| Cym IV.ii.25 | [Belarius to himself, of Arviragus] breed of greatness! |
| JC I.ii.150 | [Cassius to Brutus] Rome, thou has lost the breed of noble bloods! [i.e. the ability to produce nobility] |
| Mac IV.iii.108 | [Macduff as if to Scotland, of Malcolm] When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again, / Since that the truest issue of thy throne / By his own interdiction stands accursed / And does blaspheme his breed |
| R2 II.i.45 | [John of Gaunt to York, of England] This happy breed of men, this little world |