And it is not longe sithen the sepulcre was alle open, that men myghte kisse it and touche it.
And nevere sithen, nouther the kyng of Ermoyne, ne the contree, weren never in pees, ne thei hadden never sithen plentee of godes; and thei han ben sithen alle weyes undre tribute of the Sarrazines.
And sithen thende is every tales strengthe, 260 And this matere is so bihovely, What sholde I peynte or drawen it on lengthe To yow, that been my freend so feithfully?
But sithen I find you thus disposed, I ensure you faithfully that I will take me to penance, and pray while my life lasteth, if that I may find any hermit, either grey or white, that will receive me.
And therefore, lady, sithen ye have taken you to perfection, I must needs take me unto perfection of right.
For sithen I have done battles for your queen in other quarrels than in mine own, meseemeth now I had more right to do battle for her in right quarrel.
And sithen I understand that I shall never rejoice La Beale Isoud, I have as good will to die as to live.
Also thou hast lain by my queen, and holden her many winters, and sithen like a traitor taken her from me by force.
Nay sir, said the priest, she was dead within these three nights after that she was thus enforced; and sithenhave they kept her younger sister, which endureth great pains with mo other ladies.
And sithen Sir Elias proffereth so largely, I shall fight with him, or else I will be slain in the field, or else I will deliver Cornwall from the old truage.
It is not long ago sithen I smote you to the earth at your own request and desire: I would have ridden by you, but ye would not suffer me, and now meseemeth ye would do more battle with me.
They that heard Merlin say so said thus unto Merlin: Sithen there shall be such a knight, thou shouldest ordain by thy crafts a siege, that no man should sit in it but he all only that shall pass all other knights.
But, sir, sithen ye have made me a knight ye must of right grant me my first desire that is reasonable.
Fair nephew, said Sir Launcelot, I marvel much why ye say thus, sithen the queen hath sent for me; and wit ye well I will not be so much a coward, but she shall understand I will see her good grace.
For it is not long ago, said Sir Dinadan, sithen he gave me a fall.
Well, said the seven knights, sithen ye say so, there shall never lady nor knight pass this castle but they shall abide maugre their heads, or die therefore, till that knight be come by whom we shall lose this castle.
This younge monk that was so fair of face, Acquainted was so with this goode man, Sithen that their firste knowledge began, That in his house as familiar was he As it possible is any friend to be.
For every cristene creature Sholde be kynde til oother, And sithen hethen to helpe, In hope of amendement.
Thow art an unkynde creature, I kan thee noght assoille, Til thow make restitucion And rekene with hem alle; And sithen that Reson rolle it In the registre of hevene, That thow hast maad ech man good, I may thee noght assoile.
Why menestow thi mood for a mote In thi brotheres eighe, 6150 Sithen a beem in thyn owene A-blyndeth thiselve.
Adam and Eve He egged to ille; 590 Counseilled Kaym To killen his brother; Judas he japed With Jewen silver, And sithen on an eller Hanged hymselve.
And sithen he counseiled the kyng 2570 His commune to lovye; "It is thi trewe tresor, And tryacle at thy nede.
And sithen cam Kynde, And nempned me by my name, And bad me nymen hede, And thorugh the wondres of this world 7220 Wit for to take.
Thanne he assoiled hire soone, And sithen he seide, 1450 "We have a wyndow in werchynge Wole sitten us ful hye, Woldestow glaze that gable And grave therinne thy name, Syker sholde thi soule be Hevene to have.
And sithen I loked upon the see, 7300 And so forth upon the sterres; Manye selkouthes I seigh, Ben noght to seye nouthe.
And sithen how Ymaginatif seide, Vix salvabitur; And whan he hadde seid so, How sodeynliche he passed.
And sithen kisse thou shalt my mouth, Which to no vilayn was never couth 2000 For to aproche it, ne for to touche; For sauf of cherlis I ne vouche That they shulle never neigh it nere.
And sithen freres forsoke The felicite of erthe, Lat hem be as beggeris, Or lyve by aungeles foode.
And sithen I seised Sevene hundred wynter, I leeve that lawe nyl noght Lete hym the leeste.
