| 3H6 V.vi.13 | [King to Richard] The bird that hath been limed in a bush, / With trembling wings misdoubteth every bush |
| 3H6 V.vi.17 | [King to Richard] I ... / Have now the fatal object in my eye / Where my poor young was limed, was caught and killed |
| AW III.v.23 | [Mariana to Diana] they are limed with the twigs that threatens them |
| Luc.88 | [] Birds never limed no secret bushes fear |
| MA III.i.104 | [Ursula to Hero, of Beatrice] She's limed, I warrant you |
| TN III.iv.75 | [Malvolio alone, of Olivia] I have limed her! |