| 1H4 IV.iii.80 | [Hotspur to Blunt, of King Henry] Some certain edicts and some strait decrees / That lie too heavy on the commonwealth |
| AW III.iii.4 | [Bertram to Duke, of being made general] it is / A charge too heavy for my strength |
| H5 II.ii.53 | [King Henry to Cambridge, Scroop, and Grey] your too much love and care of me / Are heavy orisons 'gainst this poor wretch! [or: sense 2] |
| KJ V.iii.4 | [King John to Hubert] This fever that hath troubled me so long / Lies heavy on me |
| Luc.1574 | [] Though woe be heavy, yet it seldom sleeps |
| Mac I.iv.17 | [Duncan to Macbeth] The sin of my ingratitude even now / Was heavy on me |
| Mac II.i.6 | [Banquo to Fleance] A heavy summons lies like lead upon me / And yet I would not sleep |
| MND III.ii.84 | [Demetrius alone] So sorrow's heaviness doth heavier grow |
| Per I.iv.91 | [Pericles to Cleon and DiIonyza] Nor come we to add sorrow to your tears, / But to relieve them of their heavy load |
| R2 I.ii.50 | [Duchess of Gloucester to John of Gaunt] Be Mowbray's sins so heavy in his bosom |
| Tem II.i.197 | [Sebastian to Alonso, of the latter's feeling sleepy] Do not omit the heavy offer of it |
| Tim III.v.10 | [Alcibiades to First Senator] It pleases time and fortune to lie heavy / Upon a friend of mine [or: adverb use] |