| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.111 | ask you a question. Man is enemy to virginity; how may | aske you a question. Man is enemie to virginitie, how may |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.205 | More should I question thee, and more I must, | More should I question thee, and more I must, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.30 | it will fit any question. | it will fit any question. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.38 | fool in question, hoping to be the wiser by your answer. | foole in question, hoping to bee the wiser by your answer. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.38 | it you'll run again rather than suffer question for your | it you'le runne againe, rather then suffer question for your |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.31 | I'll question her. God save you, pilgrim! Whither are | Ile question her. God saue you pilgrim, whether are |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.44.1 | Might be my question. | Might be my question. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.85.1 | Out of our question wipe him. | Out of our question wipe him. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.10 | The mered question. 'Twas a shame no less | The meered question? 'Twas a shame no lesse |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.58 | I pray you, one of you question yond man | I pray you, one of you question yon'd man, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.173 | As yet to question you about your fortunes. | As yet to question you about your fortunes: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.32 | question with him. He asked me of what parentage I | question with him: he askt me of what parentage I |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.5 | Neither call the giddiness of it in question: the | Neither call the giddinesse of it in question; the |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.158 | After some question with him, was converted | After some question with him, was conuerted |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.422 | That's a question. How shall we try it? | That's a question, how shall we trie it. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.222 | That he will give them make I as little question | that he will giue them, make I as little question, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.200 | o'th' table; no question asked him by any of the senators | o'th' Table: No question askt him by any of the Senators, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.34 | And had – besides this gentleman in question – | And had (besides this Gentleman in question) |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.11 | Thou ask'st me such a question. Have I not been | Thou ask'st me such a Question: Haue I not bene |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.52 | We were to question farther; but I now | We were to question farther; but I now |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.45.2 | Speak to it, Horatio. | Question it Horatio. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.111 | That was and is the question of these wars. | |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.10 | By this encompassment and drift of question | By this encompassement and drift of question, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.239 | true. Let me question more in particular. What have | true. Let me question more in particular: what haue |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.339 | that cry out on the top of question and are most tyrannically | that crye out on the top of question; and are most tyrannically |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.355 | in the question. | in the Question. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.13 | Niggard of question, but of our demands | Niggard of question, but of our demands |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.56 | To be, or not to be – that is the question; | To be, or not to be, that is the Question: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.41 | in the meantime some necessary question of the play be | in the meane time, some necessary Question of the Play be |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.212 | For 'tis a question left us yet to prove, | For 'tis a question left vs yet to proue, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.13 | Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue. | Go, go, you question with an idle tongue. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.26 | Will not debate the question of this straw. | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.217.1 | That I must call't in question. | That I must call in question. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.38 | question to thee. If thou answerest me not to the purpose, | question to thee; if thou answerest me not to the purpose, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.58 | when you are asked this question next, say ‘ a grave-maker.’ | when you are ask't this question next, say a Graue-maker: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.369 | But since, so jump upon this bloody question, | But since so iumpe vpon this bloodie question, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.34 | My liege, this haste was hot in question, | My Liege: This haste was hot in question, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.89 | Directly unto this question that I ask. | directly vnto this question, that I shall aske. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.106 | I must not have you henceforth question me | I must not haue you henceforth, question me, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.28 | prithee do thou stand in some by-room while I question | prythee doe thou stand in some by-roome, while I question |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.401 | micher, and eat blackberries? A question not to be asked. | Micher, and eate Black-berryes? a question not to bee askt. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.403 | question to be asked. There is a thing, Harry, which thou | question to be askt. There is a thing, Harry, which thou |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.68 | And breed a kind of question in our cause. | And breede a kinde of question in our cause: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.48.1 | Staying no longer question. | Staying no longer question. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.58 | He that was in question for the | He that was in question for the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.15 | The question then, Lord Hastings, standeth thus – | The question then (Lord Hastings) standeth thus |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.53 | Question surveyors, know our own estate, | Question Surueyors, know our owne estate, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.53 | Wherefore do I this? So the question stands. | Wherefore doe I this? so the Question stands. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.165 | I muse you make so slight a question. | I muse you make so slight a Question. