| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.58 | We have made to endure friends, that you directly | we haue made / To endure Friends, that you directly |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.192 | He was too hard for him, directly | He was too hard for him directly, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.155 | make your voyage upon her, and give me directly | make your voyage vpon her, and giue me directly |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.21 | Rather, directly fly. | Rather directly fly. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.114 | directly and truly, I would think thee an honest | directly and truely, I would thinke thee an honest |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.219 | Directly seasons him his enemy. | Directly seasons him his Enemie. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.211 | When in one line two crafts directly meet. | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.89 | Directly unto this question that I ask. | directly vnto this question, that I shall aske. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.52 | Pleaseth your grace to answer them directly | Pleaseth your Grace, to answere them directly, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.126 | I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say, | I know no wayes to mince it in loue, but directly to say, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.8 | For when they hold 'em, you would swear directly | For when they hold 'em, you would sweare directly |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.64.3 | They pass directly before the Cardinal, and | They passe directly before the Cardinall and |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.12 | But what trade art thou? Answer me directly. | But what Trade art thou? Answer me directly. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.3 | Stand you directly in Antonius' way | Stand you directly in Antonio's way, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.111 | Stands, as the Capitol, directly here. | Stands as the Capitoll, directly heere. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.9 | Answer every man directly. | Answer euery man directly. |
| 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.19 | Proceed, directly. | proceede directly. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.20 | Directly, I am going to Caesar's funeral. | Directly I am going to Casars Funerall. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.23 | That matter is answered directly. | That matter is answered directly. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.32 | To wind, to stop, to run directly on, | To winde, to stop, to run directly on: |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.37 | And John of Valois indirectly climbs. | And Iohn of Valoys, in directly climbes, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.129 | Out of the path which shall directly lead | Out of the path which shall directly lead |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.66 | Directly. | Directly. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.74 | Directly interest. Mark what Jacob did: | Directly interest, marke what Iacob did, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.356 | That indirectly, and directly too, | That indirectly, and directly to, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.212 | guard. First, I must tell thee this: Desdemona is directly | First, I must tell thee this: Desdemona, is directly |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.340 | Directly to his good? Divinity of hell! | Directly to his good? Diuinitie of hell, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.404 | Which lead directly to the door of truth, | Which leade directly to the doore of Truth, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.208 | dealt most directly in thy affair. | dealt most directly in thy Affaire. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.66 | man than Sir Toby to look to me! This concurs directly | man then sir Toby to looke to me. This concurres directly |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.192 | Nor is't directly laid to thee, the death | Nor is't directly layd to thee, the death |