| Ham IV.iv.27 | [Hamlet to Captain] This is th'imposthume of much wealth and peace |
| TC V.i.21 | [Thersites to Patroclus] the rotten diseases of the south ... bladders full of imposthume [in Q only] |
| Ven.743 | [Venus to Adonis] Surfeits, imposthumes, grief and damned despair, / Swear Nature's death for framing thee so fair |