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.91 | Question your royal thoughts, make the case yours; | Question your Royall Thoughts, make the case yours: |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.5 | Did push it out of farther question. | Did push it out of farther question. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.17 | Though war nor no known quarrel were in question, | (Though War nor no knowne Quarrel were in question) |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.31 | Question your grace the late ambassadors, | Question your Grace the late Embassadors, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.142 | Come here himself to question our delay, | Come here himselfe to question our delay; |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.115 | question 'tween you tway. | question tween you tway. |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.43 | question too, and ambiguities. | question too, and ambiguities. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.196 | night, when you come into your closet, you'll question | night, when you come into your Closet, you'le question |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.62 | Question her proudly, let thy looks be stern; | Question her prowdly, let thy Lookes be sterne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.87 | Ask me what question thou canst possible, | Aske me what question thou canst possible, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.72 | Question, my lords, no further of the case, | Question (my Lords) no further of the case, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.95 | About a certain question in the law | About a certaine question in the Law, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.53 | No question of that; for I have seen him | No question of that: for I haue seene him |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.132 | Ay, there's the question; but I say 'tis true: | I, there's the question; But I say, 'tis true: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.122 | To question of his apprehension. | To question of his apprehension. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.130 | And let your reason with your choler question | And let your Reason with your Choller question |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.151 | Induce you to the question on't, or ever | Induce you to the question on't: or euer |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.212 | The question did at first so stagger me – | The question did at first so stagger me, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.130 | The justice and the truth o'th' question carries | The Iustice and the Truth o'th'question carries |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.13 | How that might change his nature, there's the question. | How that might change his nature, there's the question? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.37 | to Caesar than you shall do to Brutus. The question of | to Casar, then you shall do to Brutus. The Question of |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.163 | And call in question our necessities. | And call in question our necessities. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.109 | That needs no further question; and I know | That needs no further question, and I knowe |
| King John | KJ I.i.195 | ‘ I shall beseech you ’ – that is question now; | I shaIl beseeeh you; that is question now, |
| King John | KJ I.i.199 | ‘ No, sir,’ says question, ‘ I, sweet sir, at yours.’ | No sir, saies question, I sweet sir at yours, |
| King John | KJ I.i.200 | And so, ere answer knows what question would, | And so ere answer knowes what question would, |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.14 | You and your fellows. I'd have it come to question. | You and your Fellowes: I'de haue it come to question; |
| King Lear | KL II.i.17 | And I have one thing of a queasy question | And I haue one thing of a queazie question |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.62 | And thou hadst been set i'the stocks for that question, | And thou hadst beene set i'th'Stockes for that question, |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.24.2 | Made she no verbal question? | |
| King Lear | KL V.i.31.1 | Are not the question here. | Are not the question heere. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.34 | Will not bear question; either say thou'lt do't, | Will not beare question: either say thou'lt do't, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.59 | The question of Cordelia and her father | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.30 | And out of question so it is sometimes; | And out of question, so it is sometimes: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.81 | I do, sans question. | I doe sans question. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.42 | That man may question? You seem to understand me | That man may question? you seeme to vnderstand me, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.3 | knowledge. When I burned in desire to question them further, | knowledge. When I burnt in desire to question them further, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.125 | And question this most bloody piece of work | And question this most bloody piece of worke, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.117 | Question enrages him. At once, good night. | Question enrages him: at once, goodnight. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.46 | Though first in question, is thy secondary. | Though first in question, is thy secondary. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.90 | But in the loss of question – that you, his sister, | But in the losse of question) that you, his Sister, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.131 | Wise? Why, no question but he was. | Wise? Why no question but he was. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.270 | Pray you, my lord, give me leave to question. You shall | pray you, my Lord, giue mee leaue to question, you shall |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.156 | In making question of my uttermost | In making question of my vttermost |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.184 | Where money is; and I no question make | Where money is, and I no question make |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.70 | I pray you think you question with the Jew. | I pray you thinke you question with the Iew: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.73 | You may as well use question with the wolf | Or euen as well vse question with the Wolfe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.169 | That holds this present question in the court? | That holds this present question in the Court. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.343.1 | I'll stay no longer question. | Ile stay no longer question. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.204 | But that is not the question. The question is | But that is not the question: the question is |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.70 | Disarm them, and let them question. Let them keep | Disarme them, and let them question: let them keepe |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.88 | My daughter will I question how she loves you, | My daughter will I question how she loues you, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.67 | Therefore, fair Hermia, question your desires, | Therefore faire Hermia question your desires, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.279 | Therefore be out of hope, of question, of doubt, | Therefore be out of hope, of question, of doubt; |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.156 | Do you question me as an honest man should | Doe you question me as an honest man should |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.ii.17 | question him yourself. | question him your selfe. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.307 | merry best becomes you; for, out o' question, you were | merry, best becomes you, for out of question, you were |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.173 | A commodity in question, I warrant you. Come, | A commoditie in question I warrant you, come |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.71 | Let me but move one question to your daughter; | Let me but moue one question to your daughter, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.74 | Question – why, an hour in clamour and a | Question, why an hower in clamour and a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.6 | In the true course of all the question. | In the true course of all the question. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.113 | question thou wilt be, if my cousin do not look exceeding | questiõ thou wilt be, if my Cousin do not looke exceeding |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.23 | So may he with more facile question bear it, | So may he with more facile question beare it, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.113 | Or came it by request and such fair question | Or came it by request, and such faire question |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.93 | Now will I question Cassio of Bianca, | Now will I question Cassio of Bianca, |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.60.2 | There be some such, no question. | There be some such, no question. |
| Pericles | Per I.iii.11 | Further to question me of your King's departure. | further to question mee of your kings departure: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.229 | To call hers, exquisite, in question more. | to cal hers (exquisit) in question more, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.158 | Stay not to question, for the Watch is coming. | Stay not to question, for the watch is comming. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.140 | My tale provokes that question. Dear, they durst not, | My Tale prouokes that question: Deare, they durst not, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.63 | He last asked the question. Poor rogues and | He last ask'd the question. Poore Rogues, and |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.48 | Now question me no more, we are espied. | Now question me no more, we are espied, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.160 | This is her question. | This is her question. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.161 | That's true, make no question of that. ‘ Two | That's true, make no question of that, two |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.18 | Since the first sword was drawn about this question, | Since the first sword was drawne about this question, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.165 | And on the cause and question now in hand | And on the cause and question now in hand, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.51 | I'll decline the whole question. | Ile declin the whole question: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.81 | We dare not move the question of our place, | We dare not moue the question of our place, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.145 | No question. | No question. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.56 | activity in question. What, billing again? Here's ‘ In | actiuity in question: what billing againe? here's in |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.42 | I will come last – 'tis like he'll question me | I will come last, 'tis like heele question me, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.12 | During all question of the gentle truce; | During all question of the gentle truce: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.83 | In this I do not call your faith in question | In this I doe not call your faith in question |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.248 | To answer such a question. Stand again: | To answer such a question: Stand againe; |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.84 | No question. | No question. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.94 | Past question, for thou seest it will not curl by | Past question, for thou seest it will not coole my |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.6 | you call in question the continuance of his love. Is he | you call in question the continuance of his loue. Is he |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.88 | her great P's. It is, in contempt of question, her hand. | her great P's. It is in contempt of question her hand. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.48 | are – make the trial of it in any constant question. | are, make the triall of it in any constant question. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.345 | But out of question 'tis Maria's hand. | But out of question, tis Marias hand. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.3 | Make any timorous question; yet I wish him | Make any timerous question, yet I wish him |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.62.2 | Yes, 'tis a question | Yes, tis a question, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.113 | I am persuaded this question, sick between's, | I am perswaded this question sicke between's, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.222 | In public question with their swords. Be wise then, | In publique question with their Swords; Be wise then |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.15 | All shall be well; neither heard I one question | All shall be well: Neither heard I one question |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.8 | fits it to every question. | fyts it to every question; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.127 | Give me the victory of this question, which | Give me the victory of this question, which |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.136 | That are above our question. Let's go off, | That are above our question: Let's goe off, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.60 | But your kind hostess. Come, I'll question you | But your kind Hostesse. Come, Ile question you |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.324.2 | Make that thy question, and go rot! | Make that thy question, and goe rot: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.433 | Avoid what's grown than question how 'tis born. | Auoid what's growne, then question how 'tis borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.47 | what we are, have some question with the shepherd; | what we are) haue some question with the shepheard; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.197 | Has these poor men in question. Never saw I | Ha's these poore men in question. Neuer saw I |