But here I will make mine avowe, To do her as ill a turne: For an ever I may that foule theefe gette, 155 In a fyre I will her burne.
But heer Ile make mine avow[460] to god to do her an euill turne, for an euer I may thate fowle theefe get, in a fyer I will her burne.
The world would say such beauty should not dye; Yet like a theefe thou didst it cruelly.
Adames, allthough he burdened me I went about to meyntayne a theefe against all reason, which all men may think that heare hym say soe that no honest man would doe it.
So now I hope this lying theefe shall have his disertes, for I have not receved any such matters.
Yt is strang to see how we are misused by these Japons of Firando, and how that theefe Gorezano is mentayned to misuse us; and the justice will not compell hym to pay me that he oweth me.
Speck, with advize I recoverd it from the theefewhich stole it.
In Bridewell a number be stript, lesse woorthie than theefe to be whipt.
Though shifting too oft be a theefe in a house, yet shift slut and slouen for feare of a louse.
There horse being tide on a balke, is readie with theefe for to walke.
Yochemon Dono and the gunpolder mans servant broght the theefe Mon back from Nangasaque, with iiij letters from Feze Dono and Skidayen Dono and Ichemon Dono and Paule Dono, the gunpoulder man.
Soe it is thought she is a theefe run away from Spaniard to seek purchases.
But the theefe was fownd, being a carpenter, and put into prison.
This fello hath byn a secret theefe ever since he came into the howse, and hath stolne dyvers silver cupps, spoones, and forkes, with other matters, both of the Companis and others.
There was no priuie theefe nor common robber that durst lay hands vpon other mens goods, but he might looke to make amends with losse of his life, if he were knowne to be giltie.
O, for a fine theefe of two and twentie, or thereabout: I am heynously vnprouided.
Thou art a Robber, A Law-breaker, a Villaine: yeeld thee Theefe Gui.
Yes some-thing you can deny for your owne safety: you haue bin a great Theefe by Sea Men.
Nay, he's a theefe too: haue you not heard men say, That time comes stealing on by night and day?
Tush, I may as well say the foole's the foole, but seest thou not what a deformed theefe this fashion is?
If it bee too bigge for your Theefe, your Theefe thinkes it little enough: So euerie true mans apparrell fits your Theefe.
With a theefe to the gallowes: for though hee go as softly as foot can fall, he thinkes himselfe too soon there Orl.
I am accurst to rob in that Theefe company: that Rascall hath remoued my Horse, and tied him I know not where.
Doe not thou when thou art a King, hang a Theefe Prin.
So would I: As good a tricke as euer Hangman seru'd Theefe Foole.
Tis not our danger Nor the imprison'd Prince's, for what Theefe Dares by base sacrilege rob the Church of him?
Knight, whych colorably thus doth torment himselfe, or els are yee inchaunted with the venomous honny and tirannicall brauery of the Theefe which murdered my husbande, and your mayster?
Now to come to the effect of the matter, I do say wyth al dutifull reuerence, that it is an accusation altogither false and vntrue, that euer mayster Alolsio came to my house as a Theefe against my wil.
On the other side, our Nephew accuseth himselfe to be a theefe and which is more, that hee ment to kill Mistresse Mora when hee brake into hir house.
Is it to thee false theefe and murderer, that I ought to render accompte of that which I meant to doe?
In this manner the good theefe pleaded and defended our cause, being a good Patron to the silly virgin, and to me poore Asse.
When they had reasoned together in this sort, they swore both earnestly, that neither of them stale or tooke away any jote of the meate, wherefore they concluded to search out the Theefe by all kind of meanes.
And the theefe which a little before had brought the false newes against me, drew out of the skirt of his coate, a thousand crowns, which he had rifled from such as hee met, and brought it into the common treasury.
Why doe I not kill this lame theefe and weake wretch.
With drowsie charmes, Kinde sleepe bewitcheth thee into her armes; And finding where Loves chiefest treasure lies, Is like a theefe stole under thy bright eyes.
That tide which did its banckes ore-flow, As sent abroad by the angry sea To levell vastest buildings low, And all our Trophies overthrow; Ebbes like a theefe away.
Nay, rather let mee haue it, as you are a false Theefe Gad.
Were that commeth from Vpton by [Sidenote: Westbirie vnder the plaine, neuer without a theefeor twaine.
They take also their name of the word mase and theefe (or master theefe if you will) bicause they often stound and put such persons to their shifts in townes and villages, and are the principall causes of their apprehension and taking.
And even in Common-wealths, if I be forced to redeem my selfe from a Theefe by promising him mony, I am bound to pay it, till the Civill Law discharge me.
If that a theefe at your window to enter should begin, Wold you hold forth your hand and helpe to pull him in?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "theefe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
