| KJ IV.ii.32 | [Pembroke to King John] patches set upon a little breach / Discredit more in hiding of the fault / Than did the fault |
| TC IV.v.245 | [Achilles to Hector] I may give the local wound a name, / And make distinct the very breach whereout / Hector's great spirit flew |
| Ven.1175 | [of Venus, and Adonis' flower] She crops the stalk, and in the breach appears / Green-dropping sap |