| 1H4 I.iii.202 | [Hotspur to Worcester and Northumberland] the bottom of the deep, / Where fathom-line could never touch the ground |
| 2H4 IV.i.17 | [Mowbray to Archbishop, of Northumberland] Thus do the hopes we have in him touch ground / And dash themselves to pieces |
| 2H4 IV.iv.40 | [King Henry IV to Clarence, of Prince Henry] give him time and scope, / Till that his passions, like a whale on ground, / Confound themselves with working |