| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.162 | Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring, | Their fiery torcher his diurnall ring, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.56 | When thou canst get the ring upon my finger, which never | When thou canst get the Ring vpon my finger, which neuer |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.22 | That she'll demand. A ring the County wears | That shee'l demand: a ring the Countie weares, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.25 | Since the first father wore it. This ring he holds | Since the first father wore it. This Ring he holds |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.32 | Desires this ring; appoints him an encounter; | Desires this Ring; appoints him an encounter; |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.39 | That we'll forsake ourselves. Give me that ring. | That wee'l forsake our selues. Giue me that Ring. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.45.2 | Mine honour's such a ring; | Mine Honors such a Ring, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.51.2 | Here, take my ring. | Heere, take my Ring, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.60 | When back again this ring shall be delivered. | When backe againe this Ring shall be deliuer'd: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.62 | Another ring, that what in time proceeds | Another Ring, that what in time proceeds, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.16 | hath given her his monumental ring, and thinks himself | hath giuen her his monumentall Ring, and thinkes himselfe |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.76 | Bertram gives Lafew a ring | |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.78 | Was a sweet creature; such a ring as this, | Was a sweet creature: such a ring as this, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.83 | This ring was mine, and when I gave it Helen | This Ring was mine, and when I gaue it Hellen, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.89.1 | The ring was never hers. | The ring was neuer hers. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.101.1 | Receive the ring again. | Receiue the Ring againe. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.104 | Than I have in this ring. 'Twas mine, 'twas Helen's, | Then I haue in this Ring. 'Twas mine, 'twas Helens, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.120 | More than to see this ring. Take him away. | More then to see this Ring. Take him away, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.125 | This ring was ever hers, you shall as easy | This Ring was euer hers, you shall as easie |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.191 | Do not believe him. O behold this ring | Do not beleeue him. O behold this Ring, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.209.2 | She hath that ring of yours. | She hath that Ring of yours. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.217 | Subdued me to her rate. She got the ring, | Subdu'd me to her rate, she got the Ring, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.223 | Send for your ring, I will return it home, | Send for your Ring, I will returne it home, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.225.1 | What ring was yours, I pray you? | What Ring was yours I pray you? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.227 | Know you this ring? This ring was his of late. | Know you this Ring, this Ring was his of late. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.231 | My lord, I do confess the ring was hers. | My Lord, I do confesse the ring was hers. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.268.1 | This ring you say was yours? | This Ring you say was yours. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.277 | This ring was mine; I gave it his first wife. | This Ring was mine, I gaue it his first wife. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.281 | Unless thou tellest me where thou hadst this ring | Vnlesse thou telst me where thou hadst this Ring, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.294 | The jeweller that owes the ring is sent for | The Ieweller that owes the Ring is sent for, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.308 | I found you wondrous kind. There is your ring, | I found you wondrous kinde, there is your Ring, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.310 | When from my finger you can get this ring... | When from my finger you can get this Ring, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.18 | In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, | In the spring time, the onely pretty rang time. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.24 | In spring time, the only pretty ring time, | In spring time, &c. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.30 | In spring time, the only pretty ring time, | In spring time, &c. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.36 | In spring time, the only pretty ring time, | In spring time, &c. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.146 | And from my false hand cut the wedding ring, | And from my false hand cut the wedding ring, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.51 | A chain, a chain – do you not hear it ring? |
