dissolvetur Either the God of nature suffereth or else the frame of the world will be destroyed Ecliptike line Animagined line running thorough the midst of the twelve signes in which the Sunne alwaies keepeth his course Eclog. It is commonly taken for a poeme containing a communication of shepherds but the word in Greeke signifieth a collection or choice gathering of things together Eden An Hebrew word signifying delectation or a place of pleasure and delight Paradise Edible Which may be eaten Edict An ordinance made by any in authoritie A proclamation or decree Edifie To build to frame sometime to instruct Edifice A building a frame Edification A building but most commonly it is taken for an instruction so plainly delivered that the hearer profiteth by it Edition A setting forth or publishing Educate To bring up to nourish Education A bringing up Effectuate To performe Effeminate Womanish nice Efficacie Strength vertue force Efficiencie A bringing to passe Efficient Which bringeth to passe or performeth Effusion A powring out a large spending Eftsoones Againe often Egregious Notable excellent Egresse A going forth from any place Egritude Griefe of mind or paine of body Eject To cast out Ejection A casting out Ejulation A howling a pittifull crying out Elaborate Curious done with great pains Elate Lifted up advanced proud loftie Elation A lifting up pride loftinesse Elaterium The juice of wilde cucumbers dried Being taken inwardly it purgeth waterish humors and is good against the dropsie But it must be mixed with somewhat to restraine the malice of it for otherwise it will be pâ—â—infull in operation * Eld. Old age Elect. To choose or one that is chosen Election Choice Electuarie Any medicine taken inwardly made of divers powders mixed together and by tempering with some syrupes or hony brought to a soft liquid formy Elegancie Finenes neatnesse Elegant Fine neate picked trim Elegie A mournefull song used in funerals or other passions of sorrow Elegiacke Mournfull Element The first matter of visible substance from whence all things take their beginning wherof there be foure namely fire aire water and earth Sometime it signifieth a letter as A.B.C. sometime the first foundation principle or instruction of any thing Elementary Which consisteth of Elements Eleemosynarie Given in almes or which giveth almes Elench A subtill argument Elevate To lift up to advance Elevation A lifting up Elixir An Arabian word of the same signification that Quintessence is in latine see Quintessence Elke A kind of Yew to make bowes with Elocution Vtterance eloquence Eloine To put give or sell away Elong To put or set farre off Elude To mocke or deceive Elusion A mocking a deceit Elysian Of or belonging to Elysium Elysium A supposed place of pleasure below where Poets imagined the souls of good men did rest Embalme To annoint with balme Embassie An embassage a message from one Prince to another Embellish To make beautifull Embezill To steale to convey away Embleme It properly signifieth any fine worke cunningly set in wood or other substance as we see in chesse boards and tables notwithstanding it is commonly taken for a picture or other device shadowing some matter to be learned by it Embost A terme used by hunters when a Deere is so weary that he fometh at the mouth Embracer A law terme of him that when a matter is in triall cometh for reward to the barre being no lawyer nor witnes and speaketh in favour of one of the parties or which laboureth the Jury or useth any unlawfull practise to make them give their verdit as he would have them Embrion A childe unperfect in the mothers wombe Emendation An amending Emeralde A precious stone the greenest of all other for which cause it is very comfortable to the sight The best of these stones are brought out of Scythia And some affirme them to be taken out of the Griffons nests who doe keepe this stone with great crueltie It is found by experience as Albertus writeth that if the Emerald be good it inclineth the bearer thereof to chastitie and cannot endure the action of lust There is also a disease sounding neere this word for which see Hemorrhode Eminence Highnesse dignitie honour Eminent High loftie honourable Emmanuel An Hebrew word expressing the dignitie of our Saviour and is interpreted God with us Emolument Profit gaine advantage Empannel To make up a jurie of twelve or more men Emphasis An expresse or most plaine signification of ones minde Emphaticall That which is uttered with most expresse signification in such sort that it setteth forth to the full the intent of the speaker Empirick A physition that getteth skill by his own practise Emplaster A plaister or salve made of herbs powders and oyle boyled together Emplead To sue one Emprimed A terme used by hunters when a Hart first forsaketh the herd Empyriall heaven The highest heaven above the firmament so called by a Greeke name because of the bright shining of it Emulate To envie to strive to doe as another doth Emulation Envie an earnest desire to do as another doth Enarration A telling or declaring Enchiridion It is commonly taken for a little book which one may still carry in his hand Encomium A praise Encroch To creepe or presse upon a man unlawfully to get more then his due Encrochment A law terme when one man unlawfully presseth too farre upon another as in setting his pale too farre upon anothers land the more to enlarge his own or in taking more rent then is due Endorse To write on the outside of a Letter Endorsed A terme of Herauldrie when two beasts are painted with their backs turned to each other Energeticall Very forcible and strong Energie Force vertue strength * Enewed Made new Enfranchise To make free to admit or receive one into any corporation Enfranchisement A making free Enhance To advance or make greater Enigma A riddle a darke speech Enigmaticall Obscure darke hard to understand spoken in a riddle * Enmoised Comforted Enormitie A going out of rule a great disorder Enormous Wicked very bad Enquest A Iury of twelve or moe men Ensigne A banner borne in warres a flagge or any ornament serving for a marke of some dignitie Entalented Ingrafted Enthymeme A terme of Logick It signifieth an imperfect syllogisme which wanteth either the Major or Minor as for example Every sin deserveth correction Every theft is a sin Therefore every theft deserveth correction Now if we will leave the first part called the Major and say thus Every theft is a sinne Therefore Every theft deserveth correction Or omit the second part named the Minor and say Every sinne deserveth correction therefore every theft deserveth correction Then it is called an Enthymeme to wit a keeping in the mind for so the word properly signifieth because one of these parts is understood in the mind where note that if the two endes of the Enthymeme are like in speech then the Minor is wanting if the two beinnings be like the Major is omitted as may easily appeare by
