| 2H4 I.ii.30 | [Page to Falstaff, of Master Dommelton] He said ... you should procure him better assurance than Bardolph |
| Ham V.i.114 | [Hamlet to Horatio, responding to his comment about what parchment is made of] They are sheep and calves which seek out assurance in that [pun: sense 2] |
| KL III.i.41 | [disguised Kent to Gentleman] I ... from some knowledge and assurance offer / This office to you |
| MA II.ii.45 | [Borachio to Don John] jealousy shall be called assurance |
| Mac IV.i.82 | [Macbeth to himself] yet I'll make assurance double sure [also: sense 3] |
| MND III.i.18 | [Bottom to all] for the more better assurance, tell them that I ... am not Pyramus, but Bottom the weaver |
| Tem I.ii.45 | [Miranda to Prospero] rather like a dream than an assurance |
| Tim II.ii.185.2 | [Flavius to Timon] Assurance bless your thoughts! [i.e. may your thoughts be proved right] |
| TN II.ii.8 | [Malvolio to Viola as Cesario, of Olivia] you should put your lord into a desperate assurance she will none of him |
| TNK V.i.134 | [Palamon praying to Venus, of her token] this fair token ... arms in assurance / My body to this business |
| TS V.ii.65 | [Petruchio to all] for assurance / Let's each one send unto his wife |