desport

• “And he had also in his gardyn alle maner of foules and of bestes that ony man myghte thenke on, for to have pley or desport to beholde hem.”

  The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville

• “And alle aboute theise dyches and vyneres, is the grete gardyn, fulle of wylde bestes; so that, whan the gret Cane wil have ony desport on that, to taken ony of tho wylde bestes or of the foules, he wil lete chace hem and taken hem at the wyndowes, with outen goynge out of his chambre.”

  The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville

• “And in the myd place of on of his gardynes, is a lytylle mountayne, wher there is a litylle medewe: and in that medewe, is a litylle toothille with toures and pynacles, alle of gold: and in that litylle toothille wole he sytten often tyme, for to taken the ayr and to desporten hym: for that place is made for no thing elles, but only for his desport.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “And above the chambre of this chariot, that the emperour sittethe inne, ben sett upon a perche 4 or 5 or 6 gerfacouns; to that entent, that whan the emperour seethe ony wylde foul, that he may take it at his owne list, and have the desport and the pley of the flight; first with on, and aftre with another: and so he takethe his desport passynge be the contree.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “And suche pleyes of desport thei make, til the takynge up of the boordes.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “For he myghten not seye no thing of newe, in the whiche the hereres myghten haven outher solace or desport or lust or lykynge in the herynge.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “It is another story at Harare's nightspots on "gay night" when the queens desport themselves with abandon in full drag, and catch taxis home at dawn without bothering to change.”

  ANC Daily News Briefing

• “And thus these foure lords and foure ladies came into the queenes chamber with great light of torches, and dansed a great season, and then put off their visors, and were all well knowne, and then the queene hartily thanked the king's grace for her goodlie pastime and desport.”

  A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide

• “Among the pieces found in it are -- _Sir Eglamoure of Artoys_, _Maying or desport of Chaucer_, _Buke of Gude Counsale to the Kyng_, _Flytting of”

  A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898

• “They have merely a background of our finite personalities, and minds, before which they may desport themselves. until, alas! the very background fades away to dust, and both background and shadows disappear.”

  A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga

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