| AW III.vii.41 | [Widow to Helena, of Bertram] It nothing steads us / To chide him from our eaves |
| AW V.iii.87.1 | [King to Bertram, of Helena] Had you that craft to reave her / Of what should stead her most? |
| MM I.iv.17 | [Lucio to Isabella] Can you so stead me / As bring me to the sight of Isabella |
| MV I.iii.7 | [Bassanio to Shylock, of his request for a loan] May you stead me? |
| Oth I.iii.335 | [Iago to Roderigo] I could never better stead thee than now |
| Per Chorus.III.21 | [Gower alone, of searching for Pericles] all due diligence / That ... / Can stead the quest |
| Per Chorus.IV.41 | [Gower alone, of Dionyza] The sooner her vile thoughts to stead |
| RJ II.iii.50 | [Romeo to Friar, of Juliet] My intercession likewise steads my foe |
| Tem I.ii.165 | [Prospero to Miranda] necessaries / Which since have steaded much |
| TG II.i.107 | [Valentine to Silvia] so it stead you, I will write |
| TNK I.i.36 | [Emilia to Third Queen] What woman I may stead that is distressed / Does bind me to her |
| TS I.ii.263 | [Tranio as Lucentio to Petruchio] you are the man / Must stead us all |