And he recomaundith hym to yow, and said to me he was right glad that ye wold send to hym for any servaunt ye had, saying that if he coud do any thyng for yow, and for any servaunt of yours, he wold do it feithfully.
And also he said he wold not fayle yow whill he levid in that he coud and myght do, trustyng heraftir to have your help and favour in that he shall have a do.
I wold have had the residue of the mony of them, and they said it was your agrement that this reparacion shuld be do and alowed now at this payment, and so I coud get no more mony of them.
My pen coud never have knowlege what it ment'; as given in MS.
As I have tauld, the vengeance and the wrak, 370 For hir trespas, Cupide on hir coud tak.
And yong men fele came forth with lusty pace, 110 And aged eke, their homage to dispose; But what thay were, I coud not well disclose.
Me thought by him, as my wit coud suffyse, His hert was no-thing in his own demeyn.
Though we took now before a litel space, It were ful good," quod she, "as I coud gesse.
Than rais sho up and tuik Ane poleist glas, and hir shaddow coud luik; And quhen sho saw hir face sa deformait, Gif sho in hart was wa aneuch, god wait!
His inward payne he coud not kepe in store, Nor for to speke, so hardy was he nought.
For a’ that shecoud do or say, Appeas’d he wad nae bee, Bot for the words which she had said, Young Waters he maun die.
O coud na ye gotten dukes, or lords, Intill your ain country, That ye draw up wi’ an English dog, To bring this shame on me?
An’ he is on to her brother, As fast as gang coud he.
Whan night was flown, an’ day was come, Nae ane that did her see But thought she was as surely dead As ony lady coud be.
O it fell once upon a day That Johney he thought lang, An’ he’s gane to the good green wood, As fast as he coud gang.
She had not been in Wallington Three quarters and a night, Till on the ground shecoud not walk, She was a weary wight.
When the dinner was over and the speaches began, I got permishun to stand unner the gallery for to hear them; but strange to tell, not a word coud I hear, and them as I did hear I coudn't unnerstand.
She loot the seam fa frae her side, And the needle to her tae, And she is on to Elmond's wood As fast as she coud gae.
She's taen her mantle her about, Her coffer by the band, And she is on to Charter wood, As fast as she coud gang.
O hae ye ony lands or rents, Or citys in your ain country, Coud free you out of prison strong, An coud mantain a lady free?
Fair Margret was a young ladye, An come of high degree; Fair Margret was a young ladye, An proud as proud coud be.
O then she walked alang the way | To see what coud be seen, | And there she saw the proud porter, | Drest in a mantle green.
Fair Margret was a rich ladye, The king's cousin was she; Fair Margaret was a rich ladye, An vain as vain coud be.
O London city is my own, An other citys twa or three, Coud loose me out o prison strong, An coud mantain a lady free.
The gard him draw baith pleugh and harrow, And horse and oxen twa or three; They cast him in a dark dungeon, Whare he coud neither hear nor see.
My body's buried in Dumfermline, And far beyond the sea, But day nor night nae rest coud get, All for the pride o thee.
Now when he came there, having waited a while, Among the green broom down he lies; The lady came to him, and coud not but smile, For sleep then had closed his eyes.
He's taen his mither by the hand, His six brithers also, And they are on thro Elmond's wood, As fast as they coud go.
Quhen Wallace saw thai had him at inwy, 295 Langar to byd he coudthan nocht apply.
And othir ma that to the dur can press; Quhill thai him saw thar coud no thing thaim cess, The Sotheroun men full sone was brocht to ded.
All that day our in gud liking thai rest; Wachys thai waill to kep thaim, at coud best.
His brothyr saw the spret lykly to pass; 1245 A band off him rycht ernystly he coud ass, To cum agayn, and schaw him oft the meid, At he suld haiff at God for his gud deid.
Thar mony was left in to the feild and slayn: 855 The layff raturnyt in to the toun agayn, And rwyt full sar that euyr thai furth coud found; Amang thaim was full mony werkand wound.
In his conquest, sen fyrst he coud begyn, ‘He sellis nocht, bot takis at he may wyn.
His fadyr come, as I tald off befor: Wallace off hym rycht full gud comford hais; For weill he coud do gret harmyng till his fais.
The squiers bath, was till his presens brocht, Coud nocht deny quhen thai com him befor; All thair trespas thai tald with outyn mor.
The tothir fled, and durst no langer bide; With a rud step Wallace coudeftyr glide.
To sege the houss than Wallace coud nocht bid; Throu out the land in awfull feyr thai ryd.
Wallas that steing tuk wp in till his hand; Full sturdely he coud befor him stand, Wallace, with that, apon the bak him gaif, Till his ryg bayne he all in sondyr draif.
