| AW I.ii.43 | [King to Bertram, of Bertram's father and those below him] He ... bowed his eminent top to their low ranks |
| Cym IV.ii.354 | [Lucius to all, of dead Cloten] what trunk is here? / Without his top? |
| KL II.iv.158 | [Lear to Regan, of Gonerill] All the stored vengeances of heaven fall / On her ingrateful top! |
| MA I.ii.13 | [Antonio to Leonato, of Don Pedro] he meant to take the present time by the top [i.e. by the forelock] |