| 1H4 I.i.31 | [King Henry to Westmorland] Then let me hear / Of you, my gentle cousin Westmorland |
| 1H4 I.iii.250 | [Hotspur to Northumnberland and Worcester, quoting King Henry] ‘gentle Harry Percy’, and ‘kind cousin’ |
| 1H4 III.i.208 | [Glendower to Mortimer, of Mortimer's wife] She bids you on the wanton rushes lay you down, / And rest your gentle head upon her lap [or: sense 4] |
| 1H4 V.ii.54 | [Vernon to Hotspur] Unless a brother should a brother dare / To gentle exercise and proof of arms [or: sense 2] |
| 1H6 II.iv.132 | [Richard to Lawyer, of wearing the white rose] Thanks, gentle sir |
| 1H6 III.ii.121 | [Talbot to Burgundy, receiving his praise] Thanks, gentle Duke |
| 1H6 III.ii.135 | [Talbot to Burgundy, of Bedford] A gentler heart did never sway in court |
| 1H6 IV.i.44 | [Talbot to King, of Falstaff's disgrace] like a hedge-born swain / That doth presume to boast of gentle blood |
| 1H6 V.iii.110 | [Suffolk to Margaret] gentle Princess |
| 1H6 V.iii.123 | [Suffolk to Margaret] gentle madam |
| 1H6 V.iv.8 | [Pucelle to Shepherd] I am descended of a gentler blood |
| 2H4 epilogue.12 | [Epilogue to and of the audience] my gentle creditors |
| 2H4 I.i.189 | [Morton to Northumberland] The gentle Archbishop of York is up / With well-appointed powers |
| 2H4 II.iii.1 | [Northumberland to Lady Northumberland and Lady Percy] I pray thee, loving wife, and gentle daughter |
| 2H4 III.ii.289 | [Falstaff to Shallow and Silence] Fare you well, gentle gentlemen |
| 2H4 IV.ii.2 | [Prince John to Archbishop] Good day to you, gentle Lord Archbishop |
| 2H4 IV.ii.78 | [Westmorland to Mowbray] Health to my lord and gentle cousin |
| 2H4 IV.v.1 | [King Henry IV to all] Let there be no noise made, my gentle friends |
| 2H4 IV.v.84 | [Warwick to King Henry IV, of Prince Henry] Washing with kindly tears his gentle cheeks |
| 2H6 III.ii.289 | [Queen to King] let me plead for gentle Suffolk! |
| 2H6 III.ii.305 | [Suffolk to Queen] Cease, gentle Queen, these execrations |
| 3H6 I.i.214 | [King to Queen] Be patient, gentle Queen, and I will stay |
| 3H6 I.i.259 | [King to Prince Edward] Gentle son Edward, thou wilt stay with me? |
| 3H6 I.i.31 | [York to Norfolk] Thanks, gentle Norfolk |
| 3H6 II.ii.172 | [Edward to Queen] thou deniest the gentle King to speak |
| AC II.vii.119 | [Caesar to all] Gentle lords, let's part |
| AC III.iv.20.2 | [Antony to Octavia] Gentle Octavia, / Let your best love draw to that point which seeks / Best to preserve it |
| AC III.xi.25 | [Eros to Cleopatra, of Antony] gentle madam, to him, comfort him |
| AC V.ii.94.2 | [Dolabella to Cleopatra] Gentle madam |
| AW IV.iv.14.2 | [Widow to Helena] Gentle madam |
| AYL I.i.42 | [Orlando to Oliver] in the gentle condition of blood you should so know me |
| AYL I.ii.227.2 | [Celia to Rosalind, of Orlando] Gentle cousin, / Let us go thank him |
| AYL I.ii.267 | [Le Beau to Orlando, of Duke Frederick and Rosalind] this Duke / Hath ta'en displeasure 'gainst his gentle niece |
| AYL II.iii.12 | [Adam to Orlando] your virtues, gentle master, / Are sanctified and holy traitors to you |
| AYL II.iii.2 | [Adam to Orlando] O my gentle master |
| AYL III.ii.151 | [Rosalind as Ganymede as if to Jupiter, of Orlando's verses] O most gentle Jupiter, what tedious homily of love have you wearied your parishioners withal |
| AYL IV.iii.143 | [Oliver to Rosalind as Ganymede and Celia as Aliena, of Orlando] he led me to the gentle Duke |
| Cor II.i.165 | [Volumnia to Coriolanus] My gentle Martius, worthy Caius |
| Cor IV.i.8 | [Coriolanus to all] fortune's blows / When most struck home, being gentle wounded craves / A noble cunning [i.e. to be noble when wounded by the hardest blows demands a nobleman's ability] |
| Cym III.v.29 | [Cymbeline to Queen] my gentle queen |
| Cym IV.ii.171 | [Belarius alone, of Guiderius and Arviragus] they are as gentle / As zephyrs blowing below the violet |
