| AC III.v.16 | [Eros to Enobarbus, of Antony] He ... spurns / The rush that lies before him |
| AYL III.ii.356 | [Rosalind as Ganymede to Orlando, of his claim to be in love] in which cage of rushes I am sure you are not prisoner [i.e. a cage it is easy to escape from] |
| AYL III.v.22 | [Phebe to Silvius] lean upon a rush |
| CE IV.iii.72 | [Dromio of Syracuse to Antipholus of Syracuse] Some devils ask but ... / A rush |
| Cym II.ii.13 | [Iachimo to himself] Our Tarquin thus / Did softly press the rushes [i.e. floor coverings] |