this herbe is great and white like a Radish root and is divided into two or moe parts growing often almost like to the legs of a man This root especially the barke thereof is extreamely cold and dry even to the fourth degree It is therefore very dangerous to receive inwardly for that the least quantity too much will quickly kill one Surgeons use to steep this root in Wine and give it to be drunken of such as they must cut sawe or burne in any part for the cold operation thereof causeth sleep and maketh the body insensible for a time Manna In holy Scripture it signifieth a delicate food which God sent from heaven to the Israelites in manner of a dew white and somewhat like Coriander seed with which the Israelites lived forty yeares in the Wildernesse till they came to the borders of the land of Canaan At the first sending hereof the people were in such admiration that they said to each other Manbu viz. What is this Which seemeth to be the cause why it was after called Manna In Physicke it is taken for a kind of dew which falling in hot Countries upon trees doth there congeale almost like to crums of white bread and is gathered and 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 be carryed in the hand Manumission A making one free from bondage Manumitte To make a slave or bondman free which was in old time thus The lord of the slave holding him by the head arme or other part said before witnesse I will that this man goe free and in so saying shoved him forward out of his hand Manure To till to dresse land Manuscript A hand writing a written booke Marchasite A stone participating with the nature of some mettall yet in so small quantity 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 be gold silver brasse or any other Some affirme a Marchasite to bee any stone out of which fire may be stricken Marches The bounds or limits lying betweene two countries commonly between Wales Englād or between England and Scotland Marchionesse A great Lady a Wife to a Marquesse Marcionists Old condemned Heretikes so called of their first Master Marcion a stoicke Philosopher pher who held a detestable opinion that Christ was not the Sonne of God Margarites Little pearles found in the shell-fish especially in Orsters whereof some have holes in them and some have 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 young shels Some write that in thunder the Oisters doe cast them up as it were in way of abortion which is the cause that they are often found in the sands They are sometimes used by Physitiās in cordiall confections for they comfort the spirits and are therefore good against swoundings having vertue also in them to stop issues of blood or any loosenes of the body Margent A brimme or border Marginall Written in the Margent Marine Belonging to the Sea Maritall Husbandlike Maritime Bordering neer the Sea Marte A great faire or Market Martiall Warlike Martyr A witnesse one that dyeth for the testimony of agood conscience Martyrdome A suffering of death or grievous torment for constant perseverance in true Religion Martyrology A history 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 kind Masticke A white and cleere Gumme of a sweet savour This Gum groweth on the Lentiske tree especially in the Island 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 use to rub their teeth herewith as well to whiten them as to fasten such as be loose Mastuerco An herbe in India of great vertue to heale wounds Materiall Which hath matter or substance in it Maternall Motherly Mathematician One skilfull in the Mathematicks sometime it is taken in a worse sense for one that superstitiously casteth mens nativities or undertaketh to find things lost or foretell what is to come Mathematicks A terme applyed to such arts as treate onely of quantities imaginarily abstracted frō bodies The arts commonly so called are Arithmetick Musick Geometry Geography Astronomie Cosmography and Astrology Matrimoniall Belonging to Matrimony or Wedlocke Matrixe The wombe or place of conception Matrone A grave motherly woman Mature Ripe Maturitie Ripenesse Matutine Of or belonging to the morning Maugre In despite of ones heart whether one will or no. Maxime A principall matter a main point a generall rule Maze An astonishment sometime a device 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 cup 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 favour with Augustus the Emperour was a speciall friend to the Poets Virgill and Horacc and generally a supporter of all learned men wherefore sometime a great friend or patron is called a Mecoenas Mechanichall Of or belonging to handicrafts Mechoacan A whitish root brought out of India called by some Indian or white Rubarbe It is hot in the first and dry in the second degree and purgeth all humours of what kinde soever with much ease It cleanseth and comforteth the liver and all the inward parts * Mediate To deale betweene two to make means of agreement as an indifferent partie to both Mediation A means of agreement by a friend to both parties Mediator He that maketh meanes or speaketh for another Medicable Which may be healed Medicament A medicine Mediocritie A meane a measure Mediterrannean Sea A sea which divideth Europe from Africa Megasine A storehouse for warre Melancholy One of the foure humours of the body the grossest of all other which if it abound too much causeth heavinesse and sadnesse of minde Melioritie A bettering Mellifluous Sweet as honey Membrane The upmost thin skin in any part of the body Memorable That which is worthy of remembrance Memorandum A terme often used when we write of a thing which we would remember Memorial That which putteth one in remembrance Mendicitie Beggery Meninges Thin skins in which the braine is contained There are two such skins one called by Physitians Dura mater which is the stronger of the two and next unto the scull The other named Pia mater is within this first being more tender and fine and close wrapping the braine it selfe If any of these skinnes bee wounded it causeth speedy death Menstruous Which hath upon her the monethly courses or which
