What is "weake"

Usage examples of "weake".

Bulrush, and weake Cyprus, to torment the foulding Vines, to trouble the bending Willowe, and to breake downe the brittle Firre bowghes, vnder the hornes of the lasciuious Bull, as they do in winter.

Now shal you know all the estate of our house, now shal you know the hidden secrets of my mistres, unto whome the powers of hel do obey, and by whom the celestial planets are troubled, the gods made weake, and the elements subdued, neither is the violence of her art in more strength and force, than when she espieth some comly young man that pleaseth her fancie, as oftentimes it hapneth, for now she loveth one Boetian a fair and beautiful person, on whom she employes al her sorcerie and enchantment, and I heard her say with mine own ears yester night, that if the Sun had not then presently gon downe, and the night come to minister convenient time to worke her magicall enticements, she would have brought perpetuall darkness over all the world her selfe.

Nowe they which will looke higher, they see a Figure in a tryne aspect, and the higher that they goe towardes the toppe, where the vnion of the three is, be they neuer so wise, their vnderstanding is vnperfect: and although that they see it, yet they knowe not what they see, but that there is such a thing, in comparison whereof, they are fooles, theyr power weake, and themselues nothing.

My legges weake, feeble, and fowltering vnder mee, my spirites languishing, and my sences in a maner gone from mee.

But how should I speake of the horses my companions, how they being old and weake, thrust their heads into the manger : they had their neckes all wounded and worne away : they rated their nosethrilles with a continuall cough, their sides were bare with their harnesse and great travell, their ribs were broken with beating, their hooves were battered broad with incessant labour, and their skinne rugged by reason of their lancknesse.

Every man knoweth well the signes and tokens of love, and the malady convenient to the same : Her countenance was pale, her eyes sorrowfull, her knees weake, and there was no comfort in her, but continuall weeping and sobbing, insomuch that you would have thought that she had some spice of an ague, saving that she wept unmeasurably: the Phisitians knew not her disease, when they felt the beating of her veines, the intemperance of her heart, the sobbing sighes, and her often tossing of every side : No, no, the cunning Phisitian knew it not, but a scholler of Venus Court might easily conjecture the whole.

Now shal you know all the estate of our house, now shal you know the hidden secrets of my mistres, unto whome the powers of hel do obey, and by whom the celestial planets are troubled, the gods made weake, and the elements subdued, neither is the violence of her art in more strength and force, than when she espieth some comly young man that pleaseth her fancie, as oftentimes it hapneth, for now she loveth one Boetian a fair and beautiful person, on whom she employes al her sorcerie and enchantment, and I heard her say with mine own ears yester night, that if the Sun had not then presently gon downe, and the night come to minister convenient time to worke her magicall enticements, she would have brought perpetuall darkness over all the world her selfe.

Such as Diana by the sandie shoreOf swift Eurotas, or on Cynthus greene,Where all the Nymphes haue her vnwares forlore,Wandreth alone with bow and arrowes keene,To seeke her game: Or as that famous QueeneOf Amazons, whom Pyrrhus did destroy,The day that first of Priame she was seene,Did shew her selfe in great triumphant ioy,To succour the weake state of sad afflicted Troy.

In which amazement, when the MiscreantPerceiued him to wauer weake and fraile,Whiles trembling horror did his conscience dant,And hellish anguish did his soule assaile,To driue him to despaire, and quite to quaile,He shew'd him painted in a table plaine,The damned ghosts, that doe in torments waile,And thousand feends that doe them endlesse paineWith fire and brimstone, which for euer shall remaine.

Thus goe they both together to their geare,With like fierce minds, but meanings different:For the proud Souldan with presumpteous cheare,And countenance sublime and insolent,Sought onely slaughter and auengement:But the braue Prince for honour and for right,Gainst tortious powre and lawlesse regiment,In the behalfe of wronged weake did fight:More in his causes truth he trusted then in might.

And them amongst, some were of burnisht gold,So made by art, to beautifie the rest,Which did themselues emongst the leaues enfold,As lurking from the vew of couetous guest,That the weake bowes, with so rich load opprest,Did bow adowne, as ouer-burdened.

Me ill besits, that in der-doing armes,And honours suit my vowed dayes do spend,Vnto thy bounteous baytes, and pleasing charmes,With which weake men thou witchest, to attend:Regard of worldly mucke doth fowly blend,And low abase the high heroicke spright,That ioyes for crownes and kingdomes to contend.

But when as daies faire shinie-beame, yclowdedWith fearefull shadowes of deformed night,Warn'd man and beast in quiet rest be shrowded,Bold Radigund with sound of trumpe on hight,Causd all her people to surcease from fight,And gathering them vnto her citties gate,Made them all enter in before her sight,And all the wounded, and the weake in state,To be conuayed in, ere she would once retrate.