Ther was slayne upon the Skottes syde, For soth and sertenly, Syr James a Dowglas ther was slayne, That daye that he cowde dye.
The sworde was scharpe and sore can byte, I tell yow in sertayne; 110 To the harte, he cowde hym smyte, Thus was the Dowglas slayne.
Parr goode cheer as I cowde ffor yowr sake; and he tolde me, that ye made hym haulte cheer, &c.
I fownde my oncle William no sewerte therffor, as Playter and my brother John bothe cowde enfforme yow; it was never desyryd of me, ner the tolde me nott that any suche pledge laye for it, but that ye hadd dyschargyd me of xxli.
I knowe dyverse have lost mony er they cowde gete ther dywtes owte off the Staple.
I pray yow sende me worde, and your advyse by Judd of what men and what horse I cowde be purveyd off, if so be that I most nedys kome, and of your advyse in all thyngs be wryghtyng, and I schall send yow hastely other tydyngs.
Moodr, uppon Saterday last was, Dawbeney and Bernay wer on lyve and mery, and I suppose ther com no man owt of the place to yow syn that tyme that cowde have asserteynyd to yow of ther dethys.
He cowde songes wel make and endite, Justne and eek daunce, and wel purtray and write .
Lady, if your fader wull aggrey therto I hold me right wele pleasyd; for I wuld be right clad that she shuld do her servyse be for any other, if she cowde do that shuld pleas my ladyes good grace.
Kyng tooke hym by the hand, and seid he cowde hym grett thanke, and prayed hym so to do in this cuntre, &c.
Lyke your maisterchip wete that at the last cessyons Erpyngham hundred and other hundredys ther aboute were not warned, and the schreff excused hym be cause he cowde not knowe who was officer there.
And other awnswerr cowde they non gyte, and so they departyd.
And as for kepyng of any coort for you at Drayton, I can not wete how it cowde be brought a boute withoute helpe of other but if there schuld growe gret inconvenyence of it.
And as for Spitlynges, I have lete som of the lond in smale parcell, because I cowde gete no fermor for it.
He cowde not tell what day till he had spokyn with his son.
Logge, but I cowde not speke with hese Lordeschip.
This was his answer, whan I had talked to hym as I cowde in lyke wyse as ye averted me to do.
Wel cowde he sitte on hors and faire ryde; He cowde songes make and wel endite, Juste and eek daunce, and wel purtreye and write.
Sir, ye wole recorde that I was never thef;' and he seid he trowed right weel that he cowde telle why he took Plumpsteds goods, and othir words whiche were long to write.
Whan he had herd myn excuse, he cowde not blame me.
And I sentte thedyr for a goune, and my moder seyde that I xulde have dan [then], tyl I had be ther a non, and so thei cowdenon gete.
I have be there divers tymes for to distreyn hym, and I cowde never do it but if [unless] I wuld a distreyned hym in his moders hous, and there I durst not for her cursyng.
I cowde nat haue gathered of fowles so great a nomber.
On every syde than lokede vp I And fast I cast myne ye abowte; Yf I cowde se, beholde or aspy, I wolde have sene dame deuowte.
Thay cowdeno more ther-on̄, But late saile ayen̄ the toure.
Tho cowde thai no rede, 2472 There being no stones, For stoone was ther noone to wy«n»ne.
However, after five weeks' attention he 'had soo doon hys parte vnto her that she thought herself wele amended in her body, she cowde hym grete thancke and gave hym 20s.
Wel cowde sche carie a morsel, and wel keepe, carry That no drope ne fil uppon hire breste.
Wel cowde he dresse his takel yemanly; His arwes drowpede nought with fetheres lowe.
Wel cowde sche carie a morsel, and wel keepe, That no dropë ne fille upon hire breste.
He cowde roste, and sethe, and broille, and frie Maken mortreux, and wel bake a pie.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cowde" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
