| KL IV.i.20 | [Gloucester to Old Man] Full oft 'tis seen / Our means secure us, and our mere defects / Prove our commodities |
| Mac IV.iii.89 | [Macduff to Malcolm] Scotland hath foisons to fill up your will Of your mere own [i.e. of your very own] |
| MM V.i.152 | [Friar Peter to Duke, of Friar Lodowick] Upon his mere request |
| Per IV.ii.116 | [Bawd to Marina] Seldom but that pity begets you a good opinion, and that opinion a mere profit |
| R3 III.vii.232 | [Richard to Lord Mayor] if black scandal or foul-faced reproach / Attend the sequel of your imposition, / Your mere enforcement shall acquittance me |