| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.110 | fly with false aim move the still-piecing air | fly with false ayme moue the still-peering aire |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.125 | the air of paradise did fan the house | the ayre of paradise did fan the house |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.221 | whistling to th air which but for vacancy | whisling tothayre which but for vacancie |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.133 | he throws his cap in the air | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iii.14.2 | music ith air | musicke ithayre |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.x.3 | i would theyd fight ith fire or ith air | i would theyld fight ithfire or ithayre |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.7 | and mock our eyes with air thou hast seen these signs | and mocke our eyes with ayre / thou hast seene these signes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.288 | i am fire and air my other elements | i am fire and ayre my other elements |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.310 | as sweet as balm as soft as air as gentle &ndash | as sweet as balme as soft as ayre as gentle |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vi.14 | thee quickly yet thou liest in the bleak air come i | thee quickly yet thou liest / in the bleake aire come i |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.61 | filling the air with swords advanced and darts | filling the aire with swords aduancd) and darts |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.123 | that do corrupt my air &ndash i banish you | that do corrupt my ayre i banish you |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.132 | that made the air unwholesome when you cast | that made the ayre vnwholsome when you cast |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.151 | to tear with thunder the wide cheeks oth air | to teare with thunder the wide cheekes ath ayre |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.52.1 | splitting the air with noise | splitting the ayre with noyse |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.45 | as we do air fast as twas ministered | as we do ayre fast as twas ministred |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.41 | were you but riding forth to air yourself | were you but riding forth to ayre your selfe |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.3 | where air comes out air comes in theres none | where ayre comes out ayre comes in theres none |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.21 | the smallness of a gnat to air and then | the smalnesse of a gnat to ayre and then |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.17 | sweet air with admirable rich words to it and | sweet aire with admirable rich words to it and |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.96 | be pale i beg but leave to air this jewel see | be pale i begge but leaue to ayre this iewell see |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.ii.3 | the princess of this country and the air ont | the princesse of this country and the ayre ont |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.140 | by a piece of tender air and when from a stately | by a peece of tender ayre and when from a stately |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.438 | by a piece of tender air and when from a | by a peece of tender ayre and when from a |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.447 | (to cymbeline) the piece of tender air thy virtuous daughter | the peece of tender ayre thy vertuous daughter |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.453.1 | with this most tender air | with this most tender aire |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.146 | for it is as the air invulnerable | for it is as the ayre invulnerable |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.154 | whether in sea or fire in earth or air | whether in sea or fire in earth or ayre |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.1 | the air bites shrewdly it is very cold | the ayre bites shrewdly is it very cold |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.2 | it is a nipping and an eager air | it is a nipping and an eager ayre |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.58 | but soft methinks i scent the morning air | but soft me thinkes i sent the mornings ayre |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.206 | is method int &ndash will you walk out of the air my lord | is method int will you walke / out of the ayre my lord |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.208 | indeed thats out of the air (aside) how | indeed that is out oth ayre how |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.300 | the air look you this brave oerhanging firmament | the ayre look you this braue ore-hanging |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.477 | of reverend priam seemed ith air to stick | of reuerend priam seemd ith ayre to sticke |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.4 | spoke my lines nor do not saw the air too much with | had spoke my lines nor do not saw the ayre too much |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.104 | the air promise-crammed you cannot feed capons so | the ayre promise-crammd you cannot feed capons so |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.119 | and with th incorporal air do hold discourse | and with their corporall ayre do hold discourse |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.44 | and hit the woundless air o come away | oh come away |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.134 | as high in the air as this unthankful king | as high ith ayre as this vnthankfull king |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.219 | hang in the air a thousand leagues from hence | hang in the ayre a thousand leagues from thence |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.135 | that honour air a trim reckoning who hath it he | ayre a trim reckoning who hath it he |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.28 | eating the air and promise of supply | eating the ayre on promise of supply |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.116 | stand from him give him air hell straight be well | stand from him giue him ayre / heele straight be well |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.8 | all sir john &ndash marry good air spread davy spread | all sir iohn marry good ayre spread dauy spread |
