| 3H6 II.v.53 | [King alone, of a prince] His body couched in a curious bed |
| Cym V.v.362 | [Belarius to Cymbeline, of Arviragus] he, sir, was lapped / In a most curious mantle |
| KL I.iv.32 | [disguised Kent to Lear] I can ... mar a curious tale in telling it |
| LC.49 | [of letters] sealed to curious secrecy |
| Per I.iv.43 | [Cleon to Dionyza] mothers ... to nuzzle up their babes / Thought naught too curious |
| TNK IV.ii.86 | [Messenger to Theseus, of one of Arcite's knights] on his thigh a sword / Hung by a curious baldric |
| Ven.734 | [Venus to Adonis, of Cynthia] she [hath] bribed the Destinies / To cross the curious workmanship of Nature |