| 1H4 IV.i.11 | [Douglas to and of Hotspur] No man so potent breathes upon the ground / But I will beard him |
| AC III.vi.95 | [Maecenas to Octavia] Only th'adulterous Antony ... gives his potent regiment to a trull / That noises it against us |
| AYL V.iv.166 | [Duke Senior to Jaques de Boys] Thou offerest fairly ... a potent dukedom [or: potential, prospective] |
| Ham II.ii.600 | [Hamlet alone, of the devil] he is very potent with such spirits |
| Tem I.ii.275 | [Prospero to Ariel, of Sycorax] she did confine thee, / By help of her more potent ministers |
| Tem V.i.50 | [Prospero alone] graves at my command / Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let 'em forth / By my so potent art |