c1390 Cato's Distichs (Vernon) l. 520 in F. J. Furnivall (1901) ii. 597 (MED) Þat þou maiȝt with rihte ȝef, To pore þou graunte at nede; And ȝif þou not þe riche mon, Þer is no soule mede.
a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Herod & John the Baptist (Coll. Phys.) in at Soul(e The liking of his wlanc wede Gers him tin his sawel mede.
a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk (Gough) (1905) 43 (MED) He þoght þat God send hym þat sekenes for gret encrese of soule mede.