Duke Wyllyam drewe agen hys arrowe strynge, An arrowe withe a sylver-hede drewe he; The arrowe dauncynge in the ayre dyd synge, And hytt the horse of Tosselyn on the knee.
He tooke a brasen crosse-bowe in his honde, And drewe it harde with all hys myghte amein, Ne doubtyng but the bravest in the londe Han by his soundynge arrowe-lede bene sleyne.
Bryghte sonne han ynne hys roddie robes byn dyghte, From the rodde Easte he flytted wythe hys trayne, 735 The howers drewe awaie the geete of nyghte, Her sable tapistrie was rente yn twayne.
This done, he sate him downe, and then came the Lord Steward, and drewe a wodden nette before him, bycause none shoulde come nigh his table.
And then the Indians began to faynt, seyng so many dead on theyr side, and the greate woundes they had, and that they coulde kill none of the Christians: yet the battayle ceased not till it drewe neare night and then they retyred.
Mistresse Gismonda exceeding sorrowful for this mischaunce, doubted that he had broken his Necke, but when she saw hym depart, she comforted him so well as she could, and drewe vp the Ladder into hir Chamber.
But I with the helpe of my mayde threwe downe to him a little Rope, whereunto he tyed his Ladder and drewe the same vp, and making it so fast, as it could not vndo, gaue a signe for him to Mounte.
Il make him beleeve I went a fishinge for her to sea and eather drewe her ashore in my netts, or batinge my hooke strooke her and drewe her upp by the gills with myne angle.
As far as I sawe, he drewe very nere 440 Unto my wyfe.
They vnderstanding the matter, laughed and tolde him againe the cause, wherefore they ran awaye, and what they were that drewe him vp.
And when they perceiued him alredie haled out of the pitte, they wer wonderfully abashed, and asked who drewe him out?
Then she drewe out a knife, which she had hidden secretely, vnder her kirtle, and stabbed her selfe to the harte.
Her talke was not long, but yet she made him beleue that nature failed her, and that by litle and litle she drewe towardes her ende: desiring him to haue her and her poore soule in remembraunce when he made his orisons and praiers.
The Eunuches (being three in nomber) seing their maistres dead, they likewyse drewe out their swordes, and killed theimselues in the place, where they were commaunded to stande.
The yonge men seinge that the hower was come, entred into the yoke themselues, and drewe the chariotte the space of XLV.
In this maner the gentlewoman giuing ouer her scoffes and tauntes, whereby she thoughte to putte Mayster Alberto out of conceyt, was put to silence her selfe.
He stood before, she stoode behinde, 65 The brothers two drewe nie; "Our sister now to us resign, Or thou full sure shalt die.
He drew his arrow to the very head, 85 And drewe it with all his might and maine, And straightway, in the twinkling of an eye, Doth the Frenchmans heart the arrow gain.
His men drewe out theyr bryght swerdes, That were so sharpe and kene, And layde on the sheryves men, 135 And dryved them downe bydene.
Then tooke Robin Hood an arrow so good, 45 Which he did never lacke, And drewe his bowe, and the swift arrowe Went through the last peddlers packe.
They were archers three, of hie degree, 5 As good as ever drewe bowe; Their arrowes were long and their armes were strong, As most had cause to knowe.
Lytell Johan drewe a good swerde, The coke toke another in honde; They thought nothynge for to fle, 95 But styfly for to stonde.
Among the dead bodyes all lifelesse he laye, Till evening drewe on of the following daye, When by a yong ladye discoverd was hee; And this was thy mother, my prettye Bessee!
And nowe the daye drewe on a pace, When our good queene must dye; All woe-begone was that faire damselle, 115 When she found no helpe was nye.
His tongue was a chaine and drewe in so many to be bound for him and to be ingaged in his designes that he ruined a number.
He had so delicate a way of making his projects alluring and feazible, profitable, that he drewe to his baites not only rich men of no designe, but also the craftiest knaves in the countrey, such who had cosened and undon others: e.
Thys bergayne thus agreed, he that shulde delyuer his ryght noughte toke no thoughte, vntyll suche tyme that the day apoynted drewe nye.
Whan this was knowen, a great sorte of olde men drewe them to gether, and stode where as the emperour shulde passe forth by, euerye one of them rubbynge his owne backe with a marble stone.
There was a man on a tyme, which toke as moche ware of a marchaunt, as drewe to fyftie li.
So whan the sentence was gyuen, the man of lawe drewe the dettour asyde, and said: Lo, howe sayst thou nowe?
On the morowe Turpin taryed a lytelle behynde his mayster to reken with the hostes, where they laye, and of her he borowed so moche money on his maysters skarlet cloke, as drewe to[233] all the costes that they spente by the waye.
Alle these werkys of this yere with the reparedrewe iiij skore mark.
And for the soule of my lord of Exetyr, of whos soule God of hys pyte he wil have mercy, we had of him xl pounte and v mark to the same werke, whiche drewe ccc mark, without mete and drinke.
After some delay, they proceeded to Hobart Town; Watts, with his gun, walking before Howe, and Drewe behind him.
Watts threw Howe on the ground; Drewe tied his hands, and took his knives from his pocket: they then prepared breakfast.
Than he stept forthe on the erthe, and drewe oute his swerde, and toke corage to defend himselfe.
Among the dead bodyes all lifeless he laye, Till evening drewe on of the following daye, When by a yong ladye discovered was hee; And this was thy mother, my prettye Bessee!
And nowe the daye drewe on a pace, When our good queene must dye; All woe-begone was that faire damsèlle, When she found no helpe was nye.
They tooke them to their shields full fast, Their swords they dreweout than, With mighty strokes most eagerlye Each at the other ran.
We drewe neere to that place on Munday at night, when as we sawe certaine fires of the Indians.
And she poured out hyr pitcher in to the trough hastely and ranne agayne vnto the well/ to fett water: and drewe for all his camels.
But Abraham stode yet before y^e LORde/ & drewe nere & sayde Wylt thou destroy the rightwes with the wyked?
Than as the Madianites marchaunt men passed by/ they drewe Ioseph out of the pytt and sold him vnto the Ismaelites for .
Thenne Sir Accolon with drewe hym a lytel, and cam on with Excalibur on hyghe, and smote Syr Arthur suche a buffet that he felle nyhe to the erthe.
And further yt is agreed that James Wood shall repay to the said Drewe the mony receyved of him which is xiij{s} iiij{d.
The Lord works The lord satt and dyd hys werke, away, The stuard drewe in to the derke, Gret sorowe was in hys þought.
Adam Drewe concluded on first sight of her that she was a nice woman.
In like manner is Adam Drewe shorn of some of the merit of his devotion to the heroine of Fidelis by being shown in successive attachments to other women during his long exile in Australia.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "drewe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
