Gooth to the glose of thise vers, 9770 Ye grete clerkes; If I lye on yow to my lewed wit, Ledeth me to brennyng.
And whan I seigh this, I sojourned noght, But shoop me to renne, And suwed that Samaritan That was so ful of pite, And graunted hym to ben his groom.
Ac the smoke and the smolder That smyt in oure eighen, That is coveitise and unkyndenesse, That quencheth Goddes mercy.
There was also at Lucca one of the impressions of our Saviour's face on the handkerchief of Veronica.
For what place mighte ben left, or dwellinge, to folye and to disordenaunce, sin that god ledeth and constreineth alle thinges by ordre?
For-why the coveitise of verray 15 good is naturelly y-plaunted in the hertes of men; but the miswandringe errour mis-ledeth hem in-to false goodes.
And other folk dreden more than they oughten [that] whiche they mighten wel beren; and somme dispyse that they mowe nat beren; and thilke folk god ledeth in-to experience of himself by aspre and sorwful thinges.
For loke now how greetly sheweth the feblesse and infirmitee of wikkede folk, that ne mowen nat comen to that hir naturel entencioun ledeth hem, and yit almost thilke naturel entencioun constreineth hem.
The sterres shynen more agreably whan the wind 5 Nothus leteth his ploungy blastes; and after that Lucifer the day-sterre hath chased awey the derke night, the day the fairere ledeth the rosene hors of the sonne.
At the laste, amiable Fortune with hir flateringes draweth miswandringe men fro the sovereyne 20 good; the contrarious Fortune ledeth ofte folk ayein to soothfast goodes, and haleth hem ayein as with an hooke.
Goth now thanne, ye stronge men, ther-as the heye wey of the grete ensaumple ledeth yow.
He that wot of his might is in doute that he mote nedes lese; and so ledeth him drede to ben unmighty.
Pees is the cheef of al the worldes welthe, And to the heven it ledeth eek the way; Pees is of soule and lyfe the mannes helthe 80 Of pestilence, and doth the werre away.
For kyndly entencion ledeth you therto, but in three maner livinges is al suche wayes shewed.
Not ignorant, because "Whenne the blynde ledeth the blynde Into the dyche they fallen both.
Now goth this marchant fast and bisily About his nede, and bieth and creanceth; He neither playeth at the dis ne danceth, But as a marchant shortly for to tell He ledeth his lif, and ther I let him dwell.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ledeth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
