| 2H4 V.ii.34 | [Clarence to Lord Chief Justice] you must now speak Sir John Falstaff fair, / Which swims against your stream of quality |
| CE I.i.87 | [Egeon to Duke] floating straight, obedient to the stream |
| H8 III.ii.364 | [Wolsey alone, of his situation] to the mercy / Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me |
| Oth II.iii.59 | [Iago alone] My boat sails freely both with wind and stream |