| 2H4 I.iii.5 | [Mowbray to all] I well allow the occasion of our arms |
| Cym III.iii.17 | [Belarius to Guiderius and Arviragus] This service is not service, so being done, / But being so allowed [i.e. it is accepted as service, though not true service] |
| MW II.ii.220 | [Ford as Brook to Falstaff] you are a gentleman ... generally allowed for your many warlike, courtlike, and learned preparations |
| TN I.ii.60 | [Viola to Captain, of Orsino] I can sing / And speak to him in many sorts of music / That will allow me very worth his service |
| TN IV.ii.57 | [disguised Feste to Malvolio] Thou shalt hold the opinion of Pythagoras ere I will allow of thy wits |