| AYL IV.iii.88 | [Oliver to Celia as Aliena and Rosalind as Ganymede, reciting Orlando's description] The boy ... bestows himself / Like a ripe sister |
| AYL V.i.20 | [Touchstone to William, on being told that William's age is 25] A ripe age |
| Per Chorus.I.12 | [Gower alone, to and of the audience] born ... / When wit's more ripe |
| TG II.iv.68 | [Valentine to Duke, of Proteus] His head unmellowed, but his judgement ripe |