Question about verb endings in Early Modern English

[Spectrum]

The Wikipedia article on Early Modern English says about verb tense and number:

The plural present form became uninflected. Present plurals had been marked with -en and singulars with -th or -s (-th and -s survived the longest, especially with the singular use of is, hath and doth). Marked present plurals were rare throughout the Early Modern period and -en was probably used only as a stylistic affectation to indicate rural or old-fashioned speech.

The passage offers no examples of the -en suffix. Could someone please give me some examples of what they are talking about? Or even better, point me to an easily accessible Early Modern English text which contains examples?

Thanks in advance!

 

[5jj]

... her eyen greye as glas, ...

Chaucer, Canterbury Tales.

 

[Spectrum]

... her eyen greye as glas, ...

Chaucer, Canterbury Tales.

Thanks, but that looks like a noun. The Wikipedia passage is about verbs.

 

[BobK]

More Chaucer. Lots of -en suffixes for the infinitive, but the first I found for 3rd pp present indicative was at line 437: For lewed peple loven tales olde;

PS. @5jj made me think of Chaucer, but his language is normally classed as Middle English. For Early Modern English I'd go for Shakespeare or Milton; I'll give it some thought...

 

[5jj]

Sorry. My bad.

 

[BobK]

I've given it some thought, and concluded I was just plain wrong when I said Shakespeare was the place to look. @5jj was right to look to Chaucer: that (Middle English) is what changed.