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a.1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Here after Foloweth a Lytell Boke, whiche hath to Name Why Come Ye Nat to Courte?”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical Works of John Skelton:, volume II, London: Thomas Rodd,, published 1843, →OCLC, page 32:
But yet they ouer shote vs Wyth crownes and wyth scutus; With scutis and crownes of gold I drede we are bought and solde;