| E3 IV.iv.99 | [Prince Edward to Second Herald] I will stain my horse quite o'er with blood / And double gild my spurs |
| KJ II.i.316 | [English Herald to Hubert, of the English army's armour] all gilt with Frenchmen's blood |
| Mac II.ii.56 | [Lady Macbeth to Macbeth] I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal [i.e. with blood] |