faitour

noun

1. (archaic)A charlatan or imposter, especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes.

   “Allas sayd kynge Lot I am ashamed / for by my defaute ther is many a worshipful man slayne / for and we had ben to gyders there hadde ben none hooste vnder the heuen that had ben abel for to haue matched with vs / This fayter with his prophecye hath mocked me”

   “Into new woes vnweeting I was cast, / By this false faytor[…].”

   “Quick, now, little faitour. What do you want to know about Gondal?”