Alle tho that thuwolt bidde fore and blesse the tyme þ{a}t thu wer{e} bore.
What wolt thow seyn, if I for Eleyne sente To speke of this?
I shal thy proces sette in swich a kinde, And god to-forn, that it shall thee suffyse, 335 For it shal been right as thou wolt devyse.
If thou sayest thou wolt not travaile for to saye the masse but for the peny, +than certes, if this be soth, than thou lovest to littel mede for thy soule.
But if thou woltmake comparisoun to ever, what joye mayst thou have in erthly name?
And right as while thou wrytest nat or els wolt nat wryte, it is nat nedeful thee to wryte 200 or els wilne to wryte.
Of whiche right sone, I trowe, if thou wolt understonde, thou shalt conne yeve the sentence to the partie more probable 120 by reson, and in soth knowing, by that I have of this mater maked an ende.
And wolt thou acompt with Fortune, that now at [t]he first she hath don thee tene and sorowe?
And if thou wolt algates with superfluite of riches be a-throted, thou shalt hastelich be anoyed, or els yvel at ese.
Forthi, my Sone, if thou wolt love, It sit thee wel to leve Pride And take Humblesce upon thi side; The more of grace thou schalt gete.
And forto proeven it is so Ensamples ther ben manyon, Of whiche if thou wolt knowen on, It is behovely forto hiere What whilom fell in this matiere.
Mi Sone, now thou hast conceived Somwhat of that I wolde mene; Hierafterward it schal be sene If that thou lieve upon mi lore; For I can do to thee nomore Bot teche thee the rihte weie: Now ches if thou wolt live or deie.
For this I do thee wel to wite, If thou thin helewolt pourchace, Thou miht noght make suite and chace, 2930 Wher that the game is nought pernable; It were a thing unresonable, A man to be so overseie.
And if thou wolt the sothe wite, Behold a tale which is write, Hou that the King Agamenon, Whan he the Cite of Lesbon Hath wonne, a Maiden ther he fond, Which was the faireste of the Lond In thilke time that men wiste.
And also if thou wolt pourchace To be beloved, thou most use Largesce, for if thou refuse To yive for thi loves sake, It is no reson that thou take Of love that thou woldest crave.
Forthi, if thou wolt grace have, Be gracious and do largesse, Of Avarice and the seknesse 410 Eschuie above alle other thing, And tak ensample of Mide king And of the flod of helle also, Where is ynowh of alle wo.
And if thou wolt be such a weie Do my plesance and holde it stille, For evere I schal ben at thi wille, Bothe I and al myn heritage.
Ha, herte, why ne wolt thou berste, That forth with hire I myhte passe?
Forthi, my goode diere Sone, If thou wolt finde a siker weie To love, put Envie aweie.
O mighty god, if that it be thy wille, Sith thou art rightful Iuge, how may it be That thou wolt suffren innocents to spille, 815 And wikked folk regne in prosperitee?
The firste vertu, sone, if thou wolt lere, Is to restreyne and kepe wel thy tonge.
Go and chese thee the best · and spare non of alle 180 Of steedes or of coursers · that stonden hem bisyde; And tel me, goode brother · whider thou wolt ryde.
Ther lakketh no-thing to thyn utter yën That thou nart blind, for thing that we seen alle That it is stoon, that men may wel espyen, 500 That ilke stoon a god thou wolt it calle.
Alderfirst thou shalt considere, that in thilke thing that thou purposest, and upon what thing thou wolt have conseil, that verray trouthe be seyd and conserved; this is to seyn, telle trewely thy tale.
Certis, freend, a fool art thou 5185 Whan that thou no-thing wolt allowe That I [thee] for thy profit say.
It wanteth litel I wol thee slo; 3150 For Bialacoil ne knew thee nought, Whan thee to serve he sette his thought; For thou wolt shame him, if thou might, Bothe ageyn resoun and right.
Do it than, if thou wolt have The mede that thou aftir crave.
This comfort wol I that thou take; And if the next thou wolt forsake Which is not lesse saverous, Thou shuldist been to daungerous.
Thyn herte ful sore thou wolt dispyse, And eek repreve of cowardyse, 2490 That thou, so dulle in every thing, Were dom for drede, without speking.
The negardye in keping hir richesse Prenostik is thou wolt hir tour assayle; Wikke appetyt comth ay before seknesse: 55 In general, this reule may nat fayle.
And if thou woltfulfille thy nede after that it suffiseth to nature, than is it no nede that thou seke after the superfluitee of fortune.
And thus this god, thorgh his meryte, Wol with som maner thing thee quyte, 670 So that thou wolt be of good chere.
But o thinge I wil warne thee (560) Of the which thou wolt have wonder.
Whiles thow art yong, And thi wepene kene, 5540 Wreke thee with wyvyng, If thow wolt ben excused.
Therfor yf thow wolt double any nombre, write that nombre by his differences, and double the last.
And yif thou wolt leden thy lyf in delices, every wight shal despisen thee and forleten thee, as thou that art thral to thing that is right foul 15 and brotel; that is to seyn, servaunt to thy body.
And yif thouwolt fulfille thy nede after that it suffyseth to nature, than is it no nede that thou seke after 55 the superfluitee of fortune.
And forthy, if thou wolt fleen the perilous aventure, that is to seyn, of the worlde; have minde certeinly to ficchen thyn hous of a merye site in a lowe stoon.
But thou wolt seyn that, al-be-it so that prescience nis nat cause of the necessitee of bitydinge to thinges 40 to comen, algates yit it is a signe that the thinges ben to bityden by necessitee.
Yif thou wolt 5 gadre violettes, ne go thou not to the purpur wode whan the feld, chirkinge, agryseth of colde by the felnesse of the winde that highte Aquilon.
And yif thouwolt shynen with dignitees, thou most bisechen and supplien hem that yeven tho dignitees.
But natheles, yif thou wolt maken comparisoun to the endeles spaces 65 of eternitee, what thing hast thou by whiche thou mayst reioysen thee of long lastinge of thy name?
Thenne seyde the marchaunt, Der frend, I sette not so muche be thi londes, but yf thow wolt make this covenaunt, that I shal sey to the, I wolle fulfill thi wille.
This saide he I am redy to do thi wille, yf thou wolt do my petucion.
If þou wolt have it white; nonþer parsel ne safroun but do þerto amydoun.
If þou wolt have zelow, do þerto safroun and no parsel.
And now they have all supped, thou wolt surely abi', Except thou imagine some pretty and crafty lie.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wolt" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
