Obs. [a. L. fautrix, fem. of fautor (see FAUTOR). Cf. F. fautrice.] = prec.
1582. T. Watson, Centurie of Loue, xcii.
| Phebus delightes to veiw his Lawrel Tree; | |
| The Popplar pleaseth Hercules alone; | |
| Melissa mother is, and fautrix to the Bee, | |
| Pallas will weare the Oliue branche or none. |
1621. G. Sandys, Ovid’s Met., VIII. (1669), 153. Him Pallas, fautrix of good wits, sustains.
1630. M. Godwyn, trans. Bp. Hereford’s Ann. Eng., III. 325. The Queene although blindly misled in matter of Religion, was so exact a fautrix of iustice, that she was vtterly averse from all mention of pardon.
