| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.56 | makes it soon mortal. | makes it soone mortall. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.222 | Even as soon as thou canst, for thou hast to pull at | Eu'n as soone as thou can'st, for thou hast to pull at |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.36 | comfort: your son will not be killed so soon as I thought | comfort, your sonne will not be kild so soone as I thoght |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.92 | But soon that war had end, and the time's state | but soone that Warre had end, / And the times state |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.53 | No vessel can peep forth but 'tis as soon | No Vessell can peepe forth: but 'tis as soone |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.60.2 | Which soon he granted, | Which soone he granted, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.24 | Under the service of a child as soon | Vnder the seruice of a Childe, as soone |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.57 | She soon shall know of us, by some of ours, | She soone shall know of vs, by some of ours, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.317 | as softly as foot can fall, he thinks himself too soon | as softly as foot can fall, he thinkes himselfe too soon |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.371 | Me believe it? You may as soon make her that | Me beleeue it? You may assoone make her that |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.49 | And soon and safe arrived where I was. | And soone, and safe, arriued where I was: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.61 | Unwilling I agreed. Alas, too soon | Vnwilling I agreed, alas, too soone |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.2 | Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. | Lest that your goods too soone be confiscate: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.26 | I crave your pardon. Soon at five o'clock, | I craue your pardon, soone at fiue a clocke, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.42 | What now? How chance thou art returned so soon? | What now? How chance thou art return'd so soone. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.43 | Returned so soon? Rather approached too late. | Return'd so soone, rather approacht too late: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.99 | A sunny look of his would soon repair. | A sunnie looke of his, would soone repaire. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.182 | And soon at supper-time I'll visit you, | And soone at supper time Ile visit you, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.39 | Perchance I will be there as soon as you. | Perchance I will be there as soone as you. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.99 | You sent me for a rope's end as soon. | You sent me for a ropes end as soone, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.26 | Nay, your wit will not so soon out as | Nay your wit will not so soone out as |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.110 | Neither supreme, how soon confusion | Neither Supreame; How soone Confusion |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.23 | Fights dragon-like, and does achieve as soon | Fights Dragon-like, and does atcheeue as soone |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.6 | So soon as I can win th' offended king, | So soone as I can win th'offended King, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.25 | Will soon be drawn to head, from whence he moves | Will soone be drawne to head, from whence he moues |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.23 | I would have left it on the board, so soon | I would haue left it on the Boord, so soone |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.126 | Gone! They went hence so soon as they were born: | Gone, they went hence so soone as they were borne: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.169.2 | All too soon I shall, | All too soone I shall, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.324 | And let it be confiscate all, so soon | And let it be confiscate all, so soone |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.520 | soon. – Good my lord, will you see the players well | soone. Good my Lord, will you see the Players wel |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.484 | as soon be strangled with a halter as another. | as soone be strangled with a Halter, as another. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.62 | Soon kindled and soon burnt, carded his state, | Soone kindled, and soone burnt, carded his state, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.33 | So soon be drawn, nor did he think it meet | so soone be drawne: nor did he thinke it meet, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.91 | Soon after that deprived him of his life, | Soone after that, depriu'd him of his Life: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.126 | So soon ta'en prisoner, and that furious Scot, | Too soone ta'ne prisoner: and that furious Scot, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.44 | My lord Northumberland will soon be cooled. | My Lord Northumberland will soone be cool'd. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.12.1 | Shall soon enjoy. | Shall soone enioy. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.93 | soon at night. | soone at night. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.97 | I cannot now speak; I will hear you soon. | I cannot now speake, I will heare you soone: |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.36 | So soon did lose his seat, and all at once, | So soone did loose his Seat; and all at once; |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.306 | Be soon collected, and all things thought upon | Be soone collected, and all things thought vpon, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.144 | You shall be soon dispatched with fair conditions. | You shalbe soone dispatcht, with faire conditions. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.119 | fool's bolt is soon shot.’ | Fooles Bolt is soone shot. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.121 | Will soon be levied. Herald, save thou thy labour; | Will soone be leuyed. / Herauld, saue thou thy labour: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.34 | His thread of life had not so soon decayed. | His thred of Life had not so soone decay'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.44 | Well, miscreant, I'll be there as soon as you, | Well miscreant, Ile be there as soone as you, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.18 | Of thy first fight, I soon encountered, | Of thy first fight, I soone encountred, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.95 | Nay, Gloucester, know that thou art come too soon, | Nay Gloster, know that thou art come too soone, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.113 | Ay, but my deeds shall stay thy fury soon. | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.42 | These Kentish rebels would be soon appeased! | These Kentish Rebels would be soone appeas'd. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.100 | Is crowned so soon, and broke his solemn oath? | Is crown'd so soone, and broke his solemne Oath? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.92 | O boy, thy father gave thee life too soon, | O Boy! thy Father gaue thee life too soone, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.34 | And Lewis a prince soon won with moving words. | And Lewis a Prince soone wonne with mouing words: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.54 | That's soon performed, because I am a subject. | That's soone perform'd, because I am a Subiect. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.26 | He'll soon find means to make the body follow. | Hee'le soone finde meanes to make the Body follow. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.30 | A wise stout captain, and soon persuaded! | A wise stout Captaine, and soone perswaded. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.33 | I doubt not, I, but we shall soon persuade | I doubt not I, but we shall soone perswade |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iii.10 | A little gale will soon disperse that cloud | A little gale will soone disperse that Cloud, |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.30 | How soon this mightiness meets misery. | How soone this Mightinesse, meets Misery: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.191 | As soon he shall by me, that thus the Cardinal | (As soone he shall by me) that thus the Cardinall |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.146 | ‘ Brutus ’ will start a spirit as soon as ‘ Caesar.’ | Brutus will start a Spirit as soone as Casar. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.200 | So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much, | So soone as that spare Cassius. He reades much, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.69 | The things that are not? O Error, soon conceived, | The things that are not? O Error soone conceyu'd, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.119 | Our gage is thrown, and war is soon begun, | Our gage is throwne, and warre is soone begun, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.118 | Comes in too soon; for, writing of her eyes, | Comes in to soone: for writing of her eies, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.58 | And purposeth, as soon as wind will serve, | And purposeth as soone as winde will serue, |
| King John | KJ II.i.59 | To land his legions all as soon as I. | To land his Legions all as soone as I: |
| King John | KJ II.i.155 | My life as soon! I do defy thee, France. | My life as soone: I doe defie thee France, |
| King John | KJ V.v.21 | The day shall not be up so soon as I | The day shall not be vp so soone as I, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.179.1 | That she would soon be here. | That she would soone be heere. |
| King Lear | KL IV.iv.29 | Soon may I hear and see him! | Soone may I heare, and see him. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.211 | Play music then! Nay, you must do it soon. | Play musicke then: nay you must doe it soone. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.578 | honest man, look you, and soon dashed. He is a marvellous | honest man, looke you, & soon dasht. He is a maruellous |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.35.1 | Not cast aside so soon. | Not cast aside so soone. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.v.36 | Come, let's make haste; she'll soon be back again. | Come, let's make hast, shee'l soone be / Backe againe. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.48 | May soon return to this our suffering country, | May soone returne to this our suffering Country, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.82 | And we may soon our satisfaction have | And we may soone our satisfaction haue |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.88 | Commend me to my brother. Soon at night | Commend me to my brother: soone at night |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iii.5 | And, Launcelot, soon at supper shalt thou see | And Lancelet, soone at supper shalt thou see |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.271 | Shall witness I set forth as soon as you, | Shall witnesse I set forth as soone as you, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.275 | Than you expect. Unseal this letter soon, | Then you expect: vnseale this letter soone, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.270 | I love the sport well, but I shall as soon quarrel | I loue the sport well, but I shall as soone quarrell |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.8 | soon at night, in faith, at the latter end of a sea-coal | soone at night, (in faith) at the latter end of a Sea-cole- |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.228 | man may, you may as soon as any. | man may, you may as soone as any. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.270 | me soon at night. Ford's a knave, and I will aggravate | me soone at night: Ford's a knaue, and I will aggrauate |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.272 | knave and cuckold. Come to me soon at night. | knaue, and Cuckold. Come to me soone at night. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.296 | Page. I will about it. Better three hours too soon than a | Page. I will about it, better three houres too soone, then a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.61 | Run away with the cozeners. For so soon as | Run away with the cozoners: for so soone as |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.52 | From sleeping Hermia? I'll believe as soon | From sleeping Hermia? Ile beleeue as soone |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.244 | Which death or absence soon shall remedy. | Which death or absence soone shall remedie. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.96 | We the globe can compass soon, | We the Globe can compasse soone, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.24 | 'Twill be heavier soon, by the weight of a man. | 'Twill be heauier soone, by the waight of a man. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.194 | And say if I shall see you soon at night. | And say, if I shall see you soone at night? |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.196 | For I attend here: but I'll see you soon. | For I attend heere: But Ile see you soone. |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.37 | Soon fall to ruin, your noble self, | Soone fall to ruine: your noble selfe, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.3 | Thou canst not do a thing in the world so soon | thou canst not doe a thing in the worlde so soone |
