| 1H4 IV.ii.75 | [Westmorland to Falstaff] I fear we shall stay too long |
| 1H4 IV.iii.29 | [Worcester to Hotspur] stay till all come in |
| 2H4 II.iv.367 | [Bardolph to Falstaff] A dozen captains stay at door for you |
| 2H6 III.ii.136 | [King to God] stay my thoughts ... that labour to persuade my soul / Some violent hands were laid on Humphrey's life |
| 3H6 I.ii.48 | [York to all] But stay; what news? |
| 3H6 I.iv.110 | [Queen to Clifford, of killing York] Nay, stay |
| 3H6 I.iv.26 | [York alone] Here must I stay, and here my life must end |
| 3H6 II.i.198 | [Warwick to all] Stay we no longer |
| 3H6 II.v.135 | [Exeter to all] stay not to expostulate, make speed |
| 3H6 III.i.12 | [Second Keeper to First Keeper, of the King] Here comes a man; let's stay till he be past |
| 3H6 III.ii.58 | [Edward to Lady Grey] But stay thee |
| 3H6 III.iii.251 | [Lewis to all] Why stay we now? |
| 3H6 III.iii.40 | [Queen to Lewis] The more we stay, the stronger grows our foe |
| 3H6 IV.i.5 | [George to Richard, of Edward's marriage] How could he stay till Warwick made return? |
| 3H6 IV.vii.51 | [Edward to Montgomery] Nay, stay, Sir John, a while |
| AW V.iii.293 | [Diana to King] Stay, royal sir |
| AW V.iii.69 | [King to Bertram] here we'll stay / To see our widower's second marriage-day |
| CE III.ii.176 | [Angelo to Antipholus of Syracuse] The chain unfinished made me stay thus long |
| CE IV.i.87 | [Dromio of Syracuse to Antipholus of Ephesus] there's a bark of Epidamnum / That stays but till her owner comes aboard |
| JC III.ii.150 | [Antony to all] Will you stay awhile? |
| LLL V.ii.824 | [Longaville to Maria, of waiting a year for her] I'll stay with patience, but the time is long |
| MM I.iv.86 | [Isabella to Lucio] I will about it straight, / No longer staying but to give the Mother / Notice of my affair |
| MV IV.i.239 | [Shylock to Portia as Balthasar] I stay here on my bond |
| Per V.iii.83 | [Pericles to Cerimon] we do our longing stay / To hear the rest untold [i.e. we are delaying our wish to hear the rest of the story] |
| RJ I.iii.105.2 | [Lady Capulet to Juliet, of Paris] the County stays |
| RJ II.v.20 | [Nurse to Peter] stay at the gate |
| RJ II.v.29 | [Nurse to Juliet] Can you not stay awhile? |
| TG III.i.366 | [Launce to Speed] thou hast stayed so long that going will scarce serve the turn |
| Tim V.iv.73 | [Alcibiades reading Timon's epitaph] pass, and stay not here thy gait |
| WT I.ii.9.2 | [Leontes to Polixenes] Stay your thanks a while |