| KL V.iii.202.2 | [Edgar to Albany, of his story] This would have seemed a period / To such as love not sorrow |
| MW III.iii.42 | [Falstaff to Mistress Ford, of meeting her] This is the period of my ambition |
| MW IV.ii.208 | [Mistress Ford to Mistress Page, of Falstaff] there would be no period to the jest, should he not be publicly shamed |
| R3 I.iii.237 | [Queen Margaret to Richard] let me make the period to my curse! |
| R3 II.i.44 | [King Edward to all] There wanteth now our brother Gloucester here / To make the blessed period of this peace |