Which shee accepting with a lowe conge, returned him a silke Riband for a fauour, tyed with a truelouers knot, which he fastened vnder a faire Jewell on his Beuer felt.
The poore widow of Sarepta interteined Helias, and Symon the Currior disdayned not Peter, nor Lydia the purple silke woman, Paule and his fellowes.
But then shee put of her gowne of veluett, With many a salt teare from her eye, And in a kirtle of ffine breaden silke Shee stood beffore young Andrews eye.
But then shee put of her peticoate, With many a salt teare still from her eye, And in a smocke of braue white silke Shee stood before young Andrews eye.
The best propertie that the women haue, is that they can sowe well, and imbroder with silke and golde excellently.
Vnder that he hath another long garment, buttoned with silke buttons, with a high coller standing vp of some colour and that garment is made straight.
To her grandchild, Susanna Latham, was definite allotment of “my Petty coate with silke Lace.
III He had a sute of silke About his middle drawne; Without he co’ld of curtesye He thought it much shame.
I have of late taken too much cold by washing my feet and going in a thin silke waistcoate, without any other coate over it, and open-breasted, but I hope it will go over.
In 1660 Virginia colonists were ordered to import no "silke stuffe in garments or in peeces except for whoods and scarfs, nor silver or gold lace, nor bone lace of silk or threads, nor ribbands wrought with gold or silver in them.
This garden was towred at everie corner, and railed with railes gilt; all the banks were set with flowers artificiall of silke and gold, the leaves cut of green sattin, so that they seemed verie flowers.
Her apparell was exquesite of greene silke and golde, marueilously wouen, and of a Nymphish fashion, couering her body and girded about her wast, edged about with Pearle and stone, and a crowne of glittering golde vpon her fayre heade.
And so many morsels as shee did eate, so many sweete perfumed cleane towelles of silke plyted and finely wrought were vsed.
The other vppon the right side helde vnder a plate if anie thing should fall by: and the thirde vppon the lefte hand held a most whyte and cleane towell of silke to drie her lippes, and in euery action a reuerence.
And thus was all their furniture or armings to the traces, of silke as aforesayde.
These speeches being finished, there was brought foorth certain peeces of blacke silke of twelue vares[17] long a peece.
George in the garter with laces, tasselets, and knops of blue silke and gold belonging to the same.
Likewise in their dealings after their maner they are so ready, that they farre passe all other Gentiles and Moores: the greater states are so vaine, that they line their clothes with the best silke that may be found.
The Pulpit is erected in a great temple with a silke Canopie ouer it, therein standeth a costly seate, before the seate a table with a bell and a booke.
The merchandises which he had out of Persia for the returne of wares are silke of all sortes of colours, both raw and wrought.
Arash is a countrey named Grosin, whose inhabitants are Christians, and are thought to be they which are otherwise called Georgians: there is also much silke to be sold.
It was told me of them that came last from Persia, that here is more silke brought into some one city of Persia, then is of cloth brought into the city of London.
Also that one village of Armenia named Gilgat doeth carie yeerely fiue hundred, and sometime a thousand mules laden with silke to Halepo in Soria of Turkie, being 4.
First a Taffia, or little nightcappe on the head, that couereth litle more then his crowne, commonly verie rich wrought of silke and golde threede, and set with pearle and precious stone.
After this founteine followed a ladie all in blacke silke dropped with fine siluer, on a courser trapped in the same.
Finally, there was all things that might be desired: the Servitors waited orderly at the table in rich apparell, the pages arrayed in silke robes, did fill great gemmes and pearles made in the forme of cups, with excellent wine.
They had noe sooner these pleasant words spoke, But in comes the beggar cladd in a silke cloke; A faire velvet capp, and a fether had hee, And now a musicyan forsooth he wold bee.
Peace (knave) quoth he, I did not see one ragge Of such a coloured silke in all the flagge.
Joyce, in his silke suit, and cloake lined with velvett: staid talking with me, and I very merry at it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "silke" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
