| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.10.2 | Briefly, sir. | Briefely Sir. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.49 | Instance, briefly; come, instance. | Instance, briefly: come, instance. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.16 | 'Tis not a mile; briefly we heard their drums. | 'Tis not a mile: briefely we heard their drummes. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.283.2 | Speak briefly then, | Speake breefely then, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.106 | He leaves me, scorns me: briefly die their joys | He leaues me, scornes me: briefely dye their ioyes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.54 | Briefly, to this end: we are all diseased, | Briefely to this end: Wee are all diseas'd, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.73 | You have, enscheduled briefly, in your hands. | You haue enschedul'd briefely in your hands. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.10 | Ay, and briefly. | I, and breefely. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.15 | answer every man directly and briefly, wisely and truly; | answer euery man, directly and breefely, wisely and truly: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.24 | For your dwelling, briefly. | For your dwelling: breefely. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.25 | Briefly, I dwell by the Capitol. | Breefely, I dwell by the Capitoll. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.102 | Yet thus much, briefly, by my father's leave: | Yet thus much breefly by my fathers leaue, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.49 | Which briefly is no more indeed than one. | Which briefelie is no more indeed then one, |
| King John | KJ II.i.52 | What England says, say briefly, gentle lord; | What England saies, say breefely gentle Lord, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.229 | Briefly thyself remember; the sword is out | Breefely thy selfe remember: the Sword is out |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.130 | Let's briefly put on manly readiness, | Let's briefely put on manly readinesse, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.39 | I am about thrift. Briefly, I do mean to make love to | I am about thrift) briefely: I doe meane to make loue to |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.194 | have given. Briefly, I have pursued her as love hath | haue giuen: briefly, I haue pursu'd her, as Loue hath |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.10 | Show me briefly how. | Shew me breefely how. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.231 | briefly, I desire nothing but the reward of a villain. | briefelie, I desire nothing but the reward of a villaine. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.12 | And time that is so briefly spent | And Time that is so briefly spent, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.53 | briefly yield 'er, for she must overboard straight. | briefly yeeld'er, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.97 | Speak briefly, can you like of Paris' love? | Speake briefly, can you like of Paris loue? |