once set on fire can hardly bee quenched Abiect Vile base of no estimation Abiure To sweare or forsweare a terme sometime vsed in Lawe when one hauing committed a capitall offence flyeth to a Church or Churchyard and chooseth rather perpetuall banishment viz. to abiure the Realme then stand to tryall of Lawe This Law was instituted by S. Edward the Confessour in fauour of life but now is not in vse Abiuration A renouncing by oath see Abiure Ablepsie Want of sight blindnesse vnaduisednesse Ablution A washing Abolition A taking away destroying or abolishing Abortion The birth of a child before due time or the destroying in the mothers wombe Abortiue That which is vntimely borne Abrahams Baume A little tree of the kind of Withies growing in Italy and other hot countreyes bearing round fruit like Pepper cornes It is very hot and drie and hath a singular propertie to procure chastitie for which cause Phisitians haue named it Agnus castus Abridge To shorten to cut off to gather onely the principall points Abrogate To abolish to disanull by publike authoritie to alter and make a Law which was in force to be of no effect Abrupt Broken off Abruptly By peece-meale out of order without obseruing of due circumstance Absolue To pardon acquite or discharge Absolute Perfect accomplished Absolution Pardon acquitall forgiuenesse Abstinence A forbearing from gluttony or vnlawfull taking other mens goods Abstinent Sober temperate content with his owne Abstract A little booke or gathering taken out of a greater Abstraction A taking away or a short draught taken out of a greater thing Abstruse Hidden secret not easie to vnderstand Absurde Foolish without any wit or grace Absurditie Foolishnesse Abusiue That which offereth abuse Abisse A bottomelesse pit any deepnesse so great that it cannot bee sounded Acatia A little thorne growing in Egypt out of the leaues and fruit whereof they draw a iuyce or blacke liquor which being dryed is called Acatia and is very astrictiue or binding Our Apothecaties haue not the right Acatia but insteed thereof they vse the iuice of sloes beeing of the same vertue that Acatia is Academie A Vniuersitie or great publike schoole the name hereof first came of a place in Athens called Academia where Plato taught Academicall Belonging to an Vniuersitie or Academie Academicke A Philosopher of the sect of Plato They acknowledged one God and beleeued the immortality of soules Plato hauing learned many things of the Hebrewes then the peculiar people of God Accelerate To hasten Acceleration A hastening Accesse Liberty or power to come to a place Accessible Which may be gone too Accessory He that counselleth or commandeth another to commit any offence or comforteth or hideth him knowing that he hath committed an offence Accident That which happeneth by chaunce sometime it signifieth that which belongeth to a thing and yet is no part of the substance as the quantity quality and such like Accidentall Happening by chance or belonging to an Accident Acclamation A crying out to one Accomodate To make fit to apply Accoutrement Attire or dressing Accoste To drawe neere to one Accrew To grow arise or increase Accumulate To heape vp Accumulation A heaping together Acerbity Sowrenesse Acheeue To performe or bring to passe Acolite A Minister seruing to bring water wine and light to the altar Aconitum A venemous herbe hauing a root much like a Scorpion and shining within like alabaster Poets faine that Cerberus the three headed dogge of hell being dregged vp in a chaine of Adamant by Hercules did cast some of his fome vpon this herbe whereby it became so venemous Acquire To gette or procure Acquisition A getting or purchasing Acquite To discharge or free one Acquitall A freeing of one from being guilty of an offence wherewith hee was charged Action A deede done or the doing of any thing In our common Lawe it signifieth a suite commenced against any man and is commonly diuided into three differing kindes viz. 1. Action personall which is for debt goods cattell 2. Action popular which any man may sue as vpon the breach of a penall statute where some aduantage is allowed to him that will sue for it 3. Action reall when one claimeth title to any lands tenements rents or common in fee simple fee taile or for terme of life Actiue Liuely strong nimble Actiuity Strong nimblenesse Actor A doer sometime a Player Actuall That which is done or committed Acute Sharpe witty Adage A prouerbe Adamant A precious stone commonly called a Diamond brought out of Arabia and Cyprus It is the hardest of all stones insomuch that it cutteth glasse and yieldeth neither to stroke of hammer nor fire for which cause the Greekes name it Adamas which in their tongue signifieth Inuincible Notwithstanding it is softened with goates blood beeing steeped therein new and warme It is of contrary nature to the loadstone in so much that beeing laide neere it the loadstone can not draw yron hauing the vertue thereof ouer mastered by the Adamant Addict To apply or giue ones selfe much to any thing Additament Any thing added Addition An adding or putting to In our commō law it signifieth any title giuen to a man beside his name which