| 2H6 IV.i.113 | [Lieutenant to Suffolk] my deeds shall stay thy fury soon |
| 3H6 II.v.95 | [King to himself, of the killings he has seen] O that my death would stay these ruthful deeds! |
| LLL III.i.90 | [Mote to Armado, adding his l'envoy] Until the goose came out of the door, / And stayed the odds by adding four |
| R3 I.iv.19 | [Clarence to Keeper, of his dream] Gloucester ... / Struck me, that thought to stay him, overboard |
| R3 III.vii.96 | [Buckingham to Lord Mayor, of two priests beside Richard] Two props of virtue ... / To stay him from the fall of vanity |
| RJ II.iii.22 | [Friar alone, of a plant] Being tasted, stays all senses with the heart [F, Q1 slayes] |
| RJ V.ii.12 | [Friar John to Friar Laurence] my speed to Mantua ... was stayed |
| RJ V.iii.251 | [Friar to Prince, of Friar John] he ... / Was stayed by accident |
| TS induction.1.132 | [Lord alone] how my men will stay themselves from laughter |