And Grace gaf greynes, The cardynal vertues, And sew hem in mannes soule, And sithen he tolde hir names.
Do-bet shal beten it and bouken it As bright as any scarlet, 8940 And engreyven it with good wille And Goddes grace to amende the, And sithen sende thee to satisfaccion For to sowen it after.
And sithen thei chosen chele And cheitiftee poverte, Lat hem chewe as thei chose, And charge hem with no cure.
See fyrst on thyself, And sithen on another, And clense clene thy syght, And kepe wel thyne eighe, And for another mannes eighe Ordeyne after.
But sooth is seyd, gon sithen many a day, "A trew wight and a theef thenken nat oon.
For sithen he seyde that we ben Iangleresses, As ever hool I mote brouke my tresses, I shal nat spare, for no curteisye, To speke him harm that wolde us vileinye.
But sooth is seyd, gon sithen many yeres, That 'feeld hath eyen, and the wode hath eres.
This child Maurice was sithen emperour Maad by the pope, and lived cristenly.
Now sithen he defendeth, that man shal nat yeven to his brother ne to his freend the might of his body, / by a strenger resoun he defendeth and forbedeth a man to yeven him-self to his enemy.
In youthe he made of Ceys and Alcion, And sithen hath he spoke of everichon, Thise noble wyves and thise loveres eek.
But wel thou wost, sithen that I in suche sharpe disese might so greetly avayle, what thinkest in thy wit?
And therfore I say, thou might wel truste to come to thy blisse, sithen thy ginninge hath ben hard, but ever graciously after thy hertes desyr hath proceded.
And sithen at eye, by experience in doing, we seen that shrewes have hem more often than good men, siker mayst thou be, that kyndly good in suche thing is nat appropred.
Whence is it that suche badnesse hath springes, sithenal thinges thus in general ben good, and badnesse hath no being, as ye have 60 declared?
Wherfore I wot wel, sithen that 55 they ben men, and reson is approved in hem, the clowde of errour hath her reson beyond probable resons, whiche that cacchende wit rightfully may not with-sitte.
God forbid that nyse unthrifty thought shulde come in thy mynde, 55 thy wittes to trouble; sithen every thing in coming is contingent.
For how shulde it nat yet, amonges so greet plentee of people, ben many shrewes, sithen whan no mo but eight persons in Noes shippe were closed, yet oon was a shrewe and skorned his father?
Now than, why shuldest 55 thou wene to love to highe, sithen nothing is thee above but god alone?
Trewly, lady, I ne wot whether I shal say welcome or non, sithen thy coming wol as moche do me tene and sorowe, as gladnesse and mirthe.
Rauf Fereres and Markle, whiche was sithen a sergeaunt of armes.
Ye be not sorely wounded, and sithen I desire not neither of they two steeds, as belike they be as unworthy as they pieces, ye can return to thy castle unholpen.
The words "sithen the pestilence" recur so often, that this contemporary author must be held as sharing the belief that the Black Death made a marked difference to the morals of the nation throughout all classes.
Many a paire sithen the pestilence have plight hem togiders: | the fruit that thei brynge forth aren foule wordes: | in jalousye joyeles and jangling in bedde | have thei no children but cheste and choppyng hem betweene.
Mi Sone, sithen it is so, I seie nomor; bot in this cas Bewar how it with Phebus was.
And sithen thanne that we finde That werres in here oghne kinde Ben toward god of no decerte, And ek thei bringen in poverte Of worldes good, it is merveile Among the men what it mai eyle, That thei a pes ne conne sette.
For never, sithen he hir thennes broughte, 780 Ne coude he seen her laughe or make Ioye.
Na wonder gyf I syghand be, and sithen in sorow be sette: 85 Iesu was nayled apon [th]e tre, and al blody forbette.
Sithen schall I come agayne To deme bothe goode and ill Tille endles ioie or peyne; 35 [Th]us is my Fadris will.
Sithen was there never man so hardy to say that he had seen the Sangreal.
Now, said the lady, sithen ye be set among the knights of heavenly adventures, if adventure fell thee contrary at that tournament have thou no marvel, for that tournament yesterday was but a tokening of Our Lord.
