| 2H4 II.i.45 | [Falstaff to Bardolph, of the Hostess] Throw the quean in the channel! |
| 3H6 II.ii.141 | [Richard to and of Queen] Whose father bears the title of a king - / As if a channel should be called the sea [or: little stream] |
| Luc.1487 | [Lucrece to herself, of a painting of Troy] Here friend by friend in bloody channel lies |