in Greeke signifieth So Hydromancie is a diuination made by some apparition in water as Varro writeth that a Boy saw inwater one bearing the forme of Mercurie who foretold in one hundred and fiftie verses the euent of the warre which the Romans had with King Mithridates Pyromancie is a diuination made by the fire or spirits appearing in the fire Coscinomancie is a ridiculous kinde of diuination made with a sieue which at this day is vsed by some simple women and appeareth to bee of antiquitie for in the third Idylle of Throcritus there is mention made hereof Palmistrie or Chiromancie is a diuination practised by looking vpon the lines of the fingers and hands an art still in vse among fortune tellers Egyptians and iuglers Besides these there were also other diuinations as namely Aeromancie that which is gathered by apparitions in the aire Capnomancie by the flying of smoake Catoptromancie by visions shewne in a glasse All which being euen by the Pagans themselues accounted deceitfull and vainâ— it remaineth that of Christians they be vtterly reiected and abhorred Diuorce A separation of man and wife which was as our Sauiour witnesseth first permitted by Moses vnto the Israelites for the hardnesse of their hearts that men might rather put their wiues away whome they grew wearie of then vse them with too great extremitie to shorten their liues as many did The woman so diuorced was to haue of her husband a writing as Iosephus witnesseth to this effect I promise that hereafter I will lay no claime to thee And this writing was called a bil of diuorce But with Christians this custome is abrogated sauing onely in case of adulterie The auncient Romanes also had a custome of diuorce and amongst them it was as lawfull for the wiues to put away their husbands as for the husband to dismisse his wife but amongst the Israelites this prerogatiue was onely permitted to the husband Diureticall That which is of vertue to cause one to make water Diumall Of or belonging to a day Also a booke wherein daily actions or accounts are set downe Diuturmitie Long continuance Diuulgâ— To publish or tell abroad Diuulgation A telling or reporting abroad Docibilitie See docilitie Docible See docill Docill Easie to bee taught one that will soone learne Docilitie Aptnesse quicknesse of vnderstanding Document A lesson an instruction Dogdayes Certaine daies in Iuly and August so called of the Starre Canis the Dogge which then rising with the Sun doth greatly increase the heat thereof Dogmaticall Which is helde or maintained in some mens opinion Dole Sorrow heauinesse griefe sometimes almes giuen to many poore folkes Dolefull Heauie sorrowfull Dolorous Grieuous painfull Dolphine A fish friendly to man and especially to children the Females of this fish haue breasts like to women which are well stored with milke They are very faithfull to one another and bring foorth yong ones like whelpes after tenne moneths and in Sommer time They sometime breake foorth of the Sea but presently die as soone as they touch land Doome A sentence pronounced a iudgement Doomesman A Iudge Domesticall One of the house or any thing belonging to the house Domesticke See Domesticall Domincere To beare rule or great sway Dominicall Belonging to sunday or our Lords day Dominion Lordship rule Donaâ—ic A gift properly that which is hanged vp in a Church Donation A giuing Donce Hee to whom a thing is giuen or granted Donour A giuer Dormant Sleeping Dormitorie A place to sleepe in or that which hath vertue to make one sleepe Dorter A cell or chamber vsed onely for religious men to sleepe in Dowager A Widdow Princesse hauing dowrie in the countrey which was in subiection to her deceased husband Doulcets The stoâ—es of a Hare or Stag. Drachme See dram Drammt A smal weight the eight part of an ounce It conteineth in it three scruples euery scruple beeing of the weight of twentie Wheate cornes so that a dramme is the iust weight of 60. cornes of wheate Drerie Sorrowfull lamentable Dromedarie A kinde of camel hauing two bunches on the backe which is very swift and can trauell two or three daies without drinke Drone An idle Bee that will not labour Druides Ancient Pagan Priests in France which liued naked in woods giuing themselues to the study of philosophy and auoyding all company so much as they might They were of such estimation among the people that all controuersies were referred to their determination and a great penaltie laid on such as disobeied their sentence They beleeued the immortalitie of soules but supposed with Pythagoras that they still passed by death from one body to another Dryades Nymphs of the woods so called of the Greek word Drys which signifieth an Oake Duall Of or belonging to two Dubious Doubtfull Dubitable Doubtfull Dulia Seruireâ— a worship done to Angels and Saints Duplication A doubling Duplicitie Doublenesse Durabilitie Long continuance Dwale An hearb of cold operation hauing power to make one sleepe some call it Nightshade E EAglet A young Eagle Ebene A tree which groweth in Ethiopia beating neither leaues nor fruite It is blacke and hath no grain like other wood and is sharp byting in tast Being burned it yieldeth a pleasant smell neither is the smoake thereof