This signe of Capricorne is also cleped the Tropik of Winter, for thanne byginneth the sonne to come agayn to us-ward.
And thus in court of iuggement This Adrian was thanne assent, And the querele in audience Declared was in the presence 210 Of themperour and many mo; Wherof was mochel speche tho And gret wondringe among the press.
And thanne him thoghte wel ynouh It was fantosme, bot yit he herde 75 The vois, and he therto ansuerde, 'What wiht art thou in Goddes name?
I wold ye shuld assay whedir it be more profitable for yow to serve me thanne for to serve such masters as ye have servid afore this, and that ye fynde mooste profitable theraftir do in tyme to come.
Thanne comth ydelnesse, that is the yate [gate] of alle harmes .
For whan the riche justise wol do wrong for mede, Thanne thinketh hem thei muwen the bet, for thei han more nede To winne.
In his speech to the rebel peasants in 1381, the priest John Ball takes from a popular song the burden that comprises his whole theory: Whan Adam dalf and Eve span, Who was thanne the gentilman?
But I loked what lyflode it was: that Pacience so preysed, And thanne was it a pece of the Pater noster · "Fiat voluntas tua.
The name of summoner was held in little esteem, and no wonder: "Artow thanne a bailly?
Thanne come Pees into Parlement;" Peace presents a petition against Wrong, and enumerates his evil actions.
Ad le Blakeheth, ubi ducenta millia communium fuere simul congregata hujuscemodi sermonem est exorsus: Whann Adam dalfe and Eve span Who was thanne a gentil man?
Thanne comen alle mortal folk of noble sede; why noisen ye or bosten of youre eldres?
He coude his coming not forbere, 7635 Though ye him thrilled with a spere; It nere not thanne as it is now.
Thanne I anoon dide al my crafte For to drawen out the shafte, And ther-with-al I sighed eft.
Why seystow thanne I am to thee so kene, That hast thy-self out of my governaunce?
Messe he hirde and offrid thoo, And thanne to the Castelle dide he goo.
And whan the Chane saghe, that thei made non obstacle to performen his commandement, thanne he thoughte wel, that he myghte trusten in hem, and commanded hem anon to make hem redy, and to sewen his banere.
And than thei maken a gret fuyr, and brennen the body: and thanne everyche of his frendes taken a quantyte of the assches, and kepen hem in stede of relykes, and seyn, that it is a holy thing.
Also whan it reynethe ones in the somer, in the lond of Egipt, thanne is alle the contree fulle of grete myrs.
For hem semethe, that whoso evere be meke and paycyent, he is holy and profitable: for thanne thei seyn, he hathe alle vertues in him.
Now aftre that men had visited tho holy places, thanne will thei turnen toward Jerusalem.
And thanne seyde the Chane, My sones, quoth he, treuly thus wil it faren be zou.
And the hille aboven Segor, men cleped itthanne Edom: and aftre men cleped it Seyr, and aftre Ydumea.
And thanne un to Mount Modeyn: and thanne unto Jerusalem.
And thanne he made many statutes and ordinances, that thei clepen Ysya Chan.
And thanne aftre comethe the 4 hoost, that is moche more than ony of the othere, and that gothe behynden him, the mountance of a bowe draught.
Now thanne thus,' quod she, `I wolde him preye To telle me the fyn of his entente; 125 Yet wist I never wel what that he mente.
And if she wilneth fro thee for to passe, 615 Thanne is she fals; so love hir wel the lasse.
I concellyd him swere the trewthe of the issue that he shall be swore to, and thanne he nedyd never to drede hym of noon atteynte.
Wherfor he advyseth yow that in onywyse ye make Plumpsted to take apell accordyng; for if he so do, thanne is H.
And thanne I answerd, Sir, he may not profite me in myn matere for he hath weddyd myn nece.
And he knowith weel the title shall never better be undirstond thanne it hath be by his counseil and myn atte seid comunycacions.
Ze have both lordshep and frendshep in your countre, and also good inow to reciste hym yf he wyll do yow wronge, and peraventur that shuld brynge thys matier nyer and ende thanne it is now.
Thanne seide the Prest, i will the telle, For alle my good i wele the selle, For alle the synnes that thou hast don, I graunte the hem alle sone anon.
Thanne he sei a leoun come, And taken awei hese yonge sone, On hym he gaped wide.
When Adam dalf and Eve span, who wasthanne the gentleman.
Also yif so be that the sonnes declinacioun be southward fro the equinoxial, adde thanne thilke declinacion to the altitude of the sonne at noon; and tak ther the hevedes of Aries 35 and Libra, and thyn equinoxial.
Bring up agayn the same degree that assendeth first, and set him up-on the orisonte; and thanne wol the be-ginning of the 4 hous sitte up-on the lyne of midnight.
Put the ring of thyn Astrolabie upon the thoumbe of thy right hand, and thanne wole his right syde be toward thy left syde, and his left syde wol be toward thy right syde; tak this rewle general, 5 as wel on the bak as on the wombe-side.
For trust wel, yif so be that the planete be on the right syde of the meridional lyne, so that his seconde altitude be lasse than his firste altitude 10 was, thanne is the planete directe.
