| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.21 | I do beg your good will in this case. | I doe beg your good will in this case. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.37 | You beg a single penny more. Come, you shall | you begge a single peny more: Come you shall |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.40 | You beg more than ‘ word ’ then. Cox my passion! | You begge more then word then. Cox my passion, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.12 | But first I beg my pardon – the young lord | But first I begge my pardon: the yong Lord |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.6 | Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers | Begge often our owne harmes, which the wise Powres |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.72.1 | Thy modesty can beg. | Thy modestie can begge. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.18 | No less beg than a kingdom. If he please | No lesse begge then a Kingdome: If he please |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.70 | And what wilt thou do, beg when that is spent? | And what wilt thou do? beg when that is spent? |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.31 | What, wouldst thou have me go and beg my food, | What, would'st thou haue me go & beg my food, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.204 | not furnished like a beggar; therefore to beg will not | not furnish'd like a Begger, therefore to begge will not |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.154 | Beg thou or borrow to make up the sum, | Beg thou, or borrow, to make vp the summe, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.36 | brat, and I think when he hath lamed me, I shall beg | brat: and I thinke when he hath lam'd me, I shall begge |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.79 | Refused most princely gifts, am bound to beg | refus'd most Princely gifts, / Am bound to begge |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.228.1 | To th' people, beg their stinking breaths. | To th' People, begge their stinking Breaths. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.115 | To beg of Hob and Dick that does appear | To begge of Hob and Dicke, that does appeere |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.124 | To beg of thee, it is my more dishonour | To begge of thee, it is my more dis-honor, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.96 | Be pale, I beg but leave to air this jewel: see! | Be pale, I begge but leaue to ayre this Iewell: See, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.101 | I do not bid thee beg my life, good lad, | I do not bid thee begge my life, good Lad, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.45 | And lose your voice. What wouldst thou beg, Laertes, | And loose your voyce. What would'st thou beg Laertes, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.160 | We beg your hearing patiently. | We begge your hearing Patientlie. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.155 | Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, | Vertue it selfe, of Vice must pardon begge, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.173 | I'll blessing beg of you. For this same lord, | Ile blessing begge of you. For this same Lord, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.44 | kingdom. Tomorrow shall I beg leave to see your kingly | Kingdome. To morrow shall I begge leaue to see your Kingly |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.103 | That he could nothing do but wish and beg | That he could nothing doe but wish and begge, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.84 | Such-a-one's horse when 'a meant to beg it, might it | such a ones Horse, when he meant to begge it; might it |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.22 | Yet such extenuation let me beg | Yet such extenuation let me begge, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.62 | To sue his livery, and beg his peace | To sue his Liuerie, and begge his Peace, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.35 | Did you beg any? God forbid! | Did you begge any? God forbid. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.38 | town's end, to beg during life. But who comes here? | Townes end, to beg during life. But who comes heere? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.72 | What! A young knave, and begging! Is there | What? a yong knaue and beg? Is there |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.76 | to beg than to be on the worst side, were it worse than | to begge, then to be on the worst side, were it worse then |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.37 | And never shall you see that I will beg | And neuer shall you see, that I will begge |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.3 | and my speech, to beg your pardons. If you look for a | And my speech, to Begge your Pardons. If you looke for a |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.129 | My lord, most humbly on my knee I beg | My Lord, most humbly on my knee I begge |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.32 | Here on my knee I beg mortality | Here on my knee I begge Mortalitie, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.92 | I care not whither, for I beg no favour; | I care not whither, for I begge no fauor; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.221 | Make thee beg pardon for thy passed speech, | Make thee begge pardon for thy passed speech, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.42 | Ay, but she's come to beg, Warwick to give; | I, but shee's come to begge, Warwicke to giue: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.27 | I think he means to beg a child of her. | I thinke he meanes to begge a Child of her. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.23 | Call Edward king, and at his hands beg mercy? | Call Edward King, and at his hands begge Mercy, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.57 | To beg enfranchisement for Publius Cimber. | To begge infranchisement for Publius Cymber. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.164 | O Antony, beg not your death of us. | O Antony! Begge not your death of vs: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.261 | To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue – | To begge the voyce and vtterance of my Tongue) |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.135 | Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, | Yea, begge a haire of him for Memory, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.247 | Nor beg I do not, but I rather buy – | Nor beg I do not but I rather buie, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.254 | That love you beg of me I cannot give, | That loue you beg of me I cannot giue, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.82 | My tongue is made of steel, and it shall beg | My tongue is made of steele, and it shall beg |
| King John | KJ III.i.308 | Upon my knee I beg, go not to arms | Vpon my knee I beg, goe not to Armes |
