He swynges out with a swerd and swappis him to dethe.
He swynges out with a swerd and swappis him to dethe.
Differith vengeaunce of furious wodnes, And Pite blemsyght the swerd of rightwysnes, Covenable welles, most holsome of savour, For to be tasted of every governour.
I nam but a lewd compilatour of the labour of olde Astrologiens, and have hit translated in myn English only for thy doctrine; and with this swerd shal I 45 sleen envye.
And, whan she mighte her tyme wel espye, Up-on the fyr of sacrifys she sterte, 1350 And with his swerd she roof her to the herte.
That with a swerd me thynkyth that to myn herte It styngith me whan I thynke on that place.
And, with that worde, his swerd she took as swythe, That warm was of her loves blood and hoot, And to the herte she her-selven smoot.
Forgeten had the erthe his pore estat +Of winter, that him naked made and mat, And with his swerd of cold so sore had greved.
Forgeten had the erthe his pore estat 125 +Of winter, that him naked made and mat, And with his swerd of cold so sore greved; Now hath the atempre sonne al that releved That naked was, and clad hit new agayn.
And, so ye wil me now to wyve take, As ye han sworn, than wol I yive yow leve 1320 To sleen me with your swerd now sone at eve!
Forth in message goth this kniht Unto this wofull yonge wiht, This scharpe swerd to hire he tok: Wherof that al hire bodi qwok, For wel sche wiste what it mente, And that it was to thilke entente 260 That sche hireselven scholde slee.
Forthi, er that thei weren war, Forth with the same swerd he bar The statut of his lawe he kepte, So that al Rome his deth bewepte.
The treson and the time is schape, So fell it that this cherles knape Hath lad this maiden ther he wolde Upon the Stronde, and what sche scholde Sche was adrad; and he out breide A rusti swerd and to hir seide, "Thou schalt be ded.
The lawe stod er we were bore, How that a kinges swerd is bore In signe that he schal defende His trewe poeple and make an ende Of suche as wolden hem devoure.
This briddes name was as tho Corvus, the which was thanne also Welmore whyt than eny Swan, And he that schrewe al that he can Of his ladi to Phebus seide; And he for wraththe his swerd outbreide, 800 With which Cornide anon he slowh.
Bot Brutus, which was with hem there, Toward himself his herte kepte, And to Lucrece anon he lepte, The blodi swerd and pulleth oute, And swor the goddes al aboute That he therof schal do vengance.
As sche which mihte it noght asterte, The swerdes point ayein hire herte 1490 Sche sette, and fell doun therupon, Wherof that sche was ded anon: And thus bothe on o swerd bledende Thei weren founde ded liggende.
And thus cam out the tricherie, Which under fals Ypocrisie Was hid, and thei that wende pees Tho myhten finde no reles Of thilke swerd which al devoureth.
Christ bad Peter kepe his sheep, And with his swerde forbad him smyte; Swerd is no tole with sheep to kepe 575 But to shep[h]erdes that sheep woll byte.
Me thinketh, suche shep[h]erdes ben to wyte Ayen hir sheep with swerd that contend; They dryve hir sheep with greet dispyte; But al this god may well amend.
So successours to Peter be they nought Whom [that] Christ made cheef pastour; A swerd no shep[h]erde usen ought But he wold slee as a bochour.
He gaf hym a gode swerd in his hond, His hed with for to kepe, And ther as the walle was lowyst Anon down can thei lepe.
Shew forth thy swerd of castigacioun, Dred God, do law, love trouthe and worthinesse, And wed thy folk agein to stedfastnesse.
Cupydes sone, ensample of goodlihede, 1590 O swerd of knighthod, sours of gentilesse!
A tyraunt, that was king of Sisile, that hadde assayed the peril of his estat, shewede by similitude the dredes of reaumes by gastnesse of a swerd that heng over the heved of his familier.
Johnis swerd was roustit, and wald no way cam out.
Sum brydillys stedis, and cartis vp dyd bend, And sum in haist with a lowp or a swak 25 Thame self vpcastis on the horsys bak, And war all reddy in the stowr at hand With drawyn swerd and nakit burnyst brand.
And sayand thus, Androgeus cristit helm He hynt in hy, and our his hed gan quhelm; His schynand scheild with his bawgy tuk he, 15 And hang a Gregioun swerd down by his the.
And, not the les, thy swerd leiffis in the planys Gret hepys ded of the Rutilianys.
Olyvere egerly sued Laban̄ Laban, pursued by With swerd I-drawe in his honde.
Charlis a strok till hym gan mynte; Ac hym faylede of ys dynte, for þat swerd hym glente.
The fire and the swerd that stoppit Adam fra the yettis of Paradise, mot stop thaim frae the gloir of Hevin, quhill[117] thai forbere and mak amendis.
Tha-r wither vpa ben were stek er sin swerd to ir buk in segsande, nilst min kul navt sa skilst min swerd ha.
Willath wi fry bilywa, alsa agon tha knapa that lesa and skryva farhondis afterwei-n to letane and in stede that hja invppa meide hwip and swik spele, moton hja mith swerd and sper spela.
Ther hedon hja fon there kese herad and nw hedon hja thet stolta swerd antjan, and weron vs folgad.
Tho wase Torrent blythe and glad, The good swerd ther he had, The name wase Adolake.
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