| 1H6 V.iv.153 | [Richard to Charles] accept the title thou usurpest, / Of benefit proceeding from our king / And not of any challenge of desert |
| 2H4 IV.iii.54 | [Falstaff to Prince John] let me have right, and let desert mount |
| 3H6 III.iii.192 | [Warwick to Lewis] my desert is honour |
| AW II.iii.152 | [King to Bertram, of Helena] That dost in vile misprision shackle up / My love and her desert |
| Cym I.vi.73 | [Queen to Pisanio] I ... / That set thee on to this desert |
| E3 V.i.72 | [Copland to King Edward, of his behaviour] No wilful disobedience ... / But my desert and public law of arms |
| LLL V.ii.800 | [Princess to King, of his proving his love] Come challenge me, challenge by these deserts |
| MM V.i.9 | [Duke to Angelo] your desert speaks loud |
| MV II.ix.51 | [Arragon to himself] I will assume desert |
| R3 I.iii.96 | [Richard to Rivers, of Queen Elizabeth] She may ... lay those honours on your high desert |
| TG III.i.159 | [Duke to Valentine] my patience, more than thy desert, / Is privilege for thy departure hence |
| Tit I.i.16 | [Bassianus to his followers] let desert in pure election shine [i.e. not by right of descent] |
| Tit I.i.239 | [Saturninus to Titus] I give thee thanks in part of thy deserts [i.e. as a part-payment of what you are owed] |
| Tit I.i.259 | [Saturninus to Romans, of Titus' offerings] when I do forget / The least of these unspeakable deserts |