| AYL V.ii.4 | [Orlando to Oliver, of Celia as Aliena] And will you persever to enjoy her? |
| CE II.ii.225 | [Antipholus of Syracuse to himself, of the women] I'll say as they say, and persever so |
| KL III.v.20 | [Edmund to Cornwall] I will persever in my course of loyalty [F; Q persevere] |
| MND III.ii.237 | [Helena to Hermia] Persever, counterfeit sad looks |
| Per IV.vi.103 | [Lysimachus to Marina] Persever in that clear way thou goest |
| TG III.ii.28 | [Duke to Proteus, of Silvia's opposition to Thurio] and perversely she persevers so |