I dud hear at once th' baillies were in his heawse, an' they agreed to go away if he'd find 'em a good bondsman.
Bod, never ye mind if th' baillies didn't go through that window, moor sharper.
They proudly said 'that if it was not stayed both he and the Baillies should repent it.
Hes sche nott enforceitt thame to tak Baillies of hir appoyntment, and sum of thame sua meitt for thair office, in this trubilsum tyme, as ane sowtar is to saill[979] ane schip in ane stormy day?
Beatrix le lauendier Beatrice the lauendre Venra cy apres mengier; Shall come hether after diner; Se ly baillies les ligne draps; So gyue her the lynnen clothis.
On the 20th they landed at Leith, and next day he was taken up (the streets of Edinburgh covered) betwixt two of the town-baillies to the castle, where he continued until his trial came on.
From this man he had learned that the Baillies had with them one whom he did not know for certain, but shrewdly guessed as the laird of Barns.
Ye maun ken that for lang we've had a bluid-feud wi' that clan, for the Baillies are aye gentrice and hae nae trokins wi' sic blaggard tinklers.
David Symmer and Adame Fullartoun, baillies of the samyne, causit ane cordinare servant, callit James Gillion takin of befoir, for playing in Edr.
The Venetian bailliestransacted all their business with Ibrahim and sent many reports to the Signoria of his power in the state and his influence over the sultan.
Petchevi and the Venetian Baillies Bragadino and Pietro Zen, while giving detailed accounts of the wedding feast say nothing of the bride.
Some ganestood for a while the new electioun, alledgeing, that the Provest and Baillies whom thai had chosen, and to whom thai had gevin thair oath, had committed no offence whairfoir that justlie thai aught to be depryved.
Thai proudlie said, "That gif it was not stayit, bayth he and the Baillies suld repent it.
The end heirof was, that the Provest[324] and Baillies wer compellit to gif thair handwrittis, that thai suld never perseu ony of thame that war of that tumult, for ony cryme that wes done in that behalf.
Yf ony without the Universitie persew ane member thairof, or be persewit be ane member of the samin, he shall assist the Provest and Baillies in thei casses, or uthir judgeis competent, to see justice be ministred.
It has been said that Wallace left no legitimate issue; but he had a natural daughter, who married Sir William Baillie of Hoprig, the progenitor of the Baillies of Lamington.
All I can contribute to your Lordship's further information, shall be by way of a brief narrative of the minister and baillies unwarrantable imprisoning, and barbarous treating of the poor women.
This cruel usage made some of them learn to be so wise as acknowledge every question that was asked them; whereby they found the minister and baillies well pleased, and themselves better treated.
The baillies in a manner justified these two murthers, by not allowing them Christian burial, but burying them like dogs, scarce covering them from the ravens.
The baillies and minister sent and brought several of these women from places without their jurisdiction--one from Anstruther, and another from the country at six miles distance.
On several occasions commissions were issued by the King, in favour of the Provost and some of the Baillies of the burgh, and the Sheriff of the county, for the purpose of 'haulding Justice Courtis on Witches and Sorceraris.
It's the Faas and Bailliesover again; it will be all I can do to keep them from coming to blows.
With the usual Gipsy policy, he represented himself as a bastard son of one of the Baillies of Lamington, his mother being a Gipsy.
The truth is, the Faas and the Baillies were the two principal families among the Gipsies; giving, according to their customs, kings and queens to their countrymen in Scotland.
One of the Bailliesonce left his budget in a house, by mistake.
So far back as about the year 1670, one of the baillies of Dunbar was of the surname of Faa, spelled exactly as the Gipsy name, as appears by the Rev.
Indeed, all the females among the Baillies wore petticoats of the same length.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "baillies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