| Cym IV.ii.39 | [Guiderius to Belarius and Arviragus, of Innogen disguised as Fidele] He said he was gentle, but unfortunate |
| Cym V.v.337 | [Belarius to Cymbeline, of Guiderius and Arviragus] These gentle princes-- / For such and so they are--these twenty years / Have I trained up |
| Cym V.v.375 | [Innogen to Guiderius and Arviragus] O my gentle brothers |
| E3 II.i.202 | [Countess to King Edward] Thrice gentle King, / Acquaint me with your cause of discontent |
| E3 III.i.188 | [King John to Philip] Come, gentle Philip, let us hence depart |
| E3 V.i.164 | [King Edward to Queen] Comfort thyself, as I do, gentle Queen |
| H5 II.ii.14 | [King Henry to Grey] And you, my gentle knight, give me your thoughts |
| H5 IV.chorus.45 | [Chorus] mean and gentle all / Behold ... / A little touch of Harry in the night |
| H5 IV.iii.122 | [King Henry to Montjoy] Come thou no more for ransom, gentle Herald |
| H5 IV.v.15 | [Bourbon to all] a slave, no gentler than my dog |
| H5 V.ii.200 | [King Henry to Katherine] gentle Princess |
| Ham II.ii.33 | [Claudius to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern] Thanks, Rosencrantz and gentle Guildenstern |
| Ham III.iv.123 | [Gertrude to Hamlet] O gentle son, / Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper / Sprinkle cool patience |
| JC I.ii.232 | [Brutus to Casca, of how Caesar was offered the crown] Tell us the manner of it, gentle Casca |
| JC I.ii.71 | [Cassius to Brutus] And be not jealous on me, gentle Brutus |
| JC II.i.171 | [Brutus to all, of Caesar] gentle friends, / Let's kill him boldly |
| JC II.i.278.2 | [Brutus to Portia] Kneel not, gentle Portia [pun: 279, sense 2] |
| JC V.v.73 | [Antony to all, of Brutus] His life was gentle |
| KJ II.i.52 | [King John to Chatillon] What England says, say briefly, gentle lord |
| KJ III.iii.17.1 | [Elinor to King John] Farewell, gentle cousin |
| KJ III.iv.22 | [King Philip to Constance] Patience, good lady. Comfort, gentle Constance |
| KJ IV.ii.159.2 | [King John to Bastard] O my gentle cousin, / Hearest thou the news abroad, who are arrived? |
| KL IV.vi.208.1 | [disguised Edgar to Gentleman] Hail, gentle sir |
| LLL II.i.208.2 | [Maria to Boyet] gentle beast |
| LLL II.i.83 | [Boyet to Princess, of the King] he and his competitors in oath / Were all addressed to meet you, gentle lady, / Before I came |
| LLL III.i.161 | [Berowne to Costard] The Princess comes to hunt here in the park, / And in her train there is a gentle lady |
| LLL IV.iii.170 | [Berowne to Longaville] tell me ... gentle Longaville, where lies thy pain? |
| Luc.1148 | [] Since men prove beasts, let beasts bear gentle minds |
| Luc.851 | [] Why should ... tyrant folly lurk in gentle breasts? |
| Mac II.iii.80.2 | [Macduff to Lady Macbeth] O gentle lady, / 'Tis not for you to hear what I can speak |
| Mac III.ii.27 | [Lady Macbeth to Macbeth] >Gentle my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks |
| Mac IV.iii.161 | [Macduff to Malcolm] My ever gentle cousin, welcome hither |
| MM II.ii.143 | [Isabella to Angelo] Gentle my lord, turn back |
| MM IV.v.14 | [Duke to Varrius] There's other of our friends / Will greet us here anon, my gentle Varrius |
| MM V.i.425.1 | [Mariana to Duke] Gentle my liege! |
| MND III.ii.152 | [Helena to all] You would not use a gentle lady so |
| MND V.i.29 | [Theseus to the lovers] Joy, gentle friends, joy and fresh days of love / Accompany your hearts |
| MV II.i.12 | [Morocco to Portia] I would not change this hue, / Except to steal your thoughts, my gentle queen |
| MV III.ii.189 | [Gratiano to Bassanio and Portia] My lord Bassanio, and my gentle lady |
| Oth I.iii.176 | [Brabantio to Desdemona] Come hither, gentle mistress |
| Oth I.iii.50 | [Duke to Brabantio] welcome, gentle signor |
| Oth II.i.117 | [Iago to Desdemona, of writing about her] O, gentle lady, do not put me to't |
| Per V.i.67 | [Lysimachus to Helicanus, of Marina] were I well assured [she] / Came of a gentle kind and noble stock, / I'd wish no better choice |
