| KL III.vii.88 | [Regan to Gloucester, of Edmund] It was he / That made the overture of thy treasons to us |
| TN I.v.201 | [Viola as Cesario to Olivia] I bring no overture of war |
| WT II.i.172.1 | [Antigonus to Leontes, of Leontes' accusation of Hermione] I wish ... / You had only in your silent judgement tried it, / Without more overture |