This Lorde at that tyme maried a mayden in Thurin, of meane beautie, for his pleasure, not esteming the place from whence shee came.
I dare not so muche as to make any man know or vnderstand my mishap that the same might be reuenged, which being doen would render such content to my minde, that I should departe out of this worlde the beste satisfied mayden that euer died.
Lucivs one of the garde to Aristotimvs the Tyrant of the cittye of Elis, fell in loue with a fayre mayden called Micca, the daughter of one Philodemvs and his cruelty done upon her.
The honest and maruellous loue of a mayden of noble house, and of a gentleman that was base borne, and howe a Queene did impeche and let their mariage, with the wise aunswere of the mayde to the Queene.
Claudius the plaintife began to renewe his sute: and before the father of the mayden could make answere to that plea, Appius gaue sentence that the mayde was bonde: which sentence semed so cruell, as it appalled the whole multitude.
If the poore mayden of base birth be aduaunced (by fortune’s grace) to highe estate: let her fixe in mynde the lady of Thurin.
When thou hast thy penance done, Then thou’st come a mayden home.
Quan the brere was onbred, than hadde it non rynd; Quan the mayden hayt that che lovit, che is without longing.
But this virtuous mayden despised them all, Ile nere sell my honour for purple nor pall: A mayden of England, sir, never will bee The whore of a monarcke, quoth Mary Ambree.
XV When thou hast thy penaunce done, Then thou’st come a mayden home.
The Weavers will dine at the Shuttle, The Glovers will unto the Glove, The Maydens all to the Mayden Head, And true Louers unto the Doue.
England, who founded the leper hospital of Mayden Bradley in Wilts, and whose wife Alice, an heiress, is said to have been herself a leper.
Thus the hospital of Mayden Bradley was founded in the time of Henry II.
Not far from the mayden castle was a certain royal palace, with a glittering roof, and the name of the palace was Rosnaree.
But the couriers returned, and though they were men able to trace the trail of a fox through nine glens and nine rivers, they could discover no proof of the presence of a foreign foe in the mayden cantred of Devorgilla.
Another Theban mayden dide right so; For oon of Macedoine hadde hir oppressed, 1435 She with hir deeth hir maydenhede redressed.
A doghter hadde he, fair y-nogh to sighte, And Grisildis this yonge mayden highte.
Anon the feend in-to his herte ran, 130 And taughte him sodeynly, that he by slighte The mayden to his purpos winne mighte.
Chaste goddesse, wel wostow that I Desire to been a mayden al my lyf, 2305 Ne never wol I be no love ne wyf.
But seye, the maydensholde y-wedded be Un-to the markis of Saluce anon.
This clerk was cleped hende Nicholas; Of derne love he coude and of solas; 3200 And ther-to be was sleigh and ful privee, And lyk a mayden meke for to see.
Guy of Warwick' 161-2: Gye on his kneys sone hym sett, And that mayden feyre he grett.
Tho Marie that mayden hende shuld out of this world wende, Crist here sent an Angel fro heuen.
Or, if Christopher Wright were not being so harboured, then it is almost certain he must have been taking such brief repose as he did take at the inn known by the name of "the Mayden heade in St. Gyles.
Then cryed out her souldiers, and loude they did say, "Soe well thou becomest this gallant array, Thy harte and thy weapons so well do agree, No mayden was ever like Mary Ambree.
For als moche as a fayre mayden was blamed with wrong .
And thus was thismayden saved by the grace of God.
She ware a frocke of frolicke greene, Might well beseeme a mayden Queene, 20 which seemly was to see.
He had as antique stories tell, A daughter cleaped Dowsabell, a mayden fayre and free: And for she was her fathers heire, 10 Full well she was ycond the leyre, of mickle curtesie.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mayden" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
