God gave preest that dignite, And letteth them in his stede amonge us be, Thus be they above aungels in degre.
For my desyr is neither more nor lesse 305 But my servyce to do, for your plesaunce, In eschewing al maner doublenesse, To make two joyes in stede of oo grevaunce!
And the kyndly stede of this blisse is in suche wil medled to +onbyde, and nedes in that it shulde have his kyndly being.
And this proposicion is in thestede of the narracion.
Nowe if one wolde take vpon hym to make an oracio[n] to the prayse of this losel / whiche mater is of litle honesty in it selfe / he must vse in stede of a preface an insinu- acion.
Upon himself tho gan he loke; In stede of mete gras and stres, In stede of handes longe cles, In stede of man a bestes lyke He syh; and thanne he gan to syke For cloth of gold and for perrie, Which him was wont to magnefie.
And thus the Greks lich to the bestes The men in stede of god honoure, Whiche mihten noght hemself socoure, 1320 Whil that thei were alyve hiere.
And thus this blinde Boteler Yifth of the trouble in stede of cler 360 And ek the cler in stede of trouble: Lo, hou he can the hertes trouble, And makth men drunke al upon chaunce Withoute lawe of governance.
Bot yet his herte in other stede Among hise bedes most devoute Goth in the worldes cause aboute, 670 How that he myhte his warisoun Encresce.
At last the lover begs for mercy; he writes Venus a letter: "with the teres of min eye in stede of inke.
Therefore we pray to god þat is almyghti to acquite & guerdone it in stede of us.
Bot god þat is guerdoner of every gode dede quite rewarde yow in stede of us where we may not.
And in any thing elles wherin I maye do vnto your grace stede or pleasure I shalbe as glad to doo thoffice of a frende as you shalbe to require the same of me.
Undir his heed no pilowe was, But in the stede a trusse of gras.
Than Shame cam forth ful simply; She wende have trespaced ful gretly; Humble of hir port, and made it simple, Wering a vayle in stede of wimple, As nonnis doon in hir abbey.
Or in the stede of this, take fasting the quantitie of a small bene of Mithridatum or Uenice triacle in a sponeful of Sorel, or Scabious water, or by the selfe alone.
Off fyue þousand was þer none That my[gh]t of þat stede gone.
Here fittingly with our strictly American pirates should stand Major Stede Bonnet along with the rest.
In this yere the chaunceller, the tresorer of Engelond, bysshopes, and the pryve seall were discharged of there offyces, and in there stede were put seculere lordes.
There was a gentleman in Barbadoes, of wealth, position, and education, by the name of Stede Bonnet.
Stede Bonnet stood in for Gardiner’s Island, where he landed with a portion of his crew.
A few days after, Stede Bonnet, the gentleman of wealth, position, and culture, swung from the same gallows.
The career of this most ferocious of pirates was so strange that we must leave Stede Bonnet for a time, and devote a chapter to that fiend in human form, called Blackbeard.
He priked his stede night and day As a gentil knight, stout and gay.
Forth than rode Vyce {with} al his hole strength ¶ On his stede serpentyne as i told you byfore.
Now, Stede Bonnet was a planter of high reputation and religious character who, from some sudden and overpowering freshet of wildness in his blood, had given up everything in order to start off pirating in the Caribbean Sea.
I suspect," said the soldier, "that it is Stede Bonnet over again.
Stede Bonnet knew how to slacken the reins and when to apply the curb.
They were recognized as two of Stede Bonnet's old hands that used to resort to the tavern.
He talked too much of Stede Bonnet aboard the ship.
Nor could he now expect mercy from Blackbeard, having deserted the ship against orders and known to be a true friend of Captain Stede Bonnet.
Stede Bonnet was careful to see for himself that all things were in order.
Evidently Stede Bonnet had sent off word to be all taut and ready to hoist sail for another cruise.
Captain Stede Bonnet stayed prudently sober, ready for any emergency, his demeanor cool and watchful while he chatted with old acquaintances.
It had been reckoned that two days would suffice to bring them to the bay in which Stede Bonnet's ship was anchored.
No more of this boon comradeship with villains like Stede Bonnet.
Stede Bonnet went in command of the largest boat to lead the party and single out Blackbeard as his own particular foe.
It seemed that the Revenge had spoken a disabled merchant ship just after the storm and her skipper reported that he had been overhauled by Stede Bonnet a few days earlier and the best of his cargo stolen.
Jack Cockrell had failed to notice her, absorbed as he was in gazing his fill of Captain Stede Bonnet.
If we make haste to report to Captain Stede Bonnet," spoke up Jack Cockrell, "he may make sail in time to give Blackbeard other things to think on than this treasure chest.
Have Stede Bonnet's pirates mustered to sack the town?
Touching on his mortal quarrel with Blackbeard, he revealed how that traitorous ruffian had proposed a partnership while he, Stede Bonnet, was a novice at the trade.
Now, Stede Bonnet was a planter of high reputation and religious character, who, from some sudden and overpowering freshet of wildness in his blood, had given up everything in order to start off pirating in the Caribbean Sea.
Stede Bonnet's voice, cool as ever, gave the order and four guns answered the brig's discharge.
It is not the least inexplicable fact in the career of the terrible Stede Bonnet that he was a constant reader of such books as this and the "Paradise Lost" of Milton.
Ye see this Blackbeard is so used to havin' his own way he wanted to run Stede Bonnet, too.
We run square an' fair, an' while Major Stede Bonnet and David Herriot gives the orders, no man'll harm ye.
Dave Herriot sails the ship mostly, but when we sight a big merchantman with maybe a long nine or two aboard, then's when Stede Bonnet comes on deck.
It was a letter neatly drawn up and written in Stede Bonnet's even, refined hand.
Where the gang of cut-throats aboard her were gathered, I don't know, but they put Stede Bonnet's famous crew to shame.
Above the din came the terrible, clear voice of Stede Bonnet, urging on his seadogs.
The pistols were useless to me, as I had no powder, but among them I saw the bright silver mountings of my own--the one that used to be Stede Bonnet's.
Both boys laughed as they thought of the head-long flight of Stede Bonnet's company from a garrison of fifteen sheep.
There had been stories current among the men that gave a glimpse of how Stede Bonnet dealt with those who were treacherous.
Stede Bonnet sat in his cabin, never once coming on deck, and drinking hard, a thing unusual for him.
And then suddenly Stede Bonnet was standing by the companion and the ringing shout that saved the boy's life struck on Job's ears.
The man whirled and nearly fell over, for Stede Bonnet was at his elbow.
Sailed with Major Stede Bonnet in the Royal James.
He joined the pirates, and later, when Major Stede Bonnet separated from Teach, he took Herriott to be his sailing-master.
One of Major Stede Bonnet's crew of the Royal James.
One of Major Stede Bonnet's crew in the Royal James.
This Welsh pirate was one of Major Stede Bonnet's crew of the Royal James.
One of the crew of the Royal James, in which vessel Major Stede Bonnet played havoc with the shipping along the coasts of South Carolina and New England.
The next ship he met with was the sloop of that amateur pirate and landsman, Major Stede Bonnet.
One of Major Stede Bonnet's crew, who gave evidence against him at his trial at Charleston in 1718.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stede" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
