| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.78.2 | Enjoy thy plainness; | Inioy thy plainnesse, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.245 | Therefore with frank and with uncurbed plainness | Therefore with franke and with vncurbed plainnesse, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.46 | Then, for the truth and plainness of the case, | Then for the truth, and plainnesse of the Case, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.189 | Thy deeds, thy plainness, and thy housekeeping | Thy deeds, thy plainnesse, and thy house-keeping, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.129 | Let pride, which she calls plainness, marry her. | Let pride, which she cals plainnesse, marry her: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.148 | When power to flattery bows? To plainness honour's bound | When power to flattery bowes? / To plainnesse honour's bound, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.99 | These kind of knaves I know, which in this plainness | These kind of Knaues I know, which in this plainnesse |
| Othello | Oth I.i.98 | In honest plainness thou hast heard me say | In honest plainenesse thou hast heard me say, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.149 | And now in plainness do confess to thee, | And now in plainnesse do confesse to thee |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.39 | Your plainness and your shortness please me well. | Your plainnesse and your shortnesse please me well: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.105 | With truth and plainness I do wear mine bare. | With truth and plainnesse I doe weare mine bare: |