| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.248 | To those of mine in court. I'll stay at home | To those of mine in Court, Ile staie at home |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.24 | O my sweet lord, that you will stay behind us! | Oh my sweet Lord yt you wil stay behind vs. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.30 | I shall stay here the forehorse to a smock, | I shal stay here the for-horse to a smocke, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.49 | Stay: the King. | Stay the King. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.183 | who stay behind, commenting on this wedding | Parolles and Lafew stay behind, commenting of this wedding. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.87 | I pray you, stay not, but in haste to horse. | I pray you stay not, but in hast to horse. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.124 | Shall I stay here to do't? No, no, although | Shall I stay heere to doo't? No, no, although |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.44 | I thank you and will stay upon your leisure. | I thanke you, and will stay vpon your leisure. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.69 | The main consents are had, and here we'll stay | The maine consents are had, and heere wee'l stay |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.293 | Good mother, fetch my bail. Stay, royal sir; | Good mother fetch my bayle. Stay Royall sir, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.26 | You must not stay here longer. Your dismission | You must not stay heere longer, your dismission |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.19 | Therefore, O Antony, stay not by his side. | Therefore (oh Anthony) stay not by his side |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.19.1 | I will not stay behind. | I will not stay behinde. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.155.2 | I must stay his time. | I must stay his time? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.31 | Married to your good service, stay till death. | Married to your good seruice, stay till death: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.x.6 | Shall stay with us. Order for sea is given; | Shall stay with vs. Order for Sea is giuen, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.50 | Eros! – I come, my queen – Eros! Stay for me. | Eros? I come my Queene. Eros? Stay for me, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.312 | What should I stay – She dies | What should I stay----- . |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.104 | stay behind her; she is at the court, and no less beloved | stay behind her; she is at the Court, and no lesse beloued |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.125 | stay him from his intendment, or brook such disgrace | stay him from his intendment, or brooke such disgrace |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.134 | You must if you stay here, for here is the place | You must if you stay heere, for heere is the place |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.137 | Yonder, sure, they are coming. Let us now stay | Yonder sure they are comming. Let vs now stay |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.67 | I did not then entreat to have her stay; | I did not then intreat to haue her stay, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.203 | thankful. Let me stay the growth of his beard, if thou | thankful: let me stay the growth of his beard, if thou |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.191 | Stay, Jaques, stay. | Stay, Iaques, stay. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.193 | I'll stay to know at your abandoned cave. | Ile stay to know, at your abandon'd caue. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.10 | And stay there, Dromio, till I come to thee. | And stay there Dromio, till I come to thee; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.176 | The chain unfinished made me stay thus long. | The chaine vnfinish'd made me stay thus long. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.192 | I'll to the mart, and there for Dromio stay; | Ile to the Mart, and there for Dromio stay, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.92 | Blows fair from land. They stay for naught at all | Blowes faire from land: they stay for nought at all, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.149 | Faith, stay here this night. They | Faith stay heere this night, they |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.153 | marriage of me, I could find in my heart to stay here | mariage of me, I could finde in my heart to stay heere |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.155 | I will not stay tonight for all the town; | I will not stay to night for all the Towne, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.337 | I, sir, am Dromio. Pray let me stay. | I Sir am Dromio, pray let me stay. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.365 | Stay, stand apart. I know not which is which. | Stay, stand apart, I know not which is which. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.46 | Why stay we prating here? To th' Capitol! | why stay we prating heere? To th' Capitoll. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.241.1 | Ere stay behind this business. | Ere stay behinde this Businesse. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.248 | Exeunt Patricians. Sicicnius and Brutus stay behind | Exeunt. Citizens steale away. Manet Sicin. &Brutus. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.70 | When blows have made me stay, I fled from words. | When blowes haue made me stay, I fled from words. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.153 | Sicinius and Brutus stay behind | Manet Sicinius and Brutus. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.40 | behaviour. We are not to stay all together, but to come | behauiour: we are not to stay altogether, but to come |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.150.1 | We stay here for the people. | We stay here for the People. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.256 | Than stay, past doubt, for greater. | Then stay past doubt, for greater: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.187 | Peace, peace, peace! Stay, hold, peace! | Peace, peace, peace, stay, hold, peace. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.15 | You shall stay too. I would I had the power | You shall stay too: I would I had the power |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.23 | Nay, but thou shalt stay too. I would my son | Nay but thou shalt stay too: I would my Sonne |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.43.2 | Why stay we to be baited | Why stay we to be baited |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.25 | He could not stay to pick them in a pile | He could not stay to picke them, in a pile |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.1.1 | Stay. Whence are you? | Stay: whence are you. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.91 | The Guard and Menenius stay behind | Manet the Guard and Menenius. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.7 | there is no hope in't, our throats are sentenced and stay | there is no hope in't, our throats are sentenc'd, and stay |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.40 | Nay, stay a little: | Nay, stay a little: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.12.2 | Stay, come not in: | Stay, come not in: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.40 | Ere you depart; and thanks to stay and eat it: | Ere you depart; and thankes to stay, and eate it: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.2.2 | Brother, stay here: | Brother, stay heere: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.164 | You and Fidele play the cooks: I'll stay | You and Fidele play the Cookes: Ile stay |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.301.2 | Stay, sir king. | Stay, Sir King. