| H5 IV.ii.28 | [Constable to Dauphin] Though we upon this mountain's basis by / Took stand for idle speculation |
| TC I.iii.75 | [Ulysses to all] Troy, yet upon his basis, had been down |
| Tem II.i.122 | [Francisco to Alonso, of Ferdinand reaching the cliffs] th'shore, that o'er his wave-worn basis bowed, / As stooping to relieve him |