Nay sir, said the priest, she was dead within these three nights after that she was thus enforced; and sithen have they kept her younger sister, which endureth great pains with more other ladies.
Well, said the seven knights, sithen ye say so, there shall never lady nor knight pass this castle but they shall abide maugre their heads, or die therefor, till that knight be come by whom we shall lose this castle.
Madam, said Sir Arthur, it is many a day sithen that I have desired to see you.
Ye shall not, said Sir Gaheris; sithen I have given the king his life, I pray you give him his life.
And there the seven brethren espied the three knights, and said, Sithen we be banished by one knight from this castle, we shall destroy all the knights of king Arthur's that we may overcome, for the love of Sir Galahad.
And therefore, lady, sithen ye have taken you to perfection, I must needs take me to perfection of right.
Alas, said Sir Gareth, I have been so wounded by mishap sithen I came into this castle, that I shall not be able to do at that tournament like a knight, for I was never thoroughly whole since I was hurt.
But sithen I find you thus disposed, I insure you faithfully I will ever take me to penance, and pray while my life lasteth, if that I may find any hermit either grey or white that will receive me.
But, sir, sithen ye have made me a knight, ye must of right grant me my first desire that is reasonable.
They that heard Merlin say so, said thus unto Merlin: Sithen there shall be such a knight, thou shouldst ordain by thy crafts a siege that no man should sit in it but he all only that shall pass all other knights.
And sithen it is fallen as it is, I counsel you keep yourself, for, and ye will yourself, there is no fellowship of knights christened that shall do you wrong.
It is well said, said Sir Launcelot, but sithen it is so that I may have thy friendship, what knight is he that thou so hatest above all other?
But Sir Gawaine, said Sir Launcelot, ye shall not think that I tarry long, but sithen that ye so unknightly call me of treason, ye shall have both your hands full of me.
Sir, said she, sithen ye will not marry me, I pray you, insomuch as ye have won me, that ye will give me to a knight of this country that hath been my friend and loved me many years.
I had the reed and the rushis, and he found the shepherdis hyre in shakke tyme for my fold; and sithen he brigged awey the shepherdis hyre and thanne the nobill, and I trowe he occupyth ne lenger hym self.
Ther cam oo man into the contre with a newe patent, saying that my Lorde was Chanceler, and at that was the first patent that was sealid sithen he was officeer.
And sithen the lord Faucomberge take prisoner by subtile undew meanys of a cautel taken under safconduct of youre adversarie at Pountelarge the xv day of Maij, the yere of Crist M^l.
And to take an example of the many overthrowes and conquestis of this lande by straunge nacions sithen the Breton bloode first inhabited, as withe peple callid Pictics, commyng out of ferre northe partie of the worlde.
And sithen more effectuelle laboures and dedis of armes {41} hathe be done by that victorioux prince Henry the .
And sithen of other victorious kinges and princes, as Edmonde Irensede had many gret batailes [and] desconfited the Danes to safe Englond.
And sithen the noble Normannes, also of the Danys nacion, descendid be William Conquerour, of whome ye ben lyniallie descendid, subdued this lande.
And whiche counte of Mayne was accustomed sithen to be in value yerely to the eide and helpe of the werres of Fraunce, and to the releve of the kyng ys subgettis obeisauntes lyvyng uppon the werre for the furtheraunce of that conquest, .
Wherfore I besech your gode grace that ye will vouchesafe remember the premissez, my saide sons age, his wirschipfull birth, and grete misere for verrey povert, for he hath had no liflode to life opon sithen my lady his moder deed, safe x.
I cannot thinke that he hath informed us all truely, yet not for that, we will not suffer him to disobey our writinge; but sithen he disobeyeth our writinge, we may beleve the better his gydinge is as we be informed.
And I sal say til men scherande, Gaderes the darnel first in bande, And brennes it opon the land, And scheres sithen the corn rathe, And bringes it unto my lathe.
For quen the childe es born, sal I Do it of daw sa priuely, That na wiht sal the squeling here, And delf it sithen in our herbere.
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