| Ham II.ii.352 | [Rosencrantz to Hamlet, of the two sides in theatre disputes of the time] the nation holds it no sin to tarre them to controversy |
| KJ IV.i.116 | [Arthur to Hubert, of the blinding iron] like a dog that is compelled to fight, / Snatch at his master that doth tarre him on |
| TC I.iii.391 | [Nestor to Ulysses, of Achilles and Ajax] pride alone / Must tarre the mastiffs on, as 'twere their bone |