Have now heer and understonde, in the lightnesse of swich pryde and veine glorie, how a man scornede festivaly and merily 85 swich vanitee.
And though that he be come of blood royal, 1800 Him liste of pryde at no wight for to chase; Benigne he was to ech in general, For which he gat him thank in every place.
And he that loveth trewely Shulde him contene Iolily, Withouten pryde in sondry wyse, And him disgysen in queyntyse.
For pryde is founde, in every part, 2245 Contrarie unto Loves art.
But I ne speke in no such wyse, That men shulde humble abit dispyse, So that no pryde ther-under be.
Then Paridell, in whom a kindly pryde Of gracious speach, and skill his words to frame 8 Abounded, being glad of so fit tyde Him to commend to her, thus spake, of all well eyde.
But what could greatlie[112] admonitionis availl, whare the pryde and corruptioun of prelattis commanded what thei pleased, and the flatterie of courteouris fostered the insolent Prince in all impietie.
These vane promisses lifted up in pryde the harte of the unhappye King: and so begynnis the warr.
Soch thinges chaunced partely for ensamples/ partely God thorow synne healeth synne Pryde can nether be healed nor yet appere but thorow soch horrible deades.
Pryde goes on: 'Every year Ferrier invited the best of his students to dinner.
Pryde exclaimed, coming to the real subject at last, as he rose, stretched, and posed by the mantelpiece.
He and Miss Cora Pryde will join the Kandahar at Marseilles.
Goodwins, Cora Pryde has absolutely declined to sail from Tilbury.
But I know the arrangement with Miss Pryde is broken off.
He'd never be able to admit that he'd had to give it up because Cora Pryde made him!
I lokyd afftr, but I wysse I wende that I myght have etyn my parte on Good Frydaye all my garees [finery] and pryde had ben goon, but all was saffe.
In "A Treatyse Shewing and Declaring the Pryde and Abuse of Women Now a Days," c.
For badness of rhyme it would be hard to surpass this-- "But pryde she sheweth none, her looke reason alloweth, She lookth as butter would not melt in her mouth.
Mrs. Pryde was rather trying, full of dull gossip about every one, and the music wasn't good.
To lyue in wantonnes and blyndnes lascyuyte In pryde in Lechery andin couetyse Suche sytteth theyr myndes and theyr felycyte Not ferynge hell whiche is rewarde of vyce.
Within the chirche and euery other place These folys use theyr lewde condicions Some starynge some cryeng some haue great solace In rybawde wordes, some in deuysyons Some them delyte in scornes and derysons Some pryde ensueth and some glotony.
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