| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.62 | him. If thou stand'st not i'th' state of hanging, or of | him: if thou stand'st not i'th state of hanging, or of |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.20 | We count not worth the hanging – but none human – | We count not worth the hanging (but none humane) |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.63 | Shook down my mellow hangings, nay, my leaves, | Shooke downe my mellow hangings: nay my Leaues, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.154 | Hanging is the word, sir: if you be ready for | Hanging is the word, Sir, if you bee readie for |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.192 | blindness! I am sure hanging's the way of winking. | blindnesse: I am sure hanging's the way of winking. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.204 | Of chamber-hanging, pictures, this her bracelet – | Of Chamber-hanging, Pictures, this her Bracelet |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.300 | the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, | the Ayre, look you, this braue ore-hanging, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.66 | shalt have the hanging of the thieves, and so become a | shalt haue the hanging of the Theeues, and so become a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.14 | die a fair death for all this, if I scape hanging for killing | dye a faire death for all this, if I scape hanging for killing |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.397 | but chiefly a villainous trick of thine eye, and a foolish hanging | but chiefely, a villanous tricke of thine Eye, and a foolish hanging |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.145 | worth a thousand of these bed-hangers and these fly-bitten | worth a thousand of these Bed-hangings, and these Fly-bitten |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.44 | Today might I, hanging on Hotspur's neck, | To day might I (hanging on Hotspurs Necke) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.23 | Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them | Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.33 | O, burn her, burn her! Hanging is too good. | O burne her, burne her,hanging is too good. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.2 | Hanging the head at Ceres' plenteous load? | Hanging the head at Ceres plenteous load? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.iii.12 | And like rich hangings in a homely house, | And like rich hangings in a homely house, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.44 | Some dreadful story hanging on thy tongue? | Some dreadfull story hanging on thy Tongue? |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.272 | I killed the slave that was a-hanging thee. | I kill'd the Slaue that was a hanging thee. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.153 | Hanging a golden stamp about their necks | Hanging a golden stampe about their neckes, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.226 | It is but heading and hanging. | It is but heading, and hanging. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.30 | good favour you have, but that you have a hanging | good fauor you haue, but that you haue a hanging |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.36 | what mystery there should be in hanging, if I should be | what Misterie there should be in hanging, if I should be |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.357 | This may prove worse than hanging. | This may proue worse then hanging. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.520 | whipping, and hanging. | Whipping and hanging. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.12 | hanging about the neck of my heart says very | hanging about the necke of my heart, saies verie |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.83 | Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. | Hanging and wiuing goes by destinie. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.296 | hanging by it, and borrows money in God's name, the | hanging by it, and borrowes monie in Gods name, the |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.107 | Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, | Some consequence yet hanging in the starres, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.342 | My hangings all of Tyrian tapestry. | My hangings all of tirian tapestry: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.31 | hanging. Make the rope of his destiny our cable, for | hanging, make the rope of his destiny our cable, for |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.46 | Dewlapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at 'em | Dew-lapt, like Buls, whose throats had hanging at 'em |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.58 | Upon his good and gracious nature hanging, | Vpon his good and gracious Nature hanging, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.433 | And so 'scape hanging. Trust not the physician; | And so scape hanging. Trust not the Physitian, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.146 | So sweet a death as hanging presently. | So sweet a death as hanging presently. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.53 | in a chain, hanging at his brother's leg – to what form | in a chaine, hanging at his Brothers legge, to what forme |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.16 | or to be turned away – is not that as good as a hanging | or to be turn'd away: is not that as good as a hanging |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.18 | Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage; | Many a good hanging, preuents a bad marriage: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.121 | Unto a ragged, fearful, hanging rock, | Vnto a ragged, fearefull, hanging Rocke, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.118 | The picture that is hanging in your chamber; | The Picture that is hanging in your chamber: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.1.8 | hanging; after her, Emilia holding up her train; | hanging.) After her Emilia holding up her Traine. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.126 | That seek out silent hanging; then mine host | That seeke out silent hanging: Then mine Host |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.307 | Why, he that wears her like her medal, hanging | Why he that weares her like her Medull, hanging |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.29 | beating and hanging are terrors to me. For the life to come, I | Beating and hanging are terrors to mee: For the life to come, I |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.418 | I am sorry that by hanging thee I can | I am sorry, that by hanging thee, I can |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.623 | why, hanging. | why hanging. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.680 | lane's end, every shop, church, session, hanging, yields | Lanes end, euery Shop, Church, Session, Hanging, yeelds |