| AW III.i.10 | [Second Lord to Duke] The reasons of our state I cannot yield |
| AW III.i.2 | [Duke to Lords] now have you heard / The fundamental reasons of this war |
| Cor V.vi.59.1 | [Third Conspirator to Aufidius, of Coriolanus] After your way his tale pronounced shall bury / His reasons with his body |
| KL V.iii.83 | [Albany to Edmund] Stay yet; hear reason |
| Sonn.89.4 | [] Against thy reasons making no defence |