| AYL I.ii.12 | [Celia to Rosalind] if the truth of thy love to me were so righteously tempered as mine is to thee; |
| Cym V.v.250 | [Cornelius to Cymbeline] The queen ... very oft importuned me / To temper poisons for her |
| Ham V.ii.322 | [Laertes to Hamlet, of Claudius] It is a poison tempered by himself |
| MA II.ii.19 | [Borachio to Don John] The poison ... lies in you to temper |
| RJ III.iii.115 | [Friar to Romeo] I thought thy disposition better tempered |
| RJ III.v.97 | [Juliet to Lady Capulet, of poison] I would temper it - / That Romeo should ... / Soon sleep in quiet [also: moderate] |