Certes, it is leveful to the hevene to make clere dayes.
And as I lay thus, wonder loude Me thoughte I herde an hunte blowe 345 Tassaye his horn, and for to knowe Whether hit were clere or hors of soune.
They ne coude nat medly[265] the yifte of Bachus to the clere hony; that is to seyn, they coude make no piment nor clarree.
He is lyk to an hors that seketh rather to drinken drovy or trouble water than for to drinken water of theclere welle.
Pleyen he coude on every minstralcye, And singen, that it was a melodye, (10) To heren of his clere vois the soun.
This case is so clere that the Spaniardes themselves, thoughe full sore againste their willes, are constrained to yielde unto us therein.
Generally speaking, Mrs Clere called Elizabeth some ugly names, and then let her do as she liked.
And, Mother, he saith Master Clere the draper, though he have gone somewhat astray, is now returned to his duty, and you wot what that meaneth.
She rose with a calmer face, and followed Mistress Clere to the next room to receive her penalty.
When Mrs Clere reached the Magpie, she went up to Amy's room, and found her lying on the bed with her face turned to the wall.
Then Mrs Clere went downstairs, her heavy tread followed by the light run of her daughter's steps; and then Elizabeth heard the bolts drawn back, and the Bailiff and his men march into the kitchen of the Magpie.
Mrs Clere came in all haste and much obsequiousness, for it was no less a person than the Mayoress of Colchester who thus inquired for a black velvet placard.
Elizabeth gratefully, as Mistress Clere took the mug from her, and left the little porch-chamber as before, locking her prisoner in the prison.
Mistress Clere call from her bedchamber, "look out and see who is there.
Mrs Clerelooked down into the eyes that were lifted to her, as Elizabeth stood before her.
And Mrs Clere dexterously turned the purple placard to the light in such a manner that a little spot on one side of it should not show.
Now, Alice Mount had offered a reason for choosing the brown dress, and Mrs Clere had only drawn a picture; but Margaret was the sort of woman to be influenced by a picture much more than by a solid reason.
Go you on, and when you've made an end I'll ask good Master Clere to show me some, without Mistress Clere's at liberty sooner.
Master Nicholas Clere hung out a magpie: why, he best knew, and never told.
Amy Clere was not an ill-natured girl, and her anger never lasted long.
And Mrs Clere turned over the piece of florence as roughly as if it had been Tomkins instead of itself.
O blisful light, of which the bemes clere Adorneth al the thridde hevene faire!
Item, my cosyn Elysabeth Clere ys at Ormesby and your moder purposyth to be at her place at Caster thys wyke, for the pestylens ys so fervent in Norwych that thay ther [dare ?
Item, that ye, if ye can fynd the meane, to aspie what goodis Edmond Clere eschetith of any mannes.
Certes, it is leveful to the hevene to make clere dayes, and, after that, to coveren tho same dayes with derke nightes.
And ofte tyme this was hir manere, To gon y-tressed with hir heres clere 810 Doun by hir coler at hir bak bihinde, Which with a threde of gold she wolde binde.
Blisful is that man that may seen the clere welle of good; blisful is he that may unbinden him fro the bondes of the hevy erthe.
O Blisful light, of whiche the bemes clere 1 Adorneth al the thridde hevene faire!
And Hesperus 10 the sterre bodeth and telleth alwey the late nightes; and Lucifer the sterre bringeth ayein the clere day.
And eek, yif that he ne knowe nat why that the hornes of the fulle mone wexen pale and infect by the boundes of the derke night; and how the mone, derk and confuse, discovereth the sterres that 10 she hadde y-covered by hir clere visage.
Wherfore in comon places of the Cyte of Athenes he instruct and infourmed the peple in such doctrynes as compasith the clere and immaculate welles of the moste excellent and souerayne gode.
That euery man the same myght clere beholde So than the Fende grounde of mysgouernaunce Causyd the people this fygure to honour As for theyr god and before the same to daunce.
The pore man is almost on don ther by, and hys brother suethe hym and trobylyth hym sor zet; and also for the plesur of my koseyn Clere and the Lady Bolen, I woold yt were sette thorow.
Gregory wasclere delyvered of her, and as he swherys had not a do with her within my modyrs place.
Item, iff the seyde woodclere above alle charges excep as is above, be made any better than CC.
Whedyr it be so or nowt, hys byllys of hys owne hand wyll not lye, for he mad hys byllys clere or then the sege com abowt us.
I shall send yow a clere byll what ye owe, for ther are axyid many thynges that I knewe not of when I was with yow.
I grete you wele, and send you Goddes blyssyng and myn, letyng you wete that myn Cosyn Clerehathe sent to me for the C.
It ys so that yowyr hunkyll William hath do payd to my cosyn Robard Clere but iiij^xx.
At last, herynge euerye man call for white wyne as clere as water of the rocke, they bad the drawer brynge them a pynte of whyte wyne as clere as water of the rocke.
Thou arte clere quitte of the dette that was demanded of the: wherfore giue me my money, and God be with the.
The drawer, seyng and perceyuyng by their wordes that they were but blont felowes, he brought them a pinte of clere water.
Had Mark really been convinced that he was likely to remain a monk for the rest of his life, he would have chosen the Benedictines; but he did not feel justified in presenting himself for admission to Clere on what would seem impulse.
The alternative to Malford was Clere Abbey on the Berkshire downs where Dom Cuthbert Manners ruled over a small community of strict Benedictines.
O blisful light of whiche the bemes clere 1 Adorneth al the thridde hevene faire!
And ye, me to endyte and ryme Helpeth, that on Parnaso dwelle By Elicon the clere welle.
The Lady Matilda was now come up, with most of the attendants; and the interest of the chase being ended, it excited some surprise that neither Saint Clere nor his sister made their appearance.
This discovery he communicated in a whisper to Lord Boteler, who commanded the prisoner to be conveyed to Queenhoo-Hall, and closely guarded; meanwhile he anxiously inquired of young Saint Clere about his wound.
While the ladies supported Emma from the hall, Lord Boteler and Saint Clere requested an explanation from Fitzosborne of the words he had used.
The Lord Boteler commanded the horns again to sound the recheat, in hopes to call in the stragglers, and said to Fitzallen, 'Methinks Saint Clere so distinguished for service in war, should have been more forward in the chase.
By employing the usual remedies, this was soon accomplished; while Lord Boteler, astonished at such a scene, anxiously inquired at Saint Clere the meaning of what he saw, and whether more danger was to be expected.
He was, according to his narrative, singled out for destruction by the gigantic Baron himself, while he abandoned to meaner hands the destruction of Saint Clere and Fitzosborne.
But what our fair readers will chiefly regret is the loss of three declarations of love; the first by Saint Clere to Matilda; which, with the lady's answer, occupies fifteen closely written pages of manuscript.
To clere this point, and alsoe to reform an errour bred in the south, and now usurped be our ignorant printeres, I wil tel quhat befel my self quhen I was in the south with a special gud frende of myne.
He was, doubtless, a rich man, although we find him pledging some of his plate to Elizabeth Clere of Ormesby.
What occurred at that touching interview we know from a letter of Edmund Clere to John Paston, and it would be impossible to wish it recorded in other words.
Footnote F: Chaucer's text is: 'And in a tombe of marble stoones clere Enclosed they this litel body swete.
But the London clay, we shall find, was deposited in a comparatively shallow sea, least in depth toward High Clere on the west, and deepening towards London and the mouth of the Thames.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clere" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
