Before time and thanne also, 550
Thurgh strong famyne which hem ladde
Was non that eny whete hadde.
P. iii. 294
Appolinus, whan that he herde[1513]
The meschief, hou the cite ferde,
Al freliche of his oghne yifte
His whete, among hem forto schifte,
The which be Schipe he hadde broght,
He yaf, and tok of hem riht noght.