| 2H4 II.i.140 | [Hostess to Falstaff] I must be fain to pawn both my plate and the tapestry of my dining-chambers |
| 2H6 IV.ii.154 | [Cade to Dick, of the sale of Maine] thereby is England mained and fain to go with a staff |
| AW IV.iii.235 | [First Soldier to Parolles] by the General's looks, we shall be fain to hang you |
| AYL IV.i.53 | [Rosalind as Ganymede to Orlando] horns; which such as you are fain to be beholding to your wives for |
| E3 III.i.182 | [Mariner to King John, of the navies] we perforce were fain to give them way |
| H8 V.iv.56 | [Man to Porter, of a gang of boys] delivered such a shower of pebbles that I was fain to draw mine honour in, and let 'em win the work |
| MM IV.iii.151 | [Lucio to Isabella] I am fain to dine and sup with water and bran |
| MM IV.iii.169 | [Lucio to disguised Duke, of making a woman pregnant] I was fain to forswear it |
| MW II.ii.24 | [Falstaff to Pistol] I myself sometimes ... am fain to shuffle |
| TG I.i.120 | [Speed to Proteus] I perceive I must be fain to bear with you [also: sense 2] |