At this Court is gyven to Susan the Clarkꝭ mayde towardꝭ her marriage 40{s} in gratuity.
Here I found her have a very comely blackmayde to her servant, which I liked very well.
Captain Cocke's having his maydesicke of the plague a day or two ago and sent to the pest house, where she now is, but he will not say anything but that she is well.
In my [way] I inquired, and find Mrs. Rawlinson is dead of the sickness, and her mayde continues mighty ill.
Nor was it fitt that Nature should have mayde So bright a sunne to shine without a shade.
Her caskett, and such other necessaryes Included in our bargen, bring alonge Or lett her mayde do'ot for thee.
Helpe, Helpe, oh ayde a wretched mayde or els we are undoon then.
By helpe of mayde Florip̄ hire self, “God kepe hir in honoure!
Girolamo lykewise at 5 of the clocke appeared, and was by the mayde conueied vp to the Chamber, where he lay with his own Wife, to their great contentations.
The Mayde returned and went to Bed, and the Dame of the house sayd then vnto hir frend: "Now sir, what say you to this?
And the Scholler knowing that the Mayde had broken hir Thigh, thought himselfe sufficiently reuenged, ioyfully passing by them both many times in silence.
But she had an hand mayde an Egiptian/ whose name was Hagar.
Than Sarai Abrams wife toke Hagar hyr maydethe Egitian (after Abram had dwelled .
Than sayde Abra to Sarai: beholde/ thy mayde is in thy hande/ do with hyr as it pleaseth the.
And she called his name Nepthali Wh[~e] Lea sawe that she had left bearinge/ she toke Silpha hir mayde and gaue her Iacob to wiffe.
And Bilha Rahels mayde coceaued agayne and bare Iacob a nother sonne.
A very good mayde she is and fully to my mind, being neat, only they say a little apt to scold, but I hear her not.
Up, and with Cocke, by coach to London, there home to my wife, and angry about her desiring a mayde yet, before the plague is quite over.
Fair was this mayde in excellent beautee Aboven every wight that man may see; For nature hath with sovereyn diligence Y-formed hir in so greet excellence, 10 As though she wolde seyn, 'lo!
Hath ther nat many a noble wyf, er this, And many a mayde y-slayn hir-self, allas!
The mayde hath broght thise men to blisse above; The world hath wist what it is worth, certeyn, Devocioun of chastitee to love.
In al this mene whyle she ne stente This mayde and eek hir brother to commende With al hir herte, in ful benigne entente, 1025 So wel, that no man coude hir prys amende.
This day I take thee for myn allye,' Seyde this blisful fayre mayde dere; And after that she seyde as ye may here: 288.
A maydechild cam in hir companye, 1285 Which as hir list she may governe and gye, For yet under the yerde was the mayde.
But natheles this mayde bright of hewe Fro foot to heed they clothed han al newe.
This mayde of age twelf yeer was and tweye, 30 In which that Nature hadde swich delyt.
The nut-brown mayde (who has been brought up rigidly) hastened to pick up the bag, for fear that I should serve her by doing it.
Found my nut-brown mayde at once on the pages of the Royal Garden Inn register: "Miss Celia Van Tyck, Beverly, Mass.
I sawe a fairemayde come rydyng; I speke to hur of loue, I trowe; She answered me all yn scornyng, And sayd, The crowe shall byte yow.
If you will carry me, gentle sir, A mayde vnto my father's hall, Then you shall haue your will of me, Vnder purple and vnder paule.
We have both a mind to it, but know not whether we should venture the making her proud and so make a bad chamber-mayde of a very good natured and sufficient cook-mayde.
Thence home, and found my wife busy among her pies, but angry for some saucy words that her mayde Jane has given her, which I will not allow of, and therefore will give her warning to be gone.
After dinner he and I and the two young ladies and my wife to the playhouse, the Opera, and saw "The Mayde in the Mill," a pretty good play.
Our latemayde Sarah going from us (though put away by us) to live with Sir W.
Then merveld I ryght sore of thys A mayde to have a chyld I wys, By by lullay.
There was a mayde stode by a reuers syde in her smoke,[45] wasshynge clothes, and as she stouped ofttymes, her smocke cleued betune her buttockkes.
After thys in the mornynge, thys wydowe, intendynge to please this yonge John whyche had made her so good pastyme all the nyght, bad her mayde go dresse some good mete for their brekefast to feaste therwith her yonge John.
Of the mayde wasshynge clothes that answered the frere.
Whan Scipio Nasica came on a tyme to speake with Ennius the Poete, he asked his mayde at the dore, if he were within; and she sayde, he was not at home.
Of hym that kyssed the fayremayde with the longe nose.
So one, that sat at the abbottes tables, gaue the rompe of the goose to the mayde to picke theron.
So on a nyghte he taryed so longe oute, that his wyfe wente to bedde, and badde her mayde make a good fyre, and tarye vp for hym.
At a merchauntes house in London there was a mayde whiche was great with chylde, to whom the maystres of the house cam, and comaunded[79] her to tell her who was the fader of the chylde.
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