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.51 | Stay. Speak, speak. I charge thee, speak. | Stay: speake; speake: I Charge thee, speake. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.128 | Stay, illusion. | Stay Illusion: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.140.2 | Stay and speak. Stop it, Marcellus. | Stay, and speake. Stop it Marcellus. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.119 | I pray thee stay with us. Go not to Wittenberg. | I prythee stay with vs, go not to Wittenberg. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.52.1 | I stay too long. | I stay too long; |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.114 | Good madam, stay awhile. I will be faithful. | Good Madam stay awhile, I will be faithfull. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.47 | play; as thus, ‘ Cannot you stay till I eat my porridge?’, | |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.116 | Ay, my lord. They stay upon your | I my Lord, they stay vpon your |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.38 | 'A will stay till you come. | He will stay till ye come. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.138.2 | Who shall stay you? | Who shall stay you? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.161 | Our purpose may hold there. – But stay, what noise? | Our purpose may hold there; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.24 | No, not to stay the grinding of the axe, | No not to stay the grinding of the Axe, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.276 | Stay, give me drink. Hamlet, this pearl is thine. | Stay, giue me drinke. / Hamlet, this Pearle is thine, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.127 | What? Drunk with choler? Stay, and pause awhile, | What? drunke with choller? stay & pause awhile, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.254.1 | We will stay your leisure. | Wee'l stay your leysure. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.80 | Stand! | Stay. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.55 | Anon, sir – pray stay a little, my lord. | Anon sir, pray you stay a little, my Lord. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.75 | He is, Sir John: I fear we shall stay | Hee is, Sir Iohn, I feare wee shall stay |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.29 | For God's sake, cousin, stay till all come in. | For Gods sake, Cousin, stay till all come in. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.46 | Stay and breathe a while. | Stay, and breath awhile. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.15 | Who then persuaded you to stay at home? | Who then perswaded you to stay at home? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.367 | A dozen captains stay at door for you. | A dozen Captaines stay at doore for you. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.220 | mine own part, have a desire to stay with my friends; | mine owne part, haue a desire to stay with my friends: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.244 | Mouldy and Bullcalf: for you, Mouldy, stay at | Mouldie, and Bull-calfe: for you Mouldie, stayat |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.81 | Now where is he that will not stay so long | Now, where is hee, that will not stay so long, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.94 | I stay too long by thee, I weary thee. | I stay too long by thee, I wearie thee. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.99 | Stay but a little, for my cloud of dignity | Stay but a little: for my Cloud of Dignitie |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.25 | Doth the man of war stay all night, sir? | Doth the man of Warre, stay all night sir? |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.174 | It follows then the cat must stay at home; | It followes then, the Cat must stay at home, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.139 | In your own losses, if he stay in France. | In your owne Losses, if he stay in France. |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.3 | Pray thee, corporal, stay – the knocks are too hot, | 'Pray thee Corporall stay, the Knocks are too hot: |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.64 | Prince Dauphin, you shall stay with us in Rouen. | Prince Dolphin, you shall stay with vs in Roan. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.301 | The day, my friends, and all things stay for me. | The day, my friend, and all things stay for me. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.36 | Why do you stay so long, my lords of France? | Why do you stay so long, my Lords of France? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.54 | They have said their prayers, and they stay for death. | They haue said their prayers, / And they stay for death. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.58 | I stay but for my guidon. To the field! | I stay but for my Guard: on / To the field, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.72 | steal anything adventurously. I must stay with the | steale any thing aduenturously. I must stay with the |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.37 | Invites the King of England's stay at home. | Inuites the King of Englands stay at home: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.91 | Go with the Princes, or stay here with us? | Goe with the Princes, or stay here with vs? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.104 | Stay, stay thy hands; thou art an Amazon, | Stay, stay thy hands, thou art an Amazon, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.54 | Now beat them hence; why do you let them stay? | Now beat them hence, why doe you let them stay? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.18 | For I can stay no longer. | For I can stay no longer. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.2 | Our English troops retire, I cannot stay them; | Our English Troupes retyre, I cannot stay them, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.28 | Stay, my Lord Talbot; for my lady craves | Stay my Lord Talbot, for my Lady craues, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.39 | Stay, lords and gentlemen, and pluck no more | Stay Lords and Gentlemen, and pluck no more |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.13 | Yet are these feet, whose strengthless stay is numb, | Yet are these Feet, whose strength-lesse stay is numme, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.104 | Stay, stay, I say! | Stay, stay, I say: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.42 | Stay, let thy humble handmaid speak to thee. | Stay, let thy humble Hand-maid speake to thee. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.20 | If we both stay, we both are sure to die. | If we both stay, we both are sure to dye. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.21 | Then let me stay, and, father, do you fly. | Then let me stay, and Father doe you flye: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.30 | There is no hope that ever I will stay | There is no hope that euer I will stay, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.50 | Stay, go, do what you will – the like do I; | Stay, goe, doe what you will,the like doe I; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.36 | By me they nothing gain an if I stay; | By me they nothing gaine, and if I stay, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.40 | All these, and more, we hazard by thy stay; | All these, and more, we hazard by thy stay; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.51 | Stay, my Lord Legate. You shall first receive | Stay my Lord Legate, you shall first receiue |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.60 | O, stay! (aside) I have no power to let her pass; | Oh stay: I haue no power to let her passe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.187 | O, wert thou for myself! But, Suffolk, stay; | Oh wert thou for my selfe: but Suffolke stay, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.141 | I see thy fury. If I longer stay, | I see thy furie: If I longer stay, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.22 | Stay, Humphrey Duke of Gloucester. Ere thou go, | Stay Humfrey, Duke of Gloster, / Ere thou goe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.25 | My stay, my guide, and lantern to my feet. | my stay, my guide, / And Lanthorne to my feete: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.86 | Witness my tears, I cannot stay to speak. | Witnesse my teares, I cannot stay to speake. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.134 | That shall I do, my liege. Stay, Salisbury, | That shall I do my Liege; Stay Salsburie |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.136 | O Thou that judgest all things, stay my thoughts, | O thou that iudgest all things, stay my thoghts: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.402 | O, let me stay, befall what may befall! | Oh let me stay, befall what may befall. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.44 | Stay, Whitmore, for thy prisoner is a prince, | Stay Whitmore, for thy Prisoner is a Prince, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.113 | Ay, but my deeds shall stay thy fury soon. | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.14 | But stay, I'll read it over once again. | But stay, Ile read it ouer once againe. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.47 | And therefore in this city will I stay, | And therefore in this Citty will I stay, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.6 | I could stay no longer. Wherefore, on a brick wall have | I could stay no longer. Wherefore on a Bricke wall haue |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.73 | Can we outrun the heavens? Good Margaret, stay. | Can we outrun the Heauens? Good Margaret stay. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.31 | Thanks, gentle Norfolk; stay by me, my lords. | Thankes gentle Norfolke, stay by me my Lords, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.32 | And, soldiers, stay and lodge by me this night. | And Souldiers stay and lodge by me this Night. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.38 | Armed as we are, let's stay within this house. | Arm'd as we are, let's stay within this House. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.180 | I cannot stay to hear these articles. | I cannot stay to heare these Articles. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.214 | Be patient, gentle Queen, and I will stay. | Be patient gentle Queene, and I will stay. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.257 | Stay, gentle Margaret, and hear me speak. | Stay gentle Margaret, and heare me speake. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.259 | Gentle son Edward, thou wilt stay with me? | Gentle Sonne Edward, thou wilt stay me? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.48 | But stay; what news? Why comest thou in such post? | But stay, what Newes? Why comm'st thou in such poste? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.54 | Edward and Richard, you shall stay with me; | Edward and Richard, you shall stay with me, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.26 | Here must I stay, and here my life must end. | Here must I stay, and here my Life must end. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.110 | Nay, stay; let's hear the orisons he makes. | Nay stay, let's heare the Orizons hee makes. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.69 | Now thou art gone, we have no staff, no stay. | Now thou art gone, wee haue no Staffe, no Stay. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.187 | That cries ‘ Retire!’ if Warwick bid him stay. | That cries Retire, if Warwicke bid him stay. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.198 | Stay we no longer, dreaming of renown, | Stay we no longer, dreaming of Renowne, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.76 | Why, that's my fortune too; therefore I'll stay. | Why, that's my fortune too, therefore Ile stay. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.108 | No, nor your manhood that durst make you stay. | No, nor your manhood that durst make you stay. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.175 | Stay, Edward. | Stay Edward. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.176 | No, wrangling woman, we'll no longer stay: | No wrangling Woman, wee'l no longer stay, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.50 | And give them leave to fly that will not stay; | And giue them leaue to flye, that will not stay: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.95 | O that my death would stay these ruthful deeds! | O that my death would stay these ruthfull deeds: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.135 | Nay, stay not to expostulate, make speed; | Nay, stay not to expostulate, make speed, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.138 | Not that I fear to stay, but love to go | Not that I feare to stay, but loue to go |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.5 | I'll stay above the hill, so both may shoot. | Ile stay aboue the hill, so both may shoot. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.12 | Here comes a man; let's stay till he be past. | Heere comes a man, let's stay till he be past: |
| 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.iii.40 | The more we stay, the stronger grows our foe. | The more wee stay, the stronger growes our Foe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.41 | The more I stay, the more I'll succour thee. | The more I stay, the more Ile succour thee. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.251 | Why stay we now? These soldiers shall be levied, | Why stay we now? These soldiers shalbe leuied, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.5 | How could he stay till Warwick made return? | How could he stay till Warwicke made returne? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.125 | I stay not for the love of Edward, but the crown. | I stay not for the loue of Edward, but the Crowne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.27 | Stay, or thou diest! | Stay, or thou dyest. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.v.24 | But wherefore stay we? 'Tis no time to talk. | But wherefore stay we? 'tis no time to talke. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.51 | Nay, stay, Sir John, a while, and we'll debate | Nay stay, Sir Iohn, a while, and wee'le debate |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.129.2 | Stay, my lord, | Stay my Lord, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.53.2 | Stay there, sir, | Stay there Sir, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.33 | To stay the judgement o'th' divorce; for if | To stay the Iudgement o'th'Diuorce; for if |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.232.2 | Stay: | Stay: |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.86 | Lovell seems to stay | Louel seemes to stay. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.97.2 | Stay, good my lords, | Stay good my Lords, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.75 | 'Has business at his house, for all shall stay: | 'Has businesse at his house;s for all shall stay: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.125 | And I do know, by this they stay for me | And I doe know by this, they stay for me |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.43 | If he should stay at home today for fear. | If he should stay at home to day for feare: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.56 | And for thy humour I will stay at home. | And for thy humor, I will stay at home. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.82 | Hath begged that I will stay at home today. | Hath begg'd, that I will stay at home to day. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.2 | Stay not to answer me, but get thee gone. | Stay not to answer me, but get thee gone. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.3.1 | Why dost thou stay? | Why doest thou stay? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.290 | Hie hence, and tell him so. Yet stay awhile; | Hie hence, and tell him so. Yet stay a-while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.5 | Those that will hear me speak, let 'em stay here; | Those that will heare me speake, let 'em stay heere; |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.57 | And, for my sake, stay here with Antony. | And (for my sake) stay heere with Antony: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.63 | Stay, ho! and let us hear Mark Antony. | Stay ho, and let vs heare Mark Antony. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.150 | Will you be patient? will you stay awhile? | Will you be Patient? Will you stay a-while? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.207 | Stay, countrymen. | Stay Country-men. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.240 | Most true. The will! Let's stay and hear the will. | Most true, the Will, let's stay and heare the Wil. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.126 | Nothing but death shall stay me. | Nothing but death shall stay me. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.106 | To stay the providence of some high powers | To stay the prouidence of some high Powers, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.44 | I prithee, Strato, stay thou by thy lord. | I prythee Strato, stay thou by thy Lord, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.60 | My lords of Scotland, will ye stay and drink? | My Lords of Scotland will ye stay and drinke: |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.72 | Woman, farewell! Although I do not stay – | Woman farewell although I do not stay. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.119 | A little while, my gracious sovereign, stay, | A little while my gratious soueraigne stay, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.138 | What might I speak to make my sovereign stay? | What might I speake to make my soueraigne stay? |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.161 | Entreat thy self to stay a while with me. | Intreat thy selfe to stay a while with mee. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.47 | Having so rich and fair a cause to stay. – | Hauing so rich and faire a cause to stay. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.276 | Lest being therein guilty by my stay, | Lest being therein giulty by my stay, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.203 | Scour to Newhaven; some there stay for me. | Scoure to New-hauen, some there staie for me: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.71 | Here, if you stay, your wives will be abused, | Here if you staie your wiues will be abused, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.13 | If we can counsel some of them to stay. | If we can counsell some of them to stay. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.45 | Stay, my Villiers; thine honourable mind | Stay my Villeirs, thine honorable minde, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.51 | Stay, and be still in favour with thy lord. | Stay and be still in fauour with thy Lord. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.59 | To these and theirs shall lasting freedom stay. | To these and theirs shall lasting freedome stay, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.5 | Soldiers, assault! I will no longer stay | Souldiers assault, I will no longer stay, |
| King John | KJ II.i.44 | Stay for an answer to your embassy, | Stay for an answer to your Embassie, |
| King John | KJ II.i.416 | Hear us, great Kings! Vouchsafe a while to stay, | Heare vs great kings, vouchsafe awhile to stay |
| King John | KJ II.i.455.2 | Here's a stay | Heeres a stay, |
| King John | KJ III.iii.1 | So shall it be – your grace shall stay behind, | So shall it be: your Grace shall stay behinde |
| King John | KJ III.iv.138 | Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up. | Makes nice of no vilde hold to stay him vp: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.96 | Stay yet, Lord Salisbury. I'll go with thee, | Stay yet (Lord Salisbury) Ile go with thee, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.8 | As good to die and go as die and stay. | As good to dye, and go; as dye, and stay. |
| King John | KJ V.vii.55 | My heart hath one poor string to stay it by, | My heart hath one poore string to stay it by, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.68 | What surety of the world, what hope, what stay, | What surety of the world, what hope, what stay, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.70 | Art thou gone so? I do but stay behind | Art thou gone so? I do but stay behinde, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.8 | Let me not stay a jot for dinner! Go, get it ready! | Let me not stay a iot for dinner, go get it ready: |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.58 | Follow me not; stay here. | Follow me not, stay here. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.78 | But I will tarry, the fool will stay, | But I will tarry, the Foole will stay, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.225 | I can be patient, I can stay with Regan, | I can be patient, I can stay with Regan, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.294 | My lord, entreat him by no means to stay. | My Lord, entreate him by no meanes to stay. |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.99.1 | Thou must not stay behind. | |
| King Lear | KL IV.v.16 | Our troops set forth tomorrow; stay with us. | Our troopes set forth to morrow, stay with vs: |
| King Lear | KL V.i.47.1 | Stay till I have read the letter. | Stay till I haue read the Letter. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.83 | Stay yet; hear reason. Edmund, I arrest thee | Stay yet,heare reason: Edmund, I arrest thee |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.269 | Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha! | Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.52 | And stay here in your court for three years' space. | And stay heere in your Court for three yeeres space. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.111 | No, my good lord, I have sworn to stay with you. | No my good Lord, I haue sworn to stay with you. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.113 | For you'll prove perjured if you make me stay. | For you'll proue periur'd if you make me stay. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.128 | I cannot stay thanksgiving. | I cannot stay thanks-giuing. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.148 | Stay, slave. I must employ thee. | O stay slaue, I must employ thee: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.140 | hand of the King; it may concern much. Stay not thy | hand of the King, it may concerne much: stay not thy |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.75 | By whom shall I send this? – Company? Stay. | By whom shall I send this (company?) Stay. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.211 | Walk aside the true folk, and let the traitors stay. | Walk aside the true folke, & let the traytors stay. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.155 | So shall we stay, mocking intended game, | So shall we stay mocking entended game, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.623 | And so adieu, sweet Jude. Nay, why dost thou stay? | And so adieu sweet Iude. Nay, why dost thou stay? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.723 | Madam, not so. I do beseech you, stay. | Madame not so, I do beseech you stay. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.792 | There stay until the twelve celestial signs | There stay, vntill the twelue Celestiall Signes |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.824 | I'll stay with patience, but the time is long. | Ile stay with patience: but the time is long. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.69 | Stay, you imperfect speakers! Tell me more! | Stay you imperfect Speakers, tell me more: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.148 | Worthy Macbeth, we stay upon your leisure. | Worthy Macbeth, wee stay vpon your leysure. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.72 | Now go to the door, and stay there till we call. | Now goe to the Doore, and stay there till we call. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.28 | I am so much a fool, should I stay longer | I am so much a Foole, should I stay longer |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.142 | That stay his cure. Their malady convinces | That stay his Cure: their malady conuinces |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.26 | Stay a little while. (To Isabella) Y'are welcome. What's your will? | Stay a little while: y'are welcome: what's your will? |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.17 | (To Juliet) I have provided for you; stay a while | I haue prouided for you, stay a while |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.160 | I have no superfluous leisure. My stay must be | I haue no superfluous leysure, my stay must be |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.247 | your stay with him may not be long, that the time may | your stay with him may not be long: that the time may |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.43 | And that I have possessed him my most stay | And that I haue possest him, my most stay |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.87 | There he must stay until the officer | There he must stay vntil the Officer |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.v.7 | And tell him where I stay. Give the like notice | And tell him where I stay: giue the like notice |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.346 | Stay, sir, stay awhile. | Stay Sir, stay a while. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.20 | by my conscience, I should stay with the Jew my master | by my conscience I should stay with the Iew my Maister, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.26 | counsel me to stay with the Jew. The fiend gives the | counsaile me to stay with the Iew; the fiend giues the |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.59 | Our masquing mates by this time for us stay. | Our masking mates by this time for vs stay. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.63 | 'Tis nine o'clock; our friends all stay for you. | 'Tis nine a clocke, our friends all stay for you, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.40 | But stay the very riping of the time. | But stay the very riping of the time, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.24.1 | To stay you from election. | To stay you from election. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.325 | No bed shall e'er be guilty of my stay, | No bed shall ere be guilty of my stay, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.82 | When I am in my coach, which stay for us | When I am in my coach, which stayes for vs |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.239 | To alter me. I stay here on my bond. | To alter me: I stay heere on my bond. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.343.1 | I'll stay no longer question. | Ile stay no longer question. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.302 | Whether till the next night she had rather stay, | Whether till the next night she had rather stay, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.191 | Come, coz; come, coz; we stay for you. A word | Come Coz, come Coz, we stay for you: a word |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.280 | Come, gentle Master Slender, come. We stay for | Come, gentle M. Slender, come; we stay for |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.37 | good young man; go into this closet. He will not stay | good young man: goe into this Closset: he will not stay |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.32 | I pray you bear witness that me have stay six or | I pray you beare witnesse, that me haue stay, sixe or |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.84 | not stay for him to kill him? Have I not, at de place I | not stay for him, to kill him? haue I not at de place I |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.54 | me word to stay within. I like his money well. O, here | me word to stay within: I like his money well. Oh, heere |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.80 | Get you home, boy. Come, we stay too long. | Get you home boy, Come we stay too long. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.11 | his chamber. I'll be so bold as stay, sir, till she come | his chamber: Ile be so bold as stay Sir till she come |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.49 | To stay for me at church 'twixt twelve and one, | To stay for me at Church, 'twixt twelue, and one, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.80 | But stay – I smell a man of middle earth. | But stay, I smell a man of middle earth. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.168.1 | There will I stay for thee. | There will I stay for thee. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.138 | How long within this wood intend you stay? | How long within this wood intend you stay? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.145 | We shall chide downright if I longer stay. | We shall chide downe right, if I longer stay. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.190 | The one I'll slay; the other slayeth me. | The one Ile stay, the other stayeth me. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.235 | I will not stay thy questions. Let me go; | I will not stay thy questions, let me go; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.90 | Stay though thou kill me, sweet Demetrius! | Stay, though thou kill me, sweete Demetrius. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.93 | Stay, on thy peril. I alone will go. | Stay on thy perill, I alone will goe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.79 | But hark, a voice. Stay thou but here awhile, | But harke, a voyce: stay thou but here a while, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.87 | If for his tender here I make some stay. | If for his tender here I make some stay. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.184 | Why should he stay whom love doth press to go? | Why should hee stay whom Loue doth presse (to go? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.245 | Stay, gentle Helena, hear my excuse, | Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuse, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.341 | Nor longer stay in your curst company. | Nor longer stay in your curst companie. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.248 | must stay the time. | must stay the time. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.268 | But stay – O spite! | But stay: O spight! |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.411 | Trip away; make no stay. | Trip away, make no stay; |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.140 | hath invited you all. I tell him we shall stay here at the | hath inuited you all, I tell him we shall stay here, at the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.1 | I do but stay till your marriage be consummate, | I doe but stay till your marriage be consummate, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.74 | Prince in the night, you may stay him. | Prince in the night, you may staie him. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.77 | knows the statutes, he may stay him; marry, not without | knowes the Statutes, he may staie him, marrie not without |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.79 | offend no man, and it is an offence to stay a man against | offend no man, and it is an offence to stay a man against |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.49 | My lord, they stay for you to give your | My Lord, they stay for you to giue your |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.43 | O, stay but till then! | O stay but till then. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.147 | To be produced – as if I stay, I shall – | To be producted, (as if I stay, I shall,) |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.273 | Either for her stay, or going. Th' affair cries haste, | Either for her stay, or going: th'Affaire cries hast: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.150 | Bade her wrong stay, and her displeasure fly; | Bad her wrong stay, and her displeasure flie: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.31 | Why, stay, and hear me speak. | Why stay, and heare me speake. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.378 | Nay, stay: thou shouldst be honest. | Nay stay: thou should'st be honest. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.247.2 | I will not stay to offend you. | I will not stay to offend you. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.169 | The messengers of Venice stay the meat. | The Messengers of Venice staies the meate, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.105 | Stay you, good gentlemen. Look you pale, mistress? | Stay you good Gentlemen. Looke you pale, Mistris? |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.3 | And stay your coming to present themselves. | and stay your comming, / To present them selues. |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.57 | But stay, the knights are coming. | But stay, the Knights are comming, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.126 | Didst thou not say, when I did push thee back – | didst thou not stay when I did push thee backe, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.83 | Lord Cerimon, we do our longing stay | Lord Cerimon wee doe our longing stay, |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.57 | As much good stay with thee as go with me! | As much good stay with thee, as go with mee. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.5 | Why then, the champions are prepared, and stay | Why then the Champions, are prepar'd, and stay |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.118 | Stay! The King hath thrown his warder down. | Stay, the King hath throwne his Warder downe. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.305 | Had I thy youth and cause I would not stay. | Had I thy youth, and cause, I would not stay. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.223 | Be merry; for our time of stay is short. | Be merry, for our time of stay is short. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.289 | Perhaps they had ere this, but that they stay | Perhaps they had ere this, but that they stay |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.298 | Stay, and be secret; and myself will go. | Stay, and be secret, and my selfe will go. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iv.5 | Stay yet another day, thou trusty Welshman. | Stay yet another day, thou trustie Welchman, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iv.7 | 'Tis thought the King is dead. We will not stay. | 'Tis thought the King is dead, we will not stay; |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.24 | But stay, here come the gardeners. | But stay, here comes the Gardiners, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.198 | They 'tend the crown, yet still with me they stay. | They 'tend the Crowne, yet still with me they stay: |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.41 | Stay thy revengeful hand, thou hast no cause to fear. | Stay thy reuengefull hand, thou hast no cause to feare. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.95 | Fellow, give place. Here is no longer stay. | Fellow, giue place, heere is no longer stay. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.33 | Stay, you that bear the corse, and set it down. | Stay you that beare the Coarse, & set it down. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.215 | And leave out thee? Stay, dog, for thou shalt hear me. | And leaue out thee? stay Dog, for yu shalt heare me. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.19 | Struck me, that thought to stay him, overboard | Strooke me (that thought to stay him) ouer-boord, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.118 | Nay, I pray thee stay a little. I hope | Nay, I prythee stay a little: / I hope |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.286 | For this will out, and then I must not stay. | For this will out, and then I must not stay. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.74 | What stay had I but Edward? And he's gone. | What stay had I but Edward, and hee's gone? |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.75 | What stay had we but Clarence? And he's gone. | What stay had we but Clarence? and he's gone. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.147 | For God sake let not us two stay at home; | For God sake let not vs two stay at home: |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.154 | Toward Ludlow then, for we'll not stay behind. | Toward London then, for wee'l not stay behinde. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.67.2 | Stay, I will go along with you. | Stay, I will go with you. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.118 | I do, my lord, but long I shall not stay there. | I doe, my Lord, but long I cannot stay there: |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.120 | Nay, like enough, for I stay dinner there. | Nay like enough, for I stay Dinner there. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.96 | To stay him from the fall of vanity; | To stay him from the fall of Vanitie: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.97 | Stay, yet look back with me unto the Tower. | Stay, yet looke backe with me vnto the Tower. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.116 | O thou well-skilled in curses, stay awhile | O thou well skill'd in Curses, stay a-while, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.199 | Stay, madam; I must talk a word with you. | Stay Madam, I must talke a word with you. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.28 | And you, Sir Walter Herbert – stay with me. | And your Sir Walter Herbert stay with me: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.158 | I would thou wert so happy by thy stay | I would thou wert so happy by thy stay, |
