| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.20 | Frank nature, rather curious than in haste, | Franke Nature rather curious then in hast |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.54 | I have to use. Thy frank election make; | I haue to vse; thy franke election make, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.130 | Of our so frank donation. Well, what then? | Of our so franke Donation. Well, what then? |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.78.1 | A franklin's housewife. | A Franklins Huswife. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.34 | We may of their encounter frankly judge, | We may of their encounter frankely iudge, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.247 | And will this brothers' wager frankly play. | And will this Brothers wager frankely play. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.55 | current that I told you yesternight. There's a franklin in | currant that I told you yesternight. There's a Franklin in |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.140 | in the old frank? | in the old Franke? |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.245 | Therefore with frank and with uncurbed plainness | Therefore with franke and with vncurbed plainnesse, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.287 | Pardon the frankness of my mirth, if I answer | Pardon the franknesse of my mirth, if I answer |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.81 | Were hid against me, now to forgive me frankly. | Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.20 | Your old kind father, whose frank heart gave all! | Your old kind Father, whose franke heart gaue all, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.6 | That very frankly he confessed his treasons, | that very frankly hee / Confess'd his Treasons, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.109.1 | As frankly as a pin. | As frankely as a pin. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.77 | cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfurt! The curse | cost me two thousand ducats in Franckford, the curse |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.140 | How now, sweet Frank, why art thou | How now (sweet Frank) why art thou |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.38 | Their backward course, bearing with frank appearance | Their backward course, bearing with frank appearance |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.289 | to make me frankly despise myself. | to make me frankly despise my selfe. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.193 | With franker spirit. Therefore, as I am bound, | With franker spirit. Therefore (as I am bound) |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.44.1 | A frank one. | A franke one. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.313 | He is franked up to fatting for his pains – | He is frank'd vp to fatting for his paines, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.v.3 | My son George Stanley is franked up in hold; | My Sonne George Stanley is frankt vp in hold: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.131 | But to be frank and give it thee again. | But to be franke and giue it thee againe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.184 | Men and men's fortunes could I frankly use | Men, and mens fortunes could I frankely vse |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.423 | To be controlled in that he frankly gave. | To be controul'd in that he frankly gaue: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.253.2 | Speak frankly as the wind; | Speake frankely as the winde, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.viii.19 | My half-supped sword, that frankly would have fed, | My halfe supt Sword, that frankly would haue fed, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.156 | and franklins say it, I'll swear it. | and Francklins say it, Ile sweare it. |