wherefore (n.)

Wherefore are these things hid?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3.

O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 2.

Every why hath a wherefore.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 2.

Whatever sceptic could inquire for,

For every why he had a wherefore.

Samuel Butler (1600-1680): Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 131.

There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry V. Act v. Sc. 1.

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