And every maner seculer That may noght continue, Wisely goo wedde, And ware hym fro synne; For lecherie in likynge Is lyme-yerd of helle.
Wyves and widewes Wantonnes she techeth, And lereth hem lecherie That loveth hire giftes.
In lecherieand in losengerie Ye lyven, and in sleuthe; And al is thorugh suffraunce, That vengeaunce yow ne taketh.
The sparrow for his lecherie liveth but a yeere," &c.
And thus hath lecherie lore The lond, which hadde be tofore The beste of hem that were tho.
And thus the Sone schal abie The lustes and the lecherie Of him which nou his fader is.
Bot yit an other remembrance That rihtwisnesse and lecherie Acorden noght in compaignie With him that hath the lawe on honde, That mai a man wel understonde, As be a tale thou shalt wite, Of olde ensample as it is write.
And he, that be hire body wolde Take avantage, let do crye, That what man wolde his lecherie Attempte upon hire maidenhede, Lei doun the gold and he schal spede.
And al the toun began to crie, "Awey, awey the tirannie Of lecherie and covoitise!
This duk wol han a cours at him, or tweye, With houndes, swiche as that him list comaunde.
I shall not adduce more instances, but shall content myself with saying that, until the publications of the Chaucer Society appeared, no reader had the means of knowing what the best MS.
Lo what seith seint Mathew in the gospel: that 'who-so seeth a womman to coveitise of his lust, he hath doon lecherie with hir in his herte.
Another remedie agayns Lecherie is, that a man or a womman eschue the companye of hem by whiche he douteth to be tempted; for al-be-it so that the dede is withstonden, yet is ther greet temptacioun.
Now lat us speke thanne of thilke stinkinge sinne of Lecherie that men clepe Avoutrie of wedded folk, that is to seyn, if that oon of hem be wedded, or elles bothe.
Thise been tho that han been wyves and han forgoon hir housbondes, and eek wommen that han doon lecherie and been releeved by Penitence.
There is a lecheriein lyeing and imposing on the credulous, and the imagination of fearfull people is to admiration.
There is a lecheriein lyeing and imposeing on the credulous; and the imagination of fearfull people is to admiration: e.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lecherie" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
