| Cor I.ix.30 | [Cominius to Martius, of Martius' wounds] Well might they fester 'gainst ingratitude |
| H5 IV.iii.88.1 | [Montjoy to King Henry, of the threatened English] their poor bodies / Must lie and fester |
| RJ IV.iii.43 | [Juliet alone, of the tomb where she will wake] Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth, / Lies festering |
| Sonn.94.14 | [] Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds |