| 2H4 IV.v.199 | [King Henry IV to Prince Henry] what in me was purchased / Falls upon thee in a more fairer sort |
| 3H6 III.iii.70 | [Queen to Lewis and Bona] how can tyrants safely govern home, / Unless abroad they purchase great alliance? |
| AYL III.ii.330 | [Orlando to Rosalind as Ganymede] Your accent is something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling |
| Cor II.i.134 | [Menenius to Valeria, of the praise of Martius' deeds] not without his true purchasing [i.e. he has truly earned it] |
| MV II.ix.43 | [Arragon to himself] O that ... clear honour / Were purchased by the merit of the wearer! |
| R2 I.iii.282 | [John of Gaunt to Bolingbroke] say I sent thee forth to purchase honour |
| Tit II.iii.275 | [Saturninus reading a letter, as if from Martius and Quintus] Do this and purchase us thy lasting friends |
| TNK II.iv.26 | [Arcite to Theseus, explaining his presence at court] To purchase name, and do my ablest service |