| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.53 | To see him shine so brisk, and smell so sweet, | To see him shine so briske, and smell so sweet, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.45 | A cup of wine that's brisk and fine, | A Cup of Wine, that's briske and fine, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.88 | Most brisky juvenal, and eke most lovely Jew, | Most brisky Iuuenall, and eke most louely Iew, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.15 | Cheerly, boys! Be brisk a while, and the longer liver | chearly Boyes, / Be brisk awhile, and the longer liuer |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.6 | Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times. | Of these most briske and giddy-paced times. |