| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.195.2 | He blushes and 'tis hit. | He blushes, and 'tis hit: |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.53 | He that a fool doth very wisely hit | Hee, that a Foole doth very wisely hit, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.30 | Nor by what wonder you do hit of mine. | Nor by what wonder you do hit of mine: |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.2 | the jack upon an upcast, to be hit away! I had a hundred | the Iacke vpon an vp-cast, to be hit away? I had a hundred |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.83 | I'th' cave wherein they bow, their thoughts do hit | I'th' Caue, whereon the Bowe their thoughts do hit, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.68 | I draw the sword myself, take it, and hit | I draw the Sword my selfe, take it, and hit |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.44 | And hit the woundless air. O, come away! | Oh come away, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.262 | If Hamlet give the first or second hit, | If Hamlet giue the first, or second hit, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.275.1 | A hit, a very palpable hit. | A hit, a very palpable hit. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.279.2 | Another hit. What say you? | Another hit; what say you? |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.289.1 | My lord, I'll hit him now. | My Lord, Ile hit him now. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.340 | You have hit it. | You haue hit it. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.149 | Which princes, fleshed with conquest, aim to hit. | Which Princes, flesh'd with Conquest, ayme to hit. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.241 | For that's the golden mark I seek to hit. | For that's the Golden marke I seeke to hit: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.150.1 | After the Beadle hath hit him once, he leaps over the | After the Beadle hath hit him once, he leapes ouer the |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.19 | Thou hast hit it; for there's no better sign of a | Thou hast hit it: for there's no better signe of a |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.166 | And though the edge hath something hit ourselves, | And though the edge hath something hit our selues, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.165 | I think you have hit the mark; but is't not cruel | I thinke / You haue hit the marke; but is't not cruell, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.24 | That had a head to hit, either young or old, | That had a head to hit, either young or old, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.44 | hit three times on the head, and three times was his | hit three times on the head, and three times was his |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.50 | hit that woman, who cried out ‘ Clubs!’, when I might | hit that Woman, who cryed out Clubbes, when I might |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.267 | To add unto his sickness? No, my Brutus; | To adde vnto hit sicknesse? No my Brutus, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.126 | Will choke our foes, though bullets hit them not. | Will choake our foes, though bullets hit them not. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.302 | between France and him. Pray you, let us hit together. | betweene France and him, pray you let vs sit together, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.119 | But she herself is hit lower. Have I hit her now? | But she her selfe is hit lower: / Haue I hit her now. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.122 | as touching the hit it? | as touching the hit it. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.125 | wench, as touching the hit it. | wench, as touching the hit it. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.126 | Thou canst not hit it, hit it, hit it, | Thou canst not hit it, hit it, hit it, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.127 | Thou canst not hit it, my good man. | Thou canst not hit it my good man. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.131 | A mark marvellous well shot, for they both did hit it. | A marke marueilous well shot, for they both did hit. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.135 | Indeed, 'a must shoot nearer, or he'll ne'er hit the clout. | Indeede a'must shoote nearer, or heele ne're hit the clout. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.45 | The effect and it. Come to my woman's breasts | Th' effect, and hit. Come to my Womans Brests, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.1 | My former speeches have but hit your thoughts, | My former Speeches, / Haue but hit your Thoughts |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.40 | By God's sonties, 'twill be a hard way to hit! Can | Be Gods sonties 'twill be a hard waie to hit, can |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.267 | Have all his ventures failed? What, not one hit? | Hath all his ventures faild, what not one hit, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.22 | He, he. I can never hit on's name. There | He, he, I can neuer hit on's name; there |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.103 | Hit with Cupid's archery, | Hit with Cupids archery, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.14 | hit, but hurt not. | hit, but hurt not. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.8 | Whose aim seems far too short to hit me here. | Whose arme seemes farre too short to hit me here, |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.60 | As ever hit my nostril. So, up with it! | As euer hit my nostrill: so, vp with it. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.203 | And therefore level not to hit their lives. | And therefore leuell not to hit their liues. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.207 | A right fair mark, fair coz, is soonest hit. | A right faire marke, faire Coze, is soonest hit. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.208 | Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hit | Well in that hit you misse, sheel not be hit |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.33 | If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark. | If Loue be blind, Loue cannot hit the marke, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.37 | Or if not so, then here I hit it right –, | Or if not so, then here I hit it right. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.54 | Thou hast most kindly hit it. | Thou hast most kindly hit it. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.168 | An envious thrust from Tybalt hit the life | An enuious thrust from Tybalt, hit the life |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.198.2 | Thou hast hit it. Come, sit on me. | Thou hast hit it: come sit on me. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.50 | This bird you aimed at, though you hit her not – | This bird you aim'd at, though you hit her not, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.59 | Confess, confess, hath he not hit you here? | Confesse, confesse, hath he not hit you here? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.185 | (to Lucentio) 'Twas I won the wager, though you hit the white, | 'Twas I wonne the wager, though you hit the white, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.349 | me, thou mightst have hit upon it here. The commonwealth | me, thou might'st / Haue hit vpon it heere. / The Commonwealth |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.97.1 | Aaron, thou hast hit it. | Aaron thou hast hit it. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.97.2 | Would you had hit it too, | Would you had hit it too, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.268 | not have hit, I can watch you for telling how I took the | not haue hit, I can watch you for telling how I took the |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.384 | That we have better men. But, hit or miss, | That we haue better men. But hit or misse, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.251.1 | Where thou wilt hit me dead? | Where thou wilt hit me dead? |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.45 | O for a stone-bow to hit him in the eye! | O for a stone-bow to hit him in the eye. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.126 | Your father's image is so hit in you, | Your Fathers Image is so hit in you, |