| 2H6 III.i.363 | [York alone, of Cade] his thighs with darts / Were almost like a sharp-quilled porpentine |
| CE III.ii.175 | [Angelo to Antipholus of Syracuse] I thought to have ta'en you at the Porpentine |
| Ham I.v.20 | [Ghost to Hamlet] Like quills upon the fretful porpentine |
| TC II.i.25 | [Ajax to Thersites, of Thersites' insults] Do not, porpentine, do not; my fingers itch |