| E3 II.i.392 | [Warwick to Countess] The King that would distain thee will advance thee |
| Luc.786 | [Lucrece to herself, of Tarquin and the moon] The silver-shining queen he would distain |
| R3 V.iii.323 | [King Richard to his army, of the enemy] You having lands, and ... beauteous wives, / They would distrain the one, distain the other |
| TC I.iii.241 | [Aeneas to Agamemnon] The worthiness of praise distains his worth / If that he praised himself bring the praise forth |