My moste worshypfull and best betrusted maister, I recommaund me to yow, thankyng yow for manye grete gentlenesse and kyndnesse that ye hafe showed unto me, and for the grete ease that I had of your man and your horsys also.
Item, I hyre oft tymysmanye straunge rapports of the gouvernaunce of my place at Castre and othyr plasys, as yn my chatell approvyng,[152.
Chastitye whiche was but parcell thereof; for the ordale was a tryall for manye other matters.
You expounde not Resager, beinge a terme of Alchymye; as yo{u} leave manye of them vntouched.
Where in olde frenche this word fuiz (vsed here as in manyeplaces of that Booke) is placed for that whiche we wryte and pronounce at this daye for filz or fitz, in Englishe sonne.
I knowe (not withstandinge his fayre prologe of printing that by a true copye) there be manye imperfections in that Booke.
I manye times musing with my selfe at these mischeuous misliuers, merueled when they toke their oryginall and beginning; how long they haue exercised their execrable wandring about.
Also manye tonges of greet false techinges in gylinge maner, principally in my tymes, not only with wordes but also with armes, 40 loves servauntes and professe in his religion of trewe rule pursewen, to confounden and to distroyen.
For the proverbe seith: that manye smale maken a greet.
And in his gere, for al the world he ferde Nat oonly lyk the loveres maladye Of Hereos, but rather lyk manye Engendred of humour malencolyk, 1375 Biforen, in his celle fantastyk.
Som other folk seyn, that Avarice is, for to purchacen manyeerthely thinges, and nothing yeve to hem that han nede.
And lat us considere also who been they, and how manye been they, and whiche been they, that consenteden to your adversaries.
And heer-to accordeth Seint Paul the apostle in manye places.
And sir, by manye of othre resons may ye seen, that manye wommen been goode, and hir conseils goode and profitable.
First, he that axeth conseil of him-self, certes he moste been with-outen ire, for manye causes.
By thise resons that I have seid un-to yow, and by manye othere resons that I coude seye, / I graunte yow that richesses been goode to hem that geten hem wel, and to hem that wel usen tho richesses.
For greet poverte constreyneth a man to do manye yveles.
Thanne song I that song, So didemanye hundred, And cride with Conscience, "Help us, God of Grace!
A sword and a dagger he wore by his side, Of manye a man the bane; And he was clad in his capull hyde Topp and tayll and mayne.
But in did come the kyng of Spayne, With manye a bold barone, Tone day to marrye kyng Adlands daughter, Tother daye to carrye her home.
Thou art but yong; the kyng replyed: Yond Scott hath numbered manye a yeare.
So maye I call it that I have learned and gathered of manye good autoures .
And manye auntient men affyrme, that like as the weather shall be whiles the Sunne is running by the signe Libra, and vnto the .
Also there shall be manye tertian agues, and diuers other diseases rayning among men, so that olde men shall then die, and a likelyhoode of the death of many men, by the plague.
And if in the same night the wind happen to blow out of the South, then doth the same signifie the death of manyepersons to ensue that yeare.
Although (gentle Reader) I haue not given thee anye labour of mine owne, but rather haue collected the sayings and writings of manye aunciente authours, yet I trust they shall be well accepted of thee without offence.
Thus (gentle Reader) I haue (I truste) fullye satisfied thy desire in as manye things as are needefull to be knowen.
My manye shypwracks, my halfe combattings, Charmes and inchauntments or whatever ells Can breake the harte of resolutyon.
Before I was devyded in my selfe, The emperour and the state did clayme a parte; But all my frendshypp nowe is undisturbd And onlye thou shalt have what manye had, My best imployments and my whole desyers.
Howe can I, Though I shoulde onlye studye vanytie, Be seene amongst so manye that out-glosse me In everye severall follye.
It is, I thanke my starres; howe can it chuse, Beinge disburdend of so manye feares, So much attendance and so manye synnes By losse of my late offyces?
When first I sawe thee (Though but with a meare cursorye aspecte) My soule did prompt me that so fayre a forme Could not but be the myne of manye vertues.
It is a shorte waye in dede that cõmonlye is vsed: for manye be compelled of one more easelye by feare, that one brought vp of one liberallye.
