Hap, n. [Icel. happ unexpected good luck. √39.] That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot. Chaucer.
Whether art it was or heedless hap. Spenser.
Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build
Their hopes on haps. Sir P. Sidney.
Loving goes by haps:
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. Shak.