For to haue Calays had he thoght All at his ledeing, loud or still; Bot all [th]aire wiles war for noght: 55 Edward wan it at his will.
Me thoght I shewed man luf when I made hym to be All angels abuf, like to the Trynyt'e; And now in grete reprufe full low ligis he, In erth hymself to stuf with syn that displeases Me 85 Most of all.
Erth owte of erth is wondyrly wroght, Ffor erth hath geten of erth a nobul thyng of noght, Erthe uppon erthe hath set alle hys thoght How erthe uppon erthe may be hygh broght.
Erthe opon erthe hath set all{e} his thoght How that erthe opon erthe may be hy broght.
And yif the thing clyveth to the stedefastnesse of the thoght of god, 95 and be with-oute moevinge, certes, it sormounteth the necessitee of destinee.
For which it folweth, that the freedom of the conseiles and of the werkes of mankind nis non, sin that the thoght of god, that seeth alle thinges without errour of falsnesse, bindeth and constreineth 105 hem to a bitydinge by necessitee.
For oght that I you telle can, Min holi fader, as of the dede I am withouten eny drede Al gulteles; bot of my thoght Mi conscience excuse I noght.
Mi Sone, that me thenketh routhe; For lovedrunke is the meschief Above alle othre the most chief, If he no lusti thoght assaie, Which mai his sori thurst allaie: 310 As for the time yit it lisseth To him which other joie misseth.
And thou hast seid thiself er this How that thi will thi maister is; Thurgh which thin hertes thoghtwithinne Is evere of Contek to beginne, 1320 So that it is gretli to drede That it non homicide brede.
His body myhte wel be there, Bot as of thoght and of memoire His herte was in purgatoire.
For god wot wel that al my mod And al min herte and al mi thoght And al mi good, whil I have oght, Als freliche as god hath it yive, It schal ben hires, while I live, 4770 Riht as hir list hirself commande.
And in good feith that is gret Sinne; For I mai seie, of dede and thoght That ydel man have I be noght; For hou as evere I be deslaied, Yit evermore I have assaied.
Dispeyred in this torment and this thoght Lete I this woful creature lye; 1085 Chese he, for me, whether he wol live or dye.
And heer I swere that never willingly In werk ne thoght I nil yow disobeye, For to be deed, though me were looth to deye.
Thay bothe bekkyd at vs, excepte my eyes waggyd, and me thoght that the mylke daunsyd.
A good man was ther of religioun, And was a povre Persoun of a toun; But riche he was of holy thoghtand werk.
For many it ere that strange Inglis In ryme wate never what it is, And bot þai wist what it mente Ellis me thoght it were alle shente.
I tolde hym as for the condempnacion uppon the accion off trespasse I thoght it nowther good ner worshypfull.
For thogh I wepe of teres ful a tyne, Yet may that wo myn herte nat confounde; 10 Your seemly voys that ye so smal out-twyne Maketh my thoght in Ioye and blis habounde.
That which is now a Horse, euen with a thoghtthe Racke dislimes, and makes it indistinct As water is in water Eros.
Be it known, that we the greatest are mis-thoght For things that others do: and when we fall, We answer others merits, in our name Are therefore to be pittied Caesar.
And euen now To Crown my thoughts with Acts: be it thoght & done: The Castle of Macduff, I will surprize.
Nay there is some comfort in the newes, some comfort, your sonne will not be kild so soone as I thoght he would La.
I rehessyd myn oncle Clement, yow and Arblaster, and than he chase yow, seyng he thoght that ye were good and trewe.
Then, thoght ye hearken, let no wit ye heir, Bot look auay, and len thame ay your eir.
He ansuered be his writing, "That he wold cum, and wold do as thay thoght expedient; that he wold assist thame with his force, and wald vote with thame against the rest of the Clargie in Parliament.
Yea ther's the wound, & wounded with that thoght So let me die: for all my drift is naught.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thoght" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
