| LLL IV.iii.210.1 | [Berowne to King, of Costard and Jaquenetta] Will these turtles be gone? |
| LLL V.ii.894 | [Ver singing, of spring] When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws |
| MW II.i.75 | [Mistress Page to Mistress Ford] I will find you twenty lascivious turtles ere one chaste man |
| MW III.iii.39 | [Mistress Ford to Mistress Page, of Falstaff] We'll teach him to know turtles from jays [i.e. faithful women from unfaithful ones] |
| Phoen.1 | [title] The Phoenix and Turtle |
| TC III.ii.176 | [Troilus to Cressida, of examples of lovers' comparisons] as turtle to her mate |
| TS II.i.207 | [Petruchio to Katherina] O slow-winged turtle |
| WT IV.iv.154 | [Florizel to Perdita] so turtles pair, / That never mean to part |