| 2H6 III.ii.384 | [Queen to Suffolk] Why only ... mourn I not for thee, / And with the southern clouds contend in tears |
| 3H6 II.v.2 | [King alone] the morning's war, / When dying clouds contend with growing light |
| AW I.i.61 | [Countess to Bertram] Thy blood and virtue / Contend for empire in thee |
| Mac I.vi.16 | [Lady Macbeth to King] All our service ... / Were poor and single business to contend / Against those honours deep and broad wherewith / Your majesty loads our house |
| MV III.ii.141 | [Bassanio to Portia, of himself] Like one of two contending in a prize |
| Per Chorus.IV.30 | [Gower alone] This Philoten contends in skill / With absolute Marina |
| Per I.ii.17 | [Pericles alone, of Antiochus] 'Gainst whom I am too little to contend |