| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.21 | have play for lack of work. Would for the King's sake he | haue play for lacke of worke. Would for the Kings sake hee |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.179 | As heaven shall work in me for thine avail, | As heauen shall worke in me for thine auaile |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.3 | But I shall lose the grounds I work upon. | But I shall loose the grounds I worke vpon. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.29 | That I will work against him. Therefore your oaths | That I will worke against him. Therefore your oathes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.155 | piece of work, which not to have been blessed withal | peece of worke, which not to haue beene blest withall, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.98 | Work without it. Truth is that Fulvia, | Worke without it. Truth is, that Fuluia, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vii.2 | Caesar himself has work, and our oppression | Casar himselfe ha's worke, and our oppression |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.105 | I have done my work ill, friends. O, make an end | I haue done my worke ill Friends: / Oh make an end |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.125 | But, fearing since how it might work, hath sent | But fearing since how it might worke, hath sent |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.324 | What work is here, Charmian? Is this well done? | What worke is heere Charmian? / Is this well done? |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.49 | Peradventure this is not Fortune's work neither, | Peraduenture this is not Fortunes work neither, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.54 | Would they work in mild aspect? | Would they worke in milde aspect? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.10 | Now Mars, I prithee, make us quick in work, | Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.20 | There is Aufidius. List what work he makes | There is Auffidious. List what worke he makes |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.v.17 | My work hath yet not warmed me. Fare you well. | My worke hath yet not warm'd me. Fare you well: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.viii.9 | And made what work I pleased. 'Tis not my blood | And made what worke I pleas'd: 'Tis not my blood, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.1 | If I should tell thee o'er this thy day's work, | If I should tell thee o're this thy dayes Worke, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.43 | A little of that worthy work performed | A little of that worthy Worke, perform'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.260.1 | Here's goodly work! | Here's goodly worke. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.81.1 | O, you have made good work! | Oh you haue made good worke. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.89 | You have made fair work, I fear me. – Pray, your news? – | You haue made faire worke I feare me: pray your newes, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.96.2 | You have made good work, | You haue made good worke, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.102 | You have made fair work! | You haue made faire worke. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.149 | You have made good work, | You haue made good worke |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.15.2 | Why, so! You have made good work. | Why so: you haue made good worke: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.62.1 | What cannot be slight work. | What cannot be, slight worke. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.202 | At difference in thee. Out of that I'll work | At difference in thee: Out of that Ile worke |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.28 | Will I first work: he's for his master, | Will I first worke: Hee's for his Master, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.48 | Where folly now possesses? Do thou work: | Where Folly now possesses? Do thou worke: |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.57 | A day's work in him. What shalt thou expect, | A dayes worke in him. What shalt thou expect |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.72 | The press of boats, or pride. A piece of work | The presse of Boates, or Pride. A peece of Worke |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iii.41 | Perplexed in all. The heavens still must work. | Perplext in all. The Heauens still must worke: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.8 | Lolling the tongue with slaught'ring, having work | Lolling the Tongue with slaught'ring: hauing worke |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.55 | Than to work any. Will you rhyme upon't, | Then to worke any. Will you Rime vpon't, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.55 | When she had fitted you with her craft – to work | (When she had fitted you with her craft, to worke |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.103 | There's other work in hand: I see a thing | There's other worke in hand: I see a thing |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.67 | In what particular thought to work I know not. | In what particular thought to work, I know not: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.162 | Well said, old mole! Canst work i'th' earth so fast? | Well said old Mole, can'st worke i'th' ground so fast? |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.139 | What might you think? No, I went round to work, | What might you thinke? No, I went round to worke, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.303 | of vapours. What a piece of work is a man, | of vapours. What a piece of worke is a man! |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.57 | work? | Worke? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.250 | anon. 'Tis a knavish piece of work. But what of that? | anon: 'tis a knauish peece of worke: But what o'that? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.206 | And marshal me to knavery. Let it work. | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.20 | Work like the spring that turneth wood to stone, | Would like the Spring that turneth Wood to Stone, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.62 | No more to undertake it, I will work him | No more to vndertake it; I will worke him |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.281 | And thus a while the fit will work on him. | And thus awhile the fit will worke on him: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.316 | Then, venom, to thy work. | Then venome to thy worke. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.203 | To sport would be as tedious as to work; | To sport, would be as tedious as to worke; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.103 | to his wife, ‘ Fie upon this quiet life, I want work.’ ‘ O | to his wife; Fie vpon this quiet life, I want worke. O |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.48 | To build at all? Much more, in this great work – | To builde at all? Much more, in this great worke, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.54 | How able such a work to undergo, | How able such a Worke to vndergo, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.47 | Shall never leak, though it do work as strong | Shall neuer leake, though it doe worke as strong |
