| 3H6 II.vi.45 | [Edward to Richard, of someone groaning] If friend or foe, let him be gently used |
| JC IV.ii.31 | [Lucilius to his army, of Cassius] March gently on to meet him [or: slowly] |
| R2 I.i.79 | [Mowbray to Bolingbroke] by that sword ... / Which gently laid my knighthood on my shoulder [or: with a light touch] |
| TNK III.i.36 | [Palamon to Arcite] O thou most perfidious / That ever gently looked [i.e. seemed noble] |
| WT IV.iv.791 | [Autolycus to Clown and Shepherd, of Polixenes] Being something gently considered, I'll bring you to where he is aboard [i.e. being regarded as something of a gentleman] [or: being rather well bribed] |