on nature, is a Paradise |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.153 | cunning I will lay myself in hazard. Claudio, whom | cunning, I will lay my selfe in hazard: Claudio, whom |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.128 | I do not like the man. Had he been lay, my lord, | I doe not like the man: had he been Lay my Lord, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.343 | him to prison. Lay bolts enough upon him. Let him | him to prison: lay bolts enough vpon him: let him |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.356 | Must have a word anon. Lay hold on him. | Must haue a word anon: lay hold on him. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.75 | And on the wager lay two earthly women, | And on the wager lay two earthly women, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.226 | Shall I lay perjury upon my soul! | Shall I lay periurie vpon my soule? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.249.1 | Therefore lay bare your bosom. | Therefore lay bare your bosome. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.6.1 | Where Cressid lay that night. | Where Cressed lay that night. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.259 | For by this ring the doctor lay with me. | For by this ring the Doctor lay with me. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.6 | should lay my countenance to pawn. I have grated upon | should lay my countenance to pawne: I haue grated vpon |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.61 | court lay at Windsor, could never have brought her to | Court lay at Windsor) could neuer haue brought her to |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.178 | you wherein I must very much lay open mine own | you, wherein I must very much lay open mine owne |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.225 | so much of your time in exchange of it as to lay an | so much of your time in enchange of it, as to lay an |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.101 | Come, lay their swords to pawn. Follow me, lads of | Come, lay their swords to pawne: Follow me, Lad of |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.178 | I will lay a plot to try that, and we will | I will lay a plot to try that, and wee will |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.86 | And how long lay you there? | And how long lay you there? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.142 | War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it, | Warre, death, or sicknesse, did lay siege to it; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.44 | Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe. | Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.331 | Lay them in gore, | Lay them in gore, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.33 | Of the false sweet bait that we lay for it. | Of the false sweete baite that we lay for it: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.54 | we not lay hands on him? | wee not lay hands on him. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.67 | and lay it to your heart: it is the only thing for a | and lay it to your heart, it is the onely thing for a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.234 | Than I can lay it down in likelihood. | Then I can lay it downe in likelihood. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.54 | – Nay, never lay thy hand upon thy sword; | Nay, neuer lay thy hand vpon thy sword, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.64 | That I am forced to lay my reverence by, | That I am forc'd to lay my reuerence by, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.212 | they are committed; and, to conclude, what you lay to | they are committed, and to conclude, what you lay to |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.261 | Can lay upon my sin; yet sinned I not | Can lay vpon my sinne, yet sinn'd I not, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.80 | Lay hold upon him: if he do resist, | Lay hold vpon him, if he do resist |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.197 | Let me speak like yourself and lay a sentence | Let me speake like your selfe: / And lay a Sentence, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.215 | Lay thy finger thus, and let thy soul be instructed. | Lay thy finger thus: and let thy soule be instructed. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.314 | to splinter; and my fortunes against any lay worth | to splinter. And my Fortunes against any lay worth |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.410 | I will go on. I lay with Cassio lately, | I will go on. I lay with Cassio lately, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.107 | Now if this suit lay in Bianca's power, | Now, if this Suit lay in Bianca's dowre, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.12 | Lay down my soul at stake. If you think other, | Lay downe my Soule at stake: If you thinke other, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.45 | Lay not your blame on me. If you have lost him, | Lay not your blame on me: if you haue lost him, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.104 | Lay on my bed my wedding sheets, remember, | Lay on my bed my wedding sheetes, remember, |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.45 | Lay by these. | (Lay by these) |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.169 | That men must lay their murders on your neck. | That men must lay their Murthers on your necke. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.197.2 | Nay, lay thee down and roar, | Nay; lay thee downe, and roare: |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.235 | Ay, ay: O, lay me by my mistress' side. | I, I: oh lay me by my Mistris side. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.66 | As you yourself do lay upon yourself. | as you your selfe doe lay vpon your selfe. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.119 | On thee I lay, whose wisdom's strength can bear it. | On thee I lay, whose wisdomes strength can beare it, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.67 | Bring me the satin coffer. Lay the babe | Bring me the Sattin Coffin: lay the Babe |
