A Table of some obscureWordis with their Significations, efter the ordour of the Alphabet.
I haue insert for the filling out of thir vacand pageis, the verie wordis of Plinius vpon the Phoenix, as followis.
And of thi wordis beis trew and [s]table, Spek not to mych, nore be not vareable.
By suffraunce, and [by] wordis softe, A man may overcomen ofte Him that aforn he hadde in drede, 3465 In bookis sothly as I rede.
For no-thing eek thy tunge applye To speke wordis of ribaudye.
For I nought holde him, in good feith, Curteys, that foule wordis seith.
For ye may wel, if that ye wille, Your wordis waste in idilnesse; For utterly, withouten gesse, Al that ye seyn is but in veyne.
These were his wordis by and by; It semed he loved me trewly.
This satisfyed, for that tyme, the hoill assemblie: And this was the practise of the Quene and of hir Counsall, with fair wordis to dryve tyme, as befoir we have said.
Madam, yf the reportaris of mywordis had bene honest men, thai wold have reaported my wordis, and the circumstances of the same.
Interpreit my rude wordis in the best pairte, as written by him who is no ennemye to your Grace.
Gif your Lordschip rychtlie considder these sentences, ye sall nocht onlie find my wordis to be the wordis of the Holie Goist, but also the conditioune quhilk I use to adde, to haif the assurance of Godis Scriptouris.
Albeit that the malitious wordis of sick can neather hurte the treuth of God, nor yitt us that thairupoun depend, yitt the speakar for his treasone against God committed, and against this poore Commounwealth, deserves the gallowes.
And who so with his wrathe spekith folily wordis of sclaundre, he is worthi to be punishid with the fire of helle.
Crist diffineth thus, that who so is wroth to his brother is worthi of judgment to be dampnyd in helle: and who so with his ire speketh wordis of scorne, he is worthi to be dampned in counsaile of the Trinitie.
He denyit the same, quhill I schew him the verray wordis was spokin.
Ze sall say aneuch, gif the mater or ground do lyke yow; and mony fair wordis to Lethingtoun.
Bot as to the last, how sone yat I spak twa or thre gude wordisunto him, he rejoysis, and is out of dout.
Interpret my rud[e] wordis in the best part as written by him who is no ennemye to your grace.
Ze sall say aneuch, gif the mater or ground do lyke yow, and mony fair wordis to Lethingtoun.
For certaintie he suspectis that thing ye know, and of his lyif: bot as to the last, how sone I speak twa or thrie guid wordis unto hym, he rejois and is out of doubt.
He denyit the same quhill I schew him the verray wordis was spokin.
Bot as to the last, how sone that I spak twa or thre gude wordis unto him, he rejoysis, and is out of dout.
Then Florence, faltering in her say, Trembling these wordis spoke: 'Ah, cruel Edward!
These tidings be more glad to me, Than to be made a queen, If I were sure they should endure; But it is often seen, When men will break promise, they speak The wordis on the spleen.
Theis tidingis be more glad to me 325 Than to be made a quene, Yf I were sure they shuld endure; But it is often seen, When men wyl breke promyse, they speke The wordis on the splene.
Many faythfull wordis said he in the meane tyme, takin no head or cair of the cruell tormentis which war then prepared for him.
This in few wordis is the mynd of the faithfull, being present, and otheris absent.
Then answered him a cheild,[415] saying, "The Devill cane not speik such wordis as yonder man doith speik.
Thei all three did promese to report his wordis sa fer as thai culd, whiche efterwardis we understoode thai did.
But what occasioun thei have to say such wordis of me, I sall schortlie schaw your Lordschippes.
For that is a thing discommendable, 276 And hit is no signe of folkes sage To ben of wordis besy and outrage; For the wyse man seyth pleinly in sentence, 'He shall be wyse that yevith Audience.
Thar is bot this, with outyn wordis mor; 270 “To the Torwod; for our succour is thar.
Schir Amar said; “Trewis it wordis tak; “Quhill eft for him prowisioune we may mak.
And he him tald, as I haiff said befor, The kingis desyr; quhat nedis wordis mor?
In to gret scorn with outyn wordis mayr, The taillis all off thai four horss thai schayr.
For thi onon, with outyn wordis mo, He gart forsé, and ordand weill his schip.
Ay as he met thame in the way, 255 He welcummyt thame with gladsum fair, Spekand gud wordis heir and thair.
Bot he, with fals wordis flechand, Wes with his sonnys ay cumand.
Than spak thai wordis to and fra, 296 Till at the last the Kyng can say; "Fortoun has travalit us this day, "That scalit us sa suddandly.
With sic wordis thai maid thair mayne; And sekirly wonder wes nane: For better governour than he Mycht in na cuntre fundyn be.
And quhen thir wordis spoken weir, With sary cher he held him still Quhill men had done of him thar will.
And whan we did put it among the water, Satan wes with ws, and learned ws the wordis following, to say thryse ower.
Spare me not, I pray the, bot euen as thou thynk, Thise grete wordis shall not flay me.
Than laid the Ravin ane replycatioun, Syne said, “Thy reasone is nocht worth ane myte, As I sall prove, with protestatioun That no man tak my wordis in dispyte.
Nothir wil I hald the, nor thi wordis contrar: Pas on thi way, towart Itale thou fair; Seik throu the fludis with wyndis to that ryng.
And, be the contrar, mony sensymentis For Turnus schawys evident argumentis: Of queyn Amatha the gret authoryte Dekkis and defendis hym with wordis sle; 20 And hys gret fame and actis triumphall Hys querrell dyd susteyn agane thame all.
Thus endit he; and all the remanent Intill a voce sammyn gave thar consent: Quham the reuthfull Eneas with glaid cheir Ressauyt hes full tendyrly infeir; And, in few wordis and a frendly mynd 25 Thame ansuerand, he carpys on this kynd.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wordis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