| Henry V | H5 I.chorus.18 | On your imaginary forces work. | On your imaginarie Forces worke. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.114 | All out of work and cold for action! | All out of worke, and cold for action. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.187 | Obedience; for so work the honey-bees, | Obedience: for so worke the Hony Bees, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.206 | To one consent, may work contrariously, | To one consent, may worke contrariously, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.60 | Mangle the work of nature, and deface | Mangle the Worke of Nature, and deface |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.25 | Work, work your thoughts, and therein see a siege: | Worke, worke your Thoughts, and therein see a Siege: |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.85 | By Chrish, la, 'tish ill done! The work ish | By Chrish Law tish ill done: the Worke ish |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.87 | I swear, and my father's soul, the work ish ill done: it | I sweare, and my fathers Soule, the Worke ish ill done: it |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.17 | There is not work enough for all our hands, | There is not worke enough for all our hands, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.18.1 | That do no work today! | That doe no worke to day. |
| 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 VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.83 | Thy heart-blood I will have for this day's work. | Thy heart-blood I will haue for this dayes worke. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.27 | Your honours shall perceive how I will work | Your Honors shall perceiue how I will worke, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.41 | To work exceeding miracles on earth. | To worke exceeding myracles on earth. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.65 | In England work your grace's full content. | In England worke your Graces full content. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.11 | earth. John Southwell, read you; and let us to our work. | Earth; Iohn Southwell reade you, and let vs to our worke. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.19 | That time best fits the work we have in hand. | That time best fits the worke we haue in hand. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.181 | O God, what mischiefs work the wicked ones, | O God, what mischiefes work the wicked ones? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.73 | To dream on evil or to work my downfall. | To dreame on euill, or to worke my downefall. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.48 | And work in their shirt too; as myself, for example, | And worke in their shirt to, as my selfe for example, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.25 | Work thou the way, and that shall execute. | Worke thou the way, and that shalt execute. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.45 | Or this imperious man will work us all | Or this imperious man will worke vs all |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.56 | From these sad thoughts that work too much upon him. | From these sad thoughts, that work too much vpon him: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.1.1 | Enter the Queen and her women, as at work | Enter Queene and her Women as at worke. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.74 | In truth I know not. I was set at work | In truth I know not. I was set at worke, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.37.3 | Will this work? | Will this worke? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.18 | Much weightier than this work. The Queen's in labour, | Much waightier then this worke. The Queens in Labor |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.57 | to draw mine honour in, and let 'em win the work. The | to draw mine Honour in, and let 'em win the Worke, the |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.30 | into more work. But indeed, sir, we make holiday to see | into more worke. But indeede sir, we make Holy-day to see |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.162 | What you would work me to, I have some aim: | What you would worke me too, I haue some ayme: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.129 | In favour's like the work we have in hand, | Is Fauors, like the Worke we haue in hand, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.209 | Let me work; | Let me worke: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.253 | And could it work so much upon your shape, | And could it worke so much vpon your shape, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.327 | A piece of work that will make sick men whole. | A peece of worke, / That will make sicke men whole. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.262 | Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot, | Now let it worke: Mischeefe thou art a-foot, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.194 | Well, to our work alive. What do you think | Well, to our worke aliue. What do you thinke |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.113 | Must end that work the ides of March begun; | Must end that worke, the Ides of March begun. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.294 | Here comes her father: I will work with him | Here comes her father I will worke with him, |
| King John | KJ II.i.37 | Well then, to work! Our cannon shall be bent | Well, then to worke our Cannon shall be bent |
| King John | KJ II.i.93 | This toil of ours should be a work of thine; | This toyle of ours should be a worke of thine; |
| King John | KJ II.i.303 | Much work for tears in many an English mother, | Much worke for teares in many an English mother, |
| King John | KJ II.i.407 | Make work upon ourselves, for heaven or hell. | Make worke vpon our selues, for heauen or hell. |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.57 | It is a damned and a bloody work, | It is a damned, and a bloody worke, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.59 | If that it be the work of any hand. | If that it be the worke of any hand. |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.60 | If that it be the work of any hand! | If that it be the worke of any hand? |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.62 | It is the shameful work of Hubert's hand, | It is the shamefull worke of Huberts hand, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.116 | Here's a good world! Knew you of this fair work? | Here's a good world: knew you of this faire work? |
| King John | KJ V.ii.109 | You look but on the outside of this work. | You looke but on the out-side of this worke. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.18 | Which I must act. Briefness and fortune work! – | Which I must act, Briefenesse, and Fortune worke. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.83 | Loyal and natural boy, I'll work the means | (Loyall and naturall Boy) Ile worke the meanes |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.1 | O thou good Kent, how shall I live and work | O thou good Kent, / How shall I liue and worke |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.40 | If it be man's work, I'll do't. | |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.125 | And question this most bloody piece of work | And question this most bloody piece of worke, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.133 | To leave no rubs nor botches in the work, | To leaue no Rubs nor Botches in the Worke: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.33 | To ratify the work – we may again | To ratifie the Worke) we may againe |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.147 | A most miraculous work in this good king, | A most myraculous worke in this good King, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.9 | And let them work. The nature of our people, | And let them worke: The nature of our People, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.30 | Correction and instruction must both work | Correction, and Instruction must both worke |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.277 | I will go darkly to work with her. | I will goe darkely to worke with her. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.79 | And when the work of generation was | And when the worke of generation was |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.8 | I know you would be prouder of the work | I know you would be prouder of the worke |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.57 | Come on, Nerissa; I have work in hand | Come on Nerissa, I haue worke in hand |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.13 | A very good piece of work, I assure you, and a | A very good peece of worke I assure you, and a |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.41 | You do their work, and they shall have good luck. | You do their worke, and they shall haue good lucke. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.10 | That work for bread upon Athenian stalls, | That worke for bread vpon Athenian stals, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.72 | Hard-handed men that work in Athens here, | Hard handed men, that worke in Athens heere, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.385 | The better shall my purpose work on him. | The better shall my purpose worke on him: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.114 | You rise to play and go to bed to work. | You rise to play, and go to bed to worke. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.361 | Thou know'st we work by wit, and not by witchcraft, | Thou know'st we worke by Wit, and not by Witchcraft |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.293 | To kiss and talk to. I'll have the work ta'en out, | To kisse, and talke too. Ile haue the worke tane out, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.72 | In her prophetic fury sewed the work: | In her Prophetticke furie sow'd the Worke: |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.176.1 | Take me this work out. | Take me this worke out. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.185 | I like the work well. Ere it be demanded – | I like the worke well; Ere it be demanded |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.44 | Work on, | Worke on, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.45 | My medicine, work! Thus credulous fools are caught, | My Medicine workes. Thus credulous Fooles are caught, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.151 | work! A likely piece of work, that you should find it in | worke? A likely piece of worke, that you should finde it in |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.153 | some minx's token, and I must take out the work? | some Minxes token, & I must take out the worke? |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.155 | it. I'll take out no work on't. | it, Ile take out no worke on't. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.277 | Or did the letters work upon his blood | Or did the Letters, worke vpon his blood, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.360 | This is thy work. The object poisons sight: | This is thy worke: / The Obiect poysons Sight, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.71.1 | To do my work with haste. | to do my worke with haste. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.60 | pains to work her to your manage. Come, we will leave | paines to worke her to your mannage, come wee will leaue |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.44 | A while to work, and after, holiday. | A while to worke, and after holliday. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.155 | thy reputation. Come, shall we fall to work? | thy reputation. / Come, shall we fall to worke? |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.1 | Why, so; now have I done a good day's work. | Why so: now haue I done a good daies work. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.114 | Your honour hath no shriving work in hand. | Your Honor hath no shriuing worke in hand. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.245 | Come, let us to our holy work again. | Come, let vs to our holy Worke againe. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.18 | The most replenished sweet work of nature | The most replenished sweet worke of Nature, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.35 | Come, come with me, and we will make short work. | Come, come with me, & we will make short worke, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.177 | Day, night; hour, tide, time; work, play; | Day, night, houre, ride, time, worke, play, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.21 | What if this mixture do not work at all? | what if this mixture do not worke at all? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.261 | And bear this work of heaven with patience. | And beare this worke of Heauen, with patience: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.250 | 'Tis a very excellent piece of work, madam lady. | 'Tis a verie excellent peece of worke, Madame Ladie: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.217 | Ay marry, sir, now it begins to work. | I marry sir, now it begins to worke. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.22 | silence, and work the peace of the present, we will not | silence, and worke the peace of the present, wee will not |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.42 | Work you, then. | Worke you then. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.238 | Exactly is performed, but there's more work. | Exactly is perform'd; but there's more worke: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.327 | Shall for that vast of night that they may work | Shall for that vast of night, that they may worke |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.12 | Weeps when she sees me work, and says such baseness | Weepes when she sees me worke, & saies, such basenes |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.16 | Work not so hard. I would the lightning had | Worke not so hard: I would the lightning had |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.151 | after do our work. | after do our worke. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.89 | Their several kinds have done. My high charms work, | Their seuerall kindes haue done: my high charmes work, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.107 | Like poison given to work a great time after, | (Like poyson giuen to worke a great time after) |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.5.1 | You said our work should cease. | You said our worke should cease. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.53 | To work mine end upon their senses that | To worke mine end vpon their Sences, that |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.19 | You are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication | You are rapt sir, in some worke, some Dedication |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.44 | I have in this rough work shaped out a man | I haue in this rough worke, shap'd out a man |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.164 | Even such as they give out. I like your work, | Euen such as they giue out. I like your worke, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.201 | and yet he's but a filthy piece of work. | and yet he's but a filthy peece of worke. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.225 | Then thou liest. Look in thy last work, | Then thou lyest: / Looke in thy last worke, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.60 | O, may diseases only work upon't! | O may Diseases onely worke vpon't: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.428 | That you are thieves professed, that you work not | That you are Theeues profest: that you worke not |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.36 | thine own work? Wilt thou whip thine own faults in | thine owne Worke? / Wilt thou whip thine owne faults in |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.111 | (To the Painter) You have work for me. There's payment. Hence! | You haue worke for me; there's payment, hence, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.8 | And work confusion on his enemies. | And worke confusion on his Enemies. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.150 | Tut, I have work enough for you to do. | Tut, I haue worke enough for you to doe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.115 | Of divination in our sister work | Of diuination in our Sister, worke |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.48 | Spur them to ruthful work, rein them from ruth! | Spur them to ruthfull worke, reine them from ruth. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.21 | And there lacks work; anon he's there afoot, | And there lacks worke: anon he's there a foote, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.viii.3 | Now is my day's work done; I'll take good breath. | Now is my daies worke done; Ile take good breath: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.146 | my revenge find notable cause to work. | my reuenge finde notable cause to worke. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.166 | work with him. I will plant you two, and let the fool | worke with him, I will plant you two, and let the Foole |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.124 | Did not I say he would work it out? The cur is | Did not I say he would worke it out, the Curre is |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.188 | Nay, but say true: does it work upon him? | Nay but say true, do's it worke vpon him? |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.33 | work with him. I'll have an action of battery against | worke with him: Ile haue an action of Battery against |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.150.1 | Must make some work with Creon. | must make some worke with Creou; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.150.2 | And that work | And that worke |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.23 | To get the soldier work, that peace might purge | To get the Soldier worke, that peace might purge |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.181.1 | Canst not thou work such flowers in silk, wench? | Canst not thou work: such flowers in silke wench? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.6 | They have a noble work in hand, will honour | They have a noble worke in hand, will honour |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.320 | But with a lingering dram that should not work | But with a lingring Dram, that should not worke |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.21 | How would he look to see his work, so noble, | How would he looke, to see his worke, so noble, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.212 | and the work about the square on't. | and the worke about the square on't. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.669 | work for th' other senses. I see this is the time that the | worke for th' other Sences. I see this is the time that the |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.681 | a careful man work. | a carefull man worke. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.96 | himself eternity and could put breath into his work, | himselfe Eternitie, and could put Breath into his Worke) |