| E3 II.i.122 | [King Edward to Lodowick] what a world of descant makes my soul / Upon this voluntary ground of love! |
| R3 III.vii.48 | [Buckingham to Richard] stand between two churchmen ... / For on that ground I'll make a holy descant [also: commentary] |
| TG I.ii.94 | [Lucetta to Julia] now you are too flat; / And mar the concord with too harsh a descant |