| 1H4 V.ii.42 | [Douglas to all] I have thrown / A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth |
| 1H6 II.i.28 | [Bedford to Talbot] Ascend, brave Talbot; we will follow thee |
| 2H4 II.iii.21 | [Lady Percy to Northumberland, of Hotspur] by his light / Did all the chivalry of England move / To do brave acts [or: sense 2] |
| 2H6 IV.viii.19 | [Cade to Buckingham and Clifford] are ye so brave? |
| 3H6 IV.i.96 | [Edward to all, of the French King] Is Lewis so brave? |
| AC III.xi.40 | [Antony to himself, of Octavius] He alone / Dealt on lieutenantry, and no practice had / In the brave squares of war |
| MV II.ii.11 | [Gobbo alone] ‘rouse up a brave mind,’ says the fiend |
| MV III.iv.65 | [Portia to Nerissa, of dressing as men] I'll ... wear my dagger with the braver grace |
| Tit II.i.129 | [Aaron to Chiron and Demtrius, of attacking Lavinia in the woods] There speak and strike, brave boys |
| TNK V.iii.82 | [Servant to Emilia] Th'assistants made a brave redemption |