These bankets being finished, the husbande doth giue vnto his wife her dowrie in the presence of them all, and she doth giue it vnto her father or mother (if she haue them) for the paines they tooke in the bringing her vp.
Then may the husband afterwardes sell his wife for a slave, and make money of her for the dowrie he gaue her.
Now faire befall thee good Petruchio; The wager thou hast won, and I will adde Vnto their losses twentie thousand crownes, Another dowrie to another daughter, For she is chang'd as she had neuer bin Petr.
I cannot tell: but I had as lief take her dowrie with this condition; To be whipt at the hie crosse euerie morning Hor.
Heere is a Gentleman whom by chance I met Vpon agreement from vs to his liking, Will vndertake to woo curst Katherine, Yea, and to marrie her, if herdowrie please Gre.
By my other wife I had a daughter, so hard favoured, so foule and ill faced, that I thinke a grove full of golden trees, and the leaves of rubies and dyamonds, would not bee a dowrie annswerable to her deformitie.
In that I forsake thee, I leave thee to thine own liking; and for thy dowrie I have sent thee an hundred pounds; and ever assure thee of my favour, which shall availe thee and thine much.
Richards demands for thedowrie of his sister wife to K.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dowrie" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
