| AW I.iii.195 | [Helena to Countess, of deserving Bertram] Yet never know how that desert should be |
| R3 III.vii.153 | [Richard to Buckingham, of becoming king] my desert / Unmeritable shuns your high request |
| Sonn.49.10 | [] do I ensconce me here / Within the knowledge of mine own desert |
| Sonn.66.2 | [] to behold desert a beggar born [i.e. those who are deserving] |
| Sonn.72.6 | [] devise some virtuous lie, / To do more for me than mine own desert |
| TC III.ii.91 | [Troilus to Cressida] We will not name desert before his birth, and, being born, his addition shall be humble |
| TG III.ii.18 | [Duke to Proteus] thou hast shown some sign of good desert |
| TG V.iv.160 | [Duke to Valentine, of the Outlaws] Dispose of them as thou knowest their deserts |
| Tim I.i.68 | [Poet to Painter, of Fortune's hill] The base o'th' mount / Is ranked with all deserts [i.e. people of every worth] |
| Tim III.v.80 | [Alcibiades to Senators, of his friend] if not for any parts in him ... yet, more to move you, / Take my deserts to his and join 'em both |
| Tit III.i.170 | [Marcus to Titus and Lucius, of using their hands as soldiers] none of both but are of high desert |