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buzzard_n see_v buteo_n b_o y_z byzacium_n territory_n of_o africa_n 505._o e._n most_o fruitful_a ground_n ibid._n byzia_n a_o castle_n of_o thracian_a king_n hate_v of_o swallow_n and_o why_o 278._o l_o c_o at_fw-fr cachrys_n in_o a_o oak_n what_o it_o be_v 400._o l._n the_o use_n and_o manner_n thereof_o ibid._n cadytas_n what_o it_o be_v 496._o i_o cadmus_n whore_n bear_v 108._o g._n first_o find_v out_o for_o to_o write_v prose_n ibid._n casias_n wind_n 23._o a_o caecina_n his_o practice_n by_o swallow_n 283._o a_o caesares_fw-la and_o caesones_n why_o so_o call_v 160._o i._n such_o common_o fortunate_a ibid._n caesar_n his_o breastplate_n make_v of_o english_a pearl_n 256._o k_o caesar_n dictator_n his_o liberality_n in_o wine_n 420._o h_o caesar_n rip_v out_o of_o his_o mother_n belly_n 160._o ay_o c._n caesar_n his_o quickenesse_n of_o spirit_n 168._o k_o caesar_n repent_v he_o of_o his_o clemency_n ibid._n l_o caesar_n his_o fidelity_n concern_v writing_n 168._o m_o caesaris_fw-la thronos_fw-la a_o star_n 34._o l_o caesaria_n a_o city_n in_o mauritania_n 53._o d_o caius_n hirtius_n invent_v stew_n for_o lamprey_n in_o asia_n 267._o c._n caius_n marius_n first_o advance_v the_o eagle_n in_o the_o roman_a ensign_n 273._o c_o caius_n caligula_n the_o emperor_n his_o say_n of_o surrentine_n wine_n 414._o h_o caia_n cecilia_n leoke_v tanaquill_n calpe_n a_o promontory_n 51._o b_o calpe_n a_o mountain_n ibid._n e_fw-la calculosae_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o purple_n 259._o b_o calydna_n island_n 316._o b_o calamus_fw-la aromaticus_fw-la 375._o a_o calculation_n of_o the_o year_n by_o caesar_n the_o author_n follow_v 586._o l._n calamary_n fish_n 244._o b_o calaminth_n first_o use_v by_o lizard_n 210._o l_o sea-calf_n his_o quality_n 213._o b_o calf_n choose_v for_o sacrifice_n 235._o e_fw-la callithriches_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o ape_n 225._o b_o camalodunum_n a_o town_n in_o britain_n 36._o k_o cammell_n have_v no_o foretooth_n in_o the_o upper_a jaw_n 337._o b_o camel_n how_o they_o engender_v 302._o l_o camel_n their_o diverse_a kind_n 205._o b_o camelopardalis_fw-la what_o kind_n of_o beast_n 205._o d_o campaine_n in_o italy_n a_o most_o fruitful_a country_n 567._o e._n f_o canell_n see_v casia_n cane_n see_v reed_n cane_n of_o india_n serve_v between_o joint_n for_o boat_n 482._o m_o cane_n of_o diverse_a sort_n 483._o b_o cane_n and_o reed_n how_o they_o grow_v ibid._n a_o canarium_fw-la what_o sacrifice_n 551._o b_o caucamum_fw-la 374._o b_o canetias_n the_o workman_n that_o make_v the_o stature_n of_o diana_n at_o ephesus_n 491._o c_o canopus_n the_o name_n of_o a_o star_n where_o and_o in_o what_o manner_n it_o appear_v and_o where_o not_o 34._o l_o canopus_n a_o goodly_a star_n see_v in_o taprobane_n about_o the_o pole_n antarctic_a 130._o i_o canterius_n in_o a_o vineyard_n what_o it_o be_v 528._o i._n k_o cantharolethus_fw-la in_o thrace_n 327._o a._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n capnumargos_n a_o kind_n of_o red_a marvel_n 506._o b_o capparis_fw-la the_o plant_n of_o the_o fruit_n capres_fw-fr 400._o i_o caprification_n to_o be_v practise_v after_o rain_n 546._o b_o caprification_n what_o it_o be_v 444._o k_o caprificus_fw-la what_o it_o be_v ibid._n 〈◊〉_d cappadocian_o how_o they_o take_v their_o