And that also, wetyngly, ye do no thyng for love nor drede of any erthely creature that shuld displese hym.
Trowest thou that ther be any thing in thise erthely mortal toumbling thinges that may bringen this estat?
And scater thou and to-breke thou the weightes and the cloudes of erthely hevinesse, and shyne thou by thy brightnesse.
O cometh alle to-gider now, ye that ben y-caught and y-bounde with wikkede cheynes, by the deceivable delyt of erthely thinges enhabitinge in your thought!
But how this cas doth Troilus moleste, 880 That may non erthelymannes tonge seye; For verray wo his wit is al aweye.
For he wolde that mankinde were most worthy and noble of any othreerthely thinges; and ye threste adoun your 100 dignitees benethe the lowest thinges.
Right so litel or naught is worth erthely power, but if reignatif prudence in heedes governe the smale; to whiche heedes the smale owen to obey and suffre in their governaunce.
Now, erthely goddesse, take regarde of thy servant, though I be feble; for thou art wont to prayse them better that 95 wolde conne serve in love, al be he ful mener than kinges or princes that wol not have that vertue in mynde.
And yf my freends say, that I do amys, Thei schal not me let so for to do, Myne herte me bydds ever more to love yowe Truly over all erthely thing, And yf thei be never so wroth, I tryst it schall be better in tyme commyng.
And I besech yowe that this bill be not seyn of none erthelycreatur safe only your selffe, &c.
And thei preysen non erthely ricchesse; and so thei ben alle right fulle.
And that was in tokene, that no man scholde have in despite non erthely man, for here diverse lawes: for wee knowe not whom God lovethe, ne whom God hatethe.
Coveiteth he noon erthely good, But hevene riche blisse, Hath he anye rentes or richesse, Or anye riche frendes.
Wysedome es forgetynge of erthely thynges and thynkynge of heuen, with discrecyone of all mens dedys.
Som other folk seyn, that Avarice is, for to purchacen manye erthely thinges, and nothing yeve to hem that han nede.
Whan it is wrongfully disposed or ordeyned in man, it maketh him coveite, by coveitise of flesh, fleshly sinne, by sighte of hise eyen as to erthely thinges.
Avarice, after the descripcion of seint Augustin, is likerousnesse in herte to have erthely thinges.
For certes, right so as fyr is more mighty to destroyen erthely thinges than any other element, right so Ire is mighty to destroyen alle spirituel thinges.
For erthely goodes bene transsitory, and wedding contynues for terme of lyfe, which with some folke is a full long terme.
But I shal and do pray God dayly to sende you such one unto your worldes make that wil drede and faithfully unfeyned love you above alle othir erthely creatures.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "erthely" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
