| E3 II.i.288 | [King Edward alone, of religion and the Countess] Too strict a guardian for so fair a ward [QQ weed] |
| KL I.ii.74 | [Edmund to Gloucester, attributing a view to Edgar] the father should be as ward to the son |
| RJ I.v.41 | [Capulet to Cousin Capulet, of Lucentio] His son was but a ward two years ago |