And than the preestes casten the gobettes of the flesche; and than the foules eche of hem takethe that he may, and gothe a litille thens and etethe it: and so thei don whils ony pece lastethe of the dede body.
From thensgon men, be many iourneyes, thorghe the lond of Prestre John, the grete Emperour of Ynde.
To this lady he com ful curteisly Whan he thought tyme to daunce with her a trace; 190 Sith in an herber made ful pleasauntly They rested hem, fro thens but litel space.
Fro thens he went, but whider wist I nought, 805 Nor to what part he drow, in sothfastnesse; But he no more was in his ladies thought, For to the daunce anon she gan her dresse.
Frome thenswe returnyd in to the quere was returuyd E ij.
Frome thens afterward we were ladde to greater thynges.
And fro thens forth kept it clene for vertew of the ΒΆ Than began new grase in the felde to spryng.
The which lond of Lybye, (that is to seyne Libye the lowe) that begynnethe at the See of Spayne, fro thens where the Pyleres of Hercules ben, and durethe unto aneyntes Egipt and towards Ethiope.
And fromthens gon men to the cytee of Cesaire, and so to the Castelle of pylgrymes, and so to Ascolonge, and than to Jaffe, and so to Jerusalem.
Fro thens gon men to Nazarethe, of the whiche oure Lord berethe the surname.
Aftre he commanded to the princypales of the 7 lynages, that thei scholde leven and forsaken alle that thei hadden in godes and heritage; and fro thens forthe to holden hem payd, of that that be wolde zeve hem of his grace.
From thens gon men to Samarye, that men clepen now Sebast; and that is the chief cytee of that contree: and it sytt betwene the hille of Aygnes, as Jerusalem dothe.
And from thens men comen to the Ile of Rodes, the whiche ile Hospitaleres holden and governen; and that token thei sumtyme from the Emperour: and it was wont to be clept Collos; and so callen it the Turks zit.
And aftre gon men be watre to the Ile of Crete, and to the Ile of Rodes, ond so to Cypre, and so to Athens, and fro thens to Costantynoble.
And from thens gone men to the ile of Crete, that the Emperour zaf somtyme to Janeweys.
Fro thens go men be many townes and many cytees, thorghe the contree, unto a cytee, that men clepen Lanteryne: and it is an 8 iourneyes from the cytee aboveseyd.
And fro thens fromward, thei ben alle obeyssant to him.
And fro thens gon men to the cytee of Ebron, that is the montance [Footnote: Amount.
Squyers are comen into Normandy out of Scotland, and as yette they stand strete under arest; and as merchauntes that ar comen late thens sey, they ar like to be demed and jugged prisoners.
Caystr by you up on accounts, and fro thens he shuld have redyn to Lynne, and that he shall be at home un Monday at nyght next comyng.
And fro thens to Suhthampton, unto that strond, For sothe he wold no longer there dwell: XV hundryd shippys redy there he fond, With riche sayles and heye topcastell.
And this dooen, the Centurion, whiche was hedde of the firste fiftene rankes of Targaettes, must go awaie from thens where he stoode, and go to the backe in the lefte corner: and thus a battaile shall be made of xxv.
From this bed waie, and from over agaynst the captaines lodgyng, I would make an other waie, which shoulde goe from thens to the weste gate, lykewyse broade xxii.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thens" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
