| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.50 | Thy favour's good enough. Some jay of Italy – | Thy fauours good enough. Some Iay of Italy |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.49 | To be so pestered with a popinjay, | (To be so pestered with a Popingay) |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.39 | to know turtles from jays. | to know Turtles from Iayes. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.171 | What, is the jay more precious than the lark | What is the Iay more precious then the Larke? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.166 | Show thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how | show thee a Iayes nest, and instruct thee how |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.10 | With heigh, with heigh, the thrush and the jay, | With heigh, the Thrush and the Iay: |