mirthe

The sad shal be discharged of heauinesse, the angrie and cholericke purged, the pleasaunt mainteined in mirthe, the whole furnished with disporte, and the sicke appaysed of griefe.

The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

And saying so, hee kissed and embraced his litle neuewes, and was loth that Adelasia should make rehersall of other talke but of mirthe and pleasure.

The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

In this sorte they spent the day in great ioye and mirthe

The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

‘Now let us speke of mirthe, and stinte50 al this;

The Nun's Priest's Tale. Lines 201-400 1909

Wher-bie was nothing else ment, but that learninge shold be alwaise mingled, with honest mirthe, and cumlie exercises: and that warre also shold be gouerned by learning, and moderated by wisdom, as did well appeare in those Capitaines of Athenes named by me before, and also in Scipio & Cæsar, the two

The Scholemaster 1870

And because our trespasse is so little, therefore our Lord hath sent us here, out of all paine, in full great joy and mirthe, after his pleasing, here to serve him on this tree in the best manner we can.

Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1867

We came to a paragraph, which I must transcribe; for though it means nothing in the world, it is so ridiculously worded in the old English that it made us laugh for three days.! and the wer twoo kinges served with a banket and after mirthe, had communication in the banket time, and there sheweth the one the other their pleasure.

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Horace Walpole 1757

Here I did much business and yet had some little mirthe with my Lady, and anon we all come up together to our office, where I was very late doing much business.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 43: May/June 1666 Samuel Pepys 1668

King's business, that the tools and the interest of the money-using to the King for the money he borrowed while the new invention of the mill money was perfected, cost him L35,000, and in mirthe tells me that the new fashion money is good for nothing but to help the Prince if he can secretly get copper plates shut up in silver it shall never be discovered, at least not in his age.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1665 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

After much mirthe, discoursing to the ladies in defence of the city against the country or court, and giving them occasion to invite themselves to-morrow to me to dinner, to my venison pasty, I got their mother's leave, and so good night, very well pleased with my day's work, and, above all, that I have seen my Lord's mistresse.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 29: June/July 1664 Samuel Pepys 1668