| R2 II.iii.45 | [Bolingbroke to Percy] I thank thee, gentle Percy |
| R2 III.i.42 | [Bolingbroke to York] Thanks, gentle uncle |
| R2 IV.i.228 | [Richard to Northumberland] Gentle Northumberland |
| R2 V.ii.28 | [York to Duchess of York] men's eyes / Did scowl on gentle Richard [or: sense 6] |
| R2 V.iii.90 | [Duchess of York to King Henry] Hear me, gentle liege |
| R2 V.vi.11 | [King Henry to Northumberland] We thank thee, gentle Percy, for thy pains |
| R3 I.ii.114.2 | [Richard to Anne] gentle Lady Anne |
| R3 I.iii.72 | [Richard to all] Since every Jack became a gentleman / There's many a gentle person made a Jack |
| R3 III.i.102 | [York to Richard] I thank you, gentle uncle |
| R3 III.i.117 | [Richard to York] gentle cousin |
| R3 IV.iv.147 | [Queen Elizabeth to King Richard] Where is the gentle Rivers, Vaughan, Grey? |
| R3 IV.iv.242 | [King Richard to Queen Elizabeth] Th'advancement of your children, gentle lady |
| R3 V.iii.56 | [King Richard to Norfolk] Stir with the lark tomorrow, gentle Norfolk |
| RJ I.ii.16 | [Capulet to Paris, of Juliet] woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart |
| RJ I.iv.13 | [Mercutio to Romeo] Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance [or: sense 2] |
| Sonn.100.6 | [] Return, forgetful Muse, and straight redeem / In gentle numbers time so idly spent |
| Sonn.79.2 | [] My verse alone had all thy gentle grace |
| Sonn.81.9 | [] Your monument shall be my gentle verse |
| Sonn.96.2 | []Some say thy grace is youth and gentle sport |
| TC II.iii.148 | [Agamemnon to Ajax, comparing him with Achilles] you are as strong, as valiant, as wise, no less noble, much more gentle [or: sense 2] |
| TC IV.v.139 | [Ajax to Hector] Thou art too gentle and too free a man |
| TC IV.v.227 | [Ulysses to Hector] Most gentle and most valiant Hector, welcome |
| TC IV.v.88 | [Agamemnon to Diomedes] Go, gentle knight |
| TG I.ii.14 | [Julia to Lucetta] What thinkest thou of the gentle Proteus? |
| TG III.i.14 | [Proteus to Duke, of Thurio] whom your gentle daughter hates |
| TG IV.ii.19 | [Proteus to Thurio] gentle Thurio |
| TG IV.ii.88 | [Proteus to Silvia, of himself] Sir Proteus, gentle lady, and your servant |
| TG IV.iii.46 | [Eglamour to Silvia] Good morrow, gentle lady |
| Tim I.i.182 | [Timon to Apemantus] Good morrow to thee, gentle Apemantus [punned in next line: sense 2] |
| Tim V.iv.48 | [First Senator to Alcibiades] Set but thy foot / Against our rampired gates and they shall ope, / So thou wilt send thy gentle heart before, / To say thou'lt enter friendly |
| Tit I.i.174 | [Titus to Marcus] Thanks, gentle tribune |
| Tit I.i.444 | [Tamora to Saturninus, of Titus] Nor with sour looks afflict his gentle heart |
| Tit II.iii.66 | [Lavinia to Tamora] Under your patience, gentle Empress |
| Tit IV.i.82 | [Marcus to Titus] O, calm thee, gentle lord |
| Tit V.ii.122 | [Titus to Marcus] Go, gentle Marcus, to thy nephew Lucius |
| Tit V.ii.156 | [Titus to Publis, of Chiron and Demetrius] bind them, gentle Publius |
| Tit V.iii.146 | [Lucius to all] Thanks, gentle Romans |
| TN I.v.172 | [Viola as Cesario to Olivia] Good gentle one, give me modest assurance if you be the lady of the house |
| TNK II.i.124.2 | [Palamon to Arcite] gentle cousin |
| TNK II.i.190.2 | [Woman to Emilia] gentle madam |
| TNK II.iv.7 | [Arcite to Theseus, of his prowess as a gentleman] My father said so, / And to those gentle uses gave me life |
| TNK III.i.37 | [Palamon to and of Arcite] the voidest of honour / That e'er bore gentle token |
| TNK III.vi.112 | [Arcite to Palamon] Gentle cousin |
| TS I.i.25 | [Tranio to Lucentio] gentle master mine |
| Ven.278 | [of Adonis' horse] Sometime he trots, as if he told the steps, / With gentle majesty and modest pride |
| WT I.ii.394 | [Polixenes to Camillo] our parents' noble names, / In whose success we are gentle |
| WT II.i.98 | [Hermione to Leontes] Gentle my lord |