| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.31 | Maud, Bridget, Marian, Cicely, Gillian, Ginn! | Maud, Briget, Marian, Cisley, Gillian, Ginn. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.383 | When shall I hear all through? This fierce abridgement | When shall I heare all through? This fierce abridgment, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.419 | For look where my abridgement comes. | For looke where my Abridgements come. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.175 | Our meeting is Bridgnorth, and, Harry, you | Our meeting is Bridgenorth: and Harry, you |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.178 | Our general forces at Bridgnorth shall meet. | Our generall Forces at Bridgenorth shall meete. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.70 | Attended him on bridges, stood in lanes, | Attended him on Bridges, stood in Lanes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.192 | Then death rock me asleep, abridge my doleful days! | then Death rocke me asleepe, abridge my dolefull dayes: |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.23 | One, Richard Earl of Cambridge, and the second, | One, Richard Earle of Cambridge, and the second |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.12.1 | Sound trumpets. Enter the King, Scroop, Cambridge, | Sound Trumpets. Enter the King, Scroope, Cambridge, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.13 | My Lord of Cambridge, and my kind Lord of Masham, | My Lord of Cambridge, and my kinde Lord of Masham, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.58 | Though Cambridge, Scroop, and Grey, in their dear care | Though Cambridge, Scroope, and Gray, in theirdeere care |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.66 | Then, Richard Earl of Cambridge, there is yours; | Then Richard Earle of Cambridge, there is yours: |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.85 | These English monsters! My Lord of Cambridge here – | These English monsters: My Lord of Cambridge heere, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.93 | Than Cambridge is, hath likewise sworn. But O, | Then Cambridge is, hath likewise sworne. But O, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.146 | Richard Earl of Cambridge. | Richard Earle of Cambridge. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.181 | Exeunt Cambridge, Scroop, and Grey, guarded | Exit. |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.44 | Beaumont, Grandpré, Roussi, and Faulconbridge, | Beumont, Grand Pree, Roussi, and Faulconbridge, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.2 | bridge? | Bridge? |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.4 | committed at the bridge. | committed at the Bridge. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.11 | the bridge most valiantly, with excellent discipline. | the Bridge most valiantly, with excellent discipline. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.86 | How now, Fluellen, cam'st thou from the bridge? | How now Fluellen, cam'st thou from the Bridge? |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.168 | March to the bridge; it now draws toward night. | March to the Bridge, it now drawes toward night, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.98 | Grandpré and Roussi, Faulconbridge and Foix, | Grandpree and Roussie, Fauconbridge and Foyes, |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.44 | Then brook abridgement, and your eyes advance, | Then brooke abridgement, and your eyes aduance, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.67 | And I here, at the bulwark of the bridge. | And I heere, at the Bulwarke of the Bridge. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.90 | Was not thy father, Richard Earl of Cambridge, | Was not thy Father Richard, Earle of Cambridge, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.54 | My father, Earl of Cambridge, lost his head. | My Father, Earle of Cambridge, lost his Head. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.84 | Thy father, Earl of Cambridge then, derived | Thy Father, Earle of Cambridge, then deriu'd |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.23 | As well at London Bridge as at the Tower? | As well at London Bridge, as at the Tower. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.67 | The thrice-victorious Lord of Falconbridge, | The thrice victorious Lord of Falconbridge, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.45 | Married Richard Earl of Cambridge, who was | Marryed Richard, Earle of Cambridge, / Who was |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.49 | Jack Cade hath gotten London Bridge; | Iacke Cade hath gotten London-bridge. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.v.3 | they have won the bridge, killing all those that withstand | For they haue wonne the Bridge, / Killing all those that withstand |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vi.14 | go and set London Bridge on fire, and, if you can, burn | go and set London Bridge on fire, / And if you can, burne |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.239 | Stern Falconbridge commands the narrow seas; | Sterne Falconbridge commands the Narrow Seas, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.104 | So are we Caesar's friends, that have abridged | So are we Casars Friends, that haue abridg'd |
| King John | KJ I.i.49.1 | Enter Robert Faulconbridge and Philip, his bastard | Enter Robert Faulconbridge, and Philip. |
| King John | KJ I.i.52 | As I suppose, to Robert Faulconbridge, | As I suppose, to Robert Faulconbridge, |
| King John | KJ I.i.56 | The son and heir to that same Faulconbridge. | The son and heire to that same Faulconbridge. |
| King John | KJ I.i.90 | And finds them perfect Richard. (to Robert Faulconbridge) Sirrah, speak. | And findes them perfect Richard: sirra speake, |
| King John | KJ I.i.134 | Whether hadst thou rather be: a Faulconbridge, | Whether hadst thou rather be a Faulconbridge, |
| King John | KJ I.i.176 | Go, Faulconbridge. Now hast thou thy desire; | Goe, Faulconbridge, now hast thou thy desire, |
| King John | KJ I.i.220 | Enter Lady Faulconbridge and James Gurney | Enter Lady Faulconbridge and Iames Gurney. |
| King John | KJ I.i.237 | Could he get me! Sir Robert Faulconbridge could not do it! | Could get me sir Robert could not doe it; |
| King John | KJ I.i.251 | Hast thou denied thyself a Faulconbridge? | Hast thou denied thy selfe a Faulconbridge? |
| King John | KJ III.iv.171 | Than I have named! The bastard Faulconbridge | Then I haue nam'd. The Bastard Falconbridge |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.94 | Stand by, or I shall gall you, Faulconbridge. | Stand by, or I shall gaul you Faulconbridge. |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.101 | What wilt thou do, renowned Faulconbridge? | What wilt thou do, renowned Faulconbridge? |
| King John | KJ V.iii.5 | My lord, your valiant kinsman, Faulconbridge, | My Lord: your valiant kinsman Falconbridge, |
| King John | KJ V.iv.4 | That misbegotten devil, Faulconbridge, | That misbegotten diuell Falconbridge, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.54 | ride on a bay trotting horse over four-inched bridges to | ride on a Bay trotting Horse, ouer foure incht Bridges, to |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.42 | Of Jacques Falconbridge, solemnized | Of Iaques Fauconbridge solemnized. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.191 | She is an heir of Falconbridge. | Shee is an heyre of Faulconbridge. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.75 | Does Bridget paint still, Pompey, ha? | Do's Bridget paint still, Pompey? Ha? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.126 | Nor do I now make moan to be abridged | Nor do I now make mone to be abridg'd |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.62 | What say you then to Falconbridge, the young | What say you then to Fauconbridge, the yong |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.11 | soldiers and tall fellows. And when Mistress Bridget | Souldiers, and tall-fellowes. And when Mistresse Briget |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.39 | Say, what abridgement have you for this evening? | Say, what abridgement haue you for this euening? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.295 | What need the bridge much broader than the flood? | What need ye bridge much broder then the flood? |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.70 | (Aside) For they account his head upon the Bridge. | For they account his Head vpon the Bridge. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.15 | Look to the drawbridge there! | Looke to the Draw-Bridge there. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.159 | Down with it flat, take the bridge quite away | Downe with it flat, take the Bridge quite away |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.245 | Besides, thy staying will abridge thy life. | Besides, thy staying will abridge thy life: |