| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.24 | But take the highest to witness. Then, pray you, tell me: | But take the high'st to witnesse: then pray you tell me, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.200 | You saw one here in court could witness it. | You saw one heere in Court could witnesse it. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.5.2 | O, bear me witness, night – | Oh beare me witnesse night. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.7 | Be witness to me, O thou blessed moon, | Be witnesse to me (O thou blessed Moone) |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.197 | And as mine eye doth his effigies witness | And as mine eye doth his effigies witnesse, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.1 | Hang there, my verse, in witness of my love, | Hang there my verse, in witnesse of my loue, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.34 | Yet, that the world may witness that my end | Yet that the world may witnesse that my end |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.46 | and that my two ears can witness. | and that my two eares can witnesse. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.75 | In verity you did. My bones bear witness, | In veritie you did, my bones beares witnesse, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.87 | And I am witness with her that she did. | And I am witnesse with her that she did: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.88 | God and the ropemaker bear me witness | God and the Rope-maker beare me witnesse, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.186 | Ay me, it is my husband. Witness you | Ay me, it is my husband: witnesse you, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.220 | Could witness it, for he was with me then, | Could witnesse it: for he was with me then, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.255 | My lord, in truth, thus far I witness with him: | My Lord, in truth, thus far I witnes with him: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.325 | Can witness with me that it is not so. | Can witnesse with me that it is not so. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.70 | Great hurt and mischief; thereto witness may | Great hurt and Mischiefe: thereto witnesse may |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.75 | And witness of the malice and displeasure | And witnesse of the Malice and Displeasure |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.205 | A better witness back than words, which we, | A better witnesse backe then words, which we |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.35 | 'Tis mine, and this will witness outwardly, | 'Tis mine, and this will witnesse outwardly, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.150 | If you will make't an action, call witness to't. | If you will make't an Action, call witnesse to't. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.47 | I false? Thy conscience witness: Iachimo, | I false? Thy Conscience witnesse: Iachimo, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.67 | A little witness my obedience. Look, | A little witnesse my obedience. Looke |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.194 | Upon the witness of these gentlemen | Vpon the witnesse of these Gentlemen, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.47 | Witness this army of such mass and charge, | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.455 | white hairs do witness it, but that he is, saving your reverence, | white hayres doe witnesse it: but that hee is (sauing your reuerence) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.150 | God witness with me, when I here came in | Heauen witnesse with me, when I heere came in, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.53 | Witness our too much memorable shame | Witnesse our too much memorable shame, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.97 | Shall witness live in brass of this day's work. | Shall witnesse liue in Brasse of this dayes worke. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.36 | witness, and will avouchment, that this is the glove of | witnesse, and will auouchment, that this is the Gloue of |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.51 | appeared to me but as a common man – witness the | appear'd to me but as a common man; witnesse the |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.28 | Your mightiness on both parts best can witness. | Your Mightinesse on both parts best can witnesse. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.349 | Now welcome, Kate; and bear me witness all | Now welcome Kate: and beare me witnesse all, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.9 | Fain would mine eyes be witness with mine ears, | Faine would mine eyes be witnesse with mine eares, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.37 | Hark ye, not so. In witness take ye that. | Hearke ye: not so: in witnesse take ye that. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.43 | You cannot witness for me being slain. | You cannot witnesse for me, being slaine. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.171 | That can I witness, and a fouler fact | That can I witnesse, and a fouler fact |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.186 | thought any such matter. God is my witness, I am falsely | thought any such matter: God is my witnesse, I am falsely |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.198 | he would be even with me. I have good witness of this; | he would be euen with me: I haue good witnesse of this; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.207 | For he hath witness of his servant's malice. | For he hath witnesse of his seruants malice: |
