| E3 II.ii.56 | [King Edward to Lodowick] bid the drummer learn to touch the lute |
| JC IV.iii.255 | [Brutus to Lucius] Canst thou ... touch thy instrument a strain or two? |
| TS III.i.62 | [Hortensio as Licio to Bianca, of playing the lute] before you touch the instrument ... / I must begin with rudiments of art |