| 1H4 I.i.37 | [Westmorland to King Henry] yesternight ... there came / A post from Wales |
| 2H4 I.i.214 | [Northumberland to all] Get posts and letters, and make friends with speed |
| 2H4 II.iv.351 | [Peto to Prince Henry] twenty weak and wearied posts / Come from the north |
| 2H4 induction.37 | [Rumour alone] The posts come tiring on |
| 2H6 I.iv.76 | [Buckingham to York] Your grace shall give me leave ... / To be the post |
| 3H6 II.i.109 | [Warwick to Edward and Richard] Tidings, as swiftly as the posts could run, / Were brought me |
| 3H6 III.iii.162 | [stage direction] Post blowing a horn within |
| 3H6 V.i.1 | [Warwick to First Messenger] Where is the post that came from valiant Oxford? |
| AC I.v.61 | [Cleopatra to Alexas] Met'st thou my posts? |
| Cor V.vi.50 | [First Conspirator to Aufidius] Your native town you entered like a post |
| H8 V.ii.31 | [King Henry to Butts, of Cranmer] at the door too, like a post with packets |
| KL II.iv.29 | [disguised Kent to Lear] came ... a reeking post, / Stewed in his haste |
| KL III.vii.11 | [Cornwall to Edmund] Our posts shall be swift [F; Q post] |
| KL IV.vi.273 | [disguised Edgar to dead Oswald] the post unsanctified / Of murderous lechers |
| Luc.1333 | [of Lucrece and her letter] The post attends, and she delivers it |
| Luc.926 | [Lucrece to and of time] Swift subtle post, carrier of grisly care |
| MA II.i.183 | [Benedick to Claudio] 'twas the boy that stole your meat, and you'll beat the post |
| Mac I.iii.97 | [Ross to Macbeth] As thick as hail / Came post with post |
| MV II.ix.100 | [Portia to Nerissa, of Bassanio's messenger] I long to see / Quick Cupid's post that comes so mannerly |
| MV V.i.46 | [Launcelot to Lorenzo] there's a post come from my master |
| R2 II.ii.103 | [York to Servingman] are there no posts dispatched for Ireland? |
| RJ V.i.21 | [Balthasar to Romeo, of Juliet] I saw her laid low in her kindred's vault / And presently took post to tell it you |
| Tem II.i.252 | [Antonio to Sebastian, of Claribel, Queen of Tunis] she that from Naples / Can have no note, unless the sun were post [i.e. because Tunis is so far away] |
| TG I.i.150 | [Proteus alone, of Speed] such a worthless post [also: blockhead] |
| Tit IV.iii.77 | [Titus to Marcus] the post is come |
| TN I.v.273 | [Viola as Cesario to Olivia] I am no fee'd post |
| WT II.iii.192.2 | [Servant to Leontes] posts / From those you sent to th'oracle are come / An hour since |