prively

I once had them ID the passage from the Miller's Tale with this line "And prively he caughte hire by the queynte."

Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2006

Whareupone thei prively amonges thame selfis advising, having with thame in counsall [473] Schir David Lyndesay of the Mont, thei concluded, that thei wold geve a charge to the said Johnne, and that publictlie by the mouth of thare preachear.

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

For the tone hurteth. prively, and is able to execute his malice: and the tother doth apertly all that he goeth about.

Memorial of the Most reverend father in God Thomas Cranmer,sometime lord archbishop of Canterbury : Wherein the history of the church, and reformation of it, during the primacy of the said archbishop, are greatly illustrated; and many singular matters relating thereunto, now first published (1694.) 1812

a greate displeasure againste the Kinge and his nation for his secrete seekinge to defraude him of his honour, and benefite of his offer, stole prively oute of his realme into Castile.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584