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.
S^r Chrystell hard, and come in all haist and straik at erd him that had the king in handis; and thair he and his freindis reskewit the said King Robert, and pat him to libertie.
For thai dempt thaim eftir thair will, Takand na kep to rycht na skill.
With thaim I was, and knew nothing thair thocht; In to seruice, as thai me bad, I wrocht.
Efter mony grit and notabill actis done be the said S^r Chrystell contrair Ingland, he was tane at the last, and had to Londoun, and thair put to deid in maist cruell maner.
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.
O lang, lang may their ladies sit, Wi' thair fans into their hand, Or eir they se Sir Patrick Spence Cum sailing to the land.
O our Scots nobles wer richt laith To weet their cork-heild schoone; Bot lang owre a' the play wer playd, Thair hats they swam aboone.
Was never man made more honest chift, His living for to win: Thair wes not, in all Liddesdail, That ky mair craftelly could steil, Whar thou hingis on that pin!
The men than owt in full gret hy, And on the wallis thai gan cry, That thair sow wes feryt thar.
Thair war ten or twelve gentlemen slane of the kingis folk, and als mony of theiris, or mea, as was said, and a dosone or xvi tane.
The fagalds bryning in a ball, With thair cran thoucht till awaill; And giff the sow come to the wall, To lat it brynand on her fall; And with stark chenyeis hald it thar, Quhill all war brynt up that thar war.
To sic grit stouth quha eir wald trow it, Bot gif some great man it allowit Rycht sair I trow Thocht it be rew: Thair is sa few That dar avow it.
Thay leif rich nocht, quhair ever thay ga; Thair can na thing be hid thame fra; For gif men wald Thair housis hald, Than waxe thay bald, To burne and slay.
Of sum great men they have sic gait, That redy are thame to debait, And will up weir Thairstolen geir; That nane dare steir Thame air nor late.
Quhair they onsett, Ay in thair gaitt, Thair is na yet Nor dor, thame bydis.
War I thair lyftit with my lyfe, The devill sowld styk me with a knyffe, An' ever I cum agane in Fyfe, Till I were deid.
Thair wil be at leest wun 23 for yu in eech munth.
King and Quenis Majesteis at the places and upon the days respective efter following--that is to say, the inhabitantis of Stratherne to meitthair hieneises at Striviling Brig upon Sounday the xii.
And to this said parlement ther sall no man of or congregation be molested or trobillit in thair bodeis landis goodis possessions what someevir.
The towne of Eddingburght salbe keipit fre by the inhabitantes thairof and no maner of garnission laid or keip thair In, neyther of frenche nor scottis.
Thair saw I Maitland upon auld beird gray, Robin Hude, and Gilbert with the quhite hand, How Hay of Nauchton flew in Madin land.
These four-and-twenty mills complete Sall gang for thee throw all the yeir; 50 And as mekle of gude reid wheit, As all thair happers dow to bear.
O lang, lang, may thair ladies sit Wi' thair fans into their hand, Or eir they se Sir Patrick Spens Cum sailing to the land.
The folk upon the Sonounday Held to Saynct Bridis kyrk thair way, And tha that in the castell war Ischyt owt, bath les and mar, And went thair palmys for to her; Owtane a cuk and a porter.
And thai that saw sa sudanly That folk come egyrly prikand Rycht betuix thairn and thair warank, Thai war in to full gret effray.
The banys haue thai with them tane; And syne ar to thair schippis gane; Syne towart Scotland held thair way, And thar ar cummyn in full gret hy.
Thyrwall, that wes thair capitane, Wes thar in the bargane slane: And off his men the mast party.
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.
For thai dempt[93] thaim eftir thair will, Takand na kep[94] to rycht na skill.
Als that folk that euir wes fre And in fredome wount for to be, Throw thar gret myschance and foly War tretyt than sa wykkytly That thair fays[97] thair jugis[98] war.
Thair wes xiiii keyis quhilkis this deponer efter the murtho{r} keist in the grevvell hoill [?
