And] Iohan bitokeneth hem [that] prechen, 7180 That ther nis lawe covenable But thilke Gospel Perdurable, That fro the Holy Gost was sent To turne folk that been miswent.
And thilke lawe shal not stonde, 7205 That they by Iohan have undirstonde; But, maugre hem, it shal adoun, And been brought to confusioun.
And thilke tyme I ferde so 785 I was able to have lerned tho, And to have coud as wel or better, Paraunter, other art or letter.
But haddest thou knowen him beforn, Thou woldest on a boke have sworn, Whan thou him saugh in thilke aray That he, that whylom was so gay, And of the daunce Ioly Robin, 7455 Was tho become a Iacobin.
For certes, sith she loveth not me, Fro thilke tyme that she may see 5980 The castel and the tour to-shake, In sory tyme she shal awake.
Loke ye my servise take at gree, 2105 By thilke feith ye owe to me.
Thou hast now knowen and ataynt the doutous or double visage of thilke blinde goddesse Fortune.
Ye han me cast in thilke spitous yle Ther never man on lyve mighte asterte; This have I for I love you, swete herte!
Seynt Austin wol therto accorde, In thilke book that I recorde.
But thilke doted fool that est hath lever Y-cheyned be than out of prisoun crepe, God lete him never fro his wo dissever, 15 Ne no man him bewayle, though he wepe.
Thou drowe in scorn Cupyde eek to record Of thilke rebel word that thou hast spoken, For which he wol no lenger be thy lord.
And thilkesame ordre neweth ayein alle thinges growyng and fallyng adoune by semblables progressiouns of seedes and of sexes.
We may fairly understand the expression 'thilke that sownen into sinne' as applicable to all the works, and not to the Tales alone.
Thus he says-- 'With wepend eye and woful herte She tok out thilke vnhappy sherte, As she that wende wel to do.
For yif so be that perfeccioun is don awey, men may nat thinke nor seye fro whennes thilke thing is that is cleped inperfit.
Our bloncket liveryes bene all to sadde For thilke same season, when all is ycladd With pleasaunce: the grownd with grasse, the Woods With greene leaves, the bushes with bloosming buds.
Is not thilke the mery moneth of May, When love-lads masken in fresh aray?
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.
And layde the greate and small upon the grounde, And delte among them thilke a store of blowes, Full manie a Normanne fell by him dede wounde; So who he be that ouphant faieries strike, Their soules will wander to Kynge Offa's dyke.
So, whan they sawe ap Tewdore was bereft Of his keen swerde, thatt wroghte thilke great dismaie, They turned about, eftsoons upon hym lept, And full a score engaged in the fraie.
And than suche a knotte is fals; whan the see ebbeth and withdraweth the gravel, that such richesse voydeth, thilke knotte wol unknitte.
Right as men wil not thorow necessite, right so is not love of wil thorow necessite; 20 ne thorow necessite wrought thilke same wil.
Was not Nero the moste shrewe oon of thilke that men rede, and yet had he power to make senatours justices, and princes of many landes?
Shal not the loos of thy frendes ayenward dequace thilke enfame, and saye they graunted a sothe without a stroke or fighting?
Whan I supposed beste thilke blisse have +getten, and come to the ful purpose of your service, sodaynly was I hindred, and throwen so fer abacke, that me thinketh an inpossible to come there I lefte.
In this blisse, after every 115 understandinge, is suffisaunce of covenable comoditees without any maner nede, whether it be blisse of aungels or els thilke that grace first in paradise suffred Adam to have.
And if thou laudest and joyest any wight, for he is stuffed with suche maner richesse, thou art in that beleve begyled; for thou wenest thilke joye to be selinesse or els ese; and he that hath lost suche happes to ben unsely.
Now, trewly, lady, I have my grounde wel understonde; but what thing is thilke spire that in-to a tree shulde wexe?
And thilke foles sittinge hir aboute 715 Wenden, that she wepte and syked sore By-cause that she sholde out of that route Departe, and never pleye with hem more.
O my Criseyde, O lady sovereyne Of thilke woful soule that thus cryeth, Who shal now yeven comfort to the peyne?
Ther is a maner tree, as seith seint Isidre, that whan men maken fyr of thilke tree, and covere the coles of it with asshen, soothly the fyr of it wol lasten al a yeer or more.
O Satan, envious sin thilke day 365 That thou were chased from our heritage, Wel knowestow to wommen the olde way!
And if she were with childe at thilke cast, Na-more sholde he pleyen thilke game Til fully fourty dayes weren past; Than wolde she ones suffre him do the same.
Repenteth yow, forthilke god above, Er ye me sleen by-cause that I yow love.
