Which Shakespearean character had the most lines?

Hamlet, with 1569 lines, is the most loquacious Shakespearean character. Richard III is second, with 1161 lines. Iago is next, with 1117 lines, and then Henry V, with his 1063 lines. No other characters have more than 1000 lines. *Note that if we include all of the lines Henry V speaks in the Henry IV plays (when he is known as "Prince Hal"), then Henry V has the most lines of any character.

Something's fishy about your answer, Koi, or is it something's fishy about the question? Read it again, and think. Think in broader terms, Old Sack.

Still waiting for another answer. A good clue was given.

I (finally) see the problem here. Koicarp is right in what he says. My source defines a "line" as anything from a one-word shout to a full soliloquy. By that definition, Falstaff, in three plays (Henry IV, Pts I & II; and Merry Wives of Windsor) has 471 lines (instances of speaking). It give Hamlet as having 358 lines, and Henry V (Prince Hal) 377 over three plays (Henry I, II, and Henry V). I don't know how many actual lines (using Koicarp's more sensible definition) Falstaff has, but I seriously doubt that Falstaff's total is higher than either Henry V or Hamlet.

I apologize for taking four years to get back to this.

By the way, my "good clue" was Old Sack, a name Hal called Falstaff several times in Henry IV, Pt. I.

Given the wording of the original question, I would have likely answered the narrative voice in his sonnets.