Also I pray yow that ye wylle weche save to recomaunde me to my fadyr and my modyr and tellyth heer that alle herr chyldyrryn ben in gode hele, blyssyd be Godd.
And yf it plese you to here of my welfar, I was in gode hele at the makyng of this lettre, blessed be God.
I pray to Gode yeve grace that the trowthe may be knowe, and that the dede may have part of hys owne goode.
To my worshipful and rightgode mayster, John Paston, Squyer.
And ther ys one Yon', a servaunt of the Lord Wyllughbye, whych pursewed thys mater; yff he were yn London, he coude geve gode enformacion uppon thys mater.
Ser, I wold be ryte glad to he [hear] swmme gode tydynggys fro yow.
God, that rewardeth every gode dede, schal pey for hym the remenant to yow, for every peny an C.
And yff he wille contynew hys gode maistershyp to me, ye may sey hym that I cast duelle yn my contree, and wayt uppon hym to help ghete ayen a pore godeof myn, for heere y thryve not, but lose my tyme.
Worshypfull and ryght welbelovyd cosyn, y pray God spede you yn thys matier, and sende you yourgode desyrs.
And yf it lyked your gode moderhode to here of me and how I do, at the makyng of this lettre I was ingode hele of body tanked be Jesu.
Therewith the frenchemen began to murmure, and sayd among themselves how the prince had spoken nobly; and that by all estimation he shulde prove a noble man, if Gode send him lyfe, to perceyver in such good fortune.
I thanke Gode he hath not realised his barbaros intentions!
Gode sende y^e Kinge mor monne, and me free from blame and imputation.
All this is a brotherly tricke you'l saye; but I thancke Gode they heere doe little beleeve what he saies.
And though this gode can neuer of hym be spent With nought he departyth to hym that is pore Though he with nede harde vexed were and sore.
Illustration: Come nere folys and rede your ignorance And great losse procedynge of your owne foly Whiche without gode and discrete purueaunce Any great werke wyll bylde or edefye.
Therfore the fyrst actoure willynge to deuyde suche foles from wysemen and gode lyuers: hathe ordeyned vpon the se of this worlde this present Shyp to contayne these folys of ye worlde, whiche ar in great nomber.
This gode lityll boke, written by Canutus, Bishop of Aarhaus, was printed in London about 1482 by Machlinia.
To parte with the nedy it is gode skille, And so shalle ye by my faye.
Roulande to his felowes saide: “Beth alle of right gode chere!
He smote him on the helme With mown-Ioye, his gode bronde.
He caste him in the fire al hote; For sothe he hadde a rigħt gode cloute.
Ye bene but foulis of gode dissporte; ‘I will teach you I wole yoᶙ tech a newe play.
She led hem into here chambir dere, That arrayed for hem was rigħt wele, 1652 Both Roulande and Olyvere, And gafe hem̄ there a right gode mele.
Ferumbras came with gode spede, He made the Sarasyns to fle.
When he harde tell of the grete name of maister Virgile, he yede to him, and seide, Gode sir, I have previ counseill to speke a twene us too, and I beseche yow of your wise counseill in this cas.
Agayns this roten-herted sinne of accidie and slouthe sholde men exercise hemself to doon gode werkes'; &c.
Do therto pouder marchant,' and 'do thi flessh therto, and gode herbes and poudre marchaunt, and let hit well stew.
Gak med,” og “see til,” ere to gode Tyende i Bondens Gaard.
Then bespake gode Litulle Johne, To Robyn Hode can he say, "I haue done the a gode turne for an euylle, Quyte me whan thou may.
The scheref made John gode chere, And gaf hym wine of the best; At nyzt thei went to her bedde, And euery man to his rest.
He gaf hym a gode swerd in his hond, His hed with for to kepe, And ther as the walle was lowyst Anon down can thei lepe.
Beside hym stode a gret-hedid munke, I pray to God woo he be; Full sone he knew gode Robyn As sone as he hym se.
They filled in wyne, and made him glad, Vnder the levys smale, And zete pastes of venysone, That gode was with ale.
And to som othre folk is yeven power to punisshen, for that it shal be cause of continuacioun and exercysinge to gode folk and cause of 220 torment to shrewes.
And ofte tyme it bitydeth, that the somme of thinges that ben to done is taken to governe to gode folk, for that the malice haboundaunt of shrewes sholde ben abated.
But thou mayst seyn, what unreste may ben a worse confusioun than that gode men han somtyme adversitee and somtyme prosperitee, and shrewes also now han thinges that they desiren, and now 125 thinges that they haten?
Now herkeneth with a gode entencioun, For now wol I gon streight to my matere, In whiche ye may the double sorwes here Of Troilus, in loving of Criseyde, 55 And how that she forsook him er she deyde.
For so as ther nis non alyaunce by-twixe gode folk and shrewes, ne shrewes ne mowen nat acorden amonges hem-self.
Of alle whiche thinges ther nis no wight that may merveylen y-nough, ne compleine, that swiche thinges ben doon in the regne of god, that alle thinges woot and alle thinges may, and ne wole nat but only gode 25 thinges.
For alle fortune that semeth sharp or aspre, yif it ne exercyse nat the gode folk ne chastyseth the wikked folk, it 75 punissheth.
And I, that am put awey fro gode men, and despoiled of dignitees, and defouled of my name by gessinge, have suffred torment for my gode dedes.
And vpon tho roches of cristall growen the gode dyamandes, [th]at ben of trouble colour.
Euerich gode harpour is welcom me to, For mi lordes loue Sir Orfeo.
Of grene vyne leues he wered a Ioly croun ¶ He was clad in clustres of grapes gode & fine ¶ A garlonde of yuy he chose for his sygne.
That I may by your req{ue}st her gode grace gete ¶ And what payn or greef ye for me prouyde ¶ wythout ony grutchyng I shall it abyde.
The gode Lorde of his mercie kepe us all, and make vs to bee hys trew seruantes.
Ande thus the Gode of Inglonde be ever with you in alle your procedynges.
And Peter de Langtoft says of her Malde hight that mayden, many of her spak, Fair scho was, thei saiden, andgode withouten lak.
Robert of Gloucester calls her "Molde the gode quene.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gode" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