title sheweth his estate trade course of life and also dwelling place Adhere To cleaue to Adherence A cleauing to or belonging to any thing Adherent That which cleaueth or ioyneth close to a thing Adiacent That which lyeth neere to another thing Adiourne To deferre or put off till another time Adiournement A terme in lawe when any Court is dissolued and appointed to be kept vpon some other time or at any other place Adiunct A qualitie ioyned to a thing as heate to fire coldnesse to Snow Adiure To binde by oath to make one to sweare Adiuration A swearing or binding by oath Administer To doe seruice sometime to take charge and dispose of a dead mans goods by appointment of the Ordinary Administration The doing or handling of a businesse or the disposing of a dead mans goods that made no will Administrator Hee to whom the Ordinary committeth in charge the goodes of a man dying without will Admire To wonder to honor or esteeme highly Admiration A wondering Admission A receiuing or giuing one leaue to enter Admit To let in to allow of Admixtion A mingling of things together Admonish To warne Admonishment A warning giuen one Adopt To choose one to be his sonne Adoption The choosing and making one to bee as his sonne to him Adore To worship to giue diuine reuerence Adoration A worshipping Adorne To decke to set out to beautifie Adornation A decking or trimming Aduent A comming Certaine weekes before Christmas are so called because then is made in the Church solemne preparation for the comming of our Sauiour Aduentaile A coate of Armour Aduerse Contrary Aduert To marke Aduertise To giue knowledge of a thing Adulacion Flattery Adulatory Which flattereth Adulterate To corrupt or counterfeit Aduocate Hee that pleadeth for another Aduouson The right which
or handle a thing well Mandate A commandement Mandragorus See Mandrake following Mandrak A strange hearbe bearing yellowe round Apples The roote of this hearbe it great and white like a Radish roote and is diuided into two or moe parts growing often almost like to the legs of a man This roote especially the barke thereof is extremely cold and drie euen to the fourth degree It is therefore very dangerous to receiue inwardly for that the least quantitie too much will quickly kill one Surgeons vse to steepe this root in Wine and giue it to bee drunken of such as they must cut sawe or burne in any part for the colde operation thereof causeth sleepe and maketh the body insensible for a time Manna In holy Scripture it signifieth a delicate food which God sent from heauen to the Israelites in manner of a dew white and somewhat like Coriander seede with which the Israelites liued fortie yeares in the Wildernesse till they came to the bordeâ—s of the land of Canaan At the first sending hereof the people were in such admiration that they said to each other Manhu viz. What is this Which seemeth to bee the cause why it was after called Manna In Physicke it is taken for a kinde of dew which falling in hotte countries vpon trees doth there congeale almost like to crummes of whitebread and is gathered choicely kept as a gentle purger of choler Mansion A tarying or abiding also a dwelling house Mansuetude Gentlenes mildenesse Manuall Handy or that which may bee carried in the hand Manumission A making one free from bondage Manumitte To make a slaue or bondman free which was in olde time thus The lord of the slaue holding him by the head arme or other part saide before witnesse I will that this man goe free and in so saying shoued him forward out of his hand Manure To till to dresse land Manuscript A handwriting a written booke Marchasite A stone participating with the nature of some mettall yet in so small quantitie that the mettall cannot be melted from it but will vapour away in smoake the stone turning to ashes These Marchasites are commonly in colour like to the mettall mixed with them whether it bee golde siluer brasse or any other Some affirme a Marchasite to bee any stone out of which fire may bee stricken Marches The bounds or limits lying betweene two countries commonly betweene Wales and England or betweene England and Scotland Marcionesse A great Lady a Wife to a Marquesse Marcionists Olde condemned Heretikes so called of their first master Marcion a stoicke Philosopher who held a detestable opinion that Christ was not the Sonne of God Margarites Little pearles found in the shell fish especially in Oysters wherof some haue holes in them and some haue none the best are brought out of India yet they are also found in our English Seas as also in the Flemish and Almaine and the fairest Margarits grow in yong shels Some write that in Thunder the Oysters doe cast them vp as it were in way of abortion which is the cause that they are often found in the sands They are sometimes vsed by Physitions in cordiall confections for they comfort the spirits and are therefore good against swoundings hauing vertue also in them to stop issues of blood or any loosenesse of the bodie Margent A brimme or border Marginall Written in the Margent Marine Belonging to the Sea Maritall Husbandlike Maritime Bordring neere the Sea Marte A great faire or Market Martiall Warlike