| 2H6 IV.x.11 | [Cade alone] many a time, but for a sallet, my brain-pan had been cleft with a brown bill |
| KL IV.vi.91 | [Lear to all] Bring up the brown bills [i.e. painted brown against rust] |
| MA III.iii.172 | [Borachio to Conrade] We are likely to prove a goodly commodity, being taken up of these men's bills [also: sense 4] |
| MA III.iii.41 | [Dogberry to First Watchman] have a care that your bills be not stolen |
| R2 III.ii.118 | [Scroop to King Richard] distaff-women manage rusty bills / Against thy seat |