Syr William Oldhall a bydeth no lenger in Seyntwery than the Chef Juge come, for that tyme he shal goo at large, and sewe all his maters himself, &c.
And for lak of copies of the plee, I am fayn to sewe for newe copies therof for your counsell.
Whan alle was doo and they scholde departe, Harlyston and other desyryd me that I schold com and se myn olde Lady, and sewe to my Lorde, and if any thyng wer amysse it schold be amendyd.
Yet wil I sewe this mater faithfully Whyls I may live, what-ever be my chaunce; And if it hap that in my trouthe I dy, That deeth shal not do me no displesaunce.
Of their names I wold nothing enquere 505 Further than suche as we wold sewe unto, Sauf oo lady, which was the chauncellere, Attemperaunce; sothly her name was so.
But whan I speke after my best avyse, 225 Ye set it nought, but make ther-of a game; And though I sewe so greet an entrepryse, It peyreth not your worship nor your fame.
Lord Moleyns writyng, hym semyth it is not to your avayll to sewe for an especiall assise, ne for an oier and determyner.
Master Thomas Wellys wolde sewe the seyd Parsone Welle for zowre schalndyr; and the seyde parsone come to Cambryg sothyn, and hathe pekyd a qwarell to on Mastyr Recheforthe, a knythys sone of Norforfolke,[106.
For he þat is to rakel to renden his cloþeȝ, Mot efte sitte with more vn-sounde to sewe hem togeder.
Therfore I pray you help her, for, so God help me, I have right gret pete on her, and it is right grete almes to help her, and I trow she wull put her most trost and sewe specialle to you.
And wher as ye wryght to me that I scholde sewe for letteris from my Lordys of Clarans and Yorke, they be not her, and if they wrot to hym as they have don ij.
Charlet out of the broth and messe it in dysshes, lay the sewe onoward.
Boter and kep wel the chese owt and dresse the sewe and dymo [1] eggys thereon al ful and kerf thy chese in lytyl schyms and do hem in the sewe wyth eggys and serve yt forthe.
Take white of Lekes and slyt hem, and do hem to seeþ in wyne, oile and salt, rost brede and lay in dysshes and the sewe above and serue it forth.
Ye men that will of aunters wynne, That late within this lande hath bin, Of on I will yow telle; And of a sewe that was sea strang, Alas!
When Sir Walter Scott published his poem of Rokeby, Doctor Whitaker discovered that The Felon Sewe was not of such 'exceeding rarity' as he had been led to suppose; for he was then made acquainted with the fact that another MS.
Theise men-at-arms thatte wer sea wight, And wyth theire armour burnished bryght, They went the sewe toe see.
When Raphe of Rokeby saw the rape, He wist that there had bin debate, Whereat the sewe had beene.
Raphe of Rokeby wid ful gode wyl, The freers of Richmond gav her tyll, This sewetoe mende ther fare; Freer Myddeltone by name, He wold bring the felon hame, That rewed hym sine ful sare.
Felon Sewe is at the present day perfectly comprehensible to any Craven peasant, and to such a reader neither note nor glossary is necessary.
The felon sewe of rokeby and the freeres of Richmond.
The Felon Sewe belongs to the same class of compositions as the Hunting of the Hare, reprinted by Weber, and the Tournament of Tottenham, in Percy's Reliques.
Then the good man enjoined Sir Launcelot such penance as he might do and to sewe knighthood, and so assoiled him, and prayed Sir Launcelot to abide with him all that day.
Sir, said the yeoman, take mine hackney and do the best ye can, and I shall sewe you on foot to wit how that ye shall speed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sewe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