Martyr A witnesse one that dyeth for the testimony of a good conscience Martyrdome A suffering of death or grieuous torment for constant perseuerance in true religion Martyrologie A historie of the death of Martyrs A booke of the memorie of Martyrs Massacre A great slaughter or murder of many people together Masculine Of the male kinde Masticke A white and cleere Gumee of a sweete sauour This Gum groweth on the Lentiske tree especially in the Iland Chios It is temperate in heat and of a dry binding nature wherfore it strengtheneth the stomacke stayeth vomiting and stoppeth any issue of blood Some doe vse to rub their teeth herewith as well to whiten them as to fasten such as bee loose Masluerco An herbe in India of great vertue to heale wounds Materiall Which hath matter or substance in it Maternal Motherly Mathematician One skilfull in the Mathematickes sometime it is taken in a worse sense for one that superstitiously casteth mens natiuities or vndertaketh to find things lost or foretell what is to come Mathematickes A terme applyed to such arts as treate onely of quantities imaginarily abstracted froÌ„ bodies The arts commonly so called are Arithmeticke Musicke Geometry Geography Astronomie Cosmography and Astrology Matrimoniall Belonging to Matrimony or Wedlocke Matrixe The wombe or place of conception Matrone A graue motherly woman Mature Ripe Maturity Ripenesse Matutine Of or belonging to the morning Maugre In despite of ones heart whether one will or no. Maxime A principall matter a maine point a generall rule Maze An astonishment sometime a deuice like a labyrinth made in some gardens in manner of a knot out of which a man cannot get easily if he once enter in Mazar A broad flat standing cuppe to drinke in There is also a kinde of small Cherries so called Mecoenas It was the proper name of a noble Romane who being in great fauour with Augustus the Emperour was a speciall friend to the Poets Virgill and Horace and generally a supporter of all learned men wherefore sometinâ—â— a great friend or patron is called a Mecoenis Mechanicall Of or belonging to handicrafts Mechoacan A whitish roote brought out of India called by some Indian or white Rubaâ—be It is hot in the first and dry in the second degree and purgeth all humours of what kinde soeuer with much ease It cleanseth and comforteth the liuer and all the inward parts Mediate To deale betweene two to make means of agreement as an indifferent party to both Mediation A meanes of agreement by a friend to both parties Mediator Hee that maketh meanes or speaketh for another Medicable Which may be healed Medicament A medicine Mediocritie A meane a measure Mediterranean Sea A sea which diuideth Europe from Africa Megasine A storehouse for warre Melancholy One of the foure humours in the body the grossest of al other which if it abound too much causeth heauinesse and sadnesse of minde Melioritie A bettering Mellistuous Sweet as hony Membrane The vpmost thin skin in any part of the body Memorable That which is worthy of remembrance Memorandum A terme often vsed when we write of a thing which we would remember Memorial That which putteth one in remembrance Mendicitie Beggery Menniges Thinne skins in which the braine is contained There are two such skinnes one called by Physitians Dicta mater which is the stronger of the two and next vnto the scull The other named Pia mater is within this first beeing more tender and sine and close
it bee so drunke with some binding liquor as the iuice of plantaine redde Wine and such like Rubrike An order or rule written Rubriacted Marked with red or written in red letters Rudiments The first grounds or principles of an art or any knowledge Ruine Vtter ouerthrow vtter destruction Ruminate To chew ouer againe as beastes doe that chew the cud wherfore it is often taken for to study and thinke much of a matter Running of the reines A disease when by reason of weaknesse seede passeth often from one against his will Ruption A breaking Rupture A breaking Rurall Of or belonging to the countrey Rusticall Countrey-like homely rude Rusticitie Rudenesse clownish behauiour S SAbaoth Hostes or armies of men Sable In armorie it signifieth blacke It is also a rich Furre of a beast so called which beast is made like a polecat of colour betweene blacke and browne and breedeth in Russia but most in Tartaria Sabboth A day of rest Saciety Fulnesse Sacrament A mysticall ceremony instituted by our Sauiour Sacred Holy Sacriledge The robbing of a Church the stealing of holy things or abusing of Sacraments or holy mysteries Sacrilegious Very wicked and abhominable Saduce An hereticall sect among the Iewes which denyed the resurrection they called themselues Saduces of the Hebrew word Tsedek Which signifieth Iustice because they tooke themselues to liue more vprightly and iuster then other men Safeconduite A securitie and protection giuen by a Prince or any other person in authoritie for a mans safe comming or going to or from a place Sagacitie Quickenesse of vnderstanding wittinesse Sage Graue wise discreete Sagapenum The sappe or Gum of a plant growing in Media of a yellowish colour without and white within It is hot and