With wyles and waykings of the nyght And mekill noyis maid on hytht, Thaim sall ye turnen with gret affrai, As thai ware chassit with swerd away.
In strait placis gar keip all store, And byrnen ye planeland thaim before.
Nochtheless, this derisioun succedit to thair gret displesoure: for God tuke on thaim sic vengeance, that thay and thair posteritie had lang talis mony yeris eftir.
The corpse might be arraigned and submitted to all the indignities which the barbarous code of the age recognized as the punishment of treason.
In so far as evidence can be found in Acts of either Parliament or Privy Council, this was one of the last occasions on which specific mention was made of the armour and weapons to be borne by the respective classes of fighting men.
And who was there to lead the ring but the Queen Regent herself, with all her shavelings, for honour of that feast?
On that date, the young Queen, who delighted in the sport of archery, shot off a match in her private gardens at St. Andrews.
That ennymeis do thaim na dreire In strait placis gar keip all stoire, And birnen the planen land thaim befoire.
Quhen this was said, furth of all his navy Twa galeis dyd he cheis the ilk tyd, 5 With dowbill raw of ayris on athir syde, And for the rowyng weil grathit thaim hes he, Syne for the weir instrukkit his menȝe.
Heys heich the cros, he bad, al mak thaim bown, And fessyn bonnettis beneith the mayn sail down.
This ilke cursyt Fame, we spak of eyr, Bair to the amorus queyn noys, and gan rown, 5 The schippis ar grathand, to pas thai mak thaim boun.
But to my pouer shall I thaim observe; In all this world nas mater half so loth, To swere for all; for though my body sterve, 515 I have no might the hole for to reserve.
With fressh garlandes, partie blewe and whyte, And thaim rejoysen in their greet delyt.
The quene hath yeve me charge, in pain to dye, Never to rede ne seen thaim with myn ye.
And thai, that at the sege lay, Or it was passyt the fyft day, Had madethaim syndry apparall, To gang eft sonys till assaill.
The King thaim chargyt to bring him gud harnas: Then he said; "Nay, God scheild me fra sic cass.
Go, bryng thaim furth, sen I mon doggis qwell, To do byddyng, quhill that with thee duell.
Than prekyt thai with all thar mycht, Folowand thaim owt off aray And thai sped thaim fleand, quhill thai Fer by thair buschement war past: And Thyrwall ay chassyt fast.
And Dowglas, that thar with him had A gret mengye, full egrely Assaylyt, and scalyt thaim hastyly: And in schort tyme ourraid thaim swa, That weile nane eschapyt thaim fra.
Syne all the gudis turssyt thai That thaim thocht thai mycht haiff away; And namly wapnys, and armyng, Siluer, and tresour, and clethyng.
Thomas Dicson, that nerrest was Till thaim that war off the castell, That war all innouth the chancell, Quhen he "Dowglas!
Than, with the men that with him war, The catell folowit he gud speid, Rycht as a man that had na dreid, Till that he gat off thaim a sycht.
And quhen he persavyt that he Wald blythly ische with his menye, He maid a gadringr priuely Off thaim that war on his party; That war sa fele, that thai durst fych With Thyrwall, and all the mycht Off thaim that in the castell war.
And, for thai war owt off aray, Sum off thaim fled, and some abad.
Thim that war woundyt gert he ly In till hiddillis, all priuely; And gert gud leechis till thaim bring Quhill that thai war in till heling.
Ther were all the bachilers of that contre: Thei were dizt in aray, as thaim self wolde be.
Glad and blith thai were that thei had don sa; Thai wolde have thaim to Tibbe, and present hir with tha; The capuls were so wery that thei myzt not ga, But stille can thei stonde.
Quhen twa was ded, the tothir wald nocht stynt; Maid thaim to fle; bot than it was na but, Was nane leyffand mycht pass fra him on fut.
And gyff that ony man thaim by Had ony thing that wes worthy, As horss, or hund, or othir thing, That war pleasand to thar liking; With rycht or wrang it wald have thai.