A chaine, a chaine, doe you not here it ring. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.68 | Give me the ring of mine you had at dinner, | Giue me the ring of mine you had at dinner, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.77 | I pray you, sir, my ring, or else the chain! | I pray you sir my Ring, or else the Chaine, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.83 | A ring he hath of mine worth forty ducats, | A Ring he hath of mine worth fortie Duckets, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.95 | My ring away. This course I fittest choose, | My Ring away. This course I fittest choose, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.136 | Came to my house and took away my ring, | Came to my house, and tooke away my Ring, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.137 | The ring I saw upon his finger now, | The Ring I saw vpon his finger now, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.277 | He did, and from my finger snatched that ring. | He did, and from my finger snacht that Ring. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.278 | 'Tis true, my liege, this ring I had of her. | Tis true (my Liege) this Ring I had of her. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.48 | (putting on the ring) | |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.87 | ring may be stolen too: so your brace of unprizable | Ring may be stolne too, so your brace of vnprizeable |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.95 | fear not my ring. | feare not my Ring. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.106 | your ring, which in my opinion o'ervalues it something: | your Ring, which in my opinion o're-values it something: |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.124 | I will lay you ten thousand ducats to your ring, that, | I will lay you ten thousands Duckets to your Ring, that |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.129 | I will wage against your gold, gold to it: my ring I | I will wage against your Gold, Gold to |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.130 | hold dear as my finger, 'tis part of it. | it: My Ring I holde deere as my finger, 'tis part of it. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.143 | here's my ring. | heere's my Ring. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.45 | Was mine in Britain; for the ring is won. | Was mine in Britaine, for the Ring is wonne. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.54 | Together with your ring; and not the wronger | Together with your Ring; and not the wronger |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.58 | And ring is yours. If not, the foul opinion | And Ring is yours. If not, the foule opinion |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.107.1 | Gives the ring | |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.114 | And take your ring again, 'tis not yet won: | And take your Ring againe, 'tis not yet wonne: |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.118 | And so, I hope, he came by't. Back my ring, | And so I hope he came by't: backe my Ring, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.123 | 'Tis true, nay, keep the ring, 'tis true: I am sure | 'Tis true, nay keepe the Ring; 'tis true: I am sure |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.136.1 | Of whom he had this ring. | Of whom he had this Ring. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.143 | I got this ring; 'twas Leonatus' jewel, | I got this Ring: 'twas Leonatus Iewell, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.185 | In suit the place of's bed, and win this ring | In suite the place of's bed, and winne this Ring |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.188 | Than I did truly find her, stakes this ring, | Then I did truly finde her, stakes this Ring, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.416 | Which I so often owe: but your ring first, | Which I so often owe: but your Ring first, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.427 | gold, be not cracked within the ring. – Masters, you are | Gold be not crack'd within the ring. Masters, you are |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.161 | Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring? | Is this a Prologue, or the Poesie of a Ring? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.68 | not-pated, agate-ring, puke-stocking, caddis-garter, | Not-pated, Agat ring, Puke stocking, Caddice garter, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.83 | not how oft, that that ring was copper. | not how oft, that that Ring was Copper. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.140 | Yea, if he said my ring was copper. | Yea, if he said my Ring was Copper. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.183 | that thy friends shall ring for thee. Is here all? | that thy friends shall ring for thee. Is heere all? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.112 | And bid the merry bells ring to thine ear | And bid the merry Bels ring to thy eare |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.vi.11 | Why ring not out the bells aloud throughout the town? | Why ring not out the Bells alowd, / Throughout the Towne? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.41 | And mine shall ring thy dire departure out. | And mine shall ring thy dire departure out. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.3 | Ring, bells, aloud; burn bonfires clear and bright, | Ring Belles alowd, burne Bonfires cleare and bright |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.150 | Will render you no remedy, this ring | Will render you no remedy, this Ring |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.99 | By virtue of that ring I take my cause | By vertue of that Ring, I take my cause |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.102.1 | This is the King's ring. | This is the Kings Ring. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.103 | 'Tis the right ring, by heaven. I told ye all, | 'Ts the right Ring, by Heau'n: I told ye all, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.159 | Then make a ring about the corpse of Caesar, | Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Casar, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.165 | A ring! Stand round. | A Ring, stand round. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.28 | Dear Audley, if my tongue ring out thy end, | Deare Audley if my tongue ring out thy end: |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.133 | The French had cast their trenches like a ring, | The French had cast their trenches like a ring, |
| King John | KJ II.i.312 | Rejoice, you men of Angiers, ring your bells! | Reioyce you men of Angiers, ring your bels, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.31 | And ring these fingers with thy household worms, | And ring these fingers with thy houshold wormes, |
