And zif wee ben righte children of Crist, we oughte for to chalenge the heritage, that oure Fadre lafte us, and do it out of hethene mennes hondes.
I oughte right wel to knowen it; for I duelled with him as Soudyour in his werres a gret while, azen the Bedoynes.
And this croune had Crist on his heved, whan he was don upon the cros: and therfore oughte men to worschipe it and holde it more worthi than ony of the othere.
Righte wel oughte us for to love and worschipe, to drede and serven suche a Lord; and to worschipe and preyse suche an holy lond, that broughte forthe suche fruyt, thorghe the whiche every man is saved, but it be his owne defaute.
And wyte zee wel, that a man oughte to take gode kepe for to bye bawme, but zif he cone knowe it righte wel: for he may righte lyghtely be discoyved.
I preche no-thing but for coveityse; Of this matere itoughte y-nogh suffyse.
Wel oughte I sterve in wanhope and distresse; Farwel my lyf, my lust, and my gladnesse!
Fyrste y^t no man oughte to by his life so dere, that therby he shulde lose hys immortall name.
Is it from me sir, that you oughte thus to hide yourselfe?
Shall I be of opinion that a houshold seruaunt oughte to sollicite, nay rather suborne the Daughter of his Lorde without punyshment, or that a vyle and abiect person dare to mount vpon a Prynces Bed?
What are they that haue giuen you occasion thus to Eclipse the bryghtnesse of your name, when it oughte most clearely to shyne, both for theyr present pleasure, and for the honour of your age?
And God came to Laba the Siria in a dreame by nighte/ and sayde vnto him: take hede to thi selfe/ that thou speake not to Iacob oughte save good.
But the God of youre father spake vnto me yesterdaye saynge take hede tha thou speake not to Iacob oughtesaue goode.
Ferst forto loke the Clergie, Hem oughte wel to justefie Thing which belongith to here cure, As forto praie and to procure Oure pes toward the hevene above, And ek to sette reste and love 3000 Among ous on this erthe hiere.
Thus pleigneth Progne and axeth wreche, And thogh hire Soster lacke speche, To him that alle thinges wot Hire sorwe is noght the lasse hot: Bot he that thanne had herd hem tuo, Him oughte have sorwed everemo For sorwe which was hem betuene.
And if I should so far forget my self, as willingly to commit a thing so dishonest, your grace oughte for the loyal seruice of my father and husband toward you, sharpely to rebuke me, and to punish me according to my desert.
But whether this my coniecture bee righte or wrong, theyoughte to consider, whiche firste began the warres.
And God knoweth if the ladies spared oughte of that, whiche they thought might augmente their beautie.
Notwithstandinge I doe esteeme and accept your amitie and loue, as I oughte to regard the loue of a wise and honest personage.
This his silence, this discretion, that his reuerence which hee sheweth, oughte to moue thee to compassion.
The kyng from Eltham sone he nam, Hyse presoners with hym dede brynge; And to y^e Blake Heth ful sone he cam, He saw london with oughte lesynge.
Sidenote: Provisions that maie bee made to fill a Realme full of good horse; The knowledge that a capitaine oughte to have.
Also he that defendeth a Towne, oughte to provide that nothing bee done tumultuouslye and disordinatelye, and to take suche order, that in all accidentes everye man maye knowe what he hath to doo.
And lordes children sholde serven, Bothe God and good men, As here degree asketh; Some to synge masses, Others sitten and wryte, Rede and receyve That Reson oughte spende.
And agayne to declare to the Jornyman what his M{r} shall doo to him, as to paye his wages mete and dryncke and other things that a Jornyman oughte to have.
Eche Christian oughte vndoubtedly to beleue that this consisteth in foure poinctes.
The other parte oughte so to be fitted, that hauing as it ware on eche side an arme, the reste maye resemble the bodye with the fete stretched in breadthe, and in lengthe.
Those thinges beinge thus, whoe seeth not that the Pope is frustrated of the ende which he intended in his Donation, and so the same oughte not to take effecte?
With this treasure did he not overthrowe the Duke of Cleave, and take Gilderland, Groyningelande, and other domynions from him, which oughte to be a goode warninge to you all, as it shall be most plainly and truly declared hereafter?
For kyndly, by your heritage right, Ye been annexed ever unto Bountee; And verrayly ye oughte do your might To helpe Trouthe in his adversitee.
That he trespasseth, wel I wat, For ech man knowith his estat; 5400 For wel him oughte be reproved That loveth nought, ne is not loved.
This were a feble foundement To bilden on a place hye; He oughte him litel glorifye That her-on bilt, god so me save!
Why lystow in this wyse, Sin thy desyr al holly hastow had, 395 So that, by right, it oughte y-now suffyse?
For sooth to seyn, he lost held every wight But-if he were in loves heigh servyse, I mene folk that oughte it been of right.
Thus am I lost, for ought that I can see; For certeyn is, sin that I am hir knight, I moste hir honour levere han than me 570 In every cas, as lovere oughte of right.
But that wot heighe god that sit above, If it be lyker love, or hate, or grame; And after that, it oughte bere his name.
And to the god of love thus seyde he With pitous voys, `O lord, now youres is My spirit, which that oughte youres be.
In whiche this oughte greetly to ben considered, that the heyeste strengthe to comprehenden thinges enbraseth and contieneth the lowere strengthe; but the lowere strengthe ne aryseth nat in no manere 120 to heyere strengthe.
Thanne nis nat yvel of the noumbir of thinges thatoughte ben desired.
If we can not do as they all wolde haue vs, verelye wee oughte chiefely to regarde our chyldren.
All men come not to thys, yet oughte al men to be brought vp to come to it.
Howebeit thys vyle name of seruitude oughte vtterlye to be taken awaye oute of the lyfe of chrysten menne.
But there oughte to be a litle more difference betwyxte a father and the master, then betwixt a kinge and a tirant.
But in case it were Hesiodus, without doute yet no mans authoritie oughte to be of suche force vnto vs, that we shulde not folowe the better if it be shewed vs.
These be the songes of Sion, these be those rebukes which you oughte to add to abuses; recover the body for it is sore, the appedices thereof will easily be reformed, if that wear at a staye.
And suche as ben of that inordynat condicion of covetise and rappyne oughte rather be clepid pilleris, robberis, extorcioneris, than men of armes chevalerous.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "oughte" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
