| H5 II.iv.70 | [Dauphin to French King] coward dogs / Most spend their mouths when what they seem to threaten / Runs far before them |
| TC V.i.87 | [Thersites alone, of Diomedes] He will spend his mouth [i.e. bay like a hound in sight of game] |
| Ven.695 | [Venus to Adonis, of hounds scenting a hare] Then do they spend their mouths |