1506,Alexander Barclay,The Ship of Fools, Volume 1:
Yet fynde I another sort almoste as bad as thay.
1566,John Knox,The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6):
But potent is he against whome thei faught; for when thay wicked war in greatast securitie, then begane God to schaw his anger.
1838,William Makepeace Thackeray,Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush:
Law bless us! there was four of us on this stairkes, four as nice young men as you ever see: Mr. Bruffy's young man, Mr. Dawkinses, Mr. Blewitt's, and me--and we knew what our masters was about as well as thay did theirselfs.