Fourteenth Century, End:
Moste mýghty Máhowne | méng you with mýrthe,
Both of búrgh and of tówne, | by féllys and by fýrthe.
Towneley Mysteries, p. 140.
Oute, alás, I am góne! | oute apón the, mans wónder!
ibid. p. 30.
Fourteenth Century, Second Half:
In a sómer séson, | whan sóft was the sónne.
Piers Plowman, Prol. 1.
Þen com a vóis to Jóseph | and séide him þise wórdes.