And at what revisionists changed. Most modern ‘scholars’ have somehow got it in their heads that medieval people didn’t actually use the word ‘ye’ (as in ye olde. Etc). That it’s our modern misconception that they did.
The Geneva Bible is perfect proof that ‘ye’ was common because the Geneva Bible was written explicitly for the common man.
The Anglo spelling and usage of ‘ye’ changed to ‘the’ as more Germanic influences affected it with þe pronounced more like th.