| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.76.2 | ay me most wretched | aye me most wretched |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.106 | ay me poor man how pale and wan he looks | aye me poore man how pale and wan he looks |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.321 | where is thy head wheres that ay me wheres that | where is thy head wheres that aye me wheres that |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.27 | the certainty of this hard life aye hopeless | the certainty of this heard life aye hopelesse |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.210 | italian fiend ay me most credulous fool | italian fiend aye me most credulous foole |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.210 | this world is not for aye nor tis not strange | this world is not for aye nor tis not strange |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.52.2 | ay me what act | aye me what act |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.12 | o prenez miséricorde ayez pitié de | o prennes miserecordie aye pitez de |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.70 | this get i by his death ay me unhappy | this get i by his death aye me vnhappie |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.120 | ay me i can no more die margaret | aye me i can no more dye elinor |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.380 | ay me what is this world what news are these | aye me what is this world what newes are these |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.39 | i must go in ay me how weak a thing | i must go in / aye me how weake a thing |
| King John | KJ I.i.269 | may easily win a womans ay my mother | may easily winne a womans aye my mother |
| King John | KJ III.i.305 | o husband hear me ay alack how new | o husband heare me aye alacke how new |
| King John | KJ V.iii.14 | ay me this tyrant fever burns me up | aye me this tyrant feauer burnes mee vp |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.233 | to bid my king and master aye good night | to bid my king and master aye good night |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.139 | &lsquo ay me&rsquo says one &lsquo o jove&rsquo the other cries | aye me s ayes one o ioue the other cries |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.133 | stand aye accursed in the calendar | stand aye accursed in the kalender |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.71 | for aye to be in shady cloister mewed | for aye to be in shady cloister mewd |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.90 | for aye austerity and single life | for aie austerity and single life |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.153 | ay me for pity &ndash what a dream was here | aye me for pitty what a dreame was here |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.387 | and must for aye consort with black-browed night | and must for aye consort with blacke browd night |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.17 | while summer days doth last ay me poor maid | while sommer d ayes doth last aye me poore maid |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.10 | the worth that learned charity aye wears | the worth that learned charitie aye weares |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.40 | whose state and honour i for aye allow | whose state and honor i for aye allow |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.49 | ay me i see the ruin of my house | aye me i see the ruine of my house |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.161.2 | ay me sad hours seem long | aye me sad houres seeme long |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.43 | art thou gone so love-lord aye husband-friend | art thou gone so loue lord ay husband friend |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.290 | to the perpetual wink for aye might put | to the perpetuall winke for aye might put |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.219 | for aye thy foot-licker | for aye thy foot-licker |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.50 | to thee be worship and thy saints for aye | to thee be worshipt and thy saints for aye |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.78 | taught thee to make vast neptune weep for aye | taught thee to make vast neptune weepe for aye |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.64 | ay me this object kills me | aye me this obiect kils me |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.158 | to feed for aye her lamp and flames of love | to feede for aye her lampe and flames of loue |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.111 | but edifies another with her deeds | but edifies another with her deedes pand why but heare you troy hence brother lackie ignomie and shame / pursue thy life and liue aye with thy name |
| 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 calld |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.34 | pursue thy life and live aye with thy name | pursue thy life and liue aye with thy name |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.137 | ay me detested how am i beguiled | aye me detested how am i beguild |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.195 | or sentencing for aye their vigour dumb | or sentencing for ay their vigour dombe |