| 1H6 II.v.13 | [Mortimer to Gaolers, of his feet] whose strengthless stay is numb |
| 3H6 II.i.69 | [Edward as if to York] Now thou art gone, we have no staff, no stay |
| KJ V.vii.68 | [Prince Henry to all, of King John] What surety of the world, what hope, what stay, / When this was now a king, and now is clay? [also: continuance] |
| R3 II.ii.74 | [Queen Elizabeth to all] What stay had I but Edward? |
| TC V.iii.60 | [Cassandra to Priam, of Hector] if thou lose thy stay, / Thou on him leaning, and all Troy on thee, / Fall all together |