So sit it wel, that charite be playn, Whiche unto god him-selve most accordeth, So as the lore of Cristes word recordeth.
For he him-selve her ne winne may, He speketh her repreef and vileinye, 115 As mannes blabbing tonge is wont alway.
But other-wyse, if god him-selve wolde Afferme love and pees bitween the kinges, Pees is the beste, above alle erthly thinges.
And every tree stood by him-selve Fro other wel ten foot or twelve.
How many ensamples canst thou remembre of kinges grete and noble, and huge power +helden, and 15 yet they might not kepe hem-selve from wrecchednesse?
But with this selve swerd, which that here is, 1240 My-selve I wolde have slayn!
For thee have I my nece, of vyces clene, So fully maad thy gentilesse triste, That al shal been right as thy-selve liste.
For wiste he that ye ferde in this manere, He wolde him-selve slee; and if I wende To han this fare, he sholde not come here 920 For al the good that Pryam may despende.
This Troilus, with herte and eres spradde, Herde al this thing devysen to and fro; And verraylich him semed that he hadde The selve wit; but yet to lete hir go 1425 His herte misforyaf him ever-mo.
And but if Luc lye, He lereth us by foweles, We sholde noght be to bisy Aboute the worldes blisse; Ne soliciti sitis, He seith in the Gospel, And sheweth us by ensamples Us selve to wisse.
She roof hir-selve to the herte, And deyde through the wounde smerte.
No wight ne mighte hir handes of it arace, Til she was slayn right in the selve place.
Lo, ech thing that is oned in him-selve (260) Is more strong than whan it is to-scatered.
Hit is no need eek for to axe Wher ther were many grene greves, Or thikke of trees, so ful of leves; And every tree stood by him-selve Fro other wel ten foot or twelve.
Forthy who secheth loves grace, Where that these worthy women are, He may nought than him-selve spare Upon his travail for to serve, Wherof that he may thank deserve,.
Schul be hewe in gobbettys and sodyn with al the blod Nym bred piper and ale and grynd togedere and temper it with the selve broth and boyle it and salt it and serve it forthe.
Schullyn be scaldyd and sodyn wyth porke and grynd pepyr and comyn bred and ale and temper it wyth the selve broth and boyle and colowre it wyth safroun and salt it and messe it forthe.
But with this selve swerd, which that here is, 1240 My-selve I wolde han slayn!
The Sonetti, Canzoni, andSelve d'Amore were the fruits of this first passion.
The Selve d'Amore and the Corinto belong to Lorenzo's early manner, when his heart was yet fresh and statecraft had not made him cynical.
The following picture from his Selve d'amore is also drawn with great truth and simplicity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "selve" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
