| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.132.1 | What is your pleasure, madam? | What is your pleasure Madam? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.184 | Your pleasure, sir. | Your pleasure sir. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.35 | pleasure and the increase of laughter. | pleasure, and the encrease of laughter. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.45.1 | And pleasure drown the brim. | And pleasure drowne the brim. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.51 | Attend his further pleasure. | Attend his further pleasure. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.i.16.2 | Be it his pleasure. | Be it his pleasure. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.288 | his pleasure. | his pleasure. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.276 | and on at pleasure. | and on at pleasure. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.323 | To make the even truth in pleasure flow. | To make the euen truth in pleasure flow: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.47 | Without some pleasure now. What sport tonight? | Without some pleasure now. What sport to night? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.113 | At your noble pleasure. | At your Noble pleasure. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.125 | We wish it ours again. The present pleasure, | We wish it ours againe. The present pleasure, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.132 | What's your pleasure, sir? | What's your pleasure, Sir? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.195 | And not a serpent's poison. Say our pleasure, | And not a Serpents poyson. Say our pleasure, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.32 | Pawn their experience to their present pleasure | Pawne their experience to their present pleasure, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.8.2 | What's your highness' pleasure? | What's your Highnesse pleasure? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.9 | Not now to hear thee sing. I take no pleasure | Not now to heare thee sing. I take no pleasure |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.41.1 | I'th' East my pleasure lies. | I'th'East my pleasure lies. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.150 | He may at pleasure whip, or hang, or torture, | He may at pleasure whip, or hang, or torture, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.182 | Bestow it at your pleasure, and believe | Bestow it at your pleasure, and beleeue |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.204.1 | Your pleasure and my promise. | Your pleasure, and my promise. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.6 | pleasure. | pleasure. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.68 | It was your pleasure and your own remorse. | It was your pleasure, and your owne remorse, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.30 | pleasures – at the least, if you take it as a pleasure to you | pleasures (at the least) if you take it as a pleasure to you, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.136 | I dedicate myself to your sweet pleasure, | I dedicate my selfe to your sweet pleasure, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.6 | pleasure. | pleasure. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.79 | Can justly boast of. What's your lordship's pleasure? | Can iustly boast of: what's your Lordships pleasure? |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.161 | Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained | Me of my lawfull pleasure she restrain'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.85 | I know your master's pleasure, and he mine: | I know your Masters pleasure, and he mine: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.2 | What pleasure, sir, we find in life, to lock it | What pleasure Sir, we finde in life, to locke it |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.110 | Our pleasure his full fortune doth confine, | Our pleasure, his full Fortune, doth confine, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.335 | Your pleasure was my ne'er-offence, my punishment | Your pleasure was my neere offence, my punishment |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.90 | Or in th' incestuous pleasure of his bed, | Or in th'incestuous pleasure of his bed, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.14 | Without, my lord; guarded, to know your pleasure. | Without my Lord, guarded to know your pleasure. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.193 | him in the hall. He sends to know if your pleasure hold | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.196 | King's pleasure. If his fitness speaks, mine is ready, | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.169 | pleasure to fail – and then will they adventure upon | pleasure to faile; and then will they aduenture vppon |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.43 | Thy stomach, pleasure, and thy golden sleep? | Thy stomacke, pleasure, and thy golden sleepe? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.408 | pleasure, but in passion; not in words only, but in woes also. | Pleasure, but in Passion; not in Words onely, but in Woes also: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.v.28 | Up to his pleasure, ransomless and free. | Vp to his pleasure, ransomlesse and free: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.116 | pleasure, I. | pleasure, I. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.58 | What is your good pleasure with me? | What is your good pleasure with me? |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.235 | Now are we well prepared to know the pleasure | Now are we well prepar'd to know the pleasure |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.54 | desire the Duke to use his good pleasure, and put him to | desire the Duke to vse his good pleasure, and put him to |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.2 | God's will and His pleasure, Captain, I | Gods will, and his pleasure, Captaine, I |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.6 | At pleasure here we lie, near Orleans; | At pleasure here we lye, neere Orleance: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.160 | Therefore, my loving lords, our pleasure is | Therefore my louing Lords, our pleasure is, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.164 | Although you break it when your pleasure serves. | Although you breake it, when your pleasure serues. