| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.60 | Crying ‘ That's good that's gone.’ Our rash faults | Crying, that's good that's gone: Our rash faults, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.17 | Undo that prayer by crying out as loud | Vndo that prayer, by crying out as loud, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.29.1 | Crying confusion. | Crying Confusion. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.46 | came crying 'mongst his foes, | came crying 'mong'st his Foes. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.36 | and spent with crying ‘ Bring in!’, now in as low an ebb | and spent with crying, Bring in: now, in as low an ebbe |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.134 | a place;’ some swearing, some crying for a surgeon, | a place, some swearing, some crying for a Surgean; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.26 | Now, like to whelps, we crying run away. | Now like to Whelpes, we crying runne away. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.78.1 | Alarum. Enter an English Soldier, crying ‘ À Talbot! | Exeunt. Alarum. Enter a Souldier, crying, a Talbot, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.158 | Clapping their hands and crying with loud voice | Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voyce, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.57 | Enter a Man crying ‘ A miracle!’ | Enter one crying a Miracle. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.43 | By crying comfort from a hollow breast, | By crying comfort from a hollow breast, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.45 | Crying ‘ Villiago!’ unto all they meet. | Crying Villiago vnto all they meete. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.28.2 | and set upon the guard, who fly, crying, ‘ Arm! Arm!’, | and set vpon the Guard, who flye, crying, Arme, Arme, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.9.1 | A noise within, crying ‘ Room for the Queen!’ | A noyse within crying roome for the Queene, vsher'd by the |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.67 | To pray for her? What, is she crying out? | To pray for her? What, is she crying out? |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.32.1 | Crying, ‘ Long live! Hail, Caesar!’ | Crying long liue, Haile Casar. |
| King John | KJ V.ii.144 | Even at the crying of your nation's crow, | Euen at the crying of your Nations crow, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.83 | No, they cannot touch me for coining.; I am the | No, they cannot touch me for crying. I am the |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.179 | Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. | Thou must be patient; we came crying hither: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.85 | Son dies. Exit Wife crying ‘ Murder ’ | Exit crying Murther. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.24 | Crying his stones, his daughter, and his ducats. | Crying his stones, his daughter, and his ducats. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.23 | buffets himself on the forehead, crying ‘ Peer out, peer | buffettes himselfe on the for-head: crying peere-out, peere- |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.68 | wake her with crying; for the ewe that will not hear her | wake her with crying, for the ewe that will not heare her |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.220 | There comes a fellow, crying out for help, | There comes a Fellow, crying out for helpe, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.224 | Myself the crying fellow did pursue | My selfe, the crying Fellow did pursue, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.137 | (aside) Crying ‘ O dear Cassio!’ as it were. His | Crying oh deere Cassio, as it were: his |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.200 | Throng to the bar, crying all, ‘ Guilty! Guilty!’ | Throng all to'th'Barre, crying all, Guilty, Guilty. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.45 | The pretty wretch left crying and said ‘ Ay.’ | the pretty wretch lefte crying, & said I: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.52 | To think it should leave crying and say ‘ Ay.’ | to thinke it should leaue crying, & say I: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.132.1 | Me and thy crying self. | Me, and thy crying selfe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.26 | The crying babe controlled with this discourse: | The crying babe control'd with this discourse: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.35 | Crying on Hector. Ajax hath lost a friend, | Crying on Hector. Aiax hath lost a friend, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.6 | mother weeping, my father wailing, my sister crying, | Mother weeping: my Father wayling: my Sister crying: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.66.1.1 | Cornets. A great cry and noise within, crying ‘A | (Cornets. a great cry and noice within crying a |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.71 | Shout and cornets, crying ‘A Palamon!' | Showt, and Cornets: Crying a Palamon. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.40.1 | Palamon lies on the block. A great noise within, crying | Lies on the Blocke. A great noise within crying, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.31 | There weep, and leave it crying; and for the babe | There weepe, and leaue it crying: and for the babe |