| AC II.vi.95 | [Enobarbus to Menas] If our eyes had authority |
| E3 III.i.30 | [King John to all, of King Edward] we hear the Emperor conjoins, / And stalls him in his own authority |
| KL I.iv.30 | [disguised Kent to Lear] you have that in your countenance which I would fain call master ... Authority |
| Tim II.ii.143 | [Flavius to Timon] I ... 'gainst th'authority of manners prayed you / To hold your hand more close [i.e. going against what good manners dictate] |