| 2H6 III.ii.225 | [Warwick to Suffolk] I would ... / Give thee thy hire and send thy soul to hell [i.e. death] |
| AYL II.iii.39 | [Adam to Orlando] The thrifty hire I saved [i.e. the wages I saved thriftily] |
| Cor I.iii.38 | [Volumnia to Virgilia, of Martius] Like to a harvest-man that's tasked to mow / Or all or lose his hire [i.e. either the whole field or get no pay] |
| Cym II.iv.129 | [Posthumus to Iachimo] take thy hire |