| KL III.iii.21 | [Edmund alone, of his plans] This seems a fair deserving [i.e. for what Gloucester has done] |
| KL V.iii.302 | [Albany to Edgar and Kent] all foes [shall taste] / The cup of their deservings |
| MM V.i.474 | [Angelo to all, of death] 'Tis my deserving, and I do entreat it |
| Sonn.87.6 | [] For how do I hold thee but by thy granting, / And for that riches where is my deserving? |