| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.53 | Methinks I hear him now; his plausive words | (Me thinkes I heare him now) his plausiue words |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.175 | Methinks in thee some blessed spirit doth speak | Methinks in thee some blessed spirit doth speak |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.6 | Madam, methinks, if you did love him dearly, | Madam, me thinkes if you did loue him deerly, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.39 | That so I harried him. Why, methinks, by him, | That so I harried him. Why me think's by him, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.282 | Yare, yare, good Iras; quick – methinks I hear | Yare, yare, good Iras; quicke: Me thinkes I heare |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.25 | methinks I have given him a penny and he renders me | me thinkes I haue giuen him a penie, and he renders me |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.66 | Methinks your maw, like mine, should be your clock | Me thinkes your maw, like mine, should be your cooke, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.151 | give us gold. Methinks they are such a gentle nation | giue vs gold: me thinkes they are such a gentle Nation, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.418 | Methinks you are my glass, and not my brother. | Me thinks you are my glasse, & not my brother: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.30 | Methinks I hear hither your husband's drum; | Me thinkes, I heare hither your Husbands Drumme: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.33 | Methinks I see him stamp thus, and call thus: | Me thinkes I see him stampe thus, and call thus, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.14 | Methinks thou speak'st not well. How long is't since? | Me thinkes thou speak'st not well. How long is't since? |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.151 | He has it now, and by his looks methinks | He ha's it now: and by his Lookes, me thinkes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.49 | Thou then look'dst like a villain: now, methinks, | Thou then look'dst like a Villaine: now, me thinkes |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.209.1 | Methinks I see him now – | Me thinkes I see him now. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.184 | My father – methinks I see my father. | My father, me thinkes I see my father. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.58 | But soft, methinks I scent the morning air. | But soft, me thinkes I sent the Mornings Ayre; |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.240 | The lady doth protest too much, methinks. | The Lady protests to much me thinkes. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.386 | Methinks it is like a weasel. | Me thinkes it is like a Weazell. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.98 | But yet methinks it is very sultry and hot for my | Mee thinkes it is very soultry, and hot for my |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.199 | By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap | By heauen, me thinkes it were an easie leap, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.92 | Methinks my moiety, north from Burton here, | Me thinks my Moity, North from Burton here, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.66 | Ay, but Sir John, methinks they are | I, but Sir Iohn, me thinkes they are |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.22 | I'faith, sweetheart, methinks now you are in an | Sweet-heart, me thinkes now you are in an |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.141 | For this revolt of thine, methinks, is like | For this reuolt of thine, me thinkes is like |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.122 | men's minds. Methinks I could not die anywhere so | mens minds, me thinks I could not dye any where so |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.32 | As one man more methinks would share from me | As one man more me thinkes would share from me, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.48 | Methinks your looks are sad, your cheer appalled. | Me thinks your looks are sad, your chear appal'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.118 | My lord, methinks, is very long in talk. | My Lord me thinkes is very long in talke. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.99 | But yet methinks my father's execution | But yet me thinkes, my Fathers execution |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.54 | Methinks my lord should be religious, | Me thinkes my Lord should be Religious, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.56 | Methinks his lordship should be humbler; | Me thinkes his Lordship should be humbler, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.97 | Methinks I should revive the soldiers' hearts, | Me thinkes I should reuiue the Souldiors hearts, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.128 | And you, my lords, methinks you do not well | And you my Lords, me thinkes you do not well |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.27 | Poor boy! He smiles, methinks, as who should say | Poore Boy, he smiles, me thinkes, as who should say, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.165 | (Aside) And yet methinks I could be well content | And yet me thinkes I could be well content |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.230 | Methinks the realms of England, France, and Ireland | Me thinkes the Realmes of England, France, & Ireland, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.6 | Here a' comes, methinks, and the Queen with him. | Here a comes me thinkes, and the Queene with him: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.54 | Lord Buckingham, methinks you watched her