| 3H6 I.iv.125 | [York to Queen, of insulting him] It ... boots thee not, proud Queen |
| 3H6 IV.iii.60 | [Edward to all] It boots not to resist both wind and tide |
| Per I.ii.20 | [Pericles alone, of Antiochus] Nor boots it me to say I honour [him] |
| R2 I.iii.174 | [King Richard to Mowbray] It boots thee not to be compassionate |
| R2 III.iv.18 | [Queen Isabel to First Lady] what I want it boots not to complain |
| TG I.i.28.1 | [Valentine to Proteus] it boots thee not |
| Tit V.iii.18 | [Lucius to Saturninus] What boots it thee to call thyself a sun? |
| WT III.ii.24 | [Hermione to all, of the indictment against her] it shall scarce boot me / To say 'Not guilty' |