| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.15 | my Cupid's knocked out, and I begin to love as an old | my Cupid's knock'd out, and I beginne to loue, as an old |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.27 | begin to smoke me, and disgraces have of late knocked | beginne to smoake mee, and disgraces haue of late, knock'd |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.54 | When midnight comes, knock at my chamber window; | When midnight comes, knocke at my chamber window: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.58.1 | Master, knock the door hard. | Master, knocke the doore hard. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.58.2 | Let him knock till it ache. | Let him knocke till it ake. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.121 | I'll knock elsewhere to see if they'll disdain me. | Ile knocke else-where, to see if they'll disdaine me. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.165 | Go, some of you, knock at the abbey gate, | Go some of you, knocke at the Abbey gate, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.144 | Whether to knock against the gates of Rome, | Whether to knocke against the Gates of Rome, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.65 | (knocks) | |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.76 | (knocks) | Knockes. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.76.1 | Who's there that knocks? | Who's there that knockes? |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.145 | praised – to the court I'll knock her back, foot her | prais'd:) to the Court Ile knock her backe, foot her |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.74.1 | A slave without a knock. | A Slaue without a knocke. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.115 | Could have knocked out his brains, for he had none: | Could haue knock'd out his Braines, for he had none: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.193 | Knock off his manacles, bring your prisoner to | Knocke off his Manacles, bring your Prisoner to |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.81 | Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other, | Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.88 | and knocked about the mazzard with a sexton's | and knockt about the Mazard with a Sextons |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.99 | suffer this mad knave now to knock him about the | suffer this rude knaue now to knocke him about the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.467.1 | A knocking heard | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.5 | Please it your honour knock but at the gate, | Please it your Honor, knocke but at the Gate, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.347 | Peto knocks at door | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.347 | Who knocks so loud at door? Look to th' door | Who knocks so lowd at doore? Looke to the doore |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.354 | Bare-headed, sweating, knocking at the taverns, | Bare-headed, sweating, knocking at the Tauernes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.363 | Knocking within | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.364 | More knocking at the door? | More knocking at the doore? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.70 | One knocks at door | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.70 | Look who's at door there, ho! Who knocks? | Looke, who's at doore there, ho: who knockes? |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.52 | an humour to knock you indifferently well. If you grow | an humor to knocke you indifferently well: If you grow |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.3 | Pray thee, corporal, stay – the knocks are too hot, | 'Pray thee Corporall stay, the Knocks are too hot: |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.7 | Knocks go and come; God's vassals drop and die; | Knocks goe and come: Gods Vassals drop and dye: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.54 | Tell him I'll knock his leek about his pate | Tell him Ile knock his Leeke about his Pate |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.57 | that day, lest he knock that about yours. | that day, least he knock that about yours. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.5 | Servingmen knock | |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.5 | Who's there that knocks so imperiously? | Who's there, that knocks so imperiously? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.83 | That many have their giddy brains knocked out. | That many haue their giddy braynes knockt out: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.12 | Therefore we'll knock. | Therefore wee'le knock. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.13 | They knock | Knock. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vi.8 | Knock him down there. | Knocke him downe there. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.2 | Kill and knock down! Throw them into Thames! | kill and knocke downe, throw them into Thames: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.16 | My liege, I'll knock once more to summon them. | My Liege, Ile knocke once more, to summon them. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.108 | Who's best in favour. Let the music knock it. | Who's best in fauour. Let the Musicke knock it. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.32 | What should you do, but knock 'em down by | What should you doe, / But knock 'em downe by |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.60 | Knock within | Knocke within. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.60 | 'Tis good. Go to the gate; somebody knocks. | 'Tis good. Go to the Gate, some body knocks: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.304 | Knocking | Knocke. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.304 | Hark, hark! one knocks, Portia, go in awhile; | Harke, harke, one knockes: Portia go in a while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.309.2 | Lucius, who's that knocks? | Lucius, who's that knockes. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.181 | If Brutus so unkindly knocked or no; | If Brutus so vnkindely knock'd, or no: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.135 | And make my seated heart knock at my ribs | And make my seated Heart knock at my Ribbes, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.57 | Knocking within | Knocke within. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.57.2 | Whence is that knocking? | Whence is that knocking? |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.65 | Knock | Knocke. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.65.2 | I hear a knocking | I heare a knocking |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.69 | Knock | Knocke. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.69.2 | Hark! more knocking. | Hearke, more knocking. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.73 | Knock | Knocke. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.74 | Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst! | Wake Duncan with thy knocking: I would thou could'st. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.1 | Enter a Porter. Knocking within | Enter a Porter. Knocking within. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.1 | Here's a knocking indeed! If a man were porter of | Here's a knocking indeede: if a man were Porter of |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.2 | Knock | Knock. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.3 | Knock, knock, knock! Who's there i'the name of | Knock, Knock, Knock. Who's there i'th' name of |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.6 | Knock | Knock. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.7 | Knock, knock! Who's there in the other devil's name? | Knock, knock. Who's there in th' other Deuils Name? |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.11 | Knock | Knock. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.12 | Knock, knock, knock! Who's there? Faith, here's an | Knock, Knock, Knock. Who's there? 'Faith here's an |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.14 | Knock | Knock. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.15 | Knock, knock! Never at quiet! What are you? – But this | Knock, Knock. Neuer at quiet: What are you? but this |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.18 | Knock | Knock. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.40 | Our knocking has awaked him; here he comes. | Our knocking ha's awak'd him: here he comes. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.46 | Open, locks, whoever knocks! | Open Lockes, who euer knockes. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.62 | To bed, to bed! There's knocking at the gate. | To bed, to bed: there's knocking at the gate: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.137 | Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know | Knock there, and aske your heart what it doth know |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.66 | Knocking | |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.82 | Knocking | |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.85 | Knocking | |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.127 | knocks at the door. | knocks at the doore. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.67 | Master Page. (He knocks) What, ho! Got pless your | Mr. Page. What hoa? Got-plesse your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.7 | the story of the Prodigal, fresh and new. Go, knock and | the story of the Prodigall, fresh and new: go, knock and |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.9 | Knock, I say. | Knocke I say. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.148 | Let me go, sir, or I'll knock you o'er the mazzard. | Let me go (Sir) / Or Ile knocke you o're the Mazard. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.229 | knocking out his brains. | knocking out his braines. |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.50 | Nay, that's not next. Hark, who is't that knocks? | (Nay that's not next. Harke, who is't that knocks? |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.38.1 | Aumerle locks the door. The Duke of York knocks at | Yorke withiu. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.2 | (within) Who knocks? | Who knockes? |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.54 | Go, go, up to the leads! The Lord Mayor knocks. | Go, go vp to the Leads, the Lord Maior knocks. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.121 | To Brecknock, while my fearful head is on! | To Brecnock, while my fearefull Head is on. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.5 | Norfolk, we must have knocks. Ha! Must we not? | Norfolke, we must haue knockes: / Ha, must we not? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.55 | A perilous knock. And it cried bitterly. | A perilous knock, and it cryed bitterly. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.33 | Come, knock and enter; and no sooner in | Come knocke and enter, and no sooner in, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.72 | Knock | Enter Nurse, and knockes. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.72 | Arise. One knocks. Good Romeo, hide thyself. | Arise one knockes, / Good Romeo hide thy selfe. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.75 | Knock | Knocke |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.75 | Hark, how they knock! – Who's there? – Romeo, arise. | Harke how they knocke: / (Who's there) Romeo arise, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.77.1 | Knock | Knocke. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.79 | Knock | Knocke. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.79 | Who knocks so hard? Whence come you? What's your will? | Who knocks so hard? / Whence come you? what's your will? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.5 | Here, sirrah Grumio, knock, I say. | Heere sirra Grumio, knocke I say. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.6 | Knock, sir? Whom should I knock? Is there any | Knocke sir? whom should I knocke? Is there any |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.8 | Villain, I say, knock me here soundly. | Villaine I say, knocke me heere soundly. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.9 | Knock you here, sir? Why, sir, what am I, sir, | Knocke you heere sir? Why sir, what am I sir, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.10 | that I should knock you here, sir? | that I should knocke you heere sir. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.11 | Villain, I say, knock me at this gate, | Villaine I say, knocke me at this gate, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.12 | And rap me well, or I'll knock your knave's pate. | And rap me well, or Ile knocke your knaues pate. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.13 | My master is grown quarrelsome. I should knock you first, | My Mr is growne quarrelsome: / I should knocke you first, |
| 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 Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.19 | Now knock when I bid you, sirrah villain. | Now knocke when I bid you: sirrah villaine. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.30 | look you, sir. He bid me knock him and rap him | looke you sir: He bid me knocke him, & rap him |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.34 | Whom would to God I had well knocked at first, | Whom would to God I had well knockt at first, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.37 | I bade the rascal knock upon your gate, | I bad the rascall knocke vpon your gate, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.39 | Knock at the gate? O heavens! Spake you not | Knocke at the gate? O heauens: spake you not |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.40 | these words plain, ‘ Sirrah, knock me here, rap me here, | these words plaine? Sirra, Knocke me heere: rappe me heere: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.41 | knock me well, and knock me soundly ’? And come you | knocke me well, and knocke me soundly? And come you |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.42 | now with ‘ knocking at the gate ’? | now with knocking at the gate? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.58 | cuff was but to knock at your ear and beseech listening. | Cuffe was but to knocke at your eare, and beseech listning: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.141.1 | He knocks the basin out of the Servant's hands | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.13 | He knocks | Knock. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.13 | They're busy within. You were best knock louder. | They're busie within, you were best knocke lowder. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.14.1 | More knocking | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.14 | What's he that knocks as he would beat down the | What's he that knockes as he would beat downe the |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.8 | Dashed all to pieces. O, the cry did knock | Dash'd all to peeces: O the cry did knocke |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.61 | Where thou mayst knock a nail into his head. | Where thou maist knocke a naile into his head. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.194 | To knock out an honest Athenian's brains. | To knocke out an honest Athenians braines. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.91 | Knock me down with 'em; cleave me to the girdle. | Knocke me downe with 'em, cleaue mee to the Girdle. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.71 | The Bull, being galled, gave Aries such a knock | The Bull being gal'd, gaue Aries such a knocke, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.118 | Knock at my door, and tell me what he says. | Knocke at my dore, and tell me what he sayes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.5 | Knock at his study, where they say he keeps | Knocke at his study where they say he keepes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.9.1 | They knock and Titus opens his study door above | They knocke and Titus opens his study dore. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.100 | great catch if he knock out either of your brains: he | great catch, if he knocke out either of your braines, he |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.257 | which will not show without knocking. The man's | which will not shew without knocking. The mans |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.302 | will be in him when Hector has knocked out his brains, | will be in him when Hector has knockt out his braines, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.34 | Did not I tell you? – Would he were knocked i'th' head! | Did not I tell you? would he were knockt ith' head. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.35 | Knocking within | One knocks. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.40 | Knocking within | Knocke. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.40 | How earnestly they knock! – Pray you, come in; | How earnestly they knocke: pray you come in. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.7 | 'Twere good you knocked him. | 'Twere good you knockt him. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.275.1 | To knock thy brains out with my shackles. | To knocke thy braines out with my Shackles. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.137.1 | Schoolmaster knocks; enter the dancers. Music is | Musicke Dance. Knocke for Schoole. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.28 | Gallows and knock are too powerful on the highway: | Gallowes, and Knocke, are too powerfull on the Highway. |