| 1H4 I.ii.213 | [Prince Hal alone, of his reformation] Shall show more goodly ... / Than that which hath no foil to set it off |
| Ham V.ii.249 | [Hamlet to Laertes] I'll be your foil [pun: sense 1] |
| LC.153 | [of the man] the foil / Of this false jewel |
| R2 I.iii.266 | [John of Gaunt to Bolingbroke] foil wherein thou art to set / The precious jewel |
| R3 V.iii.251 | [Richmond to his soldiers, of King Richard] A base foul stone, made precious by the foil / Of England's chair |
| TNK IV.ii.26 | [Emilia alone, of Arcite] Palamon / Is but his foil |