| 1H4 III.i.63 | [Glendower to all, of Bolingbroke] thrice ... have I sent him / Bootless home |
| H5 III.iii.24 | [King Henry to citizens of Harfleur] We may as bootless spend our vain command / Upon th'enraged soldiers |
| JC III.i.75.2 | [Caesar to all] Doth not Brutus bootless kneel? |
| MND II.i.37 | [Fairy to Puck] Are not you he / That ... bootless make the breathless housewife churn |