| AW V.iii.192 | [Diana to King] behold this ring / Whose high respect and rich validity / Did lack a parallel |
| KL I.i.81 | [Lear to Regan, of her land] No less in space, validity, and pleasure / Than that conferred on Gonerill |
| RJ III.iii.33 | [Romeo to Friar, of his banishment] More validity, / More honourable state, more courtship lives / In carrion flies than Romeo |
| TN I.i.12 | [Orsino to all, of love] naught enters there, / Of what validity and pitch soe'er, / But falls into abatement |