are those made by War when some chief City is attack'd and storm'd with all its battering Rams or thundering Cannons Mortars and Bombs Bellona was the Goddess of War and Sister to Mars described with a bloudy Whip in her hand to shew how severe a Scourge and Plague War is Quam cum sanguineo sequitur Bellona flagello AEn 18. V. 923. Bent to Rase Resolved to destroy Rase of the Fr. Raser or Rayer to lay even with the Ground to destroy of the Lat. Radere or of the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to break Engin B. 1. V. 570. Capital B. 1. V. 756. Battering Engins formerly Rams now Cannon and Mortars Battering of the Fr. Batre to beat down V. 924. Or less than if this Frame Or with less noise than if the whole Frame of Nature disjoynted now were falling and the quarrelling Elements all in an Uproar and mad Mutiny had from her Center rent and torn the Earth hitherto immoveable Succidere horrisono posse omnia victa fragore Luc. l. 5. Pene reluctatis iterum pugnantia rebus Rupissent Elementa fidem Claud. de Rapt Proser l. 1. Seems expressive of the Mutiny here meant Mutinie of the Ital. Mutino and this of Mutire Lat. to murmur Seditions and Mutinies in Armies generally beginning so V. 926. From her Axle Axle of Axis Lat. and this of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. an Axle-Tree thence made to signifie the Diameter of the Earth being an imaginary Line drawn through its Center from the North to the South Pole Stedfast immoveable Earth against their Opinion that suppose it to move and the Sun to stand still V. 927. His Sail-broad Vannes At last he spreads his Wings as broad as Sails Velorum pandimus alas says Virg. AEn 1. Nothing is more usual with him than to apply Swimming to Birds or to those who imitated them through the Air and Flying to Ships Volat ille per aera magnum Remigio Alarum AEn 1. And Mare velivolum Gelidas enavit ad Artos AEn 2. Vannes of Vanner Fr. to winnow or of the Lat. Vannus a Van with which they winnow Corn whence the word Fan. V. 928. The surging Smoak The rising ascending á Surgendo Lat. from its tending upwards V. 929. Uplifted spurns the Ground Spurning the Ground lifts himself up into the rising Smoak Spurn of Sporan Sax to kâ—ck to strike with the Foot V. 932. A vast Vacuity An absolute Emptiness a huge Vacuum Vacuitas Lat. Emptiness V. 933. Fluttering his Pennors vain Shaking his Wings in vain down-right he falls Flutter of the Sax. Floteran to beat the Air to wag the Wings as Birds when weary of the Lat. Fluctuare Pennons Wings of Penna Lat. Plomb down directly down Plomb Fr. Lead and a Carpenter's Plummet being a Ball of Lead fastened to a String by which they guide their Work so that á Plomb is perpendicularly downright of the Lat. Plumbum Lead V. 935. Had not by ill chance the strong Rebuff Had not by ill luck the violent blast of some furious Cloud loaden and big with Fire and Nitre driven him back again as many Miles aloft Rebuff Fr. of Re the aggravating Particle and Bouffee a Blast and it signifies here a sudden Storm and furious Repulse burst from something like a Cloud made up of Nitrous Fire for our Poet is describing Satan's flight through a Tract where there is nothing distinguishable or to be named by any distinct created Being Tumultâ—ous Tumultuosus Lat. tempestuous furious V. 937. Instinct with Fire and Nitre Provoked and pushed on by Fire and Nitre Instinctus Lat. pushed forward Nitre 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. Nitrum is of a substance like Salt of Colour ruddy or white and porous like a Sponge the more unknown the better suiting our description here Hurried him forced him furiously drove him Fr. Harier to toil to harrass V. 939. Quench'd in a bâ—gâ—y Syrâ—is That fiery Rebuff ceased quenched and put out by a soft Quick-sand Syrtis is explained by Neither Sea nor good dry Land exactly agreeing with Lucan Syrtes vel primam Mundo natura figuram Cum daret in dubio Pelagi Terraeque reliquit c. Phar. l. 9. Boggy yielding sinking as the Irish Bogs do Syrtis as if 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to draw because it is an indraught of Sand Mud and Stones that compose it as Salust tells us In hospita Syrtis Virg. V. 940. Nigh foundred on he fares Almost lamed on he goes Foundred B. 1. V. 204. Fares of the Teut. Fahren to go to journey hence Seafaring V. 941. Treading the crude Consistence Treading the Bog marching o're the yielding Quagmire Crude of Crudus raw soft not well disgested Consistence of Consistere Lat. to hang or grow together V. 942. Behoves him now c. It behoveth him now to use both his Oars and Sails as Galleys do according to the Proverb Remis Velisque With might and main V. 943. As when a Gryphon As when a Gryphon to his winged haste adds his swift Feet through some wild Desart where o're Hill and Dale he eagerly pursues the trembling Arimaspian whose sly Hand has from his wakeful Watch born of the Gold committed to his Guard Gryphon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. a