dry of a strong smell like garlicke and is vsed in Physicke against diuers cold diseases Saint Antonies sire A disease rising of hotte cholericke blood which beginning first with a blister groweth after to a sore or scab like tetter Salamander A little beast like a lizard with foure feere and a short taile hauing diuers spottes in the body thereof It is of a byting venemous nature and as some affirme will abide in the fire without harme and at last put it cleare out Salarie Wages or hyre Salgemma A cleere kind of salt like Chrystall vsed sometime in Physicke and is found plentifully in Hungaria Saliant A terme in Herauldry when a beast seemeth rampand but lifteth not the fore pawes so high as the rampande doth Salubritie Healthfulnesse Sanctifie To make holie Sanctification A making holy Sanctimonie Holinesse Sanctitie Holinesse Sanctuarie A place whither offenders or indebted persons may flie for succour from being punished or arested Sanctum Sanctorum The holiest place of the Iewes temple where the Arke was kept and whither none entred but the high Priest euery yeare Sandall An ancient kind of shooe Sanders A precious wood brought out of India whereof there are three kinds to wit red yellow and white Sanders They are all of a cooling nature especially the red which is often vsed in Physicke against hot diseases Sanglier A wilde Bore fiue yeeres old Sanguine In Heraldrie it signifieth a murrey colour but commonly it signifieth a complexion most inclining towarde blood Sanguinolent Bloody Sanry Health Saphire A precious stone brought out of East Indiaâ— of a cleare skie colour and the best sort of them hath as it were cloudes therein inclining to a certain rednesse This stone is said to be of a cold nature Sapience Wisdome knowledge Sarcaparillia A plant of India the roote whereof is often vsed in dyet drinkes against the French and other diseases Sarcâ—colla A Gumme brought out of Persia which is red and bitter in taste It is of a healing nature and therefore often vsed to close vp woundes and fill corrupted vlcers with new flesh For which cause it is named in Greek Sarcocolla which signifieth a glewer or healer vp of the flesh Sassafras A tree of great vertue which groweth in the Florida of the West Indies the rinde hereof hath a sweete smell like Cinnamon It comforteth the lyuer and stomack and openeth obstructions of the inward parts being hotte and dry in the second degree The best of the Tree is the roote next the boughes then the body but the principall goodnesse of all resteth in the ryndes Satan An enemie Satiate To fill Satiety Fulnesse Saturitie Fulnesse Satyr A strange monster in India hauing the body of a man all hairie with legs and feete like a Goat which monsters the ancient Poets were wont to call gods of the woods It signifieth also a sharpe byting kind of verse wherin mens vices were laid open Satyricall Sharpe or biting as Satyrs were commonly written Sauine A little low tree bearing leaues almost like Tamariske and of a hotte scowring nature Saults Iumpes leapes Saunce Without Sawe An olde saying Saxifrage An herbe bearing seed like Parsley seed but more hot and byting which seede or the roote being boiled in wine and drunken breaketh the stone of the kidneyes and bladder Scalpe The haire skinne of the head Scammonie The iuyce of the roote of an herbe brought hither drie out of Asia and Mysia It is a violent purger of choler and dangerous to take inward vnlesse it bee well prepared See Diagridium Scandall An offence or that which causeth one to fall stumble or take offence Scandalize To offend by euill example or giue one occasion to bee offended Scarifie To scrape cut launce or open a sore Scarification A scraping or cutting Scedule A little rowle or written bill Scene A play a Comedy a Tragedy or the diuision of a play into certaine parts In old time it signified a place couered with boughes or the roome where the players made them ready Scheme A figure in speaking Schisme Diuision or strife in matters of religion Schismaticall Diuided in fellowship from the other part erroneous Schismaticke One diuided from the vnitie of the Church Scholasticall Learned belonging to Schollers Sciaâ—ica A gout in the hippe caused by grosse and flegmaticke humours gathered in the hollownesse of the ioynt thereof Science Knowledge Scolopendra A fish that feeling himselfe taken with a hooke casteth out his bowels vntill he hath vnloosed the hooke and then swalloweth them vp againe Scope The end or marke that one aymeth at Scorpion A venemous worme with seuen feete bearing his sting in his taile with which hee striketh mischieuously They are of diuers colours and the femall is the greater hauing withall a sharper sting then the male They may be killed with fasting spittle of a sound man There are also great Scorpions with wings which are carryed in some hotte countreyes with the wind from one place to another Scoute One sent out to espye and bring tydings of the enemyes purpose or of any danger likely to happen Scribe A writer a clerke a publike notary Scruple Doubt difficulty In Physicke it signifieth a small weight of twenty wheat cornes the third part or a dramme Scrupulositie