| 2H4 III.i.13 | [King Henry IV alone, of sleeping] Under the canopies of costly state |
| Cym III.iii.78 | [Belarius to Guiderius and Arviragus] we will fear no poison, which attends / In place of greater state |
| E3 I.ii.123 | [Countess to King Edward] now niggard not thy state [i.e. do not begrudge us your royal presence] |
| H8 I.iii.10 | [Lord Chamberlain to Sands, of the effect of France upon the English] they keep state so |
| H8 prologue.3 | [of the play's topic] Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe |
| LLL V.ii.363 | [Princess to King, of the Russian visitors] Trim gallants, full of courtship and of state |
| LLL V.ii.590 | [Holofernes to Mote] Keep some state in thy exit, and retire |
| MA II.i.68 | [Beatrice to Hero, of a wedding] full of state and ancientry |
| Per III.ii.63 | [Cerimon to all, of Thaisa's body] Shrouded in cloth of state |
| R2 III.ii.163 | [King Richard to all] there the antic sits, / Scoffing his state [i.e. scoffing at] |
| R2 IV.i.251 | [Richard to all] Made ... state, a peasant |
| R2 V.i.18 | [Richard to Queen Isabel] think our former state a happy dream [or: situation] |
| RJ I.iv.70 | [Mercutio to Romeo, of Queen Mab] in this state she gallops night by night / Through lovers' brains |
| Tim IV.ii.35 | [Flavius alone, of man] To have his pomp and all what state compounds / But only painted [i.e. all that makes up his wealth] |