| 2H6 I.i.208 | [Warwick to Salisbury] That Maine which by main force Warwick did win |
| H8 II.ii.6 | [Lord Chamberlain alone, reading a letter about his horses] a man of my lord Cardinal's, by commission and main power, took 'em from me |
| H8 III.ii.215 | [Wolsey alone, of his inventory of goods] What cross devil / Made me put this main secret in the packet |
| H8 IV.i.31 | [First Gentleman to Second Gentleman, of Katherine and the bishops' court] by the main assent / Of all these learned men, she was divorced |
| TNK II.i.117 | [Palamon to Arcite] 'Tis a main goodness, cousin, that our fortunes / Were twinned together |