A gentle folk, most mild, most kindly, lacking in no goodly quality, are they that dwell within that city; for none come there, and none abide there ever, save holy youths, and pilgrims zealous for God.
— from An Irish Precursor of Dante A Study on the Vision of Heaven and Hell ascribed to the Eighth-century Irish Saint Adamnán, with Translation of the Irish Text by Charles Stuart Boswell

All we can do, if we do not emigrate and secure homes of our own, is to hire out as farm hands, and, as you know, labor is not greatly in demand.
— from Far Past the Frontier by James A. (James Andrew) Braden

A2 ¶ To the right Worshipful Mai- ster Iohn Atkin Maior, the Re- corder and Aldermen, and to the Common Counsaile, Burgesses and Inhabitants of Kings Linne in Norffolke , Grace and Peace.
— from A Treatise of Witchcraft by Alexander Roberts