| 3H6 IV.vi.18 | [King to Warwick, of God and his freedom] He was the author, thou the instrument |
| AW V.iii.202 | [Diana to King, of Parolles] I ... loath am to produce / So bad an instrument |
| Mac III.i.80 | [Macbeth to Murderers] I made good to you ... / How you were borne in hand, how crossed, the instruments, / Who wrought with them |
| Tem III.iii.55 | [Ariel to Alonso, Sebastian, and Antonio, of destiny] That hath to instrument this lower world |