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Example sentences for "driuen"

Lexicographically close words:
dripstone; dritte; dritten; dritto; driue; driueth; driuing; driv; drive; drivel
  1. In this meane time, whilest these inquisitions were thus taken in England, king Richard comming foorth of Poictou into Aniou, [Sidenote: Officers driuen to fine for their offices.

  2. One of our brethren in a ship of Satalie came towards our parties, and chanced by tempest to be driuen vnto Tyre, and the marques caused him to be taken and slaine and tooke a great portion of monie that he had in the ship with him.

  3. Howbeit yer he could atteine his purpose, his chance was to be driuen by tempest into the coast of Istria, not farre from Aquilia, where he stood in some doubt of his life.

  4. How they had the repulse at the Caspian mountaynes, and were driuen backe by men dwelling in caues.

  5. And oftentimes in the morning, we found our selues all couered with snow driuen ouer vs by the winde.

  6. The first horse therefore being driuen into the water all the other horses of the company followe him, and so they passe through the riuer.

  7. The Indians of Minoya, during the time that they were there, came to serue them (being driuen thereunto by necessity) that of the Maiz which they had taken from them they would bestow some crummes vpon them.

  8. Assoone as they had driuen them farther off they returned to the brigandines.

  9. Some mã wil saye, what shall be done to them if they can not be driuen to study but by stripes?

  10. And for that one of them had feined himselfe to be a priest, hee was sent to Newgate, where he died: the other was driuen out of London with shame enough.

  11. Yet he permitted some of his souldiers to go on land, which being trained foorth a pretie waie from their ships, were suddenlie compassed about and beset of the Kentishmen, and at one stroke vanquished and driuen backe to their ships.

  12. The Flemings in diuerse places gathered themselues togither againe as they fled, and shewed countenance of defense, but still they were driuen out of order, and brought to confusion.

  13. But fortune was so contrarie, that sir Iohn Arundell generall of those that were sent, and manie of his companie, were drowned by force of tempest, and the other driuen backe againe into England (as before ye haue heard.

  14. Sidenote: The French fléet setting forward towards England is driuen backe by contrarie winds.

  15. But finallie the commons were ouercome, and driuen to seeke their safegard by flight, which was sore hindered by their cariages that stood behind them, ouer the which they were forced to clime and leape so well as they might.

  16. The same course are we driuen to follow in this description, since we are enforced to cull out for the vse of our Poet or maker all the most commendable figures.

  17. Yes if it please your grace, but I would haue one of them stand still at myne elbow full of drinke that I might not be driuen to trouble your men so often to call for it.

  18. So soone as they were in, the dore streight way 2 Fast locked, driuen with that stormy blast, Which first it opened; +and bore all away.

  19. When the hony waxeth ripe, then are the Drone Bées driuen forth, and the kinde also of these are onely séene abroade in the Spring time.

  20. The Tirant Custome, most Graue Senators, Hath made the flinty and Steele Coach of Warre My thrice-driuen bed of Downe.

  21. And so haue I a Noble Father lost, A Sister driuen into desperate tearmes, Who was (if praises may go backe againe) Stood Challenger on mount of all the Age For her perfections.

  22. That he our hope, might haue retyr'd his power, and driuen into dispaire an enemies hope, Who strongly hath set footing in this Land.

  23. Martius fights til they be driuen in breathles.

  24. But now is Cade driuen backe, his men dispierc'd, And now is Yorke in Armes, to second him.

  25. That will confesse Perfection so could erre Against all rules of Nature, and must be driuen To find out practises of cunning hell Why this should be.

  26. My poore bodie Madam requires it, I am driuen on by the flesh, and hee must needes goe that the diuell driues Cou.

  27. Letters are often doubled to indicate a plural or a superlative.

  28. He married a daughter of Colonel Purefoy of Caldecote, Warwickshire, and as his monument, which may still be seen in the church there, tells, he bravely held the manor house against Princes Rupert and Maurice during the civil war.

  29. Citizens defended thëselues, but their defence endured not, but were driuen to flie, being not able to resiste the force of theyr contraries.

  30. On the other side, Mutezuma repented himselfe, hauyng newes that Pamfilo de Naruaiz was arriued, who came as enimy to Cortes, yea and after all this he was at length driuen out of Mexico.

  31. To auoide therefore these breaches of concorde, and for an vniformitie, the holy fathers ware driuen to decree and stablish that asmany as should aftreward be baptised, should be called Christianes of Christe.

  32. Therefore those Indians could not bee of America safely to bee driuen vpon the coastes of Germany, the distance and impedimentes well considered.

  33. And when as the foresaid ships (whereof the greater part besieged the hauen of Dunkerke) were driuen by tempest into Zeland, Iustin, of Nassau the Admiral of Zeland supplied that squadron with 35.

  34. But after they were driuen with many contrary windes, at length, vpon the second of September, they were cast by a tempest arising from the Southwest vpon diuers parts of Ireland, where many of their ships perished.

  35. So afterward being driuen to disgest many iniuries by the way, at length he recouered S.

  36. Whiles they droue with the yce, the dangers which they incurred were great: for oftentimes when the yce with the force of winde did breake, pieces of it were tossed and driuen one vpon another.

  37. Sidenote: The bishops driuen to their shifts how to shape an answer.

  38. The bishops were sore abashed hereat, and driuen to a shrewd pinch.

  39. Land arable driuen or worne to the proofe, and craveth some rest for thy profits behoof, With otes ye may sowe it the sooner to grasse more sooner to pasture to bring it to passe.

  40. The king with a few ships was driuen to the Ile of Creta, and there before the hauen of Rhodes cast anker.

  41. How the enemies assailed the posternes of Prouence and Italy, and how they were driuen away.

  42. How the Turks assailed the bulwarke of England, and how they were driuen away.

  43. How the Turkes came to land in the Isle of Lango, and were driuen to their ships againe by the Prior of S.

  44. After whose comming it was not long, but the Pagans within the citie, seeing their wals to be undermined and towers ouerthrowen, were driuen by composition to escape with life and limme, to surrender the citie to the two kings.

  45. The ships that caried the kings sister, queene of Sicily, and Berengaria the king of Nauars daughter, with two ships were driuen to the Ile of Cyprus.


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