| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.25.2 | O, 'tis brave wars! | Oh 'tis braue warres. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.38 | How goes it with my brave Mark Antony? | How goes it with my braue Marke Anthonie? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.67.2 | O, that brave Caesar! | Oh that braue Casar! |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.69.1 | Say ‘ the brave Antony.’ | Say the braue Anthony. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.101.2 | Ha, my brave emperor! | Ha my braue Emperour, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.40 | In the brave squares of war. Yet now – no matter. | In the braue squares of Warre: yet now: no matter. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.164 | Together with my brave Egyptians all, | Together with my braue Egyptians all, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.176.2 | That's my brave lord! | That's my braue Lord. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iii.12.2 | 'Tis a brave army, | 'Tis a braue Army, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.5.1 | Because we brave her. Come. | Because we braue her. Come. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vii.4 | O my brave emperor, this is fought indeed! | O my braue Emperor, this is fought indeed, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.98 | Have by their brave instruction got upon me | Haue by their braue instruction got vpon me |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.85 | We'll bury him; and then, what's brave, what's noble, | Wee'l bury him: And then, what's braue, what's Noble, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.90 | O brave Oliver, | O braue Oliuer |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.36 | O, that's a brave man! He writes brave verses, | O that's a braue man, hee writes braue verses, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.37 | speaks brave words, swears brave oaths and breaks | speakes braue words, sweares braue oathes, and breakes |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.40 | side breaks his staff like a noble goose. But all's brave | side, breakes his staffe like a noble goose; but all's braue |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.25 | With hearts more proof than shields. Advance, brave Titus. | With hearts more proofe then Shields. / Aduance braue Titus, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.71 | If any think brave death outweighs bad life | If any thinke, braue death out-weighes bad life, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.5 | That's a brave fellow, but he's vengeance | That's a braue fellow: but hee's vengeance |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.38 | You have done a brave deed. Ere you go, hear this: | You haue done a braue deede: Ere you go, heare this: |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.18 | Are you so brave? I'll have you | Are you so braue: Ile haue you |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.31 | And this brave fellow too – we are the grains. | And this braue Fellow too: we are the Graines, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.76 | That's my brave boy! | That's my braue Boy. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.97 | To draw upon an exile. O brave sir! | To draw vpon an Exile. O braue Sir, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.300 | the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, | the Ayre, look you, this braue ore-hanging, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.580 | Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave, | Who? What an Asse am I? I sure, this is most braue, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.87 | With the brave beast. So far he topped my thought | With the braue Beast, so farre he past my thought, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.53 | Young Harry Percy, and brave Archibald, | Young Harry Percy, and braue Archibald, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.63 | Shall I? O rare! By the Lord, I'll be a brave | Shall I? O rare! Ile be a braue |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.202 | Rare words! Brave world! Hostess, my breakfast, come! | Rare words! braue world. Hostesse, my breakfast, come: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.42 | A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth, | A braue defiance in King Henries teeth: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.86 | If die, brave death when princes die with us! | If dye; braue death, when Princes dye with vs. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.86 | For worms, brave Percy. Fare thee well, great heart! | For Wormes, braue Percy. Farewell great heart: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.21 | To do brave acts. He was indeed the glass | To do braue Acts. He was (indeed) the Glasse |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.210 | A rascal, to brave me! | A Rascall to braue me. |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.5 | Embark his royalty, and his brave fleet | Embarke his Royaltie: and his braue Fleet, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.3.2 | O brave spirit! | Oh braue Spirit. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.131 | Take it, brave York. Now, soldiers, march away: | Take it, braue Yorke. / Now Souldiers march away, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.38 | Peasant, unless thou give me crowns, brave crowns; | pesant, vnlesse thou giue me Crownes, braue Crownes; |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.56 | entre les mains d'un chevalier, je pense, le plus brave, | entre les main d'vn Cheualier Ie peuse le plus braue |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.61 | hands of one – as he thinks – the most brave, valorous, | hands of one (as he thinkes) the most braue, valorous |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.7 | In which array, brave soldier, doth he lie, | In which array (braue Soldier) doth he lye, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.94 | Great Master of France, the brave Sir Guichard Dauphin, | Great Master of France, the braue Sir Guichard Dolphin, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.28 | Called the brave Lord Ponton de Santrailles; | Call'd the braue Lord Ponton de Santrayle, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.28 | Ascend, brave Talbot; we will follow thee. | Ascend braue Talbot, we will follow thee. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.101 | And now no more ado, brave Burgundy, | And now no more adoe, braue Burgonie, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.41 | Brave Burgundy, undoubted hope of France, | Braue Burgonie, vndoubted hope of France, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.86 | Welcome, brave Duke. Thy friendship makes us fresh. | Welcome braue Duke, thy friendship makes vs fresh. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.16 | Welcome, brave captain and victorious lord! | Welcome braue Captaine, and victorious Lord. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.34 | Then God take mercy on brave Talbot's soul | Then God take mercy on braue Talbots soule, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.45 | If he be dead, brave Talbot, then adieu! | If he be dead, braue Talbot then adieu. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.24 | Which thou didst force from Talbot, my brave boy.’ | Which thou didst force from Talbot, my braue Boy. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.25 | Brave Death by speaking, whether he will or no; | Braue death by speaking, whither he will or no: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.146 | Welcome, brave Earl, into our territories; | Welcome braue Earle into our Territories, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.73 | Brave peers of England, pillars of the state, | Braue Peeres of England, Pillars of the State, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.84 | Brave York, Salisbury, and victorious Warwick, | Braue Yorke, Salisbury, and victorious Warwicke, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.20 | brave mind than a hard hand. | braue minde, then a hard hand. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.60 | Be brave then; for your captain is brave, and vows | Be braue then, for your Captaine is Braue, and Vowes |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.121 | O, brave! | O braue. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.19 | What, Buckingham and Clifford, are ye so brave? | What Buckingham and Clifford are ye so braue? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.34 | But thou wilt brave me with these saucy terms? | But thou wilt braue me with these sawcie termes? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.35 | Brave thee? Ay, by the best blood that ever was | Braue thee? I by the best blood that euer was |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.144 | Call hither to the stake my two brave bears, | Call hither to the stake my two braue Beares, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.20 | With thy brave bearing should I be in love, | With thy braue bearing should I be in loue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.66 | Brave warriors, Clifford and Northumberland, | Braue Warriors, Clifford and Northumberland, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.35 | That we, the sons of brave Plantagenet, | That wee, the Sonnes of braue Plantagenet, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.108 | Where your brave father breathed his latest gasp, | Where your braue Father breath'd his latest gaspe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.178 | With all the friends that thou, brave Earl of March, | With all the Friends that thou braue Earle of March, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.208 | Why then it sorts, brave warriors; let's away. | Why then it sorts, braue Warriors, let's away. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.1 | Welcome, my lord, to this brave town of York. | Welcome my Lord, to this braue town of Yorke, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.46 | Welcome, brave Warwick. What brings thee to France? | Welcome braue Warwicke, what brings thee to France? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.96 | Is Lewis so brave? Belike he thinks me Henry. | Is Lewis so braue? belike he thinkes me Henry. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.76 | Thanks, brave Montgomery, and thanks unto you all; | Thankes braue Mountgomery, / And thankes vnto you all: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.86 | Come on, brave soldiers; doubt not of the day, | Come on braue Souldiors: doubt not of the Day, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.17 | And thou, brave Oxford, wondrous well-beloved | And thou, braue Oxford, wondrous well belou'd, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.64 | Brave warriors, march amain towards Coventry. | Braue Warriors, march amaine towards Couentry. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.52 | O brave young Prince! Thy famous grandfather | Oh braue young Prince: thy famous Grandfather |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.67 | Brave followers, yonder stands the thorny wood, | Braue followers, yonder stands the thornie Wood, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.10 | With them, the two brave bears, Warwick and Montague, | With them, the two braue Beares, Warwick & Montague, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.40 | A bold brave gentleman. That should be | A bold braue Gentleman. That should bee |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.314 | O, what a time have you chose out, brave Caius, | O what a time haue you chose out braue Caius |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.322 | Brave son, derived from honourable loins! | Braue Sonne, deriu'd from Honourable Loines, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.204 | Pardon me, Julius! Here wast thou bayed, brave hart; | Pardon me Iulius, heere was't thou bay'd braue Hart, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.80 | Why didst thou send me forth, brave Cassius? | Why did'st thou send me forth braue Cassius? |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.96.2 | Brave Titinius, | Braue Titinius, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.115 | It is not that, nor any English brave, | It is not that nor any English braue, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.148 | My love shall brave the eye of heaven at noon, | My loue shallbraue the ey of heauen at noon, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.200 | Brave warriors all, where are you all this while? | Braue warriours all, where are you all this while? |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.177 | Much did the Nonpareille, that brave ship; | Much did the Nom per illa, that braue ship |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.75.1 | Welcome, brave Prince! | Welcome braue Prince. |