written in red letters Rudiments The first grounds or principles of an art or any knowledge Ruine Vtter overthrow destruction Ruminate To chew over againe as beasts doe that chew the cud wherefore it is often taken for to studie and think much of a matter Running of the reines A disease when by reason of weakenesse 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 behaviour 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 pole cat of colour betweene black brown and breedeth in Russia but most in Tartaria Sabboth A day of rest Sacietie Fulnesse Sacrament A mysticall ceremony instituted by our Saviour 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 Heretical sect among the Jewes which denyed the resurrection they called themselves Saduces of the Hebrew word Tsedek Which signifieth Justice because they took themselves to live more uprightly and juster then other men Safeconduite A securitie and protection given by a Prince or any other person in authoritie for a mans safe comming or going to or from a place Sagacitie Quicknesse of understanding wittinesse Sage Grave 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 used in Physicke against divers cold diseases Saint Anthonies fire A disease rising of hot cholericke blood which beginning first with a blister groweth after to a sore or scab like a tetter Salamander A little beast like a lisard with foure feet and a short taile having divers spottes in the body thereof It is of a byting venomous 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 cleare kind of salt like Chrystall used 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 Healthfulnes Sanctifie To make holie Sanctification A making holy Sanctimonie Holinesse Sanctitie Holinesse Sancturary A place whither offenders or indebted persons may flie for succour from being punished or arested Sanctum Sanctorum The holiest place of the Jewes temple where the Arke was kept and whither none entred but the high Priest every yeere Sandall An ancient kind of shooe Sanders A precious wood brought out of India whereof there are three kindes to wit red yellow and white Sanders They are all of a cooling nature especially the red which is often used in Physicke against hot diseases Sanglier A wild Bore five yeeres old Sanguine In Herauldry it signifieth a murrey colour but commonly it signifieth a complexion most inclining towarde blood Sanguivolent Bloody Sanity Health Saphire A precious stone brought out of East India 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 root whereof is often used in dyet drinkes against the French and other diseases Sarcocolla A Gumme brought out of Persia which is red and bitter in tast It is of a healing nature and therefore often used to close up woundes and fill corrupted ulcers with new flesh For which cause it is named in Greek Sarcocolla which signifieth a glewer or healer up of the flesh Sassafras A tree of great vertue which groweth in the Florida of the West Indies the rinde hereof hath a sweet smell like Cinnamonne It comforteth the liver 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 principle goodnesse of all resteth in the rindes Satan An enemie Satiate to fill Satietie Fulnesse Saturitie Fulnesse Satyr A strange monster in India having the body of a man all hairy with legs and feet 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 Savine A little low tree bearing leaves almost like Tamariske and of a hot scowring nature Saults Jumpes leapes Saunce Without Sawe An old saying Saxifrage An herbe bearing seed like Parsley seed but more hot and biting which seede or the roote being boyled in wine and drunken breaketh the stone of the kidneyes and bladder Scalpe The haire skin of the head Scammony The juice of the root of an hearbe brought hither dry out of Asia and Mysia It is a violent purger of choler and dangerous to take inward unlesse it be well prepared See Diagridium Scandall An offence or that which causeth one to fall stumble or take offence Scandalize To offend by evill example or give 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 division of a play into certaine parts In old time it signified a place covered with boughes or the roome where the players made them ready Scheme A figure in speaking Schisme Division or strife in matters of religion Schismaticall Divided in fellowship from the other part erroneous Schismaticke One divided from the unity of the Church Scholasticall Learned belonging to Schollers Sciatica A gout in the hip caused by grosse and flegmaticke humors gathered in the hollownes of the joynt thereof Science Knowledge Scolopendra A fish that feeling himselfe taken with a hooke casteth out his bowels untill he hath unloosed the hooke and then swalloweth them up againe Scope The end or marke that one aimeth at Scorpion A venemous worme with seven feet bearing his sting in his raile with which he striketh mischievously They are of divers colours and the female is the greater having 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 carried in some hot countries with the winde from one place to another Scoute One sent out to espy and bring tydings of the enemies purpose or of any danger likely to happen Scribe A writer a Clerk a publike notary Scruple Doubt difficulty In physicke it signifieth a small weight of twenty wheat cornes the third part or a dram Scrupulositie Doubtfulnesse difficulty Scrupulous Doubtfull fearefull one that casteth many doubts Scrutinie Search enquirie Scull A great company of fish swimming together Sculpture A carving a graving Scurrill
Arabia of the colour of yron which being oâ—ce set on fire can hardly be quenched Abject Vile base of no estimation Abjure To sweare or forsweare a terme sometime used in Law when one having committed a capitall offence flyeth to a Church or Churchyard and chooseth rather perpetuall banishment viz. to abjure the Realme then stand to tryall of Law This Law was instituted by S. Edward the Confessor in favour of life but now is not in use Abjuration A renouncing by oath see Abjure Ablepsie Want of sight blindnes unadvisednes 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 Abortiva That which is untimely born Abrahams Baume A little tree of the kind of Withies growing in Italy and other hot countreys bearing round fruit like Pepper cornes It is very hot and dry and hath a singular propertie to procure chastitie for which cause Physicians have 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 observing of due circumstance Absolve To pardon acquite or discharge Absolute Perfect accomplished Absolution Pardon