| Ham III.ii.161 | [Hamlet to Ophelia] Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring? |
| MV V.i.148 | [Gratiano to Portia, of Nerissa's ring] whose posy was ... 'Love me, and leave me not' |
| TNK IV.i.90 | [Wooer to all, of the Gaoler's Daughter] Rings she made / Of rushes that grew by, and to 'em spoke / The prettiest posies |