| KJ III.i.17 | [Constance to Salisbury] With my vexed spirits I cannot take a truce |
| RJ III.i.157 | [Benvolio to Prince, of Romeo's peacemaking] Could not take truce with the unruly spleen / Of Tybalt deaf to peace |
| Ven.82 | [of Venus and Adonis] she swears / From his soft bosom never to remove / Till he take truce with her contending tears |