And this yeare also vpon saint James day the citizens of London kept a plaie of defense and wrestling at the hospitall of saint James, against other their neighbours of the suburbes, and the quarters next adioining.
But for to plaie for lucre of gaine, and for desire onely of his brothers substance, rather then for any other cause, it is at no hande lawfull, or to be suffered.
And so I was indeed, which plainelie signifide, ·eav065· That I should snarle and bite, and plaie the dogge.
Far truer spoke then ment, I loose indeed, Beshrow the winners hearts, they plaie me false.
This plaie sore displeased the cardinall, and yet it was neuer meant to him, as you haue heard.
For loe, our thread is spunne, our plaie is donne.
For they that sometime step vp, and plaie with them, when they can not plaie their parts, they disorder the plaie, and doo themselues no good.
As though princes (as yoong as they be) could not plaie but with their peeres, or children could not plaie but with their kinred, with whome for the more part they agree much woorse than with strangers.
The king, when his mother had said, made hir answer, part in earnest, part in plaie merilie, as he that wist himselfe out of hir rule.
Plaie Il ne demande que plaie et bosse = He seeks quarrels only to draw profit from them.
Il ne cherche que plaie et bosse = He is always hankering after a black eye.
Which causeth me to wonder not a little how they can plaie the parts so well of so manie sundrie men, whereas diuerse other of greater forecast in apparance can seldome shift well or thriue in anie one of them.
Diuerse times in their apparell also they will be like seruing men or laborers: oftentimes they can plaie the mariners, and seeke for ships which they neuer lost.
Such also as are suffered to go lose about the house and yard, are so gentle in the daie time, that children may ride on their backs, & plaie with them, at their pleasures.
After that this wall was finished, the Romans exhorted the Britains to plaie the men, and shewed them the way how to make armor & weapons.
Diuerse times in their apparell also they will be like seruing men or laborers: oftentimes they can plaie the mariners, and séeke for ships which they neuer lost.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plaie" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
