But whether that ye dwelle or for him go, I am, til god me bettre minde sende, 930 At dulcarnon, right at my wittes ende.
Pray God that Horace bee in his right wittes to raile now.
So grace is a gyfte of God, And kynde witt a chaunce, And cleregie and connyng of kynde Wittes techynge; And yut is cleregie to comende Fore Cristes love more, Than eny connynge of kynde witt, Bote cleregie hit rewele.
Wherfore Galgano at his wittes ende, was voyde of aduise what to do or saye, seing the great crueltie and rigor raigning in her breste, vnto whom hee dayle prayed for better successe and fortune than to himselfe.
These four persons being together, and debating how and by what meanes the cup should be taken away, were at their wittes ende.
And thus thenkende thoghtes fele, I was out of mi swoune affraied, Wherof I sih my wittes straied, 2860 And gan to clepe hem hom ayein.
To serve Accidie in his office, Ther is of Slowthe an other vice, 540 Which cleped is Foryetelnesse; That noght mai in his herte impresse Of vertu which reson hath sett, So clene his wittes he foryet.
Bot if thou cowthest sette in reule Tho tuo, the thre were eth to reule: Forthi as of thi wittes five I wole as now nomore schryve, Bot only of these ilke tuo.
My goode Sone, god thamende: For as me thenketh be thi speche Thi wittes ben riht feer to seche.
Here lyves thanne were longe, Here wittes grete, here mihtes stronge, Here hertes ful of besinesse, Wherof the worldes redinesse In bodi bothe and in corage Stant evere upon his avantage.
And thus of al his wit withinne 3090 This king began to studie and muse, What strange matiere he myhte use The knyhtes wittes to confounde; And ate laste he hath it founde, And for the knyht anon he sente, That he schal telle what he mente.
I am not ignorant that the subtill wittes of carnall men (which can neuer be broght vnder obedience of Goddes simple preceptes to maintein this monstruous empire) haue yet two vaine shiftes[146].
Ac God is so good, I hope, That siththe he gaf hem wittes 7970 To wissen us weyes therwith That wissen us to be saved, And the bettre for hir bokes To bidden we ben holden, That God for his grace Gyve hir soules reste.
Inwit and alle wittes Closed ben therinne, For love of the lady Anima, 5260 That lif is y-nempned; Over al in mannes body He walketh and wandreth.
Lyveris to-forn us Useden to marke For selkouthes that thei seighen, Hir sones for to teche; And helden it an heigh science Hir wittes to knowe.
I the more lament, that soch wittes commonlie be either kepte from learning, by fond fathers, or bet from learning by lewde scholemasters.
Quicke wittes commonlie, be apte to take, vnapte to keepe: soone hote and desirous of this and that: as colde and sone the brynging vp of youth.
Papistes at home, procured bawdie bookes to be translated out of the Italian tonge, whereby ouer many yong willes and wittes allured to wantonnes, do now boldly contemne all seuere bookes that sounde to honestie and godlines.
So helpe me god, ther-by shal he nat winne, 740 But empte his purs, and make his wittes thinne.
I wol entende to winnen, if I may, (180) And nat entende our wittes to declare.
I wol yow nat contrarien in no wyse 705 As fer as that my wittes wol suffyse; I prey to god that it may plesen yow, Than woot I wel that it is good y-now.
Suffiseth thee, but if thy wittes madde, To han as greet a grace as Noë hadde.
Al that is lawe cometh of goddes ordinaunce, by kyndly worching; and thilke thinges ordayned by mannes wittes arn y-cleped right, which is ordayned by many maners and in constitucion written.
God forbid that nyse unthrifty thought shulde come in thy mynde, 55 thy wittesto trouble; sithen every thing in coming is contingent.
Wherfore I pray to the holy gost, he lene of his oyntmentes, mennes wittes to clere; and, for goddes love, no man wonder why or how this question come to my mynde.
Me thinketh thee now duller in wittes than whan I with thee first mette.
And ther-upon he shal his wittes stable 145 Among the men to sette pees in evene, For love of him whiche is the king of hevene.
A disesely habitacion letteth the wittes [in] many thinges, and namely in sorowe.
Was not fayned love redily purveyed, thy wittes to cacche and tourne thy good thoughtes?
Christmas, 1915, spent at Witteswas a very cheery one.
Our before breakfast parade at Witteson a few occasions took the novel form of the whole Battalion doubling up and down along the Canal side to the accompaniment of the drums.
Of al the worlde cure have I In brede and lengthe; boldely I wol bothe preche and eek counceilen; 6845 With hondis wille I not traveilen, For of the pope I have the bulle; I ne holde not my wittes dulle.
Neither yet these thynges dissonaunt from vertue, and not associate, are commendable onely for vertues sake: and to the ende of vertue, the wittes of our auncestours were incensed to inuent these thynges.
It shall serue among wittes of no higher breeding then thine Poin.
Maluolio, Maluolio, thywittes the heauens restore: endeauour thy selfe to sleepe, and leaue thy vaine bibble babble Mal.
It is not vnknowen, but that many thinges hath ben more diligently discussed, and more clearely vnderstanded by the wittes of these latter dayes, as well concerning the gospels as other scriptures, then in olde tyme they were.
The matter semed to Abdolominus like a dreame, and demaunded of theim, if their wittes were sounde, that did deride him in that sorte.
Alas, what blindnes is that, which captiuateth the wittes and spirite of him, that feedeth himselfe of nothing els, but vpon the rage of fantastical despite and vpon the furie of dispaire.
Then roming vp and downe vppon the grasse, he seemed rather to be a man straught and bounde with chaines, than like one that had his wittes and vnderstanding.
Hymself loued for to harpe, And layde [th]eron hiswittes scharpe.
Wherof hire wittes ben withdrawe, And sche, which tok of deth no kepe, Anon forth lepte into the depe 160 And wolde have cawht him in hire arm.
The king somdele had an envie, And thought he wolde hiswittes plie To sete some conclusion, Which shulde be confusion Unto this knight, so that the name And of wisdom the highe fame Toward him selfe he wolde winne.
And thus of all his wit withinne This king began to studie and muse What straunge mater he might use The knightes wittes to confounde; And ate last he hath it founde, And for the knight anon he sente, That he shall telle what he mente.
Queint wittesmust haue a Priuiledge to prank-vp their dainty limmes, & to fawne vpon their owne tricksie deuises.
About 1610 John Davies of Hereford published his 'Wittes Pilgrimage .
There are forty-eight sonnets on the Trinity and similar topics appended to Davies's Wittes Pilgrimage (1610 ?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wittes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