| 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.i.168 | I shall not want false witness to condemn me, | I shall not want false Witnesse, to condemne me, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.292 | Witness the fortune he hath had in France. | Witnesse the fortune he hath had in France. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.61 | honour be witness that no want of resolution in me, but | honor be witnesse, that no want of resolution in mee, but |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.138 | Draw near, Queen Margaret, and be a witness | Draw neere, Queene Margaret, and be a witnesse, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.32 | Witness the loving kiss I give the fruit. | Witnesse the louing kisse I giue the Fruite, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.59 | And by that name must die. Yet, heaven bear witness, | And by that name must dye; yet Heauen beare witnes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.22 | And take your good grace from me? Heaven witness, | And take your good Grace from me? Heauen witnesse, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.269 | His noble jury and foul cause can witness. | His Noble Iurie, and foule Cause can witnesse. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.424 | Bear witness, all that have not hearts of iron, | Beare witnesse, all that haue not hearts of Iron, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.57 | He was most princely: ever witness for him | He was most Princely: Euer witnesse for him |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.107 | It fits we thus proceed, or else no witness | It fits we thus proceed, or else no witnesse |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.136 | I mean in perjured witness, than your Master, | I meane in periur'd Witnesse, then your Master, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.30 | The upper Germany, can dearly witness, | The vpper Germany can deerely witnesse: |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.173 | Witness how dear I hold this confirmation. | Witnesse how deare, I hold this Confirmation. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.31 | Witness the hole you made in Caesar's heart, | Witnesse the hole you made in Casars heart, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.73 | Be thou my witness that against my will – | Be thou my witnesse, that against my will |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.109 | To witness my obedience to your highness | To witnes my obedience to your highnes, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.218 | Witness against us to damnation! | Witnesse against vs to damnation. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.78 | Witness the world that I create thee here | Witnesse the world, that I create thee heere |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.33 | My favour were as great. Be witness this – | My Fauour were as great, be witnesse this. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.47 | And wash this filthy witness from your hand. | And wash this filthie Witnesse from your Hand. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.18 | witness to confirm my speech. | witnesse to confirme my speech. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.93 | Shall witness to him I am near at home, | Shal witnesse to him I am neere at home: |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.167 | Of your own cause. Is this the witness, friar? | Of your owne Cause: Is this the Witnes Frier? |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.191 | This is no witness for Lord Angelo. | This is no witnesse for Lord Angelo. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.306 | And in the witness of his proper ear, | And in the witnesse of his proper eare, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.96 | An evil soul producing holy witness | An euill soule producing holy witnesse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.32 | Heaven and thy thoughts are witness that thou art. | Heauen and thy thoughts are witness that thou art. |
| 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 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 IV.ii.124 | Heaven be my witness, you do, if you | Heauen be my witnesse you doe, if you |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.195 | warrant of womanhood and the witness of a good | woman-hood, and the witnesse of a good |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.44 | It is the witness still of excellency | It is the witnesse still of excellency, / To slander Musicke any more then once. / Prince. It is the witnesse still of excellencie, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.225 | 'tis a truth, I can bear them witness; and virtuous; so, | 'tis a truth, I can beare them witnesse: and vertuous, tis so, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.117 | witness; bear it coldly but till midnight, and let the | witnesses, beare it coldly but till night, and let the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.36 | To witness simple virtue? Would you not swear, | To witnesse simple Vertue? would you not sweare |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.77 | proved upon thee by good witness. I am a wise fellow, | prou'd vpon thee by good witnesse, I am a wise fellow, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.79 | myself will bear witness, is praiseworthy. And now tell | my selfe will beare witnesse is praise worthie, and now tell |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.169 | Here comes the lady: let her witness it. | Here comes the Ladie: Let her witnesse it. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.460 | Witness you ever-burning lights above, | Witnesse you euer-burning Lights aboue, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.462 | Witness that here Iago doth give up | Witnesse that heere Iago doth giue vp |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.149 | But now I find I had suborned the witness | But now I finde, I had suborn'd the Witnesse, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.51 | Our cheeks and hollow eyes do witness it. | Our cheekes and hollow eyes doe witnesse it. |