acquitall forgivenesse Abstinence A forbearing from gluttony or unlawfull taking other mens goods Abstinent Sober temperate content with his own 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 understand Absurde Foolish without any wit or grace Absurditie Foolishnesse Abusive That which offereth abuse Abisse A bottomlesse pit any deepnesse so great that it cannot be sounded Acatia A little thorne growing in Egypt out of the leaves and fruit whereof they draw a juyce or black liquor which being dryed is called Acatia and is very astrictive or binding Our Apothecaries have not the right Acatia but insteed thereof they use the juyce of Sloes being of the same vertue that Acatia is Academie A Vniversitie or great publike schoole the name hereof first came of a place in Athens called Academia where Plato taught Academicall Belonging to an Vniversitie or Academie Academicke A Philosopher of the sect of Plato They acknowledged one God and beleeved the immortalitie of souls Plato having learned many things of the Hebrews 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 Accessary 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 chance sometime it signifieth that which belongeth to a thing and yet is no part of the substance as the quantitie qualitie 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 draw neere to one Accâ—ew To grow arise or increase Accumulate To heape up Accumulation A heaping together Acerbity Sowrenesse Acheeve To performe or bring to passe Acolite A Minister serving to bring water wine and light to the altar Aconitum A venemous herbe having a root much like to a Scorpion and shining within like alabaster Poets faine that Cerberus the three headed dog of hell being dregged up in a chaine of Adamant by Hercules did cast some of his some upon this herbe whereby it became so venomous Acquire To get or procure Acquisition A getting or purchasing Acquite To discharge or free one Acquitall A freeing of one from being guiltie of an offence wherewith he was charged Action A deed done or the doing of any thing In our common Law it signifieth a suit commenced against any man and is commonly divided into three differing kinds viz 1. Action personall which is for debt goods cattell 2. Action popular which any man may sue as upon the breach of a penall statute where some advantage is allowed to him that will sue for it 3 Actionreall when one claimeth title to any lands tenements rents or common in fee simple fee taile or for terme of life Active Livelie strong nimble Activitie Strong nimblenes Actor A doer sometime a Player Actuall That which is done or committed Acute Sharp wittie Adage A proverbe 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 yeeldeth neither to stroke of hammer nor fire for which cause the Greeks name it Adamas which in their tongue signifieth Invincible Notwithstanding it is softened with goats blood being steeped therein new and warme It is of contrarie nature to the loadstone in so much that being laid near it the loadstone cannot draw yron having the vertue thereof overmastered by the Adamant Addict To apply or give ones selfe much to any thing Additament Any thing added Addition An adding or putting to In our common law it signifieth any title given to a man beside his name which title sheweth his estate trade course of life and also dwelling place Adhere To cleave to Adherence A cleaving to or belonging to any thing Adherent That which cleaveth or joineth close to a thing Adjacent That which lyeth neare to another thing Adjourne To deferre or put off till another time Adjournement A terme in law when any Court is dissolved and appointed to be kept upon some other time or at any other place Adjunct A qualitie joyned to a thing as heate to fire coldnesse to Snow Adjure To binde by oath to make one to sweare Adjuration A swearing or binding by oath Administer To do service sometime to take charge and dispose of a dead mans goods by appointment of the Ordinarie Administration The doing or handling of a busines or the disposing of a dead mans goods that made no will Administrator He to whom the Ordinary committeth in charge the goods of a man dying without will Admire To wonder to honour or esteem highly Admiration A wondering Admission A receiving or giving one leave to enter Admit To let in to allow of Admixtion A mingling of things together Admonish To warne Admonishment A warning given one Adopt To choose one to be his sonne Adoption The choosing and making one to be as his sonne to him Adore To worship to give divine reverence Adoration A worshipping Adorne To decke to set out to beautifiâ— Adornation A decking or trimming Advent A comming Câ—rtaine weekes before Christmas are so called because then is made in the Church solemn preparation for the comming of our Saviour Adventaile A coate of Armour Adverse Contrary Advert To marke Advertise To give knowledge of a thing Adulation Flattery Adulâ—tory Which flaâ—tereth Adulterate To corrupt or counterate Adâ—ocate He that pleadeth for
little thing made with foure pricks of iron of such a fashion that which way soever it be thrown one point will alwayes stick up like a naile to spoile the enemies horse feet Caligraphie Faire writing Calumniate To slander to belie one shamefully Calumniation Slanderour lying * Camoyse Crooked upward as commonly the noses of blacke Moores be Camphire A kinde of Gumme as Avicen writeth But Platearius affirmeth it to be the juyce of an herbe It is white of colour and cold and dry in operation Cancel To deface cut or blot out * Canceline Chamlet Canicular See Dogge-dayes Canker A hard swelling in the veines being overcharged with hot melancholy humors It is called a Canker because the veines so swollen are like unto the clawes of a Crab. This disease may happen in any part of the body but most commonly in womens breasts by reason of their spongie hollownesse and great number of veines there meeting If it continue long it is very hard to cure because gentle medicines will doe no good and strong doe increase the raging malice of it Canniball A barbarous savage person one that eateth mans flesh Canon A Greeke word properly signifying a rule or line to make any thing straight or to trie the straightnesse of it Hereof Laws or Decrees for Church government are called Canons And certaine times of prayer used by Churchmen were called Canonicall houres of prayer Canonicall Approoved by common or exact rule Canonier He that shooteth in great Ordnance Canonize To declare and pronounce one for a Saint Canonization The