| King John | KJ II.i.1 | Before Angiers well met, brave Austria. | Before Angiers well met braue Austria, |
| King John | KJ II.i.5 | By this brave duke came early to his grave. | By this braue Duke came early to his graue: |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.87 | Out, dunghill! Darest thou brave a nobleman? | Out dunghill: dar'st thou braue a Nobleman? |
| King John | KJ V.i.70 | A cockered silken wanton, brave our fields | A cockred-silken wanton braue our fields, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.44 | Between compulsion and a brave respect! | Between compulsion, and a braue respect: |
| King John | KJ V.ii.159 | There end thy brave, and turn thy face in peace. | There end thy braue, and turn thy face in peace, |
| King John | KJ V.vi.13 | Have done me shame. Brave soldier, pardon me | Haue done me shame: Braue Soldier, pardon me, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.79 | This is a brave night to cool a courtesan. I'll speak | This is a braue night to coole a Curtizan: Ile speake |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.8 | Therefore, brave conquerors – for so you are, | Therefore braue Conquerours, for so you are, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.482 | Hath this brave manage, this career, been run. | hath this braue manager, this carreere bene run. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.663 | Speak, brave Hector; we are much delighted. | Speake braue Hector, we are much delighted. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.5 | 'Gainst my captivity. Hail, brave friend! | 'Gainst my Captiuitie: Haile braue friend; |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.16 | For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name – | For braue Macbeth (well hee deserues that Name) |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.15 | Pudding, and Master Forthright the tilter, and brave | Pudding, and M Forthlight the Tilter, and braue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.11 | brave mind,’ says the fiend, ‘ and run.’ Well, my conscience | braue minde saies the fiend, and run; well, my conscience |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.70 | And hast thou killed him sleeping? O, brave touch! | And hast thou kill'd him sleeping? O braue tutch: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.126 | thee brave punishments for him. Strike up, pipers. | thee braue punishments for him: strike vp Pipers. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.288 | Adieu, brave Moor: use Desdemona well. | Adieu braue Moore, vse Desdemona well. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.38 | As to throw out our eyes for brave Othello, | As to throw-out our eyes for braue Othello, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.31 | 'Tis he! O brave Iago, honest and just, | 'Tis he: O braue Iago, honest, and iust, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.322 | Brave me upon the watch, whereon it came | Braue me vpon the Watch: whereon it came |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.99 | As when brave Gaunt, thy father, and myself | As when braue Gaunt, thy Father, and my selfe |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.239 | Hath she forgot already that brave prince, | Hath she forgot alreadie that braue Prince, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.224 | When gallant-springing brave Plantagenet, | When gallant springing braue Plantagenet, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.57 | We must be brief when traitors brave the field. | We must be breefe, when Traitors braue the Field. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.116 | O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio is dead! | O Romeo, Romeo, braue Mercutio's is dead, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.145 | That slew thy kinsman, brave Mercutio. | That slew thy kinsman braue Mercutio. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.38 | And brave attendants near him when he wakes, | And braue attendants neere him when he wakes, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.123 | Face not me. Thou hast braved many men; brave | Face not mee: thou hast brau'd manie men, braue |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.6 | With those that I saw suffer! A brave vessel, | With those that I saw suffer: A braue vessell |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.206.2 | My brave spirit! | My braue Spirit, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.412 | It carries a brave form. But 'tis a spirit. | It carries a braue forme. But 'tis a spirit. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.439.1 | And his brave son being twain. | And his braue sonne, being twaine. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.185 | You are gentlemen of brave mettle. You would | You are Gentlemen of braue mettal: you would |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.115 | That's a brave god, and bears celestial liquor. | that's a braue God, and beares Celestiall liquor: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.184 | O brave monster! Lead the way. | O braue Monster; lead the way. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.10 | brave monster indeed if they were set in his tail. | braue Monster indeede if they were set in his taile. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.97 | He has brave utensils, for so he calls them, | He ha's braue Vtensils (for so he calles them) |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.104.2 | Is it so brave a lass? | Is it so braue a Lasse? |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.106 | And bring thee forth brave brood. | And bring thee forth braue brood. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.145 | This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where | This will proue a braue kingdome to me, / Where |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.183 | How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, | How beauteous mankinde is? O braue new world |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.261 | O Setebos, these be brave spirits indeed! | O Setebos, these be braue Spirits indeede: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.54 | Flow this way? A brave fellow. He keeps | Flow this way? A braue fellow. He keepes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.91 | I have but little gold of late, brave Timon, | I haue but little Gold of late, braue Timon, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.45.1 | Ay, boy, grow ye so brave? | I Boy, grow ye so braue? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.129 | There speak and strike, brave boys, and take your turns; | There speake, and strike braue Boyes, & take your turnes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.120 | Lucius and I'll go brave it at the court. | Lucius and Ile goe braue it at the Court, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.36 | To brave the tribune in his brother's hearing. | To braue the Tribune in his brothers hearing. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.135 | Why, so, brave lords, when we join in league | Why so braue Lords, when we ioyne in league |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.136 | I am a lamb, but if you brave the Moor, | I am a Lambe: but if you braue the Moore, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.9 | Brave slip, sprung from the great Andronicus, | Braue slip, sprung from the Great Andronicus, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC prologue.15 | Their brave pavilions. Priam's six-gated city, | Their braue Pauillions. Priams six=gated City, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.186 | That's Aeneas; is not that a brave man? He's | That's Aneas, is not that a braue man, hee's |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.201 | brave man, niece. – O brave Hector! Look how he | braue man Neece, O braue Hector! Looke how hee |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.202 | looks! There's a countenance! Is't not a brave man? | lookes? there's a countenance; ist not a braue man? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.203 | O, a brave man! | O braue man! |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.214 | not? Why, this is brave now. Who said he came hurt | not? Why this is braue now: who said he came hurt |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.228 | Troilus! There's a man, niece, hem! – Brave Troilus, | Troylus! Ther's a man Neece, hem? Braue Troylus |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.231 | Mark him, note him. O brave Troilus! Look | Marke him, not him: O braue Troylus: looke |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.204 | For I presume brave Hector would not lose | For I presume braue Hector would not loose |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.140 | As if his foot were on brave Hector's breast, | As if his foote were on braue Hectors brest, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.136 | This brave shall oft make thee to hide thy head. | This braue, shall oft make thee to hide thy head: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.66 | Welcome, brave Hector; welcome, princes all. | Welcome braue Hector, welcome Princes all. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.35 | Unarm thee, go; and doubt thou not, brave boy, | Vnarme thee, goe; and doubt thou not braue boy, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.113 | If the gods please; to hold here a brave patience, | If the gods please, to hold here a brave patience, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.22 | And fiery mind illustrate a brave father. | And firie minde, illustrate a brave Father. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.78 | If then thou carry't; and brave souls in shades | If then thou carry't, and brave soules in shades |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.81.1 | That thou art brave and noble. | That thou art brave, and noble. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.62 | And there he met with brave gallants of war, | And there he met with brave gallants of war |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.43 | Arcite, thou art so brave an enemy | Arcite, thou art so brave an enemy |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.233.2 | Urge it home, brave lady. | Vrge it home brave Lady. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.102 | And guides his arm to brave things; fear he cannot, | And guides his arme to brave things: Feare he cannot, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.167 | Both these brave knights, and I a virgin flower | Both these brave Knights, and I a virgin flowre |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.4 | Threats a brave life; each stroke laments | Threats a brave life, each stroake laments |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.82 | Th' assistants made a brave redemption, and | Th' Assistants made a brave redemption, and |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.115 | He speaks now of as brave a knight as e'er | He speakes now of as brave a Knight as ere |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.95.2 | Thy brave soul seek Elysium! | Thy brave soule seeke Elizium. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.203 | This is a brave fellow. | This is a braue fellow. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.135 | Amity too, of your brave father, whom, | Amitie too of your braue Father, whom |