Loke thanne in which azimut the degree of thy sonne sitteth, and in that partie of the firmament is the coniunccioun.
And yif so be that this planete be up-on the est syde whan his altitude is taken, so that his secounde altitude be more than his firste altitude, thanne is he retrograde, and yif he be on the west syde, than is he 15 directe.
Remove thanne the degree that assendeth, and set him on the ende of the 10 hour inequal; and thanne wol the byginning of the 3 hous sitte up-on the midnight 5 lyne.
At hom if that a man wol wone, This Fievere is thanne of comun wone Most grevous in a mannes yhe: For thanne he makth him tote and pryhe, 470 Wher so as evere his love go; Sche schal noght with hir litel too Misteppe, bot he se it al.
The thefte which thei thanne werche Be name is cleped Sacrilegge, Ayein the whom I thenke alegge.
The colour of the reyni Mone With medicine upon his face He set, and thanne he axeth grace, As he which hath sieknesse feigned.
Also what man of the said craft that absenteth him fro the said eleccion Wythoute cause reasonable or absent him fro the dyner to be made the same day and will not paye therto his pˀt thanne he shall paye at the said ch{a}umber iij{s.
Thanne Symonye and Cyvylle Stonden forth bothe, And unfoldeth the feffement That Fals hath y-maked, And thus bigynnen thise gomes To greden ful heighe: Sciant praesentes et futuri, etc.
Thanne Scripture scorned me 6572 And a skile tolde, And lakked me in Latyn, And light by me she sette, And seide "Multi multa sciunt Et seipsos nesciunt.
Couthe I lye to do men laughe, {260} Thanne lacchen I sholde Outher mantel or moneie Amonges lordes or mynstrals.
Thanne lourede leches, And lettres thei sente, That he sholde wonye with hem 1330 Watres to loke.
Thanne may alle cristene come, quod I," = "And cleyme there entree 6822 By the blood that he boughte us with And thorugh bapteme after.
And thanne is tyme to take, And to appose this doctour 8230 Of Do-wel and Do-bet, And if Do-wel be any penaunce.
Thanne were marchauntz murie, Manye wepten for joye, And preiseden Piers the Plowman, That purchaced this bulle.
The boldnesse of thi bienfetes Maketh thee blynd thanne; And thanne worstow dryven out as dew, And the dore closed, Keyed and cliketted, To kepe thee withouten; Happily an hundred wynter Er thow eft entre.
He greveth hym ageyn God, And gruccheth ageyn Reson, And thanne corseth he the kyng, And al his counseil after, Swiche lawes to loke Laborers to greve.
And thanne was Fortune my foo, For al hir faire speche; {206} And poverte pursued me, And putte me lowe.
Thanne woot the dronken daffe Wherfore he is to blame.
And thanne he chargede chapmen To chastizen hir children, 2540 Late no wynnyng hem for-wanye While thei be yonge, Ne for no poustee of pestilence Plese hem noght out of reson.
WATER is more subtyll and lyghtthanne erthe, but in respect of Ayre and Fyre, it is grosse and heuye, and of hir proper Nature is colde and moyste.
Chaucer has--'may thanne the glorie of a singuler Romaine strecchen thider as the fame of the name of Rome may nat climben or passen?
Holdest thou thanne thilke man be mighty, that thou seest that he wolde don that he may nat don?
Chaucer's 'wenest thou thanne that thou oughtest to leten this a litel thing, that this .
Now is it no doute thanne that thise weyes ne ben a maner misledinges to blisfulnesse'; Ch.
So thanne I went-e by straunge and fer-re contrees; 57.
Thanne seyde Melibee, 'I shal nat conne answere to so manye faire resouns as ye putten to me and shewen.
Now, as I have seyd, sith so is that sinne was first cause of thraldom, thanne is it thus; that thilke tyme that al this world was in sinne, thanne was al this world in thraldom and subieccioun.
By nature knew he ech ascencioun 4045 Of equinoxial in thilke toun; For whan degrees fiftene were ascended, Thanne crew he, that it mighte nat ben amended.
Thanne seyde Gamelyn · that yong was of elde, 'Moche sorwe mot he have · that to you hem yelde!
I curse non other · but right my-selve; They ye fette to yow fyve · thanne ye be twelve!
For-as-muche thanneas reson is rebel to god, therfore is man worthy to have sorwe and to be deed.
Certes, thanne semeth it, they shul be tormented with the devel in helle, but-if they doon penitence.
And also the seide Annes that was hys wif lyved more thanne xxx.
And theye saye that it hath ben this sithe the beginnynge of the World; and was sumtyme grene and bare Leves, unto the Tyme that Oure Lord dyede on the Cross; and thanne it dryede; and so dyden alle the Trees that weren thanne in the World.
And thanne wolde he maken hem to drynken of certeyn drynk, whereof anon thei sholden be dronken, and thanne wolde hem thinken gretter delyt than thei hadden before.
And theye seye that it hathe ben there sithe the beginnynge of the World; and was sumtyme grene and bare Leves, unto the Tyme that Oure Lord dyede on the Cros; and thanne it dryede; and so dyden alle the Trees that weren thanne in the World.
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