solemnitie of Canonizing or pronouncing one to be a Saint Cantharides Certaine Flies shining like gold breeding in the tops of Ashe and Olive trees beyond Sea They are sometime used by Physitions to raise blisters in the body but their heads wings and feet must be cast away The juyce of them is poisonous Cape A corner of land shooting out into the Sea Capabilitie An aptnesse to containe or receive Capable Which can containe or hold a thing Capacitie Aptnesse to receive and hold Capers A prickly plant almost like to brambles growing in Spaine Italy and other hot countries The root hereof is much used in Physicke against obstructions of the spleen or milt The flowers and leaves are brought hither from Spain preserved in brine and are commonly eaten with Mutton They stirre up the appetite warme the stomacke and open the stoppings of the liver and milt Capitall Chiefe principall sometime deadly abhominable Capite A tenure when a man holdeth lands immediately of the king as of his crown Capitole An ancient palace in Rome so called Capitulate To draw or bring into Chapters Capriole Leaping of a horse above ground called by horsemen the Goats leape Capstand An instrument to wind up things of great weight some call it a Crane Captious Short quicke quarrelsome in demands Captivate To take prisoner Captivitie Bondage imprisonment Caranna A Gumme brought out of the West Indies of great vertue against aches proceeding of cold causes Carbonado A rasher upon the coales Carbuncle It hath two significations namely a precious stone and a dangerous sore 1. Carbuncle stone is bright of the colour of fire It hath many vertues but chiefely prevaileth against the danger of infectious aire The best of these stones will shine in darkenesse like a burning coale as Albertus writeth himselfe hath seene Others shine but a little and are lesse esteemed but such as shine not at all are scarce of any reckoning these stones are found in some countreys of Africa 2. Carbunele disease is a botch or ulcer otherwise called by a Greeke name Anthrax caused of grosse hot blood which raiseth blisters and burneth the skin This ulcer is ever accompanied with a Feaver Cardones An herbe in India of vertue to heale sores Carlo Sancto A roote growing in the West Indies of a pleasant smell and bitter taste the rynde whereof being chewed draweth downe fleame and humours from the head and being drunken in powder is good against divers inward diseases Carcanet A small chaine Cardinall Chiefe principall Carnall Fleshly Carnalitie Fleshlinesse Carol. A song sometime a dance Carpe To check taunt or rebuke Carreere A short swift race with a Horse as at Justs Tournaments Carrike A great ship of burden Casani India bread Casia It is commonly taken for Cinnamome Poets understand often by it some sweet smelling herbe as Virg. Eclog. Tum Casia atque aliis intexens suavibus herbis Also Ovid Quo simul ac Casias nardi lenis aristas Quassaque cum fulva substravit Cinnama myrrha Lactantius also De Phoenice Cinnama dehinc auramque procul spirantis amomi Congerit mixto balsama cum folio Non Casiae mitis nec olentis vimen acanthi Nec thuris Lachrymae guttaque pinguis abest Where wee see that signifie two things Some Casia and Cinnamome thinke it to be Lavender For mine owne part I know not certainly what English name or interpretation to give it Cassia fistula A fruit growing in Arabia and Syria which is round black and long almost as ones arme of the bignesse of a Thumbe The outside hereof is hard within it is contained the seed and a black substance soft and sweet which is much used in Physick as a gentle purger of the inward parts Cassia lignea A sweet wood much like Cinnamome and of the nature of Cinnamome Castigate To chastise to correct Castigation A chastising a correction Castleward A payment made by some dwelling within a certain compasse of a Castle for the maintenance of those that do watch and ward the Castle Also the circuit of land which oweth this service Castoreum See Bever Casuall That which happeneth by chance doubtfull uncertain Casualtie Chance fortune hap-hazard Catadupa A place in Ethiopia so called where the great river Nilus falleth from high Mountanous rocks with such violence that the continuall noise thereof maketh the people there dwelling to become deafe Catalogue A roll a bill a register of names or other things Cataplasma It signifieth properly a medicine which is made of divers herbes either bruised or boyled in water and so applyed outwardly to the body If there be oyle added it is not then called a Cataplasme but an Emplaister Cataract A distillation of humours out of the eyes Catarrhe A distillation of waterish humours out of the head into the mouth and throat caused by a cold and sometime hot distemperature of the brain Catastrophe The conclusion or end of a Comedie a sudden alteration Catechumen A novice or one newly instructed in matters of faith by word of mouth Categorie In the Greeke tongue it properly signifieth an accusation It is also a terme used in Logick which shall after be explicated in the word Predicament Categoricall axiome A simple axiome or proposition not compounded of any conjunction as Peter is a man Cathedrall Of or belonging to a Bishops Chaire Catholike A Greeke word signifying universall or generall Catoblepa A strange beast that killeth a man
Gamma made double Digest To dispose or set in order Dight Make ready apparrelled dressed Digresse To turne aside to leave the matter that is in hand and speak of another thing Digression A turning to speak of another thing Dilaniation A tearing in pieces Dilate To spread abroad to inlarge to draw in length Dilatation A drawing in length speaking of a thing at large Dilemma A kind of argument which convinceth ones adversary both waies as in saying If he be a good man why doe you speake evill of him If he be naught why doe you keep him company Dimension The true measure of a thing Diminution A diminishing Dimmutive Little small or a word which betokeneth a little thing as lambe-kinne a little lambe Dinumeration A numbring a reckoning Dire Fierce cruell terrible Directorie That which directeth one Direction A violent caâ—ching away Disanull To disallow Disappeare To vanish out of sight To be seene no more Disastrous Vnluckie unfortunate Disavow To deny or refuse by vow Disciple A Scholler one that learneth Discipline Instruction Disclayme To denie Disconsolate Vncomfortable Discordant Disagreeing Discrepant Much differing Discusse To examine debate or trie a matter Discussion An examining a sifting or