strange Creature like Eagles as to their Wings and Beaks in all the rest of their Bodies resembling Lions they were dedicated to Apollo the God of Gold whose Beams have no small influence in the formation of that yellow Metal and therefore these Grifons are fabled to have been its Guardians being found in sandy Desarts These Creatures are said to have great Enmity against Horses whence Virg. Jungentur jam Gryphes Equis Ecl. 8. Pliny esteems 'em Fabulous and Poetical Monsters Lib. 10. c. 49. V. 944. With Winged Course Both of Wings and Feet to fit the Comparison to Half on foot half flring and to make it square the better with Both Oar and Sail as above Moary Dale watry fenny Valley of Moor a Fen a Bog of Moer Belg. Mud. V. 945. Pursues the Arimaspian Lucan in his Pharsalia mentions these Arimaspians and makes 'em Natives of Scythia adorning their Heads with Gold Hinc Sithoniae gentes auroque ligatâ—â— Substringens Arimaspe comas Lib. 3. Quodque legit dives summis Arimaspus Arenis Lib. 7. Aulus Gellius tells us that in some fabulous Greek Authors he found the Arimaspians placed among the Scythians and described to be People that had but one Eye in the middle of their Foreheads like the Cyclops Nect Attic. l. 9. c. 4. V. 946. From his wakeful Custody purloin'd The Golden Apples in the Hesperian Garden were guarded by Dragons that never slept Et nunquam somno damnatus Lumina Serpens Robora complexus rutilo curvata metallo Luc. l. 9. The Golden Fleece was guarded by as vigilant and wakeful a Watch. Pervigilem superest herbis sopire draconem Qui cristâ linguisque tribus praesignis uncis Dentibus horrendus custos erat
innare revulsas Cycladas AEn 8. V. 265. Delos an Island of the AEgean Sea one and the chief of the Cyclades named of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. appearing because Fabled to have appeared above Water or at least to have fix'd it self and thereby become manifest before floating and uncertain to receive Latona great with Apollo and Diana whom all the Earth at the angry entreaty of Jealous Juno had refused a place to Lie-in Thence call'd Latonia Delos Geor. 3. Sacra Mari colitur medio gratissima tellus Nereidum Matri Neptuno AEgaeo Quam pius Arcitenens oras litora circum Errantem Mycone celsâ Gyaroque revinxit Immetamque coli dedit contemnere ventos AEn 3. Ibid. Samos is the next Island of Note to Delos among the Cyclades in the Archipelago or AEgean Sea A Cloudy Spot as Islands at first appearance seem to be V. 268. Between Worlds and Worlds Laertius tells us that Anaxagoras the Philosopher held a Plurality of Worlds and that the Moon was habitable full of Hills and Dales Mountains and Rivers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. As if so long before Galileo was born he had worn his Spectacles Orpheus and Heraclides believed every Star to contain a World 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plat. de plac Philo. Lib. 2. Cap. 13. So that these Imaginary Worlds are no new-broach'd Fancies of those that will Nimis altd sapere V. 269. Now on the Polar Winds Now wafted on the Winds that blow from the two Poles of Heaven Anon with Nimble Wing he beats the yielding Air till about the distance from the Earth that high-flying Eagles are able to mount to all the feather'd kind he seems a Phoenix gazed on and wonder'd at by all the Flying Nations Polar Winds the North and South blowing from the respective Poles of the World Polaris Lat. belonging to the Pole V. 270. Winnows with his Wings he breaks and beats the yielding Air To Winnow is to toss Corn to and fro up to the Wind which clears it of the Chaff of Wannen Teut. to Fan to Winnow Buxom Book 2. Vers. 842. Ibid. Soare the rise the heighth the highest flight of lofty Eagles of the Ita. sorare to fly high Eagle Aigle Fr. the Contraction of Aquila Lat. tow'ring Eagles rising as much above other Birds as Towers do higher than ordinary Huts V. 272. A. Phoenix 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. A Phoeniceo Pennarum Colore named of the Colour of her Crimson Wings or of a Palm-Tree whose Fruit resembles that Hue is a fancied Arabian Bird of which the World has never but one thence call'd Sole Bird he lives 660 Years and then retiring into a Spicy Nest is therein burnt by the Sun in a Fragrant Funeral Pile out of whose Ashes rises the Ancestor and Successor joyn'd in one according to Plin. Lib. 20. Cap. 21. Una est quae reparet seque ipsa reseminet ales Assyrii Phoenica vocant Non fruge neque herbis Sed Thuris lacrymis succo vivit amoni Hic ubi quinque suae complevit saecula vitae Ilicts in ramis tremulaeve cacumine Palmae Unguibus pando ni dum sibi construit ore Quo simul ac Casias Nardi lenis aristas Quassaque cum fulvâ substravit Cinnama Myrrhâ Se super imponit Finitque in odoribus aevum Inde ferunt totidem qui vivere debeat Annos Corpore de Patrio Parvum Phoenica renasci Met. Lib. 15. Sed Pater est prolesque sui nulloque creante Emeritos artus