forelay

To lay down beforehand

these grounds being forelaid and understood

I shall, before I instance, only forelay this That we must consider […]

To waylay.

c. 1624, Joseph Hall, a sermon either some secret detractor hath forelaid thee by a whispering misintimation

Again Lavis heard him: "You thought to forelay me, eh — and breed panic above?”

To plan; contrive in advance

You folks had better forelay to come aboard by then.