He dyd so muche, that he was out of danger of the Frenchmen, and saved hymselfe withoute any hurte; the whyche hys enemyes reputed for a grete prowess, and so dyd all other that HARDE thereof; but hys men were nere slayne or taken, but few that were saved.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
8, "Seeing thou wilt not buy counsel at the first hande good cheape, thou shalt buye repentaunce at second-hande at such an vnreasonable rate that thou wilt cursse thy hard penyworth, and ban thy HARDE heart."
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley
I was HARDE as an Alderman's doore, That's shut and stony-hearted to the poore.
"Old Church Lore"
William Andrews