Then came the Taverner, and toke me by the sleve, And seyd Ser, a pint of wyn would yow assay?
In the [Sidenote: The iiij^{th} year of king John.
And thei han werre alle weys with the folk that gon alle naked.
And it behovethe to the Cristene men, that schulle werre azen hem every zeer, to bere here vitaylles with hem: for thei schulle fynde there no good.
And thei han often tyme werrewith the Soudan; and namely, that tyme that I was with him.
For the maner of werre is not there, as it is here or in other contrees; ne the ordinance of werre nouther.
For thei han had often tyme werrebetwene hem, be cause that the grete cane wolde constreynen him to holden his lond of him: but that other at alle tymes defendethe him wel azenst him.
And thei recchen no thing of here lif: and therefore thei dowten not the Sowdan, ne non othre prince; but thei dar wel werre with hem, zif thei don ony thing that is grevance to hem.
Sire kyng, zee schulle havewerre withouten pees, and alle weys to the 9 degree, zee schulle ben in subjeccioun to zoure enemyes; and zee schulle ben nedy of alle godes.
And thei han often tymes werre with the briddes of the contree, that thei taken and eten.
The grete Cane of Cathay hathe gretly coveted that rubye; but he myghte never han it, for werre ne for no maner of godes.
Wher as ye wrote to me that Lydham told you that I told hym that the Ducks men werre not so besy as they had be by fore, no more thay were not at that tyme, but sythen thay have be bysyer.
Yf it pleasyd you, I wold ryght fayn that John Jenney werre putte oute of the Comyssyon of the Peas, and that my brother Wyll.
Paston and I werre with my Lord the Byshoppe of York, and enformyd hys Lordshyp of the entre that was made at Haylesdon in the Duk of Suffolks name.
And as for tydynges her, so God help, neythyr the Kyng nor the Lordis can as yet undyrstand no serteynte, whedyr they shall go togedyr ayen by the werre or not.
And now is werre and wo; And who so why asketh, For coveitise after cros The croune stant in golde.
Woot no wight what werreis Ther that pees regneth, Ne what is witterly wele Til weylawey!
This yere sire Herry Spenser bysshop of Norwich seyled into Flaundres with a croceryd to werre on the Flemynges.
And in this yere began thewerre in Walys be Oweyn of Glendore.
Also this same yere wente a werre in foure parties of Engelond, of every coost xxiiij schippes a werre.
I conseille yow, that ye biginne no werre in trust of your richesses; for they ne suffysen noght werres to mayntene.
But certes, wikkednesse shal be warisshed by goodnesse, discord by accord, werre by pees, and so forth of othere thinges.
For sothly, whan that werre is ones bigonne, ther is ful many a child unborn of his moder, that shal sterve yong by-cause of that ilke werre, or elles live in sorwe and dye in wrecchednesse.
And ther-fore, er that anywerre biginne, men moste have greet conseil and greet deliberacioun.
And Isope seith: "ne trust nat to hem to whiche thou hast had som-tyme werre or enmitee, ne telle hem nat thy conseil.
Whan he escaped was, he can nat stente 3925 For to biginne a newe werre agayn.
Ye han erred also, for ye han shewed to your conseillours your talent, and your affeccioun to make werreanon and for to do vengeance; / they han espyed by your wordes to what thing ye been enclyned.
That never-mo ye shul my contree dere, Ne make werre up-on me night ne day, But been my freendes in al that ye may; I yow foryeve this trespas every del.
Thei had no sustenance, the werre to mayntene, Bot skulked opon chance, & robbed ay betuene.
In Sommer tide would hee haue in wonne And in custome to be ful redie soone, With multitude of men of good array And instruments of werre of best assay.
But I was never so well armyd for the werre as I have now armyd me for cold; wherfor I avyse yow, take exampyll by me, if it happyn yow to be seek, as ye wer when I was at Caleys, in eny wyse kepe yow warme.
Bot it behoveth noght to seke 3600 Only the werre for worschipe, Bot to the riht of his lordschipe, Which he is holde to defende, Mote every worthi Prince entende.
Tho was gret wonder al aboute: Mynos the tribut hath relessed, And so was al the werre cessed Betwen Athene and hem of Crete.
For where a Prince hise lustes suieth, That he the werre noght poursuieth, Whan it is time to ben armed, His contre stant fulofte harmed, Whan thenemis ben woxe bolde, That thei defence non beholde.
Bot dedly werre hath his covine Of pestilence and of famine, Of poverte and of alle wo, Wherof this world we blamen so, 2270 Which now the werre hath under fote, Til god himself therof do bote.
Lich to the Leoun in his rage, 2590 Fro whom that alle bestes fle, Such was the knyht in his degre: Wher he was armed in the feld, Ther dorste non abide his scheld; Gret pris upon the werre he hadde.
