• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 713.
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one sayd he was on lyue / and the other sayd Nay / In the name of god sayd an old man / for I doo yow veryly to wete / he is not dede / but he is soo

• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 740.
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he came to Astolat that is Gylford / and there hit happed hym in the euentyde he cam to an old Barons place that hyght sir Bernard of Astolat / And as syre launcelot entryd in to his lodgynge /

• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 742.
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the reed sleue sir Launcelot lete cary with hym / and soo they tooke the∣ir leue at syr Bernard the old baron / and att his doughter the faire mayden of Astolat / And thenne they rode soo long til

• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 749.
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syr Launcelot lodged / and soo as sire Gawayn was in his chamber to repose hym / syr Barnard the old Baron came vnto hym and his doughter Elayne to chere hym and to aske hym what tydynges and who

• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 755.
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gyue yow warnyng of my beynge there / And thenne had I had noo hurte / for it is an old sayd sawe / there is hard bataille there as kynne & frendes doo bataille eyther ageynste other / there

• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 759.
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And whan they came to As¦tolat / there were they wel lodged and had grete chere of syre Bernard the old baron / and of sir Tyrre his sone / and so vp on the morne whan syr Launcelot shold

• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 764.
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many grete lordes / and euer in al places sir Lauayne▪ gate grete worshyp / soo that he was nobly renomed amonge many knyghtes of the table roundCapitulum xxjTHus it past on tyl Crystmasse / And thenne euery day

• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 769.
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and so I am come to bere yow felaushyp for old loue ye haue shewed me / Gramercy sa∣id sir launcelot / syr sayd sir Gareth / encountre ye with sir Ga∣wayne / and I shalle encountre with syre Palomydes

• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 778.
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/ ¶ Allas for shame said launcelot that euer one knyght shold bitraye another knyght / but hit is an old sawe / a good man is neuer in daunger / but whan he is in the daunger of a

• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 828.
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nys none constaunte abydynge / and that may be preued by many old Cronykles of noble Ector and Troylus and Alysander the myghty Conquerour / and many moo other / whan they were moost in their Royalte / they alyghte

• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 843.
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sende the gretynge / & lete the haue knowleche that the tenth day of may I was smyten vpon the old wound that thou gauest me / afore the Cyte of Benwyck / and thorow the same woūd that thou

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 3.
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to old men / to whome longe lyf hath mynystred experymentes of dyuerse thynges / but also thystoryes able & make ryght pry∣uate men digne & worthy to haue the gouernaūce of Emyte noble Royammes / historyes moeue and withdrawe

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 52.
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/ I calle this story myn / And for that I wryte other whyles myn owne wordes & sētence of old men / the Auctours that I in the first begynnyng of this booke take for shelde· and defence me

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 64.
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Chapytre Egiptus· ¶ The fourth witnes and proof that suche a place is in Erthe that is called Paradyse· is old Fame and longe durynge· ffor men shal bileue olde fame that is not withseyde· But Fame of Paradyse hath

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 81.
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wyues & the newe hus¦bondes gadred hem to geders and arrayed hem in a grete bataylle to fyghte agayn their old lordes and husbondes that were coming homeward / and whan they mette to gyders Fortune was vnsta¦ble and vnstedfaste

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 85.
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& of chyualrye. And for grete brestes shold not lette hem to shote / of euery mayde of seuen yere old they brente of the right breste. And therfor they were called vrimamme. that is to saye brente brestes /

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 94.
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the childeren that were goten and brought forth in that maner we∣re called spartani· And whan they were .xxx· yere old they dred de sore of nede and of meschyef· For none of them wyst who was his owne fader

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 103.
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the water of tiber is hool∣som and good for hors / And vnhelsome and euyl for men / ther∣for the old Romayns made fresshe water come out of foure par¦tes of the cyte by weyes craftely made / & therof

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 108.
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called pretaaxta palmata & candidata / the first maner gowne pretaxata gentilmēs childeren vsed for to were of xiiij· yere old / the second maner palmata vsed vyctours for her noble dedes / the third maner goun candidata vsed· lordes

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 109.
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whan the fayr shold bygynne / Hug / ca / mereor. Somtyme knyghtes after that they were· lx / yere old were not compellyd for to doo dedes of Armes· But men yaf hem feldes or townes. or somwhat ellys