| AYL V.iv.128 | [Hymen to Orlando and Rosalind] You and you no cross shall part |
| KL V.iii.276 | [Lear to all] I am old now / And these same crosses spoil me |
| R2 II.ii.79 | [York to Queen Isabel] we are on the earth, / Where nothing lives but crosses, cares, and grief |
| R3 III.i.4 | [Prince Edward to Richard, of the journey] our crosses on the way / Have made it tedious, wearisome, and heavy |
| Sonn.34.12 | [] Th'offender's sorrow lends but weak relief / To him that bears the strong offence's cross [Q losse] |
| Sonn.42.12 | [of his friend and mistress] both for my sake lay on me this cross |