| 1H4 I.ii.63 | [Falstaff to Prince Hal] I'll be a brave judge! |
| 1H4 III.iii.202 | [Falstaff to all] Rare words! Brave world! |
| 2H6 IV.ii.20 | [Bevis to Holland] there's no better sign of a brave mind than a hard hand [or: sense 2] |
| 2H6 IV.vii.121 | [Cade's supporters to Cade, of their rewards in London] O, brave! |
| 3H6 II.ii.1 | [Queen to King] Welcome, my lord, to this brave town of York |
| AC I.v.67.2 | [Charmian to Cleopatra, of Julius Caesar] O, that brave Caesar! [or: sense 2] |
| AC II.vii.101.2 | [Enobarbus to Antony] Ha, my brave emperor! / Shall we dance now the Egyptian bacchanals [or: sense 2] |
| AC III.xiii.176.2 | [Cleopatra to Antony, of his words] That's my brave lord! |
| AC IV.iii.12.2 | [First Soldier to Second Soldier, of their army] 'Tis a brave army, / And full of purpose |
| AW II.i.25.2 | [Second Lord to all] O, 'tis brave wars! |
| AYL III.iv.36 | [Celia as Aliena to Rosalind as Ganymede, of Orlando] O, that's a brave man! He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths and breaks them bravely |
| AYL III.iv.40 | [Celia as Aliena to Rosalind as Ganymede, of Orlando] all's brave that youth mounts and folly guides |
| Cor I.vi.71 | [Martius to all] If any think brave death outweighs bad life [or: sense 2] |
| Cor II.ii.5 | [First Officer to Second Officer, of Coriolanus] That's a brave fellow, but he's vengeance proud |
| Cor II.ii.5 | [First Officer to Second Officer, of Coriolanus] That's a brave fellow |
| Cor V.iii.76 | [Coriolanus to young Martius] That's my brave boy! |
| E3 III.i.177 | [Mariner to King John] the Nonpareille, that brave ship |
| H5 III.chorus.5 | [Chorus, of King Henry] his brave fleet / With silken streamers the young Phoebus fanning |
| H5 IV.iv.38 | [Pistol to French Soldier] thou give me crowns, brave crowns |
| Ham II.ii.300 | [Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern] This most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, |
| Ham II.ii.580 | [Hamlet alone] This is most brave, / That I ... / Must like a whore unpack my heart with words |
| KJ II.i.72 | [Chatillon to King Philip] a braver choice of dauntless spirits ... / Did never float upon the swelling tide |
| KL III.ii.79 | [Fool alone] This is a brave night to cool a courtesan |
| LLL V.ii.482 | [Boyet to all] Full merrily / Hath this brave manage, this career, been run |
| MA V.iv.126 | [Benedick to Don Pedro, of Don John] I'll devise thee brave punishments for him |
| MV III.iv.65 | [Portia to Nerissa, of disguising as men] I'll prove the prettier fellow of the two, / And wear my dagger with the braver grace [or: sense 4] |
| PP.12.4 | [] Youth like summer brave, Age like winter bare [i.e. well dressed] |
| Sonn.12.2 | [] When I ... see the brave day sunk in hideous night |
| TC prologue.15 | [Prologue] The fresh and yet unbruised Greeks do pitch / Their brave pavilions |
| Tem I.ii.6 | [MIranda to Prospero, of the wrecked ship] A brave vessel |
| Tem II.ii.184 | [Stephano to Caliban] O brave monster! |
| Tem III.ii.10 | [Trinculo to Stephano, of Caliban'e eyes being in his head] He were a brave monster indeed if they were set in his tail |
| Tem III.ii.145 | [Stephano to Caliban, of the island] This will prove a brave kingdom to me |
| Tem III.ii.97 | [Caliban to Stephano, of Prospero] He has brave utensils, for so he calls them |
| Tem V.i.183 | [Miranda to Prospero] O brave new world, / That has such people in't! |
| TNK II.i.113 | [Arcite to Palamon, of their stay in prison] to hold here a brave patience, / And the enjoying of our griefs together |
| TNK III.v.62 | [Gaoler's Daughter, singing] brave gallants of war |
| TS induction.1.38 | [Lord to Huntsmen, of Sly as a lord] And brave attendants near him when he wakes |
| WT IV.iv.203 | [Polixenes to all, of Autolycus] This is a brave fellow |