Therwith he took his leveal softely, And Troilus to paleys wente blyve.
For wel thow wost, myleve brother dere, That alwey freendes may nought been y-fere.
But now to purpos; leve brother dere, 330 Have al this thing that I have seyd in minde, And keep thee clos, and be now of good chere, For at thy day thou shalt me trewe finde.
Swich is this world; who-so it can biholde, In eche estat is litel hertes reste; God leveus for to take it for the beste!
O ye loveres, that heighe upon the wheel Ben set of Fortune, in good aventure, God leve that ye finde ay love of steel, 325 And longe mot your lyf in Ioye endure!
For goddes love, lat us now sone at eve Our leve take, and homward lat us torne; For trewely, I nil not thus soiourne.
Thus Pandarus, with alle peyne and wo, Made him to dwelle; and at the woukes ende, Of Sarpedoun they toke hir leve tho, 500 And on hir wey they spedden hem to wende.
Ther was mony a bolde lad theire bodys to bede: 55 Than thei toke theire leve and hamwarde thei zede, And alle the weke afterward thei graythed her wede, Tille hit come to the day that thei shulde do thaire dede.
Written by your unworthy servant the nyght that he toke leve of Escript par uostre indigne seruiteur la nuyt que prins congie de your grace.
Note that if ye leve this worde, ne, whiche is before every pronowne, it is affirmative, and if ye do put it unto the sayd pronowne it is negative.
And that there leve no residue; Componed{e} or medled{e} is that nombre that is come of a digite and of an article.
Doo after the good & leve the evyl & it shal brynge you to good fame & renommee.
The prioure saghe the synnys swa grette that thurghe leve of the scolere he schewede theyme to the abbotte to hafe conceyle.
I can not leve thus withoute it be a gret displesure to Godde.
I here in this countre she wull notleve it, but that she shall calle ther up on such tyme as shall be to your most rebuke, but if [unless] ye ley the better wetch.
And as for the Lord Revers, he seyd to myn oncyll William, Fayrfax, and me, that he shold meve the Kyng to spek to the two Dukys of Norffolk and Suffolk, that they shold leve of ther tytyls of syche lond as wer Syr John Fastolfs.
How so ever ye do, God kepe you, and send yow the vittory of your elmyse, and geve yow and us al grace toleve in peas.
Requer the gentelmen above wretyn that if any men be in Norwyche of the contre that ber any suche harneyse, to do them leve it or any glysteryng byll.
Oure maister has bene hard bystode, And zet scapyd away; Pluk up your hertes andleve this mone, And herkyn what I shal say.
Johne toke his leve at cure kyng, The sothe as I yow say; The next way to Notyngham To take he zede the way.
To se the dere draw to the dale, And leve the hilles hee, And shadow hem in the leves grene, Vndur the grene-wode tre.
Bot Schyr Amery did nocht sua; To sum bath land and lyff gaiff he, To leve the Bruysis fewte, And serve the King off Ingland, 460 And off him for to hald the land, And werray the Brus as thar fa.
The English try an Ambush] The Inglis men thame umbethoucht, 405 Apon quhat maner that they moucht Ger Scottis leve thair avantage; For thame thoucht foly and outrage To gang up to thame till assale Thame at thar strynthis in playn battale.
And thai in gret hy has done swa, 450 And clymb allgait up to the hycht, And leve nocht for thair fayis mycht.
I leve all the solucioun Till thaim that ar off mar renoun.
Men mycht se mony frely fute About the costis thar lukand, As thai on ayris rais rowand: 580 And nevys that stalwart war and squar, That wont to spayn gret speris war, Swa spaynyt aris, that men mycht se Full oft the hyde leve on the tre.
This supper you women have given us was luscious, and I b'leve I shall taste it clear through the war.
This love that I have told to thee 5305 Is no-thing contrarie to me; This wol I that thou folowe wel, And levethe tother everydel.
Loke out of londe thou be not fare; 2710 And if such cause thou have, that thee Bihoveth to gon out of contree, Leve hool thyn herte in hostage, Til thou ageyn make thy passage.
Thou dost gret foly for to leve Bialacoil here-in, to calle The yonder man to shenden us alle.
I saye right as I have seyd, 1145 On hir was al my love leyd; And yet she niste hit never a del Noght longe tyme, leve hit wel.
Now have I leve over-al to go; 3620 Now am I raised, at my devys, Fro helle unto paradys.
Fastolf myght as wele a solde hym your lande or myn; and if the sale be lawfull, I shal leve my hands at the first as I said at London.
I shal breke no day to be assigned, for to leve all other thyngs.
Speke with Sir Gilberd Debenham qwill he is in cownt to leve uper Cotton.
It is tolde me yf ther hade no folks a' be left here in thys plase whyll I have be owt, they choulde a' be neue masters her by thys tyme; therfor it is not good to leve it alone yett.
Lorde of Ely sende for Hawys, he shulde make Hawys to go home ageyn and leve all his fellowis post allon; and that my Lorde wolde entret my Lorde Tresaurer, my Lord Penbrok,[305.
Wherfore send for hym, and take James Gresham or some of your frends and Richard Calle, and fele what he menyth; and if ye can fynd hym disposed to leve his bargeyn yet, though I myght kepe stille the seid mony I wold he shuld not lese therby.
Item leve a bill indorcid what ye take awey if ye take any.
And that is profession apertli That apendeth to knyghtes; And naught to fasten o friday In fyve score wynter, But holden with hym and with here That wolden alle truthe, 660 And nevere leve hem for love Ne for lacchynge of silver.
For kynde wit is of his kyn, And neighe cosynes bothe To oure Lord, leve me; For-thi love hem, I rede.
For-thi lyve we forth with othere men, I leve fewe ben goode; For quant oportet vient en place, Il n'y ad que pati.
And whan his caroyne shal come In cave to be buryed, I leve it flawme ful foule The fold al aboute, 7940 And alle the othere ther it lith Envenymeth thorugh his attre.
I hadde no likyng, leveme if thee list, Of hem ought to knowe.
Ac I have no savour in songewarie, For I se it ofte faille; Caton and canonistres Counseillen us to leve {148} To sette sadnesse in songewarie, For sompnia ne cures.
Archa Dei in the olde lawe Levytes it kepten; 7670 Hadde nevere lewed man leve To leggen hond on that cheste, But he were preest or preestes sone, Patriark or prophete.
In this fantastically contorted and affected phrase we may espy an ingenious blending of two Horatian phrases, totus teres atque rotundus, externi ne quid valeat per leve morari (Sat.
He speaks of his verses so finely turned and polished-- ut per leve severos effundat iunctura unguis (i.
Be sure of that, his man Colle observes, What dysease or syknesse yt ever ye have, He wyll never leve yow tylle ye be in your grave.
We answer, That yf thai can not leve continent, and yf the necessitie be suche as that thai fear farther offence of God, we can not forbid thame to use the remeady ordayned of God.
For seing that the just levith be his awin faith, and that Christ Jesus justifieth be knawledge off him self, insufferable we judge it that men shall be permitted to leve and continew in ignorance as memberis of the Churche of God.
As soon as this was done, quick as thought Carl Hingleberg stood up and said: "Lienge leve Kongen!
Adames, for this tyme; and he to leve order with what other he thought fyt to make sales in his abcense, because he goeth downe with us now to cleare all reconynges and to receave his sallary, due to hym per Wor.
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