| Cor II.iii.181 | [Brutus to Citizens] arriving / A place of potency |
| H8 I.i.105 | [Norfolk to Buckingham, of Wolsey] I advise ... you read / The Cardinal's malice and his potency / Together |
| KL I.i.172 | [Lear to Kent] Our potency made good |
| MM II.ii.67 | [Isabella to Angelo] I would to heaven I had your potency |
| TC IV.iv.96 | [Troilus to Cressida] sometimes ... we will tempt the frailty of our powers, / Presuming on their changeful potency |