| 2H6 III.ii.154 | [Warwick to King, of Christ] my soul intends to live / With that dread King that took our state upon Him |
| 2H6 III.ii.243 | [Salisbury to King] Dread lord, the commons send you word by me |
| 2H6 V.i.17 | [Buckingham to York] A messenger from Henry, our dread liege |
| 3H6 III.ii.32 | [Lady Grey to Edward, of her request] Be pitiful, dread lord, and grant it |
| AC III.iii.8.1 | [Messenger to Cleopatra] Ay, dread queen |
| E3 II.i.218 | [Countess to King Edward] my thrice dread sovereign |
| H5 I.ii.103 | [Canterbury to King Henry] Go, my dread lord, to your great-grandsire's tomb |
| H5 I.ii.97 | [Canterbury to King Henry] The sin upon my head, dread sovereign! |
| H8 V.i.121.2 | [Cranmer to King Henry] Most dread liege, / The good I stand on is my truth and honesty |
| H8 V.iii.114 | [Gardiner to King Henry] Dread sovereign, how much are we bound to heaven / In daily thanks, that gave us such a prince |
| Ham I.ii.50.2 | [Laertes to Claudius] My dread lord |
| Ham II.ii.28 | [Rosencrantz to Claudius and Gertude] your dread pleasures |
| Ham III.iv.109 | [Hamlet to Ghost] Th'important acting of your dread command |
| KL IV.vi.57 | [disguised Edgar to Gloucester, of Gloucester's imagined fall] From the dread summit of this chalky bourn [i.e. at the edge of England] |
| LLL III.i.181 | [Berowne alone, of Cupid] Dread prince of plackets |
| MM V.i.363.2 | [Angelo to Duke] O my dread lord |
| Per I.ii.52 | [Helicanus to Pericles] An angry brow, dread lord |
| R3 III.i.97 | [York to Prince Edward] my dread lord - so must I call you now |
| TC II.ii.10 | [Hector to Priam] dread Priam |
| TC II.ii.27 | [Troilus to Hector, of Priam] a king / So great as our dread father |
| Tit V.ii.82 | [Titus to disguised Tamora] Welcome, dread Fury, to my woeful house |
| Tit V.iii.26 | [Titus to Tamora] welcome dread Queen |
| WT I.ii.322 | [Camillo to Leontes, of Hermione] I cannot / Believe this crack to be in my dread mistress |