| R2 IV.i.31 | [Aumerle to all, of Bagot] I would he were the best / In all this presence |
| Tem I.ii.430 | [Ferdinand to Miranda] I am the best of them that speak this speech |
| Tit IV.iv.33 | [Tamora to Saturninus, of Titus] rather comfort his distressed plight / Than prosecute the meanest or the best / For these contempts |