| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.16 | I know that knave, hang him! one Parolles; a | I know that knaue, hang him, one Parolles, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.90 | Marry, hang you! | Marrie hang you. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.235 | we shall be fain to hang you. | wee shall be faine to hang you. |
| 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 |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.53 | Go hang, sir, hang! Tell me of that? Away! | Go hang sir, hang: tell me of that? Away: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.150 | He may at pleasure whip, or hang, or torture, | He may at pleasure whip, or hang, or torture, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.15 | May hang no longer on me. Throw my heart | May hang no longer on me. Throw my heart |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.62.1 | And hang me up in chains! | And hang me vp in Chaines. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.136 | Hang in what place you please. Here, my good lord. | Hang in what place you please. Here my good Lord. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.1 | Hang there, my verse, in witness of my love, | Hang there my verse, in witnesse of my loue, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.123 | Tongues I'll hang on every tree, | Tonges Ile hang on euerie tree, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.67 | ‘ My mistress, sir – ’ quoth I – ‘ Hang up thy mistress! | My mistresse, sir, quoth I: hang vp thy Mistresse: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.179 | And hews down oaks with rushes. Hang ye! Trust Ye? | And hewes downe Oakes, with rushes. Hang ye: trust ye? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.188.2 | Hang 'em! They say? | Hang 'em: They say? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.202.2 | They are dissolved. Hang 'em! | They are dissolu'd: Hang em; |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.211 | As they would hang them on the horns o'th' moon, | As they would hang them on the hornes a'th Moone, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.11 | to hang by th' wall, if renown made it not stir – | to hang by th' wall, if renowne made it not stirre, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.55.2 | Think upon me? Hang 'em! | Thinke vpon me? Hang 'em, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.23.2 | Let them hang! | Let them hang. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.91 | May hang upon your hardness. Therefore hear us. | May hang vpon your hardnesse, therefore heare vs. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.53 | And, for I am richer than to hang by th' walls, | And for I am richer then to hang by th'walles, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.263.2 | Hang there like a fruit, my soul, | Hang there like fruite, my soule, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.66 | How is it that the clouds still hang on you? | How is it that the Clouds still hang on you? |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.143 | Must I remember? Why, she would hang on him | Must I remember: why she would hang on him, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.173 | Clambering to hang, an envious sliver broke, | Clambring to hang; an enuious sliuer broke, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.28 | drown or hang themselves more than their even-Christian. | drowne or hang themselues, more then their euen Christian. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.61 | when thou art King hang a thief. | when thou art a King, hang a Theefe. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.133 | not, I'll hang you for going. | not, Ile hang you for going. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.68 | hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. For if I hang, old | hang, Ile make a fat payre of Gallowes. For, if I hang, old |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.42 | Hang thyself in thine own heir-apparent | Go hang thy selfe in thine owne heire-apparant- |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.87 | Hang ye, gorbellied knaves, are ye undone? | Hang ye gorbellied knaues, are you vndone? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.35 | Hang him, let him tell the King, we are prepared. I will | Hang him, let him tell the King we are prepared. I will |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.425 | majestically, both in word and matter, hang me up by the | maiestically, both in word and matter, hang me vp by the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.219 | Hang in the air a thousand leagues from hence, | Hang in the Ayre a thousand Leagues from thence; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.88 | hang me. If thou takest leave, thou wert better be | hang me: if thou tak'st leaue, thou wer't better be |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.53 | Hang yourself, you muddy conger, hang yourself! | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.69 | Hang him, swaggering rascal. Let him not come | Hang him, swaggering Rascall, let him not come |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.142 | Hang him, rogue, he lives upon mouldy stewed prunes | hang him Rogue, hee liues vpon mouldie stew'd-Pruines, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.235 | He a good wit? Hang him, baboon! His wit's | Hee a good Wit? hang him Baboone, his Wit is |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.23 | Let us not hang like roping icicles | Let vs not hang like roping Isyckles |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.178 | I am sure will hang upon my tongue like a new-married | I am sure will hang vpon my tongue, like a new-married |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.68 | Signor, hang! Base muleteers of France! | Seignior hang: base Muleters of France, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.18.1 | They hang their heads | They hang their heads. |
