| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.12 | To this great fairy I'll commend thy acts, | To this great Faiery, Ile commend thy acts, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.40 | In piteous chase; and thus the hairy fool, | In pitteous chase: and thus the hairie foole, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.93 | hairy men plain dealers, without wit. | hairy men plain dealers without wit. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.198 | This is the fairy land. O spite of spites, | This is the Fairie land, oh spight of spights |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.35 | A fiend, a fairy, pitiless and rough; |
A Feind, a Fairie, pittilesse and ruffe: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.14.1 | Here were a fairy. | Heere were a Faiery. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.164 | No fairy takes; nor witch hath power to charm. | No Faiery talkes, nor Witch hath power to Charme: |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.260 | Truly; and I hold ambition of so airy and | Truely, and I hold Ambition of so ayry and |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.86 | That some night-tripping fairy had exchanged | That some Night-tripping-Faiery, had exchang'd |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.77 | Or airy fowl make men in arms to quake, | Or airie foule make men in armes to quake, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.33 | Which now hath hid the airy floor of heaven | Which now hath hid the airie flower of heauen, |
| King John | KJ III.ii.2 | Some airy devil hovers in the sky | Some ayery Deuill houers in the skie, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.56 | And, fairy-like, to pinch the unclean knight, | And Fairy-like to pinch the vncleane Knight; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.57 | And ask him why, that hour of fairy revel, | And aske him why that houre of Fairy Reuell, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.20 | Must my sweet Nan present the Fairy Queen – | Must my sweet Nan present the Faerie-Queene: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.41 | Crier Hobgoblin, make the fairy oyes. | Crier Hob-goblyn, make the Fairy Oyes. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.42 | Elves, list your names; silence, you airy toys. | Elues, list your names: Silence you aiery toyes. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.81 | Heavens defend me from that Welsh fairy, | Heauens defend me from that Welsh Fairy, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.130 | Well said, fairy Hugh. | Well said Fairy Hugh. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.1.1 | Enter a Fairy at one door, and Puck (Robin Goodfellow) | Enter a Fairie at one doore, and Robin good-fellow |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.8 | And I serve the Fairy Queen, | And I serue the Fairy Queene, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.12 | Those be rubies, fairy favours; | Those be Rubies, Fairie fauors, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.58 | But room, Fairy: here comes Oberon. | But roome Fairy, heere comes Oberon. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.61 | What, jealous Oberon? Fairy, skip hence. | What, iealous Oberon? Fairy skip hence. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.65 | When thou hast stolen away from Fairyland | When thou wast stolne away from Fairy Land, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.122 | The fairy land buys not the child of me. | The Fairy land buyes not the childe of me, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.144 | Not for thy fairy kingdom! Fairies, away. | Not for thy Fairy Kingdome. Fairies away: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.256 | Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in. | Weed wide enough to rap a Fairy in. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.1 | Come, now a roundel and a fairy song, | Come, now a Roundell, and a Fairy song; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.12 | Come not near our Fairy Queen. | Come not neere our Fairy Queene. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.71 | So near the cradle of the Fairy Queen? | So neere the Cradle of the Faierie Queene? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.152 | That thou shalt like an airy spirit go. | That thou shalt like an airie spirit go. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.110 | Captain of our fairy band, | Captaine of our Fairy band, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.378 | My fairy lord, this must be done with haste, | My Fairie Lord, this must be done with haste, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.24 | for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face. And | for me-thinkes I am maruellous hairy about the face. And |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.34 | I have a venturous fairy that shall seek | I haue a venturous Fairy, / That shall seeke |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.50 | For she his hairy temples then had rounded | For she his hairy temples then had rounded, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.59 | Which straight she gave me, and her fairy sent | Which straight she gaue me, and her Fairy sent |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.60 | To bear him to my bower in Fairyland. | To beare him to my Bower in Fairy Land. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.69 | But first I will release the Fairy Queen. | But first I will release the Fairy Queene. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.92 | Fairy king, attend, and mark: | Faire King attend, and marke, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.3 | These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. | These anticke fables, nor these Fairy toyes, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.16 | Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing | turnes them to shapes, / And giues to aire nothing, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.354 | Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time. | Louers to bed, 'tis almost Fairy time. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.383 | Every elf and fairy sprite | Euerie Elfe and Fairie spright, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.389 | Hand in hand with fairy grace | Hand in hand, with Fairie grace, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.392 | Through this house each fairy stray. | Through this house each Fairy stray. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.406 | Every fairy take his gait, | Euery Fairy take his gate, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.153 | Have you a working pulse? And are no fairy? | Haue you a working pulse, and are no Fairie? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.13 | Hover about me with your airy wings | Houer about me with your ayery wings, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.128 | Airy succeeders of intestate joys, | Ayery succeeders of intestine ioyes, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.89 | Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word | Three ciuill Broyles, bred of an Ayery word, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.21 | Would through the airy region stream so bright | Would through the ayrie Region streame so bright, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.162 | And make her airy tongue more hoarse than mine | And make her ayrie tongue more hoarse, then |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.196 | Monster, your fairy, which you say is a harmless | Monster, your Fairy, w you say is a harmles |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.197 | fairy, has done little better than played the Jack | Fairy, / Has done little better then plaid the Iacke |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.212 | is your harmless fairy, monster. | is your harmlesse Fairy, Monster. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.54 | This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, | This Ayrie-charme is for, I'le breake my staffe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.144 | Having his ear full of his airy fame, | Hauing his eare full of his ayery Fame, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.119 | This is fairy gold, boy, and 'twill prove so. Up | This is Faiery Gold boy, and 'twill proue so: vp |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.717 | A lie: you are rough and hairy. Let me have | A Lye; you are rough, and hayrie: Let me haue |