Crossword-Solution: PRESTE 6 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 8

When he hunteth in places fensed aboute, two or thre armed women stande preste, [Footnote: Preste--_ready_.] for his aide, and defence.

For as well the kynge as the people, ones vndrestandyng their foresawes, and knowyng the certeintie of their iudgemintes by former experience: shone the euilles, and are preste to attende vpon that, that is good.

The _Nonne Preste's Tale_, likewise, which Dryden modernized with admirable humor, was of the class of _fabliaux_, and was suggested by a little poem in forty lines, _Dou Coc et Werpil_, by Marie de France, a Norman poetess of the 13th century.

Certes, biaus amis, fox es-tu, 4911 Quant tu ne prises ung festu Ce que por ton preu te sermon; S'en voil encor faire ung sermon; Car de tout mon pooir sui preste D'acomplir ta bonne requeste; Mais ne sai s'il te vaudra guieres.

Idus Decembris._ ¶ THIS PRESENT BOKE NAMED THE SHYP OF FOLYS OF THE WORLDE WAS TRANSLATED IN THE COLLEGE OF SAYNT MARY OTERY IN THE COUNTE OF DEUONSHYRE: OUT OF LATEN, FRENCH, AND DOCHE INTO ENGLYSSHE TONGE BY ALEXANDER BARCLAY PRESTE: AND AT THAT TYME CHAPLEN IN THE SAYDE COLLEGE.