| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.107.2 | Alas, and woe! | Alas, and woe. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.133 | Woe, woe are we, sir, you may not live to wear | Woe, woe are we sir, you may not liue to weare |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.17 | Should conquer Antony, but woe 'tis so! | should conquer Anthony, / But woe 'tis so. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.131 | Leave me alone to woo him. Let's away | Leaue me alone to woe him; Let's away |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.50 | Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo | Nor did not with vnbashfull forehead woe, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.10 | That your poor friends must woo your company? | That your poore friends must woe your companie, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.391 | day to woo me. At which time would I, being but a | day to woe me. At which time would I, being but a |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.408 | ‘ Rosalind ’, and come every day to my cote, and woo me. | Rosalind, and come euerie day to my Coat, and woe me. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.136 | men are April when they woo, December when they | men are Aprill when they woe, December when they |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.109 | With lesser weight but not with lesser woe, | With lesser waight, but not with lesser woe, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.15 | Why, headstrong liberty is lashed with woe. | Why, headstrong liberty is lasht with woe: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.88 | Stands in worse case of woe. | Stands in worse case of woe. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.325 | Have laid this woe here. O, 'tis pregnant, pregnant! | Haue laid this Woe heere. Oh 'tis pregnant, pregnant! |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.68 | And yet died too! I, in mine own woe charmed, | And yet dyed too. I, in mine owne woe charm'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.2 | Preservers of my throne: woe is my heart, | Preseruers of my Throne: woe is my heart, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.4 | To be contracted in one brow of woe, | To be contracted in one brow of woe: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.86 | These but the trappings and the suits of woe. | These, but the Trappings, and the Suites of woe. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.107 | This unprevailing woe, and think of us | This vnpreuayling woe, and thinke of vs |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.500 | ‘ But who, ah woe!, had seen the mobled Queen –’ | But who, O who, had seen the inobled Queen. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.161 | Blasted with ecstasy. O, woe is me | Blasted with extasie. Oh woe is me, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.172 | But woe is me, you are so sick of late, | But woe is me, you are so sicke of late, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.156 | Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good. | Yea courb, and woe, for leaue to do him good. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.163 | One woe doth tread upon another's heel, | One woe doth tread vpon anothers heele, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.242.2 | O, treble woe | Oh terrible woer, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.357 | If aught of woe or wonder, cease your search. | If ought of woe, or wonder, cease your search. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.136 | friends, and woe to my Lord Chief Justice! | Friendes: and woe vnto my Lord Chiefe Iustice. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.26 | Are every one a woe, a sore complaint | Are euery one, a Woe, a sore Complaint, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.73 | For many of our princes – woe the while! – | For many of our Princes (woe the while) |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.92 | And will be partner of your weal or woe. | And will be partner of your weale or woe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.65 | Fain would I woo her, yet I dare not speak. | Faine would I woe her, yet I dare not speake: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.124 | To woo so fair a dame to be his wife | To woe so faire a Dame to be his wife, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.151 | Since thou dost deign to woo her little worth | Since thou dost daigne to woe her little worth, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.72 | Ah, woe is me for Gloucester, wretched man! | Ah woe is me for Gloster, wretched man. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.73 | Be woe for me, more wretched than he is. | Be woe for me, more wretched then he is. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.46 | I, that did never weep, now melt with woe | I that did neuer weepe, now melt with wo, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.20 | For what is in this world but grief and woe? | For what is in this world, but Greefe and Woe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.94 | Woe above woe! Grief more than common grief! | Wo aboue wo: greefe, more thẽ common greefe |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.111 | Was ever king so grieved for subjects' woe? | Was euer King so greeu'd for Subiects woe? |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.3 | Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe, | Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.39 | There will be woe indeed, lords! The sly whoresons | There will be woe indeed Lords, the slye whorsons |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.140 | 'Tis full of woe; yet I can give you inkling | 'Tis full of woe: yet I can giue you inckling |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.114 | Ye turn me into nothing. Woe upon ye, | Ye turne me into nothing. Woe vpon ye, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.140.1 | And woo your own destruction. | And woe your owne destruction. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.82 | But woe the while! our fathers' minds are dead, | But woe the while, our Fathers mindes are dead, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.258 | Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood! | Woe to the hand that shed this costly Blood. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.413 | Unnatural besiege! Woe me unhappy, | Vnnaturall beseege, woe me vnhappie, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.460 | My body sink my soul in endless woe! | My body sinke, my soule in endles woo. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.12 | You wretched patterns of despair and woe, | You wretched patterns of dispayre and woe, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.110 | O, let us pay the time but needful woe, | Oh let vs pay the time: but needfull woe, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.254 | Woe that too late repents! – O, sir, are you come? | Woe, that too late repents: |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.33 | Shall of a corn cry woe, | Shall of a Corne cry woe, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.317.1 | Is general woe. | Is generall woe: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.15 | O short-lived pride! Not fair? Alack for woe! | O short liu'd pride. Not faire? alacke for woe. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.33 | So ridest thou triumphing in my woe. | So ridest thou triumphing in my woe. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.347 | Shall we resolve to woo these girls of France? | Shall we resolue to woe these girles of France? |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.84.2 | Woe, alas! | Woe, alas: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.198 | But in it shares some woe, though the main part | But in it shares some woe, though the maine part |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.26 | Woe me, for what? | Woe me; for what? |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.271 | Pardon is still the nurse of second woe. | Pardon is still the nurse of second woe: |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.13 | My mirth it much displeased, but pleased my woe. | My mirth it much displeas'd, but pleas'd my woe. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.118 | In countenance. Heaven shield your grace from woe, | In countenance: heauen shield your Grace from woe, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.442 | Never so weary, never so in woe, | Neuer so wearie, neuer so in woe, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.367 | Puts the wretch that lies in woe | Puts the wretch that lies in woe, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.46 | I pray thee sing, and let me woo no more. | I pray thee sing, and let me woe no more. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.66 | Converting all your sounds of woe | Conuerting all your sounds of woe, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.74 | Converting all your sounds of woe | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.11 | Measure his woe the length and breadth of mine, | Measure his woe the length and bredth of mine, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iii.14 | For the which, with songs of woe, | For the which with songs of woe, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iii.33 | Than this for whom we rendered up this woe. | Then this for whom we rendred vp this woe. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.363 | To hang a doubt on – or woe upon thy life! | To hang a doubt on: Or woe vpon thy life. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.49 | Who know the world, see heaven, but feeling woe | Who know the World, see Heauen, but feeling woe, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.42 | Omit we all their dole and woe. | Omit we all their dole and woe: |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.75 | That ever cracks for woe. This chanced tonight. | That euer cracks for woe, this chaunc'd to night. |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.25 | Changed with this unprofitable woe! | Changd with this vnprofitable woe: |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.24 | This borrowed passion stands for true old woe, | This borrowed passion stands for true olde woe: |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.49 | His daughter's woe and heavy well-a-day | His daughters woe and heauie welladay. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.105 | I am great with woe, and shall deliver weeping. | I am great with woe, and shall deliuer weeping: |
| Pericles | Per V.i.246 | Or perform my bidding, or thou livest in woe; | or performe my bidding, or thou liuest in woe: |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.280 | But thou the King. Woe doth the heavier sit | |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.152 | Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. | Though death be poore, it ends a mortall wo. |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.40 | I cannot name; 'tis nameless woe, I wot. | I cannot name, 'tis namelesse woe I wot. |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.62 | So, Green, thou art the midwife to my woe, | So Greene, thou art the midwife of my woe, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.66 | Have woe to woe, sorrow to sorrow joined. | Haue woe to woe, sorrow to sorrow ioyn'd. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iv.22 | Witnessing storms to come, woe, and unrest. | Witnessing Stormes to come, Woe, and Vnrest: |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.102 | Cry woe, destruction, ruin, and decay. | Cry Woe, Destruction, Ruine, Losse, Decay, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.210 | A king, woe's slave, shall kingly woe obey. | A King, Woes slaue, shall Kingly Woe obey: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.70 | Controlling majesty. Alack, alack for woe | Controlling Maiestie: alack, alack, for woe, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.28 | Against a change. Woe is forerun with woe. | Against a Change; Woe is fore-runne with Woe. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.97 | To meet at London London's king in woe. | To meet at London, Londons King in woe. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.100 | Gardener, for telling me these news of woe, | Gard'ner, for telling me this newes of woe, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.149 | Lest child, child's children, cry against you woe. | Least Child, Childs Children cry against you, Woe. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.86 | So two together weeping make one woe. | So two together weeping, make one Woe. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.101 | We make woe wanton with this fond delay. | We make Woe wanton with this fond delay: |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.45 | Lords, I protest, my soul is full of woe | Lords, I protest my soule is full of woe, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.11 | Woe to that land that's governed by a child! | Woe to that Land that's gouern'd by a Childe. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iii.6 | You live that shall cry woe for this hereafter. | You liue, that shall cry woe for this heere-after. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.80 | Woe, woe for England, not a whit for me! | Woe, woe for England, not a whit for me, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.119 | Compare dead happiness with living woe; | Compare dead happinesse, with liuing woe: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.21 | I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe. | I cannot bound a pitch aboue dull woe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.42 | I have forgot that name and that name's woe. | I haue forgot that name, and that names woe. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.120 | This but begins the woe others must end. | This but begins, the wo others must end. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.51 | Brief sounds determine of my weal or woe. | Briefe, sounds, determine of my weale or wo. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.103 | Your tributary drops belong to woe, | Your tributarie drops belong to woe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.115 | Was woe enough, if it had ended there; | Was woe inough if it had ended there: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.116 | Or, if sour woe delights in fellowship | Or if sower woe delights in fellowship, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.126 | In that word's death. No words can that woe sound. | In that words death, no words can that woe sound. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.8 | These times of woe afford no times to woo. | These times of wo, affoord no times to wooe: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.119 | Ere he that should be husband comes to woo. | Ere he that should be Husband comes to woe: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.49 | O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day! | O wo, O wofull, wofull, wofull day, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.13 | O woe! thy canopy is dust and stones – | O woe, thy Canopie is dust and stones, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.212 | What further woe conspires against mine age? | What further woe conspires against my age? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.309 | For never was a story of more woe | For neuer was a Storie of more Wo, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.141 | woo her, wed her, and bed her, and rid the house | woe her, wed her, and bed her, and ridde the house |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.29 | Measures my husband's sorrow by his woe. | Measures my husbands sorrow by his woe: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.15.2 | O, woe the day! | O woe, the day. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.3 | Is much beyond our loss. Our hint of woe | Is much beyond our losse; our hint of woe |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.6 | Have just our theme of woe. But for the miracle, | Haue iust our Theame of woe: But for the miracle, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.139.2 | I am woe for't, sir. | I am woe for't, Sir. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.74 | And they have nursed this woe in feeding life; | And they haue nur'st this woe, / In feeding life: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.148 | O, what a sympathy of woe is this, | Oh what a simpathy of woe is this! |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.238 | That woe is me to think upon thy woes | That woe is me to thinke vpon thy woes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.12 | (To Lavinia) Thou map of woe, that thus dost talk in signs, | Thou Map of woe, that thus dost talk in signes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.56 | Now help, or woe betide thee evermore! | Now helpe, or woe betide thee euermore. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.78 | Woe to her chance, and damned her loathed choice! | Woe to her chance, and damn'd her loathed choyce, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.147 | To heal Rome's harms, and wipe away her woe. | To heale Romes harmes, and wipe away her woe. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.98 | And he's as tetchy to be wooed to woo. | And he's as teachy to be woo'd to woe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.112 | Cry, Trojans, cry! A Helen and a woe! | Cry Troyans cry, a Helen and a woe; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.146 | To greet the warriors. Sweet Helen, I must woo you | To greete the Warriers. Sweet Hellen, I must woe you, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.31 | Hope of revenge shall hide our inward woe. | Hope of reuenge, shall hide our inward woe. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.54 | her, board her, woo her, assail her. | her, boord her, woe her, assayle her. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.41 | To woo your lady. (Aside) Yet, a barful strife! | To woe your Lady: yet a barrefull strife, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.42 | Whoe'er I woo, myself would be his wife. | Who ere I woe, my selfe would be his wife. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.136 | There is no woe to his correction, | There is no woe to his correction, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.219 | O, I have fed upon this woe already, | Oh, I haue fed vpon this woe already, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.228 | As if but now they waxed pale for woe. | As if but now they waxed pale for woe: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.103 | Yet will I woo for him, but yet so coldly | Yet will I woe for him, but yet so coldly, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.110.2 | O woe, | O woe, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.249 | Despise my cruelty, and cry woe worth me, | Despise my crueltie, and cry woe worth me, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.154 | New woo my queen; recall the good Camillo – | New woe my Queene, recall the good Camillo |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.170.2 | Woe the while! | Woe the while: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.198 | When I have said, cry woe! The Queen, the Queen, | When I haue said, cry woe: the Queene, the Queene, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.90 | the woe had been universal. | the Woe had beene vniuersall. |