| H8 II.iv.229 | [King Henry to all, of Queen Katherine] to come with her ... before the primest creature / That's paragoned o'th' world |
| TNK I.i.161 | [Theseus to Artesius] How to draw out fit to this enterprise / The primest for this proceeding [i.e. elite troops] |
| TNK III.i.19 | [Arcite alone] this beauteous morn, / The primest of all the year |
| TNK V.iii.70 | [Emilia to Servant, of Palamon] he is / Doubtless the primest of men |