name_n 116._o h_o caprimulgi_fw-la what_o bird_n 292._o i_o carambis_n promontory_n 49._o a_o carbunculus_fw-la burn_v earth_n 503._o b_o carbunculus_fw-la in_o corn_n what_o it_o be_v 598._o i_o cardamomum_fw-la four_o kind_n 365._o 〈◊〉_d cardiaca_fw-la disease_n of_o the_o heart_n 341._o a_o cardo_n what_o it_o be_v 598._o i_o carpinus_n what_o manner_n of_o tree_n 466._o m_o carginon_n what_o it_o be_v 476._o g_o carpheotum_fw-la 367._o d_o caryoâ—…a_n date_n why_o so_o call_v and_o the_o wine_n thereof_o 387._o d_o caryopon_n what_o drug_n 397._o e._n the_o worth_n ibid._n carob-tree_n 390._o g_o carob_v or_o charact_n what_o kind_n of_o fruit_n 447._o b_o carpentry_n and_o the_o tool_n who_o invention_n 188._o l_o carpophilon_n 452._o m_o carseoly_n territory_n 537._o f_o carthegon_n what_o it_o be_v 476._o g_o casia_n 372._o i_o casia_n the_o sweet_a spice_n where_o it_o grow_v 373._o e_o the_o plant_n describe_v ibid._n casia_n the_o best_a ibid._n casius_n a_o mount_n of_o admirable_a height_n 102._o g_o caspiae_n gate_n so_o call_v 122._o g_o caspia_n part_n not_o the_o straits_n of_o caucasus_n they_o be_v describe_v 455._o a._n b._n castor_n and_o pollux_n star_n what_o be_v to_o be_v think_v of_o they_o 18._o k_o wherefore_o man_n invocate_v they_o at_o sea_n ibid._n l_o castoreum_n what_o it_o be_v 212._o m_o cat_n of_o gold_n worship_v as_o a_o god_n 546._o b_o cat_n how_o they_o engender_v 302._o l._n cat_n how_o subtle_a in_o hunt_v 308._o g._n catacecaumene_n a_o region_n 415._o f._n why_o so_o call_v 416._o g_o caligula_n his_o eye_n stiff_o in_o his_o head_n 334._o k_o cataractae_fw-la see_v diomedian_n bird_n cato_n censorius_n commend_v 410._o l._n his_o precept_n touch_v uine_n 411._o a_o cato_n persuade_v the_o senate_n of_o rome_n to_o destroy_v carthage_n by_o occasion_n of_o a_o fig_n 443._o a._n b._n c_o cato_n his_o praise_n and_o commendation_n 169._o f_o catorchites_n what_o kind_n of_o date_n 421._o a_o catoblephas_n what_o kind_n of_o beast_n 206._o l_o cati_fw-la and_o corculi_fw-la why_o so_o call_v 173._o b_o cause_n of_o vomit_n 342._o l_o caunian_n natural_o subject_n to_o the_o swell_a of_o the_o spleen_n 331._o k._n cauneas_n presage_v ill_a fortune_n to_o m._n crassus_n 445._o a_o cauchi_n a_o people_n without_o tree_n their_o habitation_n and_o country_n describe_v 455._o a._n b_o cavaticae_n a_o kind_n of_o snail_n 218._o i_o c_o e_o cea_n island_n 41._o a_o cedar_n gum_n 424._o g_o cedar_n which_o be_v best_a 489._o a_o cedar_n oil_n ibid._n cedar_n for_o mast_n 490._o g_o cedar_n of_o dwarf_n kind_n 388._o l._n m_o cedrelate_n 389._o a._n the_o timber_n thereof_o everlasting_a ibid._n cedrelaeon_n 434._o h._n i_o cedrium_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 46._o h_o celendine_n reveal_v by_o swallow_n 210._o l_o celtium_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o tortoise_n 241._o e_o celtie_n see_v lote-tree_n centigranum_fw-la wheat_n 565._o b_o cepphus_n a_o beast_n 205._o e_o cephenes_n or_o serenes_n young_a dronâ—…_n boes_n and_o how_o they_o be_v feed_v 318._o i_o ceratias_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o comet_n 15._o e_fw-la cervus_fw-la a_o mast-tree_n 458._o m._n the_o mast_n thereof_o ibid._n cerastes_n what_o worm_n 492._o g._n worm_n in_o figge-tree_n 539._o c_o cerastae_fw-la serpent_n 208._o g._n cerastae_fw-la serpent_n have_v horn_n of_o flesh_n 331_o c_o h_n cheapenesse_n of_o all_o victual_n in_o rome_n 551._o d._n the_o cause_n thereof_o ibid._n f_o chalcedon_n why_o call_v the_o city_n of_o the_o blind_a 114._o g_o chamaedaphne_n 452._o m_o chamecerasti_fw-la 448._o h_o chameleon_n light_n be_v very_o
they_o teach_v the_o use_n of_o the_o helm_n in_o the_o ship_n 275._o f_o be_v trouble_v with_o the_o gout_n ibid._n kiss_v of_o woman_n by_o kinsfolk_n upon_o what_o occasion_n 418._o k_o k_n n_o knee_n be_v wound_v in_o their_o hollow_n bring_v present_a death_n 350._o i_o of_o knee_n a_o discourse_n ibid._n knur_n in_o timber_n 489._o b_o l_o at_fw-fr laburnum_fw-la what_o manner_n of_o tree_n 468._o k_o labeones_n who_o they_o be_v 336._o l_o laboriae_fw-la in_o campane_n a_o most_o fruitful_a tract_n 567._o f_o labruscae_fw-la bastard_n wild_a uine_n 538._o g_o lacta_fw-la the_o best_a casia_n or_o canell_n 373._o e_fw-la lactes_fw-la place_v next_o to_o the_o bag_n of_o the_o stomach_n 342._o l_o lacydes_n accompany_v with_o a_o goose._n 280._o k_o laudanum_n the_o best_a 370._o k._n the_o price_n thereof_o ibid._n laudanum_n how_o it_o be_v gather_v 370._o g_o laudanum_n of_o two_o kind_n ibid._n i_o laestrigones_n monster_n of_o man_n 154._o g_o laertes_n a_o king_n muck_v ground_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n 507._o b_o lagopus_n a_o bird_n why_o so_o call_v 296._o h_o lalisiones_fw-la what_o they_o be_v 224._o i_o lama_n what_o tree_n 369._o e_fw-la lamb_n name_v cordi_fw-la 226._o l_o lamb_n how_o to_o be_v choose_v ibid._n lampades_fw-la flame_v torch_n in_o the_o sky_n 17._o b_o lampadias_n a_o kind_n of_o comet_n 15._o f_o lampido_n the_o only_a woman_n know_v to_o have_v be_v daughter_n to_o a_o king_n a_o king_n wife_n and_o mother_n to_o a_o king_n 176._o l_o lamprey_n in_o france_n how_o they_o be_v mark_v 248._o i_o lamprey_n a_o fish_n 245._o b_o lampreics_n of_o fresh_a water_n 246._o g_o sea_n lamprey_n their_o nature_n 248._o h_o lampyrides_n what_o they_o be_v 593._o c_o lanata_n what_o apple_n 438._o g._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n lanati_fw-la a_o sort_n of_o pike_n 245._o e_o land_n in_o the_o country_n make_v distinction_n of_o state_n at_o rome_n 550._o m._n land_n worth_a forty_o denarij_fw-la the_o short_a cubit_n 581._o d_o land_n mediterranean_n fit_a for_o fruit_n 501._o c_o land_n how_o much_o assign_v by_o king_n romulus_n to_o his_o subiest_n 549._o d._n land_n of_o who_o to_o be_v buy_v 553._o c_o little_a land_n well_o till_v 554._o m_o land_n may_v be_v overmuch_o tend_v 555._o b_o lanisis_n of_o lacedaemon_n his_o swiftness_n 167._o a_o lantern_n a_o sea_n fish_n 249._o d_o laodicea_n a_o city_n the_o description_n thereof_o 107._o a_o larch_n tree_n 462._o l._n the_o timber_n and_o the_o liquid_a rosin_n thereof_o ibid._n how_o it_o be_v draw_v 465._o b_o larch_n tree_n female_a 487._o b_o larch_n tree_n of_o great_a length_n 489._o d_o lares_fw-la a_o temple_n to_o they_o near_o to_o which_o a_o altar_n erect_v to_o orbona_n see_v orbona_n large_a space_n between_o the_o stomach_n and_o the_o paunch_n be_v cause_n of_o more_o hunger_n 342._o l_o law_n who_o first_o invent_v 187._o c_o lawrea_n the_o leaf_n of_o laurel_n 454._o g_o laurel_n tree_n not_o smite_v with_o lightning_n 27._o c_o laurel_n grove_n why_o call_v triumphales_fw-la 454._o g_o laurel_n a_o medicine_n for_o the_o raven_n 211._o d_o the_o mad_a laurel_n 495._o d_o laurel_n tree_n how_o it_o be_v employ_v at_o rome_n 452._o i_o laurel_n delphic_a cyprian_a mustacea_n ibid._n delphic_a laurel_n describe_v 452._o k_o cyprian_a laurel_n describe_v ibid._n laurel_n tinus_fw-la or_o wild_a laurel_n 452._o k_o laurel_n augusta_n or_o imperiall_n ibid._n laurel_n baccalia_n 452._o l_o laurel_n triumphal_a ibid._n laurel_n taxa_fw-la 452._o l_o laurel_n spadonia_n ibid._n laurel_n alexandrina_n 452._o m_o laurel_n idaea_n ibid._n laurel_n token_n of_o peace_n 453._o b_o laurel_n much_o honour_v at_o rome_n and_o why_o ibid._n c_o laurel_n fair_a upon_o parnassus_n 453._o c_o laurel_n not_o smite_v with_o the_o lightning_n ibid._n a_o laurel_n chaplet_n use_v by_o tiberius_n caesar_n against_o lightning_n 453._o d_o laurel_n why_o use_v in_o triumph_n ibid._n laurcola_n 453._o a._n describe_v ibid._n laurice_n young_a rabbit_n or_o leveret_n 232._o h_o laurus_fw-la the_o only_a tree_n in_o latin_a that_o give_v name_n unto_o a_o man_n 454._o g_o who_o laugh_v the_o day_n that_o he_o be_v bear_v 164._o m_o lax_n a_o fish_n 243._o a_o l_o e_o lead_n who_o first_o find_v out_o 188._o l_o league_n who_o first_o devise_v 189._o i_o leap_v year_n 6._o h_o learned_a wit_n honour_v 171._o f_o leave_n of_o aspen_n tree_n never_o hang_v still_o 514._o l_o leave_v that_o alter_v their_o shape_n &_o form_n upon_o the_o tree_n 470._o h_o leave_n of_o some_o tree_n turn_v about_o with_o the_o sun_n in_o the_o tropic_n of_o cancer_n 407._o i_o leave_v of_o the_o tree_n how_o they_o be_v frame_v above_o and_o beneath_o 470._o k._n leave_v of_o tree_n distinguish_v by_o their_o bigness_n form_n and_o substance_n 470._o l._n m_o leave_v distinguish_v by_o other_o quality_n and_o their_o order_n 471._o a._n leave_v of_o tree_n good_a fodder_n 471._o b_o what_o leave_v be_v apt_a to_o shed_v and_o which_o be_v not_o 469._o d_o a_o philosophical_a discourse_n touch_v the_o cause_n of_o shed_v or_o hold_v leave_n 469._o e._n f_o leave_v of_o what_o tree_n hold_v their_o colour_n 470._o g_o lectos_fw-la a_o promontory_n in_o trouâ—…_n 471._o f_o ledon_n 370._o i_o lemnos_n island_n 378._o g._n their_o manner_n ibid._n length_n of_o the_o leg_n and_o neck_n answerable_a for_o the_o proportion_n in_o all_o creature_n 339._o e_o lentill_n where_o and_o when_o to_o be_v sow_v 569._o e_fw-la lentil_n of_o two_o kind_n ibid._n lent_n and_o lenes_n in_o latin_a whence_o derive_v 569._o e_o lentisk_a berry_n preserve_v 448._o k_o lentuli_n why_o so_o call_v 550._o h_o leococruta_n what_o kind_n of_o beast_n 206._o h._n and_o what_o of_o nature_n ibid._n how_o engender_v 212_o lconides_n rebuke_v alexander_n the_o great_a for_o burn_v too_o much_o frankincense_n 367._o f_o leontophonus_fw-la what_o beast_n 217._o e._n and_o why_o so_o call_v ibid._n leopard_n how_o they_o lie_v in_o wait_n 308._o g_o leptorhage_n what_o grape_n 495._o m_o lepo_n or_o mole_n a_o kind_n of_o fish_n 249._o c_o letter_n or_o character_n who_o invent_v 187._o f_o levaines_n 566._o h._n i_o the_o nature_n thereof_o ibid._n l_o leuci_n kind_n of_o heron_n with_o one_o eye_n 334._o g_o lecocomum_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o pomegranate_n 398._o h_o leucogaeon_n a_o place_n 568._o h._n it_o yield_v chalk_n to_o make_v white_a frumentie_n and_o a_o great_a revenâ—…e_n yearly_a ibid._n leucosia_n island_n sometime_o join_v to_o the_o promontory_n of_o syreus_n 540._o i_o l_o i_o libanus_n mount_v the_o description_n thereof_o 102._o i_o liciniani_n why_o so_o call_v 163._o a_o licinius_n stolo_n condemn_v by_o virtue_n of_o his_o own_o law_n 551._o d_o of_o man_n life_n the_o term_n uncertain_a 180._o l_o life_n short_a a_o benefit_n 183._o b_o licorne_n see_v monoceros_n lignum_fw-la a_o fault_n in_o cytron_n wood_n 396._o h_o lightning_n attribute_v to_o jupiter_n 14._o g._n the_o reason_n thereof_o ibid._n presage_n of_o future_a thing_n ibid._n lightning_n seldom_o in_o summer_n or_o winter_n and_o the_o reason_n 25._o c._n in_o what_o land_n they_o fall_v not_o ibid._n the_o sundry_a sort_n and_o wonder_n thereof_o 25._o e._n diverse_a observation_n touch_v they_o 26._o g._n raise_v by_o conjuration_n ibid._n k._n general_a rule_n of_o lightning_n ibid._n m._n it_o be_v see_v before_o the_o thunderclap_n be_v hear_v and_o why_o ibid._n what_o thing_n be_v not_o strike_v with_o lightning_n 27._o e_o lights_n the_o seat_n of_o the_o breath_n 341._o a._n spongeous_a and_o full_a of_o pipe_n ibid._n limosae_fw-la what_o fish_n 243._o c_o lime_n at_o the_o root_n of_o cberrte-troes_a hasten_v their_o fruit_n 546._o k_o limn_v see_v paint_v linden_n tree_n differ_v in_o sex_n 466._o i._n their_o fruit_n no_o beast_n will_v touch_v ibid._n the_o linden_n tree_n yield_v fine_a panicle_n for_o cordage_n 466._o i_o the_o timber_n will_v not_o be_v worm-eaten_a ibid._n k_o linen_n fine_a cloth_n whence_o 80._o l_o linnet_n very_o docible_a 293._o a_o likeness_n of_o child_n to_o parent_n grandsire_n or_o other_o 160._o m_o 161._o a._n b._n the_o reason_n in_o nature_n 161._o c_o likeness_n of_o one_o man_n to_o another_o diverse_a example_n 161._o d_o &_o deinceps_fw-la lion_n of_o the_o right_a kind_n how_o they_o be_v know_v 200._o i._n k_o lion_n bone_n will_v strike_v fire_n 344._o m_o lion_n how_o they_o will_v walk_v 350._o k_o lioness_n lecherous_a 200._o k_o lioness_n engender_v with_o parde_n ibid._n lion_n jealous_a of_o the_o lioness_n 200._o k_o lioness_n how_o oft_o she_o bear_v young_a 200._o l._n and_o the_o manner_n thereof_o 201._o b_o of_o lion_n two_o kind_n ibid._n their_o nature_n and_o property_n ibid._n lion_n long_o live_v 201._o c_o lion_n crucify_v ibid._n and_o why_o ibid._n
in_o salt_n give_v in_o wine_n to_o drink_v do_v stir_n and_o provoke_v the_o appetite_n unto_o venery_n moreover_o to_o feed_v upon_o the_o fish_n call_v erythrines_n ordinary_o at_o the_o table_n to_o hang_v about_o the_o neck_n the_o liver_n of_o the_o frog_n call_v diopetes_n or_o calamita_n within_o a_o little_a piece_n of_o a_o crane_n skin_n or_o the_o jaw_n tooth_n of_o a_o crocodile_n fasten_v to_o any_o arm_n either_o else_o the_o sea-horse_n or_o the_o sinew_n of_o a_o toad_n bind_v to_o the_o right_a arm_n incite_v great_o to_o wantonness_n and_o lechery_n put_v a_o toad_n within_o a_o piece_n of_o a_o sheep_n skin_n new_o flay_v and_o let_v one_o wear_v it_o tie_v fast_o about_o he_o he_o shall_v forget_v all_o love_n and_o amity_n for_o ever_o the_o broth_n of_o frog_n boil_v in_o water_n do_v extenuat_fw-la the_o scurvy_a thick_a roof_n in_o the_o farcin_n or_o mange_n of_o horse_n and_o make_v way_n that_o they_o may_v be_v bathe_v and_o anoint_v and_o very_o it_o be_v 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