| 2H4 I.iii.10 | [Hastings to Archbishop] Our present musters grow upon the file / To five-and-twenty thousand men of choice |
| H8 I.i.75 | [Buckingham to Abergavenny, of Wolsey] He makes up the file / Of all the gentry |
| Mac III.i.94 | [Macbeth to Murderers] The valued file / Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle |
| Mac V.ii.8 | [Lennox to Cathness, of the approaching allies] I have a file / Of all the gentry |