| 2H4 I.iii.1 | [Archbishop to all] Thus have you heard our cause and known our means |
| CE II.i.33 | [Adriana to Luciana] They can be meek that have no other cause |
| H8 III.i.29.1 | [Wolsey to Queen Katherine] we shall give you / The full cause of our coming |
| JC II.i.11 | [Brutus alone, of Caesar] I know no personal cause to spurn at him |
| KJ IV.ii.205 | [King John to Hubert, of Arthur] I had a mighty cause / To wish him dead |
| KL IV.iii.51 | [disguised Kent to Gentleman] Some dear cause / Will in concealment wrap me up awhile |
| KL IV.vi.215 | [Gentleman to disguised Edgar] the Queen on special cause is here |
| KL IV.vii.75.1 | [Lear to Cordelia] your sisters / Have ... done me wrong. / You have some cause; they have not [also: sense 3] |
| Oth V.ii.1 | [Othello to himself] It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul [unclear meaning] |
| Tim IV.iii.103.2 | [Alcibiades to Timon, of warring against Athens] [I] have cause |
| TNK epilogue.12 | [Speaker to audience] I am not bold; / We have no such cause |
| TNK III.vi.120 | [Palamon to Arcite] I know your cunning, and I know your cause |
| TS III.i.85 | [Hortensio alone, of Lucentio as Cambio] I have cause to pry into this pedant |