And if the chylde be somewhat gredy of learnynge, he maye rehearse manye other thynges of the nature of Elephantes and dragons.
Nature requyreth good order and fashionynge: exercyse, except it be gouerned by reason, is in daunger to manye perylles and erroures.
I know greate men, whych ofmanye chyldren haue scante one lefte alyue.
How fewe men shal you nowe fynd, whiche at one time be able to endite two epistles to so manye notaries, that the sẽtence in euerye one do agree, and that there shoulde happen no inconueniente speache.
Whyle they be compelled in the declinynge of nownes and verbes to can by roote in howe manye cases, moodes and tenses one worde is put: as muse in the genetiue and datiue singuler, the nominatiue and vocatiue plurel?
And after this we make our excuse that the age is weake, the wyt not yet apte to learne, the profite to be verye small, and manye other thinges, whan in dede the fault is to be ascribed to euill brynginge vp.
In other thinges pardon may be geuen to negligence, but here thou muste haue as manye eyes as Argus had, and muste be as vigilant as is possible.
Here howe manye kyndes of trees, hearbes, byrdes, foure footed beastes maye he lerne and playe?
On Dunsmore heath I alsoe slewe A monstrous wyld and cruell beast, Called the Dun-Cow of Dunsmore heath, Which manye people had opprest.
And afterwards I offered upp The use of weapons solemnlye At Winchester, whereas I fought, In sight of manye farr and nye.
Manye a kynge, and manye a duke, 45 And lorde of high degree, Did sue to that fayre ladye of love; But never shee wolde them nee.
Then manye a knighte was mickle of might Before his ladye gaye; But a stranger wight, whom no man knewe, He wan the prize eche daye.
Yea and oftentimes they mette Within a fayre arboure, Where they in love and sweet daliaunce Past manye a pleasaunt houre.
For the which thing I seye to thee, manye synnes ben forgiuen to hir, for sche hath loued myche; and to whom is lesse forgyuen to hir, he loueth lesse.
But he saith, `Manye synnes ben forgiuen to hir'--yet not too many to be forgiven!
Whan the hermyte had rehersed manye of the dukes seruantes wyues, and the secretarye merely laughenge had writen them, he semed as he had al said.
May it not be hoped that he refers to this as his own style when he says (see further on) 'of these faultes I have verye manye myself,' modestly classing his own excellence as possibly faulty.
And manye other faultes there be, whiche nowe come not to my remembraunce.
Now afterwardes, when the shafte is gone, men haue manye faultes, which euell custome hath broughte them to, and specially in cryinge after the shafte and speakynge woordes scarce honest for suche an honest pastyme.
He then frankly confesses that, though teaching others 'of these faultes, I have verie manye my selfe; but I talk not of my shootynge, but of the generall nature of shootyng.
Amonge manye newes reported of late As touchinge the rebelles their wicked estate, Yet Syr Thomas Plomtrie[34] their preacher, they saie, Hath made the North Countrie to crie well a daye.
Hee thatt woulde see manye of these swete beeings, shoulde walke in Chestnutt strete whyles thatt shee goeth to shopp, or promenade in Walnutt strete, on Sundaye.
Att other tymes shee ridoth farr and wyde in ye hors-carrs, since in her natyve towne shee can go manye miles for five cents, and two pence whenn shee takes ye other carr.
Therfore the Frenchmen have, manye other devises like these, the whiche because they have not beene seene of our men, they have not beene considered.
The mater being discouvered, andmanye beinge prissoners, we hope that the same shall be bowlted out, and so the danger avoyded.
XXVII But in did come the Kyng of Spayne, With manye a bold barone, Tone day to marrye Kyng Adland’s daughter, Tother daye to carrye her home.
IX A sword and a dagger he wore by his side, Of manye a man the bane; And he was clad in his capull-hyde[935] Topp and tayll and mayne.
In this hie way continually, there went and came manye packe horses, laden with marchandice and other thinges; but the most parts of them were mules.
Augustine writĩg againste the donatistes dothe ĩ manye places notablie intreate ãd hãdle this sentẽce of the psalme.
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