• "hEre begynneth the volume intituled and named the recuyell of the historyes of Troye, composed and drawen out of dyuerce bookes of latyn in to frensshe by the ryght venerable persone and worshipfull man. Raoul le ffeure. preest and chapelayn vnto the ryght noble gloryous and myghty prynce in his tyme Phelip duc of Bourgoyne of Braband [et]c in the yere of the incarnacion of our lord god a thousand foure honderd sixty and foure, and translated and drawen out of frenshe in to englisshe by Willyam Caxton mercer of ye cyte of London, at the comau[n]deme[n]t of the right hye myghty and vertuouse pryncesse hys redoubtyd lady. Margarete by the grace of god. Duchesse of Bourgoyne of Lotryk of Braband [et]c., whiche sayd translacion and werke was ... fynysshid in the holy cyte of Colen the. xix. day of septembre the yere of our sayd lord god a thousand foure honderd sixty and enleuen [sic] [et]c. ...", Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460., page 425.
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of hercules at that tyme. ffor duryng all that day the roche was full of smoke and fumee that cacus had made / And the smoke was so materyell. that hit semed tenebres or derkenes.WHan cacus and his folk were

• "[T]o the right noble, right excellent [and] vertuous prince George duc of Clarence Erle of warwyk and of salisburye, grete chamberlayn of Englond [and] leutenant of Irelond oldest broder of kynge Edward by the grace of god kynge of England and of frau[n]ce, your most humble seruant william Caxton amonge other of your seruantes sendes vnto you peas. helthe. ioye and victorye vpon your enemyes ...", Cessolis, Jacobus de., page 57.
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so euyll that he slewe his broder Abel / for as moche as the smoke of his tythes went strayt vnto heuen / And the smoke & fume of the tythes of Cayin wente dounward vpon the erthe And how

• "tHe holy appostle and doctour of the peple saynt Poule sayth in his epystle. Alle that is wryten is wryten vnto our doctryne and for our lernyng. ...", Cessolis, Jacobus de., page 68.
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was so euyl that he fleshe his broder abel For as moche as the smoke of his tithes went strayt vn¦to heuen / and the smoke and fume of the tythes of caym went doun ward vpon the erthe. and

• "Scala perfecc[i]onis.", Hilton, Walter, d. 1396., page 69.
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noo thyng therin but stynke & smoke. and a chidyng wyf he wolde soone renne out of it / Right soo thy soule whan it tyndeth noo comforte in it self but blacke smoke of ghostly blyndnes. and grete chidyng

• "[Liber festivalis].", Mirk, John, fl. 1403?, page 105.
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twynne by descnsi∣n of malice and enuye a none the fyre of the ho¦ly goste quenchith and thanne risithe vp smoke of grete wrathe and en∣uye betwene party and party and also grete gre¦uaunce and heuynesse for the soule and

• "Here begynneth a lytell treatyse named the bowge of courte.", Skelton, John, 1460?-1529., page 22.
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Ryghte now I spake with one I trowe I seeBut what a strawe I maye not tell all thyngeBy god I saye there is grete herte brennyngeBetwene the persone ye wote of IouAlas I coude not dele so with

• "The book of fame made by Gefferey Chaucer.", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 21.
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it neuer so hygh on heyghtLet go thyn hand / it falleth dounRyght so saye I by fyre and sounOr smoke or other thynges lyghtAlleway they seke vpward on hyghtLyght thynges vp and downward chargeWhyle eueryche of bem be at

• "The book of fame made by Gefferey Chaucer.", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 22.
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And to conferme my resonThou wost wel that speche is a souneOr ellis noman myght it hereNow herke what I wyl the lereSown is not / but eyer y brokenAnd euery speche / that is spokenLowde or pryue /

• "[The lyfe of the thre kynges of Coleyne].", Joannes, of Hildesheim, d. 1375., page 4.
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warned ye kepers of the hyll of Vaws / As by nyghte they ma∣de grete fyre. and by day grete smoke / For that hyll of Vaws passyd of heyghte all other hilles of Inde and in al the Eest

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 69.
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In whiche ran as a wymbyl in a swoweAs though it a storm were sholde brest euery bowAnd downward on an hil vnder abentThere stood the tempyl of marce armypotentWrought al of burnyd steel the whiche the entreWas longe

• "Here begynneth a litill boke necessarye [and] behouefull a[g]enst the pestilence.", Catholic Church., page 6.
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To the .ij. q̄stion I say that pestilence sores be {con}tagious because of enfect humours bodies & the reke or smoke of suche sores is venemous & corrupteth the ayer & therfore it is to flee fro su¦che {per}sons as

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 123.
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within the erthe. stryueth with the ayer & other thyn¦ges that ben contrarye to fyre / And that causeth ofte smoke and brennyng leyte to breke out in many places ¶ And somtyme the strengthe of the wynde that is

• "Diues [et] pauper.", Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375., page 65.
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the water. Also mel∣tyngof salte whan it tourneth in towater is token of rayne comyng / butnot the cause. Also smoke in houseswhan it passeth not redely out is to∣kenof rayne / for the ayre is so thycke& heuy of

• "Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue. of Diues [and] paup[er]. that is to say. the riche [and] the pore fructuously tretyng vpon the x. co[m]maånmentes ...", Peter, of Blois, ca. 1135-ca. 1212., page 79.
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of rayne cūmynge but nat cause. Also smoke in house whan it passith nat redily oute. is token of reyne For the ayr is so thycke and heuy of moisture that the smoke may nat stye vp so redily as

• "Vitas patrum.", Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, page 371.
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as he tro∣wed to haue taken his repast he sawe a grete smoke come out of the baskete wherin he layde his brede / and the whi¦che smoke went out atte the wyndowe of his lytyll elle. Soo purposed he

• "Vitas patrum.", Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, page 576.
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hous be opened yt the smoke entreth lyghtly in to hit. In lyke wyse yf our fyue wyttes be opened vnto the thynges of the worlde / anone our soule is obfusked by the smoke of synne. ¶Yet sayd the

• "The helpe and grace of almighty god ...", Mirk, John, fl. 1403?, page 46.
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to do the fyre out of the alle: and the blac¦ke wynter brondis and all thing that is foule wyth smoke shall be doone a¦waye and there the fyre was shall bee gayly arayed wyth fayre floures and strewed wyth

• "The helpe and grace of almighty god ...", Mirk, John, fl. 1403?, page 58.
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aste a twynny by dyscencion off ma & enuye Anone the fyre of the holy gose quencheth. And thenne vp smoke of grete wrathe and enuy by∣twene party and party. And also grete greuaunce and heuynesse for the soule and

• "hEre endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophres enprynted. by me william Caxton at westmestre the yere of our lord .M.CCCC.Lxx vij. Whiche book is late translated out of Frenshe into englyssh. by the noble and puissant lord Lord Antone Erle of Ryuyers lord of Scales ...", Legrand, Jacques, ca. 1365-1415., page 138.
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Ire & wrath, he may be likened to an house taken with fire in which, for the quātite of the smoke & of the noyse of the fiere, ther may no man see ne here therin & may also be

• "Hier begynneth the booke callyd the Myrrour of the worlde. ...", Legrand, Jacques, ca. 1365-1415., page 108.
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of cloth that is weet / and shold be dreyed by the fyre. thēne yssueth therof a moysture lyke a smoke or fumee and gooth vpward. who thenne helde his hande ouer the fumee / he shold fele a va∣pour