1417    in   		(1925)	 3 68 (MED)  				ij yerderopes, ij halyers, ij Prialle ropes..vj peciis Corde de Merlyn.
1485    in  M. Oppenheim  		(1896)	 70  				Canuas..j bolte, Saile twyne..vi lb, Marlyne..vi lb.
1558    in  W. Greenwell  		(1860)	 II. 167  				xijIb of marlyn iiijs.
1627    J. Smith  v. 25  				Marling is a small line of vntwisted hemp, very pliant and well tarred, to sease the ends of Ropes from raueling out..if the saile rent out of the Boltrope, they will make it fast with marlin till they haue leisure to mend it.
1667    J. Dryden  cxlviii. 38  				Some the gall'd ropes with dawby Marling bind.
1723     31  				He..was down seeing and ordering her Sails out on board the Pyrate, in particular some Marling and Housling.
1735     27 Sept. 3/1  				To be Sold..: All sorts of iron ware by retail viz. iron potts.., dipsey and hand lines, marlin and house lines.
1801    J. J. Moore  sig. M6v  				There is both tarred and white mar-line.
1838    J. F. Cooper  III. vi. 150  				Small balls of marline, to the end of each of which was attached a cod-hook.
1886     XXI. 604/1  				Marling, soft~laid white line for securing sails to the bolt-rope.
1912    S. Leacock  iii. 90  				Pretty soon they saw Mr. Smith disappear down below into the lowest part of the steamer with a mallet in one hand and a big bundle of marline in the other.
1947    A. Ransome  xiv. 178  				‘It's a pity Mac took his trammel nets ashore before we sailed.’.. ‘If that's the only trouble, there's plenty of marline in the locker.’
1964    I. Khan  36  				They would buy a 3-cent length of marlin and two blue steel fish-hooks and let the lines dangle from their big toes.
1989    P. O'Brian  v. 156  				I had made my hat fast with a piece of marline.