| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.130 | A haltered neck which does the hangman thank | A halter'd necke, which do's the Hangman thanke, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.129 | The under-hangman of his kingdom; and hated | The vnder Hangman of his Kingdome; and hated |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.176 | hangman to help him to bed, I think he would | Hangman to helpe him to bed, I think he would |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.67 | rare hangman. | rare Hangman. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.72 | Yea, for obtaining of suits, whereof the hangman | Yea, for obtaining of suites, whereof the Hang-man |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.164 | The cords, the ladder, or the hangman rather? | The Cords, the Ladder, or the Hangman rather? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.65 | for the hangman, for I know thou worshippest Saint | for the Hangman, for I know thou worshipst S. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.67 | What talkest thou to me of the hangman? If I | What talkest thou to me of the Hangman? If I |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.15 | mind, but yet I will be content to be a lawful hangman. | minde, but yet I will bee content to be a lawfull hangman: |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.46 | Sir, I will serve him, for I do find your hangman | Sir, I will serue him: For I do finde your Hangman |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.25 | Your friends, sir, the hangman. You must be so | Your friends Sir, the Hangman: / You must be so |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.10 | thrice cut Cupid's bowstring and the little hangman | thrice cut Cupids bow-string, and the little hang-man |
| Othello | Oth I.i.34 | By heaven, I rather would have been his hangman. | By heauen, I rather would haue bin his hangman. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.126 | common hangman shall execute it. Come your ways. | comon hag-man shal execute it, come your way, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.175 | Serve by indenture to the common hangman. | serue by indenture, to the common hang-man, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.97 | So would I – as good a trick as ever hangman | So would I: / As good a tricke as euer Hangman |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.53 | the hangman boys in the market-place; and then I | the Hangmans boyes in the market place, / And then I |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.454 | Some hangman must put on my shroud and lay me | Some Hangman must put on my shrowd, and lay me |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.771 | the hangman – which, though it be great pity, yet it is | the Hang-man: which, though it be great pitty, yet it is |