Fer worthyar of byrth than I was born, Throuch my desyr wyth hungyr ar forlorn: I ask at God thaim to restor agayn; I am the causs, I suld haiff all the pain.
Thre days befor thar had him folowed fyve, The quhilk was bound, or ellis to loss thair lyff: The erl off York bad thaim so gret gardoun, At thai be thyft hecht to put Wallace doun.
Thai had all seyn disseuyring off Wallace Fra his gud men, and quhar he baid on cace; Amang thyk wod in cowert held thaim law, Quhill thai persawyt he couth on sleping faw.
The tothir thre assentit till his saw; And than thir fyve thus maid thaim to Wallace, And thocht throw force to bynd him in that place.
Thar wyffis wuld thai oft forly, And thar dochtrys dispitusly: And gyff ony of thaim thair at war wrath, Thai watyt hym wele with gret scaith; For thai suld fynd sone enchesone To put hym to destructione.
For thai dempt thaim eftir thair will, Takand na kep to rycht na skill.
He folowed fast, and sone to ded thaim brocht; Than to the chyld sadly agayn he socht, ‘Quhat did thow her?
With thaim I was, and knew nothing thair thocht; In to seruice, as thai me bad, I wrocht.
So the tane of thaim happened to fall seke and sho garte call the Priores vnto hur & sayd: "Gude ladie!
The lion is sa nobill, as men tellis, He cannot rage aganis the bestis small, Bot on thaim quhilkis[689] his majeste rebellis.
Thair gudlie havingis maid me nocht affeird; With thaim I saw are crownit King appeir, With tender downis rising on his beird.
Sum araies thaim in ringes, and sum in row breuys, With hard hattes on thaire hedis hied to thaire horsis.
Mas on hiȝt ovir his hede for hete of the sone, Sylours of sendale to sele ovire the gatis, And sammes thaim on aither side with silken rapis, And then he caggis up one Cordis, as curteyns it ware.
Than vmbyclappis thaim a cloude and covirs all ovir, As any pynnand pik (pitch) the planets it hidis.
After a little badinage, which does not appear in Wyntown, he says, “Ma Sotheroune men to thaim assemblit ner.
On fut suld be all Scottis weire, Be hyll and mosse thaim self to weire.
In strait placis gar keip all stoire, And byrnen the planen land thaim before: Thanen sall thai pass away in haist, Quhen that they find nathing bot waist.
Lat wod for wallis be bow and speire, That innymeis do thaim na dreire.
E Thai ger thaim cum aponthaim doun: which does not make sense.
Quhen this cunnand thus tretit wes, And affermit with sekirnes, Thai tuk thaimof the castell soyn.
The Kingis folk full weill thaim bar, And slew, and fellyt, and woundyt sar.
The lord Dowglas toward thaim raid; A gown on his armyng he had, And traversit alwayis up agane Thame neir his battell for till trayne.
Bot the gude, at enchaufyt war 395 Off ire, abade and held the stour To conquyr thaim endles honour.
For thai dempt[93] thaim eftir thair will, Takand na kep[94] to rycht na skill.
And gyff that ony man thaim by Had ony thing that wes worthy, As horss or hund or othir thing That war plesand to thar liking, With rycht or wrang it have wald thai.
Item to thaim that hed the grantgor at Linlithquho viijd.
That ever I com at yon abbaye, For in na chaffar may I winne Of tha lurdanes that won tharinne For likes nan of thaim my play, Bot alle thar kache me away.
Sex feteles of stan war thar stan[d]and, Als than was cumand in the land And Crist bad thaim thir feteles fille Wit water, and thai did son his wille.
The malesoun and confusioun that lichtit on the Gigantis for thair oppressioun and pride, biggand the tour of Babiloun, mot confound thaim and all thair werkis, for thair oppin reiffs and oppressioun.
The maledictioun of God, that lichtit apon Lucifer and all his fallowis, that strak thaim frae the hie hevin to the deip hell, mot licht apon thaim.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thaim" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