tryall of a matter Disfranchise To take away freedome Disfranchisement A taking away of ones freedome Disgust Dislike Dislocation A putting out of the right place Dismall Vnluckie grievous Dismantle To unclothe to unfurnish to leave unprovided Dismisse To discharge to put away Disparage To disgrace to joyne with unequall match Disparagement Dishonour disgrace It properly signifieth a shame or disgrace done by a Guardian to his ward in marying him under yeares to a woman unfit for his calling or to one past childe-bearing or which hath some great deformitie lamenesse or someÌ„ horrible disease Disparates A terme of Logicke applyed to such words as are onely differing one from another but not contrary as heate and cold are contraries but heate and moisture are Disperates viz two contrarie qualities Disparitie Vnlikenesse unequalitie Disperpelled A terme in Herauldrie when any thing of soft substance doth by falling from high shoot it selfe out into divers corners or ends Disperse To scatter abroad Dispersion A scattering abroad Displayed Wide spread opened Disputable Any thing that a man may dispute on Disrobe To unclothe properly of rich or garments of estate Dissent To disagree Disshevelled Bare hayred without any attire on the head the hairehanging at length Dissimilitude Vnlikenesse Dissipate To scatter or spread abroad Dissipation A scattering a wasting Dissolve To undoe weaken or destroy to pluck downe Dissolute Loose wanton given much to vaine pleasures Dissolution A breaking weakening or pulling asunder of any thing Dissonant Of a contrary sound not agreeing Disswade To perswade one from a thing Disswasion A perswading of one from some thing Distich Two verses or a sentence contained in two verses Distinguish To put a difference between things Distinction A difference put between things Distract To draw away to trouble ones mind Distraction A pulling asunder or drawing away of the mind Distresse Any goods taken and detained for not paiment of rent or to inforce one to answer to a suite Sometime it signifieth great affliction or misery Distribution A dividing among many Disturbe To trouble to vexe Disunion A disjoyning a severing Disunite To part to divide to sever Divert To turne aside Divident That which divideth Divine Heavenly belonging to God Sometime to guesse or foretell a thing to come Divination A foretelling of a thing before it happeneth which may as I take it be divided into three different kinds namely supernaturall naturall and superstitious Divination Supernaturall Divination onely revealed to man by God is not properly called Divination but prophecie with which all the holy Prophets have in former times been inspired Naturall Divination may be divided into two branches whereof the first is that which hath in former times been practised by wicked spirits in oracles and answers given by them in Idols and is at this day sometime seene in possessed persons who by suggestion of the devill may foretell often things to come and this is but a naturall Divination For although to us it seeme miraculous because of our ignorance in the causes and course of things yet in those spirits it is but naturall who by their long experience and great observation beside the knowledge of secrets in nature and their quicke intelligence from all places are able to foresee much more then we by nature can The second branch of naturall Divination is that which a wise man may foretell by probable conjecture being no way offensive so long as it is only guided by reason and overruled by submitting it selfe to the Almightie power of GOD. And to this second kind of Divination may also Astrologie bee referred which by the motion and influence of Starres and Planets doth promise to foretell many things so long as it keepeth it selfe in due limits and arrogateth not too much to the certaintie thereof into which excesse of vanitie if it should breake forth it can then be no longer called naturall Divination but superstitious and wicked for the Starres may incline but not impose a necessitie in particular things The third and laâ—â— manner of Divination is that which we called superstitious whereof there hath among the Gentiles been divers different kinds namtly Auguration Aruspicie Necromancie Geomancie Hydromancie Pyromancie Coscinomancie Palmistrie or Chiromancie Auguration was a divination made of things to come by the flying feeding and chirping of birds the professors whereof called Augurs were of great account among the heatheÌ„ Romans in so much that there was a Colledge of them in the City neither would the Romans undertake any publike matter of importaÌ„ce without asking their assent But the vanity hereof was well derided by a wise Jew named Mossolamus as Josephus writes For an Augur in the wars once requiring that the army which was then marching might stand still a while till he tooke observation of a bird there by to foreknow the successe of that expedition this Jew whilst the Augur was busie in his art shot at the Bird with an arrow but by chance killed her whereat the Augur and others being highly offended Are you so foolish quoth the Jew to imagine this poore Bird can tell what will happen to us that could not foresee her owne death so neere at hand Aruspicie is a divination which by opening and viewing the bowels of beasts did undertake to foretell things to come the professors whereof were called Aruspices Necromancie the worst of all others is that divination which is practised by conjuration and calling up Devils or dead mens Ghosts Which manner of divination we read practised by King Saul 1. Reg. cap. 28. when he required a Sorceresse to call up the spirit of Samuel to him Geomancie is a kind of divination practised by making prickes and lines in the earth as the name in Greeke signifieth So Hydromancie is a divination made by some
