a. 1250. Prov. Alfred, 449, in O. E. Misc., 128. Betere is child vnbore þane vnbuhsum.
c. 1290. S. Eng. Leg., I. 19/2. Miracle ore louerd dude for him þe ȝuyt he was un-bore.
1390. Gower, Conf., I. 149. Sche wissheth forto ben unbore.
c. 1400. Beryn, 1210. It wer better he were vnbore, For he doith nat ellis, save atte hazard pley.
1605. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. iii. II. Fathers, 133. But (O!) more millions of Babes yet un-bore, Then there be sands upon the Libyan shore.