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A19275	Thesaurus linguæ Romanæ & Britannicæ tam accurate congestus, vt nihil penè in eo desyderari possit, quod vel Latinè complectatur amplissimus Stephani Thesaurus, vel Anglicè, toties aucta Eliotæ Bibliotheca: opera & industria Thomæ Cooperi Magdalenensis. ... Accessit dictionarium historicum et poëticum propria vocabula virorum, mulierum, sectarum, populorum, vrbium, montium, & cæterorum locorum complectens, & in his iucundissimas & omnium cognitione dignissimas historias.	Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594.	1578 (1578)	STC 5688; ESTC S107261	3,527,792	1,744

was slaine by Paris He was in height as Licophron writeth seuen cubites Achilleus a um Of Achilles Achilleus cursus A countrey nere to Boristenes whither Achilles pursued Iphigenia whome Diana had taken away and left an Hart in hir stéede Achilarmi A people of Afrike Achne The name of an Ilande Achola A citie of Afrike Acholius The name of an author Achrua A citie in Arabie Acibi orum A people of Sarmatia in Europe Acidalia The surname of Venus of a Fountayne in a citie of Boeotia called Orchomenum Acidalius A Well in Orchomenum dedicated vnto Venus and the Graces Acienses A people in Italy nere to the Albanoys Acila ae A marte towne from whence men sayle into India Acilius Buta A gentleman at Rome which did ryotously consume all his goodes Acimbro or Acinipo A citie of Spaine Acina ae A towne in Arabia Acintani A people in Spaine that worshipped the image of Mars Acjris A riuer in Italie Acis A riuer in Sicilye which runneth from the hill Aetna as swift as an arrow out of a bowe Acis is also a fayre chylde the sonne of Faunus and of the daughter of Simethus It is more ouer one of the yles called Cyclades Acitauones A people of the Alpes Acithius A riuer in Sicilie called also Acis and Acilius Acitia An Iland called also Melos and Siphnus in the sea by Candie Aciton An Ilande nere to Candie Acmodes An Ilande in the Britaine sea Acmonenses A people so called of Acmonia a Citie of Phrygia Acmonides One of the Cyclops Acoetes The name of a poore man Acone nes foem gen A port of Bithinia which hath such plentie of naughtie séedes that all hurtfull herbes bée called Aconita Aconteus The name of a famous hunter Acontius A mountayne of Boeotia Acra iapygia An elbowe of lande in Italy Acradina The Citie of Siracusis Acraëa The surname of Iuno and Fortune Acragas A citie of Sicilie called also Agrigentum Acragas mons looke Agragas Acragantinus a um Acragas Acridophagi The blacke Moores nigh vnto the desertes of Aethiope Acrio onis A Philosopher of Pythagoras sect Acris A ryuer in Italye Acrisius A King of Argiues the father of Danae on whome Iupiter begat Perseus Acrisioneis eidis f. g. Danae The daughter of Acrisitis Acrisioneus a um Of Acrisius Acritas An elbowe of lande in Peloponnesus néere vnto Malea and Tenarum Acroathon A towne in Thracia Acroceraunia Mountaines of wonderfull heigth betwene Armenia and Hiberia and also in Epire other places Acroconia Certaine Thracians hauing their heare ouer their foreheades womanlike Acrocorinthus An high Mountaine in Morea betwéene the two seas Egeum and Ionium Acrolochias A Mountaine in Egypt lying into the sea Acron onis A king of the Ceninenses whome Romulus siue hande to hande There was also in Agrigentine a Phisition of the same name and a Grammarian which made commentaries vpon Horace Acropolis ólios foem g. A castell set on an hyll in Athens Acta ae or Acte tes The country of Athens Acteon The name of a man whome Diana turned into an Hart bicause he saw hir naked and thereby he was torne and slayne of his owne houndes Acteus The first king of Athens Actasta The daughter of Oceanus and Tethis Actisanes A king of Egypt who expulsed Amasis and reigned there with great iustice Actium A towne in Epyre and an elbowe of lande lying into the sea where Augustus ouercame Antonius and Cleopatra Actórides dae mas g. The sonne of Actor Acyphantes A citie in Thessaly which is also called Pindus A D Ada ae The daughter of Hecatomnus king of Caria who being driuen out of hir kingdome by hir brother Pyxodorus was restored by great Alexander Adad or Adadus