| 2H4 IV.iv.80.1 | [King Henry IV to all] 'Tis seldom when the bee doth leave her comb / In the dead carrion |
| 2H6 V.ii.11 | [York to Warwick, of Clifford] I have ... made a prey for carrion kites and crows / Even of the bonny beast he loved so well [i.e. for kites that eat carrion] |
| E3 II.i.440 | [Warwick to Countess] The freshest summer's day doth soonest taint / The loathed carrion that it seems to kiss |
| Ham II.ii.182 | [Hamlet to Polonius] if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a good kissing carrion [i.e. a carrion good for breeding maggots] |