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.