| Pericles | Per II.v.67 | Here comes my daughter. She can witness it. | heere comes my Daughter, she can witnesse it. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.130 | May be a precedent and witness good | May be a president, and witnesse good, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.63 | And you can witness with me this is true. | And you can witnesse with me, this is true. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.233 | The bleeding witness of my hatred by, | The bleeding witnesse of my hatred by, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.266 | Witness my son, now in the shade of death, | Witnesse my Sonne, now in the shade of death, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.67 | Then be your eyes the witness of their evil. | Then be your eyes the witnesse of their euill. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.69 | Yet witness what you hear we did intend. | Yet witnesse what you heare we did intend: |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.179 | Your mother lives a witness to that vow – | Your Mother liues a Witnesse to his Vow; |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.5 | A dire induction am I witness to, | A dire induction, am I witnesse to, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.60 | God witness with me I have wept for thine. | God witnesse with me, I haue wept for thine. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.52 | Within your house, to make mine eye the witness | Within your house, to make mine eye the witnesse |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.329 | Than words can witness or your thoughts can guess. | Then words can witnesse, or your thoughts can guesse. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.24 | And since mine eyes are witness of her lightness, | And since mine eyes are witnesse of her lightnesse, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.107 | Here's packing, with a witness, to deceive us all. | Here's packing with a witnesse to deceiue vs all. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.68 | O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound, | O heauen; O earth, beare witnes to this sound, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.141 | I call the gods to witness, I will choose | I call the Gods to witnesse, I will choose |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.52 | witness; but I would not, for the wealth of Athens, I | witnesse; but I would not for the wealth of Athens I |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.27 | I'm weary of this charge, the gods can witness; | I'me weary of this Charge, / The Gods can witnesse: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.482 | The gods are witness, | The Gods are witnesse, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.116 | This is a witness that I am thy son. | This is a witnesse that I am thy Sonne. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.119 | Witness the sorrow that their sister makes. | Witnes the sorrow that their sister makes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.5 | Therefore, great lords, be as your titles witness: | Therefore great Lords, be as your Titles witnesse, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.103 | Well, let my deeds be witness of my worth: | Well, let my Deeds be witnesse of my worth: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.22 | Witness this wretched stump, witness these crimson lines, | Witnesse this wretched stump, / Witnesse these crimson lines, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.23 | Witness these trenches made by grief and care, | Witnesse these Trenches made by griefe and care, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.24 | Witness the tiring day and heavy night, | Witnesse the tyring day, and heauie night, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.25 | Witness all sorrow, that I know thee well | Witnesse all sorrow, that I know thee well |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.62 | 'Tis true, 'tis true, witness my knife's sharp point. | 'Tis true, 'tis true, witnesse my kniues sharpe point. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.113 | My scars can witness, dumb although they are, | My scars can witnesse, dumbe although they are, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.123 | And as he is to witness this is true, | And as he is, to witnesse this is true. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.57 | witness whereof the parties interchangeably ’ – Come | witnesse whereof the Parties interchangeably. Come |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.196 | the witness. Here I hold your hand, here my cousin's. | the witnesse here I hold your hand: here my Cousins, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.9 | Witness the process of your speech within; | Witnesse the processe of your speech within; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.25 | And Silvia – witness heaven, that made her fair! – | And Siluia (witnesse heauen that made her faire) |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.106 | Survives, to whom, thyself art witness, | Suruiues; to whom (thy selfe art witnesse) |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.66 | Witness good bringing up, fortune, and truth; | Witnesse good bringing vp, fortune, and truth: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.120 | Bear witness, heaven, I have my wish for ever. | Beare witnes (heauen) I haue my wish for euer. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.11 | Or what is now received. I witness to | Or what is now receiu'd. I witnesse to |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.366.2 | Do, and be witness to't. | Do, and be witnesse too't. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.381 | And, friends unknown, you shall bear witness to't. | And friends vnknowne, you shall beare witnesse to't: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.72 | Then, good my lords, bear witness to his oath. | Then good my Lords, beare witnesse to his Oath. |