And I am only now to speake and act The rite's due to thy love: oh, I cood weepe A bitter showre of teares for thy sicke state, I cood give passion all her blackest rites And make a thousand vowes to thy deserts.
And, cosyn, I praye yow that he have none favore other wyse than lawe wole, seyng he is so contraryows for any fayer promyse of his behalf, &c.
I write to you of my promyse as ye comaund me, and pray you I may have a copy of the said lettre.
Iff ye be dysposyd to goo, as I tolde hym that ye weer, yett wer it nott best that ye lete it be knowe tyll thys mater be doone, and then ye maye acordyng to yowr promyse lete my Ladye have knowleche ther off.
Cosyn, we pray you that ye wul, accordyng to the promyse ye made us, to come to us as sone as ye goodely may.
And thys I promyse yow, ye schall not be so longe ayen with ought a byll fro me, as ye have ben, thow I shold wryght how ofte the wynd changyth, for I se be your wryghtyng ye can be wrothe and ye wyll crosse it.
I promyse yow it shall do yow ease and your tenaunts bothe, and God preserve.
Wherfore, cosyn, with all myn hert I pray yow accordyng to yowre promyse that it like yow to send me by my servaunt, berer herof, the said somme of xli.
I had a promyse of Masteres Elyzabeth of a typet of welvet; but and I myth have a hatlase I woold thynk me well.
It fortunyd than that one of hys frendys came to hym, and sayd he was sory that he had wasted so moch, and askyd hym how he wolde performe hys promyse made to hys fader that he wolde kepe one to syng for hym.
By thys ye maye se, that it is wysdome for a man to do good dedys hym selfe, whyle he is here, and not to trust to the prayer and promyse of hys executours.
But I promyse you, yf he meddyll with me the clowtynge of youre shoon shall cost you thre pens.
This gentylman, more lyberall of promyse than of gyfte, grauntyd hym he should haue one, yf he wold com to hys lodgyng to the sygne[72] of the Bull wythout Byshops gate in the next mornynge at vi of the cloke.
I wyll performe my promyse: for I wyll kepe this same cocke alyue styl, and he wyl krow euery day, and so he shall synge euery day for my faders soule; and so I wyl performe my promyse wel ynough.
Why, knaue, quod his mayster, diddiste thou nat promyse to beare my charges to London?
Reken quod he, naye ye maye reken fyve hundreth mennes names besyde these of sundrye faculties and occupacions whiche wyll promyse more by an ynch of a candle then they wyll performe by a whole pounde.
Bee not sorie Cyrus, for the departure of Araspas to your enemies, for if you wyll suffer mee to sende for my husbande, I doe promyse you, that he shalbe a farre more assured frende then Araspas was.
And like as God had not forgotten his sister, euen so he shewed his mercifull remembraunce of him.
Beware thou take them not for thy frendes whome thou doest subdue, and bring in obedience.
Which thinge is not onelye marked in men, but also in brute beastes.
Vnto our frendes wee giue the fruictes, gotten with the labour of our Oxen.
Quhilk promyse was not keped, for themperour cam in persone with his armye for the releif therof.
I had promyse of to have come to me when I sent for hem.
I hadde lyke othe and promyse for on as well as for alle.
I beseche yow with all my hart hye yow hom, thow ye shold tery but a day; for I promyse yow your folk thynk that ye have forgetyn hem, and the most part of them must depart at Whytsontyd at the ferthest, they wyll no lenger abyd.
And yf for my sake any sewt thou do make, I promyse thy payne to be requyted More largely than now shall be recyted.
D vi By Cryste, ye maye happe to have a byrd or twayne, And I promyse you, yf any snow come, When I make my snow ballys ye shall have some.
Promyse me to speke that the sone may shyne bryght, And I wyll be gone quyckly for all nyght.
Yes I can tell what you are, be not dyspleased welth is of great substaunce, that cannot be denyed yet shew your comodities, and ye shalbe answerrd I promyse you wellh is fugitiue.
What was the matter, I pray you tell Me thinkes I ought to be of counsel Or els I promyse you ye doo not well With you I should beholde.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "promyse" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
