Obs. [a. F. bastardise (16th c. in Littré), mod. bâtardise, f. bâtard BASTARD.] Bastardy, illegitimacy; falsity.
1579. Tomson, Calvin’s Serm. Tim., 1030/1. This is such a bastardise, as the diuell hath brought into the worlde.
1600. Chapman, Iliad, III. 319. With bastardice brand all their future race.
1611. Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., VII. cxxv. 271. Affecting the Crown, vpon … supposed bastardise of Arthur.
