What profession is thys, to assayle the innocent by the hygh way side, and to reue them of lyfe in place to punish Theeues and Murderers?
And I say the Masse is holden greatly in estimation, and hygh amongest men, and is not founded in the word, therefore I sayd it was Idolatry and abhominable in the sight of God.
As I went by the hygh way, With a stout frere I met, And a quarter-staffe in his hande.
That hygh name of god they shal as they des{er}ue ¶ Therfore be rewarded I dare vnd{er}take.
In his honde he helde a fawchon all blody ¶ It semed by his chere as he wold make a frai ¶ A baudryck of Isykles about his necke gaye ¶ He had and aboue on hygh on his hede.
The Meyre and his counsell, remembreng him in this mater, specially avysed hem to pray the Byshoppe of Wynchester to say hygh masse afore the Kynge.
Erth owte of erth is wondyrly wroght, Ffor erth hath geten of erth a nobul thyng of noght, Erthe uppon erthe hath set alle hys thoght How erthe uppon erthe may be hygh broght.
Whereby ye may se, that the hygh treasure of man, and greattest grace, rested in well-ordrynge of the tonge.
There was a mery felowe in hygh Almayn, the whiche, with his scoffynge and iestynge, had so moche displeased a great lorde of the countreye, that he thretned to hange hym, if euer he coude take hym in his countrey.
This man, yet nat satisfied, comaunded her to set the pot a-hygh vpon the henne roste.
By this tale one maye lerne, that superfluous wordes ought dilygently to be auoyded, specially where a matter is treated before an hygh prince.
Y hafe seyd no word, for I can not medle yn hygh maters that passyth my wyt; and therfor yff ye and W.
Naye, let vs go hence to the hygh waye, the wodes is at hande.
Nowe, bynge we a waste to the hygh pad, the ruff-manes is by.
Then shall we surely passe by [46]the hygh waies leading to markets and fayres vnharmed.
Naye, let vs go hence to the hygh waye, the wodes is at hand.
Nowe bynge we a waste to the hygh pad, the ruffmanes is by.
The gatehouses buylt on hygh with towers, the lower parte thereof is made of bricke and stone, proportionally with the walles; from the walles vpward, the buyldyng is of tymber, and many stones in it one aboue the other.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hygh" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