foecundâ morte reformat Nam sponte crematur Ut redeat gaudetque mori Festinus in ortum Claud. de Phoenice Oue nascon gli incensi e gli altri odori Oue rinasce l'immortal Fenice Ch' in quella ricca Fabrica ch' aduna A' l' essequie à i natali hà tomba e cuna Tass. Cant. 17. St. 20. Ibid. Gaz'd by all look'd on and admired by all the wing'd Inhabitants of the Air. Quis enim non praepite tanto AEthera respiceret Of Perseus on the Wing Luc. Lib. 9. V. 273. When to enshrine c. When to Egyptian Thebes he flies to place upon the Suns bright Altar the Calcined Nest the Pretious Remainder and Residue of the Original Ashes whence he arose as all the Poets treat this Fabulous Bird. Cum dedit hinc aetas vires onerique ferendo est Fertque pius cunasque suas Patriumque Sepulcrum Perque leves aur as Hyperionis urbe potitus Ante fores sacras Hyperionis aede reponit Met. Lib. 15 Aut cinis eoâ positi Phoenicis in arâ Luc. Lib. 6. His Reliques Protinus ad Nilum manes sacrare paternos Auctoremque Globum Phariae telluris ad oras Ferre juvat Jam destinat aris Semina relliquiasque sui Claud. de Phoenic Tasso continues the Fiction and send the Fabulous Bird to Ethiopia attended by all the Winged World in Wonder Come al' hor che'l rinato unico Angello I suos ' Ethiopi à visitar s'invia c. Meravigliando essercito d'Alati Cant. 17. St. 35. V. 274. To Egyptian Thebes to Heliopolis the City of the Sun The Egyptian Thebes famous for 100 Gates its Namesake of Boeotia having but seven Atque vetus Thebae centum jacet obruta portis Juv. Sat. 15. Clara per AEgyptum placidis notissima sacris Urbs Titana colit centumque immane columnis Invehitur Templum Thebano monte revulsis Claud. de Phoen. V. 277. Six Wings to shade c. To cover his Heavenly Shape those on his Shoulders came like a Royal Mantle o'er his Breast the middle Pair câ—me round him like a Girdle and like Skirts covered his Loins and Thighs with feather'd Gold the third adorn'd his Feet from either Heel with Colours dipt in Heav'n Six Wings Above it stood Seraphim Each one had six Wings with twain he cover'd his Face and with twain he cover'd his Feet and with twain he did fly Isai. 6. Vers. 2. Lineaments Lineamentum Lat. the Shape and Proportion of a Body drawn out by Lines hence the Form Features c. V. 281. Girt like a Starry Zone Came round him like a glittering Girdle spangled with Stars Zone of Zâ—vn Gr. a Girdle Book 2. Vers. 398. V. 282. Downy Gold With Golden Down with Feathers of Gold or Gold colour'd V. 284. With Feather'd Mail With a Defence of Feathers from either Heel cover'd his Feet Of Maille Fr. for little Links of Metal of which Coats of Mail are made V. 285. Skie-tinctur'd Grain Dyed of Skie-colour in Grain as before Colours dipt in Heav'n resembling the shining Seats above Tinctur'd of Tinctura Lat. a Dying or Tinging of Tingere Lat. to Colour or Dye Grain of the Lat. Granum a Berry such being used in curious Colours of lasting Complexions as Escarlate en Graine Scarlet of the Noblest Dye in Grain Ibid. Like Maja 's Son like the winged Mercury the Son of Jupiter and Maja and Messenger of the Gods as inferiour in his Description though of the
Make Or to make 'em perishable and less lasting to put 'em into the condition of Decay and Mortality and to mature 'em for Destruction make 'em ready and ripe for Ruine Maturare Lat. to ripen Transcendent Bo. 1. v. 86. Havoc Bo. 2. v. 1009. V. 624. Conniving seem to gratifie c. Winking at their Wickedness seem to oblige my proud Enemies Connivere Lat. to take no notice of Gratificari Lat. to oblige Adherents Bo. 6. v. 266. V. 630. To lick up the Draff To drink up the Dregs to lap up the Lees. Draff of Drabbe Sax. Dregs Random Bo. 4. v. 930. V. 633. With suck'd and glutted Offal Almost burst with indrawn Swill and gorging Filth Suck'd of the Lat. Sugere Glutted of Glutire Lat. to swallow in Offal the Refuse of Beasts thrown to Dogs and Swine Taint Bo. 5. v. 704. V. 636. Obstruct the mouth of Hell Dam up the mouth of Hell Obstruct of Obstruere Lat. to stop up V. 645. Who can extenuate thee Who can diminish thee Who can do any thing to impair thy Power Glory or Goodness Extenuare Lat. to lessen to undervalue V. 651. As sorted best c. As best agreed as suited best with the present state of Things Of Sortire Lat. to suit with Precept Preceptum Lat. a Command V. 654. Scarce tolerable Hardly to be endured Tolerabilis Lat. sufferable V. 655. Decrepit Winter Old wither'd Winter called from the North because the Sun is at that Season farthest from it Decrepitus Lat. very old V. 656. Solstitial Summer's Heat Midsummer's roasting Heat Solstitialis of Solstitium Lat. à Sole stante because the Sun is then at his greatest height and utmost journey in the Crab called Circulus Solstitialis proceeding from his most Southern Elevation the Days neither increasing nor decreasing for some time seem to be at a stand Solstitium pecori defendite Jam venit AEstas Torrida Ecl. 7. Ibid. The Blanc Moon The Pale-faced Moon Blanc Fr. white Moon Mona Sax. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. V. 658. Their Planetary Motions The various Wandrings Planetaris Lat. of a Planet from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. wandring Ibid. Aspects Of Aspectus Lat. the Countenance The Aspects of the Stars among Astronomers are those different Positions in which they variously behold one another at divers Distances V. 659. In Sextile Square and Trine and Opposite If a Planet in one part of the Zodiac be distant from another by a sixth part of Twelve that is by two Signs their Aspect is called Sextile Sextilis Lat. a sixth If by a fourth a Square Carré Fr. Quadrare Lat. By a third Trine of Trinus Lat. a third the Aliquot Parts of Twelve by which the Zodiac is divided And if by one half Opposite Oppositus Lat. over-against which last is said to be of Noxious Efficacy of Evil Effect because the Planets so opposed are thought to strive and like Engageing Enemies to fight debilitate and overcome one another deemed of evil Consequence to those born under or subject to the Influence of the distressed Star Noxious Noxius Lat. hurtful Efficacy Efficacia Lat. power strength force V. 661. In Synod unbenign In unkind Conjunctions in hurtful and severe Assemblies Synod of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. an Assembly a Senate a General Meeting of the Stars in consultation for the Good or Ill of miserable Mankind Unbenign Inbenignus Lat. unlucky disastrous V. 662. The Fix'd their Influence malignant c. And instructed the Fix'd Stars how to dispose themselves so as to dart down upon us their unlucky Rays Influence Bo. 2. v. 1034. Malignant Malignans Lat. hateful malicious V. 664. Should prove Tempestuous Which of 'em attending on the Rising or Setting Sun should raise Storms and Tempests Tempestuosus Lat. stormy Ipse Pater statuit quid Menstrua Luna moneret Quo signo caderent Austri Frigida Saturni sese quo stella receptet Quos ignis caeli Cyllenius erret in Orbes Geor. l. 1. V. 665. With bluster to confound Sea Air and Shoar When with blustring Storms to toss Water and Air and Earth into a common Confusion Bluster seems coyn'd of the Noise the high blowing Winds make Confound of Confundere Lat. to mix together to toss and tumble into Confusion So Juvenal Mare caelo confundas Sat. 6. V. 668. His Angels turn ascanse He commanded his Angels to turn the Poles of the Earth above 20 Degrees aside from the Sun 's Orb. The Poles of the Earth are two Imaginary Points directly opposite North and South Ascanse Bo. 4. v. 504. Poles Bo. 1. v. 74. Axle Bo. 2. v. 926. The Heavenly Orbs are divided into 360 equal Parts called Degrees of Gradus Lat. V. 671. Oblique the Centric Globe They with much difficulty moved awry Earth on her Center seated Oblique Obliquus Lat. crooked awry Centric Bo. 8. v. 83. Globe Bo. 2. v. 513. V. 673. Like distant breadth to Taurus c. Others say the Sun was order'd to turn out of the Equinoctial Road driving the same distance in breadth up to Taurus Pleiades and Gemini Northern Signs up to the Tropic of Cancer as he does down again apace by Leo Virgo and Libra the descending Signs as low as Capricorn thereby to introduce the various Seasons over all the World Taurus Lat. the Bull placed among the Stars by Jupiter in memory of the Trick he played Europa in the shape of one Hinc quâ tepenti vere laxatur dies Tyriae per undas vector Europae nitet Sen. Her Fur. Vacca sit an Taurus non est cognoscere prâ—mptum Pars prior apparet posteriora latent Seu tamen est Taurus sive est hoc faemina signum Junone invitâ munus amoris habet Ov. Fast. l. 4. Candidus Auratis aperit cum cornibus annum Taurus Geor. l. 1. Equinoctial Bo. 9. v. 64. V. 674. The seven Atlantick Sisters Are seven bright Stars in the Bull 's Neck Fabled to have been the Daughters of Atlas King of Mauritania and Pleione Daughter of Oceanus whence called also Pleiades Duxerat Oceanus quondam Titanida Tethyn Qui terram liquidis qua patet ambit aquis Hinc sata Pleione cum stellifero Atlante Jungitur ut fama est Pleïadâ—sque parit Ov. Fast. l. 5. Six of 'em had Gods for their Gallants which makes 'em appear so conspicuous but Merope being forced to take up with a Mortal ashamed to shew her self is out of Countenance Septima mortali Merope tibi Sisyphe nupsit Paenitet facti sola pudore latet Fast. l. 4. Ante tibi Eoae Atlandites abscondantur Geo. 1. Ibid. The Spartan Twins The Sign Gemini Castor and Pollux Brothers by Leda their Mother Wife of Tyndarus King of Sparta Jupiter was the Father of Pollux and Tyndarus of Castor whence the first was Heir to his Father's Immortality unpleasant to him without the company of his belov'd Brother and therefore shared between 'em by turns The Fable took its Rise from the nature of the Stars called still Tyndaridae
