"Prease" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... thought I lough,* *laughed And gan to marvel in my thought, How ever such a ship was wrought.* *constructed For *what people that can increase,* *however the numbers increased* Nor ne'er so thick might be the prease,* *press, crowd But alle hadde room at will; There was not one was lodged ill. For, as I trow, myself the last Was one, and lodged by the mast; And where I look'd I saw such room As all were lodged in a town. Forth went the ship, said was the creed; And on their knees, *for ...
— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer
... clene thy nailes, thyn handes wassh{e} also To-fore mete, and whan thow dooest arise; Sitte in that place thow art assigned to; 24 Prease nat to hye in no man{er} wise; And til thow se afore the thy service, Be nat to hasty on brede for to byte, Of gredynesse lest men wolde the ...
— Early English Meals and Manners • Various |
