• "Here endeth this doctrine at Westmestre by london in fourmes enprinted. In the whiche one euerich may shortly lerne. Frenssh and englissh ...", Hilton, Walter, d. 1396., page 83.
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She saw two men fightenOf whom that one was slaynAnd that othir hurte.fAnuseys the drapierIs a riche manIt is well bestowedHe gyueth gladly for goddes sakeHe visiteth them that be not holeThe prisonersAlso counseilleth the wedowesAnd the orphansFremyn the

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 21.
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is a furneysHe was a Iageler and a ioly hardeysAnd that ws most of synne & harlotryesWel coude e stele corn and tolle thryesAnd that he hadde a thomb of go pardAwhit cote and a blew hod weryd heA bagge

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 135.
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no wight hond vp on hym leggeThat he ne swoor anon he sholde abeggeA thef he was for sothe of corn and meleAnd that a sligh and vsant forto steleHis name whas I hote deynus SymkynA wyf he hadde come

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 137.
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In cradyl it lay and was a proper pageThis wenche thicke and wel I growe wasWith Camoys nose and yen grey as glasButtokkis brode and brestis rounde & hyeBut right fair was her heer I wyl not lyeThe parson

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 178.
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Of this meruayll agast was al the preesAs masid folk they stonden euerichonFor drede of wreche saue Custaunce aloneGreet was the drede and eke the repentaunceOf hem that hadde wrong suspectionVp on this sely Innocente CustaunceAnd for this mirakil

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 195.
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I se wel that lernyd men in loreConne moche good be goddis digniteThe Parson hym answerde benediciteWhat eylith the man so sinfully to swereOure oste answerde Iankyn be ye thereI smelle a lollere in the wynd quod heNow good

• "Here begynnethe a lytyll treatyse whiche is called the .xii. profytes of trybulacyon.", Peter, of Blois, ca. 1135-ca. 1212., page 18.
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fyle / The thir¦de pourgynge is of trees / as of vynes of vnfrute∣full braunches The fourthe purgynge is of corn ad betynge or thresshyng wyth a flayle The fyfth pour¦gynge is of grapes and that is by a pressoure

• "The rote or myrour of consolacyon [and] conforte.", Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460., page 31.
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the su∣{per}fluous braūches are cutte awaye with a knyfe or with a sawe. The fourth is the purgynge of ye corn fro the chafe with the fleyle. The fyfth is the pur∣gynge of wyne whiche is purge with the pressure.

• "Here endeth the discripcion of Britayne ...", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 9.
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that is to saye in englissh / that londe is so good that it semeth that it wolde fynde corn ynow for all the men of wales Therfor virgyls uses may be acordyng therto / as moch as gua wes

• "Here endeth the discripcion of Britayne ...", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 35.
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that londe be luyteIt is full of corn & of feuyteAnd hath grete plente ywysOf flessh & eke of fissh.Of beestis tame & wyldeOf horse sheep oxen myldeGood londe for all seedesFor corn gras & herbes yt spredesTher ben woodes

• "Diues [et] pauper.", Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375., page 152.
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enemyes / as in tyme of war∣re/ yf they sholde gadre it they hauerightful cause to withstande theyr ad¦uers;aryes.Also yf corn or grasse be inthe felde & sholde be lorne but it weredyght & gadred / it is lefull in

• "tHis book is intituled confessio amantis, that is to saye in englysshe the confessyon of the louer maad and compyled by Iohan Gower squyer ...", Gower, John, 1325?-1408., page 249.
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bothWhich vnto the kyng was at vnknowA yere or two she sete doo soweThe lond with soden whete abouteWherof no corn may spryngen outeAnd thus by sleyghte & by couyneAroos the derthe & the famyneThorugh oute the lond in suche

• "Here begynneth the lyf of saint katherin of senis the blessid virgin.", Raymond, of Capua, 1330-1399., page 134.
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It happed afterward in ye same yere that in the Cyte of Sene there was a grete sharsyte of breed corn soo ye stynkyng whete was drawen out of the erthe and out of dyches the whiche was bought of

• "Hier begynneth the booke callyd the Myrrour of the worlde. ...", Legrand, Jacques, ca. 1365-1415., page 27.
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but late it lye / For he demandeth not af∣ter the ouche or gemme / but had leueyr haue somme corn to ete / In lyke wyse is it of many of thyse not wyse clerkys couetous that haue the

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 126.
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brockes and scarcete of corne / Men of that londe lyue more by fisshyng and huntyng than by brede and corn. In the northsyde of that londe many nyghtes in the somer tyme a∣boute the stintyng of the sonne /

• "Here begynneth the boke intituled Eracles, and also of Godefrey of Boloyne the whiche speketh of the conquest of the holy londe of Iherusalem ...", Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, page 71.
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wel / lx / myle / They pylled al aboute them alle the townes that they fonde / And brought Corn / Wyn / Beestys. and other Rychesses / Wherof the londe was full that vnnethe myght they conduy∣te alle

• "This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe.", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 158.
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knewe the / I am no byrde to be locked ne take by chaf / I know wel ynowh good corn / O how woldest thou mocke me / f I lete the thus escape / thou myghtest wel haue

• "This book was compyled [and] made atte requeste of kyng Phelyp of Fraunce ... whyche book is callyd in frensshe. le liure Royal¨ that is to say the ryal book. or a book for a kyng. ...", Laurent, Dominican, fl. 1279., page 62.
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neuer quytte ne payed. The other synne in byeng the thynges as corn wyn or other thynges lasse the halfe than it is worth for the mo∣ney that they paye tofore hande. & after they selle the same thre or

• "[Explicit liber primus de curia sapiencie].", Alcock, John, 1430-1500., page 31.
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sh̄al it fyndThe wepyng stone a clerk seyth it hyghtThe epystyte / whiche is a stone ful bryghtFrendful to Corn and excelyte roseIn colours felt / as clerkes don deposeTher was also the gentyl gagatesGood for woman that long in

• "For as moche as late by the comau[n]dement of the right hye [and] noble princesse my right redoubted lady my lady Margarete by the grace of god Duchesse of Bourgoyne Brabant [et]c. [...] as to the historie of Iason [...]", Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460., page 112.
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suche ruyne and perplexite that in fyfty yere after shal not be foūden a stone vpon a stone ner no corn shal be eerid ne sowen̄. Fair lordes then̄e ansuerde the knight f Troye· I am sory that ye ar