Thei that ben at Gressam seyn that they have not don so moche hurte to zu as thei were commawndyd to don.
Item, sum seyn that Heydon shuld be mad a knyght, and myche othre langage ther is which causyth men to ben aferd, wenyng that he shuld have a rewle ageyn.
Here dare no man seyn a gode wurd for zu in this cuntre, Godde amend it.
Kyngs gode grase, and he xal dwn and all hys mene, and all that ben hys wele wyllers; there xal no man ben so hardy to don nether seyn azens my Lord of Sowthfolk,[86.
Seyn Tomas of Ynde'; Amis and Amiloun, 758, in Weber, Met.
Ladyes shulle hem such pepir brewe, If that they falle into hir laas, That they for we mowe seyn "Allas!
For ye may wel, if that ye wille, Your wordis waste in idilnesse; For utterly, withouten gesse, Al that ye seyn is but in veyne.
And I shal sone, I hope, a counseyl finde You to delivere, and fro this noyse unbinde; I Iuge, of every folk men shal oon calle To seyn the verdit for you foules alle.
Ne no gest ne no straungere ne carf yit the heye see with ores or with shippes; ne they ne hadde seyn yit none newe strondes, to leden marchaundyse in-to dyverse contrees.
And Fals-Semblant had he seyn als, 7445 But he knew nat that he was fals.
And as for the woman that made the clayme that ye wrote of he ys wellwyllyd that she shold be seyn to in the way of almys.
Where it is merytory, nedefull and medefull to bere witnesse of trought, all ye mot knowe us, that we herde William Pekeryng, sone of Nicholas Pekeryng, seyn that his fadir wolde he shulde have but x.
Sum men seyn that thei han the body upward as an egle, and benethe as a lyoun; and treuly thei seyn sothe that thei ben of that schapp.
I comonyd late with a worschipful and a wele namyd, a good thrifty man of this cuntre, whiche told me in secrete wyse that he herd Doctor Aleyn seyn after the Parlement of Covintre[242.
Lancasterother or hese douter seyn nowh, it shal be wel prevyd she was reveshid ayens her wyll; and let him desire of the Lordis that his dowter mith be in his kepyng, and at large fro Lancasterother un tylle the mater were duly examynd.
What folly makes Hóseyn shout "Dog Duhl, Damned son of the Dust, Touch the right ear and press with your foot my Pearl's left flank!
And they jeered him, one and all: "Poor Hóseyn is crazed past hope!
Loke hough this loresmen Lordes betrayen, Seynthat they folwen Fully Fraunceyses rewle, 580 That in cotinge of his cope Is more cloth y-folden Than was in Fraunceis froc Whan he hem first made.
But to many maner of men This matter is asked, Both to lered and to lewed, That seyn that they liveden 50 Hollich on the grete God, And holden al his hestes.
We have seyn ourself In a short tyme {497} Whou freres wolden no flesh Among the folk usen; But now the harlotes Han hyd thilke reule, And for the love of oure Lord Han leyd hire in water.
Yet seyn they in her sutiltie To sottes in townes, Thei comen out of Carmeli Christ for to folwen, And feyneth hem with holynesse, That yvele hem bisemeth.
Here xal Annas shewyn hymself in his stage, beseyn after a busshop of the hoold lawe, in a skarlet gowne, and over that a blew tabbard furryd with whyte.
And yif he be a prevey awaitour y-hid, and reioyseth him to ravisshe by wyles, thou shalt seyn him lyke to the fox-whelpes.
For ther ben grete clerkes many oon, That destinee thorugh argumentes preve; And som men seyn that nedely ther is noon; 970 But that free chois is yeven us everichoon.
What is this to seyn thanne,' quod I, 'that thinges ne ben nat necessarie by hir propre nature, so as they comen in alle maneres in the lyknesse of necessitee by the condicioun of the 155 devyne science?
For wit and imaginacioun seyn that that, that is sensible or imaginable, it ne may nat be universel.
I have my-self eek seyn a blind man go Ther-as he fel that coude loke wyde; A fool may eek a wys man ofte gyde.
This is to seyn that, for they semede philosophres, they weren pursued to the deeth and slayn.
But, axestow in somme, of what gilt I am accused, men seyn that I wolde save the companye of the senatours.
And sum men seyn that they have seen and touched the Schipp; and put here Fyngres in the parties where the Feend went out when that Noe seyd 'Benedicta.
Let us go on and I will sing thee the song of Nikal Seyn before Delhi--the old song.
I wolde nott that letter wer seynwith some folkys; wherffor I praye yow take good heede hoghe that letter comythe to yowr handys, hooll or brokyn, and in especiall I praye yow gete it, iff ye have it nott.
Item, thys daye I understonde that ther be comen letteris from my moder and yow, and Dawbeney, wherin I schall sende yow answer when I have seyn them.
