Many other yles there ben in the lond of Prestre John, and many grete marveyles, that weren to long to tellen alle, bothe of his ricchesse and of his noblesse, and of the gret plentee also of precious stones, that he hathe.
But of the princypalle yles and of his estate and of his lawe, I schalle telle zou som partye.
Of the Customs of Kynges, and othere that dwellen in the Yles costynge to Prestre Johnes Lond.
And thoyles ben right where that the Rede See departethe fro the see occean.
And in generalle, alle the men of tho yles and of alle the marches there abouten, ben more trewe than in ony othere contrees there abouten, and more righte fulle than othere, in alle thinges.
And therfore men returnen from tho yles aboveseyd, be other yles costynge fro the lond of Prestre John.
This Prestre John hathe undre him many kynges and many yles and many dyverse folk of dyverse condiciouns.
This Emperour Prestre John holt fulle gret lond, and hathe many fulle noble cytees and gode townes in his royalme, and many grete dyvene yles ond large.
And his lond durethe in verry brede 4 moneths iorneyes, and in lengthe out of measure; that is to seyn, alle the yles undir erthe, that wee supposen to ben undir us.
And in tho yles men seen ther no sterres so clerly as in other places: for there apperen no sterres, but only o clere sterre, that men clepen Canapos.
So we were comming from the yles of Canaries to S.
Anthony his brother, to the yles of Frisland, etc.
The letter then commands the Scotch Privy Council to learn "upon what warrant they ["the landislordis of the Yles wher the fisching is"] tak thess dewteis.
After goynge be see and be londe, toward this contree, of that I have spoke, and to other yles and londes bezonde that contree, I have founden the sterre Antartyk of 33 degrees of heghte, and mo mynutes.
Many other dyverse folk of dyverse nature ben there in other yles abouten, of the whiche it were to longe to telle: and therfore I passe over schortly.
And also these yles of Ynde, which beth even azenst us, beth noght reckned in the climates; for thei ben azenst us, that ben in the lowe contree.
And the kyng of that contree is a fulle gret lord and a ryche and a myghty, and hathe undre him 7 other kynges of 7 other yles abouten hym.
In one of theise yles ben folk of gret stature, as Geauntes; and thei ben hidouse for to loke upon; and thei han but on eye, and that is in the myddylle of the front; and thei eten no thing but raw flessche and raw fyssche.
Aftreward men gon be many yles be see, unto an yle, that men clepen Milke: and there is a fulle cursed peple: for thei delyten in ne thing more, than for to fighten and to sle men.
And many other yles ben there about; where ther ben many of dyverse folk: of the whiche it were to longe to speke of alle.
Of the Trees, that beren Mele, Hony, Wyn and Venym; and of othere Mervayilles and Customes, used in the Yles marchinge thereabouten.
And of that generacioun of Cham, ben comen the Paynemes, and dyverse folk, that ben in yles of the see, be alle Ynde.
Now schalle I seye [y]ou semyngly of Countrees and Yles that ben be[y]onde the Countrees that I have spoken of.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "yles" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
