| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.21 | Nor by a hired knife; but that self hand | Nor by a hyred Knife, but that selfe-hand |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.155 | Than love that's hired! What, goest thou back? Thou shalt | Then loue that's hyr'd? What goest thou backe, yu shalt |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.12 | and to that end riders dearly hired; but I, his brother, | and to that end Riders deerely hir'd: but I (his brother) |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.39 | The thrifty hire I saved under your father, | The thriftie hire I saued vnder your Father, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.142 | embellished with rubies, carbuncles, sapphires, declining | embellished with Rubies, Carbuncles, Saphires, declining |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.96 | A ship you sent me to, to hire waftage. | A ship you sent me too, to hier waftage. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.38 | Or all or lose his hire. | Or all, or loose his hyre. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.147 | As if I had received them for the hire | As if I had receiu'd them for the hyre |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.113 | Than crave the hire which first we do deserve. | Then craue the higher, which first we do deserue. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.122 | With tomboys hired with that self exhibition | With Tomboyes hyr'd, with that selfe exhibition |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.129 | There, take thy hire, and all the fiends of hell | There, take thy hyre, and all the Fiends of Hell |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.172 | As zephyrs blowing below the violet, | As Zephires blowing below the Violet, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.79 | Why, this is hire and salary, not revenge. | Oh this is hyre and Sallery, not Reuenge. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.39 | Leading the men of Herefordshire to fight | Leading the men of Herefordshire to fight |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.76 | Yea, or the drone of a Lincolnshire bagpipe. | Yea, or the Drone of a Lincolnshire Bagpipe. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.240 | A plague upon it, it is in Gloucestershire. | A plague vpon't, it is in Gloustershire: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.176 | Shall march through Gloucestershire, by which account, | shall march / Through Glocestershire: by which account, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.49 | dost thou in Warwickshire? My good Lord of Westmorland, | do'st thou in Warwickshire? My good Lord of West-merland, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.155 | down, dogs! Down, faitours! Have we not Hiren here? | downe Dogges, downe Fates: haue wee not Hiren here? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.170 | we not Hiren here? | we not Hiren here? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.18 | There was I, and little John Doit of Staffordshire, and | There was I, and little Iohn Doit of Staffordshire, and |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.81 | through Gloucestershire, and when you come to court, | through Gloucestershire: and when you come to Court, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.125 | Let them go. I'll through Gloucestershire, and | Let them goe: Ile through Gloucestershire, and |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.99 | Are by the shrieve of Yorkshire overthrown. | Are by the Sherife of Yorkeshire ouerthrowne: |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.100 | May it be possible that foreign hire | May it be possible, that forraigne hyer |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.98 | Have hired me to undermine the Duchess, | Haue hyred me to vnder-mine the Duchesse, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.201 | Say, if thou darest, proud Lord of Warwickshire, | Say, if thou dar'st, prowd Lord of Warwickshire, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.225 | Give thee thy hire and send thy soul to hell, | Giue thee thy hyre, and send thy Soule to Hell, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.14 | And, brother, here's the Earl of Wiltshire's blood, | And Brother, here's the Earle of Wiltshires blood, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.9 | In Warwickshire I have true-hearted friends, | In Warwickshire I haue true-hearted friends, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.15 | Northampton, and in Leicestershire, shalt find | Northampton, and in Leicestershire, shalt find |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.18 | In Oxfordshire, shalt muster up thy friends. | In Oxfordshire shalt muster vp thy friends. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.103 | Let there be letters writ to every shire | Let there be Letters writ to euery Shire, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.36 | 'Tis strange: a threepence bowed would hire me, | Tis strange; a threepence bow'd would hire me |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.48 | Would for Caernarvonshire, although there 'longed | Would for Carnaruanshire, although there long'd |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.142 | In every shire elect a several band; | In euery shire elect a seuerall band, |
| King John | KJ I.i.51 | Born in Northamptonshire, and eldest son, | Borne in Northamptonshire, and eldest sonne |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.95 | Let me hire him too. Here's my coxcomb. | Let me hire him too, here's my Coxcombe. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.28 | Are hired to bear their staves. Either thou, Macbeth, | Are hyr'd to beare their Staues; either thou Macbeth, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.77 | Should fall as Jacob's hire, the ewes being rank, | Should fall as Iacobs hier, the Ewes being rancke, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.44 | Gloucestershire. | Glocestershire. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.71 | Like sapphire, pearl, and rich embroidery, | Like Saphire-pearle, and rich embroiderie, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.177 | Dispatched? I'll make the best in Gloucestershire | Dispatch'd? Ile make the best in Glostershire |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.245 | great letters as they write ‘ Here is good horse to hire,’ | great Letters as they write, heere is good horse to hire: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.287.1 | Hired to it by your brother. | Hired to it by your brother. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.126 | But with a knave of common hire, a gondolier, | But with a knaue of common hire, a Gundelier, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.215 | Go, Bushy, to the Earl of Wiltshire straight, | Go Bushie to the Earle of Wiltshire streight, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.256 | The Earl of Wiltshire hath the realm in farm. | The Earle of Wiltshire hath the realme in Farme. |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.135 | The Earl of Wiltshire is already there. | The Earle of Wiltshire is alreadie there. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.3 | I am a stranger here in Gloucestershire. | I am a stranger heere in Gloustershire, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.122 | Where is the Earl of Wiltshire? Where is Bagot? | Where is the Earle of Wiltshire? where is Bagot? |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.141 | Is Bushy, Green, and the Earl of Wiltshire dead? | Is Bushie, Greene, and the Earle of Wiltshire dead? |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.53 | I mean the Earl of Wiltshire, Bushy, Green. | I meane, the Earle of Wiltshire, Bushie, Greene. |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.3 | Our town of Ciceter in Gloucestershire. | Our Towne of Ciceter in Gloucestershire, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.231 | If you are hired for meed, go back again, | If you are hyr'd for meed, go backe againe, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.498 | My gracious sovereign, now in Devonshire, | My gracious Soueraigne, now in Deuonshire, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.519 | 'Tis said, my liege, in Yorkshire are in arms. | 'Tis said, my Liege, in Yorkeshire are in Armes: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.522 | Richmond in Dorsetshire sent out a boat | Richmond in Dorsetshire sent out a Boat |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.259 | Your country's fat shall pay your pains the hire; | Your Countries Fat shall pay your paines the hyre. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.2 | Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks. | Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning Cookes. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.26 | And hire post-horses. I will hence tonight. | And hire Post-Horses, I will hence to night. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.33 | And hire those horses. I'll be with thee straight. | And hyre those Horses, Ile be with thee straight. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.293 | For here it sleeps, and does no hired harm. | For heere it sleepes, and do's no hyred harme. |