| 1H6 II.v.123 | [Richard alone] Here lies the dusky torch of Mortimer, / Choked with ambition of the meaner sort [i.e. of those who have less claim to the throne] |
| 1H6 IV.vi.23 | [Talbot as if to Orleans] misbegotten blood I spill of thine, / Mean and right poor |
| 2H6 II.i.180 | [Gloucester to Cardinal] I yield to thee / Or to the meanest groom |
| 2H6 V.i.64 | [Iden to King, of himself] one so rude and of so mean condition |
| 3H6 III.ii.97 | [Lady Grey to Edward] I am too mean to be your queen |
| 3H6 IV.i.71 | [Lady Grey to all, of becoming queen] meaner than myself have had like fortune |
| Cor I.vi.27.1 | [Cominius to Martius] I know the sound of Martius' tongue / From every meaner man |
| Cym II.iii.115 | [Cloten to Innogen, of the nature of a lower marriage than hers to Posthumus] though it be allowed in meaner parties / (Yet who than he more mean?) |
| H5 III.i.29 | [King Henry to all] there is none of you so mean and base / That hath not noble lustre in your eyes |
| H5 IV.chorus.45 | [Chorus, of King Henry] mean and gentle all / Behold ... / A little touch of Harry in the night |
| H8 II.ii.134 | [Wolsey to Campeius] We live not to be griped by meaner persons |
| KL IV.vi.204 | [Gentleman to all] A sight most pitiful in the meanest wretch |
| Luc.41 | [of Tarquin] envy ... that meaner men should vaunt / That golden hap which their superiors want |
| R3 IV.ii.52 | [King Richard to Catesby] Inquire me out some mean poor gentleman |
| Tem III.iii.88 | [Prospero to Ariel] with good life / And observation strange, my meaner ministers / Their several kinds have done |
| Tem IV.i.35 | [Prospero to Ariel] Thou and thy meaner fellows your last service / Did worthily perform |
| Tit II.i.73 | [Demetrius to Chiron, of Lavinia] Youngling, learn thou to make some meaner choice |
| WT I.ii.313 | [Leontes to Camillo] whom I from meaner form / Have benched and reared to worship |
| WT V.i.93.1 | [Gentleman to Leontes, of Florizel's train] But few, / And those but mean |