Obs. [app. an erroneous formation for theatre.] = THEATRE.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, IV. viii. 128. Or lyk Orestes, son of Agamemnone On theatreis, in farcis mony one. Ibid., V. vi. 7. A playing place wes markit on the ground, Sic as that clepit bene a theatry.
1567. Fenton, Trag. Disc., i. (1898), I. 47. The monument of your vertues being … advaunced to the height of the highest theatrey in the worlde.
1571. Satir. Poems Reform., xxvii. 121. The throne of tryall and theatrie [v.rr. trettie, theatre] trew Is ffor to reigne.
