| 1H4 II.iv.385 | [Hostess to all, of Falstaff] how he holds his countenance! [i.e. keeps his face straight] |
| 2H6 III.i.99 | [Gloucester to Suffolk] thou shalt not see me ... change my countenance for this arrest |
| Cor IV.vi.60.1 | [Messenger to all, of the nobles] news is coming / That turns their countenances |
| H8 II.iv.26 | [Queen Katherine to King Henry] I have been, ... subject to your countenance, glad or sorry / As I saw it inclined |
| H8 III.ii.81 | [Cromwell to Wolsey, of King Henry] a heed / Was in his countenance |
| Sonn.86.13 | [of his friend] when your countenance filled up his line, / Then lacked I matter, that enfeebled mine |
| TC IV.v.195 | [Nestor to Hector] this thy countenance ... / I never saw till now |
| Tit I.i.266 | [Saturninus to Tamora] Clear up ... that cloudy countenance |