| 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 Lear | KL I.iv.108 | myself. There's mine. Beg another of thy daughters. | my selfe, there's mine, beg another of thy Daughters. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.150 | Age is unnecessary; on my knees I beg | Age is vnnecessary: on my knees I begge, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.209 | To knee his throne and, squire-like, pension beg | To knee his Throne, and Squire-like pension beg, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.31 | He has some reason, else he could not beg. | He has some reason, else he could not beg. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.62 | How I would make him fawn, and beg, and seek, | How I would make him fawne, and begge, and seeke, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.207 | O vain petitioner, beg a greater matter! | O vaine peticioner, beg a greater matter, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.210 | Thou biddest me beg; this begging is not strange. | Thou bidst me begge, this begging is not strange. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.490 | You cannot beg us, sir, I can assure you, sir; we know what we know. | You cannot beg vs sir, I can assure you sir, we know what we know: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.59 | Speak then to me who neither beg nor fear | Speake then to me, who neyther begge, nor feare |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.33 | And more I beg not. | And more I begge not. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.69 | That I do beg his life, if it be sin, | That I do beg his life, if it be sinne |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.35 | Becomes as aged, and doth beg the alms | Becomes as aged, and doth begge the almes |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.371.1 | Is all the grace I beg. | Is all the grace I beg. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.360 | Down therefore, and beg mercy of the Duke. | Downe therefore, and beg mercy of the Duke. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.361 | Beg that thou mayst have leave to hang thyself, | Beg that thou maist haue leaue to hang thy selfe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.436 | You taught me first to beg, and now methinks | You taught me first to beg, and now me thinkes |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.41 | I beg the ancient privilege of Athens: | I beg the ancient priuiledge of Athens; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.120 | I do but beg a little changeling boy | I do but beg a little changeling boy, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.208 | What worser place can I beg in your love – | What worser place can I beg in your loue, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.109 | Beg of her for remedy. | Beg of her for remedy. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.375 | I'll to my Queen and beg her Indian boy, | Ile to my Queene, and beg her Indian Boy; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.154 | I beg the law, the law upon his head. | I beg the Law, the Law, vpon his head: |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.258 | Vouch with me, heaven, I therefore beg it not | Vouch with me Heauen, I therefore beg it not |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.41 | Would now be glad of bread and beg for it. | Would now be glad of bread and beg for it, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.62 | He asks of you that never used to beg. | Hee askes of you, that neuer vs'd to begge. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.63 | No, friend, cannot you beg? Here's | No friend, cannot you begge? Heer's |
| Pericles | Per II.i.86 | could not beg? | could not beg? |
| Pericles | Per II.i.137 | To beg of you, kind friends, this coat of worth, | To begge of you (kind friends) this Coate of worth, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.113 | Than for his lineal royalties, and to beg | Then for his Lineall Royalties, and to begge |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.301 | How to lament the cause. I'll beg one boon, | How to lament the cause. Ile begge one Boone, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.308 | Being so great, I have no need to beg. | Being so great, I haue no neede to begge. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.114 | And beg thy pardon ere he do accuse thee. | And begge thy pardon, ere he do accuse thee, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.178 | And humbly beg the death upon my knee. | And humbly begge the death vpon my knee, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.207 | But beg one favour at thy gracious hand, | But beg one fauour at thy gracious hand, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.263 | Would not entreat for life? As you would beg | Would not intreat for life, as you would begge |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.39 | Be he unto me! This do I beg of God, | Be he vnto me: This do I begge of heauen, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.132 | Yet none of you would once beg for his life. | Yet none of you, would once begge for his life. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.180 | I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give. | I beg for Iustice, which thou Prince must giue: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.152 | Beg pardon of the Prince, and call thee back | Beg pardon of thy Prince, and call thee backe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.193 | An you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, | And you be not, hang, beg, straue, die in the streets, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.21 | To beg your pardon. Pardon, I beseech you! | To beg your pardon: pardon I beseech you, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.490 | I beg of you to know me, good my lord, | I begge of you to know me, good my Lord, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.458 | Kneel in the streets and beg for grace in vain. | Kneele in the streetes, and beg for grace in vaine. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.173 | 'Tis present death I beg, and one thing more | 'Tis present death I beg, and one thing more, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.289 | I beg this boon, with tears not lightly shed, | I beg this boone, with teares, not lightly shed, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.297 | Beg at the gates like Tarquin and his queen. | Beg at the gates like Tarquin and his Queene. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.178 | Villains, for shame you could not beg for grace. | Villaines for shame you could not beg for grace. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.105 | To beg relief among Rome's enemies, | To beg reliefe among Romes Enemies, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.135 | 'Twas not my purpose thus to beg a kiss. | 'Twas not my purpose thus to beg a kisse: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.47 | May I, sweet lady, beg a kiss of you? | May I sweete Lady beg a kisse of you? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.48.3 | Why, beg then. | Why begge then? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.24 | A smaller boon than this I cannot beg, | (A smaller boone then this I cannot beg, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.23 | Myself to beg, if I prized life so much | My selfe to beg, if I prizd life so much |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.209 | Which cannot want due mercy, I beg first – | Which cannot want due mercie, I beg first. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.76 | And beg his pardon.’ Then she talked of you, sir; | And beg his pardon; Then she talk'd of you Sir; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.148 | So to esteem of us; and on our knees we beg, | So to esteeme of vs: and on our knees we begge, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.46 | two of ginger, but that I may beg; four pound of prunes, | two of Ginger, but that I may begge: Foure pound of Prewyns, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.222 | Would he do so, I'd beg your precious mistress, | Would he doe so, I'ld beg your precious Mistris, |