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a1450 (a1400) (BL Add.) (1921) l. 838 (MED) Loue, þou worchest alwey wrake..To brynge þin owne frend a-bere.
c1450 in T. Wright (1861) II. 229 (MED) Hit is a shrewde pole..That drownythe the dowghty and bryngethe hem abeere.