| KJ III.iv.167 | [Cardinal Pandulph to Lewis the Dauphin, of the people's reaction to King John] his people shall ... pick strong matter of revolt and wrath / Out of the bloody fingers' ends of John [also: excuse, argument] |
| LLL III.i.117 | [Costard to Armado, of his broken shin] Till there be more matter in the shin |
| MW I.i.117 | [Slender to Falstaff] I have matter in my head against you |
| TC II.i.8 | [Thersites to Ajax, of Agamemnon as a boil] Then there would come some matter from him [also: sense 1] |