| AYL II.vii.79 | [Jaques to Duke Senior] what is he of basest function |
| Cor IV.v.34 | [Coriolanus to Third Servingman] Follow your function [i.e. get on with your job] |
| Cor IV.vi.9 | [Sicinius to Brutus] Our tradesmen ... going / About their functions friendly |
| Oth IV.ii.26 | [Othello to Emilia] Some of your function, mistress [i.e. do what you have to do] |
| TN IV.ii.6 | [Feste alone, of his priestly disguise] I am not tall enough to become the function well |
| TN V.i.159 | [Priest to Olivia, of her marriage] all the ceremony of this compact / Sealed in my function |