| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.52 | flowery way that leads to the broad gate and the great | flowrie way that leads to the broad gate, and the great |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.42 | It is shaped, sir, like itself, and it is as broad | It is shap'd sir like it selfe, and it is as broad |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.81 | With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May; | With all his Crimes broad blowne, as fresh as May, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.2 | Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, | Tell him his prankes haue been too broad to beare with, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.135 | Till by broad spreading it disperse to naught. | Till by broad spreading, it disperse to naught. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.36 | I'll canvass thee in thy broad cardinal's hat | Ile canuas thee in thy broad Cardinalls Hat, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.8 | Either to be wooed with broad untuned oaths, | Either to be wooed with broad vntuned othes, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.29 | ‘ Even thus,’ quoth she, ‘ he spake,’ and then spoke broad, | Euen thus quoth she, he spake, and then spoke broad, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.17 | Against those honours deep and broad wherewith | Against those Honors deepe, and broad, / Wherewith |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.22 | As broad and general as the casing air; | As broad, and generall, as the casing Ayre: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.21 | But, peace! For from broad words, and 'cause he failed | But peace; for from broad words, and cause he fayl'd |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.83 | an inch narrow to an ell broad! | an ynch narrow, to an ell broad. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.84 | I stretch it out for that word ‘ broad ’, which, added | I stretch it out for that word, broad, which added |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.85 | to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. | to the Goose, proues thee farre and wide, abroad Goose. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.16 | Be patient, for the world is broad and wide. | Be patient, for the world is broad and wide. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.17 | I have been broad awake two hours and more. | I haue bene awake two houres and more. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.27 | Distinction, with a broad and powerful fan, | Distinction with a lowd and powrefull fan, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.190 | As broad Achilles; keeps his tent like him, | As broad Achilles, and keepes his Tent like him; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.41 | And a broad beech – and thereby hangs a tale – | And a broade Beech: and thereby hangs a tale: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.84 | Like ravens' wings; his shoulders broad and strong, | Like Ravens wings: his shoulders broad, and strong, |