Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.18 | Lays down his wanton siege before her beauty, | Layes downe his wanton siedge before her beautie, |
Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.136.1 | As fearful as a siege. | As fearefull as a Siege. |
Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.75.1 | Of the unworthiest siege. | |
Henry V | H5 I.ii.152 | Girding with grievous siege castles and towns; | Girding with grieuous siege, Castles and Townes: |
Henry V | H5 III.chorus.25 | Work, work your thoughts, and therein see a siege: | Worke, worke your Thoughts, and therein see a Siege: |
Henry V | H5 III.ii.64 | siege is given, is altogether directed by an Irishman, a | Siege is giuen, is altogether directed by an Irish man, a |
Henry V | H5 III.iii.47 | To raise so great a siege. Therefore, great King, | To rayse so great a Siege: Therefore great King, |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.111 | Retiring from the siege of Orleans, | Retyring from the Siege of Orleance, |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.13 | Let's raise the siege. Why live we idly here? | Let's rayse the Siege: why liue we idly here? |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.40 | The walls they'll tear down than forsake the siege. | The Walls they'le teare downe, then forsake the Siege. |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.53 | Ordained is to raise this tedious siege | Ordayned is to rayse this tedious Siege, |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.130 | This night the siege assuredly I'll raise. | This night the Siege assuredly Ile rayse: |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.146 | Leave off delays, and let us raise the siege. | Leaue off delayes, and let vs rayse the Siege. |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.103 | Is come with a great power to raise the siege. | Is come with a great Power, to rayse the Siege. |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.11 | Of horsemen that were levied for this siege! | Of horsemen, that were leuied for this siege. |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.22 | That lays strong siege unto this wretch's soul, | That layes strong siege vnto this wretches soule, |
King Edward III | E3 I.i.129 | And now the tyrant hath begirt with siege | And now the tyrant hath beguirt with seege, |
King Edward III | E3 II.i.23 | A ling'ring English siege of peevish love. | A lingring English seege of peeuish loue, |
King Edward III | E3 II.ii.207 | My folly's siege against a faithful lover; | My follies seege, against a faithfull louer, |
King Edward III | E3 III.iv.119 | And there begirt that haven town with siege. | And there begyrt that Hauen towne with seege: |
King John | KJ II.i.54 | Then turn your forces from this paltry siege | Then turne your forces from this paltry siege, |
King John | KJ II.i.213 | All preparation for a bloody siege | All preparation for a bloody siedge |
King John | KJ V.vii.16 | Leaves them invincible, and his siege is now | Leaues them inuisible, and his seige is now |
Macbeth | Mac V.v.3 | Will laugh a siege to scorn. Here let them lie | Will laugh a Siedge to scorne: Heere let them lye, |
Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.95 | Besides, upon the very siege of justice, | Besides, vpon the verie siege of Iustice, |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.226 | amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. Use | amiable siege to the honesty of this Fords wife: vse |
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; |
Othello | Oth I.ii.22 | From men of royal siege, and my demerits | From Men of Royall Seige. And my demerites |
Richard II | R2 II.i.62 | Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege | Whose rocky shore beates backe the enuious siedge |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.212 | She will not stay the siege of loving terms, | Shee will not stay the siege of louing tearmes, |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.237 | You, to remove that siege of grief from her, | You, to remoue that siege of Greefe from her, |
The Tempest | Tem II.ii.104 | thou to be the siege of this mooncalf? Can he vent | thou to be the siege of this Moone-calfe? Can he vent |
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 |
Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.12 | That, after seven years' siege, yet Troy walls stand; | That after seuen yeares siege, yet Troy walles stand, |