Fayne

Some fayne that in that place Mahumet lyued in contemplation. ❋ Unknown (2003)

¶ And whan thou hast no grutchynge in these/thenne meyst thou be fayne. ❋ Thomas Betson (N/A)

But in processe of tyme, when all hope was paste of their recouerye, they loste not onely their credite, but the creditours desirous to be payde, were fayne to sende them to pryson. ❋ William Painter (N/A)

Whiche to be short is, that for the execution of this our enterpryse, it behoueth you to fayne your selfe to be sicke, and to suffer your selfe to be trayned into suche maladies as there shall rather appeare in you token of death, than hope of lyfe. ❋ William Painter (N/A)

And when he had long beholden his manner and order sayd: “Your personage doth not degenerate from the fame of your progenitors, but I would fayne knowe, howe pacient you were in the tyme of your pouertie.” ❋ William Painter (N/A)

I pray you let them not, I was fayne there to geve place to Robyn Hoode. ❋ Various (N/A)

And their reuenues (not able to mainteine their expences) began to decrease, whereupon they were fayne to morgage and sell their inheritaunce, in suche wyse as in the ende they grewe to extreme pouertie. ❋ William Painter (N/A)

And if thei chaunce to be met and asked by the owners of the grounde what they make there, they fayne straighte that they have loste theyr waye, and desyre to be enstructed the beste way to suche a place. ❋ John Earle (N/A)

I thought my rochet should have been regarded thoughe I were not; but it woulde not serve, it was fayne to give place to Robyn Hoode's men. ❋ Various (N/A)

Again The supper of the Lorde was not instituted to the end that such a sacrifice for synne (as they fayne) shuld be made of it/but that in the vse of it the communicantes shuld be put in mynde/and made partakers of that only propiciatorie sacrifice which christe offered ons only for all euer vppon the crosse. ❋ Peter Martyr (N/A)

And if he can telle mee of a citie on earthe where one can see more prettye, tiny feete, in neater shoos or gaytered bootes, thann hee may then beholde, I wolde fayne knowe where itt is, thatt I maye go there too. ❋ Various (N/A)

I would fayne see some rare and artificiall feate indeede, that some admiration and fame might insue the dooing thereof: ❋ R. G. (N/A)

Æneidos_ into English meetre, said that _Æneas_ was fayne to trudge out of ❋ George Puttenham (N/A)

Euen so truly at this daye many do saye that they are more simple then that they can vnderstond the dissension in religion and gyue answer of all controuersies: But they do vnderstond so mutch as sufficith: yet for the ieoperdies which be at hand/or for sum vayne feare/they do fayne that they do not vnderstonde. ❋ Peter Martyr (N/A)

Some rore, some _counter_, some their _ballads fayne_: ❋ Unknown (1900)

The last three lines quoted mention 'solfa' and 'fayne.' ❋ Unknown (1900)

Whan his men saw hym hol and sounde, for sothe they were full fayne. ❋ Unknown (1898)

Truste then to truth, and neither forge nor fayne, 984 ❋ Frederick James Furnivall (1867)

That it nedeth no studie to forge or to fayne; wherfore saye truth, how euer stand the case, 952 ❋ Frederick James Furnivall (1867)

[Sidenote: Plato.] ++To forge, to fayne, to flater and lye, 944 ❋ Frederick James Furnivall (1867)

[Do you] know [who that is]? [DO YOU] KNOW [WHO THAT IS]??!!! It's Fayne. ❋ FrenZySwag (2011)