crie

noun

1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of cry.

   “So the Iewes, when they ſecurely bleſſed themſelues in their proſperitie,and drowned the voyce of the Lords Heralds, denouncing warre, with their lowder crie of peace, peace, were vanquiſhed by their enemies, and led into a miſerable captiuitie.”

verb

1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of cry.

   “The Captaine in a Shippe of warre, is a iollie fellowe, and thinketh himselfe a lyttle God, because hee speaketh prowdlie to the Souldiors, and maketh them quayle at the shaking of his lockes: […] If any be vnrulie, hee casteth him ouerboorde, or if any be fearefull, hee bindes him to the Maste: if hée crie aloofe, the Helmes man dares not goe roomer: and if hée bidde shoote, the gunner dares not but giue fyre.”

   “And it came to paſſe at noone, that Eliiah mocked them, and ſaide, Crie aloud: for he is a god, either he is talking, or he is purſuing, or hee is in a iourney, or peraduenture he ſleepeth, and muſt be awaked.”

   “Ariell: Where the Bee ſucks, there ſuck I, In a Cowslips bell, I lie, There I cowch when Owles doe crie, On the Batts backe I doe flie   after Sommer merrily. Merrily, merrily, ſhall I liue now Vnder the bloſſom that hangs on the Bow.”

   “Let Sacars, Culuerings, and Cannons ſound / In honour of their bones, and rock the ground / With all your deafning terrors: for behold / The Balſum for your wounds, are rich mens gold, / Powder the world with wonder, and thus crie, / The Camel now may paſſe the needles eie.”