c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) 642 (MED) Ne was þer non þat miȝte ascape, So Beues slouȝ hem in a rape.
c1400 (a1376) W. Langland (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 174 (MED) Þo risen vp in a rape & rombeden togideris.
c1540 (?a1400) 5633 Row forthe in a rape right to the banke, Tit vnto Troy; tary no lengur.