But many oon with hir loke she herte, And that sat hir ful lyte at herte, For she knew no-thing of hir thoght; 885 But whether she knew, or knew hit noght Algate she ne roghte of hem a stree!
This is to seyne, I wol be youres ever; Though ye me slee by Crueltee, your fo, Algate my spirit shal never dissever 115 Fro your servyse, for any peyne or wo.
Reves labour and his brekefast for comyng from Ludgate to Algate to here the iiij bell in tewne'; and then, as apparently the churchwardens were not satisfied with his report, 8d.
If we schul algate · assoile hem of here sinne, Warne me, brother Adam · whan I schal biginne.
And if I schal algate · be beten anon, 115 Cristes curs mot thou have · but thou be that oon!
And to the firste knight right thus spak he, 'I dampned thee, thou most algate be deed.
For whether that he payde, or took by taille, 570 Algate he wayted so in his achat, That he was ay biforn and in good stat.
For Ialous folk ben perilous evermo, (41) Algate they wolde hir wyves wenden so.
Bot natheles for certein skile I mot algate and nedes wile Noght only make my spekynges Of love, bot of othre thinges, 240 That touchen to the cause of vice.
Bot sodeinly the wynd and reyn Begonne upon the See debate, So that he soffre mot algate The lawe which Neptune ordeigneth; Wherof fulofte time he pleigneth, And hield him wel the more esmaied Of that he hath tofore assaied.
And thus, whan he hath knowlechinge, Anon he feigneth departinge, 320 And seide he mot algate wende.
Whan that the world divided is, It moste algate fare amis, For Erthe which is meynd with Stiel Togedre may noght laste wiel, Bot if that on that other waste; So mot it nedes faile in haste.
I make mine orison Sith it hath pleased Thy noble grace algate That I, unworthy of so great renown, In this world shall have possession: Thou give me grace myself to enure As may me profit, and be to Thy pleasure.
I hear say there is a great state Come into this country late; And is disposed algate An householder to be.
But sin I see there is no bettre way, And that to late is now for me to rewe, 1070 To Diomede algate I wol be trewe.
By this manere thanne, al-thogh the prescience ne hadde never y-ben, yit algate or at the leeste weye it is certein thing, that the endes and bitydinges of thinges to comen sholden ben necessarie.
Sidenote: A widow without Algate murthered in hir bed by a Breton whome she charitablie releeued.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "algate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
