Note 418 — AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PHINEAS PETT (continued 2)
Reading edition
This word, which Pepys transcribes as 'pritly,' is not in the N.E.D., but since it appears to have the same meaning as 'predy' (or 'priddy') which was in use at sea in the seventeenth century for 'make ready' or 'set ... in order,' it is not impossible that it may be a variation of that word.