In greet mischeefthan shall thou be, For than agayn shal come to thee Sighes and pleyntes, with newe wo, That no icching prikketh so.
Wel more avauntage doth him than, 5575 Sith that it makith him a wys man, The greet mischeef that he [receyveth], Than doth richesse that him deceyveth.
Thou felle in mischeef thilke day, Whan thou didest, the sothe to say, Obeysaunce and eek homage; 4645 Thou wroughtest no-thing as the sage.
I may nat long endure til this lesson be lerned, and of this mischeef the remedy knowen.
Yet saye I nat 65 therfore that ayen newe mischeef men shulde nat ordaynen a newe remedye; but alwaye looke it contrary not the olde no ferther than the malice streccheth.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mischeef" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