The great God of the Assirians whome they interpretate to be the sunne the word signifieth one or onely Adae arum A citie of Asia Adei Arabians nere to Aegypt Adam The first man that was created and doth signifie man or redde earth or a dweller He liued .930 yeres In the Byble is mencion made but of thrée sonnes one daughter that he begat Cain Abell Seth and Delbora whome Philo calleth Noaba And the same Philo reherseth xij sonnes and eyght daughters borne after Seth. Adamantius The surname of Didimus the Grammarian which was afterwarde attributed vnto Origen Adamastor A Gyaunt which was of incredible greatnes Adamitae vel Adamitani were heretiks which tooke their beginning of a Pycarde who came into the lande of Bohemia and sayde that hée was the sonne of God and named himselfe Adam And hée commaunded all men and women to go naked And that who soeuer desired to companie carnallye with any woman shoulde take hir by the hande and bring hir to him and say that he feruently desired hir company And then woulde Adam say Go togither and increase and multiply This heresie was begonne the yeare of our Lorde .1412 in the time Sigismundus the Emperour And men suppose that it endureth yet not onely in Bohemia but in other places also Adani Two cities in Arabia Addua ae A ryuer running into the poole or méere called Larius Ader A place by Bethléem where Aungels did sing at the birth of Christ and Iacob kept there his shéepe Adiabarae A people of Ethiopia Adiabene A country beyonde Armenia Adimanthus The brother of Plato Admete tes Oceanus and Tethis daughter * Admeti naenia A prouerbe which signifieth an heauie or sorowfull song or a lamentable complaint Admetus Was king of a people called Pherei vnto whome Apollo beyng exiled out of heauen by Iupyter came for reliefe and kept his cattell and by his craft caused euery Cowe to bring forth two Calues which thing Admetus thankfully taking entertained him honorably That being well considered of Apollo he obteined of the destenies called Parcae that when the day of the death of Admetus should be wounde vppon their spyndels if he coulde fynde anye other that woulde willinglye die for him he himselfe shoulde escape death at that time When the day was come that Admetus shoulde finishe his life all men and women yea father and mother refused to die onely Alceste his wife preferred the lyfe of hir husband before hir owne who being dead there was in the pallace of Admetus contynuall wayling and heauinesse vntill Proserpina mooued with compassion sent Alceste agayne out of hell vnto hir husbande Of thys fable came the prouerbe Admeti naenia Adonis The name of a chylde which was sonne of Cynare king of Cypres whome Venus had for hir derlyng which was slayne with a Bore whome the Poets ●eigned that Venus turned into a purple flowre some saye into a Rose Adra ae A citie in Arabia petrea Also a towne of Surie and a towne of Liburnia Adramelech An Idoll of Siria whom the Samaritans honored Adramittium tij A towne of Aeolis Adramittis An Ilande in Lycia Adrana ae A ryuer in Germanie Adrapsa orum neut gen A citie of Bactria Adrasteus a um Of Adrastus Adrastia ae A countrye not farre from

Pli. Sengreene or housele●ke Zophita That are in part liuing creatures in part plantes as sponges oysters c. Zopissa zopissae Plin. Pitch taken from shippes and tempered with waxe and salt Zophyron pen. corr Herba quae Clinopodium dicitur Plin. Some call it Pulyoll mountaine Z V Zura A berie of white thorne Z Y Zygia A pipe whereon men played at weddings Zygos A yoke or couple Zygostates Zygóstatae pen. cor mas g. Libripens in vrbe constitutus qui ponderibus praefectus appellatur A clarke of the market to see to weights Zyme. Leauen Zymes Leauened breade Zythum zythi n. g. Pli. Drinke made of barley sodden and may be taken for ale or beere FINIS DICTIONARIVM HISTORIcum Poeticum propria locorum Personarum vocabula breuiter complectens AAron Was sonne to Amram and brother to Moises the worde signifieth the Mountayne of Fortitude or a strong hill He was of the tribe of Leui the fourth from him in lineal discent in his proper tongue very eloquent elected of God to be the first Bishop of the Iewes He liued .123 