Crossword-Solution: EEKE 4 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 8

Eeke Thome Tynker, with alle hees pannes olde And alle the wyres of Banebury that he solde, His styth, his hamour, his bagge portatyf, Bare vp his arme whane he faught with his wyff: He foonde for haste no better bokeller, Vpon his cheeke the distaff came so neer.

Not with standing, he hathe compassyoun Of the poure housbandes trybulacyoun, 230 So afft arrested with theyre wyves rokkes Which of theyre distaves haue so many knokkes, Peysing also in his regallye The lawe tht wymmen allegge for theyre partye, Custume, Nature and eeke prescripcyoun, Statuyt vsed by confirmacyoun, Processe and daate of tyme oute of mynde, Recorde of Cronycles, witnesse of hir kuynde.

The like that > [A similar predicament to] tide > time 306.22 As you in woods and wanton wildernesse 2 Your glory set, to chace the saluage beasts, So my delight is all in ioyfulnesse, 4 In beds, in bowres, in banckets, and in feasts: And ill becomes you with your loftie creasts, 6 To scorne the ioy, that _Ioue_ is glad to seeke; We both are bound to follow heauens beheasts, 8 And tend our charges with obeisance meeke: Spare, gentle sister, with reproch my paine to eeke.

She was the mother of Thorstein Swart, the Wise, who found the "Summer eeke." Thorhild was the name of a fifth daughter of Thorstein.

What chylde that day is borne is his Fortune to be doughty and wys, Discrete al-so and sleeghe of deede, To fynde feel[56] folkes mete and weede.[57] If Cristmasse day on therusday bee, A wonder wynter yee shoule see, Of wyndes, and of weders wicke,[58] Tempestes eeke many and thicke.