| 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, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.161 | Drop in my neck: as it determines, so | Drop in my necke: as it determines so |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.14 | Chain mine armed neck; leap thou, attire and all, | Chaine mine arm'd necke, leape thou, Attyre and all |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.74 | His corrigible neck, his face subdued | His corrigible necke, his face subdu'de |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.137 | break his neck as his finger. And thou wert best look | breake his necke as his finger. And thou wert best looke |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.114 | With bills on their necks: ‘Be it known unto | With bils on their neckes: Be it knowne vnto |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.233 | (taking a chain from her neck) | |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.175 | And a chain that you once wore about his neck! | And a chaine that you once wore about his neck: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.5 | Falls not the axe upon the humbled neck | Falls not the axe vpon the humbled neck, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.108 | Lay sleeping on his back. About his neck | Lay sleeping on his back; about his necke |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.151 | shoulder, the mole in my neck, the great wart on my | shoulder, the Mole in my necke, the great Wart on my |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.10 | 'Tis so; and that self chain about his neck | 'Tis so: and that selfe chaine about his necke, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.259 | These people saw the chain about his neck. | These people saw the Chaine about his necke. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.48 | And tread upon his neck. | And treade vpon his necke. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.37 | your eyes toward the napes of your necks, and make but | your eyes toward the Napes of your neckes, and make but |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.145 | One i'th' neck, and two i'th' thigh – there's nine | One ith' Neck, and two ith' Thigh, there's nine |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.201 | Her richest lockram 'bout her reechy neck, | Her richest Lockram 'bout her reechie necke, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.30.1 | With us to break his neck. | With vs to breake his necke. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.25 | That which shall break his neck or hazard mine | That which shall breake his necke, or hazard mine, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.33 | and, he returning to break our necks, they respect not us. | and he returning to breake our necks, they respect not vs. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.92 | And thus I set my foot on's neck,’ even then | And thus I set my foote on's necke, euen then |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.170 | past, is, and to come, the discharge: your neck, sir, | past, is, and to come, the discharge: your necke (Sis) |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.365 | Upon his neck a mole, a sanguine star; | Vpon his necke a Mole, a sanguine Starre, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.145.5 | takes her up, and declines his head upon her neck. He | takes her vp, and dcclines his head vpon her neck. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.186 | Or paddling in your neck with his damned fingers, | Or padling in your necke with his damn'd Fingers, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.197 | And break your own neck down. | And breake your owne necke downe. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.63 | clerks, I'll give thee this neck. | Clarks, Ile giue thee this necke. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.92 | And in the neck of that tasked the whole state. | And in the neck of that, task't the whole State. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.44 | Today might I, hanging on Hotspur's neck, | To day might I (hanging on Hotspurs Necke) |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.112 | Thames up to the neck; and so I would he were, and | Thames vp to the Neck; and so I would he were, and |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.24 | So did he turn, and over Suffolk's neck | So did he turne, and ouer Suffolkes necke |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.43 | An please your majesty, let his neck answer for | And please your Maiestie, let his Neck answere for |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.179 | wife about her husband's neck, hardly to be shook off. | Wife about her Husbands Necke, hardly to be shooke off; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.63 | With which he yoketh your rebellious necks, | With which he yoaketh your rebellious Neckes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.37 | Direct mine arms I may embrace his neck | Direct mine Armes, I may embrace his Neck, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.91 | Drive you to break your necks or hang yourselves! | Driue you to break your necks, or hang your selues. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.65 | And smooth my way upon their headless necks; | And smooth my way vpon their headlesse neckes. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.106 | I took a costly jewel from my neck – | I tooke a costly Iewell from my necke, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.102 | inkhorn about his neck. | Inke-horne about his necke. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.22 | necks? Hath my sword therefore broke through London | neckes? Hath my sword therefore broke through London |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.10.1 | Enter multitudes, with halters about their necks | Enter Multitudes with Halters about their Neckes. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.11 | And humbly thus with halters on their necks, | And humbly thus with halters on their neckes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.16.2 | Yield not thy neck | Yeeld not thy necke |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.31 | About his neck, yet never lost her lustre; | About his necke, yet neuer lost her lustre; |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.44 | Struck Caesar on the neck. O you flatterers! | Strooke Casar on the necke. O you Flatterers. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.49 | Able to yoke their stubborn necks with steel | Able to yoak their stubburne necks with steele, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.76 | With each a halter hanged about his neck, | With each a halter hangd about his necke, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.8 | Enter six Citizens in their shirts, barefoot, with halters about their necks | Enter sixe Citizens in their Shirts, bare foote, with halters about their necks. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.8 | the heads, dogs and bears by the neck, monkeys by the | the heads, Dogges and Beares by'th'necke, Monkies by'th' |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.70 | a hill, lest it break thy neck with following. But the great | a hill, least it breake thy necke with following. But the great |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.210 | He fastened on my neck and bellowed out | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.62 | Break the neck of the wax, and every one give ear. | Breake the necke of the Waxe, and euery one giue eare. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.113 | Hang me by the neck if horns that year miscarry. | Hang me by the necke, if hornes that yeare miscarrie. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.153 | Hanging a golden stamp about their necks | Hanging a golden stampe about their neckes, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.38 | His neck will come to your waist – a cord, sir. | His necke will come to your wast, a Cord sir. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.12 | hanging about the neck of my heart says very | hanging about the necke of my heart, saies verie |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.29 | And the vile squealing of the wry-necked fife, | And the vile squealing of the wry-neckt Fife, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.34 | must be seen through the lion's neck, and he himself | must be seene through the Lyons necke, and he himselfe |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.187 | an thou wilt needs thrust thy neck into a yoke, wear the | and thou wilt needes thrust thy necke into a yoke, weare the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.174 | of? About your neck, like an usurer's chain? Or under | off? About your necke, like an Vsurers chaine? Or vnder |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.136 | this hand, she falls me thus about my neck. | falls me thus about my neck. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.169 | That men must lay their murders on your neck. | That men must lay their Murthers on your necke. |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.74 | With signs of war about his aged neck. | With signes of warre about his aged necke, |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.19 | Have stooped my neck under your injuries, | Haue stoopt my neck vnder your iniuries, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.19 | Bare-headed, lower than his proud steed's neck | Bare-headed, lower then his proud Steeds necke, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.88 | Since pride must have a fall – and break the neck | (Since Pride must haue a fall) and breake the necke |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.111 | Now thy proud neck bears half my burdened yoke, | Now thy proud Necke, beares halfe my burthen'd yoke, |
| Richard III | R3 V.i.25 | Thus Margaret's curse falls heavy on my neck: | Thus Margarets curse falles heauy on my necke: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.4 | Ay, while you live, draw your neck out of collar. | I, While you liue, draw your necke out o'th Collar. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.82 | Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier's neck; | Sometime she driueth ore a Souldiers necke, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.301 | She hung about my neck, and kiss on kiss | Shee hung about my necke, and kisse on kisse |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.176 | This done, he took the bride about the neck, | This done, hee tooke the Bride about the necke, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.14 | my head and my neck. A fire, good Curtis. | my head and my necke. A fire good Curtis. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.462 | I'll manacle thy neck and feet together. | Ile manacle thy necke and feete together: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.509 | Upon their first lord's neck. But tell me true – | Vpon their first Lords necke. But tell me true, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.48 | Hanged, by' Lady? Then I have brought up a neck | Hang'd? berLady, then I haue brought vp a neck |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.132 | Make poor men's cattle break their necks, | Make poore mens Cattell breake their neckes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.223 | Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold, | Shall from your necke vnloose his amorous fould, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.258 | undone for ever, for if Hector break not his neck | vndone for euer; for if Hector breake not his necke |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.76 | plague upon Antenor! I would they had broke's neck! | a plague vpon Anthenor; I would they had brok's necke. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.32 | a plague break thy neck – for frighting me! What's | a plague breake thy necke---for frighting me: what's |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.237 | with lids to them; item: one neck, one chin, and so forth. | with lids to them: Item, one necke, one chin, & so forth. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.92 | We did keep time, sir, in our catches. Sneck up! | We did keepe time sir in our Catches. Snecke vp. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.181 | Wilt thou set thy foot o' my neck? | Wilt thou set thy foote o'my necke. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.197 | Your shield afore your heart, about that neck | Your Sheild afore your Heart, about that necke |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.86 | Shall never clasp our necks; no issue know us; | Shall never claspe our neckes, no issue know us, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.308 | About his neck, Bohemia; who, if I | About his neck (Bohemia) who, if I |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.363 | To me a break-neck. Happy star reign now! | To me a breake-neck. Happy Starre raigne now, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.224 | Bugle-bracelet, necklace-amber; | Bugle-bracelet, Necke-lace Amber, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.33 | Queen Hermione's; her jewel about the neck of it; the | Queene Hermiones: her Iewell about the Neck of it: the |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.112 | She hangs about his neck. | She hangs about his necke, |