It is a careful knyght, And of a caytif kynges makyng, That hath no lond ne lynage riche, Ne good loos of hise handes.
And thus God gaf hym a goost, Thorugh the godhede of hevene, {162} And of his grete grace Graunted hym blisse, And that is lif that ay shal laste To al his lynage after.
But among hem, thei hadden 7 princypalle nacyouns, that weren soveraynes of hem alle: of the whiche, the firste nacyoun or lynage was clept Tartar; and that is the most noble and the most preysed.
The seconde lynage is clept Tanghot; the thridde Eurache; the 4 Valair; the 5 Semoche; the 6 Megly; the 7 Coboghe.
Now befelle it so, that of the firste lynage succeeded an old worthi man, that was not riche, that hadde to name Changuys.
And Cortes to matche with so honorable an house and lynage he iudged himselfe fortunate and well maried.
For his Foles Hode his iyen so sore doth blynde That Pryde expelleth his lynage from his mynde.
Lat it remane Latium, as it was air; And lat the kyngis be namyt euermar Pryncis and faderis of the stile Albane; The lynage eik and gret ofspring Romane Mot discend tharfra potent and mychty, 25 Vndir the virtuus titill of Italy.
Quhidder his son, or sum nevo worthy, 20 Of our gret lynageand successioun?
Tharin the ancyant lynage of the erd, Thir gyantis hait Tytanas, be wanwerd With thundris blast dovn smytyn and ourthraw, Ar warpyt in ȝon pottis boddum law.
Rewthfull Ene am I, That Troiane goddis tursys in my navy, Quham fra amyd our ennemys I rent; My fame is knaw abufe the eliment; 20 I seik Itale and our auld cuntre fer, And lynage cum from hyast Jupiter.
Anchises schawis Eneas to the end Alhail the lynage sal fra hym discend.
This and all the rest of his lynage did gouerne maruelous well; which was the occasion that they endured the longer time.
The last king of the lynage of this woorthie Vitey, was called Tzintzon: this did make the mightie and great wall aforesaide.
There was of this lynage foure kings that reigned 56 yeres: against the last of them rose vp Tym, and there was of this race fiue kinges, and reigned one and thirty yeares: against the last of this house rose vp Tzuyn.
My father he is a baron bolde, Of lynage proude and hye; And what would he saye if his daughter 75 Awaye with a knight should fly?
O give consent shee may be mine, And blesse a faithfull paire; My lands and livings are not small, My house and lynage faire.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lynage" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
