| 2H4 IV.i.118 | [Mowbray to Westmorland, of Mowbray's father and Bolingbroke] Their armed staves in charge |
| AYL III.iv.40 | [Celia to Rosalind, of Orlando] as a puisny tilter that spurs his horse but on one side breaks his staff |
| KJ II.i.318 | [English Herald to Hubert] There stuck no plume in any English crest / That is removed by a staff of France |
| MA V.i.135 | [Claudio to Don Pedro, of Benedick] give him another staff |
| Mac V.vi.28 | [Macduff alone] I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms / Are hired to bear their staves |
| Per II.iii.35 | [Simonides to Thaisa, of Pericles] He has broken a staff or so |
| R3 V.iii.65 | [King Richard to Ratcliffe, or shouting after Catesby] Look that my staves be sound and not too heavy |