Alyce, And syghed wonderous sore, ‘Thys place hath benbesette for you Thys halfe yere and more.
There they besette that good yeman Round about on every syde: Wyllyam hearde great noyse of folkes, That heyther-ward they hyed.
I transpose; all have What harme was (but harm is monosyllabic, and the line is then bad).
Howe that may be; here she is an error for sir, and Howe that may be for how may that be; (ed.
What wonder is then, thogh that I besette My servise on suche oon, that may me knette To wele or wo, sith hit lyth in hir might?
Wher might I love ever better besette 15 Than in this lilie, lyking to beholde?
A gret mervaile it is forthi, 1480 How that a Maiden wolde lette, That sche hir time ne besette To haste unto that ilke feste, Wherof the love is al honeste.
He neuer ware but one garmente of Cotten, whyche was white, narrow, and long, and vpon that a mantle besette with certayne redde crosses.
Vpö his face they put a visor, paynted with foule and Diuelish gestures, besette with many iewelles, precious stones, and pearles.
Alyce, 45 And syghed wonderous sore, Thys place hath ben besette for you Thys halfe a yere and more.
There they besette that good yeman Round about on every syde: Wyllyam hearde great noyse of folkes, That thither-ward fast hyed.
Alyce, 45 And syghed wonderous sore, "Thys place hath ben besette for you, Thys half yere and more.
Theyr they besette that good yeman, Round about on every syde, Wyllyam hearde great noyse of folkes, That heytherward they hyed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "besette" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