well. | Lord Buckingham, me thinks you watcht her well: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.30 | Methinks I should not thus be led along, | Me thinkes I should not thus be led along, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.58 | But methinks he should stand in fear of fire, | But me thinks he should stand in feare of fire, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.43 | Methinks already in this civil broil | Me thinkes alreadie in this ciuill broyle, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.113 | You are old enough now, and yet, methinks, you lose. | You are old enough now, / And yet me thinkes you loose: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.6 | Or had he 'scaped, methinks we should have heard | Or had he scap't, me thinkes we should haue heard |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.20 | Methinks 'tis prize enough to be his son. | Me thinkes 'tis prize enough to be his Sonne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.185 | Ay, now methinks I hear great Warwick speak. | I, now me thinks I heare great Warwick speak; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.21 | O God! Methinks it were a happy life | Oh God! me thinkes it were a happy life, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.100 | The other his pale cheeks, methinks, presenteth. | The other his pale Cheekes (me thinkes) presenteth: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.91 | Methinks these peers of France should smile at that. | Me thinkes these Peeres of France should smile at that. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.51 | And yet methinks your grace hath not done well | And yet me thinks, your Grace hath not done well, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.35 | Methinks the power that Edward hath in field | Me thinkes, the Power that Edward hath in field, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.39 | Methinks a woman of this valiant spirit | Me thinkes a Woman of this valiant Spirit, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.297 | How much, methinks, I could despise this man, | How much me thinkes, I could despise this man, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.387 | I hope I have: I am able now, methinks, | I hope I haue: / I am able now (me thinkes) |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.4 | So: now, methinks, I feel a little ease. | So now (me thinkes) I feele a little ease. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.23.2 | Methinks I could | Me thinkes I could |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.109 | Methinks there is much reason in his sayings. | Me thinkes there is much reason in his sayings. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.182.2 | That, methinks, is strange. | That me thinkes is strange. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.36 | When she would talk of peace, methinks her tongue | When she would talke of peace me thinkes her tong, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.74 | Away, away! Methinks I hear their drums. – | Away, away, me thinks I heare their drums, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.70 | But soft, methinks I hear | But soft me thinkes I heare, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.169 | Methinks I see this hurly all on foot; | Me thinkes I see this hurley all on foot; |
| King John | KJ IV.i.13 | Methinks nobody should be sad but I. | Me thinkes no body should be sad but I: |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.140 | I am amazed, methinks, and lose my way | I am amaz'd me thinkes, and loose my way |
| King John | KJ V.ii.64 | And even there, methinks, an angel spake. | And euen there, methinkes an Angell spake, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.3.1 | Methinks the ground is even. | Me thinkes the ground is eeuen. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.7 | Methinks thy voice is altered, and thou speak'st | Me thinkes thy voyce is alter'd, and thou speak'st |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.10.2 | Methinks y'are better spoken. | Me thinkes y'are better spoken. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.16 | Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. | Me thinkes he seemes no bigger then his head. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.284 | Far off methinks I hear the beaten drum. | Farre off methinkes I heare the beaten Drumme. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.64 | Methinks I should know you, and know this man; | Me thinkes I should know you, and know this man, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.63 | Methinks our pleasure might have been demanded | Methinkes our pleasure might haue bin demanded |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.62 | scorn to sigh: methinks I should outswear Cupid. | scorne to sigh, me thinkes I should out-sweare Cupid. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.84 | a love of that colour, methinks Samson had small reason | a Loue of that colour, methinkes Sampson had small reason |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.783.2 | A time, methinks, too short | A time me thinkes too short, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.70 | To fright you thus methinks I am too savage; | To fright you thus. Me thinkes I am too sauage: |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.114 | putting on – methinks strangely, for he hath not used | putting on, methinks strangely: / For he hath not vs'd |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.492 | Methinks I see a quickening in his eye. | Methinkes I see a quickning in his eye: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.125 | Methinks it should have power to steal both his | Me thinkes it should haue power to steale both his |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.430 | And now methinks I have a mind to it. | And now methinkes I haue a minde to it. |
