Quod Pandarus, `Thou shalt the bettre pleyne, And hast the lasse need to countrefete; For him men demen hoot that men seen swete.
So though ther nere comfort noon but this, That men purposen pees on every syde, 1350 Ye may the bettre at ese of herte abyde.
And sin ther helpeth noon avysement 1300 To letten it, lat it passe out of minde; And lat us shape a bettre wey to finde.
Of Ector nedeth it nought for to telle: In al this world ther nis a bettre knight Than he, that is of worthinesse welle; And he wel more vertu hath than might.
But whether that ye dwelle or for him go, I am, til god me bettreminde sende, 930 At dulcarnon, right at my wittes ende.
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.
A bettre felaw sholde men noght finde, He wolde suffre, for a quart of wyn, A good felawe to have his concubyn A twelf-month and excuse him atte fulle.
Of Ector nedeth it nought for to telle; In al this world ther nis a bettre knight Than he, that is of worthinesse welle; And he wel more vertu hath than might.
For, so as nothing ne may ben thought 30 bettre than god, it may nat ben douted thanne that he, that nothing nis bettre, that he nis good.
Quod Pandarus, 'thou shalt the bettre pleyne, And hast the lasse nede to countrefete; For him men demen hoot that men seen swete.
And if ther be any thing that displese hem, I preye hem also that they arrette it to the defaute of myn unconninge, and nat to my wil, that wolde ful fayn have seyd bettre if I hadde had conninge.
But nathelees, if thou wene sikerly that the biwreying of thy conseil to a persone wol make thy condicioun to stonden in the bettre plyt, thanne shaltou tellen him thy conseil in this wyse.
For Salomon seith: that "bettre it is and more it availleth a man to have a good name, than for to have grete richesses.
His breed, his ale, was alwey after oon; A bettre envyned man was no-wher noon.
For bettre it is to lesen good with worshipe, than it is to winne good with vileinye and shame.
For after the word of Salomon: "it is bettre to have a litel good with the love of god, / than to have muchel good and tresour, and lese the love of his lord god.
And, if ye vouche-sauf, anon I shal Biginne upon my tale, for whiche I preye Telle your avys, I can no bettre seye.
And therfore, it were bettre for yow to lese so muchel good of your owene, than for to taken of hir good in this manere.
He was a gentil harlot and a kinde; A bettre felawe sholde men noght finde.
But war thee wel that swiche manere penances on thy flesh ne make nat thyn herte bitter or angry or anoyed of thy-self; for bettre is to caste [642] awey thyn heyre, than for to caste away the sikernesse of Iesu Crist.
This maketh that oure wyfes wol assaye Religious folk, for thay may bettre paye Of Venus payementes than may we: God woot!
He was a gentil harlot and a kynde A bettre felaw schulde men nowher fynde.
And the riche is reverenced By reson of his richesse, Ther the poore is put bihynde, And peraventure kan moore Of wit and of wisdom, That fer awey is bettre Than richesse or reautee, And rather y-herd in hevene.
First he fonded me If I lovede bettre Hym or Ysaak myn heir, The which he highte me kulle.
And alle the wise that evere were, By aught I kan aspye, Preiseden poverte for best lif, If pacience it folwed, And bothe bettre and blesseder By many fold than richesse.
For sith charite hath ben chapman, And chief to shryve lordes, Manye ferlies han fallen In a fewe yeres; 130 But holy chirche and hii Holde bettre togidres, The mooste meschief on molde Is mountynge wel faste.
Ac God is so good, I hope, That siththe he gaf hem wittes 7970 To wissen us weyes therwith That wissen us to be saved, And the bettre for hir bokes To bidden we ben holden, That God for his grace Gyve hir soules reste.
Thow myghtest bettre meete myst On Malverne hilles, Than gete a mom of hire mouth, {14} Til moneie be shewed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bettre" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
