| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.56 | Bring forth that fatal screech-owl to our house, | Bring forth that fatall Schreechowle to our house, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.366 | Whilst the screech-owl, screeching loud, | Whil'st the scritch-owle, scritching loud, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.16 | Let him that will a screech-owl aye be called | Let him that will a screechoule aye be call'd, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.35 | The moon is down, the crickets chirp, the screech-owl | The Moone is down, the Cryckets chirpe, the Schreichowle |