Thay for this caus wald be in jelosy, gif at anis, without thair knawledge, I suld brek the play set up in the contrair in thair presence.
I answerit to him that thair was na recept culd serve aganis feir; and that he wold not be affrayit, in cace he wer not culpabill; and that I answerit bot rudely to the doutis yat wer in his letteris.
Thair is na room at my head, Margret, Thair is na room at my feet; There is room at my twa sides, For ladys for to sleep.
And I alsso my self sa bald wolx thair That I durst schaw my voce in the dyrk nycht, And clepe and cry fast throw the stretis on hycht Ful dolorusly, Crevsa!
Bot ȝit the sammyn myschance persewis thame sayr, 15 In syndry dangeris cachit heir and thair: Of thair travell quhat end grantis thou, gret kyng?
Rychtso I than, by cleyr takynnys enew, Manifestly al the Grekis falshed knew; 10 Thair hyd dissait wolx patent than to ws.
Thair standis into the sycht of Troy ane ile, 15 Weil knawin by name, hecht Tenedos vmquhile, Myghty of gudis quhil Priamus ryng sa stude; Now is it bot a fyrth in the sey flude, A raid onsikkyr for schip or ballyngare.
Than euery man, accordyng thar strenth ful meyt, Thair byg bowys gan bend, and at thar feyt 10 Dyd schaik onone thar arowys of thar cays.
Whaire be the contrarie, yf thei shalbe neglected, thei shall not onlie grudge, but also thei shall seik the meanis whairby thei may continew in thair blindnes, or returne to thair accustumed idolatrie.
Yit in thair retourning thai lost dyverse; amongis quhome thair was one quhois miserable end we man rehers.
And all cumeth of that impietie, that the idill bellies of Christis ennemyes mon be fedd in thair formare delicacie.
In the Golden Terge of Dunbar, the same phraseology is adopted: Thus, Thair was Pluto that elricke incubus In cloke of grene, his court usit in sable.
For lufe of me thou keipt gude countinence, Honest and chaist in conversatioun; 555 Of all wemen protectour and defence Thou was, and helpit thair opinioun.
Than to thair cry nobill Troilus tuik heid; 495 Having pity, neir by the place can pas Quhair Cresseid sat, nat witting quhat sho was.
For he knew weill thatthair was na succour To hir seiknes; and that dowblit his pane; Thus was thair cair aneuch betwix tham twane.
Thair was na buit, bot forth with thame sho yeid Fra place to place, quhill cauld and hounger sair Compellit hir to be ane rank beggair.
Gane is thy joy and all thy mirth in eird; Of all blyithnes now art thow blaiknit bair; 410 Thair is na salve may saif thee of thy sair!
Quhen Cresseid understude that it was he, Stiffer than steill thair stert ane bitter stound Throwout hir hart, and fell doun to the ground.
Thair be amang us not a few of the best sorte who ar als aliene from it as ony of the lower House, and hes moir just causis to be discontented with so easie obliterating of begane wrongis.
A woman accused of witchcraft, in 1588, declared that she saw "the guid nychtbours makand thair sawis with pains and fyres, and gadderit thair herbis before the sone rysing as sche did.
For the cause of his fall, or “the wyt thairof he asscryvit to that thair was sum hen fedderis in the wingis, quhilk yarnit and covet the mydding and not the skyis.
Item, to ane woman with the grantgore thair [Dalrye, in Ayrshire], be the kingis command iijs.
For these and other analogous crimes this unfortunate lady was “takin to the Castel-Hill of Edinburghe, and thairbund to ane staik, and brunt in assis, quick to the death.
Sum thocht thame selffis stark lyk gyandis, Ar now maid weak lyk willow wandis, With schinnis scharp, and small lyk rockis, And gottin thair bak in bayth thair handis, For ower oft libbing of the Pockis.
And in the birth of your last sone, the same prakteis foirsaid wes usit, and your naturall and kindlie payne, unnaturallie cassin of you uponn the wantonne cat in the house, quhilk lyke wyis wes newer sene thair efter.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thair" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
