| 2H4 V.ii.54 | [King Henry V to his brothers] be sad; / But entertain no more of it ... / Than a joint burden laid upon us all |
| 2H6 IV.ix.14 | [King as if to heaven] set ope thy everlasting gates / To entertain my vows of thanks and praise! |
| CE III.i.120 | [Antipholus of Ephesus to Angelo] mine own doors refuse to entertain me |
| Luc.1629 | [Lucrece to Collatine, quoting Tarquin's words] entertain my love |
| Per II.ii.14 | [Simonides to Thaisa] 'Tis now your honour ... to entertain / The labour of each knight in his device |
| R3 I.iii.4 | [Grey to Queen Elizabeth] entertain good comfort |
| TC I.iii.354 | [Nestor to Ulysses, of people taking from success a good opinion of themselves] Which entertained, limbs are his instruments |
| Tem II.i.18 | [Gonzalo to Alonso] When every grief is entertained that's offered |
| Ven.969 | [of Venus] All entertained, each passion labours so / That every present sorrow seemeth chief |