His false wyf coude him so plese and preye Til she his conseil knew, and she untrewe Un-to his foos his conseil gan biwreye, And him forsook, and took another newe.
Other desport right noon of him have I; 1830 I may nat plese him in no maner cas.
And therfore a philosophre seyde, whan men axed him how that men sholde plese the peple; and he answerde, 'do many gode werkes, and spek fewe Iangles.
For if a womman had mo men [632] than oon, thanne sholde she have mo hevedes than oon, and that were an horrible thing biforn god; and eek a womman ne mighte nat plese to many folk at ones.
And he that loveth god, he wol doon diligence to plese god by his werkes, and abaundone him-self, with al his might, wel for to doon.
Ye shul nat plese hir fully yeres three, This is to seyn, to doon hir ful plesaunce.
I hope it was not so verry bad as Titus says it was; for he ses as how there was a rape in the case betwixt you at furste, and plese your Honner; and my cuzzen Titus is a very honist younge man as ever brocke bred.
I thought till I know'd your Honner, that you was verry mischevous, and plese your Honner: but find it to be clene contrary.
For tho'ff you Honner is kinde to me in worldly pelf, yet what shall a man get to loos his soul, as holy Skrittuer says, and pleseyour Honner?
Yf it plese yow to send aney thyng by the berer herof, he is trusty inough.
Ye dede more cost thanne my wylle was that ye choulde do, but that it plesyd yow to do so, God gyf me grase to do that may plese yow.
Summe sey that ze and he both stond howth of the Kyngs good gras, and summe sey that ze kepe hym at home for negard chepe, and wyll no thyng ware [spend] up on hym; and so heche man sey is avyse as it plese hem to talke.
Sidenote: 1462 / JULY] Item, pleseyou wete of other tytyngs.
If it plese yow to send to the seyd Wellys, he schall send yow mor tydyngys than I may wryt at thys tyme.
Sidenote: 1462] Plese your worshypfull maistership to wette, here is a ship of Hith, wyche seith that John Cole cam from the west cost on Wednysday last past; and he seyth that the fleet of shippis of this londe met with lx.
And yf that plese yow, qwan we partyt at Norwyche in yowr plase, ye seyd on to me ye wold som qat do be my sympyl a wyse; and this is myn a wyse that in ony wyse ye make Heu a Fen and Tomas Grene on your consel, yf ye can fyne in yow herte.
I praye yow yf it plese yow that I may be recommaundyd to my Lorde Percy, and to myn mastres, and to my Lorde Abott.
In one corner you will find half a crown wrapped up in paper, plese take that to pay for the carriage of the box, the key is in the lock, and I send a labil to tie on.
My box is not locked, plese look in it and you will see that there aint nothing there that isn't my own.
Plese give my respects to Mr. Johnstone, and excuse blots.
Thus the erthe queytith the erthe That doith to him seruyse, Or tristyn on erthe, or plese the erthe In any maner wise.
Al he wolde that men wiste Of werkes and of wordes Which myghte plese the peple, And preisen hymselve.
Othere werkmen ther were That wroghten ful yerne; Ech man in his manere Made hymself to doone, And somme to plese Perkyn Piked up the wedes.
And thanne he chargede chapmen To chastizen hir children, 2540 Late no wynnyng hem for-wanye While thei be yonge, Ne for no poustee of pestilence Plese hem noght out of reson.
And the parson and I have do throche your qwete for it was ete wyth myse to petowsly for to se; and if it plese yow I pray yow that ye wyl send me word qwhedyr ye wyl selle your malt and your qhete aftyr the pryse of the countre or (?
And he seyd he xuld com forby this plase on huntyng after non, and ther xuld no mor com with hym but Hegon and on of his owyn men; and than he wold bryng seche an answere as xuld plese me.
And, Sir, if it plese yow to come to Calais with the king, ye shul have a stope of bere to comforte yow after your travaille of the see.
And that it shal plese yow to recommaund me to my worshipful maistresse and gossip, your wif.
Barow and his felaw spak to me in the most plesawnt wyse, and me semyth be hem thei wold fayn plese me.
Plese it your good maistershep to knowe that my maisteresse your wyff recomaundeth here to yow and fareth well, blyssed be God, and all your menye faren well also and recomaunde hem to yaw, &c.
Ryght wurchipfull cosyn, yf it plese you for to her of suche tydings as we have her, the basset [embassy] of Burgoyne schall come to Calleys the Saturday[130.
And plese youre maistirshyp to wete that my Maister Clement, youre brothyr, and Plater, wrot a letter to my mayster yore sone[299.
And it plese yow that John Yve and John Brigge myght have your warentez for cheffe constable, &c.
