Well thee gretith the proude sheryf, And sendeth thee here by me His coke and his silver vessell, And thre hundred pounde and thre.
And to the abbot of that place Foure hondred pounde I must pay; And but I be there upon this nyght My londe is lost for ay.
Also they toke the godë pens, Thre hundred pounde and more, And did them streyte to Robyn Hode, Under the grene wode hore.
And I wyll be thy true servaunte, And trewely serve the, Tyll ye have foure hondred pounde Of money good and free.
He is dede or hanged,’ sayd the monke, ‘By God that bought me dere, And we shall have to spende in this place Foure hondred pounde by yere.
Lytell Johan spred his mantell downe, As he had done before, And he tolde out of the monkës male Eyght hondred pounde and more.
Furth than went Litell Johnn, And Scarlok went before; He tolde oute foure hundred pounde By eight and twenty score.
Than bespake our cumly kynge, Anone than sayd he; ‘I brought no more to grene-wode But forty pounde with me.
Pounde had begun by being a very conspicuous fop at the court of Queen Elizabeth.
Lingard gives one notable instance of his audacity, though the great historian does not seem to be aware that Pounde was a Jesuit.
Pounde appeared in court to protest against the ruling of the judge, with the result that he himself was arrested.
On the way, Pounde was captured because he had stopped too long in trying to convert a Protestant who had given him shelter; Stephens, however, reached Rome and was admitted to the Society.
Pounde was in a fury about it, and wrote Campion an indignant letter, but he found out that it was one of the usual tricks of the English Government.
Take a thausande pounde of Frankis fyne, He gave 1000 pounds To wage wytħ the pepul newe.
Thai were worth an C mɫ pounde Ferumbras tells To a man, þat were wounded sore.
Kanstowe gete me that gyrdill by craft, to attempt to steal A thousande pounde than̄ shal I gefe the; 2336 it at night.
Than bespake our cumly kynge, Anone than sayd he, "I brought no more to grene wode, But forty pounde with me.
Also they toke the good pence, Thre hondred pounde and three, 130 And dyde them strayt to Robyn Hode, Under the grene wode tre.
Well the greteth the proude sheryfe, And sende the here by me His coke and his sylver vessell, And thre hondred pounde and thre.
He is dede or hanged," sayd the monke, "By god that bought me dere, And we shall have to spende in this place Foure hondred pounde by yere.
Lytell Johan spred his mantell downe, As he had done before, 170 And he tolde out of the monkes male Eyght hundreth poundeand more.
Then a strawe for hir, and a strawe for hir againe, She shall not be my wife, woulde she never so faine, No and though she would be at ten thousand pounde cost.
I heare she is worthe a thousande pounde and more.
In this case, however, other friends were ready to make up for the deficiencies of those untrue men: And the stallis with the reredose, the person beforeseyde payde fore xx pounde of his owne goode.
And thys schal stonde for the prebende, which is a pounde of brede, welle weyed, with a potel of ale and a messe of mete.
This poynte hath vayled[232] me an hundred pounde in my dayes: and so hit may the.
Then a strawe for hir, and a strawe for hir againe, She shall not be my wife, woulde she neuer so faine, No and though she would be at ten thousand pounde cost.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pounde" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
