The damsellscant wolde deigne a looke, But fast she pricked on.
Her lord, of humour light and gay, And innocent the while, As oft as she came in his way, 35 Would on the damsell smile.
For on a day it so befell, 45 When he was gone from home, The lady all with rage did swell, And to the damsell come.
The damsell wept, and he was woe, and both did silence keepe.
Her lord of humour light and gay, And innocent the while, As oft as she came in his way, 35 Would on the damsell smile.
He armed rode in a forrest wide, And met a damsell faire, Who told him of adventures great, Wherto he gave great eare.
First they mislike, yet at the length for lucre were misled; And then the gamesome earle did wowe[978] the damsell for his bed.
These faire words were onelie delaies to driue time, vntill he might haue space to spoile the yoong damsell of hir townes and countries.
With this answer the damsell returned into England, the earle of Warwike being thereof clearelie ignorant.
But hir brother and hir mother sayde: let the damsell abyde with vs a while/ ad it be but even .
Axe frely of me both the dowry & gyftes/ and I will geue acordynge as ye saye vnto me/ and geue me the damsell to wyfe.
And the damsell ranne & tolde them of her mothers house these thinges.
Lo I stonde here by the well of water and the doughters of the men of this citie will come out to drawe water: Now the damsell to whome I saye/ stoupe doune thy pytcher and let me drynke.
He armed rode in a forrest wide, And met a damsell faire, Who told him of adventures great, Whereto he gave great eare.
Several individoouls snickered rite out, while a putty little damsell rite behind me in a pinc gown made the observashun, "He, he.
Sum of the passinjers was a snorein like pawpusses & the little damsell in the pinc gown was a singin "Oft in the Silly nite.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "damsell" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