| 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 1 | 1H6 V.iv.175 | Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still, | Hang vp your Ensignes, let your Drummes be still, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.195 | Alas, my lord, hang me if ever I spake the words. | Alas, my Lord, hang me if euer I spake the words: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.50 | Hang over thee, as sure it shortly will; | Hang ouer thee, as sure it shortly will. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.108 | No; it will hang upon my richest robes | No, it will hang vpon my richest Robes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.101 | Away with him, I say; hang him with his pen and | Away with him I say: Hang him with his Pen and |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.66 | And hang thee o'er my tomb when I am dead; | And hang thee o're my Tombe, when I am dead. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.153.1 | I'll hang my head, and perish. | Ile hang my head, and perish. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.32 | And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her; | And hang their heads with sorrow: / Good growes with her. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.30 | Nor hang their staves of grained Scottish ash | Nor hang their staues of grayned Scottish ash, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.57 | Or hang him in the braces of his drum, | Or hang him in the braces of his drum, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.171 | Here by my side doth hang my wedding knives: | Here by my side doth hang my wedding knifes, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.90 | Go, hang him: for thy licence lies in me, | Go hang him, for thy lisence lies in mee, |
| King John | KJ III.i.129 | And hang a calf's-skin on those recreant limbs. | And hang a Calues skin on those recreant limbes. |
| King John | KJ III.i.131 | And hang a calf's-skin on those recreant limbs. | And hang a Calues-skin on those recreant limbs |
| King John | KJ III.i.133 | And hang a calf's-skin on those recreant limbs. | And hang a Calues-skin on those recreant limbs. |
| King John | KJ III.i.199 | And hang a calf's-skin on his recreant limbs. | And hang a Calues-skin on his recreant limbs. |
| King John | KJ III.i.219 | Do so, King Philip; hang no more in doubt. | Doe so king Philip, hang no more in doubt. |
| King John | KJ III.i.220 | Hang nothing but a calf's-skin, most sweet lout. | Hang nothing but a Calues skin most sweet lout. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.56 | And teaches me to kill or hang myself. | And teaches mee to kill or hang my selfe: |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.130 | To hang thee on; or wouldst thou drown thyself, | To hang thee on. Or wouldst thou drowne thy selfe, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.65 | Hang fated o'er men's faults light on thy daughters! | Hang fated o're mens faults, light on thy Daughters. |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.4 | Hang him instantly! | Hang him instantly. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.26 | O my dear father! Restoration hang | O my deere Father, restauratian hang |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.251 | To hang Cordelia in the prison, and | To hang Cordelia in the prison, and |
| 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. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.9 | I do, hang me! I'faith, I will not. O, but her eye! By | I do hang me: yfaith I will not. O but her eye: by |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.270 | Will they not, think you, hang themselves tonight? | Will they not (thinke you) hang themselues to night? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.601 | To make Judas hang himself. | To make Iudas hang himselfe. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.901 | When icicles hang by the wall, | When Isicles hang by the wall, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.20 | Hang upon his penthouse lid. | Hang vpon his Pent-house Lid: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.54 | Who must hang them? | Who must hang them? |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.57 | liars and swearers enow to beat the honest men and hang | Lyars and Swearers enow, to beate the honest men, and hang |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.158 | And sundry blessings hang about his throne | And sundry Blessings hang about his Throne, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.21 | Hang loose about him like a giant's robe | Hang loose about him, like a Giants Robe |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.36 | Hang those that talk of fear. – Give me mine armour. – | Hang those that talke of Feare. Giue me mine Armor: |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.1 | Hang out our banners on the outward walls. | Hang out our Banners on the outward walls, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.39 | Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive | Vpon the next Tree shall thou hang aliue |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.196 | hang then. Get you gone, and let me hear no more of | hang them: get you gon, and let me heare no more of |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.227 | If you head and hang all that offend that way | If you head, and hang all that offend that way |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.44 | Kneel down before him, hang upon his gown; | Kneele downe before him, hang vpon his gowne, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.502 | trick. If you will hang me for it, you may. But I had | trick: if you will hang me for it you may: but I had |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.170 | Hang on her temples like a golden fleece, | Hang on her temples like a golden fleece, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.361 | Beg that thou mayst have leave to hang thyself, | Beg that thou maist haue leaue to hang thy selfe, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.43 | Hang the trifle, woman, take the honour. | Hang the trifle (woman) take the honour: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.161 | Hang 'em, slaves! I do not think the knight would | Hang 'em slaues: I doe not thinke the Knight would |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.16 | I'll endanger my soul gratis? At a word, hang no more | Ile endanger my soule, gratis? at a word, hang no more |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.257 | Hang him, poor cuckoldy knave! I know him | Hang him (poore Cuckoldly knaue) I know him |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.265 | Hang him, mechanical salt-butter rogue! I will | Hang him, mechanicall-salt-butter rogue; I wil |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.267 | it shall hang like a meteor o'er the cuckold's horns. | it shall hang like a Meteor ore the Cuckolds horns: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.12 | Ay; and as idle as she may hang together, for want | I, and as idle as she may hang together for want |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.173 | Hang him, dishonest rascal! I would all | Hang him dishonest rascall: I would all |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.43 | Accusativo, hung, hang, hog. | Accusatiuo hing, hang, hog. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.96 | Hang him, dishonest varlet! We cannot | Hang him dishonest Varlet, / We cannot |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.180 | Hang her, witch! | Hang her witch. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.72 | that were enough to hang us all. | that were enough to hang vs all. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.73 | That would hang us, every mother's son. | That would hang vs euery mothers sonne. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.76 | but to hang us. But I will aggravate my voice so | but to hang vs: but I will aggrauate my voyce so, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.15 | And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. | And hang a pearle in euery cowslips eare. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.260 | Hang off, thou cat, thou burr! Vile thing, let loose, | Hang off thou cat, thou bur; vile thing let loose, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.36 | that plays the lion pare his nails, for they shall hang out | that playes the Lion, paire his nailes, for they shall hang out |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.79 | O Lord, he will hang upon him like a disease. | O Lord, he will hang vpon him like a disease: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.223 | forehead, or hang my bugle in an invisible baldrick, all | forehead, or hang my bugle in an inuisible baldricke, all |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.232 | mine eyes with a ballad-maker's pen and hang me up | mine eyes with a Ballet-makers penne, and hang me vp |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.237 | If I do, hang me in a bottle like a cat, and shoot | If I do, hang me in a bottle like a Cat, & shoot |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.159 | An he should, it were an alms to hang him. | And he should, it were an almes to hang him, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.17 | Hang him, truant! There's no true drop of | Hang him truant, there's no true drop of |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.22 | Hang it! | Hang it. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.23 | You must hang it first, and draw it afterwards. | You must hang it first, and draw it afterwards. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.61 | Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, | Truely I would not hang a dog by my will, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.104 | And on my eyelids shall conjecture hang, | And on my eie-lids shall Coniecture hang, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.205 | Hang mournful epitaphs and do all rites | Hang mournfull Epitaphes, and do all rites, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.271 | Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb | Hang her an epitaph vpon her toomb, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iii.9 | Hang thou there upon the tomb | Hang thou there vpon the tombe, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.196 | To hang clogs on them. I have done, my lord. | To hang clogges on them. I haue done my Lord. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.363 | To hang a doubt on – or woe upon thy life! | To hang a doubt on: Or woe vpon thy life. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.186 | Hang her! I do but say what she is: so delicate | Hang her, I do but say what she is: so delicate |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.31 | But to go hang my head all at one side, | But to go hang my head all at one side |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.16 | Shall as a carpet hang upon thy grave | shall as a Carpet hang vpon thy graue, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.135 | Marry, hang her up for ever! | Marie hang her vp for euer. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.146 | come within my doors! Marry, hang you! She's born to | come within my doores, Marrie hang you: shees borne to |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.3 | If any plague hang over us, 'tis he. | If any plague hang ouer vs, 'tis he, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.84 | No excuse current but to hang thyself. | no excuse currant, / But to hang thy selfe. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.58 | Yet ‘ banished ’? Hang up philosophy! | Yet banished? hang vp Philosophie: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.160 | Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! | Hang thee young baggage, disobedient wretch, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.193 | An you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, | And you be not, hang, beg, straue, die in the streets, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.143 | Hang him, Jack! Come, we'll in here, | Hang him Iacke, come weele in here, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.165 | Haply some poison yet doth hang on them | Happlie some poyson yet doth hang on them, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.45 | And hang it round with all my wanton pictures. | And hang it round with all my wanton pictures: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.195 | Will he woo her? Ay, or I'll hang her. | Wil he woo her? I: or Ile hang her. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.225 | Be mad and merry, or go hang yourselves. | Be madde and merry, or goe hang your selues: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.43 | Hang, cur, hang, you whoreson, insolent noise-maker! | Hang cur, hang, you whoreson insolent Noyse-maker, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.475.1 | Hence! Hang not on my garments. | Hence: hang not on my garments. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.50 | Would cry to a sailor, ‘ Go hang!’ | Would cry to a Sailor goe hang: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.53 | Then to sea, boys, and let her go hang! | Then to Sea Boyes, and let her goe hang. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.60 | And even with suchlike valour men hang and drown | And euen with such like valour, men hang, and drowne |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.193.2 | Come, hang them on this line. | Come, hang on them this line. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.271 | Hang thyself. | Hang thy selfe. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.52 | Hang him, he'll abuse us! | Hang him, hee'l abuse vs. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.88.2 | Hang thee, monster! | Hang thee Monster. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.110 | Will o'er some high-viced city hang his poison | Will o're some high-Vic'd City, hang his poyson |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.282 | I'd give thee leave to hang it. Get thee gone. | I'ld giue thee leaue to hang it. Get thee gone: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.100 | Hang them or stab them, drown them in a draught, | Hang them, or stab them, drowne them in a draught, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.210 | And hang himself. I pray you do my greeting. | And hang himselfe. I pray you do my greeting. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.9 | An 'twere my cause, I should go hang myself. | And t'were my cause, I should goe hang myselfe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.61 | How would he hang his slender gilded wings | How would he hang his slender gilded wings |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.45 | Go, take him away and hang him presently. | Goe take him away, and hang him presently. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.70 | These tidings nip me, and I hang the head | These tydings nip me, and I hang the head |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.47 | A halter, soldiers. Hang him on this tree, | A halter Souldiers, hang him on this Tree, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.51 | First hang the child, that he may see it sprawl: | First hang the Child that he may see it sprall, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.151 | Keeps honour bright: to have done is to hang | Keepes honor bright, to haue done, is to hang |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.25 | Go hang yourself, you naughty mocking uncle! | Go hang your self, you naughty mocking Vnckle: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.11 | these boots too; an they be not, let them hang themselves | these boots too: and they be not, let them hang themselues |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.3 | thy excuse. My lady will hang thee for thy absence. | thy excuse: my Lady will hang thee for thy absence. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.4 | Let her hang me. He that is well hanged in this | Let her hang me: hee that is well hang'de in this |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.102 | Marry, hang thee, brock! | Marrie hang thee brocke. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.26 | will hang like an icicle on a Dutchman's beard, unless you | will hang like an ysickle on a Dutchmans beard, vnlesse you |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.116 | for gravity to play at cherry-pit with Satan. Hang him, | for grauity to play at cherrie-pit with sathan Hang him |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.122 | Go, hang yourselves all. You are idle, shallow | Go hang your selues all: you are ydle shallowe |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.21 | the third; ‘ Hang him up,’ says the Duke. I, having been | the third) hang him vp (saies the Duke.) I hauing bin |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.196 | Prorogue this business we are going about, and hang | Prorogue this busines, we are going about, and hang |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.320.1 | And hang for't afterward? | And hang for't afterward. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.73 | If he dare venture; hang him, plum porridge! | If he dare venture, hang him plumb porredge. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.30 | Lest I should drown, or stab, or hang myself. | Least I should drowne, or stab, or hang my selfe. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.33 | shrewd measure; take heed! If one be mad, or hang or | shrowd / Measure, take heede; if one be mad, or hang or |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.79 | Seemed with strange art to hang; his victor's wreath | Seem'd with strange art to hang: His victors wreath |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.200 | Would hang themselves. Physic for't there's none: | Would hang themselues. Physick for't, there's none: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.109.2 | Hang all the husbands | Hang all the Husbands |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.811 | Hang him, he'll be made an example. | hang him, hee'le be made an example. |