| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.16 | Come hissing in upon 'em! | Come hizzing in vpon 'em. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.111 | Think of that – hissing hot – think of that, Master | thinke of that; hissing hot: thinke of that (Master |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.100 | A thousand fiends, a thousand hissing snakes, | A thousand Fiends, a thousand hissing Snakes, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.32 | hissing, howling, chattering, cursing – O, they have | hissing, / Howling, chattring, cursing, oh they have |