| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.52 | Nay, he struck so plainly I could | Nay, hee strooke so plainly, I could |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.14 | his noble carelessness lets them plainly see't. | his Noble carelesnesse lets them plainely see't. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.3 | You must report to th' Volscian lords how plainly | You must report to th' Volcian Lords, how plainly |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.3 | Speak plainly your opinions of our hopes. | Speake plainly your opinions of our hopes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.66 | Our very veins of life. Hear me more plainly. | Our very Veines of Life: heare me more plainely. |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.28 | Our madams mock at us, and plainly say | Our Madames mock at vs, and plainely say, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.8 | I mind to tell him plainly what I think. | I minde to tell him plainly what I thinke. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.76 | And so I was, which plainly signified | And so I was, which plainly signified, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.159 | Plainly denouncing vengeance upon John. | Plainly denouncing vengeance vpon Iohn. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.62 | And, to deal plainly, | And to deale plainely, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.141 | Plainly conceive, I love you. | Plainlie conceiue I loue you. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.41 | let him name his name, and tell them plainly he is Snug | let / him name his name, and tell him plainly hee is Snug |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.52 | sense, so forcible is thy wit. But I must tell thee plainly, | sence, so forcible is thy wit, but I must tell thee plainely, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.358 | An honest tale speeds best being plainly told. | An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.359 | Then plainly to tell her my loving tale. | Then plainly to her, tell my louing tale. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.53 | Then plainly know my heart's dear love is set | Then plainly know my hearts deare Loue is set, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.17 | Now my foes tell me plainly, I am an ass; so that by my | now my foes tell me plainly, I am an Asse: so that by my |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.105.2 | Plainly spoken. | Plainely spoken, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.315 | Plainly as heaven sees earth and earth sees heaven | Plainely, as Heauen sees Earth, and Earth sees Heauen, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.149 | Do plainly give you out an unstained shepherd, | Do plainly giue you out an vnstain'd Shepherd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.440 | I was about to speak and tell him plainly, | I was about to speake, and tell him plainely, |