| Pericles | Per V.ii.19 | That he can hither come so soon | That he can hither come so soone, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.205 | And all too soon, I fear, the King shall rue. | And all too soone (I feare) the King shall rue. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.34 | For violent fires soon burn out themselves. | For violent fires soone burne out themselues, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.39 | Consuming means, soon preys upon itself. | Consuming meanes soone preyes vpon it selfe. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.218 | And soon lie Richard in an earthly pit. | And soone lye Richard in an Earthie Pit. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.290 | How soon my sorrow hath destroyed my face. | How soone my Sorrow hath destroy'd my Face. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.2 | Will soon recover his accustomed health. | Will soone recouer his accustom'd health. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.85 | But yet you see how soon the day o'ercast. | But yet you see, how soone the Day o're-cast. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.76 | And soon I'll rid you from the fear of them. | And soone Ile rid you from the feare of them. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.31 | Come to me, Tyrrel, soon at after-supper, | Come to me Tirrel soone, and after Supper, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.31 | Ah, that thou wouldst as soon afford a grave | Ah that thou would'st assoone affoord a Graue, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.134 | But all so soon as the all-cheering sun | But all so soone as the all-cheering Sunne, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.13 | And too soon marred are those so early made. | And too soone mar'd are those so early made: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.26 | Full soon the canker death eats up that plant. | Full soone the Canker death eates vp that Plant. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.30 | So soon to bid good morrow to thy bed. | So soone to bid goodmorrow to thy bed; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.63 | So soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies | So soone forsaken? young mens Loue then lies |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.156 | I dare draw as soon as another man, if I see occasion in | I dare draw assoone as another man, if I see occasion in |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.74 | Must climb a bird's nest soon when it is dark. | Must climde a birds nest Soone when it is darke: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.76 | But you shall bear the burden soon at night. | But you shall beare the burthen soone at night. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.12 | mood as any in Italy; and as soon moved to be moody, | mood, as any in Italie: and assoone moued to be moodie, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.13 | and as soon moody to be moved. | and assoone moodie to be mou'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.19 | Monday! Ha, ha! Well, Wednesday is too soon. | Monday, ha ha: well Wendsday is too soone, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.91 | That he shall soon keep Tybalt company. | That he shall soone keepe Tybalt company: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.99 | Soon sleep in quiet. O, how my heart abhors | Soone sleepe in quiet. O how my heart abhors |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.74 | Gentlemen, that I may soon make good | Gentlemen, that I may soone make good |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.2 | Have you so soon forgot the entertainment | Haue you so soone forgot the entertainment |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.5 | were not I a little pot and soon hot, my very lips might | were not I a little pot, & soone hot; my very lippes might |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.27 | – she being now at hand – thou shalt soon feel, to thy | (she being now at hand) thou shalt soone feele, to thy |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.5 | and then come back to my master's as soon as I can. | and then come backe to my mistris as soone as I can. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.194 | What, all so soon asleep? I wish mine eyes | What, all so soone asleepe? I wish mine eyes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.17 | So soon as dinner's done, we'll forth again, | So soone as dinners done, wee'l forth againe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.161 | Live with authority. So soon we shall drive back | Liue with Authoritie: so soone we shall driue backe |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.292 | Follow, my lord, and I'll soon bring her back. | Follow my Lord, and Ile soone bring her backe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.85 | Nurse, give it me; my sword shall soon dispatch it. | Nurse giue it me, my sword shall soone dispatch it. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.25 | I made unto the noise, when soon I heard | I made vnto the noyse, when soone I heard, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.131 | This will I do, and soon return again. | This will I do, and soone returne againe. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.114 | Indeed, a tapster's arithmetic may soon bring | Indeed a Tapsters Arithmetique may soone bring |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.77 | He shall as soon read in the eyes of others | He shall as soone reade in the eyes of others, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.149 | As fast as they are made, forgot as soon | as fast as they are made, / Forgot as soone |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.99 | Not soon provoked, nor being provoked soon calmed; | Not soone prouok't, nor being prouok't, soone calm'd; |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.144 | A murderous guilt shows not itself more soon | A murdrous guilt shewes not it selfe more soone, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.174 | corner of the orchard like a bum-baily. So soon as ever | corner of the Orchard like a bum-Baylie: so soone as euer |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.72 | My lord, I cannot be so soon provided. | My Lord I cannot be so soone prouided, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.19 | Thou wouldst as soon go kindle fire with snow | Thou wouldst as soone goe kindle fire with snow |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.34 | Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested, | Knowing that tender youth is soone suggested, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.59 | And cannot soon revolt and change your mind. | And cannot soone reuolt, and change your minde. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.138 | Soon as they move, as ospreys do the fish, | Soone as they mooves as Asprayes doe the fish, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.18 | So soon as the court hurry is over we will have an end | so soone as the Court hurry is over, we will / Have an end |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.42 | If you deserve well, sir, I shall soon see't. | If you deserve well Sir; I shall soone see't: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.159 | A thing as soon to die as thee to say it, | A thing as soone to dye, as thee to say it, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.21 | So soon as yours could win me. So it should now, | So soone as yours, could win me: so it should now, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.616 | So soon as you arrive, shall clear that doubt. | So soone as you arriue, shall cleare that doubt. |