| Cor II.i.204 | [Brutus to Sicinius, of the roof-tops] ridges horsed / With variable complexions |
| Cym I.vii.134 | [Iachimo to Innogen, of Posthumus] Whiles he is vaulting variable ramps [or: fickle] |
| Ham III.i.173 | [Claudius to Polonius] countries different, / With variable objects |
| Ham IV.iii.23 | [Hamlet to Claudius] Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service |
| MV II.viii.13 | [Solanio to Salerio] I never heard a passion so confused ... and so variable |