| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.13 | Yet, for our gentlemen that mean to see | Yet for our Gentlemen that meane to see |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.67 | with her – Helen, I mean. | with her, Hellen I meane. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.163 | God shield you mean it not! ‘ Daughter ’ and ‘ mother ’ | God shield you meane it not, daughter and mother |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.59 | Of the great Count himself, she is too mean | Of the great Count himselfe, she is too meane |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.67.2 | How do you mean? | How do you meane? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.95 | I mean, the business is not ended, as fearing to | I meane the businesse is not ended, as fearing to |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.81 | Farewell, my lord. What you shall know meantime | Farwell my Lord, what you shal know mean time |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.74 | What mean you, madam? I have made no fault. | What meane you Madam, I haue made no fault. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.19 | By th' height, the lowness, or the mean if dearth | By'th'height, the lownesse, or the meane: If dearth |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.32 | Have loved without this mean, if on both parts | Haue lou'd without this meane, if on both parts |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.i.12 | We mean to fight. Within our files there are, | We meane to fight. Within our Files there are, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.23.2 | What does he mean? | What does he meane? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.33.2 | What mean you, sir, | What meane you (Sir) |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iii.16 | What should this mean? | What should this meane? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.35 | If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean | If swift thought breake it not: a swifter meane |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.195 | You mean to mock me after; you should not | You meane to mocke me after: you should not |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.109 | I'll put myself in poor and mean attire | Ile put my selfe in poore and meane attire, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.77 | Who can come in and say that I mean her | Who can come in, and say that I meane her, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.81 | Thinking that I mean him, but therein suits | Thinking that I meane him, but therein suites |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.9 | the world. Here comes the man you mean. | the world: here comes the man you meane. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.55 | A mean woman was delivered | A meane woman was deliuered |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.18 | And go indeed, having so good a mean. | And goe indeede, hauing so good a meane. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.93 | What mean you, sir? For God's sake hold your hands. | What meane you sir, for God sake hold your hands: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.58.2 | I mean not cuckold-mad, | I meane not Cuckold mad, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.10 | Thou drunkard, thou – what didst thou mean by this? | Thou drunkard thou, what didst thou meane by this? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.28 | But though my cates be mean, take them in good part. | But though my cates be meane, take them in good part, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.81 | A crow without feather, master – mean you so? | A crow without feather, Master meane you so; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.108 | And in despite of mirth mean to be merry. | And in despight of mirth meane to be merrie: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.111 | There will we dine. This woman that I mean, | There will we dine: this woman that I meane |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.96 | How dost thou mean, a fat | How dost thou meane a fat |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.15 | What gold is this? What Adam dost thou mean? | What gold is this? What Adam do'st thou meane? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.78 | I hope you do not mean to cheat me so. | I hope you do not meane to cheate me so? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.70 | I mean to stride your steed, and at all times | I meane to stride your Steed, and at all times |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.21 | you are censured here in the city – I mean of us o'th' | you are censured heere in the City, I mean of vs a'th' |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.1 | Enter Coriolanus in mean apparel, disguised and muffled | Enter Coriolanus in meane Apparrell, Disguisd, and muffled. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.13 | I mean for your particular – you had not | (I meane for your particular) you had not |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.73 | Who, as I hear, mean to solicit him | who (as I heare) meane to solicite him |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.52 | I mean thy general. | I meane thy Generall. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.18 | I mean, that married her, alack good man, | (I meane, that married her, alacke good man, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.66 | That I mean to thee. Tell thy mistress how | That I meane to thee. Tell thy Mistris how |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.8 | How mean soe'er, that have their honest wills, | How meane so ere, that haue their honest wills, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.68 | Your lord, I mean – laughs from's free lungs: cries ‘ O, | (Your Lord I meane) laughes from's free lungs: cries oh, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.116 | Yet who than he more mean? – to knit their souls – | (Yet who then he more meane) to knit their soules |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.51 | How far 'tis thither. If one of mean affairs | How farre 'tis thither. If one of meane affaires |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.7 | Foundations fly the wretched: such, I mean, | Foundations flye the wretched: such I meane, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.i.9 | I mean, the lines of my body are as well drawn as his; | I meane, the Lines of my body are as well drawne as his; |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.110 | I mean, to man, he had not apprehension | I meane to man; he had not apprehension |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.190 | What does he mean? Since death of my dear'st mother | What does he meane? Since death of my deer'st Mother |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.246 | He was paid for that: though mean and mighty, rotting | He was paid for that: though meane, and mighty rotting |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.234 | If this be so, the gods do mean to strike me | If this be so, the Gods do meane to strike me |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.424 | As you did mean indeed to be our brother; | As you did meane indeed to be our Brother, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.7 | What does this mean, my lord? | What does this meane my Lord? |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.51 | To cast thee up again. What may this mean | To cast thee vp againe? What may this meane? |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.18 | But if't be he I mean, he's very wild, | But if't be hee I meane, hees very wilde; |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.196 | I mean the matter that you read, my lord. | I meane the matter you meane, my Lord. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.123 | I mean, my head upon your lap? | I meane, my Head vpon your Lap? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.39 | And let them know both what we mean to do | To let them know both what we meane to do, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.28 | What dost thou mean by this? | What dost thou meane by this? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.48 | What should this mean? Are all the rest come back? | What should this meane? Are all the rest come backe? |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.140 | I mean, sir, for his weapon. But in the imputation | at his weapon. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.168 | I mean, my lord, the opposition of your person | I meane my Lord, the opposition of your person |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.65 | Thou judgest false already! I mean thou | Thou iudgest false already. I meane, thou |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.257 | And make the Douglas' son your only mean | And make the Dowglas sonne your onely meane |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.42 | Sirrah carrier, what time do you mean to come | Sirra Carrier: What time do you mean to come |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.36 | plague mean ye to colt me thus? | plague meane ye to colt me thus? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.70 | O Lord, sir, who do you mean? | O Lord sir, who do you meane? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.13 | Such poor, such bare, such lewd, such mean attempts, | Such poore, such bare, such lewd, such meane attempts, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.27 | Even with the rebels' blood. But what mean I | Euen with the Rebels blood. But what meane I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.211 | I take but two shirts out with me, and I mean not to | if I take but two shirts out with me, and I meane not to |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.41 | That frosts will bite them. When we mean to build, | That Frosts will bite them. When we meane to build, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.20 | had. And, sir, do you mean to stop any of William's | had: And Sir, doe you meane to stoppe any of Williams |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.143 | We do not mean the coursing snatchers only, | We do not meane the coursing snatchers onely, |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.29 | For there is none of you so mean and base | For there is none of you so meane and base, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.45 | Thawing cold fear, that mean and gentle all | Thawing cold feare, that meane and gentle all |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.121 | Shall we disturb him, since he keeps no mean? | Shall wee disturbe him, since hee keepes no meane? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.122 | He may mean more than we poor men do know; | He may meane more then we poor men do know, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.48 | I mean to tug it and to cuff you soundly. | I meane to tugge it, and to cuffe you soundly. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.58 | I mean to prove this lady's courtesy. | I meane to proue this Ladyes courtesie. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.60 | I do, my lord, and mean accordingly. | I doe my Lord, and meane accordingly. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.114 | Except you mean with obstinate repulse | Except you meane with obstinate repulse |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.10 | Our sacks shall be a mean to sack the city, | Our Sacks shall be a meane to sack the City |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.23 | Mean and right poor, for that pure blood of mine | Meane and right poore, for that pure blood of mine, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.39 | Which by my lord of Winchester we mean | Which by my Lord of Winchester we meane |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.20 | Command, I mean, of virtuous chaste intents, | Command I meane, of Vertuous chaste intents, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.58 | Where as the King and Queen do mean to hawk. | Where as the King and Queene do meane to Hawke. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.139 | Now, sirrah, if you mean to save yourself from whipping, | Now Sirrha, if you meane to saue your selfe from Whipping, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.146 | But all in vain are these mean obsequies, | But all in vaine are these meane Obsequies, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.73 | Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable | Nay, that I meane to do. Is not this a lamentable |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iii.14 | If we mean to thrive and do good, break open the | If we meane to thriue, and do good, breake open the |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.67 | Follow me, soldiers; we'll devise a mean | Follow me souldiers, wee'l deuise a meane, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.64 | If one so rude and of so mean condition | If one so rude, and of so meane condition |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.44 | I mean to take possession of my right. | I meane to take possession of my Right. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.64 | The army of the Queen mean to besiege us. | The Armie of the Queene meane to besiege vs. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.19 | I am too mean a subject for thy wrath; | I am too meane a subiect for thy Wrath, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.51 | I mean our princely father, Duke of York. | I meane our Princely Father, Duke of Yorke. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.11 | In this self place where now we mean to stand. | In this selfe-place, where now we meane to stand. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.48 | Ay, but thou canst do what I mean to ask. | I, but thou canst doe what I meane to aske. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.58 | But stay thee; 'tis the fruits of love I mean. | But stay thee, 'tis the fruits of loue I meane. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.59 | The fruits of love I mean, my loving liege. | The fruits of Loue, I meane, my louing Liege. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.64 | No, by my troth, I did not mean such love. | No, by my troth, I did not meane such loue. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.65 | Why, then you mean not as I thought you did. | Why then you meane not, as I thought you did. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.97 | I know I am too mean to be your queen, | I know, I am too meane to be your Queene, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.99 | You cavil, widow; I did mean my queen. | You cauill, Widow, I did meane my Queene. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.51 | I mean, in bearing weight of government, | I meane, in bearing weight of Gouernment, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iii.7 | I mean, my lords, those powers that the Queen | I meane, my Lords, those powers that the Queene |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.46 | I mean, who set the body and the limbs | I meane who set the Body, and the Limbes |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.131 | But where they mean to sink ye. All good people, | But where they meane to sinke ye: all good people |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.91 | I mean the learned ones in Christian kingdoms – | (I meane the learned ones in Christian Kingdomes) |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.177 | I mean the Bishop – did require a respite, | (I meane the Bishop) did require a respite, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.160.2 | What should this mean? | What should this meane? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.203.2 | What should this mean? | What should this meane? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.237 | I mean your malice – know, officious lords, | (I meane your malice) know, Officious Lords, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.136 | I mean in perjured witness, than your Master, | I meane in periur'd Witnesse, then your Master, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.157.2 | Come back! What mean you? | Come backe: what meane you? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.146 | Would try him to the utmost, had ye mean; | Would trye him to the vtmost, had ye meane, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.255 | I know not what you mean by that, but, I am sure | I know not what you meane by that, but I am sure |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.79 | 'Tis Caesar that you mean; is it not, Cassius? | 'Tis Casar that you meane: / Is it not, Cassius? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.86 | Mean to establish Caesar as a king; | Meane to establish Casar as a King: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.234 | Portia! What mean you? Wherefore rise you now? | Portia: What meane you? wherfore rise you now? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.8 | What mean you, Caesar? Think you to walk forth? | What mean you Casar? Think you to walk forth? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.42 | With that which melteth fools – I mean sweet words, | With that which melteth Fooles, I meane sweet words, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.161 | No place will please me so, no mean of death, | No place will please me so, no meane of death, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.215 | But what compact mean you to have with us? | But what compact meane you to haue with vs? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.132 | Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read, | (Which pardon me) I do not meane to reade, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.28 | They mean this night in Sardis to be quartered; | They meane this night in Sardis to be quarter'd: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.128 | For shame, you Generals! What do you mean? | For shame you Generals; what do you meane? |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.5 | They mean to warn us at Philippi here, | They meane to warne vs at Philippi heere: |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.73 | I mean to visit him as he requests. | I meane to visit him as he requests, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.36 | I mean the Emperor. – Leave me alone. | I meane the Emperour, leaue me alone. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.190 | I never mean to part my lips again | I neuer meane to part my lips againe, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.94 | Mean space, my lords, 'tis best we be dispersed | Meane space my Lords, tis best we be disperst, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.1 | Oh, Lorraine, say, what mean our men to fly? | Oh Lorrain say, what meane our men to fly, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.43 | Thus once I mean to try a Frenchman's faith. | Thus once I meane to trie a French mans faith. |
| King John | KJ I.i.215 | Yet to avoid deceit I mean to learn; | Yet to auoid deceit I meane to learne; |
| King John | KJ II.i.117 | And by whose help I mean to chastise it. | And by whose helpe I meane to chastise it. |
| King John | KJ III.i.19 | What dost thou mean by shaking of thy head? | What dost thou meane by shaking of thy head? |
| King John | KJ III.iv.127 | For even the breath of what I mean to speak | For euen the breath of what I meane to speake, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.7 | abroad – I mean the whispered ones, for they are yet but | abroad, I meane the whisper'd ones, for they are yet but |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.76.2 | What do you mean? | What do you meane? |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.79.2 | Mean you to enjoy him? | Meane you to enioy him? |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.241 | I pant for life; some good I mean to do | I pant for life: some good I meane to do |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.57 | Things hid and barred, you mean, from common sense? | Things hid & bard (you meane) frõ cõmon sense. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.234 | which – which, I mean, I walked upon. It is yclept thy | Which? which I meane I walkt vpon, it is ycliped, Thy |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.235 | park. Then for the place where – where, I mean, I did | Parke. Then for the place Where? where I meane I did |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.19 | How mean you, sir? I pretty and my saying apt, or | How meane you sir, I pretty, and my saying apt? or |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.13 | Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean, | Good L. Boyet, my beauty though but mean, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.121 | By my sweet soul, I mean setting thee at liberty, | By my sweete soule, I meane, setting thee at libertie. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.328 | A mean most meanly; and in ushering | A meane most meanly, and in Vshering |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.450 | What mean you, madam? By my life, my troth, | What meane you Madame? / By my life, my troth |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.600 | What mean you, sir? | What meane you sir? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.699 | mean you? You will lose your reputation. | meane you? you will lose your reputation. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.40.2 | What do you mean? | What doe you meane? |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.67 | Mean you his majesty? | Meane you his Maiestie? |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.34 | With what I get, I mean; and so do they. | With what I get I meane, and so do they. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.50 | It is myself I mean; in whom I know | It is my selfe I meane: in whom I know |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.115 | No, sir, nor I mean it not. | No sir, nor I meane it not. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.219 | Does your worship mean to geld and splay all | Do's your Worship meane to geld and splay all |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.95 | No earthly mean to save him, but that either | No earthly meane to saue him, but that either |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.118 | To have what we would have, we speak not what we mean. | To haue, what we would haue, / We speake not what vve meane; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.6 | too much as they that starve with nothing. It is no mean | too much, as they that starue with nothing; it is no smal |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.7 | happiness, therefore, to be seated in the mean; superfluity | happinesse therefore to bee seated in the meane, superfluitie |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.23 | thieves and land thieves, I mean pirates; and then there | theeues, and land theeues, I meane Pyrats, and then there |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.33 | But stop my house's ears, I mean my casements; | But stop my houses eares, I meane my casements, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.192 | And when your honours mean to solemnize | And when your Honours meane to solemnize |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.210 | And do you, Gratiano, mean good faith? | And doe you Gratiano meane good faith? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.39 | I am about thrift. Briefly, I do mean to make love to | I am about thrift) briefely: I doe meane to make loue to |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.59 | I mean, Master Slender, what would you with me? | I meane (M. Slender) what wold you with me? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.82 | I mean it not – I seek you a better husband. | I meane it not, I seeke you a better husband. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.250 | But herein mean I to enrich my pain, | But heerein meane I to enrich my paine, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.53 | I mean that my heart unto yours is knit, | I meane that my heart vnto yours is knit, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.236 | I understand not what you mean by this. | I vnderstand not what you meane by this. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.447 | Heavens shield Lysander, if they mean a fray. | Heauens shield Lysander, if they meane a fray. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.328 | County Claudio, when mean you to go to | Counte Claudio, when meane you to goe to |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.118 | I mean, the fashion. | I meane the fashion. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.41.1 | What do you mean, my lord? | What doe you meane, my Lord? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.51 | And that Count Claudio did mean, | And that Count Claudio did meane |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.30 | I mean in singing; but in loving, Leander the good | I meane in singing, but in louing, Leander the good |
| Othello | Oth III.i.36 | And I'll devise a mean to draw the Moor | And Ile deuise a meane to draw the Moore |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.44 | Who is't you mean? | Who is't you meane? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.81 | Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed | Wherein I meane to touch your Loue indeed, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.107 | Too hideous to be shown. Thou dost mean something. | Too hideous to be shewne. Thou dost mean somthing: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.153.2 | What dost thou mean? | What dost thou meane? |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.5 | Naked in bed, Iago, and not mean harm? | Naked in bed (Iago) and not meane harme? |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.7 | They that mean virtuously and yet do so, | They that meane vertuously, and yet do so, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.147 | What do you mean by this haunting of me? | What do you meane by this haunting of me? |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.149 | you mean by that same handkerchief you gave me even | you meane by that same Handkerchiefe, you gaue me euen |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.213 | reason to believe now than ever – I mean purpose, | reason to beleeue now then euer (I meane purpose, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.227 | How do you mean ‘ removing ’ of him? | How do you meane remouing him? |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.29 | Alas, my lord, what may you mean by that? | Alacke, my Lord, / What may you meane by that? |
| Pericles | Per I.i.145 | For which we mean to have his head. | For which we meane to haue his head: |
| Pericles | Per II.i.136 | What mean you, sir? | What meane you sir? |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.47 | He had need mean better than his outward show | He had need meane better, then his outward shew |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.58.1 | (Within) Great shouts, and all cry ‘ The mean | Great shoutes, and all cry, the meane |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.67 | What mean you? | What meane you? |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.33 | That which in mean men we entitle patience | That which in meane men we intitle patience |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.80 | Is my strict fast – I mean my children's looks; | Is my strict fast, I meane my Childrens lookes, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.288 | And shortly mean to touch our northern shore. | And shortly meane to touch our Northerne shore: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.53 | I mean the Earl of Wiltshire, Bushy, Green. | I meane, the Earle of Wiltshire, Bushie, Greene. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.63 | Which for some reasons, sir, I mean to see. | Which for some reasons sir, I meane to see: |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.89 | You may deny that you were not the mean | You may deny that you were not the meane |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.128 | You mean, to bear me, not to bear with me. | You meane to beare me, not to beare with me: |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.30 | And make pursuit where he did mean no chase. | And make pursuit, where he did meane no chase. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.41 | How! Wear the garland! Dost thou mean the crown? | How weare the Garland? / Doest thou meane the Crowne? |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.28 | I mean, your voice for crowning of the King. | I meane your Voice, for Crowning of the King. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.31 | I mean, his conversation with Shore's wife – | I meane, his Conuersation with Shores Wife, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.86 | He fears, my lord, you mean no good to him. | He feares, my Lord, you meane no good to him. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.88 | Suspect me that I mean no good to him. | Suspect me, that I meane no good to him: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.18.2 | I mean the Lord Protector. | I meane, the Lord Protector. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.52 | Inquire me out some mean poor gentleman, | Inquire me out some meane poore Gentleman, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.74 | Tyrrel, I mean those bastards in the Tower. | Tyrrel, I meane those Bastards in the Tower. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.263 | I mean that with my soul I love thy daughter | I meane that with my Soule I loue thy daughter, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.264 | And mean to make her Queen of England. | And do intend to make her Queene of England. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.265 | Well then, who dost thou mean shall be her king? | Well then, who dost yu meane shallbe her King. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.223 | To see if any mean to shrink from me. | To heare if any meane to shrinke from me. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.3 | I mean, an we be in choler, we'll draw. | I mean, if we be in choller, wee'l draw. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.44.2 | I mean, sir, in delay | I meane sir I delay, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.48 | And we mean well in going to this masque, | And we meane well in going to this Maske, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.77 | nine lives. That I mean to make bold withal, and, as you | nine liues, that I meane to make bold withall, and as you |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.46 | No sudden mean of death, though ne'er so mean, | No sudden meane of death, though nere so meane, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.142 | What mean these masterless and gory swords | What meane these Masterlesse, and goarie Swords |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.240 | And with wild looks bid me devise some mean | And (with wilde lookes) bid me deuise some meanes |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.59 | Mates, maid, how mean you that? No mates for you | Mates maid, how meane you that? / No mates for you, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.220 | you mean? | you meane? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.222 | Hark you, sir, you mean not her too? | Hearke you sir, you meane not her to--- |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.39.2 | the habit of a mean man; Petruchio, with Hortensio, | the habit of a meane man, Petruchio with |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.64 | I see you do not mean to part with her, | I see you do not meane to part with her, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.201 | No such jade as you, if me you mean. | No such Iade as you, if me you meane. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.231.1 | What, you mean my face? | What, you meane my face. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.260 | Marry, so I mean, sweet Katherine, in thy bed. | Marry so I meane sweet Katherine in thy bed: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.142 | That by degrees we mean to look into | That by degrees we meane to looke into, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.187 | And therefore here I mean to take my leave. | And therefore heere I meane to take my leaue. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.103 | Belike you mean to make a puppet of me. | Belike you meane to make a puppet of me. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.166 | Even in these honest mean habiliments. | Euen in these honest meane habiliments: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.176 | For this poor furniture and mean array. | For this poore furniture, and meane array. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.19 | I mean Hortensio is afeard of you. | I meane Hortentio is afeard of you. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.21.2 | Mistress, how mean you that? | Mistris, how meane you that? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.31.1 | A very mean meaning. | A verie meane meaning. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.31.2 | Right, I mean you. | Right, I meane you. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.32 | And I am mean, indeed, respecting you. | And I am meane indeede, respecting you. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.46 | Am I your bird? I mean to shift my bush, | Am I your Bird, I meane to shift my bush, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.7 | I mean our preservation, few in millions | (I meane our preseruation) few in millions |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.105 | I wore it? I mean, in a sort. | I wore it? I meane in a sort. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.4 | Point to rich ends. This my mean task | Point to rich ends: this my meane Taske |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.230 | The dropsy drown this fool! What do you mean | The dropsie drowne this foole, what doe you meane |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.96 | To show Lord Timon that mean eyes have seen | To shew Lord Timon, that meane eyes haue seene |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.270 | mean to give thee none. | meane to giue thee none. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.40 | But in the mean time he wants less, my lord. | But in the mean time he wants lesse my Lord. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.86 | What does his lordship mean? | What do's his Lordship meane? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.269 | Sweet huntsman – Bassianus 'tis we mean – | Sweet huntsman, Bassianus 'tis we meane, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.40 | But, lovely niece, that mean is cut from thee. | But louely Neece, that meane is cut from thee, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.201 | (Aside) Their heads, I mean. O, how this villainy | Their heads I meane: Oh how this villany |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.4 | Alas, sweet aunt, I know not what you mean. | Alas sweet Aunt, I know not what you meane. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.9 | Fear her not, Lucius; somewhat doth she mean. | Feare not Lucius, somewhat doth she meane: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.62.2 | I mean she is brought abed. | I meane she is brought abed? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.84 | And is not careful what they mean thereby, | And is not carefull what they meane thereby, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.13 | You are deceived, for what I mean to do | You are deceiu'd, for what I meane to do, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.179 | Hark, wretches, how I mean to martyr you: | Harke Wretches, how I meane to martyr you, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.20 | Hath been as dear as Helen – I mean, of ours. | Hath bin as deere as Helen: I meane of ours: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.193 | For 'tis a cause that hath no mean dependence | For 'tis a cause that hath no meane dependance, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.4 | You depend upon him, I mean. | You depend vpon him I meane? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.25 | Command, I mean, friend. | Command, I meane friend. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.70 | What mean these fellows? Know they not Achilles? | What meane these fellowes? know they not Achilles? |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.124 | mean? Is it a world to hide virtues in? I did think by | meane? Is it a world to hide vertues in? I did thinke by |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.74 | I am bound to your niece, sir. I mean, she is the | I am bound to your Neece sir, I meane she is the |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.78 | understand what you mean by bidding me taste my legs. | vnderstand what you meane by bidding me taste my legs. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.79 | I mean to go, sir, to enter. | I meane to go sir, to enter. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.22 | Blame not this haste of mine. If you mean well, | Blame not this haste of mine: if you meane well |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.107 | You mistake; I mean the pound – a pinfold. | You mistake; I meane the pound, a Pinfold. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.95 | There wanteth but a mean to fill your song. | There wanteth but a Meane to fill your Song. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.96 | The mean is drowned with your unruly bass. | The meane is dround with you vnruly base. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.42 | Hast thou observed that? Even she I mean. | Hast thou obseru'd that? euen she I meane. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.51 | I mean that her beauty is exquisite, but her | I meane that her beauty is exquisite, / But her |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.39 | Tut, man, I mean thou'lt lose the flood; and, | Tut, man: I meane thou'lt loose the flood, and |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.105 | Not so, sweet lady; but too mean a servant | Not so, sweet Lady, but too meane a seruant |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.5 | To lesson me and tell me some good mean | To lesson me, and tell me some good meane |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.38 | Know, noble lord, they have devised a mean | Know (noble Lord) they haue deuis'd a meane |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.101 | For ‘ Get you gone,’ she doth not mean ‘ Away!’ | For, get you gon, she doth not meane away. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.106 | But she I mean is promised by her friends | But she I meane, is promis'd by her friends |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.24 | quoth I, ‘ you mean to whip the dog?’ ‘ Ay, marry, do I,’ | (quoth I) you meane to whip the dog: I marry doe I |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.105 | Gentlewoman, good day! I pray you, be my mean | Gentlewoman, good day: I pray you be my meane |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.168 | What mean you by that saying? | What meane you by that saying? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iii.3 | My father the mean keeper of his prison, | My Father the meane Keeper of his Prison, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.119 | By no mean cross her; she is then distempered | By no meane crosse her, she is then distemperd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.41 | Yea, the speed also – to go on, I mean; | Yea the speed also, to goe on, I meane: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.410 | I mean to utter it, or both yourself and me | I meane to vtter it; or both your selfe, and me, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.132 | I'th' eyes of heaven and to you – I mean | I'th' eyes of Heauen, and to you (I meane |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.89 | Yet Nature is made better by no mean | Yet Nature is made better by no meane, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.90 | But Nature makes that mean; so over that art | But Nature makes that Meane: so ouer that Art, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.155.1 | That never mean to part. | That neuer meane to part. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.198 | stretch-mouthed rascal would, as it were, mean mischief, | stretch-mouth'd Rascall, would (as it were) meane mischeefe, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.378 | So well, nothing so well; no, nor mean better. | So well, (nothing so well) no, nor meane better |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.426 | I mean thou shalt – we'll bar thee from succession; | I meane thou shalt) wee'l barre thee from succession, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.491 | When he shall miss me – as, in faith, I mean not | When he shall misse me, as (in faith I meane not |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.499 | For this design. What course I mean to hold | For this designe. What course I meane to hold |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.93.1 | And those but mean. | And those but meane. |