prætenses

Noun

 * 1) * 17th Century, The Seuen Dayes Of The Weeke, in Miscellanea Antiqua Anglicana (T. Bensley and Son), volume I, page 41:
 * (I hope these hard words doe not fright your senses
 * I sweare tis not our meaninge, gratious vmpeere,
 * To ravish you with showe of bad prætenses)
 * To ravish you with showe of bad prætenses)