| 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 I.ii.37 | My house and welcome on their pleasure stay. | My house and welcome, on their pleasure stay. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.63 | Stay, fellow. I can read. | Stay fellow, I can read. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.138 | Stay but a little, I will come again. | Stay but a little, I will come againe. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.174 | And I'll still stay, to have thee still forget, | And Ile still stay, to haue thee still forget, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.183 | And stay, good Nurse, behind the abbey wall. | And stay thou good Nurse behind the Abbey wall, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.20 | Peter, stay at the gate. | Peter stay at the gate. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.29 | Jesu, what haste! Can you not stay a while? | Iesu what hast? can you not stay a while? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.36 | Say either, and I'll stay the circumstance. | Say either, and Ile stay the circustance: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.36 | For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone | For by your leaues, you shall not stay alone, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.136.2 | Why dost thou stay? | Why dost thou stay? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.76 | Thou wilt be taken. – Stay awhile! – Stand up. | Thou wilt be taken, stay a while, stand vp: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.148 | But look thou stay not till the Watch be set, | But looke thou stay not till the watch be set, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.11 | I must be gone and live, or stay and die. | I must be gone and liue, or stay and die. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.16 | Therefore stay yet. Thou needest not to be gone. | Therefore stay yet, thou need'st not to be gone. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.23 | I have more care to stay than will to go. | I haue more care to stay, then will to go: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.72 | Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, | Thou hast the strength of will to stay thy selfe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.57 | Upon a rapier's point. Stay, Tybalt, stay! | Vpon my Rapiers point: stay Tybalt, stay; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.144 | tarry for the mourners, and stay dinner. | tarrie for the Mourners, and stay dinner. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.66 | Stay not, be gone. Live, and hereafter say | Stay not, be gone, liue, and hereafter say, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.106 | For fear of that I still will stay with thee | For feare of that, I still will stay with thee, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.134 | If I did stay to look on his intents. | If I did stay to looke on his entents. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.135 | Stay then; I'll go alone. Fear comes upon me. | Stay, then Ile go alone, feares comes vpon me. |
| 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. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.159 | Come, go, good Juliet. I dare no longer stay. | Come, go good Iuliet, I dare no longer stay. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.187 | A great suspicion! Stay the Friar too. | A great suspition, stay the Frier too. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.79 | Do you intend to stay with me tonight? | Do you intend to stay with me to night? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.132 | And how my men will stay themselves from laughter | And how my men will stay themselues from laughter, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.46 | But stay awhile, what company is this? | But stay a while, what companie is this? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.100 | And so farewell. Katherina, you may stay, | And so farewell: Katherina you may stay, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.178 | As though she bid me stay by her a week. | As though she bid me stay by her a weeke: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.84 | Faith, mistress, then I have no cause to stay. | Faith Mistresse then I haue no cause to stay. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.109 | But where is Kate? I stay too long from her. | But where is Kate? I stay too long from her, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.191 | You would entreat me rather go than stay. | You would intreat me rather goe then stay: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.197 | Let us entreat you stay till after dinner. | Let vs intreat you stay till after dinner. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.200.2 | Are you content to stay? | Are you content to stay? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.201 | I am content you shall entreat me stay – | I am content you shall entreat me stay, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.202 | But yet not stay, entreat me how you can. | But yet not stay, entreat me how you can. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.203.1 | Now if you love me stay. | Now if you loue me stay. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.216 | Father, be quiet – he shall stay my leisure. | Father, be quiet, he shall stay my leisure. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.110 | You understand me, sir. So shall you stay | you vnderstand me sir: so shal you stay |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.30 | And she to him – to stay him not too long, | And she to him: to stay him not too long, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.86 | Stay, officer. He shall not go to prison. | Staie officer, he shall not go to prison. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.139 | Now pray thee, love, stay. | now praie thee Loue staie. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.36.1 | Concluding, ‘ Stay: not yet.’ | Concluding, stay: not yet. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.183 | Till I be gentle, stay thou for thy good morrow, | Till I be gentle, stay thou for thy good morrow. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.32 | Let me stay at thine apperil, Timon. | Let me stay at thine apperill Timon, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.50 | Stay, stay, here comes the fool with Apemantus. | Stay, stay, here comes the Foole with Apemantus, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.94 | If Timon stay at home. – You three serve | If Timon stay at home. / You three serue |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.49 | That stay at home, if bearing carry it, | That stay at home, if Bearing carry it: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.34 | dinner will not recompense this long stay. Feast your | dinner will not recompence this long stay: Feast your |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.101 | Stay, I will lend thee money, borrow none. | Stay I will lend thee money, borrow none. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.116 | Let's make no stay. | Let's make no stay. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.48 | Nay, stay thou out for earnest. | Nay stay thou out for earnest. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.537 | O, let me stay and comfort you, my master. | O let me stay, and comfort you, my Master. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.539 | Stay not. Fly, whilst thou art blest and free. | Stay not: flye, whil'st thou art blest and free: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.182.2 | Stay not, all's in vain. | Stay not, all's in vaine. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.73 | Pass by and curse thy fill, but pass, and stay not here thy gait. | Passe by, and curse thy fill, but passe and stay not here thy gate. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.107 | Stay, Roman brethren! Gracious conqueror, | Stay Romaine Bretheren, gracious Conqueror, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.122 | Stay, madam, here is more belongs to her: | Stay Madam heere is more belongs to her, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.306 | Come, Lucius, come; stay not to talk with them. | Come Lucius come, / Stay not to talke with them. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.1 | Hear me, grave fathers; noble tribunes, stay! | Heare me graue fathers, noble Tribunes stay, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.162 | Stay, father, for that noble hand of thine, | Stay Father, for that noble hand of thine, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.191 | Now stay your strife; what shall be is dispatched. | Now stay you strife, what shall be, is dispatcht: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.283 | Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay. | Thou art an Exile, and thou must not stay, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.87 | Stay, murderous villains, will you kill your brother? | Stay murtherous villaines, will you kill your brother? