| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.95 | And gave you such a masterly report | And gaue you such a Masterly report, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.26 | As masterly as he. Mere prattle, without practice | As Masterly as he. Meere pratle (without practise) |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.7 | whoremasterly villain with the sleeve back to the | whore-maisterly villaine, with the Sleeue, backe to the |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.22.2 | Thou dost speak masterly. | Thou dost speake masterly, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.65.2 | Masterly done! | 'Masterly done: |