The firste grevance is of wikkede wordes; thilke suffrede Iesu Crist with-outen grucching, ful paciently, whan the Iewes despysed and repreved him ful ofte.
For wel she hadde herd seyd, thatthilke day The markis sholde wedde, and, if she mighte, She wolde fayn han seyn som of that sighte.
Thou were ful wel y-warned by thy dremes, That thilke day was perilous to thee.
For thilke sorrow that was in thine heart, Have ruth* as well upon my paine's smart.
Him had been lever, I dare well undertake, At thilke time, than all his wethers black, That she had had a ship herself alone.
For thilke love thou haddest to Adon <63> Have pity on my bitter teares smart, And take mine humble prayer to thine heart.
But tymes foure the mone hath hid her face Sin thilke day ye wente fro this place, And foure tymes light the world again.
First, they ben hard, and thilke assise (that attribute) Betokeneth in a king constaunce, So that there shall be no variaunce Be found in his condicion.
Bot after this unkinde fare Out of the chambre goth the king, And sche lay stille, and of this thing, Withinne hirself such sorghe made, Ther was no wiht that mihte hir glade, For feere of thilke horrible vice.
Pite is thilke vertu blessed 3260 Which nevere let his Maister falle; Bot crualte, thogh it so falle That it mai regne for a throwe, God wole it schal ben overthrowe: Wherof ensamples ben ynowhe Of hem that thilke merel drowhe.
Mi goode fader, nay As for the more part I say; Bot of somdiel I am beknowe, That I mai stonde in thilke rowe 1960 Amonges hem that Saundres use.
A vois unto Saturne tolde Hou that his oghne Sone him scholde Out of his regne putte aweie; And he be cause of thilke weie, That him was schape such a fate, Sibele his wif began to hate 1160 And ek hire progenie bothe.
The ferste Periferie of alle 280 Engendreth Myst and overmore The dewes and the Frostes hore, After thilke intersticion In which thei take impression.
Than may men wel by this ordre discerne That thilke moevere stabul is and eterne.
Certainly they could; and "speking and singing in thilke tyme" seems much more natural for "bestes and briddes" than many of the things they do nowadays.
And thilke covenant, whyl me lasteth breeth, I wol fulfille, and that shal wel be sene; Was never unto hir love a trewer quene.
And whan that 5 this is don, considere the altitudes of hem bothe; for sothly the difference of thilke altitudes is the declinacion of thilke degree fro the equinoxial.
Be strong of hert, and voyde anoon hir place, heart And thilke dower that ye broughten me that Tak it agayn, I graunt it of my grace.
For sith the day is come that I schal dye, I make pleynly my confessioun, That I am thilke woful Palamoun, that That hath thy prisoun broke wikkedly.
Thou spak right now of thilke traitour Deth, That in this contre alle our frendes sleth; Have her my trouth, as thou art his aspye; here Tel wher he is, or elles thou schalt dye.
But wel unnethes thilke word he spak, scarcely, this But went his way for routhe and for pite.
But yif it lyke unto thee, lat us noumbren hem amonges thilke thinges, of whiche thou seydest a litel her-biforn, that they ne were 15 nat able to ben wened to the poeple.
Hope after no-thing, ne drede nat; and so shaltow desarmen the ire of thilke unmighty tiraunt.
Ne thou ne doutest nat,' quod she, 'that thilke naturel office of goinge ne be the office of feet?
And I have shewed,' quod she, 'that thilke same oon isthilke that is good?
Bot it was tho per chance falle, Into that pet was also falle An ape, which at thilke throwe, Whan that the corde cam doun lowe, 60 Al sodeinli therto he skipte And it in bothe hise armes clipte.
This Emperour al that he tolde Hath herd, and thilke unkindenesse 205 He seide he wolde himself redresse.
Hym hadde be levere, I dar wel undertake, At thilke tyme, than alle his wetheres blake, That she hadde had a shipe hirself allone.
For wel she had herd say, that thilke day The markis shulde wedde, and, if she might, She wolde fayn han seen som of that sight.
For thilke time, as I have understande, Beastes and birdes coulde speak and sing.
But thilke tale is all too long to tell, And eke it is nigh day, I may not dwell.
This widow, of which I telle you my tale, Since thilkeday that she was last a wife, In patience led a full simple life.
By nature he knew each ascension Of the equinoctial in thilke town; For when degrees fifteene were ascended, Then crew he, that it might not be amended.
That thou into that yard flew from the beams, Thou were full well ywarned by thy dreams, That thilke day was perilous to thee.
At length the day arrives:-- "Gret was the feste in Athens thilke day.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thilke" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