| King Lear | KL III.i.47 | As fear not but you shall – show her this ring, | (As feare not but you shall) shew her this Ring, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.609 | A death's face in a ring. | A deaths face in a ring. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.71 | Ring the alarum bell! Murder and treason! | Ring the Alarum Bell: Murther, and Treason, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.77 | To countenance this horror. Ring the bell! | To countenance this horror. Ring the Bell. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.42 | Live elves and fairies in a ring, | Like Elues and Fairies in a Ring, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.51 | Ring the alarum bell! – Blow wind, come wrack, | Ring the Alarum Bell, blow Winde, come wracke, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.108 | One of them showed me a ring that he had of your | One of them shewed me a ring that hee had of your |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.70 | Let us all ring fancy's knell. | Let vs all ring Fancies knell. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.171 | Are yours, my lord's. I give them with this ring, | Are yours, my Lord, I giue them with this ring, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.183 | Expressed and not expressed. But when this ring | Exprest, and not exprest: but when this ring |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.424 | And for your love I'll take this ring from you. | And for your loue Ile take this ring from you, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.427 | This ring, good sir, alas, it is a trifle! | This ring good sir, alas it is a trifle, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.432 | The dearest ring in Venice will I give you, | The dearest ring in Venice will I giue you, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.438 | Good sir, this ring was given me by my wife, | Good sir, this ring was giuen me by my wife, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.443 | And know how well I have deserved this ring, | And know how well I haue deseru'd this ring, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.446 | My Lord Bassanio, let him have the ring. | My L. Bassanio, let him haue the ring, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.450 | Give him the ring and bring him if thou canst | Giue him the ring, and bring him if thou canst |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.ii.7 | Hath sent you here this ring, and doth entreat | Hath sent you heere this ring, and doth intreat |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.ii.9 | His ring I do accept most thankfully, | His ring I doe accept most thankfully, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.ii.13 | (aside to Portia) I'll see if I can get my husband's ring, | Ile see if I can get my husbands ring |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.147 | About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring | About a hoope of Gold, a paltry Ring |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.170 | I gave my love a ring, and made him swear | I gaue my Loue a Ring, and made him sweare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.178 | And swear I lost the ring defending it. | And sweare I lost the Ring defending it. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.179 | My Lord Bassanio gave his ring away | My Lord Bassanio gaue his Ring away |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.184.2 | What ring gave you, my lord? | What Ring gaue you my Lord? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.188 | Hath not the ring upon it, it is gone. | Hath not the Ring vpon it, it is gone. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.191.1 | Until I see the ring. | Vntil I see the Ring. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.193 | If you did know to whom I gave the ring, | If you did know to whom I gaue the Ring, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.194 | If you did know for whom I gave the ring, | If you did know for whom I gaue the Ring, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.195 | And would conceive for what I gave the ring, | And would conceiue for what I gaue the Ring, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.196 | And how unwillingly I left the ring | And how vnwillingly I left the Ring, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.197 | When naught would be accepted but the ring, | When nought would be accepted but the Ring, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.199 | If you had known the virtue of the ring, | If you had knowne the vertue of the Ring, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.200 | Or half her worthiness that gave the ring, | Or halfe her worthinesse that gaue the Ring, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.201 | Or your own honour to contain the ring, | Or your owne honour to containe the Ring, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.202 | You would not then have parted with the ring. | You would not then haue parted with the Ring: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.208 | I'll die for't but some woman had the ring! | Ile die for't, but some Woman had the Ring? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.212 | And begged the ring, the which I did deny him, | And beg'd the Ring; the which I did denie him, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.222 | The ring of me to give the worthy doctor. | The Ring of me, to giue the worthie Doctor? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.250 | Which but for him that had your husband's ring | Which but for him that had your husbands ring |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.256 | Here, Lord Bassanio. Swear to keep this ring. | Heere Lord Bassanio, swear to keep this ring. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.259 | For by this ring the doctor lay with me. | For by this ring the Doctor lay with me. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.307 | So sore as keeping safe Nerissa's ring. | So sore, as keeping safe Nerrissas ring. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.94 | his house; and I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour, dress | his house; and I wash, ring, brew, bake, scowre, dresse |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.97 | Give my sweet Nan this ring. There's for thy pains. | Giue my sweet Nan this Ring: there's for thy paines. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.66 | Like to the Garter's compass, in a ring. | Like to the Garters-Compasse, in a ring |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.72 | in monument than the bell rings and the widow weeps. | in monuments, then the Bels ring, & the Widdow weepes. |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.72 | ring, nor for measures of lawn, nor for gowns, petticoats, | Ring, nor for measures of Lawne, nor for Gownes, Petticoats, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.39 | The King my father gave you such a ring. | the king my father gaue you such a ring. |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.92 | Hold: take my ring. | Hold, take my Ring. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.201 | Vouchsafe to wear this ring. | Vouchsafe to weare this Ring. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.203.1 | She puts on the ring | |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.203 | Look how this ring encompasseth thy finger, | Looke how my Ring incompasseth thy Finger, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.70 | Thy old groans yet ring in mine ancient ears. | Thy old grones yet ringing in my auncient eares: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.142 | O, find him! Give this ring to my true knight | O find him, giue this Ring to my true Knight, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.163 | Here, sir, a ring she bid me give you, sir. | Heere sir, a Ring she bid me giue you sir: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.31 | A precious ring, a ring that I must use | A precious Ring: a Ring that I must vse, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.138 | runs fastest gets the ring. How say you, Signor Gremio? | runnes fastest, gets the Ring: How say you signior Gremio? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.16 | Faith, sirrah, an you'll not knock, I'll ring it. | 'Faith sirrah, and you'l not knocke, Ile ring it, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.403 | Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: | Sea-Nimphs hourly ring his knell. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.5 | And rouse the Prince, and ring a hunter's peal, | And rouze the Prince, and ring a hunters peale, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.227 | A precious ring that lightens all this hole, | A precious Ring, that lightens all the Hole: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.196 | No mournful bell shall ring her burial, | No mournfull Bell shall ring her Buriall: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.193 | When that a ring of Greeks have hemmed thee in, | When that a ring of Greekes haue hem'd thee in, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.291 | The County's man. He left this ring behind him, | The Countes man: he left this Ring behinde him |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.5 | She returns this ring to you, sir. You might | She returnes this Ring to you (sir) you might |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.12 | She took the ring of me, I'll none of it. | She tooke the Ring of me, Ile none of it. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.17 | I left no ring with her; what means this lady? | I left no Ring with her: what meanes this Lady? |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.24 | None of my lord's ring? Why, he sent her none. | None of my Lords Ring? Why he sent her none; |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.110 | A ring in chase of you. So did I abuse | A Ring in chace of you. So did I abuse |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.ii.6 | She gives him a ring | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.ii.7 | He gives her a ring | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.68 | Go presently, and take this ring with thee, | Go presently, and take this Ring with thee, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.82 | Well, give her that ring, and therewithal | Well: giue her that Ring, and therewithall |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.94 | This ring I gave him, when he parted from me, | This Ring I gaue him, when he parted from me, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.129 | Madam, he sends your ladyship this ring. | Madam, he sends your Ladiship this Ring. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.133 | Though his false finger have profaned the ring, | Though his false finger haue prophan'd the Ring, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.88 | O, good sir, my master charged me to deliver a ring | O good sir, my master charg'd me to deliuer a ring |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.91 | Where is that ring, boy? | Where is that ring? boy? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.93 | She offers her own ring | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.93 | How? Let me see. Why, this is the ring I gave | How? let me see. / Why this is the ring I gaue |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.96 | This is the ring you sent to Silvia. | This is the ring you sent to Siluia. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.97 | She offers another ring | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.97 | But how camest thou by this ring? At my | But how cam'st thou by this ring? at my |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.20 | Be bold to ring the bell. How stand I then? | Be bold to ring the Bell; how stand I then? |