Welshmen burned manie villages, with the castell of Danuille that belonged to Simon Daneth, and tooke manie rich preies and booties.
But in Normandie, whilest others in other places, made their hand in fetching preies and booties out of the enimies countrie, [Sidenote: Vernueil besieged.
And to his yoongest sonne John be bequeathed the earledome of Mortaine.
And furthermore, the said earle would, that immediatlie (when it pleased the king of England) his people should doo homage and fealtie to the king of Englands sonne, reseruing the fealtie due to him so long as he liued.
Other write otherwise of the mater, as thus, the French K.
Ile of Wight, and liued vpon spoiles & preies which they tooke in Hampshire and Sussex.
That armie of Danes which had besieged Excester, tooke preies about Chichester, and was met with, so that they lost manie of their men, and also diuerse of their ships.
The same yéere also they soiourned in the Ile of Wight, and liued vpon spoiles & preies which they tooke in [Sidenote: 998.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
