| 1H4 V.i.129 | [Falstaff alone] honour pricks me on |
| 1H6 III.ii.78 | [Talbot to all] Pricked on by public wrongs sustained in France |
| Ham I.i.83 | [Horatio to Marcellus and Barnardo, of old Fortinbras' ambitions] Thereto pricked on by a most emulate pride |
| LLL I.i.256 | [King reading Armado's letter to him] my ever-esteemed duty pricks me on |
| R2 II.iii.78 | [Berkeley to Bolingbroke] I come ... to know what pricks you on |
| TG III.i.8 | [Proteus to Duke] My duty pricks me on |