| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.110 | And hearing your high majesty is touched | And hearing your high Maiestie is toucht |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.37 | Hearing so much, will speed her foot again, | Hearing so much, will speede her foote againe, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.58 | Hearing that you prepared for war, acquainted | Hearing that you prepar'd for Warre, acquainted |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.95 | You lie, up to the hearing of the gods. | You Lye vp to the hearing of the Gods: |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.4 | Here was he merry, hearing of a song. | Heere was he merry, hearing of a Song. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.151 | Duke Frederick, hearing how that every day | Duke Frederick hearing how that euerie day |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.15 | I sprang not more in joy at first hearing he was a man-child | I sprang not more in ioy at first hearing he was a Man-child, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.65 | You wear out a good wholesome forenoon in hearing a | you weare out a good wholesome Forenoone, in hearing a |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.68 | day of audience. When you are hearing a matter between | day of Audience. When you are hearing a matter betweene |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.73 | by your hearing. All the peace you make in their | by your hearing: All the peace you make in their |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.109.1 | He's sentenced. No more hearing. | He's sentenc'd: No more hearing. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.43 | Who, hearing of our Martius' banishment, | Who hearing of our Martius Banishment, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.127 | Shall have judicious hearing. Stand, Aufidius, | Shall haue Iudicious hearing. Stand Auffidius, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.57 | He had two sons – if this be worth your hearing, | He had two Sonnes (if this be worth your hearing, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.32 | rather than story him in his own hearing. | rather then story him in his owne hearing. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.4 | Be theme and hearing ever – was in this Britain | Be Theame, and hearing euer) was in this Britain, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.6 | On thy too ready hearing? Disloyal? No. | On thy too ready hearing? Disloyall? No. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.58 | Love's counsellor should fill the bores of hearing, | (Loues Counsailor should fill the bores of hearing, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.139 | May make some stronger head, the which he hearing – | May make some stronger head, the which he hearing, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.94 | Offend our hearing: hush! How dare you ghosts | Offend our hearing: hush. How dare you Ghostes |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.116.1 | To give me hearing. | To giue me hearing. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.161 | Hearing us praise our loves of Italy | Hearing vs praise our Loues of Italy |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.5 | Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing | Pitty me not, but lend thy serious hearing |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.160 | We beg your hearing patiently. | We begge your hearing Patientlie. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.9 | Behind the arras hearing something stir, | Behinde the Arras, hearing something stirre, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.71 | And that in Hamlet's hearing, for a quality | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.363 | The ears are senseless that should give us hearing, | The eares are senselesse that should giue vs hearing, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.31 | If you vouchsafe me hearing and respect. | If you vouchsafe me hearing, and respect. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.2 | The vent of hearing when loud Rumour speaks? | The vent of Hearing, when loud Rumor speakes? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.68 | I am sure he is, to the hearing of | I am sure he is, to the hearing of |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.305 | within hearing. | within hearing. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.14 | He altered much upon hearing it. | Hee alter'd much, vpon the hearing it. |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.93 | To give him hearing. Is it four o'clock? | To giue him hearing: Is it foure a Clock? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.33 | For, hearing this, I must perforce compound | For hearing this, I must perforce compound |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.42 | Hearing alarums at our chamber doors. | Hearing Alarums at our Chamber doores. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.28 | To give me hearing what I shall reply. | To giue me hearing what I shall reply. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.2 | Hearing of your arrival in this realm, | Hearing of your arriuall in this Realme, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.106 | Sweet madam, give me hearing in a cause – | Sweet Madam, giue me hearing in a cause. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.49 | Most pestilent to th' hearing, and to bear 'em | Most pestilent to th'hearing, and to beare 'em, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.46 | And have an hour of hearing, and, by'r lady, | And haue an houre of hearing, and by'r Lady |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.145 | That it shall please you to declare in hearing | That it shall please you to declare in hearing |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.14 | Fall asleep, or hearing die. | Fall asleepe, or hearing dye. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.144 | And being men, Hearing the will of Caesar, | And being men, hearing the Will of Casar, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.128 | Fill thou the empty hollows of mine ears | With the sweete hearing of thy poetrie. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.129 | With the sweet hearing of thy poetry. | |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.202.1 | Hearing of this. | Hearing of this. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.193 | To hear, or forbear hearing? | To heare, or forbeare hearing. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.273 | I do confess much of the hearing it, but little of | I doe confesse much of the hearing it, but little of |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.2 | hearing. | hearing. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.662 | hearing. | hearing. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.47 | The hearing of my wife with your approach; | The hearing of my Wife, with your approach: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.195.1 | Where hearing should not latch them. | Where hearing should not latch them. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.130 | And leave you to the hearing of the cause, | And leaue you to the hearing of the cause; |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.1 | He's hearing of a cause; he will come straight; | Hee's hearing of a Cause; he will come straight, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.3 | Whilst my invention, hearing not my tongue, | Whilst my Inuention, hearing not my Tongue, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.206 | have hearing of this business. | haue hearing of this businesse. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.48 | Sir, induced by my charity, and hearing how hastily | Sir, induced by my charitie, and hearing how hastily |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.99 | Which hearing them would call their brothers fools. | Which hearing them would call their brothers fooles: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.143 | Hearing applause and universal shout, | Hearing applause and vniuersall shout, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.241 | And in the hearing of these many friends | And in the hearing of these manie friends |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.42 | thee the hearing. | thee the hearing. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.171 | I will tell you, sir, if you will give me the hearing. | I will tell you sir, if you will giue mee the hearing. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.158 | What, out of hearing? Gone? No sound, no word? | What, out of hearing, gone? No sound, no word? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.180 | It pays the hearing double recompense. | It paies the hearing double recompence. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.132 | The rite of May, and hearing our intent | The right of May; and hearing our intent, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.303 | And take her hearing prisoner with the force | And take her hearing prisoner with the force |
| Pericles | Per V.i.221 | Who, hearing of your melancholy state, | who hearing of your melancholie state, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.73 | For all the Welshmen, hearing thou wert dead, | For all the Welchmen hearing thou wert dead, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.126 | Speak to his gentle hearing kind commends. | Speake to his gentle hearing kind commends. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.126 | That hearing how our plaints and prayers do pierce, | That hearing how our plaints and prayres do pearce, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.457 | None good, my liege, to please you with the hearing, | None, good my Liege, to please you with ye hearing, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.48 | That living mortals, hearing them, run mad – | That liuing mortalls hearing them, run mad. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.80 | Or am I mad, hearing him talk of Juliet, | Or am I mad, hearing him talke of Iuliet, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.127 | Your honour's players, hearing your amendment, | Your Honors Players hearing your amendment, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.48 | That hearing of her beauty and her wit, | That hearing of her beautie, and her wit, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.183 | Well have you heard, but something hard of hearing; | Well haue you heard, but something hard of hearing: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.191 | Hearing thy mildness praised in every town, | Hearing thy mildnesse prais'd in euery Towne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.181 | 'Tis a good hearing when children are toward. | Tis a good hearing, when children are toward. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.182 | But a harsh hearing when women are froward. | But a harsh hearing, when women are froward, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.265 | To enter human hearing, from Argier, | To enter humane hearing, from Argier |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.79 | hearing too? A pox o' your bottle! This can sack and | hearing too? A pox o'your bottle, this can Sacke and |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.203 | Deserved this hearing. Bid 'em send o'th' instant | Deseru'd this Hearing: bid 'em send o'th'instant |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.28 | Ever at the best, hearing well of your | Euer at the best, hearing well of your |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.21 | Hearing the surges threat. We must all part | Hearing the Surges threat: we must all part |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.57 | Hearing you were retired, your friends fall'n off, | Hearing you were retyr'd, your Friends falne off, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.103 | As any mortal body hearing it | As any mortall body hearing it, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.36 | To brave the tribune in his brother's hearing. | To braue the Tribune in his brothers hearing. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.90 | hearing. | hearing. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.8 | She is not within hearing, sir. | Shee is not within hearing Sir. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.11 | Would make the world think, when it comes to hearing, | Would make the world think when it comes to hearing, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.7 | It is enough my hearing shall be punished | It is enough my hearing shall be punishd, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.608 | that hung in chains. No hearing, no feeling, but my sir's | that hung in Chaynes: no hearing, no feeling, but my Sirs |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.92 | No: the Princess, hearing of her | No: The Princesse hearing of her |