Ne were mercy in meene men Moore than in riche, 5730 Mendinauntz mete-lees Myghte go to bedde.
God is muche in the gorge Of thise grete maistres, Ac amonges meene men His mercy and hise werkes.
A fair feeld ful of folk Fond I ther bitwene, Of alle manere of men, The meene and the riche, Werchynge and wandrynge, As the world asketh.
Clerkes and othere kynnes men Carpen of God faste, And have hym muche in the mouth; Ac meene men in herte.
Surelie long experience doth proffet moch, but moste, and almost onelie to him (if we meene honest affaires) that is dili- gentlie before instructed with preceptes of well doinge.
A "meene helpe" it proved for many years, during which the Puritan dames steeped herbs and made ointments and lotions after formulas learned in the still- room at home.
The moremeene thus, as to bryng{e} the rote of the lesse into a quadrat of the more.
And in themeene tyme my Lorde sent a man to me, and axed me where ye were, and I tolde hem ye were with the Kyng; and so he sent me worde that an answere schulde be made be Sothwel to the King, seyng that ii.
Barkers lettre, and shall be to morne at London, and with Goddes grace he shall be releved by the meene of the Parlement; by Sonday yee shall hafe weetyng.
After my takyng leefe, he called me ageyn, and seyd that he desyred Sir Thomas to be gode meene to my maister to hafe affeccion to the chylde, &c.
In the meene tyme the seyd Wymondham sent hys man to speke with hym, and yede yn talkyng of Sir Thomas[133.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "meene" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
