| Ham II.ii.159.1 | [Polonius to Claudius and Gertrude] I will find / Where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed / Within the centre |
| MND III.ii.54 | [Hermia to Demetrius] This whole earth may be bored, and ... the moon / May through the centre creep |
| TC III.ii.177 | [Troilus to Cressida, of examples of lovers' comparisons] as earth to th'centre |
| WT II.i.102 | [Leontes to Hermione] if I mistake ... / The centre is not big enough to bear / A schoolboy's top |