And thou [hast] sent her a ring of gold, A ring of precyous stone, And bade her come to the siluer wood, Let ffor noe kind of man.
Now peace, now peace, thou litle ffoot-page, Ffor Christes sake, I pray thee!
Ffor thou hast sent her loue-tokens, More now then two or three; 23.
My girdle of gold which was too longe Is now to shortffor mee.
Ffor I haue slaine one of the curteousest knights That euer bestrode a steed, Soe haue I done one [of] the fairest ladyes That euer ware womans weede!
Ffor the Maior’s daughter of Lin, God wott, He chose her to his wife, & thought to haue liued in quiettnesse With her all the dayes of his liffe.
And heere he sends you a ring of gold, A ring of the precyous stone; He prayes you to come to the siluer wood, Let ffor no kind of man.
And there I send her a ring of gold, A ring of precyous stone, And bidd her come to the siluer wood, Let ffor no kind of man.
Ffor thou hast sent her a mantle of greene, As greene as any grasse, And bade her come to the siluer woode To hunt with Child Maurice.
Ffor when I came to Tearne Wadling, A bold barron there I fand, With a great club vpon his backe, Standing stiffe and strong; 10.
Ffor if my lord heare one of these words, Thou must be hanged hye!
And, as itt ffalls, as oftentimes As knotts beene knitt on a kell, Or marchant-men gone to leeue London Either ffor to buy ware or sell; 13.
Of whilk may na comparyson be made Tille na ceté þat on erth may stand, Ffor it was never made with mans hand.
Cittzeins of this citie are ellygible and lyable unto, ffor the whiche grudge and displeasure your besechers are not a little sorye.
All so the seyd John Paston, now compleynaunt, seyth that ther be decayed at Marlyngfford and Oxenhed be meane off th'enterupsion off the seyd William tweyn water melles, wher off iche was letyn ffor x.
Ffor cloaths and beddinge they must bring them with them till time and industry produce them here.
But bearing theis things as wee might, wee beganne to consult of the place of our sitting downe: ffor Salem where wee landed, pleased us not.
Therefore, after haveing detained him in prison ffor a very considerable time, his Majestie's Advocate and Sollicitor signed a warrand for his liberation.
The Kyngs imbassators, Sir Thomas Mongomere and the Master off the Rolls be comyng homwards ffrom Nuse; and as ffor me, I thynke I sholde be sek but iff I see it.
Writing from Calais in February, he says: "As ffor tydyngs heer ther bee but few saff that the Duke of Burgoyen and my Lady hys wyffe fareth well.
King, 170 "ffor that wee will not striffe; ffor thou shalt haue my daughter dere to be thy weded wiffe.
Lands [soe] broad, & brooke them well your liffe, ffor you promised mee your daughter deere to be my weded wiffe.
Sir Cawline ffor to teare; & he had noe wepon him vpon, nor noe wepon did weare.
Now hold thy tounge, thou goodlye Ladye, and let all this talking bee; ffor all the gold thats in Loug Leuen, william wold not Liuor mee!
Iesus: lord mickle of might, that dyed ffor vs on the roode to maintaine vs in all our right, that loues true English blood.
Ladye is gone to her Chamber, her Maydens ffollowing bright; 75 & Sir Cawlins gone to the mores soe broad, ffor to wake there all night.
X Hard hansell[1027] had the Scottes that day, That wrought them woe enoughe, For a Scott then durst not speake a word Ffor hanging att a boughe.
Christ’s pittye; Ffor without thy help, brother Bredbeddle, He will never be rydden for me.
IX ‘Ffor when I came to Tearne Wadling, A bold barron there I fand, With a great club upon his backe, Standing stiffe and strong.
XLVI ‘Ffor Robyn Hode hase many a wilde felow, I tell you in certen; If thei wist ye rode this way, In feith ye shulde be slayn.
XLIII ‘He robbyt me and my felowes bothe Of twenti marke in serten; If that false owtlay be takyn, Ffor sothe we wolde be fayn.
LII John smote of the munkis hed, No longer wolde he dwell; So did Moch the litull page, Ffor ferd[995] lest he wolde tell.
I Saies, ‘Come here, cuzen Gawaine so gay, My sisters sonne be yee; Ffor you shall see one of the fairest round tables That ever you see with your eye.
My brother and I weare surprized; thought they might have seene a vision, ffor instantly the man putt his hands on his face, as if he should make the signe of the crosse.
But there is an end to all things; the houre is come, ffor all is embarked.
It was contrary to me all the voyage, ffor my boat and an other, wherein weare 2 men & a woman Iroquoit, stayed behind without seeing or hearing from one another.
We came to the lake side with much paines, ffor we sent our wildmen before, and we two weare forced to make cariages 5 dayes through the woods.
Our men repented now they did not goe sooner, ffor it might be they should have surprised them.
In that island our wild men hid 10 caskes of Indian Corne, which did us a kindnesse, ffor there was no more veneson pye to be gotten.
This was the time I thought to have escaped, ffor in vaine, ffor I being alone feared least I should be apprehended and dealt with more violently.
They never are many together, ffor feare of wronging one another.
Ther]ffor the turnament shalle begynne[L41] This day seven nyzt, With a flayle for to fyzt: And he that is moste of myzt Shalle brok hir with wynne.
Ffor no spence will I spare, Ffor no catell wille I care; He shalle have my gray mare, And my spottyd sowe.
Thei armyd theym in mattes, Thei sett on theire nolles 60 Gode blake bolles, Fforto kepe theire pollis Ffor batteryng of battes.
Quoth he, "Quhen I forsuk my pluche, 125 I trow I but forsuk my seill; And I will to my pluch agane, Ffor I and this howse will nevir do weill.
Thus, after reading of a shilling bestowed upon "a man of Irelande that had his barke stollen by pirats," we have the record of a similar sum paid "ffor a paire of breches ffor John the lasar.
And what ffyne wylbe gyuen ffor [thorn]e same I know not ney[thorn]er can lerne.
Ffor we have found by experience that they have hindered, not furthered the worke.
Ffor cloaths and beddinge they must bringe them with them, till time and industry produce them here.
I purpose to ryde to him this day ffor wryttis of diem clawsit extremum,[191.
Whi that erþe loueþ erthe Wonder y may thinke, Or whi that erthe for the erthe Unresonably swete wol or swynke, 48 12 Ffor whanne erthe vnder erthe [fol.
Erth owte of erth is wondyrly wroght, Ffor erth hath geten of erth a nobul thyng of noght, Erthe uppon erthe hath set alle hys thoght How erthe uppon erthe may be hygh broght.
Hee shall receive ffor a speller or reader 3 guilders a quarter, and ffor a writer 4 guilders ffor the daye school.
Among other things it was ordered "that no shoemaker or others shall cutt or ffall any trees to barke in the common woods, upon the penaltie of the payment of ffive pounds ffor every tree so cutt.
In the evening, 4 guilders ffor a speller and reader, and 5 guilders ffor a writer per quarter.
He shall provide a basin of water for the baptisme, ffor which he shall receive 12 stuyvers in wampum for every baptisme ffrom parents or sponsors.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ffor" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
