| 2H4 IV.iii.127 | [Falstaff to Bardolph, of Shallow] I have him already tempering between my finger and my thumb |
| H5 II.ii.118 | [King Henry to Scroop, of a devil] he that tempered thee bade thee stand up |
| LLL IV.iii.323 | [Berowne to King] Never durst poet touch a pen to write / Until his ink were tempered with Love's sighs |
| R3 I.i.65 | [Richard to Clarence of Queen Elizabeth and King Edward] 'tis she / That tempers him to this extremity [Q1; F tempts] |
| TC II.iii.251 | [Ulysses to Nestor] were your days / As green as Ajax', and your brain so tempered, / You should not have the eminence of him |
| TG III.ii.64 | [Duke to Proteus, of Silvia] you may temper her ... / To hate young Valentine and love my friend |
| Tit IV.iv.109 | [Tamora to Saturninus, of Titus] will I ... temper him with all the art I have |