of Easter Golgotha A Syrian word signifying a place of dead mens sculles It was a place at Hierusalem on the North side of Mount Sion so called because there lay the sculles of offenders put to death * Golierdise Hee that hath a fowle great mouth Gomor The name of an Hebrew measure containing more than a Gallon The Israelites when they were fed from Heaven with Manna in the desert received every one this measure full for a daies allowance * Gonfennon A little flag Gordian knot A knot which cannot be loosed Gorgon A terrible fighting Woman Poets feine there were foure such Daughters to King Phorcus their names were Scylla Medusa Stenio and Euryale Gossomer Things that flye like Copwebs in the ayre Gourmand A glutton Gourmandize Gluttony sometime to eate like a Glutton Graces A poeticall fiction of three Sisters supposed the Daughters of Jupiter and Venus They were called Aglaia Thalia and Euphrosyne The moralitie of this invention was to expresse the mutual love and cheerefull conversation which ought to be amongst friends For they were painted naked to signifie that friendship ought to be plain without dissimulation smiling and merry to shew that men should do good willingly young and maidenlike to teach that friendship should consist in honest things and holding hands together in a round ring to shew that a benefit bestowed doth again return to the giver Gradation A going by steps or a speaking by certaine degrees Gradual That which was said or sung betweene the Epistle and the Gospel Graduate He that hath taken degree of learning in a publike Vniversitie Graines of Paradise A little seed brought out of Armenia of a strong sweet smell and somewhat sharp in taste It is hot and dry of a subtill substance and often used in Physicke For it warmeth the inward parts and is good against the falling sicknesse the Sciatica the Strangurie bytings of venemous beasts and divers other diseases * Grame Sorrow mishap anger Gramaticall Of or belonging to Grammer Granadillia A fruit like a Pomegranat growing in India Grand Great Grandour Greatnesse * Graythed Devised * Gratch Apparell Gratefull Thankfull Gratifie To pleasure one to offer one a kindnesse To do a good turn Gratification A pleasuring of one a good turn Gratis Freely without cost Gratitude Thankfulnes Gratuitie A benefit or gift given onely for good will sometime thankfulnesse or a reward Gratulate To signifie that we rejoyce at the prosperitie of another Gratulation A rejoycing for anothers good A thanksgiving Gravitie Heavinesse also sagenes great discretion Graund Sergeantie An old tenure in the Common Law when a man holds lands or tenements of the king to go with him into the wars or to beare his banner lead his host or do some such like service Graunge A village or lone house in the country * Gree. Good part Griffine A strange Bird in India with foure feet armed with cruell clawes being from the breast upward fashioned like an Eagle but of purple colour with red fierie eyes and whitish wings and in the hinder part blacke made much like a Lion This bird neasteth in the high mountaines and is exceeding hard to be taken except very yong for he will adventure on any man is so fierce that he often killeth Elephants Dandragons He is most enemy to horses for which cause Virgil in his eight Eclog bringeth in the shepherd Damon who wondered at a strange marriage speaking thus Junguntur jam gryphes equis c. The Griffins fierce are joyn'd with horses now * Grith Agreement Gruell Potage Guacatane An herbe growing in the west Indies of great vertue against the piles or griefs proceeding from cold or windinesse Guaiacum A wood called by some Lignum vitae It is much used in physick against the French disease Guaiavas A fruit growing in India much like unto apples Guerdon A reward Guerdonles Vnrewarded * Guerring Brawling Gumme Arabicke A kind of gumme growing on a thorne tree called Acacia in Egypt Guzes The ball of the eye A terme in heraldrie Gymnosophists Certaine Philosophers in India that went alwaies naked and lived solitary in woods the first beginner of which sect was as S. Hierome writeth cont Iovinian named Buddas * Gyre A trance H. HAberdepoise A pound weight which conteineth sixteene ounces Habit The outward attire of the body whereby one person may be distinguished from another as the habit of a Gentleman is different from the habit of a Merchant and the habit of a Handi-crafts man differing from them both Sometime it signifieth a qualitie in the bodie or minde not naturall but gotten by long custome or insused by God as an Orator still exercised in making orations hath gotten a habit of eloquent speaking and the holy Apostles had a habit to understand and speak languages without studie Habitable Which may be dwelled in Habitation A dwelling place Habituall Grown to a habit by long custome * Hailse Charge * Haine Hatred * Haketon A sleevelesse jacket Halituous Vaporous thin moist which may be voided out by the pores * Halse A necke * Halke A corner a valley * Hameled Cut off abated Hamkin A pudding made upon the bones of a shoulder of mutton all the flesh being first taken off Hamlet A village in the countrey Hague A hand-gunne of about three quarters of a yard long Haguebut A gunne or harquebuse Harbinger One that taketh up lodging for others Hariant A tearme in herauldry when a fish is painted standing upright Harmonie Delightfull musicke of many notes Harmonious Sweet pleasant delightful to the eare Harpyes A Poeticall word It signifieth certaine monstrous birds with maiden faces crooked sharp talons so called because of their rapine which they used They lived in Stymphalis a Lake of Arcadia and were sent by the Gods if we beleeve Poets to snatch away and defile the meat of Phineus king of that countrey because he at the perswasion of his second wife had destroyed the children which he had by his first they were at last driven away by Zetus and Calais the sonnes of Boreas These Harpyes were named Aello Ocypete Celeno and Thyella Harquebuze A hand Gun Harquebuzier He that shooteth in a hand Gun * Harrow An old word signifying away sie Haubergion A coate of male Hauoire Possession * Hauselins Breeches * Hawbacke To return Hawberke A Gorget Hearse A buriall coffin covered with black Hecatombe A great sacrifice wherein were offered a hundred beasts Hecticke A Fever inflaming the heart and soundest parts of the body Heisugge A bird which hatcheth the Cuckooes egges Hemisphere Halfe the compasse of the heavens that part of the heavens which is still visible to us Hemistich Half a verse Hemorrhodes A swelling of veines in the fundament like werts whereof some doe use to bleed often and some bleed not at all They are caused by superfluitie of grosse melancholy blood sent to these parts from the Liver being many times healthfull to the patient by preventing other diseases and therefore ought not hastily
