1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville (1495) vii. lxv. 282 The Infeccyon that hyghte Gutta rosea yt enfectyth ye face wyth smale pymples and comyth of gleymy & blody and coleryk humours that ben bitwene the skynne & the flesshe.
?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in sig. Yj The gutta rosa.