Sentence:  The Britaynes woulde oftentimes...lay their Cattell...in places conueniente, to bee as a <WSD>stale</WSD> to the Romaynes, and when the Romaynes shoulde make to them to fetche the same away,...they would fall vpon them. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.