When they which so desirous were before To hear her sing; desirous are far more To haue her cease; and call to haue her stayd For she to much alredy had bewray'd.
That the said Shelley sailed from the Island Saint Maries in the East Indies to Chyan[7] where he stayd three or four dayes.
He's left the land, and he's gone to sea, And he's stayd there seven years and a day.
I hadna stayd an hour but ane Till I met wi a highlan groom.
Awa to that king's court he went, It was to serve for meat an fee; Gude red gowd it was his hire, And lang in that king's court stayd he.
George Birch sute was stayd at Chester uppon his promise to compownd with me for all tyth, haye, and other matter.
They stayd a while: and forth she gan proceed: Most wretched woman, and of wicked race, 8 That am the author of this hainous deed, And cause of death betweene two doughtie knights doe breed.
Into the lake he lept, his Lord to ayd, 2 (So Loue the dread of daunger doth despise) And of him catching hold him strongly stayd 4 From drowning.
Therewith she staydher hand, loth stayd to bee; For life she him enuyde, and long'd reuenge to see.
Ne lenger stayd for th'other to reply, 6 But with sharpe +speare+ the rest made dearly knowne.
Whan three mair months were come and gane, They gaed to hunt the hynde; She wont to be the foremost ane, But now staydfar behynd.
O hastily he gat him up, Stayd neither for hose nor shoone, An he's doen him to the stable-door, Wi the clear light o the moon.
Then backe againe the boy he went, As ffast againe as he cold hye; The ladye mett him fiue mile on the way: 'Why hast thou stayd soe long?
My Lord of Salisbury, we haue stayd ten dayes, And hardly kept our Countreymen together, And yet we heare no tidings from the King; Therefore we will disperse our selues: farewell Sal.
Hee came not through the Chamber where wee stayd King.
From thence he went to Grayes Inne, where he stayd .
John Fletcher, invited to goe with a knight into Norfolke or Suffolke in the plague-time 1625, stayd but to make himselfe a suite of cloathes; fell sick of the plague, and dyed.
But when I had espoused her, I stayd with her but fortye dayes, Ere that I left this ladye faire, And went from her beyond the seas.
Then was AEneas in an ile In Grecya, where hestayd long space, 80 Wheras her sister in short while Writt to him to his vile disgrace; In speeches bitter to his mind Shee told him plaine he was unkind.
The 13 we were put into Dartmouth, and there we stayd vntill the 12 of December.
The members stayd till 1, 2, 3, 4 a clock, but at last his excellency sent them word he could not come: I beleeve he suspected some treacherie.
Poor Mr. Isaacson was so ashamed at this unlucky rencounter, that he immediately sneak't away and stayd not for prayse or reward, both which perhaps he might have had, for his majestie was well pleased with it.
Anno 1662, went into France; stayd there two yeares.
Mr. Spencer stayd so long that his patience was wearied, and went his way discontented, and never intended to come again.
Shee says further, that they came a Second Time, upon a Saturday morning; and a third time in the Afternoon; at which time they stayd 3 or 4 houres and as she believes for a Proof.
Milburn's wife sayes, that M^r Osborn stayd in the Room where shee was, while the other was above.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stayd" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
