| H5 V.ii.341 | [French King to King Henry] the contending kingdoms / Of France and England |
| TS V.ii.158 | [Katherina to Widow, of a disobedient wife] What is she but a foul contending rebel |
| Ven.82 | [of Venus and Adonis] she swears / From his soft bosom never to remove / Till he take truce with her contending tears |