| 1H4 V.iv.33 | [King Henry to Douglas] I will assay thee [i.e. challenge you] |
| AW III.vii.44 | [Helena to Widow] tonight / Let us assay our plot |
| LC.156 | [] who ever shunned by precedent, / The destined ill she must herself assay |
| MM I.iv.76.2 | [Lucio to Isabella] Assay the power you have |
| Ven.608 | [of Venus] She hath assayed as much as may be proved |