| 1H6 I.i.34 | [Gloucester to Winchester, of King Henry V] Had not churchmen prayed, / His thread of life had not so soon decayed |
| AC II.i.4 | [Pompey to Menecrates, of the gods] Whiles we are suitors to their throne, decays / The thing we sue for |
| Cym I.vi.56 | [Queen to Pisanio, of Posthumus] every day that comes comes to decay / A day's work in him |
| Sonn.71.12 | [] But let your love even with my life decay |