Duke of York mygth nevere have entre into the toun; and they with strong hond kept yt, and myghttyly faught to gedere, and anoon, forth with after the brekyng in, they sette on them manfully.
In witnesse wherof, I have syngnyd this bull with myn own hand and sette to my seale.
And where as I late wrote unto yow in a lettre by Henre Hansson for the fundacion of my college, I am soore sette therupon; and that is the cause I write now, to remembre yow agayn to meve my Lords of Canterbury[111.
This morne, as I came over a more, I saw a ladye sette Betwene an oke, and a greene holleye, All clad in red scarlette.
As ruthfulle he rode over a more, He saw a ladye sette 90 Betweene an oke, and a greene holleye, All clad in red[41] scarlette.
And alle that holpen hym to erye, To sette or to sowe, Or any oother mestier That myghte Piers availle, Pardon with Piers Plowman Truthe hath y-graunted.
He sette a sour loof to-forn us, And seide, "agite paenitentiam.
Ac I have no savour in songewarie, For I se it ofte faille; Caton and canonistres Counseillen us to leve {148} To sette sadnesse in songewarie, For sompnia ne cures.
And bi-highte to hym That us alle made, She sholde unsowen hir serk, And sette there an heyre, To affaiten hire flesshe That fiers was to synne.
And lately, Daisy and Sette and Occyta have studied the art of catching shrimps, and soak themselves up to their waists like professors.
Papa and Bro and Sette have made us so much happier by coming, and we have the comfort of seeing dear papa in good spirits, and not only satisfied but pleased with this place.
Yes--there is something besides about Sette and Occy being either unknown or misknown, through the fault of their growing.
At the same time, I should tell you that Sette says, 'I might have liked it ten years ago, but it is too young and silly to give me any pleasure now.
Another portion of the Domus Aurea is still visible at the SETTE SALE, a large brick building lying in a vineyard to the left of the Via delle Sette Sale.
The group of the Laocoon was found near the Sette Sale, and it is supposed that the state-rooms of Titus may have contained that group of statues.
The marbles found on the spot show that it was decorated with great magnificence, and a particular kind of breccia, numerous fragments of which have been picked up there, obtains its name, Breccia di Sette Bassi from the place.
One of the gates must have been at the spot now called the Porta de' Sette Pagi as the road from Veii to Sutri probably passed out here, and another gate was opposite Isola called the Porta dell' Arco.
A great number of ruins are still to be seen at a place called Sette Bassi, four miles and a half from the Porta S.
Churchene he arerde mani on, and preostes he sette there.
The expression I sette nat an hawe (= I care not a haw) occurs in the Wyf of Bathes Prologue, D.
For-thi God of his goodnesse The firste gome Adam Sette hym in solace, And in sovereyn murthe; And siththe he suffred hym synne, Sorwe to feele, To wite what wele was Kyndeliche and knowe it.
And sette many sundry metis, Mortreux and puddynges, Braun and blood of gees, Bacoun and colopis.
And though thou conne nought the Crede, Knele down here, My soule I sette for thyn, To asoile the clene, 660 In covenaunt that thou come ageyne, And katel us brynge.
Than sette I to the secounde pil Sapientia Dei patris; That is the passion and the power Of oure prince Jhesu.
Than the Welshman sayde, Put oute the litle crome of breade, and sette in, all dryncke and no breade.
For which the wardeyn chidde and made fare, But therof sette the meller not a tare; He crakked boost, and swor it was nat so.
And whan this wyse man saugh that him wanted audience, al shamefast he sette him doun agayn.
And, for that was the fruit of al his rente, Therfore on it he sette al his entente.
Of al the remenant of myn other care Ne sette I nat the mountaunce of a tare, 1570 So that I coude don aught to your plesaunce!
I sette not a straw by thy dreminges, 4280 For swevenes been but vanitees and Iapes.
That is a good counseil · yeven for the nones; If they werne me thanne · to bringe me out of bendes, I wol sette goode strokes · right on here lendes.
A wys womman wolsette hir ever in oon To gete hir love, ther as she hath noon.
To make him live by his propre good, In honour dettelees, but he were wood, Or live as scarsly as him list desire; And able for to helpen al a shire In any cas that mighte falle or happe; 585 And yit this maunciple sette hir aller cappe.
Hir heres han they kembd, that lay untressed Ful rudely, and with hir fingres smale 380 A corone on hir heed they han y-dressed, And sette hir ful of nowches grete and smale; Of hir array what sholde I make a tale?
Beyond this, the road (to Frescati) passes on the left the vast ruins, called Sette Bassi.
This wonderful group was discovered near the Sette Sale on the Esquiline in 1506, while Michael-Angelo was at Rome.
Near this a pedestal is shown as that occupied by the Laocoon, though it was really found in the Vigna de Fredis, between the Sette Sale and Sta.
Pietro in Vincoli, in the open vineyards, are other ruins called the Sette Sale, being remains of the reservoirs (in reality nine in number) for the Baths.
Senerano (Sette Chiese) supposes that the French had here their schola or special centre for worship and assemblage.
I send you, Sir, a coppie of certain things sette down in the Parish Register of St. Clement Danes, wch I thoughte most like to be of interest to you.
Tho sette I the centre of this Alhabor up-on 18 degrees among myn almikanteras, up-on the west syde; by-cause that she was founden on the west syde.
Ensample: I sette caas thy rewle falle upon 8; than is 8 two-thrid partyes of 12; so the space is the two-thrid partyes of the tour.
Sette thy rewle upon 1 till thou see the altitude, andsette at thy foot a prikke.
Than leide I doun softely my compas, andsette the degree of the longitude up-on the orisonte; tho tok I and wexede my label in maner of a peyre tables to resceyve distinctly the prikkes of my compas.
Yif thy rewle falle upon 3, whan thou seest the top of the tour, set a prikke there-as thy foot stont; and go ner til thou mayst see the same top at the poynt of 4, and sette ther another lyk prikke.
Then to throwe in the earth again, and in token that ther is a Christian ther bewried, to sette vp a crosse of wodde, garnisshed with yvie, cipres, or laurelle.
And that ouer euery Countie or Shiere, there should be sette one Prieste or moe, acordyng to the greatnesse of the same, suche as ware best tried.
And by what meanes so euer we thinke in our conscience we haue prouoked the wrathe of God against us all the wieke afore: that, this daie to amende, to sette cliere, and aske pardone for.
Litell Johnn was full curteyes, And sette hym on his kne: ‘Welcome be ye, gentyll knyght, Welcom ar ye to me.
He slewe a knyght of Lancashire, And a squyer bolde; For to save him in his ryght My godes beth sette and solde.
My londes beth sette to wedde, Robyn, Untyll a certayn day, To a ryche abbot here besyde Of Seynt Mari Abbey.
They brought him to the lodgë-dore; Whan Robyn gan hym see, Full curtesly dyd of his hode And sette hym on his knee.
They wasshed togeder and wyped bothe, And sette to theyr dynere; Brede and wyne they had right ynoughe, And noumbles of the dere.
Furthermore it wyll helpe verye muche, if he that hathe taken vpon hym to teache a chylde, so sette hys mynd vpon hym, that he bear a fatherly loue vnto hym.
The prynters haue founde a crafte to make bokis by brasen letters sette in ordre by a frame.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sette" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
