1582. T. Watson, Hekatompath., lxxxv. (Arb.), 121. With grieusome wars, with toyles, with storms betost.
1592. Shaks., Rom. & Jul., V. iii. 76. My betossed soule.
1630. J. Taylor (Water P.), Wks., II. 256/2. Man doth man within the Law betosse.
1845. [Emma Robinson], Whitehall, III. xii. 121. Let such of you speak as have resolved minds; for my part, I am betossed on a sea of perplexities.