| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.142 | by some indirect means or other: for, I assure thee – | by some indirect meanes or other: for I assure thee, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.105 | Too indirect for long continuance. | Too indirect, for long continuance. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.184 | By what by-paths and indirect crooked ways | By what by-pathes, and indirect crook'd-wayes |
| King John | KJ III.i.275 | Is to mistake again; though indirect, | Is to mistake again, though indirect, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.347 | That by direct or indirect attempts | That by direct, or indirect attempts |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.111 | Did you by indirect and forced courses | Did you, by indirect, and forced courses |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.221 | He needs no indirect or lawless course | He needs no indirect, or lawlesse course, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.31 | Fie, what an indirect and peevish course | Fie, what an indirect and peeuish course |