a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4283 (MED) What is more herte brest þen want of þing þat men loue best.
a1500 Treat. Ghostly Battle in C. Horstmann (1896) II. 428 Ther ys ane olde prouerbe that, ne hope were, herte wolde breste; and ther shalle be neyther herte-breste ne hope off releuyng.