α.
1558 in A. Feuillerat
(1908) 95, i dozen of
viserdes with shorte berdes.
1578 J.
Lyly
f. 3v,
Not the carued visarde of a lewde woman, but the incarnate visage of
a lasciuious wanton.
1600 T.
Dekker
sig. C3 (stage direct.)
She [sc.
Vice] and others wearing gilded visards.
1670 S.
Wilson
(1698) I. 93 In Modena are
made the best visards for masquerades.
1733
(ed. 2) I. 120 The Fairy
applied an enchanted Vizard to her Face.
