| AYL II.iv.6 | [Rosalind as Ganymede to and of Celia as Aliena] I must comfort the weaker vessel |
| JC V.v.13 | [Clitus to Dardanius, of Brutus] Now is that noble vessel full of grief |
| LLL I.i.261 | [King reading Armado's letter to him, of Jaquenetta] so is the weaker vessel called |
| Oth IV.ii.82 | [Desdemona to Othello] to preserve this vessel for my lord |
| RJ I.i.15 | [Sampson to Gregory] women, being the weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the wall |
| WT III.iii.20 | [Antigonus to baby Perdita, of Hermione] I never saw a vessel of like sorrow |