| E3 II.i.108 | [King Edward to Lodowick] To music every summer-leaping swain / Compares his sun-burnt lover when she speaks |
| TC III.ii.171 | [Troilus to Cressida] True swains in love shall ... / Approve their truths by Troilus |
| TG IV.ii.39 | [Musicians' song, of Silvia] all our swains commend her |
| TG V.iv.12 | [Valentine alone, of Silvia] cherish thy forlorn swain |