| 1H4 V.ii.82 | [Hotspur to all] the time of life is short! / To spend that shortness basely were too long / If life did ride upon a dial's point |
| 1H6 IV.v.17 | [John Talbot to Talbot] The world will say he is not Talbot's blood / That basely fled when noble Talbot stood |
| AC IV.xv.55 | [Antony to Cleopatra] I ... do now not basely die |
| E3 III.iii.115 | [King John to King Edward] ere I basely will resign my crown |
| Luc.1068 | [Lucrece as if to Collatine, of herself] thou shalt know thy interest was not bought / Basely with gold |
| Luc.660 | [Lucrece to Tarquin, of his evils] So shall these slaves be king, and thou their slave; / Thou nobly base, they basely dignified |
| R2 II.i.241 | [Northumberland to Ross and Willoughby] The King is not himself, but basely led / By flatterers |
| R2 II.i.253 | [Northumberland to Ross and Willoughby, of King Richard] warred he hath not, / But basely yielded upon compromise |
| Tit IV.ii.38 | [Demetrius to Chiron and Aaron, of Titus] to see so great a lord / Basely insinuate and send us gifts |
| TNK III.vi.267 | [Arcite to Theseus, of Emilia's conditions] 'tis worse to me than begging / To take my life so basely |
| Ven.894 | [of Venus' senses] Like soldiers, when their captain once doth yield, / They basely fly |