| 1H6 II.i.45 | [Alençon to all] Ne'er heard I of a warlike enterprise / More venturous or desperate than this |
| AYL V.iv.32 | [Orlando to Duke Senior, of Rosalind as Ganymede] [he] hath been tutored in the rudiments / Of many desperate studies |
| TS II.i.320 | [Baptista to all, of Petruchio and Katherina] now I play a merchant's part, / And venture madly on a desperate mart |