Certys yif þat honour of poeple were a naturel [gh]ifte to dignites.
And for as moche as hono{ur}s ofpoeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}.
Go and stande and speake in the temple to the poepleall the wordes of this lyfe.
Sley them not / lest mypoeple do forget / but scater thẽ abroade.
I dwell amonge a poeple that hath vncleane lyppes.
Now theise men in their masse do all in the Laten tongue / which is to the common poeple vnknown / and they do defend this theyr doing euen against the worde of godd.
Charytie is to be shewed vnto straungiers indede / but yet not so that they muste hurte the poeple amõg whom they lyue.
We do saye that ther were two sortes of the Sacrifices amõg the old poeple of Israel.
The poeple of the provinces ben harmed outher by privee ravynes, or by comune tributes or cariages,' where the Lat.
Bot he, which Pite hath parfit Upon the point of his believe, The poeple thoghte to relieve, And ches himselve to be ded.
Wher as the lawe is resonable, The comun poeple stant menable, And if the lawe torne amis, The poeple also mistorned is.
And thus to se Diverse ensamples hou thei stonde, A king which hath the charge on honde 4190 The comun poeple to governe, If that he wole, he mai wel lerne.
And certes, amonges thise thinges I ne trowe nat that the prys and grace of the poeple nis neither worthy to ben remembred, ne cometh of wyse Iugement, ne is ferme perdurably.
And for as moche as honours of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of honour, it is wel seyn cleerly that they ne han no propre beautee of dignitee.
But in this ilke fortune of poeple I see somwhat of good and somwhat of yvel.
Nay,' quod I, 'but the poeple demeth that it is most wrecched of alle thinges that may ben thought.
Ne also ne acordeth nat the poeple to that I shal seyn, the which thing is sustened by a stronge foundement of resouns, that is to 155 seyn, that more unsely ben they that don wrong to othre folk than they that the wrong suffren.
And ther-of comth that good gessinge, first of alle thing, forsaketh wrecches: certes, it greveth me to thinke right now the dyverse sentences that the poeple seith of me.
But the causes y-hid, that is to seyn, in hevene, troublen the brestes of men; the moevable poeple is astoned of alle thinges that comen selde and sodeinly in our age.
Whan I say the fortunes and the richesses of the poeple of the provinces ben harmed or 50 amenused, outher by privee ravynes or by comune tributes or cariages, as sory was I as they that suffreden the harm.
And of the felonyes and 35 fraudes of thyne accusours, it semeth thee have y-touched it forsothe rightfully and shortly, al mighten tho same thinges betere and more plentivousely ben couth in the mouthe of the poeple that knoweth al this.
Certes, yif that honour of poeplewere a naturel yift to dignitees, it ne mighte 45 never cesen nowher amonges no maner folk to don his office, right as fyr in every contree ne stinteth nat to eschaufen and to ben hoot.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "poeple" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
