| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.15 | Not to woo honour, but to wed it. When | Not to wooe honour, but to wed it, when |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.69 | My mother told me just how he would woo | My mother told me iust how he would woo, |
| 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 III.v.65 | I had rather hear you chide than this man woo. | I had rather here you chide, then this man wooe. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.61 | Come, woo me, woo me: for now I am in a | Come, wooe me, wooe mee: for now I am in a |
| 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 |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.48 | Whiles the eye of man did woo me, | Whiles the eye of man did wooe me, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.3 | And loving woo? And, wooing, she should grant? And | And louing woo? and wooing, she should graunt? And |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.44 | But keep it till you woo another wife, | But keepe it till you woo another Wife, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.14 | That our great king himself doth woo me oft | That our great King himselfe doth woo me oft |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.42 | I should woo hard, but be your groom in honesty: | I should woo hard, but be your Groome in honesty: |
| 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. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.154 | he hath not the gift to woo in other places. For these | he hath not the gift to wooe in other places: for these |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.225 | outside, with an aspect of iron, that when I come to woo | out-side, with an aspect of Iron, that when I come to wooe |
| 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 VIII | H8 V.i.140.1 | And woo your own destruction. | And woe your owne destruction. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.172 | And I shall woo her to cut off my head. | And I shall woo her to cut of my head |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.344 | Command her, woo her, win her any ways | Comaund her, woo her, win her anie waies, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.460 | My body sink my soul in endless woe! | My body sinke, my soule in endles woo. |
| 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? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.135 | Woo contrary, deceived by these removes. | Woo contrary, deceiu'd by these remoues. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.299 | If they return in their own shapes to woo? | If they returne in their owne shapes to wo? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.405 | Nor woo in rhyme, like a blind harper's song. | Nor woo in rime like a blind-harpers songue, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.13 | To woo a maid in way of marriage; | To wooe a maide in way of marriage: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.75 | With one fool's head I came to woo, | With one fooles head I came to woo, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.81 | woo her. Cried game? Said I well? | wooe her: Cride-game, said I well? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.50 | Good Master Shallow, let him woo for himself. | Good Maister Shallow let him woo for himselfe. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.133 | to woo her in good English. | to woo her in good English. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.242 | We should be wooed, and were not made to woo. | We should be woo'd, and were not made to wooe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.136 | In such disdainful manner me to woo. | In such disdainfull manner, me to wooe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.118 | Then will two at once woo one – | Then will two at once wooe one, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.122 | Why should you think that I should woo in scorn? | Why should you think yt I should wooe in scorn? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.137 | To meet at Ninus' tomb, there, there to woo. | To meet at Ninus toombe, there, there to wooe: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.58 | the Prince should woo Hero for himself, and having | the Prince should wooe Hero for himselfe, and hauing |
| 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.175 | her love known; and she will die if he woo her, rather | her loue knowne, and she will die if hee wooe her, rather |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.40 | a rhyming planet, nor I cannot woo in festival terms. | a riming Plannet, for I cannot wooe in festiuall tearmes: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.66 | Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably. | Thou and I are too wise to wooe peaceablie. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.165 | And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake: | And that would wooe her. Vpon this hint I spake, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.260 | Were it to woo my daughter, for it seems | were it to wooe my daughter, for it seemes |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.268.1 | How canst thou woo her? | How canst thou woo her? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.340 | Under what title shall I woo for thee | Vnder what Title shall I woo for thee, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.16 | But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart. | But wooe her gentle Paris, get her heart, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.97 | So thou wilt woo. But else, not for the world. | So thou wilt wooe: But else not for the world. |
| 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: |
| 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 I.ii.181 | Will undertake to woo curst Katherine, | Will vndertake to woo curst Katherine, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.194.1 | But will you woo this wild-cat? | But will you woo this Wilde-cat? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.195 | Will he woo her? Ay, or I'll hang her. | Wil he woo her? I: or Ile hang her. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.96 | I may have welcome 'mongst the rest that woo, | I may haue welcome 'mongst the rest that woo, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.115 | And every day I cannot come to woo. | And euerie day I cannot come to woo, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.137 | For I am rough and woo not like a babe. | For I am rough, and woo not like a babe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.138 | Well mayst thou woo, and happy be thy speed. | Well maist thou woo, and happy be thy speed: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.169 | And woo her with some spirit when she comes. | And woo her with some spirit when she comes, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.194 | Myself am moved to woo thee for my wife. | My selfe am moou'd to woo thee for my wife. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.15 | He'll woo a thousand, 'point the day of marriage, | Hee'll wooe a thousand, point the day of marriage, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.29 | Never to woo her more, but do forswear her, | Neuer to woo her more, but do forsweare her |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.470 | Grant I may ever love, and rather woo | Grant I may euer loue, and rather woo |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.18.2 | So did we woo | So did we wooe |
| 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 III.i.146 | To greet the warriors. Sweet Helen, I must woo you | To greete the Warriers. Sweet Hellen, I must woe you, |
| 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. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.151 | For that I woo, thou therefore hast no cause. | For that I woo, thou therefore hast no cause: |
| 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 Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.57 | I'll woo you like a soldier, at arms' end, | Ile wooe you like a Souldier, at armes end, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.130 | Woo us to wander from. What worthy blessing | Wooe us to wander from. What worthy blessing |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.155 | That woo the wills of men to vanity | That wooe the wils of men to vanity, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.156.1 | Then take my life; I'll woo thee to't. | Then take my life, Ile wooe thee too't. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.154 | New woo my queen; recall the good Camillo – | New woe my Queene, recall the good Camillo |