To avise one's self, to consider with one's self, to reflect, to deliberate. (Obs.) "Now therefore, if thou wilt enriched be, Avise thee well, and change thy willful mood."
... Adrian. "And you, Sir Squire, know, that Adrian di Castello permits no proxy in arms. Avise the Knight of St. John that we accept his hospitality, and if, after some converse on graver matters, he should still desire so light an entertainment, I will forget that I am the ambassador to Naples, and remember only that I am a Knight of the ... — Rienzi • Edward Bulwer Lytton