Gaye has recovered some facts as to the favour bestowed by this dynasty upon Andrea Mantegna.
If I solde sytt to domesdaye, With my tonge to wrobbe and wrye, Certanely [th]at lady gaye Neuer bese scho askryede for mee.
Therefore I made my visitaciouns, 555 To vigilies and to processiouns, To preching eek and to thise pilgrimages, To pleyes of miracles and mariages, And wered upon my gaye scarlet gytes.
But natheles that oon of thise speces of pryde is signe of that other, right as the gaye leefsel atte taverne is signe of the wyn that is in the celer.
I governed hem so wel, after my lawe, That ech of hem ful blisful was and fawe 220 To bringe me gaye thinges fro the fayre.
Where been thanne the gaye robes and the softe shetes and the smale shertes?
Thereat he spyed five hundred men, Shuting with bows on Newark Lee; They were a' in ae livery clad, O' the Lincome grene sae gaye to see.
Wilt thou give me the keys of thy castell, Wi' the blessing of thy gaye ladye?
Or else, we'll throw his castell down, 35 And make a widowe o' his gaye ladye.
On the fore front o' that castell feir, Twa unicorns were gaye to see; The picture of a knight, and ladye bright, And the grene hollin abune their brie.
His merryemen are a' in ae liverye clad, O' the Lincome grene sae gaye to see; He and his ladye in purple clad, 15 O gin they lived not royallie!
His merrymen in ae livery clad, O' the Linkome grene sae gaye to see: "He and his ladye in purple clad; O!
On the fore front o' that castell feir, Twa unicorns were gaye to see; The picture of a knight, and a ladye bright, And the grene hollin abune their brie.
His merryemen are a' in ae liverye clad, O' the Liukome grene saye gaye to see; He and his ladye in purple clad, O!
Or hath he took thy gaye gold ring From off thy finger small?
What when gaye ladyes goe with their lordes 125 To drinke the ale and wine; Alas!
Upp then came that ladie gaye With torches burning bright: She thought to have brought sir Gyles a drinke, Butt she found her owne wedd knight.
He lifted up the coverlett, He lifted up the sheete; How now, how now, thou little Musgrave, 75 Dost find my gaye ladye sweete?
They straitlie require their lesson of them: if the chylde fayle, he is beaten: and whẽ this is done daily because the child shuld be more accustumed to it, thei thinke they haue plaied the part of a gaye scholemaster.
See who it is, whose actions doe bewraye That threefold power, which rarely mixt wee see; A judgment grave, and yett a fancy gaye joynd with a rich remembrance, That is hee.
When bells were rung, and mass was sung, And a' men bound to bed, King Honour and his gaye ladye In a hie chamber were laid.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gaye" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
