| 2H4 epilogue.11 | [Epilogue, of the play] I meant indeed to pay you with this, which, if like an ill venture it come unluckily home, I break [also: go bankrupt] |
| Cor IV.vi.49.1 | [Brutus to all] It cannot be / The Volsces dare break with us |
| MV I.iii.133 | [Antonio to Shylock, of the loan] lend it rather to thine enemy, / Who if he break, thou mayst with better face / Exact the penalty [also: go bankrupt] |
| MV III.i.105 | [Tubal to Shylock] There came divers of Antonio's creditors ... that swear he cannot choose but break [also: go bankrupt] |
| MW III.ii.50 | [Slender to Ford, of Anne] I would not break with her for more money than I'll speak of |
| TNK III.iii.45.1 | [Palamon to Arcite, of the promise not to mention Emilia] Base cousin, / Darest thou break first? |
| TNK III.v.48 | [ Second Countryman to all, of Cicely] She swore by wine and bread she would not break |