| MA I.i.84 | [Messenger to Beatrice] I will hold friends with you [i.e. take care to stay friends] |
| Oth V.ii.330 | [Lodovico to all, of Iago] If there be any cunning cruelty / That can torment him much, and hold him long, / It shall be his |
| Per II.ii.22 | [Simonides to Thaisa] He loves you well that holds his life of you [i.e. sees his life as depending on you] |
| TG V.iv.130 | [Valentine to Thurio] Verona shall not hold thee [i.e. keep you safe] |