| Henry V | H5 I.chorus.14 | that did affright the air at agincourt | that did affright the ayre at agincourt |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.48 | the air a chartered libertine is still | the ayre a charterd libertine is still |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.8 | for now sits expectation in the air | for now sits expectation in the ayre |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.58 | up in the air crowned with the golden sun | vp in the ayre crownd with the golden sunne |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.149 | that i do brag thus this your air of france | that i doe bragge thus this your ayre of france |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.16 | air the earth sings when he touches it the basest horn | ayre the earth sings when he touches it the basest horne |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.20 | perseus he is pure air and fire and the dull elements of | perseus hee is pure ayre and fire and the dull elements |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.4.1 | rien puis l air et le feu | rien puis le air & feu |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.40 | and our air shakes them passing scornfully | and our ayre shakes them passing scornefully |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.90 | they would but stink and putrefy the air | they would but stinke and putrifie the ayre |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.253 | with whose sweet smell the air shall be perfumed | with whose sweet smell the ayre shall be perfumd |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.287 | he shall not breathe infection in this air | he shall not breathe infection in this ayre |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.371 | that makes him gasp and stare and catch the air | that makes him gaspe and stare and catch the aire |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.391 | here could i breathe my soul into the air | heere could i breath my soule into the ayre |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.7 | breathe foul contagious darkness in the air | breath foule contagious darknesse in the ayre |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.49 | and if mine arm be heaved in the air | and if mine arme be heaued in the ayre |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.4 | and dead mens cries do fill the empty air | and dead mens cries do fill the emptie ayre |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.21 | for what doth cherish weeds but gentle air | for what doth cherrish weeds but gentle ayre |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.27 | the air hath got into my deadly wounds | the ayre hath got into my deadly wounds |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.84 | and as the air blows it to me again | and as the ayre blowes it to me againe |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.177 | not knowing how to find the open air | not knowing how to finde the open ayre |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.98 | the air will drink the sap to every county | the ayre will drinke the sap to euery county |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.101.2 | theres fresher air my lord | theres fresher ayre my lord |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.248 | the bad air | the bad ayre |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.44 | the exhalations whizzing in the air | the exhalations whizzing in the ayre |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.266 | and tempt the rheumy and unpurged air | and tempt the rhewmy and vnpurged ayre |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.22 | the noise of battle hurtled in the air | the noise of battell hurtled in the ayre |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.14 | even in the barren bleak and fruitless air | euen in the barraine bleake and fruitlesse aire |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.289 | o that she were as is the air to me | o that shee were as is the aire to mee |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.100 | lets with our colours sweet the air of france | lets with our coullours sweete the aire of fraunce |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.128 | or when the exhalations of the air | or when the exalations of the aire |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.168 | and scatters it in middle of the air | and scatters it in midddle of the aire |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.20 | and new-replenished pendants cuff the air | and new replenisht pendants cuff the aire |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.3 | and stepped aside for breath and fresher air | and stept aside for breath and fresher aire |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.149 | then sound the trumpets clangour in the air | then sound the trumpets clangor in the aire |
| King John | KJ II.i.387 | leave them as naked as the vulgar air | leaue them as naked as the vulgar ayre |
| King John | KJ V.i.72 | mocking the air with colours idly spread | mocking the ayre with colours idlely spred |
| King John | KJ V.vii.7 | that being brought into the open air | that being brought into the open ayre |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.204 | to wage against the enmity oth air | to wage against the enmity othayre |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.64 | now all the plagues that in the pendulous air | now all the plagues that in the pendulous ayre |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.1 | here is better than the open air take it | heere is better then the open ayret ake it |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.7 | thou unsubstantial air that i embrace | thou vnsubstantiall ayre that i embrace |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.23 | would stretch thy spirits up into the air | would stretch thy spirits vp into the ayre |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.13 | the crows and choughs that wing the midway air | the crowes and choughes that wing the midway ayre |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.49 | hadst thou been aught but gossamer feathers air | hadst thou beene ought / but gozemore feathers ayre |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.180 | thou knowest the first time that we smell the air | thou knowst the first time that we smell the ayre |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.229 | physic of thy health-giving air and as i am a | physicke of thy health-giuing ayre and as i am a |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.4 | sweet air go tenderness of years take this key | sweete ayer go tendernesse of yeares take this key |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.102 | playing in the wanton air | playing in the wanton ayre |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.107 | air quoth he thy cheeks may blow | ayre (quoth he) thy cheekes may blowe |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.108 | air would i might triumph so | ayre would i might triumph so |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.293 | blow like sweet roses in this summer air | blow like sweet roses in this summer aire |