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.136 | It was the pleasure of my lord the King. | It was the pleasure of my Lord the King. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.45 | Hast thou not worldly pleasure at command | Hast thou not worldly pleasure at command, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.56 | My Lord Protector, 'tis his highness' pleasure | My Lord Protector, 'tis his Highnes pleasure, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.119 | And at his pleasure will resign my place. | And at his pleasure will resigne my Place. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.77 | At your pleasure, my good lord. Who's within there, ho? | At your pleasure, my good Lord. / Who's within there, hoe? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.71 | His highness' pleasure is to talk with him. | His Highnesse pleasure is to talke with him. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.363 | With every several pleasure in the world; | With euery seuerall pleasure in the World: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.26 | Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be! | Peace to his soule, if Gods good pleasure be. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.142 | It is our pleasure one of them depart; | It is our pleasure one of them depart: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.16 | Art thou a messenger, or come of pleasure? | Art thou a Messenger, or come of pleasure. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.53 | Than in possession any jot of pleasure. | Then in possession any iot of pleasure. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.20 | And what your pleasure is shall satisfy me. | And what your pleasure is, shall satisfie me. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.22 | An if what pleases him shall pleasure you. | And if what pleases him, shall pleasure you: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.147 | What other pleasure can the world afford? | What other Pleasure can the World affoord? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.17 | We may surprise and take him at our pleasure? | Wee may surprize and take him at our pleasure, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.11 | For that it made my imprisonment a pleasure; | For that it made my imprisonment, a pleasure: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.12 | Ay, such a pleasure as incaged birds | I, such a pleasure, as incaged Birds |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.44 | Such as befits the pleasure of the court? | Such as befits the pleasure of the Court. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.206 | The business present. 'Tis his highness' pleasure | The busines present. Tis his Highnes pleasure |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.215 | The will of heaven be done, and the King's pleasure | The will of Heauen be done, and the Kings pleasure |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.68.1 | This is against our pleasure. | This is against our pleasure. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.69.1 | To know your royal pleasure. | To know your Royall pleasure. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.57.1 | Your pleasure be fulfilled. | Your pleasure be fulfill'd. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.69.2 | Your pleasure, madam. | Your pleasure, Madam. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.85 | Or be a known friend, 'gainst his highness' pleasure – | Or be a knowne friend 'gainst his Highnes pleasure, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.135 | One that ne'er dreamed a joy beyond his pleasure, | One that ne're dream'd a Ioy, beyond his pleasure; |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.228 | Hear the King's pleasure, Cardinal, who commands you | Heare the Kings pleasure Cardinall, Who commands you |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.337 | Lord Cardinal, the King's further pleasure is – | Lord Cardinall, the Kings further pleasure is, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.114.1 | What is your pleasure with me? | What is your pleasure with me? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.83.1 | He attends your highness' pleasure. | He attends your Highnesse pleasure. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.91.1 | T' attend your highness' pleasure. | T'attend your Highnesse pleasure. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.52 | We will be short with you. 'Tis his highness' pleasure | We will be short with you. 'Tis his Highnesse pleasure |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.90 | There to remain till the King's further pleasure | There to remaine till the Kings further pleasure |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.100.1 | I can shake off at pleasure. | I can shake off at pleasure. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.286 | Of your good pleasure? If it be no more, | Of your good pleasure? If it be no more, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.159 | Fulfil your pleasure. Live a thousand years, | Fulfill your pleasure. Liue a thousand yeeres, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.247 | So please you, we will stand and watch your pleasure. | So please you, we will stand, / And watch your pleasure. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.42 | The pleasure or displeasure of her eye. | The pleasure, or displeasure of her eye |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.54 | And then I will attend your highness' pleasure. | And then I will attend your highnes pleasure. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.218 | That, as thy pleasure chose me for the man | That as thy pleasure chose me for the man, |
| King John | KJ III.i.252 | To do your pleasure and continue friends. | To doe your pleasure, and continue friends. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.17 | But that your royal pleasure must be done, | But that your Royall pleasure must be done, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.81 | No less in space, validity, and pleasure | No lesse in space, validitie, and pleasure |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.150 | I am sorry for thee, friend. 'Tis the Duke's pleasure, | I am sorry for thee friend, 'tis the Duke pleasure, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.19 | Your horrible pleasure. Here I stand, your slave, | Your horrible pleasure. Heere I stand your Slaue, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.47 | Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure. | Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: |
