| AW IV.i.21 | [First Lord to all, of Parolles] Here he comes to beguile two hours in a sleep |
| Ham III.ii.236 | [First Player as King to his Queen] I would beguile / The tedious day with sleep |
| R2 II.iii.11 | [Northumberland to Bolingbroke] your company ... hath very much beguiled / The tediousness and process of my travel |
| TN III.iii.42 | [Antonio to Sebastian] I will bespeak our diet / Whiles you beguile the time |