If thou be povre, thy brother hateth thee, And all thy freendesfleen fro thee, alas!
That never man, as in hisfreendes nede, Ne bar him bet than he, with-outen drede.
For though ther be no cause, yet hem semen Al be for harm that folk hir freendes quemen; And who may stoppen every wikked tonge, Or soun of belles whyl that they be ronge?
For wel thow wost, my leve brother dere, That alwey freendes may nought been y-fere.
I wole parten with thee al thy peyne, If it be so I do thee no comfort, 590 As it is freendes right, sooth for to seyne, To entreparten wo, as glad desport.
And certes, yow ne haten shal I never, And freendes love, that shal ye han of me, 1080 And my good word, al mighte I liven ever.
By freendes might, by constraint of their relatives.
How doon this folk that seen hir loves wedded By freendes might, as it bi-tit ful ofte, 345 And seen hem in hir spouses bed y-bedded?
And therfore we oblige and binden us and our freendes to doon al his wil and hise comandements.
Ther was, as telleth Titus Livius, A knight that called was Virginius, Fulfild of honour and of worthinesse, And strong of freendes and of greet richesse.
I seye that first ye shul clepe to your conseil your freendes that been trewe.
Hir freendes sawe hir sorwe gan to slake, And preyede hir on knees, for goddes sake, To come and romen hir in companye, Awey to dryve hir derke fantasye.
For Salomon seith: that "right as the herte of a man delyteth in savour that is sote, right so the conseil of trewe freendes yeveth swetenesse to the soule.
Swich love of freendes regneth al this toun; And wrye yow in that mantel ever-mo; 380 And god so wis be my savacioun, As I have seyd, your beste is to do so.
And certes yow ne haten shal I never, And freendes love, that shal ye han of me, 1080 And my good word, al mighte I liven ever.
To my loving freendes the prior and Convent of the Monastery of Wenlok.
To my hartely beloved Freendes the Mayre, Bailieffs, and Burgesses, of the towne of Cambridge, and to every of them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "freendes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