William Calthorp is inbylled, and Yelvertoun is inbylled, whiche caused Markham; because Yelverton loked to have ben chef juge, and Markham thynketh to plese hym thus.
Wolde God I kowde plese bothe Maister Paston and my oncle in reson, who preserve you.
If it plese your maysterschepe to wete, the cause of my wryghtyng is thys.
I wright unto you in this be halfe, be cause I understood he woll be moche avised by you, and yf he do ony thynge at my request, I schall do as moche that schall plese hym; and also the pore man schall gef hym ij.
Princesse, plese it your benignitee This litel dyte for to have in mynde!
Plese it you more to see me dy this hour Before your eyen, for your disport and play, Than for to shewe som comfort or socour To respite deth, that chaseth me alway!
But Phebus bemes, streight as is the mast, Upon the castell ginneth he to cast, To plese the lady, princesse of that place, 90 In signe he loketh aftir Loves grace.
Werfore I preye to alle the rederes and hereres of this boke, yif it plese hem that thei wolde preyen to God for me, and I schalle preye for hem.
The other is given in the stories which follow; but it is worth repeating:-- "Plese excuse mary being late as she as been out on a herring!
Deer Sur,--Plese let Jon go to the lavender wen hever he wants as he as had some metson.
Dear Madam,--Plese exkuse Rachel Abrams as she had to go and fech her mother's liver.
Plese Sir dont cain pore jonny he as been keping the clock agoing with a stick cos is father mendid it an it wont go now an jonny kep the clock agoing so as I would no the time so no more as it leaves me at present.
And I pray you to recomaunde me unto Sir Tyrry Robsert, and that yt plese you to lete hym knowe of your tydyngs, and Hour Lord have you in His kepyng.
I can yw thanke for ywyr lettyr that ye sente me, and that ye have inquiryd of shwch thynges as ye thynk that shwld plese me.
Plese it your gracious Lordship to conceyve þat in moor quiet ne pesibler rest blessed be god was never erthly Cite nor toun in absence of her most souveraign & gracious Lord.
The which Crist of his souveraign mercy and noble piteplese alwey to kepe in al maner of worship and joye.
Of al his purpose / and his hole entente How to plese in euery audyence And in our tunge / was welle of eloquence 350 THE ORIEL TEXT.
Syr, so it is that I am not yet purveyd of men to my nowmbyr of archers, suych as chold go hovyr see with me; wer for, syr, I be ceche yow that it wold plese yow at thys tyme to do so mych for me as to a purveyd me of ij.
Sidenote: Not after 1483] Mastyr Paston, I pray yow that it may plese yow to leve yowr logeyng for iij.
If you here me coming while you are robbing me plese run, because I'm afraid of burgylers, and doo not want to mete enny.
Also plese if you get overcome with remoss for having robbed a poor old man like me and want to give yourselfs upp to the poleese, you can ring up the poleese over the tellyfone in Miss Mollie Wisslebinkie's house up on Broadway.
For thei that cunnen plese and glose, Ben, as men tellen, the norrices Unto the fostringe of the vices, Wherof fulofte natheles A king is blamed gulteles.
And thei that thanne wolden plese The fader, scholden it obeie, Whan that they comen thilke weie.
And efte I thenke forthermore, To som man hou the niht doth ese, Whan he hath thing that mai him plese 2860 The longe nyhtes be his side, Where as I faile and go beside.
Men sein that every love hath drede; So folweth it that I hire drede, 6060 For I hire love, and who so dredeth, To plese his love and serve him nedeth.
Of alle ther is non so good, For he hath bothe will and myht To plese and paie love his riht: Wher as he hath love undertake, Wrong is if that he be forsake.
Current with yr two as mentioned and I heve send their Answers for Avignon, plese to Enclose in it a Credit for fifteen thousand Livers, to Relive my family there, at the disposal of Stafford and Sheridan.
Then saide he to hir: In what apparell shal I best plese you?
So moche he perswaded hym selfe, that nothyng coude plese them that was well and truely spoken.
Mary, syr, quod the scoler, if it plese youre lordeshyppe, Colle my fathers dogge.
Plese to Give My Luv To My Ant Pheny, and Plese to Lett Me Now How My Cuzin James doos Go on, Plese to Lett Me Now How My Unkil Charls and His Famly Is.
Plese to Give My Luv to My Sister Paishince, and Hur Childern.
Plese To Tel My Sister too Anser This Letter By Returne of Post.
Plese to Tel my Child from Me To Bee A Good Boy, and Think Imself Wel off Wher He Is.
Plese God I Am Coming To See You Some time This Munth.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plese" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
