| E3 II.i.82 | [King Edward to Lodowick] [write] To one ... / Whose body is an abstract or a brief, / Contains each general virtue |
| Ham II.ii.522 | [Hamlet to Polonius, of the Players] they are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time [Q2; F,Q1 Abstracts] |
| R3 IV.iv.28 | [Duchess of York to and of herself] Brief abstract and record of tedious days |