| Cor III.i.124 | [Coriolanus to Brutus, of the citizens] Even when the navel of the state was touched, / They would not thread the gates |
| KL II.i.118 | [Regan to Gloucester] Thus out of season, threading dark-eyed night |
| R2 V.v.17 | [Richard alone] It is as hard to come as for a camel / To thread the postern of a small needle's eye |