bredes

They whiche unto the warre have given rule, will that the menne be chosen out of temperate countries, to the intente they may have hardines, and prudence, for as muche as the hote countrey, bredes prudente men and not hardy, the colde, hardy, and not prudente.

Machiavelli, Volume I Niccol�� Machiavelli 1498

That sore is harde to hele that bredes in the bone

The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 Sebastian Brant 1489

4.34.30: Thy pleasant swete I now lament whose lack bredes myne anoy

"Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other" 1557