| King Lear | KL V.i.4 | And self-reproving. (To gentleman) Bring his constant pleasure. | And selfe reprouing, bring his constant pleasure. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.63 | Methinks our pleasure might have been demanded | Methinkes our pleasure might haue bin demanded |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.121 | Sir, the Duke's pleasure is that you keep Costard | Sir, the Dukes pleasure, is that you keepe Costard |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.27 | To know his pleasure; and in that behalf, | To know his pleasure, and in that behalfe |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.80 | At your sweet pleasure, for the mountain. | At your sweet pleasure, for the Mountaine. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.82 | Sir, it is the King's most sweet pleasure and | Sir, it is the Kings most sweet pleasure and |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.27 | To make their audit at your highness' pleasure, | To make their Audit at your Highnesse pleasure, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.13 | He hath been in unusual pleasure, | He hath beene in vnusuall Pleasure, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.45 | A word with you. Attend those men our pleasure? | a word with you: Attend those men / Our pleasure? |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.97 | Only it spoils the pleasure of the time. | Onely it spoyles the pleasure of the time. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii30.1 | What's your gracious pleasure? | What's your gracious pleasure? |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.26.1 | I come to know your pleasure. | I come to know your pleasure. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.175 | is't your worship's pleasure I shall do with this wicked | is't your Worships pleasure I shall doe with this wicked |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.3 | His pleasure; maybe he'll relent. Alas, | His pleasure, may be he will relent; alas |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.31 | I am come to know your pleasure. | I am come to know your pleasure. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.224 | What pleasure was he given to? | What pleasure was he giuen to? |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.191 | shall anon overread it at your pleasure, where you shall | shall anon ouer-reade it at your pleasure: where you shall |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.238 | And punish them to your height of pleasure. | And punish them to your height of pleasure. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.518 | And see our pleasure herein executed. | And see our pleasure herein executed. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.7 | May you stead me? Will you pleasure me? | May you sted me? Will you pleasure me? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.320 | pleasure. If your love do not persuade you to come, let not | pleasure, if your loue doe not perswade you to come, let not |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.227 | what I do is to pleasure you, coz. Can you love the maid? | what I doe is to pleasure you (Coz:) can you loue the maid? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.56 | When I had at my pleasure taunted her, | When I had at my pleasure taunted her, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.169 | The object and the pleasure of mine eye, | The obiect and the pleasure of mine eye, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.245 | You take pleasure then in the message? | You take pleasure then in the message. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.128 | minstrels – draw to pleasure us. | minstrels, draw to pleasure vs. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.122 | If't be your pleasure and most wise consent, | If't be your pleasure, and most wise consent, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.364 | pleasure, me a sport. There are many events in the | pleasure, me a sport. There are many Euents in the |
| Othello | Oth II.ii.1 | It is Othello's pleasure, our noble and valiant | It is Othello's pleasure, our Noble and Valiant |
| Othello | Oth II.ii.7 | celebration of his nuptial. So much was his pleasure | Celebration of his Nuptiall. So much was his pleasure |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.368 | Pleasure and action make the hours seem short. | Pleasure, and Action, make the houres seeme short. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.24.1 | What is your pleasure? | What is your pleasure? |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.109 | What is your pleasure, madam? How is't with you? | What is your pleasure Madam? How is't with you? |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.236 | your pleasure. I will be near to second your attempt, | your pleasure. I will be neere to second your Attempt, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.14 | May to your wishes pleasure bring, | May to your Wishes pleasure bring: |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.111 | I am at your grace's pleasure. | I am at your Graces pleasure. |
| Pericles | Per II.v.29 | It is your grace's pleasure to commend, | It is your Graces pleasure to commend, |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.40 | Or tie my pleasure up in silken bags, | or / Tie my pleasure vp in silken Bagges, |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.72 | Ay, and you shall live in pleasure. | I, and you shall liue in peasure. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.139 | Boult, take her away. Use her at thy pleasure. | Boult take her away, vse her at thy pleasure, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.262 | Call it a travel that thou takest for pleasure. | Call it a trauell that thou tak'st for pleasure. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.79 | The pleasure that some fathers feed upon | The pleasure that some Fathers feede vpon, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.15 | Therefore he sends to know your lordship's pleasure, | Therefore he sends to know your Lordships pleasure, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.17 | His gracious pleasure any way therein; | His gracious pleasure any way therein: |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.107 | But, leaving this, what is your grace's pleasure? | But leauing this, what is your Graces pleasure? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.21 | Your grace may do your pleasure. | Your Grace may doe your pleasure. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.447 | First, mighty liege, tell me your highness' pleasure, | First, mighty Liege, tell me your Highnesse pleasure, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.101 | To know our farther pleasure in this case, | To know our Fathers pleasure in this case: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.37 | My house and welcome on their pleasure stay. | My house and welcome, on their pleasure stay. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.153 | his pleasure! | his pleasure. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.154 | I saw no man use you at his pleasure. If I had, my | I saw no man vse you at his pleasure: if I had, my |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.54 | I will not budge for no man's pleasure, I. | I will not budge for no mans pleasure I. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.39 | No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en. | No profit growes, where is no pleasure tane: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.54 | Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure. | Leaue shall you haue to court her at your pleasure. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.81 | Sir, to your pleasure humbly I subscribe. | Sir, to your pleasure humbly I subscribe: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.208 | In brief, sir, sith it your pleasure is, | In breefe Sir, sith it your pleasure is, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.243 | Nor hast thou pleasure to be cross in talk. | Nor hast thou pleasure to be crosse in talke: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.71 | But is this true, or is it else your pleasure, | But is this true, or is it else your pleasure, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.190 | To answer thy best pleasure, be't to fly, | To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.117 | Thou mak'st me merry. I am full of pleasure. | Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.165.1 | Thy thoughts I cleave to. What's thy pleasure? | Thy thoughts I cleaue to, what's thy pleasure? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.14.2 | Here, sir. What is your pleasure? | Heere sir, what is your pleasure. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.33 | Your lordship speaks your pleasure. | Your Lordship speakes your pleasure. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.57 | afflictions, say, that I cannot pleasure such an honourable | afflictions say, that I cannot pleasure such an Honourable |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.133.2 | Now talk at pleasure of your safety. | now talke at pleasure of your safety. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.86 | He can at pleasure stint their melody: | He can at pleasure stint their melodie. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.145 | Madam, depart at pleasure, leave us here. | Madam depart at pleasure, leaue vs heere. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.181 | At your pleasure. | At your pleasure. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.178 | In pleasure of my spleen.’ And in this fashion, | In pleasure of my Spleene. And in this fashion, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.172 | 'Twixt right and wrong; for pleasure and revenge | 'Twixt right and wrong: For pleasure, and reuenge, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.107 | If anything more than your sport and pleasure | If any thing more then your sport and pleasure, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.23 | At whose pleasure, friend? | At whose pleasur friend? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.48 | You speak your fair pleasure, sweet queen. – | You speake your faire pleasure sweete Queene: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.67 | No pains, sir. I take pleasure in singing, sir. | No paines sir, I take pleasure in singing sir. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.68 | I'll pay thy pleasure, then. | Ile pay thy pleasure then. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.69 | Truly, sir, and pleasure will be paid, one time or | Truely sir, and pleasure will be paide one time, or |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.2 | But since you make your pleasure of your pains, | But since you make your pleasure of your paines, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.59 | attends your ladyship's pleasure. | attends your Ladyships pleasure. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.136 | We may carry it thus for our pleasure and his penance | we may carry it thus for our pleasure, and his pennance, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.115 | I wait upon his pleasure. (Exit Servant) Come, Sir Thurio, | I wait vpon his pleasure: Come Sir Thurio, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.10 | It is your pleasure to command me in. | It is your pleasure to command me in. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.295 | Fit for the gods to feed on; youth and pleasure | Fit for the Gods to feed on: youth and pleasure |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.61 | Some token of thy pleasure. | Some token of thy pleasure. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.129 | Of thy great pleasure. | Of thy great pleasure. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.34.2 | Well, well, then, at your pleasure. | Well, well then, at your pleasure, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.9 | It is his highness' pleasure that the Queen | It is his Highnesse pleasure, that the Queene |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.73 | The pleasure of that madness. Let't alone. | The pleasure of that madnesse. Let't alone. |