Gower’s Conf. Am., Prol. fol. 3. ed. 1554.
“This worlde ys but a chyrye feyre, whan ȝe be heyest ȝe mowe aslake.”
Lydgate’s verses entitled Make Amendes,—MS. Cott. Calig. A ii. fol. 67.
“Reuoluyng als this liif a chere fayre
To loke how sone she deyde the fayrist wight.”
Poems by C. Duke of Orleans,—MS. Harl. 682. fol. 42.
“Thys werld hyt turnys euyn as a whele,
All day be day hyt wyl enpayre,
And so, sone, thys worldys wele,