| 3H6 V.iv.42 | [Prince to all, of the effect of the Queen's words on a coward] make him, naked, foil a man at arms |
| AYL I.i.122 | [Charles to Oliver, of Orlando] I would be loath to foil him |
| Cor I.ix.48 | [Martius to all] I have not ... foiled some debile wretch |
| Sonn.25.10 | [of a warrior] After a thousand victories once foiled, / Is from the book of honour razed forth |
| TC I.iii.372 | [Ulysses to Nestor, of Achilles] If he were foiled, / Why then we did our main opinion crush / In taint of our best man |
| Ven.114 | [Venus to Adonis] brag not of thy might, / For mastering her that foiled the god of fight! |