| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.260 | truly and i hold ambition of so airy and | truely and i hold ambition of so ayry and |
| 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 V.v.42 | elves list your names silence you airy toys | elues list your names silence you aiery toyes |
| 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 V.i.16 | turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing | turnes them to shapes / and giues to aire nothing |
| 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 V.i.54 | this airy charm is for ill break my staff | this ayrie-charme is for ile 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 |