Pepys's form of the word is nearer quatre voies, the French equivalent of Quadrivium.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
Huxley declared that the trivium and Quadrivium, the seven liberal arts studied in the mediaeval universities, probably demonstrate a clearer and more generous comprehension of what is meant by culture than the curriculum of any modern university.
"Education: How Old The New"
James J. Walsh
When, for instance, Giraut de Bornelli is said to have gone to "school" during the winter seasons, nothing more is meant than the pursuit of the trivium and Quadrivium, the seven arts, which formed the usual subjects of instruction.
"The Troubadours"
H.J. Chaytor