| 2H4 I.ii.170 | [Falstaff to Lord Chief Justice] in some respects, I grant, I cannot go - I cannot tell [also: say] |
| 3H6 II.i.163 | [Richard to Warwick] shall we on the helmets of our foes / Tell our devotion with revengeful arms? |
| E3 II.i.136 | [King Edward to Lodowick, of the Countess] Hers more to praise than tell the sea by drops |
| E3 IV.iv.57 | [Prince Edward to Audley] He that hath far to go tells it by miles: / If he should tell by steps, it kills his heart |
| H8 I.ii.43.1 | [Wolsey to King Henry] I ... front but in that file / Where others tell steps with me |
| H8 II.i.91 | [Buckingham to Lovell, of King Henry] May he live / Longer than I have time to tell his years |
| Ham I.ii.238 | [Horatio to Hamlet, estimating the time the Ghost stayed] While one with moderate haste might tell a hundred |
| KL I.i.208 | [Lear to Burgundy, of Cordelia] I tell you all her wealth [or: reveal] |
| KL II.iv.53 | [Fool to Lear] thou shalt have as many dolours for thy daughters as thou canst tell in a year [also: talk about] |
| KL III.ii.91 | [Fool alone] When usurers tell their gold i'the field |
| LLL I.ii.39 | [Mote to Armado] How many is one thrice told? |
| MND V.i.353 | [Theseus to all] The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve |
| Oth II.ii.10 | [Herald reading] there is full liberty of feasting ... till the bell have told eleven |
| PP.1.12 | [] age in love loves not to have years told |
| R3 I.iv.120 | [Second Murderer to First Murderer, of his mood] It was wont to hold me but while one tells twenty |
| Sonn.138.12 | [] And age in love, loves not t'have years told |
| TC II.i.47 | [Thersites to Ajax] I will begin at thy heel, and tell what thou art by inches |
| Tem II.i.17 | [Sebastian to Antonio, of counting aloud a striking clock] One: tell |
| Tim III.v.108 | [Alcibiades alone, of the Senators] they have told their money |
| TNK II.i.96 | [Arcite to Palamon] Hear nothing but the clock that tells our woes |
| TNK III.v.80 | [Gaoler's Daughter to Schoolmaster] Tell ten |
| TNK V.iv.56 | [Pirithous to Palamon, of the paving stones] the calkins / Did rather tell than trample [i.e. the horse trod lightly, as if it were counting the stones] |
| TNK V.iv.92 | [Arcite to Palamon] I have told my last hour |
| Ven.277 | [of Adonis' horse] Sometime he trots, as if he told the steps, / With gentle majesty |
| Ven.520 | [Venus to Adonis, of a thousand kisses] Are they not quickly told and quickly gone? |
| WT IV.iv.186 | [Servant to Shepherd, of Autolycus] He sings several tunes faster than you'll tell money |