Engagement of the Gods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 V. 579. And what resounds Makes so much Noise in Stories and Romances of the Lat. resonare to sound or ring again V. 580. Or Romance The German Nations who overthrew the Western Empire did for a long time retain their ancient Language which at last began to be intermixt with that of their Subjects and Larded with Latin words which they call'd the Roman Language to distinguish it from their own In this corruptly mixt Latin Language many Military Love-Stories were writ by the Romans whence they took the Name of Romances in this kind of writing but in their own Language the French are very frequent Ibid. Uther's Son Of Ether Welth for Admirable a King of the Britains or as if 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Happy-Hunter Uther and Arthur and all their Descendants though they gave Noble Subjects for the Histories of the Ages they lived in yet by the gross Ignorance that over-spread those times there is nothing transmitted to us but what is foolishly fabulous and fantastick V. 581. Begirt with British and Armorick Knights Surrounded encompass'd with English and French Men of Mars British of Britain Armorick of Bretagne in France formerly called Aremorica conquer'd by the Britains under Maximus Anno 389. Vicit Aremoricas animosa Britannia Gentes Et dedit imposito nomina prisca Jugo V. 582. Baptiz'd or Infidel Christians or Unbelievers Heathens Baptized of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to dip or plunge in Water as the manner was of St. John's Baptism in Jordan Infidel Infidelis Lat. one that does not believe in the Messias our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. V. 583. Jousted in Aspramont or Montalban Ran a Tilt of the Fr. Juster to encounter on Horseback armed with a Launce an Exercise frequent and famous in former Ages Aspramoâ—t and Montalban Romantick Names of Mons Asper Lat. a Rough Rock and Mons Albanus perhaps Montanban a City of France in the Connes of Aquitaine V. 584. Damasco Damâ—scus of which see V. 468. Ibid. Marocco A City and Kingdom in Affrica a considerable part of Mauritania Tingitaâ—a extended along the Atlantick Ocean This before Fez became the Capital was one of the greatest Cities in the World Ibid. Trebisond Trabisonde Trapezus the Capital City of Capadocia in the lesser Asia near the Euxine Sea having a large and secure Haven taken by Mahomet the Second Emperour of the Turks in the Year 1460. V. 585. Whom Biserta sent from Affrick The Saracens Biserta the Modern Name for Utica a City of the Kingdom of Tunis in Affrica famous for the Sirname it gave to the Immortal Cato Uticensis who here kill'd himself From this Country the Saracens expell'd the Romans Afric Lat. Africa is one of the four Principal Parts of the Earth bounded on the North by the Midland Sea on the West and South by the Ocean Eastward by the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulph joyned to Asia by a small Neck of Land of 60 Miles long It has its Name from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cold because there is little or none in that Climate V. 586. When Charlemain c. Charlemain or Carolus Magnus was King of France and Emperour of Germany who about the Year 800. undertook a War against the Saracens in Spain where Aigoland Bellingan Marsiles and Idnabala had erected several petty Kingdoms these joyned against Charlemain who in his Royal Army had with him Milon Count of Angiers his Brother-in Law Roâ—land his Nephew Renaud of Montauban Roger the Dane Arnold of Belland c. famous Warriours Subjects of the French fabulous Romances who in that Illiterate Age confounded their Story and cover'd it with much Confusion and Obscurity Aigoland one of these Saracen Kings light upon Milen so advantagiously about Bayon that he cut him and 40000 French Men in pieces entered Gâ—scony and besieged Agen. At another time Bellingand â—lew Rowland and defeated a considerable Army And though this War lasted 14 Years I can no where find that this Emperour was killed by 'em but that by degrees he Master'd them dying peaceably in the Year 814 and lieth buried at Aix la Chapella Ibid. With all his Peerage With all his Nobility Peerage the Priviledge of being a Peâ—r or Nobleman V. 587. By Fontarabbiâ— called by the Spaniard Fuentarabia Fâ—ns Râ—pâ—dus or Flâ—entum rapidum a very strong Town in Biscay in Spain seated on the Shore of that Bay at high-Water surrounded by the Sea and so fortified that at the lowest Ebb not easily to be attempted Charles the Fifth added much to its Strength and call'd it his Pillow V. 588. These beyond compare of Mortal Prowess These Warriour-Angels did as far exceed all Mankind in point of Power and Courage as all the Heroes of old Greece or Troy c. are above the Comparison of Pigmies encountring Cranes Mortal Prowess Human Courage of the Fr. Proiiessc He above the rest V. 590. In Shape and Gesture proudly eminent He in Carriage and Behaviour high exalted above the rest Gesture of Gero Gestus est compositio corporis habitus quem in dicendo aut movendo observamus the Behaviour or graceful Motions of Speech and Carriage Eminent of Eminens Lat. higher exalted of eminâ—o to excel V. 591. Stood like a Tow'r Appear'd above 'em all like a stately Tower that over-looks the humbler sort of Buildings of the Fr. Tour. as that of Turris and this of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. a Tower Thus Virg. describes the Venerable Cybele Mother of the Gods Berecynthia Mater Invehitur curâ—u Phrygias tuâ—rita per urbes AEn 6. V. 592. All her Original Brightness His Divine Shape and Heavenly Features had not quite lost their Primitive first Beauty nor did he appear other than an undone Arch Angel and the hâ—ighth of Brightness dimmed and overcast Originalis Lat first that belongs to one from his beginning Excessus Lat. exceeding Obscured darken'd Oâ—sâ—urus Lat. hid V. 594. As when the Sun c. As when the Sun just up looks through the Air that 's thick near the Horizon bereav'd of all his Beams or by the Moons dark disk Eclipst a dismal Twilight casts on half the World and with sad thoughts of change disturbs its Rulers V. 595. Horizontal Misty Air That is always more gross and thick near the Horizon Horizontal of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lat. Finiens Finitor the Limiter and is so named because it bounds and limits our sight when we look round as far as our Eyes will reach where the Earth or the Sea and Sky seem to touch and kiss one another Nec sidera tota Ostendit Libycae Finitor Circulus Orae Luc. Lib. 9. V. 596. Shorn of his Beams Bereav'd and robb'd of the Rays of Light that surround his Glorious Head Shorn as if his shining Head had all its glorious Locks cut off and he appear'd bald without his Perruque powder'd with dazling Light of which our Author assigns the true Reason the Foggy Air and grois Mists
Law Word and in the Latin called Respectus a kind of Pause and Stop in a Suit allowing one time to look back or about him To slack the Pain to abate it to give some Ease untying as it were a Metaphor taken from binding strictly to make it less intense V. 463. Intermit no Watch Keep strict Guard be sure not to discontinue the Watchfulness against our Foes who are not to be surprized Intermittere Lat. to cease to give over V. 473. Stand his Rivals Be rank'd even with him be in the Opinion of the Vulgar esteemed his Equal Rivales Lat. for those that make Love to the same Woman Repute Reputation Honour of Reputer Fr. to esteem V. 478. Of Thunder heard remote Of Thunder at a distance Remotus Lat. removed farther off V. 480. Extol him equal In their Praises raise him equal to God the most Highest Extollere Lat. to Praise excessively Extollere vires AEn 11. to praise and magnifie the Power V. 485. Their specious Deeds Lest ill Men should vaunt their seemly Deeds on Earth forc'd from 'em by Vain-Glory or Ambition cautiously concealed and covered over with godly Zeal Speciosus Lat. beautiful fair to outward appearance Speciosa quaero pascere Tygres Hor. of Europa ' Od. 26. Carm. lib. 3. Exercitare Lat. to excite to stir up V. 486. Or close Ambition varnish'd o're c. A noble Verse and highly expressive of those zealous Hypocrites our Author's Contemporaries an Age so impiously Godly and so zealously Wicked that Prayer was the Prologue to the Murder of a Monarch at his own Gate Varnish'd o're of the Fr. Vernice a Composition of Gum of Juniper Trees and Lineseed Oyl setting a Lustre on what it is laid admirably applied to Zeal which so glares in the Eyes of the Weak Populace that they are not able to discover the dark Designs that it too often hides Zeal of the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be hot as it is too often V. 489. As when from Mountain As when from lofty Hills dark Clouds arise while the North Wind lies still and overspread Heaven's pleasant Prospect the thick condens'd Air threatens the Earth o'recast with Snow or Rain V. 490. The North Wind sleeps A Wind that generally clears the Air when it breaths and therefore is said to be at Rest while the assembling Clouds ascend 'T is usual with the Poets to lay the Sea asleep which can hardly be if any Wind be awake Saeva quierant aequora AEn 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Where Jupiter is said to lay the Winds asleep before he covers the Mountains with Winter Snow V. 491. The Lowring Element The angry Sky to Lowre Sign to look awry upon a threatning Aspect as if by frowning and drawing down the Brows it were looking lower By Element is meant the Air commonly called one of the four V. 492. Scouls o're the darken'd c. With Showre or Snow threatens the darken'd Earth To Scowl is to look on one with Eyes half shut as if we endeavoured to hide our selves to see and not be seen well applied to the Cloudy Sky Lantskip of the Belg. Landschap the shape or appearance of Land hence we call a Piece of Painting where a prospect or view of Woods and Trees Gardens or Fountains with adjoyning Hills or Plains is imitated a Landskip but it is here meant a Country overcast by dark Clouds as by Heaven's chearful Face the clear Sky V. 