ppl. a. (UN-1 8.)
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, IV. 1457. It is ful hard to halten vn-espied Byfore a crepul for he kan on þe craft.
1542. Udall, Erasm. Apoph., 81. No faulte of the bodye maye escape vnespied.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., VI. x. 11. He … in the couert of the wood did byde, Beholding all, yet of them vnespyde.
1653. H. Cogan, trans. Pinto’s Trav., xix. 67. He got up close to this Junk, and … boarded her on a sudden unespied.
1697. Dryden, Æneis, IX. 786. The second shaft came swift and unespied, And pierced his hand.
1742–3. Observ. Methodists, 8. Of all other Religions every man enjoys the free Exercise … unquestioned and unespied.
1831. Scott, Ct. Rob., xxvi. Nothing, however, in a palace, passes altogether unespied.
1842. Browning, Through the Metidja, ii. Through the desert … Do I glide unespied as I ride?
