| Cym V.v.247 | [Cornelius to all, reporting the Queen's words about Pisanio] that confection / Which I gave him for cordial |
| H8 III.i.106 | [Queen Katherine to Campeius and Wolsey] Is this ... / The cordial that ye bring a wretched lady? |
| R3 II.i.41 | [King Edward to Buckingham] A pleasing cordial, princely Buckingham, / Is this thy vow unto my sickly heart |
| RJ V.i.85 | [Romeo as if to the poison] Come, cordial and not poison, go with me |
| Tit I.i.169 | [Titus to and of Lavinia] The cordial of mine age to glad my heart |