493. If chance the Radiant Sun If it chance the shining Sun e're he take leave shews himself ere he sets the Fields recover Radians Lat. shining Extendere Lat. to stretch or spread out Revive of Revivisco Lat. to gain new Life to recover V. 495. And bleating Herds attest their Joy The very Beasts do with their various Voices joyn to express their general Joy Bleating comes of Balatus the Cry of Sheep or Lambs coined in imitation of the Sound Attest of Attestari Lat. to bear Witness V. 497. O Shame to Men Read Juvenal Sat. 15. about 16. Verses from the end Sed nunc Serpentum major concordia Parcit Cognatis maculis similis fera c. V. 498. Firm Concord Lasting Agreement Firmus Lat. fast stable Concordia Lat. V. 502. Levie War Raise wastful War of the Fr. Lever to raise hence to Levy Money V. 504. Induce us to accord Perswade us to agree and live in Peace Inducere Lat. to perswade to intice Accord of Accorder Fr. to agree a Musical Metaphor of ad and Chorda a String from the straining and tuning Strings up to the same Tone V. 507. The Stygian Counsel thus dissolved The Hellish Counsel thus broke up Stygian of Styx one of the Rivers of Hell whence Pluto its Governor was styled Stygius Stygii per flumina fratris AEn 9. Dissolv'd Dissolvere Lat. to break up to dismiss V. 509. Their mighty Paramount Their haughty Chief of Paramount a disused Fr. Word signifying Supreme V. 510. Alone th' Autagonist of Heaven Able alone to oppose th' Almighty 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. an Adversary more properly one that Contends in single Combat of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 against and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Strife Contention Fight V. 513. A Globe of c. A Multitude a Troop of the Lat. Globus a great Company V. 514. With bright Imblazonrie c. With shining Ensigns and affrighting Arms Imblaâ—onrie of In and Blason Fr. for the Painting and Embellishing of Arms either on Flags Colours or Shields Horrent Horrens Lat. terrible Horrentia martis Arma. AEn 1. Acie densâ— atque horrentibus hastis In AEn 10. V. 515. Of their Session Of their Meeting and Sitting in Council Sessio Lat. for a Meeting or Sitting on public Business an Assize Result the Resolution that is taken what is done and resolv'd on of Resolvere as Consult of Consulere V. 518. The sounding Alchymie The sounding Metal Alchymy is an Arabic Word signifying Hidden of Al the Article and Chema to hide to conceal Hence the Alchymists and Chymists take their Name not so fitly from concealing the Secrets of their Art as because they cannot find their great Secret The Philosophers Stone which lyes hid and is concealed from them Now this Art endeavouring the Transmutation of ignobler Metals into more perfect and of higher Price our Author useth the word for Metal a Trumpet of Brass or Silver V. 521. Acclaim Acclamation abreviated a Shouting for Joy or in sign of good Liking and Concurrence of Acclamare Lat. to rejoyce or agree with V. 523. By false presumptuous Hope By Hope that often deceives us by promising and presuming too much Presumer Fr. of the Lat. Presumere to take before hand to be too forward and overweening Ibid. The ranged Powers disband The Infernal Forces that all this while had stood in Order of Battel as Book 1. Ver. 555. now disperse and go
good Harbour on the Red Sea the ancient North-East Boundary of the Abyssine Empire V. 399. Mombaza and Quiloa and Melind Mombaza Monbaccia is a very great City in Affrica Capital of the Kingdom of the same Name in Zanguelar a Province of the Lower Ethiopia has a good Haven in the Eastern Ocean Quiloa Queillo a City in an Island giving Name to a Kingdom on the Eastern Shore of Africa between Mosambique and Melind South of Quiloa 150 Leagues Melind a City in Africa in the aforesaid Province The Kings of these are called Maritim of Maritimus Lat. belonging to the Sea because their little Dominions lay on the Ethiopic Ocean V. 400. Sofala thought Ophir Sofala or Zofala is a little Kingdom of Africa in the Lower Ethiopia in the Country of Cafraria towards the Ethiopic Ocean taking its Name of Sofala a strong City in the Borders of Zanguebara 50 miles from which there are rich Mines of Gold called the Mines of Manica Sofala by Purchas and others was mistaken for Ophir to which Salomon sent for Gold c. 1 King 9. 