(Titus Andronicus, Act II, Sc. 3.)

Othello: “Now by yond marble heaven,

In the due reverence of a sacred vow

I here engage my words.

(Othello, Act III, Sc. 3.)

Hamlet: “O, answer me! why the sepulchre

Wherein we saw thee quietly inurn’d,

Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws,

To cast thee up again.

(Hamlet, Act I, Sc. 4.)