Yf

Yf yt wolde plesen thee, ich coude take ydown the shirte, or make sum maner of message to clarifie to myn buyeres that the shirte ys yn no waye liverie of thyn affinitee.

Chaucer, Making a Quick Buck Richard Nokes 2006

W. de W. 1531 163b, Yf a psalme scape ony persone, or a lesson, or else yf they omyt one verse or twayne.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Recovering the lost English language: 2007

Yf thei be agreed (whiche is chiefely in this case requisite) he taking them bothe by the right handes: coupleth them together in the name of the holy and vnseperable trinitie, the father, the sonne, and the holy ghoste.

The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004

Yf thei knowe the Alcorane, and the praiours and ceremonies or their lawe, it suffiseth.

The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004

Yf it be so, Dee mvst have the other (bottle) to prove.

The Life of the World to Come Baker, Kage 2004

Yf any be proued to haue liued euyll, the iudges geue sentence that the bodye shall not be buried.

The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004

Yf thei be founde withoute the halowed grounde, it is lawfull for any manne to slea them.

The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004

Yf the multitude finde no faulte, but allowe her as worthye to please for her bodye, then marieth she to some one ther, whome she beste liketh.

The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004

This somewhat odious metaphor was bottomed on the work of the British poet laureate John Skelton, tutor to Henry VIII, who wrote in 1520: “Yf they smell a ratt/They grisely chide and chatt.”

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

This somewhat odious metaphor was bottomed on the work of the British poet laureate John Skelton, tutor to Henry VIII, who wrote in 1520: “Yf they smell a ratt/They grisely chide and chatt.”

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003