The king caused a sumptuous scaffold or theater, and roiall listes there to be erected and prepared.
I trowe men wolde deme it necligence, If I foryete to tellen the dispence Of Theseus, that goth so bisily To maken up the listes royally; That swich a noble theatre as it was, 1885 I dar wel seyn that in this world ther nas.
Anon ther is a noyse of peple bigonne 2660 For Ioye of this, so loude and heigh with-alle, It semed that the listessholde falle.
At mortal batailles hadde he been fiftene, And foughten for our feith at Tramissene In listes thryes, and ay slayn his foo.
Now been thise listes maad, and Theseus, That at his grete cost arrayed thus 2090 The temples and the theatre every del, Whan it was doon, him lyked wonder wel.
The listes shal I maken in this place, And God so wisly on my soule rewe, As I shal even Iuge been and trewe.
And thus they passen thurgh-out the citee, And to the listes come they by tyme.
That been so hardy for to fighten here With-outen Iuge or other officere, As it were in a listes royally?
And to the listes rit the companye By ordinaunce, thurgh-out the citee large, Hanged with cloth of gold, and nat with sarge.
At many a noble army hadde he be, At mortal batailles had he been fiftene, And foughten for our faith in Tramisene In listes thries, and ever slaine his fo.
Up goe the trumpets and the melodie And to the listes rode the compaynie.
And thus they passed thorough that city And to the listes came they by time: It was not of the day yet fully prime*.
Anon there is a noise of people gone, For joy of this, so loud and high withal, It seemed that the listes shoulde fall.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "listes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
