And on the heighte of that pynacle, the Jewes setten Seynt Jame, and casted him down to the erthe, that first was Bisschopp of Jerusalem.
And at grete festes and for straungeres, thei setten formes and tables, as men don in this contree: but thei had lever sytten in the erthe.
Thei setten steuen,' they made an appointment; Knight de la Tour-Landry, ch.
And see below, The Cokes Tale: 'And ther they setten steven for to mete'; A.
We also find to setten him on knees, to fallen on knees, to knelen on knees, he lay on kne, &c.
And with that word, a-compas enviroun, 300 +They setten hem ful softely adoun.
Upon the softe and swote grene gras 225 +They setten hem ful softely adoun, (B.
Thei setten day, they chosen field, The knihtes coevered under Schield Togedre come at time set, And echon is with other met.
And fell that time Ulixes hadde A chyld to Sone, and Nauplus radde How men that Sone taken scholde, And setten him upon the Molde, Wher that his fader hield the plowh, In thilke furgh which he tho drowh.
To setten either part in reste It thoghte hem thanne for the beste With resonable amendement; And thus was Anthenor forth sent To axe Esionam ayein And witen what thei wolden sein.
Hem list ech other forto plese, 3870 So that thei hadden joie ynow: And tho thei setten whanne and how That sche with him awey schal stele.
Whan suche softe wyndes blewen Of flaterie into here Ere, Thei setten noght here hertes there; 2440 Bot whan thei herden wordes feigned, The pleine trouthe it hath desdeigned Of hem that weren so discrete.
At Soupertime natheles The king amiddes al the pres Let clepe him up among hem alle, And bad his Mareschall of halle To setten him in such degre That he upon him myhte se.
And natheles in this degree Fulofte time thou myht se Of suche men that now aday This vice setten in a say: 2090 I speke it for no mannes blame, Bot forto warne thee the same.
And lest it costeth to maintiene, In al the world as it is sene; For who that hath humblesce on honde, He bringth no werres into londe, For he desireth for the beste To setten every man in reste.
After mensetten him upon a blak stede, and so men bryngen him to a cheyere fulle richely arrayed, and there thei crownen hym.
Thilke people than, that setten their hertes upon suche mightes and powers, often ben begyled.
But I saye it for many men there been, that to knowinge of other mennes doinges setten al their cure, and lightly desyren the badde to clatter rather than the good, and have no wil their owne maner to amende.
Ye armen your servauntes ayenst al debates with imperciable harneys; ye setten in her hertes insuperable blood of 45 hardinesse; ye leden hem to the parfit good.
But nedes day departe moste hem sone, And whanne hir speche doon was and hir chere, 1710 They twinne anoon as they were wont to done, And setten tyme of meting eft y-fere; And many a night they wroughte in this manere.
But if a fool were in a Ialous rage, I nolde setten at his sorwe a myte, 900 But feffe him with a fewe wordes whyte Another day, whan that I mighte him finde; But this thing stant al in another kinde.
Why niltow love an-other lady swete, That may thyn herte settenin quiete?
For which they been acursed, til they come to amendement, that on swich filthe setten hir bileve.
And ther they setten Steven for to mete To pleyen at the dys in swich a strete.
Adam felde tweyne · and Gamelyn felde three, The other setten feet on erthe · and bigonne flee.
I wot wel that they sholde setten hir entente to plesen hir housbondes, but nat by hir queyntise of array.
But if a fool were in a Ialous rage, I nolde setten at his sorwe a myte, 900 But feffe him with a fewe wordes whyte Another day, whan that I mighte him finde: But this thing stont al in another kinde.
I mene of fals religious, That stoute ben, and malicious; That wolen in an abit go, And setten not hir herte therto.
The Jewes settenhim in a chayere and clad him in a mantelle, and then made thei the Croune of Jonkes of the See.
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