28. V. 401. Of Congo and Angola Congo is a little Kingdom on the Western Shoar of Africa in a very fruitful Soil South of which is Angola such another fertile and petty Realm and with divers others formerly made the Kingdom of Congo much harrass'd by the Portugueses V. 402. Niger Flood Niger or Nigir the greatest River of Africa arising out of a Lake of the same Name in the Upper Ethiopia It divides Nigritia into two parts whose Fertility is heighten'd by the Annual overflowing of this River 40 days as Heylin De Terrâ Nigritarum it runs into the Atlantic Ocean at six great Outlets At'as Bo. 4. v. 986. The Poet seems to mean At'as Minor now Errif parting the Kingdom of Fez from that of Morocco V. 403. Fez and Sus The Kingdom of Fez is in the West of Barbary in Africa bounded Northward by the Streights of Gibraltar and the Meaiterranean on the West by the Altantic Ocean South by the Kingdom of Morocco and East by that of Algier Sus Susa another African Kingdom so named of Sus its principal River V. 404. Marocco Algiers and Tremisen Marocco Marochium a Kingdom of the Moors in Barbary 90 miles from Fez to which the Royal Seat and the ancient Glory of its chief City is removed Tremisen Tremisa a Kingdom and a great City of Barbary Algiers a City and Commonwealth of Africa on the Borders of Barbary on the Mediterranean Sea over-against Minorca too well known by its Piracies These are said to have been the Kingdoms of Almansor the famous Moor Heroised by Mr. Dryden V. 405. Europe Bo. 10. v. 310. Rome Bo. 9. v. 671. Maxima rerum Roma AEn 7. V. 406. Mexico of Montezume Mexico Mexicum a rich Kingdom of North America whose Capital City is of the same name and seated in a Lake so called also The unhappy Montezuma the Second was King of it when Francis Cortez the Spanish General overcame him in the year 1521. Adam is said perhaps to have seen this in Spirit because it lay not within the compass of the Earth's Hemisphere nor within his Prospect as to the Site of the highest Mount of Paradise on which our Poet had placed him V. 408. Cusco in Peru Peruvia is a vast Country in South America rich in Gold and Silver Mines whose Royal City Cusco was at the Conquest of the Spaniards since depopulated and ruinous V. 409. Atabalipa and Guascar Were the Sons of Guaimacapa the happiest Peruvian King who extended his Empire to the vast Bounds it now has for which his Sons being at strife Francisco Pizarro a Spaniard of as base Conditions as Birth parted 'em by killing the first and taking the other Prisoners whom after he had ransom'd himself with a House full of refined Gold and Silver the Ignoble Hogherd murder'd V. 410. And yet unspoil'd Guiana And yet unrifled Guiana It is a large Country in South America directly under the Equinoctial Line the most fruitful part of Peru. Unspoil'd Inspoliatus Lat. unrob'd Ibid. Geryon's Sons The Spaniards For Geryon was King of Catalonia and a celebrated Hero Fabled to have had three Bodies because he commanded Majorca Minorca and Ebusa three Islands adjacent to Spain or of the unexampled Concord of his three Sons Gerunda a City of Catalonia is said to have been built and named by him He was overcome and spoil'd of his Herds by Hercules Nam maximus ultor Tergemini nece Geryonis spoliisque superbus Alcides aderat Taurosque hà c victor ageba◠Ingentes AEn 8. V. 411. Eldorado Otherwise Mancoa the greatest City of South America if not of the World Diego Ordas one of Cortez's Companions is said to have entred it at Noon and travel'd all the next day till night before he came to the King's Palace where he saw such abundance of Gold in Coin Plate Armour and other Utenfils that the Spaniards gave it the gawdy name of Eldorado the Golden City V. 412. The Film remov'd Remov'd the Mist from Adam's Eyes c. So Pallas cleared up Diomedes his Eye-sight 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Imitated by Virgil Aspice namque omnem quae nunc obducta tuenti Mortales hebetat visus tibi humida circum Caligat nubem eripiam AEn 2. Film is a thin white Skin or Membrane growing over the Eye-sight Of Velamen Lat. any thing that hides as if Vilm V. 414. Purg'd with Euphrasie and Rue c. Cleared the Organs of his Sight with Rue and Eyebright Enphrasie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. the Herb Eyebright so named of its clearing Virtue Rue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. an Herb whose warmth renders it Corrosive Visual Bo. 3. v. 620. Nerve Nervus Lat. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. Instill'd drop'd into it of Instillare Lat. V. 417. These Ingredients Ingredients are called such Things as are mixed or blended together to make a Medicine or other sort of Composition Ingredientes Lat. as going into one another by the mixture V. 418. Of mental Sight To the Eyes of his Understanding to his Mind the inmost Seat of his Soul Mental Mentalis Lat. of Mens Lat. the Mind Intranst Bo. 1. v. 301. V. 426. Nor with the Snake conspired Nor agreed with the Devil nor consented to the tempting Serpent Of Conspirare Lat. to agree with V. 430. Part arable and tilth Part of which was plowed and sowed Arable Arabilis Lat. of Arare Lat. to Plow Tilth Till'd of Tilian Sax to dress to manure Ground V. 433. Rustic of Grassy Sord A plain Altar raised of Grassy Turf Rustic Rusticus Lat. clownish of Rus Lat. the Country whence Alá Rustique Fr. homely Draughts or Representations of Country Affairs Sord perhaps misprinted for Sod Turf of the Belg. Sode Ital. Terra Soda of Solidum or Solum Lat. But if there be any such word as Sord for dried Earth it must be a derivative of Swart Belg. black from its