| Cym V.iii.11 | [Posthumus to Lord, of the British soldiers] some falling / Merely through fear |
| H8 II.i.162 | [First Gentleman to Second Gentleman, of Wolsey's action] And merely to revenge him on the Emperor |
| R2 II.i.243 | [Northumberland to Ross and Willoughby, of the King's flatterers] they will inform / Merely in hate 'gainst any of us all |
| TC II.ii.147 | [Paris to Priam, of keeping Helen] I propose not merely to myself / The pleasures such a beauty brings with it |