What is "sweete"

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Hemus, but rather Lepolemus her husband, for after much communication he beganne to speake more franckly, not fearing at all my presence, and said, Be of good cheere my sweete friend Charites, for thou shalt have by and by all these thy enemies captive unto thee.

For after the hore-frost, ensued the hot and temperat sun, whereby the little birds weening that the spring time had bin come, did chirp and sing in their steven melodiously : the mother of stars, the parent of times, and mistres of all the world : The fruitfull trees rejoyced at their fertility : The barren and sterill were contented at their shadow, rendering sweete and pleasant shrills !

Then doth shee trowle to me the bowle, Even as a mault-worme sholde, And sayth, sweete harte, I took my parte Of this jolly good ale and olde.

While I did angerly devise with my selfe all these things, I perceived by certaine signes and tokens (not ignorant to so wise an Asse) that he was not the notable theefe Hemus, but rather Lepolemus her husband, for after much communication he beganne to speake more franckly, not fearing at all my presence, and said, Be of good cheere my sweete friend Charites, for thou shalt have by and by all these thy enemies captive unto thee.

And right anon his tale he hath attamed, And thus he seyde unto us everichon, This sweete preest, this goodly man sir John.

The fyres brenden upon the auter brighte, That it gan al the temple for to lighte, And sweete smel the ground anon upyaf, And Arcita anon his hand uphaf, And moore encens into the fyr he caste, With othere rytes mo, and atte laste The statue of Mars bigan his hauberk rynge, And with that soun he herde a murmurynge, Ful lowe and dym, and seyde thus, `Victorie!

The nyght cam, and to bedde moste she gon With hir housbonde, as ofte is the manere, And pryvely to hym she seyde anon, "O sweete and wel biloved spouse deere, Ther is a conseil, and ye wolde it heere, Which that right fayn I wolde unto yow seye, So that ye swere ye shul me nat biwreye.

But he was chaast and no lechour, And sweete as is the brembulflour That bereth the rede hepe.

There did the warlike Maide her selfe repose,Vnder the wings of Isis all that night,And with sweete rest her heauy eyes did close,After that long daies toile and weary plight.

White hand Eunica, proud Dynamene,Ioyous Thalia, goodly Amphitrite,Louely Pasithee, kinde Eulimene,Lifht goote Cymothoe, and sweete Melite,Fairest Pherusa, Phao lilly white,Wondred Agaue, Poris, and Nesæa,With Erato that doth in loue delite,And Panopæ, and wise Protomedæa,And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.

For though I hadde hem in myne handes two, The savour myghte in me no depper go, The sweete smel that in myn herte I fynde Hath chaunged me al in another kynde.

And foorth they passe, with pleasure forward led,Ioying to heare the birdes sweete harmony,Which therein shrouded from the tempest dred,Seemd in their song to scorne the cruell sky.

Of French Lavender he says: 'The whole plant is somewhat sweete, but nothing so much as Lavender.