Note 262 — The Table. (continued 2)

I have already explained this word to signify adultery. The latter form appears to have been little used by old writers (though it occurs in the Rule of Reason, 1551, 8vo. by Thomas Wilson). Thus in Paynel's translation of Erasmus De Contemptu Mundi,1533, fol. 16, we find—"Richesse engendre and brynge forth inceste and advoutry."

"Hobs. Mass, they say King Henry is a very advoutry man.

"King. A devout man? And what King Edward?"—

Heywood's Edward IV. Part I. 1600.