The king said, We may as well give it back; but the varlet insisted on having the king's promise.
And so they go on through the whole court, till the varlet says that he fears he shall be obliged to carry his mantle away with him.
The varlet is relentless; but Kay has the pleasure of seeing Ydier discomfited.
The king having said that he would grant what was asked, the varlet took from a bag a beautiful mantle, of fairy workmanship.
The varlet explains to her the quality of the mantle, and Carados, in verses very honorable to his heart, begs that she will not put it on if she has any misgivings.
Order this monstrous varlet of yours to roll off me--I am suffocating!
Ralph Hornmouth,” said De Moreville, fiercely, “give me the letters which this varlet has about him.
Now as I live," cried the Sheriff, "yon varlet I know right well is a sturdy rebel!
Now, thou art a saucy varlet to speak so to my crest," quoth the Bishop, frowning on Robin.
Then he said to the secretary, "Let him be gone at once, for there is naught beside for him to do here, and it is not convenient for a varlet to remain in the chamber at this present.
Then saith the varlet within himself: "It behooveth me to go comfort that old man and foolish.
So leave taken, thevarlet went his way, and with him the hermit.
Therewith the varlet mounted the stairway, and in the chamber above he met with his host.
The varlet goeth before him, and leadeth him up a great hill from the top whereof he looketh abroad, and saith to the hermit: "Lo you, how clear and bright the abbey burneth.
Thereafter the varlet set forth again, and the hermit followed after, striving to keep pace with him.
And now, lo you, without more tarrying, a varlet enters the court.
The varlet covered over his face as well as he might, even as if he could not well endure the odour that came from them, and turned aside from the path.
But the varletstraightway went up to the body, nor did he show by any sign that he perceived aught evil therein.
Thereupon the varlet cometh to him and beginneth to comfort him.
Now when they were come to the bridge, where there was neither edge-stone nor parapet, the varlet so jostled the boy that he fell down into the water, and the stream swept him away and drowned him.
Now as she sat weeping beside the bed, a weasel issued out from under the altar and ran thither, and in that it had passed over the body, the varlet struck it with his staff and killed it.
And thevarlet took note where the good man bestowed the hanap, and he stole it away and hid it, for he would not leave it behind.
The second, and a sturdy band, The whoring Paris did command: Alcathous lent this varlet help, And bold Agenor join'd the whelp.
Yet this queer varlet Diomede Did most amazingly succeed; For his buff coat both greas'd and old He got a new one lac'd with gold.
Pray how can I the varlet blame, Who fifty times have thought the same?
So he cast the reins of his horse to a stable varlet and stamped indoors, carrying his master's helmet to the armoury.
I am glad I made you a knight on the field of honour, Sir Sholto, for then they cannot hang you to a bough, like a varlet caught stealing the King's venison.
Open, varlet of a watchman, or by Saint Bride I will have you swinging in half an hour from the bars of your own portcullis.
And he chuckled in his satisfaction so loudly that Malise, using no ceremony with Duke or varlet at such a season, put his hand over his mouth.
Thy master hath trusted some false varletof an empiric," said the Queen.
Quhethir gif the varlet aw to joyce the priuilege of the husbandman.
The varlet had told the truth; the ford was found at the spot called Blanche-Tache, whither Philip had sent Godemar du Fay with a few thousand men to guard it.
Neither varlet nor ostler could be seen, so he pushed open the door and called loudly for the landlord.
You may ride with me and welcome, Master Micheldene, and your varlet may follow with my archers.
At this moment there was a clatter of hoofs upon the road, and a varlet by the door cried out that one of the Englishmen was coming back.
So shrill was the outcry that both the inn-keeper and Alleyne, with every varlet within hearing, rushed wildly to the scene of the uproar.
Nay, lady," said du Guesclin, "it does not befit so great and wondrous a power to pry and search and play the varlet even to the beautiful chatelaine of Villefranche.
He appointed a new provost, "a dangerous varlet of low estate, but excellently fitted to carry out perilous work.
So if thou wilt not do my rede, then must the varlet whom thou lovest die, and at Greenharbour must thou abide with Dame Elinor.
It were only by mere chance yon varlet could escape coming over some of them.
Time and again I seen the varlet make false moves.
It means that yonder varlet will not leave Natchez to-morrow until late evening, after the wires are in from the northern ball games," I replied.
Such was not the practise of the old buccaneers, nor shall it be ours; whereas, no matter what the haste, yon varlet could in nowise refrain from that same folly which hath lost him his ship to us.
Cast loose the stern-chaser and fire her at yon varlet if he makes a move.
Meantime, we must have a care for our good ship's safety, for none may tell what plans yon varlet may be laying to circumvent us.
It would of blew yon varlet out of the water, if I'd had anything to load with except just them marbles.
Yon varlet might run across one, floating, it is true.
My friend, the varlet Cal Davidson, half stood in the stern of the stubby craft and waved at us an excited hand.
I added, "it shall go hard, but we'll hold yon varlet to his accounting!
Yon varlet don't know where we have went," commented L'Olonnois in his alarming grammar.
I'll take possession on the ground that she is my boat, that her charter money is not paid, and that yonder varlet is making away with her out of the country.
Returning to his lodgings in the town, he was leaning from the casement considering his strange adventure when he saw a varlet issuing from the forest riding upon a palfrey.
As she sat weeping a weasel came from under the altar and ran across Guillardun's body, and the varlet who attended Guildeluec struck at it with his staff and killed it.
Again and again he visited the chapel, and his wife, marvelling whither he went, bribed a varlet to discover the object of his repeated absences.
Beholding this, the varlet cast his staff at the animals and they sped away, leaving the red flower behind them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "varlet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
