The werre maketh the grete citee lasse, And doth the lawe his reules overpasse.
Tale) to have blown a trumpet 'At Thebes, when the citee was in doute.
For no wyse man hath lever ben exyled, poore and nedy, and nameles, than for to dwellen in his 5 citee and flouren of richesses, and be redoutable by honour, and strong of power.
But now I am remewed fro the citee of Rome almost fyve hundred thousand pas, I am with-oute defence dampned to proscripcioun and to the deeth, for the studie and bountees that I have doon to the senat.
To deethe mote I smiten be with thonder, 1145 If, for the citee which that stondeth yonder, Wolde I a lettre un-to yow bringe or take To harm of yow; what list yow thus it make?
What wene ye your wyse fader wolde Han yeven Antenor for yow anoon, 905 If he ne wiste that the citee sholde Destroyed been?
He leet brenne thecitee of Rome, and made sleen the senatoures.
Citee but if he be lymytted and assigned therto by the maister and Wardeyns of the same Craft for the tyme beyng uppon payn of forfaiture of v{li.
ALSO that no manˀ pˀsones enfraunchised in the said Crafte or in any other occupying the same Crafte within the said Citee from hensforth take any moo appˀntices at oones than iij uppon payne of forfaiture of v{li.
Citee shall take hym to his Apprentice uppon payn to pay v{li.
Here is come youre Citee all Zow to worchepe, and to magnyfye; To welcome zow bothe gret and small, With zow euere more to lyue and dye.
Christen soules in dedes of pitee and charitee the day of my saide burying, that is to sey:--emonges pouer people and prisoners within the citee of London and withoute.
In 1487, Sir Edmund Shaw or Sha "cytezen goldsmyth and alderman and late mayer of the citee of London" devised money to the Goldsmiths' Company for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a grammar school at Stockport.
This yere the Scottes comen into Engelond and distroyden Northumbr': and the citee of London sente to Yorke cc men of armes; and Scotlond was entyrdyted.
John Clyfton mad capytayn therof: and manye of the worthy men there of the citee ben fled into othere cuntres over the see, for drede, with as moche of there goodes as they myghte have with them, and lefte there faire places stonde stille.
Here is come youre citee all, Yow to worchepe and to magnyfye, To welcome yow, bothe gret and small, With yow everemore to lyve and dye.
Sidenote: Edward Dalyngreg' and Baldewyn Radyngton were mad kepers of the citee of London.
Also he graunted that the schirreves of London ne the citezens schulde nought be charged with men that fledden to holy chirche, ne they schulde not be constreyned to gone out of the citee of London to eny werre.
This yere a wex chaundler in Flete strete had bi crafte, perced a pipe of the condit withynne the grounde, and so conveied the water into his selar; wherfore he was jugid to ride thurgh the citee with a condit upon his hedde.
And ayens ix of the belle were warned alle the ordres of relygeous men of the citee of London, for to go a procession fro seynt Poules unto seynt Edward schryne at Westm'.
Non other citee is not lyche in comparisoun to it of faire gardynes, and of faire desportes.
Aftre that was the sone of Elphy chosen to ben Soldan, and cleped him Mellethasseraff: and he toke the citee of Akoun, and chaced out the Christene men: and this was also empoysond.
Of that citee was Zacheus the dwerf, that clomb up in to the Sycomour Tre, for to see oure Lord; be cause he was so litille, he myghte not seen Him for the peple.
From Pathmos men gone unto Ephesim, a faircitee and nyghe to the see.
And Turkes holden now alle that place, and the citee and the chirche.
And men gothe fro Surre unto the citee of Dacoun [Footnote: St. Jean d'Acre.
Sith that thy citee is assayled Thourgh knightis of thyn owne table, God wot thy lordship is doutable!
Sidenote: The reamedie against Caves or undermuinynges; What care the besieged ought to have; What maketh a citee or campe difficulte to bee defended; By what meanes thei that besiege ar made afraied; Honour got by constancie.
When Genua rebelled againste king Leus of Fraunce, it made certaine Bulwarkes alofte on those hilles, whiche bee about it, the whiche so sone as thei were loste, whiche was sodainly, made also the citee to be loste.
And in this wyse thise lordes, alle and some, Ben on the Sonday to the citee come (1330) Aboute pryme, and in the toun alight.
Iudith, by hir good conseil, delivered the citee of Bethulie, in which she dwelled, out of the handes of Olofernus, that hadde it biseged and wolde have al destroyed it.
And to the listes rit the companye By ordinaunce, thurgh-out the citee large, Hanged with cloth of gold, and nat with sarge.
This Nero made in theCitee of Rome, the rounde seates and scaffoldes, to be- holde spectacles and sightes, and also the bathes.
By lawes, his state maketh hym as a God, emong menne, at whose handes the preseruacion of eche one, of house, citee and countrie is sought.
And he also, for a gret act of remembraunce to be had in writing, was crouned king of Fraunce in the noble citee of Paris, in the yere of Crist M^l.
And at whiche tyme the saide citee was so mightly besegid, ser John Radclif knight, withe his felouship, had gret worship.
Writen at your said citee of London under þe seal of mairalte þerof the vie day of September.
Desiring evermore to knowe of the welfare and prosperite of yowe alle and of ech of yow and of al þe good commune of þe noble citee of þe which ye bee for my singuler joye and gladnesse.
And not to suffre any such multitude of people entre into our saide citee neiþer to be in þe same but as ye may be at alle tymes of power to suppresse them and to be governours for us of þe same as reason wille ye shuld.
Writen at þe sayd Citee London under þe seal of Mairalte þerof þe vje day of September.
And furþermore we wolle and charge you on þe feith and ligeance that ye owe unto us þat ye kepe or saide citee in due obeisaunce unto us as ye ought to doo.
And Almyghty Jesus have you and the goode Citee in his blessed garde.
Prayng us to suffre you and youre saide ffeleaship to passe through the saide Citee of London uppon youre journey to perfourme and execute suche thinges as in your saide lettres ben more largely expressed.
Right high right mighty Prince and excellent Lord yef it like your lordly excellence to here of thastat of the Citee of London.
And the wall of the citee hadde twelue foundamentis, and in hem the twelue names of twelue apostlis and of the lombe.
And I ioon [John] saigh the hooli citee ierusalim newe comynge doun fro heuene maad redi of god as a wyf ourned to hir husbonde.
And he that spak with me hadde a goldun mesure of a rehed [reed] that he schulde mete the citee and the ghatis of it and the wall.
And the bilding of the wall thereoff was of the stoon iaspis and the citee it silff was cleen gold lyk cleen glas.
And Turkes holden now alle that place and the citee and the Chirche.
St. Hippolytus relates that St. John the Divine is slumbering at Ephesus, and Sir John Mandeville relates the circumstances as follows: "From Pathmos men gone unto Ephesim a fair citee and nyghe to the see.
But 440 now I am remewed fro þe Citee of rome almost fyue-hundreþ þousand pas.
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