And which a goodly softe speche Had that swete, mylyves leche!
Thider he hopith god shal him sende Aftir his wrecchid lyves ende.
Thus endeth now my tale, and god us sende Taling y-nough un-to our lyves ende.
Hir fader, that this tyding herde anoon, Curseth the day and tyme that nature Shoop him to been a lyves creature.
They speken of Alocen and Vitulon, And Aristotle, that writen in hir lyves Of queynte mirours and of prospectyves, As knowen they that han hir bokes herd.
And eek I preye Iesu shorte hir lyves That wol nat be governed by hir wyves; And olde and angry nigardes of dispence, God sende hem sone verray pestilence.
I prey to god yeve hir prosperitee; And so hope I that he wol to yow sende 1035 Plesance y-nogh un-to your lyves ende.
He knew of hem mo legendes and lyves Than been of gode wyves in the Bible.
Un-to my fader gladly wol I wende, And with him dwelle un-to my lyves ende.
For gif thay war ten thowsand, and we bot are thowsand, thai sall nocht murther the least of our bretherin, but we (God assisting us) shall first committ our lyves in the handis of God for thair defence.
Now, this our humbill requeast denyed unto us, our lyves ar sought in most crewell maner.
But the sanctuarye, we suppose, saved the lyves of many.
We ansuered, "That nather had we querrall against any man nather yit sought we any manis bloode; onelie we war conveaned for defence of our awin lyves injustlie sought by uther.
Myself, (said sche,) wold mak litill conscience to tak from all that sorte thairlyves and inheritance, yf I myght do it with als honest ane excuise.
But so it pleasith God to open up the mouth of Baalames awin asse, to cry out againest the vitious lyves of the clergie of that aige.
And all poore soules that skoure blacke bolles, And them hath lustely trowlde, God save the lyves of them and ther wyves, Wether they be yonge or olde!
If we had wether to walke at our pleasure, Our lyves wolde be mery out of measure.
How sholde a plaunte or lyvescreature Live, with-oute his kinde noriture?
A-cursed be the day which that nature Shoop me to ben a lyves creature!
Lyves body, a person alive; lyves is properly an adverb.
To redeeme her Out of this gayle of sinne and leprosye, This mart of all diseases, where shee lyves Still under the comande and Tyrany Of a most base hee-bawde: about which busines Wee have allready traffict.
Hir fader, that this tyding herd anoon, Cursede the day and tyme that nature Schoop him to ben a lyves creaeture.
Unto my fader gladly wil I wende, go And with him duelle unto my lyves ende.
I pray to God yive hir prosperite; And so hope I that he wol to yow sende Plesaunce ynough unto your lyves ende.
Tho sche supposeth what it mente, And seith sche wolde with him wende And duelle unto hire lyves ende, Be so it be to his plesance.
Here lyves thanne were longe, Here wittes grete, here mihtes stronge, Here hertes ful of besinesse, Wherof the worldes redinesse In bodi bothe and in corage Stant evere upon his avantage.
Alle othre bestes that men finde Thei serve unto here oghne kinde, Bot to reson the Soule serveth; Wherof the man his thonk deserveth And get him with hise werkes goode The perdurable lyves foode.
Riht as a lyves creature Sche semeth, for of yvor whyt He hath hire wroght of such delit, That sche was rody on the cheke And red on bothe hire lippes eke; Wherof that he himself beguileth.
For bragg what thei lyst of Christ, of Petir, and of Paule, thair lyves and conversationis bearis witnesse whom to they belong.
Nobillis of the Realme, Baronis and Counsallouris ar banished, thair eschaittis disponed, and thair lyvesmaist injustlie persewed.
Denies that "the premises have been used to be dymytted or be dymittable by copie of Court Roll for term of lyfe or lyves as in fee"; on the contrary "yt may appear that the same have been letten by term of yeres.
For now my sore my leche wil confounde, And god of kinde so hath set myn ure, My lyves fo to have my wounde in cure!
By your nature anon, right for pure drede 25 Of the rude night, that with his boystous wede Of derkness shadoweth our emispere, Than closen ye, my lyves lady dere!
And that I never rightwysly purchace Oon only joy, unto my lyves ende!
These lyves ben thorow names departed in three maner of kyndes, as bestialliche, manliche, and resonabliche; 10 of whiche two ben used by flesshely body, and the thirde by his soule.
And lordes lyves they woll lede, And moche take, and give but small; But he it so get, from it shall shede, 275 And make such false right foul fal!
Our present worldes lyves space, the space of our present life in the world, 5.
Nowe Rowlie ynne these mokie dayes Lendes owte hys sheenynge lyghtes, And Turgotus and Chaucer lyves Ynne ev'ry lyne he wrytes.
I see Her death before my face that was my lyfe And I to lyve that was her lyves decay?
And they answered: Thou haste saued oure lyves Let vs fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde/ and let us be Pharaos serva[~u]tes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lyves" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