| 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.4 | Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls, | Troylus me thinkes mounted the Troian walls, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.100 | Methinks it sounds much sweeter than by day. | Methinkes it sounds much sweeter then by day? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.124 | This night methinks is but the daylight sick, | This night methinkes is but the daylight sicke, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.231 | Methinks you prescribe to yourself very preposterously. | Methinkes you prescribe to your selfe very preposterously. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.208 | shamed, and methinks there would be no period to the | sham'd, and me thinkes there would be no period to the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.20 | been grievously peaten as an old 'oman. Methinks there | bin greeuously peaten, as an old o'man: me-thinkes there |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.22 | Methinks his flesh is punished; he shall have no desires. | Me-thinkes his flesh is punish'd, hee shall haue no desires. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.3 | Another moon – but O, methinks how slow | Another Moon: but oh, me thinkes, how slow |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.135 | Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason | Me-thinkes mistresse, you should haue little reason |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.193 | The moon methinks looks with a watery eye; | The Moone me-thinks, lookes with a watrie eie, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.24 | for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face. And | for me-thinkes I am maruellous hairy about the face. And |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.32 | good dry oats. Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle | good dry Oates. Me-thinkes I haue a great desire to a bottle |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.188 | Methinks I see these things with parted eye, | Me-thinks I see these things with parted eye, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.189.2 | So methinks, | So me-thinkes: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.179 | The wall, methinks, being sensible, should curse | The wall me-thinkes being sensible, should curse |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.308 | Methinks she should not use a long one for | Me thinkes shee should not vse a long one for |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.161 | Why, i'faith, methinks she's too low for a | Why yfaith me thinks shee's too low for a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.15 | So say I; methinks you are sadder. | So say I, methinkes you are sadder. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.38 | I am out of all other tune, methinks. | I am out of all other tune, me thinkes. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.82 | and how you may be converted I know not, but methinks | and how you may be conuerted I know not, but me thinkes |
| Othello | Oth II.i.5 | Methinks the wind does speak aloud at land; | Me thinks, the wind hath spoke aloud at Land, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.21 | What an eye she has! Methinks it sounds a parley to | What an eye she ha's? / Methinkes it sounds a parley to |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.23 | An inviting eye, and yet methinks right modest. | An inuiting eye:/ And yet me thinkes right modest. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.100 | Methinks it should be now a huge eclipse | Me thinkes, it should be now a huge Eclipse |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.31 | Methinks I am a prophet new-inspired, | Me thinkes I am a Prophet new inspir'd, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.9 | As my sweet Richard. Yet again methinks | As my sweet Richard; yet againe me thinkes, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.116 | You are my father; for methinks in you | You are my Father, for me thinkes in you |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.54 | Methinks King Richard and myself should meet | Me thinkes King Richard and my selfe should meet |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.91 | Tell Bolingbroke – for yon methinks he stands – | Tell Bullingbrooke, for yond me thinkes he is, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.65 | I am afraid, methinks, to hear you tell it. | I am affraid (me thinkes) to heare you tell it. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.14 | And since, methinks, I would not grow so fast, | And since, me thinkes I would not grow so fast, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.76 | Methinks the truth should live from age to age, | Me thinkes the truth should liue from age to age, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.55 | Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, | Me thinkes I see thee now, thou art so lowe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.28 | I fear it is. And yet methinks it should not, | I feare it is, and yet me thinkes it should not, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.55 | O, look! Methinks I see my cousin's ghost | O looke, me thinks I see my Cozins Ghost, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.85 | good Cambio. (To Tranio) But, gentle sir, methinks you | good Cambio. But gentle sir, / Me thinkes you |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.86 | Methinks he looks as though he were in love. | Methinkes he lookes as though he were in loue: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.92 | How does my father? Gentles, methinks you frown. | How does my father? gentles methinkes you frowne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.139 | 'Twere good methinks to steal our marriage, | 'Twere good me-thinkes to steale our marriage, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.28 | I have great comfort from this fellow. Methinks | I haue great comfort from this fellow: methinks |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.71 | Methinks our garments are now as fresh as | Me thinkes our garments are now as fresh as |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.210 | And yet methinks I see it in thy face, | And yet, me thinkes I see it in thy face, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.274.1 | Methinks I do. | Me thinkes I do. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.76 | This throne, this Fortune, and this hill, methinks, | This Throne, this Fortune, and this Hill me thinkes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.43 | Methinks they should invite them without knives: | Me thinks they should enuite them without kniues, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.104 | eyes cannot hold out water, methinks. To forget their | eies cannot hold out water me thinks to forget their |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.222 | Methinks I could deal kingdoms to my friends, | Me thinkes, I could deale Kingdomes to my Friends, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.239 | Methinks false hearts should never have sound legs. | Me thinkes false hearts, should neuer haue sound legges. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.76 | Methinks he should the sooner pay his debts, | Me thinkes he should the sooner pay his debts, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.505 | Methinks thou art more honest now than wise. | Me thinkes thou art more honest now, then wise: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.115 | But soft, methinks I do digress too much, | But soft, me thinkes I do digresse too much, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.19 | methinks, is the curse dependent on those that war for | me thinkes is the curse dependant on those that warre for |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.90 | Save these men's looks; who do, methinks, find out | Saue these mens lookes: who do me thinkes finde out |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.80 | canary put me down. Methinks sometimes I have no | Canarie put me downe: mee thinkes sometimes I haue no |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.285 | Methinks I feel this youth's perfections, | Me thinkes I feele this youths perfections |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.123 | Why, then, methinks 'tis time to smile again. | Why then me thinkes 'tis time to smile agen: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.364 | Methinks his words do from such passion fly | Me thinkes his words do from such passion flye |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.41 | Methinks should not be chronicled for wise. | Me thinkes should not be chronicled for wise. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.90 | And yet methinks I do not like this tune. | And yet me thinkes I do not like this tune. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.201 | Methinks my zeal to Valentine is cold, | Me thinkes my zeale to Valentine is cold, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.26 | Now, my young guest, methinks you're allycholly; | Now, my yong guest; me thinks your' allycholly; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.76 | Because methinks that she loved you as well | Because, me thinkes that she lou'd you as well |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.153 | 'Tis like a beast, methinks. I find the court here; | Tis like a Beast me thinkes: I finde the Court here, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.190.1 | Methinks a rose is best. | Me thinkes a Rose is best. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.21.1 | His face methinks goes that way. | His face me thinkes, goes that way. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.23 | And that, methinks, is not so well; nor scarcely | And that (me thinkes) is not so well; nor scarcely |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.70 | Methinks this armour's very like that, Arcite, | Me thinkes this Armo'rs very like that, Arcite, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.22 | Methinks, from hence, as from a promontory | Me thinks from hence, as from a Promontory |
| 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 IV.ii.121.3 | Methinks, | Me thinkes, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.25.1 | But, doctor, methinks you are i'th' wrong still. | But Doctor, / Me thinkes you are i'th wrong still. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.364.2 | This is strange: methinks | This is strange: Me thinkes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.5 | Methinks I so should term them – and the reverence | (Me thinkes I so should terme them) and the reuerence |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.133 | Methinks I play as I have seen them do | Me thinkes I play as I haue seene them do |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.391 | Methinks a father | Me-thinkes a Father, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.544 | The partner of your bed. Methinks I see | The partner of your Bed. Me thinkes I see |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.62 | Would I were dead but that methinks already – | Would I were dead, but that me thinkes alreadie. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.77 | As any cordial comfort. Still methinks | As any Cordiall comfort. Still me thinkes |