| 3H6 IV.vi.18 | [King to Warwick, of God and his freedom] He was the author, thou the instrument |
| Ham IV.v.81 | [Claudius to Gertrude, of Hamlet] he most violent author / Of his own just remove |
| Luc.1244 | [of the oppressed] Then call them not the authors of their ill |
| TC III.ii.179 | [Troilus to Cressida, of himself] As truth's authentic author to be cited |
| Tit I.i.438 | [Tamora to Saturninus] The gods of Rome forfend / I should be author to dishonour you [i.e. the cause of an action] |
| Ven.1006 | [Venus as if to death, of the boar] he's author of thy slander |