feined River in hell the water whereof being drunken causeth forgetfulnes of all that is past Leucoma A fruit in India so called much like unto a Chestnut Leveret A young Hare * Levesell A bush Levity Lightnes Lexicon A Greek Dictionary for words Liable Subject to belonging to * Liard Nimble wilde Libard A spotted wilde beast the male of a Panther See Panther Libell A little Booke sometime a defamatorie scroll or slanderous writing or invective written against one without any knowne name of the Author Libertine One of loose life or carelesse of Religion Libidinous Lustfull leacherous Licenciate One that hath studied the Civill Law five yeares Licentious Loose wanton Licentiousnesse Too much liberty loosenes wantonnes Lieu. In stead or place of another thing Lignum Aloes See Aloes Lignum vitae See Guaiacum Limit A bound or end Also to set bounds Limitation An appointing of bounds Lineall Down-right like a line Lineament The forme draught or proportion of the body Linguist One skilfull in languages Lipothymie A fainting or swounding when the vital spirits being suddenly opprest a man sinketh down as if he were dead Liquid Thin and moist Liquefaction A melting Liquefie To melt Liquid Amber A sweet Rosin brought from the West-Indies comfortable to the braine or any griefe proceeding from cold causes Lizard A little beast much like our Evet but without poison breeding in Italy other hot countries The dung of this beast is good to take away spots in the eye cleereth the sight And the head thereof being bruised and laid to draweth out thorns or any thing sticking within the flesh Litanies Prayers or supplications so called of the Greeke verbe Litanevo which signifieth to beseech or intreat Litargie The some that riseth from lead when it is tried It is cold of operation and often used by Surgeons in Ointments and Plaisters being of a gentle drying cleansing and binding nature See Lethargie Literature Learning knowledge in books Litherly Slothfull Litigious Contentious full of strife Liturgie Publike service of the Church Locall Of or belonging to place Locust A great Flye or Grashopper with long legs breeding in India and other hot Countries There are two kindes of them One with wings not good to be eaten and the other without wings which the inhabitants use for food * Lodemanage Skill of navigation Lodestar A Starre that guideth one Lodestone A stone of the colour of rusty iron which hath an admirable vertue not only to draw iron to it selfe but also to make any iron upon which it is rubbed to draw iron also It is written notwithstanding that being rubbed with the juice of Garlicke it cannot then draw Iron as likewise if a Diamond be laid close unto it This stone is found in the Indian Sea and also in the Countrey of Trachonitis It is of greatest use in Navigation for by it Sailers find out the certaine course of their voyage the needle in their compasse tempered herewith still standing directly toward the North and South Logician One skilfull in Logicke Logicke The art of reason Lohoc A physicall word It is a thicke sirupe or other soft substance which must not be swallowed but suffered to melt of ie selfe in the mouth that so it may gently slide downe and thereby have the more vertue against diseases of the brest lungs and throat Lone Lending sometime single or solitary Longanimity Long sufferance or forbearance Longitude The length of any thing In Astronomy it signifieth the distance of any Star or Planet from the first degree of the signe Aries Loquacitie Much talke or babling * Lore Learning knowledge Lorimer One that maketh bits for bridles and such like instruments * Lorrell A devourer * Losell A lout sometime a crafty fellow Losenger A flatterer a lyar Lotion A washing * Louke A fellow receiver Lubricity Slippernesse Lucerns A beast almost as big as a Wolfe breeding in Muscovia and Russia of colour between red and brown mingled with black spots Lucre. Gain profit Lunacy A disease wherein one is distracted in his wits at certaine times of the Moon Lunaticke Sicke of a Lunacie Lupines A little flat Pulse almost like a small Beane but much lesse and bitter in taste They be not very good meat but are sometime used in Physicke against worms in children and the decoction of them taketh away spots and freckles of the face * Lushbrough A base coin in the time of King Edward the third Luster A shining or great brightnesse Lutum Clay Luxury Roiotousnes leachery Luxurious Riotous wanton lecherous Lyncuris A bright shining stone and sometimes of a dark yellow color like Saffron This stone groweth of the urine of the beast Lynx being congealed which urine the Lynx hideth as Pliny writeth because men should not find it Some say it is good against the paine of the stomack yellow Iaundise and loosenesse of the belly Lynx A spotted beast like unto a Wolfe and having a very perfect sight This beast breedeth chiefly in Countries of the East is often found in the woods of Almaine Sclavonia Lyrike A Poet which maketh verses to be sung unto the harp The best of these Poets among the Grecians was Pindarus and among the Latines Horace M MAcerate To steep or soake in water sometime to afflict or vexe To make leane Machil An Hebrew word It signifieth the rich Robe of the Ephod worn by the high Priest of the old law having about the skirts therof 72. Pomegranats of blew silk purple skarlet and as many bells of gold between thē round about Machination A devising or subtle contriving of a matter Machivilian A politicke states-man a cunning Polititian such as Machivell was Macrology Long and tedious talk without matter Maculate To blemish or blot Madrigals A kinde of Sonnets Magician A cunning man a Sorcerer a great learned Clerk a Conjurer Magike At first this word signified great learning or knowledge in the nature of things now it is most commonly taken for inchantment and sorcery Magistracy The bearing of office authority rule government Magnanimity Great courage Magnanimous Noble-minded one of great courage Magnificence Sumptuousnesse great port and statelinesse Magnificent Sumptuous honorable stately Magnifico An honorable personage Magnitude Greatnes Mainpernours Those that are sureties for a man and undertake that he shall appeare at a certaine day before Judges in a Court. Maineprise The bayling of a man out of prison upon security given that he shall be forth-comming Major The greater or more ancient Malady A disease Malecontent Not contented ill pleased Malediction A cursing Malefactor An evill-doer Malevolent Ill minded spitefull envious Malignant Envious spitefull mischievous Maligne Spitefull or to spite and hate Malignity Spitefulnesse envy malice Mammon An Assyrian word of the singular number and Masculine Gender as Saint Hierome affirmeth It is interpreted riches Manage To rule order or handle a thing well Mandate A commandement Mandragoras See Mandrake following Mandrake A strange hearbe bearing yellow round Apples The root of