yeares and dyed before the incarnation of Christ .1471 yeares A B Aba A towne in Arabie and a Citie of Phocis Also an hill of Armenia out of the which the Riuer Euphrates springeth Abaae arum A towne of Phocis Abacena A Citie of Mede and also of Sicily Abacuk A Prophet of the tribe of Simeon he prophecied and lamented the taking of Ierusalem by Nabugodonosor Afterwarde as he caried meate and drinke to his haruest men an Aungell tooke him vp by the heare of the heade and caryed him to Babylon into the Doungeon where Daniell the Prophete was among Lyons Who being fedde and relieued by him was caryed home the same day He dyed two yeares before the retourne of the Iewes from Babylon .600 yeares before the incarnation of Christ Abala A towne of Afrike Abali A people of India Abalites A bosome or goulfe in the sea called Trogoniticum Abalus An I le in the Occean sea Abantes A people of Iones among the Achiues Abantias or abantis An I le in the sea called Mediterraneum Abaortae A people about the riuer of Indus Abarea The institution of Dionysius Abarimon A Countrey in Tartary where men haue féete turned backwarde and be woonderfull swift and wylde Abaris ris The proper name of a man It is also he that dwelleth onely in the mayne lande Abas antis The sonne of Liceus and Hipermestra the twelfth king of Argiues father of Pretus and Acrisius and Grandfather to Perseus Of him the kinges of Argiues were called Abantiadae An other Abas was a noble Troyan companion to Aeneas Abases A desert Countrie of Egypt Abaster or abastrus One of the horses of Pluto king of Hell Abaton That which a man can not come vnto wherevpon the place at Rhodes made to defende the ymage of Artemisia is called by that name Abanos i foem ge An I le of Egypt in the Marishe of Memphis Abaucas The proper name of a man Abdêra ae or abdera orum A citie in Spayne now called Almeria It is also an I le nigh vnto Samothrace and a citie of Thrace buylded by Abdera sister to Diomedes or as some write by Hercules in remembraunce of his minion Abderitus there eaten by the horses of Diomedes In this citie were borne Democritus the great Philosopher and Prothagoras the famous Rhetorician This citie was afterwarde called Clazomene Abderîta or abderites ae mas g. A citizen of Abdera Abderitanus vel Abderiticus a um Appertayning vnto that citie Abdias One of the twelue Prophetes and is interpreted the seruant of the Lorde Abea A towne of the Messenians and one of the seauen Cities that Homere feigneth Agamemnon to promise vnto Achilles Abeacus A king of Siraces Abeatae A people of Acaia Abededos A citie in Egypt wherein was the pallace of Memnon and the temple of Osiris Abel The seconde sonne of Adam is interpreted breath vapour or vanitie He was borne togither wyth hys sister Delbora xv ▪ yeares after Cain He is reputed to be the first Martyr slayne by his sayde brother of enuie for that God accepted his offering and reiected Cains when the sayde Abel was 100. yeares olde He was from his childehoode of great vertue and fayth He was slayne before the incarnation of Christ yeares Abella or Auella A towne of Campania in Italy Abellinates A people of Italye called before tyme Protropi Abellinum A towne in Italy now called Troy Aberdonia The citie Aberdeine in Scotlande Abessa The name of a iudge of Israell Abesamis A towne in Syria buylded by Semiramis Abeste A towne nigh to the ryuer Hermandrus Abeston A stone of yron colour founde in Arabia which hath growing about it a thing like vnto wooll called the downe of Salamander This stone made hote can neuer be cooled Abi A great ryuer in England called Humber Abij A people of Scythia Abila A towne in Decapoliton It is also an hill in Afrike looke Abyla Abilatae Men of the Citie of Abila Abis A riuer that runneth into the ryuer Danubie Abisari Otherwyse Biasari A countrie of Iudie Abisontes A people of the Alpes Abissa and Abissama A citie of Arabia Ablacus A riuer running into Danubius Ableti A people subiect to the Mysiens Abnoba ae A Mountayne in Germany out of the which springeth the riuer Danubie Abrobrica A famous towne in Spayne Aboecisis A towne of Ethiope Abolani A people of Latium Aboriense A towne in Affrike