Chaucer Troilus|book=II|folio=clxxix|verso=yes|column=1|line=1200|passage=Therwyth al roſy hewed tho woxe ſhe And gan to hym, and ſayd, ſo I trowe Aquyte him wel for goddes loue (quod he) My ſelfe to medes wol the lettre ſowe ...
Whetstone Rocke of Regard|part=1|page=48|passage=Although it pleaſed you this other night (occasion by me unhappily miniſtred) to intertaine time with an ordinarie profeſſion of love, yet (maſter Rinaldo) you doe both me and your ſelfe great injurie to continue your needleſſe labour with ſuch importunancie to me. ... Thus muche (being your firſte attempt) I thought it good to anſwere, leaſt you ſhould think with needleſſe niceneſſe I acquited your courteſies.
1594, Torquato Tasso, w:Jerusalem Delivered, Midst foes (as champion of the faith) he ment That palme or cypress should his paines acquite; ...
1619, Samuel Hieron, The Sermons of Master Samvel Hieron, Chapter Back-parts of Iehovah. The Fourth Sermon., When God ſaith of himſelfe, that he is one who acquiting will not acquite the wicked, his meaning is, that whatſoeuer may be ſuppoſed becauſe of his patience, yet he will not fully and finally diſcharge thoſe who goe on ſtill in their vngodly courſes, and preſume vpon his Mercy, without repentance.
1628, Phineas Fletcher (falsely attributed to Edmund Spenser), Brittain’s Ida. Written by that Renowned Poët, Edmond Spencer, But gently could his passion entertaine, Though she Love's princesse, he a lowly swaine. First of his bold intrusion she acquites him, Then to her service (happy Boy!) admits him, And, like another Love, with bow and quiver fits him.
