| AC II.v.95 | [Cleopatra to Messenger] So half my Egypt were submerged and made / A cesterne for scaled snakes |
| Mac IV.iii.63 | [Malcolm to Macduff] Your wives, your daughters ... could not fill up / The cesterne of my lust |
| Oth IV.ii.60 | [Othello to Desdemona, of her body] keep it as a cestern for foul toads / To knot and gender in! |