Of hem that we Lombars now calle Albinus was the ferste of alle 2460 Which bar corone of Lombardie, And was of gret chivalerie In werre ayein diverse kinges.
That proved was on Uluxes; For whan he was most in his pes, Fortune gan to make him werre And sette his welthe al out of herre.
Pity saying-- 'Wherefore I pray you, Sir Daungere, For to mayntene no lenger here Such cruel werre agayn your man.
He must amende it utterly, Or ellis shal he vilaynsly Exyled be out of this londe; 3995 For he the werre may not withstonde Of Ielousye, nor the greef, Sith Bialacoil is at mischeef.
What worship is it agayn him take, Or on your man a werre make, 3530 Sith he so lowly every wyse Is redy, as ye lust devyse?
The Comons of Kent, as thei werre wo[n]tte, er not all weel disposid, for there is in doyng amongs hem what evere it bee.
For he sayt that ye nevyr payde hym of no fyne, nodyr for no odyr coste that a dyde for you wylle ye werre yn thys contray.
First, sin thou wost this toun hath al this werre For ravisshing of wommen so by might, It sholde not be suffred me to erre, As it stant now, ne doon so gret unright.
He gan first fallen of the werre in speche 855 Bitwixe hem and the folk of Troye toun; And of thassege he gan hir eek byseche, To telle him what was hir opinioun.
And it semeth to some other 25 folk, that noblesse of renoun be the sovereyn good; and hasten hem to geten glorious name by the arts of werre and of pees.
Diled they werre judged pares by the wholle meitting, so that after longe debeatte, they werre forcet to cast lotts, and the lott fell upon Mr. Alex Jamesone wha did succeide to the forsaide vacant regents place.
Ther werre three of the five ministers forsaide present at the disputs, viz.
All the tyme they had ther speeches, ther heads werre couered, bot when they came to the disputte, they were vncouered.
A question of grete charge and wighte,[89] meoved first to be determyned, whethir for to make werre uppon Cristen bloode is laufulle.
And where is a more holier, parfiter, or a juster thing than in youre adversary is offence and wrong-doing to make hym werre in youre rightfull title, where as none other moenys of pease can be hadde.
How seint Lowes exorted and counceiled his sonne to moeve nowerre ayenst Cristen peple.
Also of the dedis in armes of Agamemnon the {21} puissaunt king of Greece, that thoroughe cruell and egre werre ayenst the Trojens bethin .
Philip that reigned after hym, that he shulde kepe hym welle, to meove no werre ayenst no christen man, but if he had grevously done ayenst him.
And the said king Edward thrid thought rather to werre withe hym in that countre rather: tooke his vyage to Cane withe xij^c.
How a few nombre of the Romains that were expert and connyng in the werre descomfited .
And there was take ser Barthilmew Clekyn the Frenshe kingis lieutenaunt for the werre prisoner, also the Mareshalle of Fraunce, the Besque, with many othre notable lordis.
Pees is the cheef of al the worldes welthe, And to the heven it ledeth eek the way; Pees is of soule and lyfe the mannes helthe 80 Of pestilence, and doth the werre away.
Good is t'eschewe werre, and nathelees A king may make werre upon his right; 65 For of bataile the fynal ende is pees; Thus stant the lawe, that a worthy knight Upon his trouthe may go to the fight.
My liege lord, tak hede of that I say, If werremay be left, tak pees on honde, Which may nat be withoute goddes sonde.
The werre is moder of the wronges alle; It sleeth the preest in holy chirche at masse, Forlyth the mayde, and doth her flour to falle.
It is wonder, above any mannes wit, Withoute werre how Cristes fayth was wonne; And we that been upon this erthe yit Ne kepe it nat as it was first begonne.
What king that wolde be the worthieste, 75 The more he mighte our deedly werre cese, The more he shulde his worthinesse encrese.
So may a king of werre the viage Ordayne and take, as he therto is holde, To clayme and aske his rightful heritage In alle places wher it is with-holde.
The werre bringth in poverte at his heles, Wherof the comun people is sore greved; The werre hath set his cart on thilke wheles 115 Wher that fortune may not be beleved.
Didn't even have a sworrd and wanted me to think they werre doin' us a favorr!
I dived in Black Lake before youwerre borrn," said Archer.
Suppose General Joffre said that when the Huns werre hitting it forr Paris!
Maybe it isn't now even if it was when the shutterrs werre made," said Archer skeptically.
And in maner of werre assaulted them and doo their werst to take and despoile them the whiche demeanyng is full gretely ayenst our honeur and worship in especial sith the saide marchantes been heere undre our sauf conduit and ligue.
Wherefore they exorted you to make us werre and kepe us oute of the Citee.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "werre" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