Schir Jhon saw weill beforce it coud nocht be; Or he war tayne he thocht erar to de.
Dow Isbel now came tripping hame, As fast as gang coud she; 'I thought your page was not a man, Ye brought alang wi thee.
And she has on to the king's court, As fast as gang coud she; When Fair Annie got word o that, Was there as soon as she.
She had not been in Wallington three quarters and a night, Till on the ground she coud not walk, she was a weary wight.
He sat his bent bow to his breast, And ran right speedilie, And he is back to his master, As fast as gang coud he.
O wha is this,' the bridecoud say, 'That serves this day sae well?
Then up it raise her three bauld sons, And girt to them their brand, And they are to their sister's bower, As fast as they coud gang.
O it fell once upon a day That Johney he thought lang, An he's gane to the good green wood, As fast as he coud gang.
Out it speaks the third o them, For he was standing on the birk: 'Nae sweeter coud twa lovers lye, Tho they'd been married in a kirk.
Lord Ingram and Gil Viett Were baith born in ae ha; They laid their love on ae lady, An fate they coud na fa.
I loo Brown Adam well,' she says, 'An I ken sae does he me; An I woudna be your light leman For mair nor ye coud gie.
She loot the seam fa' frae her side, 5 And the needle to her tae; And she is on to Elmond-wood As fast as she coud gae.
As his mither was wauking out, To see what she coud see, And there she saw her little son Set on the tower sae hie.
She's taen her mantle her about, Her coiffer by the band; And she is on to Charter-woods, As fast as she coud gang.
They shot the shot, and drew the stroke, And wad in red bluid to the knee; 50 Nae sailors mair for their lord coud do, Nor my young men they did for me.
She loot the seam fa’ frae her side, And the needle to her tae, And she is on to Elmond-wood As fast as she coud gae.
O London city is my own, An other citys twa or three, Coud loose me out o prison strong, An could maintain a lady free.
O hae ye ony lands or rents, Or citys in your ain country, Coud free you out of prison strong, An coud maintain a lady free?
For what coud any woman do But I coud do the same?
Yet this work is not thine: there is but one Of all the gods who coud the thing have done.
How coud thy feet bear thee to western night, And where swart Libyans watch the sacred tree, And thrice to ford o'er Achelous bright, And all the streams of beauteous Sicily?
Who by perpetual presence made ill end Of good or bad; though she coud both amend, And merit praise for work by her begun.
Wherefore,' the goddess cried, ''tis plain that none But one I wot of coudthis thing have wrought.
Yet coud she not her loving eyes withdraw From her fair sleeping lover, whom she saw Only to know she was no more his wife.
And euen sodenly or they coud beware ¶ wyth a sodeyn pyry he lapped theym in care.
For longe er I myght slepe me gan oppres ¶ So ponderously I coud make none obstacle ¶ In myne hede was fall suche an heuinesse.
The storks there seized some o the men, They coud neither fight nor flee; The swans they bound the bride's best man Below a green aik tree.
Nor naething coudthey say But they saw a flock o pretty birds That took their bride away.
But aye as ever a child was born He carried them away, And brought them to his mither's care, As fast as he coud fly.
As his mither was wauking out, To see what she coud see, And there she saw her little son, Set on the tower sae hie.
We went as strate as we coud go to the Lakes of Killarny, and if that isn't jest about as lovly a plaice as the hole world can show, why then let sumbody show me another as is.
And when I told him as that coudn't be manidged, he arsked where he coud buy a few, as he supposed as money coud buy anythink, and praps he wasn't so werry rong arter all.
Robyn slewe a full grete harte; His horne than gan he blow, That all the outlawes of that forest That horne coud they knowe, 448.
He toke out the brode targe, And sone he lete hym se; Robyn coud his courteysy, And set hym on his kne.
There our kynge was wont to se Herdës many one, He coud unneth fynde one dere, That bare ony good home.
I carred my little patt with me and left Jackey at home for a trial to see how well I coud stay without him though we ware gon but won fortnight I was quite impatiant to get home.
I never coud quite hunderstand why it was called a Academy, which I bleeves is a rayther swell name for a Skool, but I hadn't bin there long larst week afore I soon dishcovered the reason.
Some of them dyd go by a mans that was possessed of devils and they coud not make him whole.
The dysciples of Chryste asked of him why that they coud not make the possessed man of the devylls whole.
This fadyr monk was wesyd with seknace, Out off the warld as he suld pass on cace, His brothyr saw the spret lykly to pass; A band off him rycht ernystly he coud ass.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "coud" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
