| 1H4 III.ii.62 | [King Henry to Prince Hal] The skipping King ... carded his state |
| 1H6 III.i.58 | [Somerset to Warwick, of Winchester's right to argue] Yes, when his holy state is touched so near |
| 2H6 I.iii.62 | [Queen to Suffolk, of the King being chosen Pope] That were a state fit for his holiness |
| 2H6 II.iv.95 | [Stanley to Duchess, of her destination] to the Isle of Man, / There to be used according to your state |
| 3H6 II.ii.152 | [Edward to Queen, of the King] had he matched according to his state |
| 3H6 III.iii.198 | [Warwick to Queen, of the King] I will ... replant Henry in his former state |
| 3H6 III.iii.2 | [Lewis to Queen] it ill befits thy state ... that thou shouldst stand while Lewis doth sit |
| 3H6 IV.i.68 | [Lady Grey to all] it pleased his majesty / To raise my state to title of a queen |
| 3H6 IV.vii.4 | [Edward to all] I shall interchange / My waned state for Henry's regal crown |
| AC I.iv.30 | [Caesar to Lepidus, of Antony] to confound such time / That drums him from his sport and speaks as loud / As his own state and ours |
| AYL V.iv.172 | [Duke Senior to all] According to the measure of their states |
| Cym V.v.98 | [Cymbeline to disguised Innogen] ask of Cymbeline what boon thou wilt, / Fitting ... thy state |
| LLL V.ii.425 | [Berowne to Princess] Our states are forfeit [also: estates] |
| Luc.1006 | [Lucrece as if to time] greatest scandal waits on greatest state |
| Mac IV.ii.66 | [Messenger to Macduff's wife] I am not to you known, / Though in your state of honour I am perfect |
| Oth I.iii.233 | [Othello to Duke] Most humbly ... bending to your state |
| R3 III.vii.119 | [Buckingham to Richard] you resign ... / Your state of fortune and your due of birth ... / To the corruption of a blemished stock |
| R3 IV.iv.247 | [Queen Elizabeth to King Richard] what state ... / Canst thou demise to any child of mine? |
| Sonn.96.12 | [] If thou wouldst use the strength of all thy state! [also: condition] |
| Tit I.i.262 | [Titus to Tamora, of being Saturninus' prisoner] To him that for your honour and your state / Will use you nobly |
| TN I.v.267 | [Viola as Cesario to Olivia] my state is well. / I am a gentleman |
| TN II.v.51 | [Malvolio to himself] to have the humour of state |