| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.178 | Shall seem expedient on the now-born brief, | Shall seeme expedient on the now borne briefe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.288 | A breach that craves a quick expedient stop! | A Breach that craues a quick expedient stoppe. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.10 | This sudden, mighty, and expedient head | This suddaine, mightie, and expedient head, |
| King John | KJ II.i.60 | His marches are expedient to this town, | His marches are expedient to this towne, |
| King John | KJ II.i.223 | Who painfully, with much expedient march, | Who painefully with much expedient march |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.268 | The angry lords with all expedient haste. | The angry Lords, with all expedient hast, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.75 | quarter in rheum. Therefore is it most expedient for the | quarter in rhewme, therfore is it most expedient for the |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.39 | Expedient manage must be made, my liege, | Expedient manage must be made my Liege |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.216 | I will with all expedient duty see you. | I will with all expedient duty see you, |