| AYL I.iii.51 | [Duke Frederick to Rosalind, of traitors] If their purgation did consist in words |
| AYL V.iv.43 | [Touchstone to all, of his being a courtier] If any man doubt that, let him put me to my purgation [i.e. test the truth of what I say] |
| Ham III.ii.315 | [Hamlet to Guildenstern, of Claudius] put him to his purgation |
| LLL III.i.124 | [Costard to Armado] now you will be my purgation and let me loose [pun: 123] |