Item, as ffor your goyng toSeyn James,[186-5] I beleve it but atwyen ij.
King toke the feld, and mustered his people; and itt was seid that wer never seyn in Inglond so many goodly men, and so well arreiyed in a feld.
And I besech yowe that this bill be not seynof none erthely creatur safe only your selffe, &c.
Sythe I was ther, I undyr stande yf it had not happyd me to have seyne them as zester day, she wold this day have made her cowntenance to have seyn her nes, Bothas (?
And eftir com Aethon, hys werly steid, Dispulȝeit of hys harnessyng and weid; Wepand he went for wo, men mycht haue seyn 25 With gret terys floddyrrit hys face and eyn.
And therfore ye shul venge yow after the ordre of right, that is to seynby the lawe, and noght by excesse ne by outrage.
For wel she hadde herd seyd, that thilke day The markis sholde wedde, and, if she mighte, She wolde fayn han seynsom of that sighte.
That knew this worldes transmutacioun, As he had seyn it chaungen up and doun, 2840 Ioye after wo, and wo after gladnesse: And shewed hem ensamples and lyknesse.
What shal I seyn of Hasdrubales wyf, That at Cartage birafte hir-self hir lyf?
A wyf ne shal nat seyn of hir housbonde But al honour, as I can understonde; Save un-to yow thus muche I tellen shal; As help me god, he is noght worth at al 1360 In no degree the value of a flye.
And yet, god woot, my neighebores aboute, And namely of wommen many a route, 1550 Seyn that I have the moste stedefast wyf, And eek the mekeste oon that bereth lyf.
The verb is used in a neuter sense; and seyn apon signifies beheld, looked upon.
The Scottis was blyth quhen thai haiff seyn this cace, For with his bait thai mycht weill passage hawe; 1305 For fery craft na fraucht he thocht to crawe.
The king Eduuard, that yeit was fechtand still, 665 Has seyn thaim fle; that likit him full ill.
The king has seyn how gud Wallace was set; 305 The lettir than him gaiff with outyn let, The quhilk off lait fra Scotland was him send.
Thow has [thi] lyff rongyn in wrangwis deid; ‘That sall be seyn on the, or on thi seid.
The Scottis, has seyn so mony in a rout With Sewart stand, na warrand thaim about, 1080 Apon all syd assailyeit wondyr sayr; Throu polyt platis with poyntis persyt thair.
The editor had supposed that seyn apon, being an obsolete phrase in his time, must of necessity be improper.
Yeitt he was seyn with enemyss as he yeid; To Schyr Garraid thai tald off all his deid, And to Butler, that wald haiff wrokyn beyne.
Tythingis was brocht off Wallace to the king; So gret desyr he had off na kyn thing, As in that tym quhill he had seyn Wallace.
The Ingliss men has seyn thair banner fall; Without confort, to fle thai purpost all.
The kyng, has seyn it wald nocht ellis be, To chawmyr went, and mycht nocht on him se; Gret languor tuk quhen Wallace can ramuff: 315 That king till him kepit kyndnes and luff.
The park thai tuk; Wallace a place hasseyn Off gret holyns, that grew bathe heych and greyn.
Outaken him, men has nocht seyn Quhar he for ony man maid menyng; And the caus wes of his lufing, That he his sistir paramouris 485 Lufit, and held all at rebouris His awyne wif dame Esobell.
War he nocht outrageous hardy "He had nocht swa unabasitly 20 "Sa smertly seyn his avantage.
Men mycht haiff seyn in-to that thrang Knychtis that wycht and hardy war, Undyr hors feyt defoulyt thar, Sum woundyt, and sum all ded: 360 The gress woux off the blud all rede.
And men has mony tymis seyn fall, That men, kyndly to ivill giffin, Throu thair gret wit away has drivin 736 Thair evill, and worthyn of gret renoune, Magre the constillacioune.
The King has seyn all thair having, That knew hym weill in-to sic thing, And saw thame all comonly Of sekyr contynans and hardy, Forouten effray or abaysyng.
Quhen thai, on the othir haf, has seyn Douglas brek his enbuschement, That agane thame rycht stoutly went, 480 Thai wist nocht quhat till do no say.
The woman has he seyn alswith, He saw hir uncouth, and for-thi He beheld hir mayr ynkirly, And by hir countenans hym thoucht 556 That for gud cummyn wes scho nocht.
And quhen the Kyngis hounde has seyn Thai men assale his mastir swa, 452 He lap till ane and can hym ta Richt be the nek full felonly, Till top our taill he gert hym ly.
Quhen Scottis men has seyn thame swa Affrayitly fle all thar way, In gret hy apon thame schot thai, And slew and tuk a gret party.
And seyn how he sa hardely 172 Adressit hym agane thame all, I wat weill that thai suld him call The best that liffit in-till his day.
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