For sithe mine entent is good, & my good wil not small I dare at this present yelde it to thy curtesye.
N're entent est a demorer en pees en le ewe taunt qe no' eoms pris c'teyn point ove no' alliez et autres nos amys de fflandres de ceo q' soit affaire.
I not who serveth leef, ne who the flour; That nis nothing the ententof my labour.
I see wel that I am nygh shent, But-if I sette my ful entent Remedye to purveye.
And as for the lettyr that ze sent on to hym, he hath schewyd my lord the entent ther off, and he thynkyth hym self, that it is no part of hys dute to have any part of the fysch, or any mony that schuld grow ther of.
Berkeleys demenyng, and Berkeley togeder, to th'entent that I myght have had ripe knowleche of their demenyng, to have shewed the Kynge at my comyng unto His Grace.
And to th'entent to accheve the same by th'aide, support, and assistence of the Kinges seid auncyent ennemyes and of this his royaume.
There ys ynowgh whereoff, and it myght be recuvered, John Bokkyng, ye know ryght moch yn thys mater, and mooste of my maister ys entent hereynne.
Yf ye hadde ther your entent your ad[versaries should] cese the rather.
I sende to yow the bokes of his accompt to th'entent that Spyrlyng may awayte upon yow at his comyng, and declare hym his dewte, wheche, as myn receyvore seyth, hit wole drawe to the summe of xlvli.
It were right wele don ye awayted upon hes man comyng, that ye myght knowe the redy ententof my Lordes writyng.
And I wolde this bille were devised by my Lord of Caunterbury is avis and agreement, to th'entent that he may tender the mater the more whan it shalle come in revolucion before hym.
In the seconde case, many have cast before the enemie, their dearest thinges, to the entent that he tariyng about the spoile, might give them more laisure to flie.
He beyng in prison, the Papistes earnestly trauailed and laboured to haue seduced him, and threatned him with death and corporall tormentes, to the entent they would cause him to recant and forsake the truth.
Andrew, to the entent that all the people of Anguishe [Angus] might see the fire, and so might be the more feared from falling into the like doctrine, whiche they terme by the name of heresie.
If it were so, my wil or myn entent 45 Constrayned were a joyful thing to wryte, Myn pen coud never have knowlege what it ment; To speke therof my tonge hath no delyte.
Quhidder ar we not equale in our entent To the Troianys in number or hardyment?
Quhidder gif thou com to that entent to se The cruell deth of thy fey brother?
The Poet first proponyng hysentent Declaris Junois wreth and mailtalent.
The tother tho hym ansuerit sone agane: 15 My frend, for nocht thou says sik wordis vane, Ingirand cacis ar of nane effek; My first entent I list not change nor brek.
Your worshipfull Demeanyng in this case and in this tyme of so straite necessite shall be an example to all þe land aftre I besiche you right hertly to contynue yor saide goode & worshipfull entent to yor perpetuell laude & worship hereaftre.
We send towardes þe same at this tyme or broþer Thomas Cook, alderman pleynly instruct of or entent in this behalve.
It was never myn entent ne purpose and therfore I beseeche you to give no credence to theire false suggestioun and surmyse.
Adams, to enforme hym of the theevery of the Hollanders, to the entent he should retyre hym selfe from them and stay my coming, and not goe with them before the Emperour.
What is theirentent is not well knowne, yt not having byn donne in these partes heretofore.
And for that ententthere is a greate wild boare alive kept in a cage (or frank) at the foote of the hill, which I saw at my entrance.
I remembor, they called St. Puchin, to which all baron women went on pilgremage, to the entent to prove frutefull, and to that entent scraped affe a littell .
Jesuistes and pristes, whom they canot abide, and gave us warnyng that we should not com in their company, but rather to reveale them, to the entent they might be punished.
Divers passingers which ment to have gon in our junk against my will (for Syam) went and complayned to Taccamon Dono to have passag perforce, and to that entent he sent me word.
I wrot an other letter to Mr. Wickham per expres, to look out at the tono of Tushmas lodging yf the Coreans were ready to departe, to the entent to vizet them before they goe and to carry them a present.
I wrot an other letter to Mr. Wickham to look out for Shoby Dono, to the entent to sell our junk to hym; and rec.
Worchippffull cosyn, I have labored for hir in othir placez, but I can not have my entent as yet.
And ye wete wele that I have most encountred the entent of Tudenham and Heydon of ony pouer man on lyve; And if I be lost or put to an ungoodly rebuke heryn my service is the lesse of valu to you that be gentils of the shire.
Wherfore we pray you that ye consyder our entent of this mony, as ye wyll that we do for you in tym to com, as God knowyth, who have you in hys kepyng.
Whiche matiers considerid, my counseil hath alwey conceyved that the tretees he offred hath be to non othir entent but to delaye the matier, or ellis to entrete me to relese my damages, for title hath he non.
Item, to remembre how suttely the seyd Chirche was, be his owyn assent, led to my Lord of Norffolk be his owyn felashep to the entent to accuse and defame seche as they lovyd not.
Ofte of myne entent hath he made me mys ¶ where as I shulde haue fylled dykes depe.
Thyrdely to ioyne our dede with the expo- sicion / & to shew that we onely dyd obserue the very entent of the lawe.
With bargis by hir can thai row, And pressit thame full fast to tow Hir by the brighous to the wall: On that entent thai set thame all.
And for he helit thair entent And discoverit it nocht to the King, 65 That he held of all his halding, And had maid till him his fewte, Jugit to hang and draw wes he.
Bot I sall wirk on sic maner, "That thou at thine entent sall be, "And have of nane of thame magre.
Loke how thou ridest for the same entent To wynne good, thou rekkist never how, Right so fare I, for ryde I wolde now Unto the worldes ende for a praye.
Sir James returned, and his entent was to go to his owne company the same way as he came, and sir Mathue Reedman to Newcastell.
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