| 1H6 III.iii.11 | [Charles to Pucelle] One sudden foil shall never breed distrust |
| 1H6 V.iii.23 | [Pucelle to spirits] take my soul ... / Before that England give the French the foil [i.e. defeat the French] |
| E3 III.i.142 | [Mariner to King John] France hath ta'en the foil |
| Tem III.i.46 | [Ferdinand to Miranda, of other women] never any ... but some defect in her / Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed, / And put it to the foil [i.e. defeated it] |