Some of these Religious houses he appropriated wholly to himselfe; of diuers others he seized the liberties, which they redeemed afterward at a very high and excessiue rate.
He permitted to make enclosures for Parkes; which taking beginning in his time, did rise to that excessiue encrease, that in a few succeeding ages more Parkes were in England, then in all Europe beside.
And Violenta by the common opinion of the Judges was condempned to be beheaded: not only for that she had presumed to punishe the knightes tromperie and offence, but for her excessiue crueltie doen vpon the dead body.
Hereby it appeareth, that the ayre there is not indifferent, but either it is feruent hote, or els extreme cold, and farre more excessiue in both qualities, then the reason of the climate should yeeld.
Thus you partly see by comparing a Climate to vs well knowen and familiarly acquainted by like height of the Sunne in both places, that vnder the Equinoctiall in Iune is no excessiue heat, but a temperate aire rather tendering to cold.
M451) But for two dayes after there followed such an excessiue heate in the aire, that the Riuer neere vnto which we planted our habitation, became so hoat, that I thinke it was almost ready to seeth.
For although that bread sometime denyed and kept backe from the hungrie body, may cause a hard conceit, yet when it is eftsoones offered vnto him, the mallice is forgotten, and the gift very gratefully receyued.
As also consider the hugenesse of the worke, the excessiue sumptuousnesse, the straunge inuention, the rare performance, and exquisite diligence of the woorkeman.
Asperius nihil est humili cum surgit in altum) they did manieexcessiue outrages, in spoiling and robbing the people of the countrie, without pitie or mercie.
That none should wrög or iniurie any Indian their friëds: he also taxed yron worke and apparell, for cause of the excessiue prices that they were there solde for.
At the foote of this bush represented on his bases, lay a number of blacke swolne Toades gasping for winde, and Summer liu'de grashoppers gaping after deaw, both which were choakt with excessiue drouth, and for want of shade.
The fishes called Seastarres, that burne one another byexcessiue heate, were not so contagious as one man that had the sweate was to another.
The Iewes sore impouerished with greeuous and often paiments excused themselues by the popes vsurers, and reprooued plainelie the kings excessiuetaking of monie, as well of his christian subiects as of them.
That night they pas in ioy and iollity, 6 Feasting and courting both in bowre and hall; For Steward was excessiue Gluttonie, 8 That of his plenty poured forth to all; Which doen, the Chamberlain Slowth did to rest them call.
Where the Britains haue their countrie, their wiues and parents, as iust causes of war to fight for: the Romans haue none at all, but a couetous desire to gaine by rapine, and to satisfie their excessiue lusts.
Hir excessiue couetousnesse, without regard had to the poore, caused hir also to be euill reported of.
What if any of them had béene defectiue or excessiue in any point, are we bound to follow the example of their defection or excesse?
In the meane time Henrie the sonne remaining at home in England, fell from all good order of measure kéeping, and gaue himselfe to all excessiue riot, spending and wasting his reuenues inordinatelie.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "excessiue" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
