| 1H4 I.iii.13.1 | [Worcester to King Henry] that same greatness ... which our own hands / Have helped to make so portly |
| 1H4 II.iv.412 | [Falstaff (as King) to Prince Hal, of himself] A goodly portly man |
| MV I.i.9 | [Salerio to Antonio] your argosies with portly sail |
| MW I.iii.57 | [Falstaff to Nym and Pistol, of Page's wife] Sometimes the beam of her view gilded ... my portly belly |
| Per I.iv.61 | [Lord to Cleon] We have descried ... / A portly sail of ships |
| RJ I.v.66 | [Capulet to Tybalt, of Romeo] 'A bears him like a portly gentleman |
| TC IV.v.162 | [Hector to Ajax, of Achilles] mine own searching eyes / Shall find him by his large and portly size |