used meaning ‘said’ before ‘I’, ‘he’ or ‘she’
1.〈古,谑〉说
1.an old word meaning “said”
1."Maybe your body is telling you to slow down, " quoth some friends.
“或许，你的身体是在让你减缓生活节奏，”一些朋友说。
2.See, in my thigh, ' quoth she, 'here was the sore.
你瞧我的大腿，就伤在这地方。
3.Things oft impossible (quoth she) seeme, ere begonne.
没开始（她说）就有不可能之兆。
4.Why Dame (quoth he) what hath ye thus dismayd?
夫人，（他说）为何如此沮丧凄苦？
5.quoth one paper : " we have received a letter from a gentleman who wrote a poem just like it , only better , some time ago . "
一家报纸说：“前不久我们收到一位先生寄来的信，他写了一首诗，很像布里森登，只是更加高明。”
6.But mine is not (quoth she) like others wound;
可我的伤与别人不同（她说到），
7.Ah gentle knights (quoth he) how may that bee,
噢，骑士们，这怎么可能（他回复）？
8.Yea but (quoth she) the perill of this place
（她说）的确没错，可这地方危险，
9.Curse on that Crosse (quoth then the Sarazin)
该死的十字（这时候萨拉金说）
10.We may not chaunge (quoth he) this euil plight,
（他说）这种恶劣处境无法改变