| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.23 | And shortly comes to harvest. | And shortly comes to Haruest. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.6 | We shall have shortly discord in the spheres. | We shall haue shortly discord in the Spheares: |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.57 | Thou art poor'st of all; then shortly art thou mine. | Thou art poor'st of all; then shortly art thou mine. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.183 | Faith, I must leave thee, love, and shortly too. | Faith I must leaue thee Loue, and shortly too: |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.33 | And think it pastime. You shortly shall hear more. | And thinke it pastime. You shortly shall heare more, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.294 | An hour of quiet shortly shall we see. | An houre of quiet shortly shall we see; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.71 | It must be shortly known to him from England | It must be shortly knowne to him from England |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.150 | To be deposed, and shortly murdered. | To be depos'd, and shortly murthered. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.6 | of heart shortly, and then I shall have no strength to | of heart shortly, and then I shall haue no strength to |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.12 | 'A must then to the Inns o' Court shortly. I | Hee must then to the Innes of Court shortly: I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.128 | thumb, and shortly will I seal with him. Come away. | thombe, and shortly will I seale with him. Come away. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.26 | Open the gates, or I'll shut thee out shortly. | Open the Gates, or Ile shut thee out shortly. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.50 | Hang over thee, as sure it shortly will; | Hang ouer thee, as sure it shortly will. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.227 | Tell him, in hope he'll prove a widower shortly, | Tell him, in hope hee'l proue a widower shortly, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.64 | And to that end I shortly mind to leave you. | And to that end, I shortly minde to leaue you. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.99 | ‘ Tell him, in hope he'll prove a widower shortly, | Tell him, in hope hee'le proue a Widower shortly, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.192 | Or died where they were made, or shortly after | Or di'de where they were made, or shortly after |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.67 | Almost in Christendom. Shortly, I believe, | Almost in Christendome: shortly (I beleeue) |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.41 | And now he says, the time will shortly come | And now he sayes the tyme will shortly come, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.101 | catch cold shortly. There, take my coxcomb! Why, this | catch colde shortly, there take my Coxcombe; why this |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.319 | I have a journey, sir, shortly to go. | I haue a iourney Sir, shortly to go, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.21 | And to be shortly of a sisterhood, | And to be shortlie of a Sister-hood, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.23 | not shortly have a rasher on the coals for money. | not shortlie haue a rasher on the coales for money. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.26 | I shall grow jealous of you shortly, Launcelot, | I shall grow iealous of you shortly Lancelet, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.41 | the best grace of wit will shortly turn into silence, and | the best grace of witte will shortly turne into silence, and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.202 | If my passion change not shortly, God forbid it | If my passion change not shortly, God forbid it |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.251 | Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly. | Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.22 | to be thought so shortly. How answer you for | to be thought so shortly, how answer you for |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.54 | shortly hear from him, or I will subscribe him a coward. | shortly heare from him, or I will subscribe him a coward, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.345 | shortly as acerbe as the coloquintida. She must change | shortly, as bitter as Coloquintida. She must change |
| Othello | Oth II.i.90 | But that he's well, and will be shortly here. | But that he's well, and will be shortly heere. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.56.1 | But shall't be shortly? | But shall't be shortly? |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.288 | And shortly mean to touch our northern shore. | And shortly meane to touch our Northerne shore: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.106 | Rue even for ruth here shortly shall be seen | Rue, eu'n for ruth, heere shortly shall be seene, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.119 | That I will shortly send thy soul to heaven, | That I will shortly send thy Soule to Heauen, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.107 | They smile at me who shortly shall be dead. | They smile at me, who shortly shall be dead. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.86 | And will, no doubt, shortly be rid of me. | And will (no doubt) shortly be rid of me. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.428 | I go. Write to me very shortly, | I go, write to me very shortly, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.16 | none shortly, for one would kill the other. Thou! Why, | none shortly, for one would kill the other: thou, why |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.265 | Shortly shall all my labours end, and thou | Shortly shall all my labours end, and thou |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.81 | Will shortly fill the reasonable shore | Will shortly fill the reasonable shore |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.248 | Which shall be shortly, single I'll resolve you, | (Which shall be shortly single) I'le resolue you, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.246 | I fear me thou wilt give away thyself in paper shortly. | (I feare me) thou wilt giue away thy selfe in paper shortly. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.396.1 | Thou wilt be thronged to shortly. | Thou wilt be throng'd too shortly. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.205 | And shortly must I fell it. Tell my friends, | And shortly must I fell it. Tell my Friends, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.39 | Who shortly also died; for whose dear love, | Who shortly also dide: for whose deere loue |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.41 | Else would I very shortly see thee there – | Else would I very shortly see thee there: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.39 | And shortly you may keep yourself. Now to him. | And shortly you may keepe your selfe. Now to him: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.28.1 | And to be married shortly. | And to be marryed shortly. |