| Cym IV.ii.345 | [Lucius to Soothsayer] What have you dreamed of late of this war's purpose? |
| E3 I.i.61 | [Lorraine to King Edward, of paying homage to the King of France] And for that purpose here I summon thee / Repair to France |
| H5 I.ii.213 | [Canterbury to King Henry] So may a thousand actions, once afoot, End in one purpose |
| Ham IV.vii.139 | [Laertes to Claudius, of ensuring success against Hamlet] for that purpose I'll anoint my sword |
| MM I.ii.77 | [Second Gentleman to First Gentleman, of Claudio's fate] it draws something near to the speech we had to such a purpose |
| MW II.ii.206 | [Falstaff to Ford as Brook, of seducing Mistress Ford] Have you importuned her to such a purpose? |
| TC IV.iii.5.1 | [Paris to Troilus] Tell you the lady what she is to do, / And haste her to the purpose |