offensiue but the greene wood is so full of sap that it will flame like a candle It is good against many diseases of the eies That which groweth in India is spotted with white and yellow being not in such estimation as the Ethiopian Ebene is Ebionits Certaine old Heretikes which affirmed that Christ was not before his mother the B. Virgin Against these Heretikes Saint Iohn writte his Gospel after he returned from his bainishment in the yle Pathmos Ebonie See Ebene Ebrietie Drunkennesse Eccho A rebounding or sounding backe of any noyse or voyce in a wood valley or hollow place Poets feine that this Eccho was a Nymphe so called which beeing reiected of one whom shee loued pyned away for sorrow in the woods where her voyce still remaineth answering the outcryes of all complaints Ecclesiasticall Of or belonging to the Church Ecclesiasticus Of or belonging to a Preacher The name of a Booke in the olde Testament is so called Eclipse A fayling or want of any thing Commonly it signifieth a want of light and there be two such Eclipses namely of the Moone and of the Sunne Eclipse of the Moone neuer happeneth but at the full Moone neither then alwayes but wheÌ„ she is in such a point that the shadow of the earth depriueth her of the Sunne beames from whence she taketh her light Eclipse of the Sunne is not so vsuall and happeneth only at the change of the Moone namely when the Moone being betweene the Sunne and vs doth with her dark body hide part of her light from vs which was the cause that Dionysius Areopagita seeing the Sunne so admirably eclipsed at our Sauiours passion contrary to all reason when the Moone was not in any neerenesse to hinder his light cryed out
called Paragraphs Paralipomenon Omitted or not spoken of There are two bookes in the old testamēt so called because many worthy histories omitted in the bookes of Kings are there related Parallels Lines running of an equall distance from each other which can neuer meete though they be drawn infinitely in length thus In Astronomie there are fiue such imagined lines running circlewise about the round compasse of the heavens The first is the Equinoctiall line iust in the middle of the world betweene the two Poles The second northward from the Equinoctiall is the Tropike of Cancer to which line the sunne commeth about the twelfth day of Iune The third yet more northward is the northerne circle within 23. degrees and 50. minutes of the North pole The fourth line is the Tropike of Capricorne declining southward frō the Equinoctiall as much as the Tropike of Cancer doth northward and to this line the sunne commeth about the twelfth of December The fift and last line is the southerne circle beeing as neere the south pole as the northerne circle before spoken of is to the North pole Paralogisme A deceitfull syllogisme a manner of arguing which seemeth true when it is not as in saying Hee that affirmeth William to be a lining creature sayth true He that affirmeth William to bee a horse affirmeth him to be a living creature Therefore he that affirmeth William to bee a horse saith true Paramounte The chiefe Lord of the fee. Paramour A Sweete heart one dearely beloued Paraphrase A free manner of translation or interpretation wherein a man doth not tye himselfe to expresse euery word as it lyeth in the coppy but to explicate and adorne the matter more at large and to abridge somethings yet still keeping the sense of the Author any such translatiō is called a Paraphrasticall translation Parasite A Flatterer a trencher friend One that is still hanging on some rich man and flatteringly feedeth his humor because hee would bee partaker of his good cheere Parcitie Sparingnesse niggardnesse Parenthesis Any word or sentence thrust into an other sentence in such sort that it may bee left out in speaking and yet the sense of the matter still remaine whole Such word or sentence is commonly marked with two halfe circles thus Paricide One that hath killed his owne Father or Mother Among the auncient Romans if any committed so horrible a crime hee was sowed aliue in a leather bag with a Cocke an Ape and an Adder put to him and as some write a Dog so were throwne together into the riuer Tyber where the miserable Caytife must needs die a lingering death being depriued of the vse of al elements saue onely a little aire to draw his wretched life in torment the longer Paritie Equalitie likenesse Parley A talking together Paroxysme The sharpe assault or fit of an ague Parsimonie Thriftinesse good husbandrie Parsimonious Thriftie sparing Particularise To draw or deuide things in speaking into certaine particulars or small parcels Partisan A weapon like a Halberd Paschall Of or belonging to the feast of Easter Pasche The feast of Easter Passant Walking passing along Passible Which may suffer or feele paine Passion A suffering Pastor A shepheard Pastorall Of or belonging to a shepheard Paternall Fatherly Patheticall Passionate or that which mooueth passions in a man Patriarch A great auncestour a great Bishop or father Patrimonie Goods or lands left one by his father or some other auncestour Patrone A defender a great friend that supporteth one Patronage Defence Patronize To defend Paucitie Fewnesse Pauice A great large shield that couereth the whole bodie Pauilion A tent for war Paunage The feeding of swine in any forrest wood or other place with mast Peccaui I haue offended Pectorall Belonging to the breast or which hangeth before the breast Pecuniarie Of or belonging to money Pellican A bird that wanting foode feedeth her yong ones as is said with her owne blood Pellmell Confusedly running disorderly together Penall Of or belonging to paine or punishment Pendant Hanging downward Penetrable Which may be pearsed through Penetrate To pearse thorough Penetentiall Belonging to penance or repentance Penitent He that is heartily sortie and repenteth Penon An ensigne or banner borne in watre Pension A yeerely fee or wages for some seruice done Pensiue Sad heauy Pentateuch The fiue bookes of Moses to wit Genesis Exodus Leuiticus Numeri and Denteronomie Pentecost The feast of Whitsontide so called because it is fiftie daies after Easter For Pentecost in Greeke signifieth the fiftieth Penurie Want pouertie Penurious Poore in want Perambulation A walking Perceptible Which may be perceiued Perch A kinde of fish It signifieth also a rod or long pole vsed in measuring of land beeing of 16. foote a halfe in length and in some places more Percullis The name of an office of one of the Pursiuants at armes Percussion A striking Perdition Destruction Perdurable Lasting of long continuance Peregrination A trauelling into a strange land Peremptorie Resolute short quicke Perennitie Long continuance Perfidious Treacherous not to be trusted Perfidiousnesse Treacherie disloyaltie Perfunctory Carelesly don Perigeon The neerest distance of the Planets from the earth Period The perfect end of a sentence marked commonly with a full point thus Peripatetickes Philosophers of the sect of Aristotle so called because they walked in their readings and disputations for Peripatco in Greeke signifieth to walke Periphrasis A long speaking a speaking of one word by many Periscians People dwelling so neere either of the two Poles that their shadowes goe round about them like a wheele Periutie A forswearing Permission A Sufferance leaue Permutation A changing Pernicious Deadly dangerous Peroration The conclusion of a long speech or Oration Perpendicular Directly downe right Perpetrate To commit any vnlawfull thing Perpetuitie Euerlastingnesse Perplexitie Great doubtfulnesse intanglednesse Perquisits Profits comming to lords of mannors by casualtie or vncertainly as escheats heriots releefes strayes forfeitures Persist To continue to the end Personate To represent the person of another Perspicuitie Cleerenesse plainnesse Perspicuous Cleere plain manifest Perswasiue Which doth or may perswade Pertinacie Stubbornnes wilfulnesse Perturbe To trouble Penurbation A trouble a great disquietnesse Peruerse Froward contrarie Peruert To corrupt or marre to turne one from good to bad Pestiferous Mortal deadly poysonous Petition A suite a demand a request Petroll A substance strained out of the naturall Bitumen spoken of before It is for the most part white and somtime black and being once set on fire can hardly be quenched Pettie Being placed before other words it signifieth little Pettie Sargeantie A tenure of lands holden of the King by yeelding to him a Buckler Arrow Bow or such like seruice Petulancie Wanton saucinesse malepart boldnes Phantasme A vision or imagined appearance Pharisee A sect of Iewes professing more holinesse then the common sort did They wore on their foreheads little scrols wherein were written the ten commandements and were called Pharises of the Hebrew word Phares which signifieth to
to his father Iupiter to helpe him in that distresse whereupon there appeared a Ramme vnto him which stamping vpon the ground with his foote caused a fountaine forthwith to spring in the place Bacchus obtaining by this meanes his desire built a temple there of exceeding huge greatnesse in the middle whereof hee erected an Idoll to Iupiter in the likenesse of a Ram which Idol afterward gaue Oracles and was called the Oracle of Ammon because it was situated in a dry sandy place for Ammos in Greeke signifieth Sand. The other Oracle was at Delphi a Cittie of Beotia in Greece where Apollo was said to giue answers Oratorie A place to pray in Oratour One that pleadeth causes an eloquent speaker Orbe Any perfect round circle hollow in the midst Orbicular Round like an Orbe Orchall A stone like Allume vsed somtime by Diers to raise a red colour Ordinarie A Iudge that hath ordinary iurisdiction in Ecclesiasticall causes Ordure Dung filth Orgall The lees of Wine dried vsed by Diers to make their cloth to drinke in the colour throughly Organicall That which consisteth of diuers substantiall parts members Organist A player vpon Organs Organ Ling. A kinde of Ling brought out of the North Countries Orgies Rude ceremonies instituted by the Poet Orpheus to bee kept euery third yeare in the honour of Bacchus Orient The East Orient Pearles Glistring Pearles of great price Orientall Of or belonging to the East Orifice The mouth of any thing or the outward hole of a wound Originall The first beginning The first of any thing Oringos Certaine rootes growing in some places neere the Sea side The Plant is called Sea hollie bearing prickly broad leaues and round sharpe prickly heads set about with small skie coloured floures These rootes are very long and deepe into the ground of an ashie colour in the outside and full of ioynts They vse scraping of the outer rinde of these roots pulling out the pith to preserue them by boyling them with Sugar or Hony a little Cinamon and Ginger which preserue is very good for aged people and such as are consumed in their bodie to nourish them againe Orisons Prayers Ornament A garnishing Ornature A garnishing a setting forth Ornifie To garnish Orphan He that wanteth Father and Mother friendlesse Orpment A soft yellow kind of Arsenik like vnto Brimstone It is commonly taken for Rats-bane Orthodoxall That which belongeth to a true and right faith or Religion Orthographie The art of writing words truly as Sonne of man with an O Sunne that shineth with the vowell V. Orthographist Hee that professeth or is skilfull in Orthographie Osanna See Hosanna Osprey A kinde of rauenous Fowle which houereth ouer pooles to take Fish Ostentation Boasting vaine craking or vaunting A proude setting foorth to shew Ostiary An officer hauing authority to keep vnworthy persons out of the Church Ostracisme A banishment among the Athenians for ten years so called because they vsed to write the names of the party so condemned in Oyster shelles This punishment was chiefely vsed to abate the ouergreat power of noble men Ouall A long round circle made like an egge such as pictures are sometimes drawne in Ouerture An ouerturning a sudden change Oxgang Thirteene acres of land Oxymel A sirupe made of Hony Vineger and water good to cut and clense grosse flegmatick humors sometime there are boyled certen roots and seeds with it and then it is called Oxymell compositum sometime it is made with Hony Vineger and the Sea Onion and then it is named Oymel Scilliticum which also is of two sorts to witte simple and compound P. PAcal A tree in India so called Pacification An appeasing or pacifying Pacificatory Which appeaseth or pacifieth Pact A bargaine Page A written side of a lease of paper Pagan A Heathen an infidell Paganisme The beleefe of the Pagans Paico An hearbe in India good against the griefe of the stone in the Kidnies which commeth of windinesse or colde causes Palate The vpper hollow part of the mouth wherin lieth the sense of tasting as in the tongue Palestricall Of or belonging to wrastling Also that which is done decently with comely gesture of the body Palinode A recantation or denying of an opinion formerly maintained * Palliard A Whooremonger * Palliardise Whooredome Palliate To cloke to couer Pallizado Great posts set vp in the entry to a Camp for a defence against great shot Palme The tree which beareth Dates growing plentifully in the holy land There are of these trees found also in some parts of Egypt but they beare no fruite or if they beare any it is vnpleasant The branches of this tree were wont to be carried as a token of victory because they are of that nature that they wil stil shoot vpward though oppressed with neuer so great weight the leaues thereof neuer fall Of this tree there is male and female the male beareth only blossomes no fruit but the female beares both In olde times some people vsed to write with Paper made of leaues of the Palme tree Palmer A poore pilgrime that visiteth all holy places Palmister He that telleth ones fortune by looking in his hand Palmistry See Diuination Palpable That which may be felt with the fingers manifest notorious Pamphlet A little booke Pandar A base fellow that keepeth or attendeth vpon Harlots Pandect A booke treating of all matters also the Volume of the Ciuill Lawe called Digests is so called Panegyricall That which is spoken flatteringly in praise of some great person Also it signifieth stately honorable magnificent or a speech made of many great matters together Panther A fierce wilde beast hauing a sweet smel and a faire spotted skinne wherewith shee allureth other beastes to looke on her hiding her head least it should make them afraid and by this means getteth her prey more easily The male of this beast is the libard The panthers as is written haue on their shoulder a spotte which groweth and waineth like the moon This beast is so fearfull of the Hyena that in his presence shee dareth not doe any thing in so much that if one haue but a peece of the skinne of a Hyena the Panther will not touch him and it is sayde that if both their skins be hanged together the haire of the Panthers skin will fall of Panyme A heathen a gentile Parable A similitude or resemblance made of a thing Paracelsian A physition that followeth the method of Paracelsus and his manner of curing which was by exceeding strong oyles and waters extracted out of the nature of things Paraclete A comforter Paradise A garden or pleasant place Paradox An opinion maintained cōtrary to the common allowed opinion as if one affirme that the earth doth mooue round and the heauens stand stil Paragon A beautifull peece a louely creature Paragraph It properly signifieth any marke set in a margent to note the different discourses in a booke or long chapter wherefore such diuisions in writing are commonly