An altar standing vpon goates feete, with a burning fire aloft, on the foreside whereof there was also an eie, and a vulture.
He sat vpon a stone with an aporne of a Goates skinne, the hinder parts compassing his waste, and tyed behynde with a knotte, and the neck part, with the hayrie side next him, hung downe betwixt his legges.
They reported that this Iland was giuen by the king of Portugall to one of his gentlemen, who hath let it foorth to rent for one hundreth duckats a yeere, which rent is reared onely in goates skinnes.
There lieth off this Iland another called Ila Braua, which is not passing two leagues ouer, it hath good store of goates and many trees, but there are not passing three or foure persons dwelling in it.
Next of all we come to Bitham beck, which riseth not far from Bitham towne and parke, in the hilles, where about are great numbers of goates kept and mainteined, and by all likelihood resorteth in the end to Linsands.
Certaine goates whereat we shotte fled vp to the high cliffes, so that it was impossible to get them.
They also devoure Goates and Swyne of all sortes, except Bores, who doe not easily yeald unto Wolves.
Goates then bare wooll, as it is recorded in Sicily they doo yet.
Euen as the age of goates is knowen by the knots on their homes, so think the anger of God apparently visioned or showne vnto thee in the knitting of my browes.
It shall be thus: within a lawne hard by, Obscure with bushes, where no humane eye Can any way discouer our deceit, There feeds a heard of Goates and country neate.
Nothing, they say, can soften A Diamond butGoates blood;[142] they perhaps were Lambs In whose blood I was softened.
She might take some goates skinns to ly in her bedd but not given to her for her lodginge.
They wandred in that mountayne, scattered lyke wylde goates or prickettes, yet durst they not come downe, partly for feare, and partly for hatred agaynst the Mahumetans.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "goates" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
