| 2H6 V.iii.26 | [York to all, of the King] Let us pursue him ere the writs go forth |
| Cym III.viii.1 | [First Senator to all] This is the tenor of the emperor's writ |
| H8 III.ii.341 | [Suffolk to Wolsey] such a writ be sued against you |
| KL V.iii.243 | [Edmund to Albany] my writ / Is on the life of Lear and on Cordelia |