| 1H4 I.ii.154 | [Falstaff to Poins] the poor abuses of the time want countenance |
| 1H4 I.ii.29 | [Falstaff to Prince Hal] we be men of good government, being governed ... by our noble and chaste mistress the moon, under whose countenance we steal |
| 2H4 IV.ii.13 | [Prince John to Archbishop] That man that sits within a monarch's heart ... / Would he abuse the countenance of the king? |
| 2H4 V.i.38 | [Davy to Shallow] a knave should have some countenance at his friend's request |
| 2H4 V.v.7 | [Falstaff to Shallow, of King Henry V] do but mark the countenance that he will give me [or: sense 2] |
| 2H6 II.i.163 | [Buckingham to King] A sort of naughty persons ... / Under the countenance and confederacy / Of Lady Eleanor |
| Cor V.vi.40 | [Aufidius to Conspirators, of Coriolanus] He waged me with his countenance as if / I had been mercenary [or sense 2] |
| Ham IV.ii.15 | [Hamlet to and of Rosencrantz] a sponge ... that soaks up the King's countenance |
| Ham V.i.27 | [First Clown to Second Clown] pity that great folk should have countenance in this world to drown or hang |
| MM V.i.118 | [Isabella praying, of the Duke and Angelo] Unfold the evil which is here wrapped up / In countenance [unclear meaning: hidden by royal privilege; or, artificial demeanour] |