| 1H6 IV.ii.19 | [General to Talbot] I protest we are well fortified |
| Ham III.ii.240 | [Gertrude to Hamlet, of the Player Queen] The lady doth protest too much |
| JC III.i.238 | [Brutus aside to Cassius] What Antony shall speak, I will protest / He speaks by leave and by permission |
| MA IV.i.275 | [Benedick to Beatrice] I protest I love thee |
| MA V.i.144 | [Benedick aside to Claudio] Do me right, or I will protest your cowardice |
| Mac V.ii.11.1 | [Lennox to Cathness, of the English army] there is Seyward's son / And many unrough youths that even now / Protest their first of manhood |
| Tim III.ii.81 | [First Stranger to Second and Third Strangers] Yet I protest ... / I would have put my wealth into donation |