| 2H4 IV.iii.71 | [Westmorland to Prince John] Retreat is made and execution stayed |
| 2H6 II.iv.76 | [Sheriff to Gloucester] here my commission stays |
| AYL II.i.54 | [First Lord to Duke Senior, of a deer] a careless herd ... never stays to greet him |
| AYL III.ii.319 | [Orlando to Rosalind as Ganymede, of Time] Who stays it still withal? |
| KJ III.i.78 | [King Philip to Constance] the glorious sun / Stays in his course |
| Luc.1364 | [of Lucrece] she her plaints a little while doth stay |
| Oth II.i.150 | [Iago to Desdemona, of a deserving woman] She that being angered, her revenge being nigh, / Bade her wrong stay |
| RJ IV.iii.57 | [Juliet alone, to her vision of dead Tybalt] Stay, Tybalt, stay! |
| TNK IV.i.101 | [Wooer to all, of the Gaoler's Daughter] she stayed, / And fell, scarce to be got away |