• "hEre begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue, of the polytyque book named Tullius de senectute ...", Cicero, Marcus Tullius., page 84.
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or othir greyns ben ordeyned and renged ordynatly in suche wise that one corn puttith not oute that othir / and by cause that the smale briddes shull not lightly ete nor waste the corne / the ere is armed

• "Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde ...", Cessolis, Jacobus de., page 29.
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but late it lye / ffor he demandeth not af∣ter the ouche or gemme / but had leuir haue somme corn to ete / In like wise is it of many of thise not wise clerkis couetous that haue the

• "The descrypcyon of Englonde Here foloweth a lytell treatyse the whiche treateth of the descrypcyon of this londe which of olde tyme was named Albyon and after Brytayne and now is called Englonde and speketh of the noblesse and worthynesse of the same", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 33.
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doughter as in the moder¶Of the commodytees of the londeof Wales. ca. xviij.THough that londe be luyteIt is full of corn & of fruyteAnd hath grete plente ywysOf flesshe and eke of fyssheOf beestes tame and wyldeOf hors sheep oxen

• "[Troilus and Criseyde].", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 12.
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O blynd world / O blynd entenciounHow oft fallyth alle theffes contraryeOf sur quydrye and foul presumpciounFor caught is prowd & caught is debonayreThys Troylus is clombyn on the stayreAnd lytel wenyth that he shall descendenBut alday faylith thyng

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 138.
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mylle & se her corn̄ y groundeAnd hardely they durste ley her neckeThe myllere sholde not stele half a peckeOf corn be sleyghte or by force hem teneAnd at the laste the wardeyn yaf hem leueIohn highte that on &

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 146.
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ther is alawe that saith thusThat yf aman in o thing be agreuedThat in a nothir he shal be releuedOur corn is stole sothly hit is no nayAnd we haue had an euyl fytte to dayAnd syn I shal haue

• "Here begynnethe a lytyll treatyse whiche is called the .xii. profytes of trybulacyon.", Peter, of Blois, ca. 1135-ca. 1212., page 25.
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celo vbi non nisi purū granū repone∣tetur Playne ye not of ye flayle of trybulacyon yf yu wylte haue clene corn of consyence & yf yu wylte co∣ueyte to be putte in ye garner of ye blys of heuen in

• "The rote or myrour of consolacyon [and] conforte.", Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460., page 112.
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our lorde it mufte haue a tyme in gro∣wynge. Lyke as ye husbande man loketh not for re¦pyng of his corn as soone as he hath sowen it. Our lorde is nothasty in hys werkyng but doth al thyng by

• "[Liber festivalis].", Mirk, John, fl. 1403?, page 140.
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so brought hem forthe saue and sounde to londe.Also ther was in the count in a tyme grete derthe of corn Fame valida and grete houn¦ger in so moche that the people where all moste loste for the faute of

• "Here begynnys a schort [and] breue tabull on thes cronicles ...", Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, page 429.
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¶How king Edward made a duchie of the Erldom of Corn¦waill & also of vi. other erles that weer new made &̄ of the frist chalenge of the kyngdō of fraunce.IN the yere of our lord a. thousand CCC.

• "Thus endeth the doctrinal of sapyence the whyche is ryght vtile and prouffytable to alle crysten men, whyche is translated out of Frenshe in to englysshe by wyllyam Caxton at westmestter [sic] fynysshed the. vij. day of may the yere of our lord, M,cccc lxxx ix Caxton me fieri fecit.", Roye, Gui de, ca. 1345-1409., page 110.
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ought to paye dymes ne how I shold paye them I sa¦ye vnto the that thou owest tithes of thy corn of thy wine of thy medewes fruittes / beste. egges / marchaundise. and of all the gayne and wynnyng

• "Vitas patrum.", Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, page 556.
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to thabbot Pastor & sayd yt he sholde labour & sowe his fel∣de that he had. And the grayne & corn that he sholde gadre / he sholde dystry∣bute it to ye poore people. The holy fa∣der answered hȳ /

• "[Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive, Lombardica historia] [Wyllyam Caxton].", Jacobus, de Voragine, ca. 1229-1298., page 21.
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cam and told to Ioab that Absalō had sette fyre on his corn / Thenne Ioab cam to Absalon & said why hast thou sette fyre on my corn / And he said I haue sente tweys to the pray∣eng

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 78.
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and slowe the men that dwelled therinne. and sewe salt therinne / for the londe shold nomore bere fruyte and corn wittnes· Iosue capitulo nono / And there is Iacobs welle where criste rested by whan he was wery of

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 79.
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And also to Siria and to Fenicia. In eyther galylea is good lond and grete plente of corn and of fruyt / grete lakes and huge prouffytable and helthful. And somme lake is so grete and so ful of ffysshe

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 93.
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coun∣tree· where there is good temprure of heuen and of weder beside the londe Misia that hath grete plente of corn and fruyte That Cyte is y seen and shewed to alle shipmen that sayllen thy∣derward oute of what londe

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 104.
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wonder copped pyler and is Romulus Piler. that pyler pylgryms and palmers that fast can· lye calle hit seynt Peters corn hupple and sayen that whan nero themperour had rauisshed it hit torned in to an hylle of stone. as

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 105.
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clothes· And so it foloweth that they that ben wel clothed and goth aboute and beggeth and gadreth money & corn and catel of other men forsaketh not al thyng R Themperour assayde and fonde soth al that they sayde.

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 162.
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wil∣iam malmesbury by tellyng of other men mette of this cyte / ¶This cyte hath plente of lyuelode / of corn of fflesshe of ffysshe and specially of pris of Samon / this cyte resseyueth grete mar∣chandyse and sendeth out

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 178.
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lerne no ffrenssh ne can none / whiche is hurte for them that shal passe the see / And also gentilmen haue moche lefte to teche theyr children to speke frenssh ¶R Hit semeth a grete wonder that Englyssmen