1558 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 167 ij great cakes of rended tallowe xxxiijs. iiijd.

1632 C. Lowther Let. 18 Dec. in Commerc. Papers Sir C. Lowther 51 He killed for Bristol the beefe which weyed net 66 cwt 3 qtrs 20 lbs; hydes weyed 59 cwt 1 qtr 23 lbs; tallowe weyed net 55 cwt 1 qtr 1 lb which at 1d per pound..amounted unto 216l 15s 10d, more in rended tallow 8l 12s 9d.

1612 T. Rogers Gloucesters Myte sig. C2 We daily by the rules of truth are taught, And dayly instances by death doe see: How that our rended ships with sinne are fraught, And in what perill, on the seas wee bee.

1703 J. Tomkins Trumpet Sounded 48 Will I sing with a rended Heart, and with my Mouth in the Dust, will I sing Praises to thee, my Blessed Saviour.

1799 A. Haswell Oration delivered at Bennington 26 May thy pure sweets abound..Till time dissolves the sacred tie, Unites each rolling sphere, And through the rended furling sky Bids deathless scents appear.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. v. i. 149 Bernard had farther the satisfaction..of sewing together..the rended vesture of the papacy.

1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 305 Straw for plaiting has recently been supplemented..by the rended leaves of palms.

1904 T. Hardy in Fortn. Rev. Aug. 196 A large content in us that seemed our rended lives reclasping, And contracting years to nought.

2002 J. Weir Author as Hero i. 25 To patch the rended fabric of history and literary tradition.