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.42 | So that perforce you must needs stay a time. | So that perforce you must needs stay a time. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.134 | Nay, nay, let Rape and Murder stay with me, | Nay, nay, let Rape and Murder stay with me, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.182 | Some stay to see him fastened in the earth. | Some stay, to see him fast'ned in the earth. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.27 | stay the cooling too, or you may chance to burn your | stay the cooling too, or you may chance to burne your |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.83 | fool to stay behind her father; let her to the Greeks, | Foole to stay behinde her Father: Let her to the Greeks, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.40 | Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; | Fall Greekes, faile Fame, Honor or go, or stay, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.43.1 | I pray thee, stay. | I pray thee stay? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.44 | I pray you, stay; by hell and all hell's torments, | I pray you stay? by hell and hell torments, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.53 | Nay, stay; by Jove, I will not speak a word. | Nay stay, by Ioue I will not speake a word. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.55 | A guard of patience; stay a little while. | A guard of patience; stay a little while. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.117.3 | Why stay we then? | Why stay we then? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.60 | He is thy crutch. Now if thou lose thy stay, | He is thy crutch; now if thou loose thy stay, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.23 | Stay yet. You vile abominable tents, | Stay yet: you vile abhominable Tents, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.106 | I'll stay a month longer. I am a fellow o'the | Ile stay a moneth longer. I am a fellow o'th |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.1 | Will you stay no longer? Nor will you not that | Will you stay no longer: nor will you not that |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.38 | O, stay and hear: your true love's coming, | O stay and heare, your true loues coming, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.134 | Stay. | Stay: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.1 | No, faith, I'll not stay a jot longer. | No faith, Ile not stay a iot longer: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.4 | I could not stay behind you. My desire, | I could not stay behinde you: my desire |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.251 | I will do so. Signor Fabian, stay you by this | I will doe so. Signiour Fabian, stay you by this |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.141 | Whither, my lord? Cesario, husband, stay! | Whether my Lord? Cesario, Husband, stay. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.75 | No more of stay; tomorrow thou must go. | No more of stay: to morrow thou must goe; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.ii.15 | That tide will stay me longer than I should. | That tide will stay me longer then I should, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.62 | If you think so, then stay at home and go not. | If you thinke so, then stay at home, and go not. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.58 | Nay then, no matter; stay with me awhile; | Nay then no matter: stay with me a while, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.244 | Here, if thou stay, thou canst not see thy love; | Here, if thou stay, thou canst not see thy loue: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.23 | You stay to see of us such spinsters, we | You stay to see of us such Spincsters, we |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.8 | Thou hast the start now; thou shalt stay and see | Thou ha'st the Start now, thou shalt stay and see |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.18.2 | Stay, I'll tell you | Stay, Ile tell you |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.95.2 | Stay, and edify! | Stay, and edifie. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.98 | Ladies, sit down; we'll stay it. | Ladies sit downe, wee'l stay it. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.37 | And furnished with your old strength, I'll stay, cousin, | And furnishd with your old strength, ile stay Cosen |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.85 | The lightning of your valour. Stay a little; | The lightning of your valour: Stay a little, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.170 | Stay here to love her; and if she say ‘ traitor,’ | Stay here to love her; and if she say Traytor, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.152 | Come, I'll go visit 'em; I cannot stay – | Come, Ile goe visit 'em: I cannot stay. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.6 | A bell than blade. I will stay here. | A Bell, then blade: I will stay here, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.3 | I am cruel fearful. Pray yet stay awhile, | I am cruell fearefull: pray yet stay a while, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.9 | Our market. 'Tis in vain, I see, to stay ye. | Our Market: Tis in vaine, I see to stay yee, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.9.2 | Stay your thanks a while, | Stay your Thanks a while, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.16.2 | No longer stay. | No longer stay. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.25 | Were, in your love, a whip to me, my stay | Were (in your Loue) a Whip to me; my stay, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.29 | You had drawn oaths from him not to stay. You, sir, | You had drawne Oathes from him, not to stay: you (Sir) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.36 | But let him swear so and he shall not stay: | But let him sweare so, and he shall not stay, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.44.1 | What lady she her lord. You'll stay? | What Lady she her Lord. You'le stay? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.87.1 | He'll stay, my lord. | Hee'le stay (my Lord.) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.97 | My last good deed was to entreat his stay. | My last good deed, was to entreat his stay. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.212 | Camillo, this great sir will yet stay longer. | Camillo, this great Sir will yet stay longer. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.215 | He would not stay at your petitions, made | He would not stay at your Petitions, made |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.220.1 | That he did stay? | That he did stay? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.109.1 | That wilt not stay her tongue. | That wilt not stay her Tongue. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.15 | sufficiently manage, must either stay to execute them | sufficiently manage) must either stay to execute them |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.89 | whipped out of the court: they cherish it to make it stay | whipt out of the Court: they cherish it to make it stay |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.339 | Why, they stay at door, sir. | Why, they stay at doore Sir. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.568 | Do their best office if they can but stay you | Doe their best office, if they can but stay you, |