| 2H4 III.i.99 | [Warwick to King Henry IV] I have received / A certain instance that Glendower is dead |
| 2H6 III.ii.159 | [Suffolk to Warwick, of Warwick's vow that Gloucester was murdered] What instance gives Lord Warwick for his vow? |
| AW IV.i.39 | [Parolles to himself] what's the instance? |
| CE I.i.65 | [Egeon to Duke] A league ... had we sailed / Before the always wind-obeying deep / Gave any tragic instance of our harm |
| MA II.ii.38 | [Borachio to Don John, of Claudio and Don Pedro being told about Hero's supposed infidelity] offer them instances |
| MM IV.iii.128 | [disguised Duke to Isabella] One of our covent ... / Gives me this instance |
| MW II.ii.236 | [Ford as Brook to Falstaff, of Mistress Ford] my desires had instance and argument to commend themselves |