| Macbeth | Mac I.i.10 | hover through the fog and filthy air | houer through the fogge and filthie ayre |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.80 | into the air and what seemed corporal | into the ayre and what seemd corporall |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.4 | they made themselves air into which they vanished | they made themselues ayre into which they vanishd |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.1 | this castle hath a pleasant seat the air | this castle hath a pleasant seat / the ayre |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.10.1 | the air is delicate | the ayre is delicate |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.23 | upon the sightless curriers of the air | vpon the sightlesse curriors of the ayre |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.53 | lamentings heard ithe air strange screams of death | lamentings heard ith ayre / strange schreemes of death |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.22 | as broad and general as the casing air | as broad and generall as the casing ayre |
| Macbeth | Mac III.v.20 | i am for the air this night ill spend | i am for th ayre this night ile spend |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.128 | ill charm the air to give a sound | ile charme the ayre to giue a sound |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.137 | infected be the air whereon they ride | infected be the ayre whereon they ride |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.168 | where sighs and groans and shrieks that rent the air | where sighes and groanes and shrieks that rent the ayre |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.194 | that would be howled out in the desert air | that would be howld out in the desert ayre |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.48 | as easy mayst thou the intrenchant air | as easie mayst thou the intrenchant ayre |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.12 | which the air beats for vain o place o form | which the ayre beats for vaine oh place oh forme |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.25 | come all to help him and so stop the air | come all to help him and so stop the ayre |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.108 | how all the other passions fleet to air | how all the other passions fleet to ayre |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.53 | and bring your music forth into the air | and bring your musique foorth into the ayre |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.76 | or any air of music touch their ears | or any ayre of musicke touch their eares |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.183 | your eyes are lodestars and your tongues sweet air | your eyes are loadstarres and your tongues sweet ayre |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.104 | pale in her anger washes all the air | pale in her anger washes all the aire |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.124 | and in the spiced indian air by night | and in the spiced indian aire by night |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.56 | now divine air now is his soul ravished is | now diuine aire now is his soule rauisht is |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.75 | she would mock me into air o she would laugh me | she would mocke me into ayre o she would laugh me |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.26 | charm ache with air and agony with words | charme ache with ayre and agony with words |
| Othello | Oth III.i.20 | away go vanish into air away | away go vanish into ayre away |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.319 | and let him find it trifles light as air | and let him finde it trifles light as ayre |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.131 | when it hath blown his ranks into the air | when it hath blowne his rankes into the ayre |
| Othello | Oth V.i.104 | (to bianca) what look you pale o bear him out oth air | what looke you pale oh beare him othayre |
| Pericles | Per I.i.101 | to stop the air would hurt them the blind mole casts | to stop the ayre would hurt them the blind mole castes |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.87 | that i should open to the listening air | that i should open to the listning ayre |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.14 | our woes into the air our eyes to weep | our woes into the aire our eyes to weepe |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.34 | these mouths who but of late earth sea and air | these mouthes who but of late earth sea and ayre |
| Pericles | Per III.i.33 | as fire air water earth and heaven can make | as fire ayre water earth and heauen can make |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.90.2 | i pray you give her air | i pray you giue her ayre |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.27 | walk with leonine the air is quick there | walke with leonine the ayre is quicke there |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.98 | that flies ith purer air | that flyes ith purer ayre |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.157 | as to be cast forth in the common air | as to be cast forth in the common ayre |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.195 | one of our souls had wandered in the air | one of our soules had wandred in the ayre |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.284 | devouring pestilence hangs in our air | |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.2 | yea my lord how brooks your grace the air | yea my lord how brooks your grace the ayre |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.185 | the emptier ever dancing in the air | the emptier euer dancing in the ayre |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.124 | well are you welcome to the open air | well are you welcome to this open ayre |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.285 | the lips of those that breathe them in the air | the lips of those that breath them in the ayre |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.39 | to find the empty vast and wandering air | to find the empty vast and wandring ayre |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.98 | who builds his hope in air of your good looks | who builds his hope in ayre of your good lookes |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.11 | if yet your gentle souls fly in the air | if yet your gentle soules flye in the ayre |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.152 | ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air | ere he can spread his sweete leaues to the ayre |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.99 | which is as thin of substance as the air | which is as thin of substance as the ayre |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.32 | and sails upon the bosom of the air | and sailes vpon the bosome of the ayre |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.19 | that idles in the wanton summer air | that ydles in the wanton summer ayre |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.27 | this neighbour air and let rich musics tongue | this neighbour ayre and let rich musickes tongue |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.34 | to whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in | to whose foule mouth no healthsome ayre breaths in |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.172 | and with her breath she did perfume the air | and with