There wee stayed, from the Middest of June, till almost the end of August.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
Neuerthelesse that of twelue if his Cesure be iust in the middle, and that ye suffer him to runne at full length, and do not as the common rimers do; or their Printer for sparing of paper, cut them of in the Middest, wherin they make in two verses but halfe rime.
"The Arte of English Poesie"
George Puttenham
In a verse of eight iust in the Middest, that is, vpon the fourth.
"The Arte of English Poesie"
George Puttenham