| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.7 | Believe it, my lord, in mine own direct | Beleeue it my Lord, in mine owne direct |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.20 | As we'll direct her how 'tis best to bear it. | As wee'l direct her how 'tis best to beare it: |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.79 | and the Lie Direct. | and the lye direct. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.83 | nor he durst not give me the Lie Direct. And | nor he durst not giue me the lye direct: and |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.93 | the seventh, the Lie Direct. All these you may | the seauenth, the Lye direct: all these you may |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.94 | avoid but the Lie Direct; and you may avoid that too, | auoyd, but the Lye direct : and you may auoide that too, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.22 | consent of one direct way should be at once to all the | consent of one direct way, should be at once to all the |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.45 | I'll direct you how you shall go by him. | Ile direct you how you shall go by him. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.7.2 | Direct me, if it be your will, | Direct me, if it be your will, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.195.1 | Direct you to the best! | Direct you to the best. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.188 | direct them the way I am going, but such as wink, | direct them the way I am going, but such as winke, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.91.1 | Heaven will direct it. | Heauen will direct it. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.287 | you withal, be even and direct with me whether you | you withall; be euen and direct with me, whether you |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.206 | If by direct or by collateral hand | If by direct or by Colaterall hand |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.32 | And do't the speedier that you may direct me | And do't the speedier, that you may direct me |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.287 | Than I by letters shall direct your course. | Then I by Letters shall direct your course |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.37 | Direct mine arms I may embrace his neck | Direct mine Armes, I may embrace his Neck, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.10 | And I'll direct thee how thou shalt escape | And Ile direct thee how thou shalt escape |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.147 | More stronger to direct you than yourself, | More stronger to direct you then your selfe; |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.80 | To whom, my lord, shall I direct my style? | To whome my Lord shal I direct my stile. |
| King John | KJ III.i.276 | Yet indirection thereby grows direct, | Yet indirection thereby growes direct, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.7 | me a direct answer. Tomorrow morning are to die | mee a direct answere. To morrow morning are to die |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.13 | Some god direct my judgement! Let me see: | Some God direct my iudgement, let me see, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.347 | That by direct or indirect attempts | That by direct, or indirect attempts |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.93 | I'll first direct my men what they shall | Ile first direct my men, what they shall |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.86 | Of law and course of direct session | Of Law, and course of direct Session |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.375 | To be direct and honest is not safe. | To be direct and honest, is not safe. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.109 | Your rule direct to any; if to me, | your rule direct to anie, if to me, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.205 | Be ready to direct these home alarms. | Be readie to direct these home Alarmes. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.45 | Appointed to direct these fair designs. | Appointed to direct these faire designes. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.29 | Direct not him whose way himself will choose. | Direct not him, whose way himselfe will choose, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.129 | And may direct his course as please himself, | And may direct his course as please himselfe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.113 | Direct my sail! On, lusty gentlemen! | Direct my sute: on lustie Gentlemen. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.20 | But direct villainy. Therefore be abhorred | But direct villanie. Therefore be abhorr'd, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.158 | Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, | Or hedge aside from the direct forth right; |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.166 | Farewell, and take her; but direct thy feet | Farewell, and take her, but direct thy feete, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.143 | And now direct your course to th' wood, where Palamon | And now direct your conrse to'th wood, wher Palamon |