joyance

noun

1. (archaic, countable, poetic, uncountable)Enjoyment, joy, delight.

   “So forth they marchen in this goodly fort, / To take the ſolace of the open aire, / And in freſh flowring fields themſelues to ſport; / Emongſt the reſt rode that falſe Lady faire, / The foule Dueſsa, next vnto the chaire / Of proud Lucifer’, as one of the traine: / But that good knight would not ſo nigh repaire, / Him ſelfe eſtraunging from their ioyaunce vaine, / Whoſe fellowſhip ſeemd far vnfitt for warlike ſwaine.”

   “So dreadfully he towardes him did pas, / Forelifting vp a loft his ſpeckled breſt, / And often bounding on the bruſed gras, / As for great ioyaunce of his newcome gueſt.”

   “After them went Diſpleaſure and Pleaſaunce, / He looking lompiſh and full ſullein ſad, / And hanging downe his heauy countenaunce; / She chearfull freſh and full of ioyaunce glad, / As if no ſorrow ſhe ne felt ne dread; / That euill matched paire they ſeemd to bee: / An angry Waſpe th’one in a viall had / Th’other in hers an hony-lady Bee, / Thus marched theſe ſix couples forth in faire degree”

   “For though like withered tree, that wanteth iuyce, / She old and crooked were, yet now of late, / As freſh and fragrant as the floure deluce, / She was become, by chaunge of her eſtate, / And made full goodly ioyance to her new found mate.”

   “There with great ioyance and with gladſome glee, / Of faire Pœana I receiued was, / And oft imbraſt, as if that I were hee, / And with kind words accoyd, vowing great loue to mee.”