Soo they come vnto Carlyon / wherof his knyghtes were passynge glad / And whanne they herd of his auentures / they merueilled that he wold ieoparde his persone soo al one / But alle men of worship said it was mery to be vnder suche a chyuetayne that wolde put his persone in auenture as other poure knyghtes dyd
1526, (w), trans. Bible, (w) XV:
It semed therfore to us a goode thynge(..)to sende chosen men unto you, with oure beloved Barnabas and Paul, men that have ieoperded theyr lives, for the name of oure lorde Jesus Christ.
1819, (w), (w):
“And, by the Saint Christopher at my baldric,” said the good yeoman, “were there no other cause than the safety of that poor faithful knave, Wamba, I would jeopard a joint ere a hair of his head were hurt.”