| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.12 | Tawny-finned fishes. My bended hook shall pierce | Tawny fine fishes, my bended hooke shall pierce |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.17 | Did hang a salt fish on his hook, which he | did hang a salt fish on his hooke which he |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.167 | Loves woman for, besides that hook of wiving, | Loues woman for, besides that hooke of Wiuing, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.331 | liegeman upon the cross of a Welsh hook – what a | Liege-man vpon the Crosse of a Welch-hooke; what a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.161 | her! Hook on, hook on! | her: hooke-on, hooke-on. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.154 | tortures vile also! Hold hook and line, say I! Down | and Tortures vilde also. Hold Hooke and Line, say I: Downe: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.181 | With saints dost bait thy hook. Most dangerous | With Saints dost bait thy hooke: most dangerous |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.110 | Bait the hook well; | Baite the hooke well, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.7 | I can hook to me – say that she were gone, | I can hooke to me: say that she were gone, |