| Pericles | Per III.iv.2 | Lay with you in your coffer, which are | Lay with you in your Coffer, which are |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.20 | conscience. The poor Transylvanian is dead that lay | conscience, the poore Transiluanian is dead that laye |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.71 | And lay aside my high blood's royalty, | And lay aside my high bloods Royalty, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.84 | What doth our cousin lay to Mowbray's charge? | What doth our Cosin lay to Mowbraies charge? |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.137 | Once did I lay an ambush for your life, | Once I did lay an ambush for your life, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.119 | Let them lay by their helmets and their spears | Let them lay by their Helmets & their Speares, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.179 | Lay on our royal sword your banished hands. | Lay on our Royall sword, your banisht hands; |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.3 | To lay aside life-harming heaviness, | To lay aside selfe-harming heauinesse, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.134 | And therefore personally I lay my claim | And therefore personally I lay my claime |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.39 | Even at his feet to lay my arms and power, | Euen at his feet, to lay my Armes and Power, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.43 | And lay the summer's dust with showers of blood | And lay the Summers dust with showers of blood, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.332 | Come home with me to supper, I will lay | Come home with me to Supper, Ile lay |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.177 | I lay it naked to the deadly stroke | I lay it naked to the deadly stroke, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.96 | And lay those honours on your high desert. | And lay those Honors on your high desert. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.325 | I lay unto the grievous charge of others. | I lay vnto the greeuous charge of others. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.29 | Some lay in dead men's skulls, and in the holes | Some lay in dead-mens Sculles, and in the holes |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.33 | And mocked the dead bones that lay scattered by. | And mock'd the dead bones that lay scattred by. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.194 | That you depart, and lay no hands on me | That you depart, and lay no hands on me: |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.116 | Who told me, when we both lay in the field | Who told me, when we both lay in the Field, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.1 | Last night, I hear, they lay at Stony Stratford, | Last night I heard they lay at Stony Stratford, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.170 | On him I lay that you would lay on me, | On him I lay that, you would lay on me, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.9 | ‘ O, thus,’ quoth Dighton, ‘ lay the gentle babes.’ | O thus (quoth Dighton) lay the gentle Babes: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.14 | A book of prayers on their pillow lay, | A Booke of Prayers on their pillow lay, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.13.2 | I'll lay fourteen of my teeth – | Ile lay fourteene of my teeth, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.116 | I tell you, he that can lay hold of her | I tell you, he that can lay hold of her, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.147 | And all my fortunes at thy foot I'll lay | And all my Fortunes at thy foote Ile lay, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.80 | To lay one in, another out to have. | To lay one in, another out to haue. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.197 | nobleman in town, one Paris, that would fain lay knife | Noble man in Towne one Paris, that would faine lay knife |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.191 | Thursday is near. Lay hand on heart. Advise. | Thursday is neere, lay hand on heart, aduise, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.116 | Then will I lay the serving-creature's dagger on | Then will I lay the seruing Creatures Dagger on |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.3 | Under yond yew trees lay thee all along, | Vnder yond young Trees lay thee all along, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.73 | Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet. | Open the Tombe, lay me with Iuliet. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.258 | Of her awakening, here untimely lay | Of her awaking) heere vntimely lay |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.83 | For though you lay here in this goodly chamber, | For though you lay heere in this goodlie chamber, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.137 | how the young folks lay their heads together. | how the young folkes lay their heads together. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.321 | 'Twas a commodity lay fretting by you, | Twas a commodity lay fretting by you, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.62.1 | Lay forth the gown. | Lay forth the gowne. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.177 | If thou account'st it shame, lay it on me. | If thou accountedst it shame, lay it on me, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.34 | Lay hands on the villain. I believe a' means to | Lay hands on the villaine, I beleeue a meanes to |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.79 | Lay hold on him, I charge you, in the Duke's name. O, | laie hold on him I charge you in the Dukes name: oh |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.48 | Lay her a-hold, a-hold! Set her two courses! | Lay her a hold, a hold, set her two courses |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.49 | Off to sea again! Lay her off! | off to Sea againe, lay her off. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.290 | To lay upon the damned, which Sycorax | To lay vpon the damn'd, which Sycorax |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.289 | Can lay to bed for ever; whiles you, doing thus, | Can lay to bed for euer: whiles you doing thus, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.32 | they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legged like a | they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian: Leg'd like a |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.250 | Monster, lay to your fingers. Help to bear | Monster, lay to your fingers: helpe to beare |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.240 | Thus honest fools lay out their wealth on curtsies. | Thus honest Fooles lay out their wealth on Curtsies. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.116 | My discontented troops, and lay for hearts. | My discontented Troopes, and lay for hearts; |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.7 | To whom all sores lay siege, can bear great fortune | (To whom all sores lay siege) can beare great Fortune |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.324 | Apemantus, if it lay in thy power? | Apemantus, if it lay in thy power? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.92 | Make way to lay them by their brethren. | Make way to lay them by their Bretheren. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.153 | Sound trumpets, and lay the coffin in the tomb | Flourish. Then Sound Trumpets, and lay the Coffins in the Tombe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.232 | When he by night lay bathed in maiden blood. | When he by night lay bath'd in Maiden blood: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.21 | Fie, brother, fie! Teach her not thus to lay | Fy brother fy, teach her not thus to lay |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.25 | What violent hands can she lay on her life? | What violent hands can she lay on her life: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.103 | And lay it by. The angry northern wind | And lay it by: the angry Northerne winde |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.105 | Where the dead corpse of Bassianus lay; | Where the dead Corps of Bassianus lay: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.147 | To lay a complot to betray thy foes. | To lay a complot to betray thy Foes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.157 | Caius and Valentine, lay hands on them. | Caius, and Valentine, lay hands on them, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.56 | lay about him today, I can tell them that, and there's | lay about him to day I can tell them that, and there's |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.240 | Peace, Trojan, lay thy finger on thy lips. | Peace Troyan, lay thy finger on thy lips, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.78 | He shent our messengers, and we lay by | He sent our Messengers, and we lay by |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.84 | I'll lay my life, with my disposer Cressida. | With my disposer Cressida. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.41 | Lay negligent and loose regard upon him. | Lay negligent and loose regard vpon him; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.52 | Where are my tears? Rain, to lay this wind, | Where are my teares? raine, to lay this winde, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.59 | Lay hold upon him, Priam, hold him fast; | Lay hold vpon him Priam, hold him fast: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.7 | recompense for your love to lay any of them on you. | recompence for your loue, to lay any of them on you. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.63 | Lay me, O, where | lay me ô where |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.386 | I dare lay any money, 'twill be nothing yet. | I dare lay any money, twill be nothing yet. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.30 | speaks a word; but see how I lay the dust with my tears. | speakes a word: but see how I lay the dust with my teares. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.68 | You must lay lime to tangle her desires | You must lay Lime, to tangle her desires |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.99 | Tell him, if he i'th' blood-sized field lay swollen, | Tell him if he i'th blood cizd field, lay swolne |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.230 | And if the lives of all my name lay on it, | And if the lives of all my name lay on it, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.57 | Now, when the credit of our town lay on it, | Now when the credite of our Towne lay on it, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.12 | That I lay fatting like a swine to fight, | That I lay fatting like a Swine, to fight |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.11 | Lay by your anger for an hour, and dove-like | Lay by your anger for an houre, and dove-like |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.91 | I prithee lay attention to the cry; | I pre' thee lay attention to the Cry. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.130 | I dare my life lay down, and will do't, sir, | I dare my life lay downe, and will do't (Sir) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.96 | And, might we lay th' old proverb to your charge, | And might we lay th' old Prouerb to your charge, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.81.1 | Which I'll lay down. | Which Ile lay downe. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.23 | My cabin where I lay; thrice bowed before me, | My Cabine where I lay: thrice bow'd before me, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.6 | desire to lay my bones there. Besides, the penitent King, | desire to lay my bones there. Besides, the penitent King |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.50 | partner in this business, and lay aside the thoughts of | partner in this busines, and lay aside the thoughts of |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.54 | to lay on thee, rather than have these off. | to lay on thee, rather then haue these off. |
| 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.283 | Lay it by too. Another. | Lay it by too; another. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.454 | Some hangman must put on my shroud and lay me | Some Hangman must put on my shrowd, and lay me |