| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.293 | I'll send her straight away. Tomorrow | Ile send her straight away: To morrow, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.18 | one to another; so we seem to know is to know straight | one to another: so we seeme to know, is to know straight |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.173.1 | Whither straight I'll lead you. | Whether straight Ile lead you. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.20 | Which leaves itself. To the seaside straightway! | Which leaues it selfe, to the Sea-side straight way; |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.3.1 | Straight how 'tis like to go. | straight, how 'ris like to go. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.69 | I'll bring you to him straight. | Ile bring you to him strait. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.136.2 | I'll write it straight: | Ile write it strait: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.87 | And floating straight, obedient to the stream, | And floating straight, obedient to the streame, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.193 | If any ship put out, then straight away! | If any ship put out, then straight away. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.103 | To Adriana, villain, hie thee straight. | To Adriana Villaine hie thee straight: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.62 | Go, Dromio, there's the money. Bear it straight, |
Go Dromio, there's the monie, beare it straight, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.54 | And to thy state of darkness hie thee straight. | And to thy state of darknesse hie thee straight, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.138 | Straight after did I meet him with a chain. | Straight after did I meete him with a Chaine. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.114 | His ready sense, then straight his doubled spirit | His readie sence: then straight his doubled spirit |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.147 | That I'll straight do and, knowing myself again, | That Ile straight do: and knowing my selfe again, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.35 | And straight disclaim their tongues? What are your offices? | And straight disclaim their toungs? what are your Offices? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.25 | Put him to choler straight. He hath been used | Put him to Choller straite, he hath bene vs'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.90 | Of shame seen through thy country, speed thee straight | Of shame seene through thy Country, speed thee straight |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.163 | set down by lawful counsel, and straight away for | set downe by lawfull Counsell, and straight away for |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.38 | have crooked noses, but to owe such straight arms, | haue crook'd Noses, but to owe such straite Armes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.7 | Through a straight lane; the enemy full-hearted, | Through a strait Lane, the Enemy full-heart'd, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.429 | at anything we see. We'll have a speech straight. Come, | at any thing we see: wee'l haue a Speech straight. Come |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.1 | 'A will come straight. Look you lay home to him. | He will come straight: / Looke you lay home to him, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.31 | I'll be with you straight. Go a little before. | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.4 | grave straight. The crowner hath sat on her, and finds | Graue straight, the Crowner hath sate on her, and finds |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.78 | That we at our own charge shall ransom straight | That we at our owne charge, shall ransome straight |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.124 | I will not send them. I will after straight | I will not send them. I will after straight |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.256 | Deliver them up without their ransom straight, | Deliuer them vp without their ransome straight, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.74 | Well, I will back him straight. O Esperance! | Well, I will backe him straight. Esperance, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.143 | could run as fast as thou canst. You are straight enough | could run as fast as thou canst. You are straight enough |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.110 | And then he runs straight and even. | And then he runnes straight and euen. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.220 | And straight they shall be here. Sit, and attend. | And straight they shall be here: sit, and attend. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.45 | And so hath Clifton – I'll to Clifton straight. | And so hath Clifton: Ile to Clifton straight. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.14 | they supped is too hot; they'll come in straight. | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.116 | Stand from him, give him air; he'll straight be well. | Stand from him, giue him ayre: / Hee'le straight be well. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.43 | Your worship! I'll be with you straight. (to | Your Worship: Ile be with you straight. |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.33 | thought we keep a bawdy-house straight. | thought we keepe a Bawdy-house straight. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.191 | Putting it straight in expedition. | Putting it straight in expedition. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.52 | your straight strossers. | your strait Strossers. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.13 | To horse, you gallant Princes, straight to horse! | To Horse you gallant Princes, straight to Horse. |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.45 | After your thoughts, straight back again to France. | After your thoughts, straight backe againe to France. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.158 | but a ballad. A good leg will fall; a straight back will | but a Ballad; a good Legge will fall, a strait Backe will |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.73 | Then gather strength and march unto him straight; | Then gather strength, and march vnto him straight: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.40 | Come, go; I will dispatch the horsemen straight; | Come go, I will dispatch the Horsemen strait: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.47 | You judge it straight a thing impossible | You iudge it straight a thing impossible |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.137 | Sirrah, go fetch the beadle hither straight. | Sirrha, goe fetch the Beadle hither straight. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.15 | Go, call our uncle to our presence straight; | Goe call our Vnckle to our presence straight: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.244 | Unless Lord Suffolk straight be done to death, | Vnlesse Lord Suffolke straight be done to death, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.24 | And so will I, and write home for it straight. | And so will I, and write home for it straight. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.33 | Is straightway calmed and boarded with a pirate. | Is straight way calme, and boorded with a Pyrate. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.70 | And issue forth and bid them battle straight. | And issue forth, and bid them Battaile straight. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.132 | Myself in person will straight follow you. | My selfe in person will straight follow you. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iii.21 | Will thither straight, for willingness rids way; | Will thither straight, for willingnesse rids way, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.2 | Away with Oxford to Hames Castle straight; | Away with Oxford, to Hames Castle straight: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.151 | He sent command to the Lord Mayor straight | He sent command to the Lord Mayor straight |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.115 | Then lays his finger on his temple; straight | Then layes his finger on his Temple: straight |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.127 | And we, like friends, will straightway go together. | And we (like Friends) will straight way go together. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.267 | And thither will I straight to visit him. | And thither will I straight, to visit him: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.42 | Are levying powers; we must straight make head. | Are leuying Powers; We must straight make head: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.112.1 | And straight is cold again. | And straite is cold agen. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iv.13 | There is so much that thou wilt kill me straight: | There is so much, that thou wilt kill me straight: |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.69 | But straight I am invited – nay, with threats, | But straight I am inuited, nay with threats, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.126 | But straight, forgetting of his former oath, | But straight forgetting of his former othe, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.202 | Thou, Prince of Wales, and Audley, straight to sea; | Thou Prince of Wales, and Audley straight to Sea, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.86 | Did break from anchor straight, and, puffed with rage | Did breake from Anchor straight, and puft with rage, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.148 | Will straight enthrone himself in tyranny, | Will straight inthrone himselfe in tyrranie, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.7 | But, straight retiring, so dismayed the rest | But straite retyring so dismaide the rest, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.94 | Began to falter, straight I would recover | Began to faulter, straight I would recouer: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.118 | Myself and Derby will to Calais straight, | Myselfe and Derby will to Calice streight; |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.26 | Straight trees of gold, the pendants, leaves; | Streight trees of gold, the pendant leaues, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.72 | He straight will fold his bloody colours up, | He straight will fold his bloody collours vp, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.76 | And Copland, straight upon your highness' charge, | And Copland straight vpon your highnes charge, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.116 | Commanded straight to cut off all our heads; | Commanded straight to cut of all our heads, |
| King John | KJ II.i.149 | King Philip, determine what we shall do straight. | King Lewis, determine what we shall doe strait. |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.22 | The King by me requests your presence straight. | The King by me requests your presence straight. |
| King John | KJ V.iii.16 | Set on toward Swinstead. To my litter straight; | Set on toward Swinsted: to my Litter straight, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.42 | I beg cold comfort; and you are so strait | I begge cold comfort: and you are so straight |
| King John | KJ V.vii.79 | Straight let us seek, or straight we shall be sought; | Straight let vs seeke, or straight we shall be sought, |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.26 | That I may speak. I'll write straight to my sister | Ile write straight to my Sister |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.34 | They summoned up their meiny, straight took horse, | They summon'd vp their meiney, straight tooke Horse, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.20 | It shall be done; I will arraign them straight. | |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.277 | Mine eyes are not o'the best, I'll tell you straight. | Mine eyes are not o'th'best, Ile tell you straight. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.285 | I'll see that straight. | Ile see that straight. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.277 | ‘ Non point ’, quoth I; my servant straight was mute. | No point (quoth I:) my seruant straight was mute. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.483 | Lo, he is tilting straight. Peace! I have done. | Loe, he is tilting straight. Peace, I haue don. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.139 | I'll call upon you straight. Abide within. | Ile call vpon you straight: abide within, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.11 | How it did grieve Macbeth! Did he not straight – | How it did greeue Macbeth? Did he not straight |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.161 | He can command, lets it straight feel the spur; | He can command; lets it strait feele the spur: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.85 | I will about it straight, | I will about it strait; |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.1 | He's hearing of a cause; he will come straight; | Hee's hearing of a Cause; he will come straight, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.31 | And not bethink me straight of dangerous rocks, | And not bethinke me straight of dangerous rocks, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.57 | every man in no man. If a throstle sing, he falls straight | euery man in no man, if a Trassell sing, he fals straight |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.171 | And I will go and purse the ducats straight, | And I will goe and purse the ducats straite. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.24 | Ay, marry, I'll be gone about it straight. | I marry, ile be gone about it strait. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.50 | With some more ducats, and be with you straight. | With some more ducats, and be with you straight. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.1 | Quick, quick I pray thee! Draw the curtain straight. | Quick, quick I pray thee, draw the curtain strait, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.6 | Straight shall our nuptial rites be solemnized; | Straight shall our nuptiall rights be solemniz'd: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.109 | I will answer it straight. I have done all this. | I will answere it strait, I haue done all this: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.78 | straight. Put on the gown the while. | straight: put on the gowne the while. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.95 | straight. | straight. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.73 | And marry her at Eton. (To them) Go, send to Falstaff straight. | And marry her at Eaton: go, send to Falstaffe straight. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.32 | Straight marry her. To this her mother's plot | Strait marry her: to this her Mothers plot |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.403.1 | I will be with thee straight. | I will be with thee straight. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.59 | Which straight she gave me, and her fairy sent | Which straight she gaue me, and her Fairy sent |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.199 | Wilt thou at Ninny's tomb meet me straightway? | Wilt thou at Ninnies tombe meete me straight way? |
| Othello | Oth I.i.138 | Of here and everywhere. Straight satisfy yourself: | Of here, and euery where: straight satisfie your selfe. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.48 | Valiant Othello, we must straight employ you | Valiant Othello, we must straight employ you |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.87 | Farewell, my Desdemona, I'll come to thee straight. | Farewell my Desdemona, Ile come to thee strait. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.57 | He will recover straight. When he is gone, | He will recouer straight: when he is gone, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.1 | Here, stand behind this bulk: straight will he come. | Heere, stand behinde this Barke, / Straight will he come: |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.28 | Solicit for it straight. | Solicite for it straight. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.366 | Myself will straight aboard, and to the state | My selfe will straight aboord, and to the State, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.24 | And snatch them straight away? We here below | And snatch them straight away? we heere below, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.53 | briefly yield 'er, for she must overboard straight. | briefly yeeld'er, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.54 | As you think meet. Most wretched queen! | As you thinke meet; for she must ouer board straight: / Most wretched Queene. |
| Pericles | Per III.i.59 | To give thee hallowed to thy grave, but straight | To giue thee hallowd to thy graue, but straight, |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.52 | 'Tis wondrous heavy. Wrench it open straight. | t'is woondrous heauie; / Wrench it open straight: |
| Pericles | Per V.i.109 | As wand-like straight, as silver-voiced, | as wandlike-straight, as siluer voyst, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.215 | Go, Bushy, to the Earl of Wiltshire straight, | Go Bushie to the Earle of Wiltshire streight, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.134 | Well, I will for refuge straight to Bristol Castle. | Well: I will for refuge straight to Bristoll Castle, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.264 | Let it command a mirror hither straight | Let it command a Mirror hither straight, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.138 | Destruction straight shall dog them at the heels. | Destruction straight shall dogge them at the heeles: |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.38 | And straight am nothing. But whate'er I be, | And straight am nothing. But what ere I am, Musick |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.353 | I like you, lads; about your business straight, | I like you Lads, about your businesse straight. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.126 | You straight are on your knees for pardon, pardon; | You straight are on your knees for Pardon, pardon, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.97 | Of the young prince, your son. Send straight for him; | Of the young Prince your sonne: send straight for him, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.142 | Who they shall be that straight shall post to Ludlow. | Who they shall be that strait shall poste to London . |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.53 | For by his face straight shall you know his heart. | For by his Face straight shall you know his Heart. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.69 | I'll signify so much unto him straight. | Ile signifie so much vnto him straight. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.31 | Come, madam, you must straight to Westminster, | Come Madame, you must straight to Westminster, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.53 | Whom I will marry straight to Clarence' daughter. | Whom I will marry straight to Clarence Daughter: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.81 | I will dispatch it straight. | I will dispatch it straight. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.449 | O, true, good Catesby; bid him levy straight | O true, good Catesby, bid him leuie straight |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.104 | must hence to wait. I beseech you follow straight. | must hence to wait, I beseech you follow straight. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.72 | O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight; | On Courtiers knees, that dreame on Cursies strait: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.73 | O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees; | ore Lawyers fingers, who strait dreamt on Fees, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.74 | O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream, | ore Ladies lips, who strait on kisses dreame, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.19 | By her fine foot, straight leg, and quivering thigh, | By her Fine foote, Straight leg, and Quiuering thigh, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.71 | They'll be in scarlet straight at any news. | Thei'le be in Scarlet straight at any newes: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iv.22 | The County will be here with music straight, | The Countie will be here with Musicke straight, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.33 | And hire those horses. I'll be with thee straight. | And hyre those Horses, Ile be with thee straight. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.79 | Of twenty men it would dispatch you straight. | Of twenty men, it would dispatch you straight. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.21 | Get me an iron crow and bring it straight | Get me an Iron Crow, and bring it straight |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.50 | And if he chance to speak, be ready straight | And if he chance to speake, be readie straight |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.48 | Dost thou love pictures? We will fetch thee straight | Dost thou loue pictures? we wil fetch thee strait |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.248 | Is straight and slender, and as brown in hue | Is straight, and slender, and as browne in hue |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.153 | What, do you grumble? I'll be with you straight. | What, do you grumble? Ile be with you straight. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.147 | I am for thee straight. Take thou the bill, give | I am for thee straight: take thou the bill, giue |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.180 | (to Grumio) Go call my men, and let us straight to him, | Go call my men, and let vs straight to him, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.63 | And bid Bianca make her ready straight. | and bid Bianca make her readie straight: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.104 | Away, I say, and bring them hither straight. | Away I say, and bring them hither straight. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.235 | We were awaked; straightway at liberty; | We were awak'd: straight way, at liberty; |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.9 | Ask nothing, give it him, it foals me straight, | Aske nothing, giue it him, it Foles me straight |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.130 | Away with him, and make a fire straight, | Away with him, and make a fire straight, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.104 | Should straight fall mad, or else die suddenly. | Should straite fall mad, or else die suddenly. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.106 | But straight they told me they would bind me here | But strait they told me they would binde me heere, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.193 | Straight will I bring you to the loathsome pit | Straight will I bring you to the lothsome pit, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.3 | Look ye draw home enough, and 'tis there straight. | Looke yee draw home enough, and 'tis there straight: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.389 | To Agamemnon. Go we to him straight. | To Agamemnon, go we to him straight: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.15 | Walk here i'th' orchard; I'll bring her straight. | Walke here ith'Orchard, Ile bring her straight. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.29 | straight. You must be witty now. She does so blush, | straight; you must be witty now, she does so blush, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.154 | For honour travels in a strait so narrow, | For honour trauels in a straight so narrow, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.305 | Come, thou shalt bear a letter to him straight. | Come, thou shalt beare a Letter to him straight. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.143 | Let us make ready straight. | Let vs make ready straight. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.104.1 | But it straight starts you. | But it strait starts you. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.132 | enough to lie straight in my bed. I know I can do it. | enough to lye straight in my bed: I know I can do it. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.29 | This will I tell my lady straight. I would not be in | This will I tell my Lady straight, I would not be in |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.116 | And with thy twinkling eyes look right and straight | And with thy twinckling eyes, looke right and straight |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.243 | The straight young boughs that blush with thousand blossoms | The straight yong Bowes that blush with thousand Blossoms |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.95 | She saw me, and straight sought the flood. I saved her, | She saw me, and straight sought the flood, I sav'd her, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.99.2 | I'll away straight. | Ile away straight |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.70 | Which, on my faith, deserves high speech – and straight | (Which on my faith deserues high speech) and straight |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.14 | He straight declined, drooped, took it deeply, | He straight declin'd, droop'd, tooke it deeply, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.134 | Even thou, and none but thou. Take it up straight!: | Euen thou, and none but thou. Take it vp straight: |