This have I herde ofte in saying, That man ne maie for no daunting Make a sperhawke of a bosarde.
He, takynge all paciently, sayde: dyd nat I tell you that, whan I herde Xantippe thonder so fast, that it wolde rayne anone after?
So at this tyme a chylde, called Papyrius, cam in with his father and herde the great counsayl the which was straytely commaunded to be kept secrete, tyll hit was decreed.
Whan he herde her saye so, he lefte his nyce laughynge.
And because this frere had preched this sermonde so often, one that had herde it before tolde the freres seruaunte, that his maister was called frere John x.
Whan he herde euery bodye saye they sawe none suche, makynge great sorowe, he retourned home agayne.
Why than, quod the frere, I am sure thou knowest well whiche be the x commaundementes that hast herde them so ofte declared.
As a Frenche kyng on a tyme was in huntyng, he hapned to lose his companie, and comyng through a brome heath, he herde a poore man and his wife piteously complayne on fortune.
But than because of the sauour of the draught it causyd hym to coughe moche more and louder, that the wenchys fader herde it, and askyd of hys daughter what man it was that coughed in her chamber.
Whan she herde him come vp the ladder, she met him, and bade hym go thence, for she hadde no tyme than to fulfylle his pleasure.
Here maydyns from̄ hir she sente, her garden, heard For she herde grete lamentacion̄ them lament.
Olyuere herde telle of this, wounded, kept his That in his bedde laye seke sore.
Whan Laban herde these tidyngys, His herte woxe alle coolde 796 And saide “this is a wonder thinge!
When his master herde the woordes of his wyfe which she tolde him saynge: after this maner dyd thy servaunte to me/ he waxed wrooth.
When Abram herde that his brother was taken/ he harnessed his seruantes borne in his owne house .
That herde Sara/ out of the tent doore which was behind his backe.
I praye the goo in vnto my mayde/ peradu[~e]ture I shall be multiplyed by meanes of her And Abram herde the voyce of Sarai.
And Iacob herde that he had defyled Dina his doughter/ but his sonnes were with the catell in the felde/ and therfore he helde his peace/ vntill they were come.
And the LORdes angell sayd further vnto her: se/ thou art wyth childe and shalt bere a sonne/ and shalt call his name Ismael: because the LORDE hath herde thy tribulation.
And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: I haue dreamed a dreame and no man ca interpretate it/ but I haue herde saye of the y^t as soone as thou hearest a dreame/ thou dost interpretate it.
And God herde Lea/ y^t she coceaved and bare vnto Iacob y^e .
The shoters haue envyed him and chyde with him ad hated him/ and yet his bowe bode fast/ & his armes and his handes were stronge/ by the handes of the myghtye God of Iacob: out of him shall come an herde ma a stone in Israel.
And wh[~e] Abrahams servaunte herde their wordes/ he bowed himselfe vnto the LORde/ flatt vpon the erth.
And thanne him thoghte wel ynouh It was fantosme, bot yit he herde 75 The vois, and he therto ansuerde, 'What wiht art thou in Goddes name?
I haue grete drede, For hydously I herde hym calle.
The caytyve was in syke wyse, for she myght not helpe herself, the whiche herde terryble cryes and howlynges of soules," sign.
And we on the other syde haue herde the noyse out of your campe into our citie.
This than herde good Robyn Under his trystell-tre: ‘Make you redy, ye wyght yonge men; That shotynge wyll I se.
When he came to grene wode, In a mery mornynge, There he herde the notës small Of byrdës mery syngynge.
Than Adam Bell bete on the gate With strokës great and stronge: The porter herde suche a noyse therat, And to the gate faste he thronge.
Yonder I sawe a ryght fayre harte, His coloure is of grene; Seven score of dere upon a herde Be with hym all bydene.
The monke swore a full grete othe, With a sory chere, ‘Of the borowehode thou spekest to me, Herde I never ere.
Whan the lordesherde that, eche of them regarded other.
I roughte nought though that she stode and herde How that thou seyst; but fare-wel, I wol go.
This Troilus, with herte and eres spradde, Herde al this thing devysen to and fro; And verraylich him semed that he hadde The selve wit; but yet to lete hir go 1425 His herte misforyaf him ever-mo.
Herde al this thing Criseyde wel y-nough, 1590 And every word gan for to notifye; For which with sobre chere hir herte lough; For who is that ne wolde hir glorifye, To mowen swich a knight don live or dye?
Pandare answerde, and seyde thus, that he That ones may in hevene blisse be, He feleth other weyes, dar I leye, Than thilke tyme he first herde of it seye.
Tho wordes and tho wommannisshe thinges, She herde hem right as though she thennes were; 695 For, god it wot, hir herte on other thing is, Although the body sat among hem there.
For which he wex a litel reed for shame, 645 Whan he the peple up-on him herde cryen, That to biholde it was a noble game, How sobreliche he caste doun his yen.
This Troilus, that herde his lady preye Of lordship him, wex neither quik ne deed, Ne mighte a word for shame to it seye, 80 Al-though men sholde smyten of his heed.
And every wight that was a-boute hem tho, 215 That herde that, gan fer a-wey to stonde, Whyl they two hadde al that hem liste in honde.
Cesar whan he herde the deth of cathon whiche was his aduersarye sayde that he had grete enuye of his glorye.
And he herde the sownes of musicque right melodious The kynge demanded hym than/ yf he supposid y't he were benerous and blessid.
I herde by her tale she wolde banyshe the sonne, And then were we pore launders all undonne.
Sir,' quod he, 'I herde ones teche A prest in pulpit a good preching.
And thanherde I the Nightingale say, 'Now, gode Cukkow!
Suffyseth me to seen your fetheres ynde':-- Thus herde I foules in the morweninge Upon the day of saint Valentyne singe.
Ye,' quod she; 'and he that is in heven felith more joye, than whan he firste herde therof speke.
Bysshopys executores, and he had herdeseye that I had also borowyd another Cli.
As for tydyngs, the werst that I herde was that my moodre wyll not doo so moche ffor me as she put me in comffort off.
I sent yow worde off an hawke; I herde nott from yow syns; I do and shall doo that is possible in suche a neede.
Item, as ffor tydyngs heer, I trow ye have herde yowr parte, howe that the Erle off Oxenfford landyd by Seynt Osyes in Essexe, the xxviij.
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