| KL IV.v.2.2 | [Oswald to Regan, of Albany's going to battle] with much ado |
| MV I.i.7 | [Antonio to Salerio and Solanio] such a want-wit sadness makes of me / That I have much ado to know myself |
| RJ III.iv.23 | [Capulet to Paris] We'll keep no great ado |
| Tit II.i.98 | [Aaron to Demetrius and Chiron, of understanding him] Then should not we be tired with this ado |
| Tit IV.iii.101 | [Titus to Clown] make no more ado |
| Ven.694 | [Venus to Adonis, of hounds] Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled / With much ado the cold fault cleanly out |