| AC II.ii.48 | [Caesar to Antony, of Antony's wife and brother] their contestation / Was theme for you [i.e. a basis for you to work on] |
| H8 II.iii.93.2 | [Old Lady to Anne, of her advancement] With your theme I could / O'ermount the lark |
| TC II.ii.200 | [Troilus to Hector, of Helen] She is a theme of honour and renown |
| TC V.ii.134 | [Troilus to Ulysses] do not give advantage / To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme / For depravation, to square the general sex / By Cressid's rule |
| WT I.ii.459 | [Polixenes to Camillo, of Hermione] part of his theme, but nothing / Of his ill-ta'en suspicion! |