Mi Sone, it is wel resonable, In place which is honorable 2030 If that a man his herte sette, That thanne he for no Slowthe lette To do what longeth to manhede.
The Schipes were redy sone, And whan thei sihe it was to done, Withoute lette of eny wente With Seil updrawe forth thei wente Towardes Tharse upon the tyde.
And therupon a covenant This Chiro with Achilles sette, That every day withoute lette 2000 He scholde such a cruel beste Or slen or wounden ate leste, So that he mihte a tokne bringe Of blod upon his hom cominge.
Therfor my herte for ever I to hir hette; 185 Ne trewly, for my dethe, I shal not lette To ben hir trewest servaunt and hir knight.
For never, for no wo, ne shal I lette To serven hir, how fer so that she wende; 440 Sey what yow list, my tale is at an ende.
If she will fare well, yf she wyll go gay, A good husbande ever styll, What ever she lust to doe, or to say, Must lette hir have hir owne will.
God lette me no longer to continue in lyfe, Than I shall towardes you continue a true wyfe.
Here lette him tell hir a great long tale in hir eare.
Never letteyour foe so muche pleasure of you take.
Poliphilus, thou shalt vnderstande that the deuise of these obiects, are more pleasant to bee vnderstoode then behelde, and thereforelette vs enter in heere, to bee satisfied in both.
And after shee sayde, Poliphilus lette vs goe and ascende vp this mount nexte the Garden, and Thelemia remayning at the stayre foote, wee ascended vp to the playne toppe.
Out vppon the thou deformed hellish dogge, that waitest at the fiery gate to lette them in, which faine would passe an other porte.
I doe alsoe beleyve thatte thys mye weake and frayle Bodye wille returne to duste, butte for mye soule lette God judge thatte as toe himselfe shalle seeme meete.
Neverthelesse, I undrestande that sche seythe, 'What if he and sche kan agre I wyll not lette it, but I will never advyse hyr therto in no wyse.
I pray you yf hys brother com to you for a relesse of hys londe, lette him non have on to the tyme that ye see hys faderes wyll, the whych I wote wher it ys, and that it like you to desyre hym to be gode brother to him.
And therfore yf ye take uppon you to lette them so for to do, that then they wold goo in to any lyflode that ye had in Norfolk or Suffolk, and to take a destresse in lykewysse as they wold do at Haylysdon.
This devise is more sure than the Parculles, because hardely it maye be of the enemye lette in such wise, that it fall not downe, falling not by a righte line as the Parculles, which easely may be underpropped.
Sidenote: Nabide a spartayne; Quintus Luttatius pollecie to passe over a river; How to passe a ryver without a bridge; A polecie of Cesar to passe a river, where his enemie beyng on the other side therof sought to lette hym.
Ye menne, who woulde deserve the name of knyghte, Lette bloddie teares bie all your paves be wepte; To commynge tymes no poyntelle shalle ywrite, Whanne Englonde han her foemenn, Brystow slepte.
Lette thyssen menne, who haveth sprite of loove, Bethyncke untoe hemselves how mote the meetynge proove.
Now havynge done oure mattynes & oure vowes, Letteus for the intended fyghte be boune, 590 And everyche champyone potte the joyous crowne Of certane mastershhyppe upon hys glestreynge browes.
Goe, sounde the beme, lette champyons prepare; Ne doubtynge, we wylle stynghe as faste as heie.
Aboute the world all-most eternallie; Lette his owne werkys prayse hym and magnifie; I dare not preyse, for fere that I offende, My lewde langage shuld rather appeyre than amend.
Lette maner and Mesure be youre guydes twey, So shall ye best please, I dare well sey.
And what shoulde lette me to chose sutch one, to whome I shalbe both his life and death?
The fourthe signe is, that he ne lette nat for shame to shewen his confessioun.
I, 'why wiltow lette me More of my tale than another man, Sin that it is the beste rym I can?
No dreem,' quod he, 'may so myn herte agaste, That I wol lettefor to do my thinges.
Than thenglysshe archers stept forthe one pase and lette fly their arowes so hotly and so thycke that it semed snowe.
Finally, for satisfaction or amendes making for the faulte: lette him not with grudginge, but chierfully, and gladly doe, what so euer he shalbe commaunded.
It was the maner in the first churche, both among men and women, to lette their heare growe, to shewe out their naked skinne, and very litle or nothing to diffre in apparelle.
What power hath any man to letteanother of living in vertue?
Afterwarde lette hir be well dryed by keeping hir warme by the fire, for if she should catche sodaine cold upon it, it would becomme woorse than it was before.
Well,' quod the bysshop, 'lette us go to New castell, and there ye shall speke wyth hym.
Thus they tourneyed toguyder, one with an axe, and the other with a swerde, a longe season, and no man to lette them.
Be therefore strong and constant in faith, yet lette euery one beware of boldnesse, temeritie, and headdie rashnesse.
But lette vs imagine, that they are the wandring spirites of deade bodies, then is it necessarie, that they be the soules, either of faithfull men, or of infidels.
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