| Cor III.i.148 | [Coriolanus to Brutus] Purpose so barred, it follows / Nothing is done to purpose |
| Cym I.v.108 | [Iachimo to Posthumus] to bar your offence [i.e. to stop you taking offence] |
| R3 IV.iv.400 | [King Richard to Queen Elizabeth] Heaven and fortune bar me happy hours! |
| TS induction.2.134 | [Lord to Sly, of merriment] Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life |