| 3H6 IV.viii.46 | [King to Exeter, of his subjects] I have not been ... forward of revenge, though they much erred |
| E3 II.i.301 | [King Edward to Warwick] A kind and voluntary gift thou profferest, / That I was forward to have begged of thee |
| H8 IV.i.9 | [Second Gentleman to First Gentleman, of the citizens] they are ever forward |
| Ham III.i.7 | [Guildenstern to Claudius, of Hamlet] Nor do we find him forward to be sounded |
| R3 III.ii.46 | [Catesby to Hastings, of Richard and the crown] [he] hopes to find you forward / Upon his party for the gain thereof |