| KL I.i.117 | [Lear to Cordelia] he that makes his generation messes / To gorge his appetite [i.e. who eats his children] |
| Oth IV.i.199 | [Othello to Iago, of Desdemona] I will chop her into messes! [i.e. little bits of meat] |
| Tim IV.iii.423 | [Timon to Bandits, of food] Nature on each bush / Lays her full mess before you |
| TS IV.iv.70 | [Tranio as Lucentio to Baptista, of his hospitality] One mess is like to be your cheer |