| CE II.ii.93 | [Antipholus of Syracuse to Dromio of Syracuse] thou didst conclude hairy men plain dealers, without wit. [Dromio] The plainer dealer, the sooner lost |
| LLL V.ii.177 | [masked Rosaline to Boyet, of the King's party] 'tis our will / That some plain man recount their purposes |
| Luc.1532 | [of Lucrece and a painting of Sinon] signs of truth in his plain face she spied |