belonging to the Citizens of Rome Aborigines or Aborigenes People which first helde the countrie about Rome and lyued abroade hauing no house They may also be taken for any other people whose beginning is not knowne Aborras A riuer in Asia which runneth by the Citie Arthemusia Abraces One of Artaxerxes chiefe Capitaynes Abradatas A king of the people called Ciriens who accompanyed Cyrus when he fought against the Egyptians Abraham An holy Patriarke sonne to Thare borne in Caldei is interpreted the father of many Nations or of people séeing This man as well in vertue and perfite fayth as in sundrie and mysticall doctrines was most excellent He taught the Egyptians Astronomie and Geometrie He died before the incarnation of Christ .1838 yeares Abrettini People of Mysia Abrocomas One of Artaxerxes capitaines Abron onis The name of a man whose sensualitie and delicate life is growne to a Prouerbe Abroni menia A citie of Galatia Abroconion or Abrotonium The name of a woman Abrotonum A towne of Affrike It is also the name of an harlotte which as some saye was Themistocles mother Absarus A ryuer of Iberia which incloseth the lesse Armenie Absil●e Certayne people Absorus An I le in the sea Adriaticum or after Heroidian a citie in Illiria Ab●yrtides Be Ilandes in the Venetian sea Absyrtus The brother of Medea whome shée dyd cut in poeces and cast into the sea when shée fled from hir father with Iason Abupus A ryuer in Englande called Humber Abydeni A people in Asia which

companion in office with Bibulus in the 695. yeare after Rome was buylded In nineteene yeares space this man conquered and subdued to the Romaine Empyre all the countrey of Fraunce bounded within the mountaynes Pyrenei and the Alpes with the ryuers Rhodanus Rhyne First of all the Romaines he making a bridge ouer Rhyne assaulted the Germaines and put them to much scathe He entered thys countrey of Britayne also and made a part of it tributarie In the ende when he coulde not obteyne of the Senate in consideration of his valiaunt actes to bée chosen Consull in his absence he tourned his power agaynst hys countrey by force intending to winne that which by fayre meanes he coulde not obtayne therfore he comming vppon a sodaine without resistance gotre into his handes Lumbardie Pice Vmbria and Tuskane and caused Pompey to flye out of Italye into Gréece Then he striking backe into Spaine ouercame there the great army that Pompey had left in the guyding of thrée Capitaines Petreius Afranius and Varro This thing beyng atchieued with such prosperous successe he went into Gréece against Pompei whom in a great battayle in the fields of Pharsalia hée ouerthrew Afterward he vanquished king Ptolomie in Aegipt Scipio and Iuba in Affrike and Pompeies sonne in Spaine and for his victories triumphed fyue tymes Of this man and Pompe● it was sayd that they were of so haute courages that the one coulde not abide an equall the other a superiour which their immoderate affections and desire of superioritie brake out in the ende to a most dreadfull ciuill warre wherewyth all the worlde almost was vexed and troubled not onely with the losse of many thousand souldiours but also of a great number of worthye and noble men of great fame and renoume Caesar Augusta A citye in the realme of Arragon called also Sarragossa It was first called Numantia Ptolomeus and Strabo call it Augusta Caesarea Caesarea A citye of the countrey of Palestin● 〈…〉 of Mauritania An other of Cappad●●cia an other 〈◊〉 Apamia Caesarius a um and Caesariânus a um Pertayning to Caesar Caesarienses People of Ionia Plin. lib. 5. cap. 25. Caesarium A mart towne in Aegypt Caesarobrisenses People of Portugall Caesenna A city in Italie the people whereof bée called Caesennâtes Cae●obrix A citie of Portugall called also Cezimbra Caeus a um Of the yle called Caea Caeyx caeycis A king of Thrace vide Halcyon Caff●ani Idolatours dwelling in Indie the more which worship Deu●s in most terrible figure beleeuing that they are permitted of God to punishe or spare men at theyr pleasure wherefore vnto them they sacrifice their children and sometime themselues They haue manye wyues but they company not with them vntil they be defloured by other hyred for that purpose Also they suffer their priestes to haue carnall company with their wyues in their absence They haue bulles and kyne in great reuerence but they neuer eate fleshe their sustinaunce is rice suger and diuers swéete rootes they drinke the lycour that commeth of rype dates Caiani Heretikes that worship Caine saying that he was made of the one vertue or power that is of the deuill and Abell of the other and that the vertue of Caine preuayled so that he slue Abell They saye Iudas was a godly man and his acte a benefite to mankinde for he perceyuing how much the passion of Christ should preuayle deliuered him to the Iewes that by hys death man might be redéemed They affirme that the olde lawe was naught and denie the generall resurrection Caianus a um Of Caius Caici People of Germanie dwelling by the Rheyne Caicus A riuer of Phrygia which runneth out of Mysia Also one of the companions of Aeneas Caieta A citie and hauen in Campaine Seruius in .10 Aenëidos Cain The first sonne of Adam who had to wyfe his owne sister which of Philo is named Themech hée first buylded cities And for enuie he slue his brother Abell wherefore beyng in desperation he continually wandered and his bodie trembled Finally hée was slaine by Lamech when he was of the age of 730. yeares after Philo. Cainas A ryuer in Scythia which runneth into Ganges Caius A proper name of a man Caius Caesar Octauianus looke in Augustus Cálaber a um Of Calabre * Calabri hospitis xenia A prouerbe spoken of small tryfling giftes more troublesome than pleasant Calabra A conuocation place where matters concerning deuotion were treated Calabria A countrey ioyning to Naples called before Magna Graecia The inhabitaunts of this countrey are reported to haue so great plentye of fruites that they cannot well tell what to doe wyth them Wherefore when their friendes straungers come to their houses vnder colour of gentlenesse they will presse vpon them verye earnestly to take some with them Hereof ryseth the prouerbe Calabri hospitis munera for tryfling presentes of gifts and such as be rather a burthen than a pleasure to him that taketh them Also an ylande called before Messapia Calabris calabre vel Calabricus ca cum Of Calaber Calae arum A citie in India Calenum vide Callenum Calagurium A towne in Biskay Caleguritani People of Calagurium Calais The sonne of Boreas by his wife Orithya whome poets feigne to haue winges He togither wyth hys brother Zethus that in lyke maner had wings accompanyed the Argonautes to attaine the golden fléete In thys voyage forsomuch as they were very courteously interteyned of kyng Phineus in recompence of his bountie and gentlenesse they appointed to dryue out of his countrey the rauenous and monstrous fowles called Harpyes which marueylously did annoy him in spoyling o● his vittayles and prouision Wherefore by the helpe of their wynges and cunning in shooting they chased those foule Byrdes into the ylandes called Plotae and there were admonished by Iris the Goddes that they should no farther chase Iupiters dogges In the ende the two winged brothers were slaine of Hercules and turned into wyndes which commonly begin to blowe eyght dayes before the Canycular starre doth ryse in sommer and therefore are called Praecursores and Prodromi Calamis idis A famous ingrauer Plinius libro 34. cap. 7. But Ouid calleth him Calais Calanusus A towne in Locris Calamos A towne in Asia by the hyll Lybanus Plin. lib. 5. cap. 20. Calanus A philosopher of Indie who beyng of the age of 71. yeares did in the presence of great Alexander make a great bonefyre and feelyng himselfe sicke went into the toppe thereof and burned himselfe Quint. Curtius lib. 10. Strabo lib. 15. Calapis A notable ryuer in Hungarie Calaris A citie in Sardinia Calathis The name of a citie Calathusa An yle betweene Chersonnesus and Samothrace Calatiae A citye of Italy Calatis A citie of Thrace Calatus The sonne of Iupiter and Antiope Calaurea or Calauria An yland in the sea Mediterraneum where Demosthenes poysoned himselfe Calbis A ryuer of Caria Calchas A Greeke soothsayer the sonne of Thestor who went to Troy with the Graecians and taught them by ●is cunning many thinges