Upon this resolution, the day I should have METT with him I tooke post, and with all the haste I could, rode to London, leaving him to attend my coming to him as was appointed.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
Firstlie, there was noe commanding Height; second, there was the Citie obscured by a drizzling Rain; the Ways were foul, the Faces of those we METT spake less of Pleasure than Business, and Bells were tolling, but none ringing.
"Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary"
Anne Manning
Another event of the dark days was an earthquake in 1551, in which, according to Henry Machyn's Diary, "pottes, panes, and dysys dounst and METT fell downe abowt howse and with many odur thyngs."
"Highways and Byways in Surrey"
Eric Parker