her breath she did perfume the ayre |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.222 | whom i left cooling of the air with sighs | whom i left cooling of the ayre with sighes |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.388 | where should this music be ith air or th earth | where shold this musick be ith aire or th earth |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.394 | with its sweet air thence i have followed it | with its sweet ayre thence i haue followd it |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.49 | the air breathes upon us here most sweetly | the ayre breathes vpon vs here most sweetly |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.70 | where thou thyself dost air &ndash the queen oth sky | where thou thy selfe dost ayre the queene oth skie |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.150 | are melted into air into thin air | are melted into ayre into thin ayre |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.172 | so full of valour that they smote the air | so full of valour that they smote the ayre |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.266 | shalt have the air at freedom for a little | shalt haue the ayre at freedome for a little |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.21 | hast thou which art but air a touch a feeling | hast thou (which art but aire) a touch a feeling |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.58 | a solemn air and the best comforter | a solemne ayre and the best comforter |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.102 | i drink the air before me and return | i drinke the aire before me and returne |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.86.1 | drink the free air | drinke the free ayre |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.13 | a dedicated beggar to the air | a dedicated beggar to the ayre |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.22.1 | into this sea of air | into this sea of ayre |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.3 | infect the air twinned brothers of one womb | infect the ayre twind brothers of one wombe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.111 | in the sick air let not thy sword skip one | in the sicke ayre let not thy sword skip one |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.223 | that the bleak air thy boisterous chamberlain | that the bleake ayre thy boysterous chamberlaine |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.22 | good as the best promising is the very air | good as the best / promising is the verie ayre |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.ii.16 | doth choke the air with dust in and prepare | doth choake the ayre with dust in and prepare |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.62 | and buzz lamenting doings in the air | and buz lamenting doings in the ayer |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.168 | aaron i see thou wilt not trust the air | aaron i see thou wilt not ttust the ayre |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.66 | should with a bond of air strong as the axle-tree | should with a bond of ayre strong as the axletree |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.166 | untent his person and share the air with us | vntent his person and share the ayre with vs |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.49 | now a kiss in fee-farm build there carpenter the air | now a kisse in fee-farme build there carpenter the ayre |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.190 | as air as water wind or sandy earth | as aire as water as winde as sandie earth |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.225.1 | be shook to air | be shooke to ayrie ayre |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.4 | thou dreadful ajax that the appalled air | thou dreadfull aiax that the appauled aire |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.188 | when thou hast hung thy advanced sword ith air | when thou hast hung thy aduanced sword ithayre |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.21 | methought she purged the air of pestilence | me thought she purgd the ayre of pestilence |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.262 | and make the babbling gossip of the air | and make the babling gossip of the aire |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.264 | between the elements of air and earth | betweene the elements of ayre and earth |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.130 | nay pursue him now lest the device take air and | nay pursue him now least the deuice take ayre and |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.1 | this is the air that is the glorious sun | this is the ayre that is the glorious sunne |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.164 | can feed on the air i am one that am nourished by my | can feed on the ayre i am one that am nourishd by my |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.27 | live in your air | liue in your ayre |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.151 | the air hath starved the roses in her cheeks | the ayre hath starud the roses in her cheekes |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.16 | not an angel of the air | not an angle of the aire |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.75 | stolen some new air or at adventure hummed one | stolne some new aire or at adventure humd on |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.38 | from our kind air to them unkind and minister | from our kinde aire to them unkinde and minister |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.v.6 | and clamours through the wild air flying | and clamors through the wild ayre flying |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.103 | this oil out of your language by this air | this oile out of your language by this ayre |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.1 | the climates delicate the air most sweet | the clymats delicate the ayre most sweet |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.104 | here to this place ith open air before | here to this place ith open ayre before |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.36 | she melted into air affrighted much | she melted into ayre affrighted much |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.726 | seest thou not the air of the court in these enfoldings | seest thou not the ayre of the court in these enfoldings |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.759 | aboard a new ship to purge melancholy and air himself | aboord a new ship to purge melancholy and ayre himselfe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.127 | his very air that i should call you brother | (his very ayre) that i should call you brother |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.168 | purge all infection from our air whilst you | purge all infection from our ayre whilest you |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.78 | there is an air comes from her what fine chisel | there is an ayre comes from her what fine chizzell |