| 2H6 II.i.200 | [King to all, of Justice] Whose beam stands sure, whose rightful cause prevails |
| AW II.iii.154 | [King to Bertram, of Helena] poising us in her defective scale, / Shall weigh thee to the beam [i.e. shall more than equal your weight] |
| Oth I.iii.323 | [Iago to Roderigo] If the beam of our lives had not one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality [F braine] |