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But thou didst more, unconstant as thou art, For with them thou hadst talk and conference.

From Fair Em by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

Thou knowest how prone A wing bears up unconstant riches, blown On vagrant, veering winds.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

And left for every lazy Groom to say, I was unconstant, light, and sooner lost Than the quick Clouds we see, or the chill Frost When the hot Sun beats on it.

From The Faithful Shepherdess The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10). by Beaumont, Francis

For they had beene up eight or nine leagues, and found but seven foot water, and unconstant soundings.

From Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

Therefore, ye see all earthly things are wearing out always; As brittle as the glass, unconstant like the mind, As fickle as the whirling wheel, as wavering as the wind.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew