Margaret d' Valois Sister to his Predecessor Mary d' Guise Daughter to Claude the first Duke of Lorrain she was Married to Lewis Duke of Longueville and afterward to James the first King of Scotland Mary Queen of England Daughter to Henry the Eighth Marred to Philip of Spain she was a great Persecutor of the Protestants and caused many of them to perish in the Flames by Tortures Imprisonment c. She died Childless of a burning Fever or as it was then called the Sweating Sickness November 17th 1558. and was succeeded by Elizabeth Second Daughter to Henry the 8th who abolished Popery and restored Protestantism Mary Queen of Scots Daughter to James the fifth promised in Marriage to Edward the Sixth of England but the Scotch Nobility after the Death of Henry the Eighth breaking their word and sending her privately to France she was Married to the Dauphin who soon after dying and she returning to Scotland she Married Henry Stuart Lord Darnley and Duke of Rothsay by whom she had King James the Sixth but he being murthered viz. blown up by a Train of Powder laid under his House great troubles arose which forced her to fly for England where she was unhappily put to Death being beheaded at Fotheringay Castle upon suggested Fears and Jealousies Mathide Daughter to Bonijacius Marquess of Tuscany she succeeding her Father incited thereto by the Pope warred upon Henry the Fourth Emperor and so devoted she was to the Roman See that she bestowed all her Hereditary Lands upon it she was a Woman of great Courage and died at the Age of 76. Anno. 1115. Maud she was Daughter to Henry the First of England who Married her to Henry the Fourth Emperor of Germany but he dying and leaving no Issue by her she returned again to England and afterward Married Geoffery Plantagenet Earl of Anjou by whom she had a Son who after long Wars and contending for the Crown of England succeeded King Stephen by the Stile of Henry the Second Mavia Queen of the Saracens she Conquered or spoiled Palestius and Arabia in the time of the Emperor Valens but being converted to the Christian Religion she made a Peace with him and Assisted him with a powerful Army against the Goths that had broken into Italy and other parts of the Empire Maximilia she was Disciple to Montanus the Herenick and kept him Company in an obscene manner she at lenght joyn'd to her Priâ—cilla who made it their business to seduce and draw others into the Error using their Beauties as a Snare for the men and by their Riches and soft deluding Tongues they inticed the weaker Sex but at last she and Montanus falling out killed each other Meditriva a Pagan Goddess whom the Ancients concluded to take care of Physick and it's Operation in the Bodies of Men and Women and at her Festivals they mixed Old and new Wine which they drank moderately by way of Cordial or Physick Medusa one of the Gorgons with whom Neptune fell in Love till Minerva turned her hair into Snakes and her Head being cut off by Perseus Minerva placed it in her shield and whatever living Creature looked on it was turned into a Stone Magera one of the Furies Daughter of the Night and Acheron she instilled Madness into the minds of People Melania Wife to Pinienus Son to Severus a noble Man of Rome the Destruction of that City being revealed to her two years before Alaric laid it waste she remov'd with her Family to Carthage and was there Instructed by St. Augustin then lived a Monastick Life after she had perswaded many to turn Christians Melenia a Roman Lady Daughter to Mercelinus she burying her Husband when she was very young in sorrow forsook all worldly Pleasures and went a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem carrying one of her Children with her she confronted the Arrians and undeceived many of their Errors when building a Monastery at Jerusalem she dwelt Twenty five years in it and died in that City Melissa she was Daughter to Melissus King of Creet said to Nurse Jupiter and bring him up with Goats Milk Melpomene one of the Nine Muses Mellona a Goddess who had the care over Bees that they should not fly away in their swarming time Merrades Bacchinalians or Women that attended on Baschuses's Drunken-Feasts or Revels who did much mischief in their Wine Mene a Goddess worshipped by the Roman Women for the better ordering their Bodies in their monthly Purgations Meplictis the Goddess of Pools and muddy Lakes Merope one of the Seven Pleiades Daughter to Atlas and Pleione said to be married to Sysiphus Messalina Wife to the Emperor Claudius who not content to keep Gallants in the Court to satisfie her Lust if such a thing could be done but in her Husbands Absence she publickly married C. Silius a handsome Roman Knight for which the Emperor caused her to be beheaded Metra she was Daughter to Ercysichthon a Lord of Thessaly who to save her Fathers Life who was ready to Famish prostituted her self for Food to sustain his Life Minerva styled the Goddess of Arts and Wisdom said to be conceived of the Brain of Jove delivered thence by Vulcan who cleaving his Skull this Goddess sprung out in bright Armour she is often taken for Pallas who in some Cases is styled Minerva Miroselde a poor Weavers Daughter of whom King Charibert was so Enamoured that upon her refusing to comply to be his Concubine he married her and after her Death he married her Sister for which he was Excommunicated by St. Germain Mirrah Daughter to Cyniâ—as King of the Cipriots she fell so desperately in Love with her Father that making him drink Wine she lay with him but the matter being discovered by her being with Child she fled into Arabia and brought forth Adodonis but she dying of that Travel Venus turned her into a Mirrh-Tree and put Adonis to Nurse ro Nimph Herclea when being grown up and proving very Comely Venus fell in Love with him and often enjoyed him in the Idalian Groves but at last contrary to her perswasions undertaking to hunt a wild Boar he was slain by the furious Beast and greatly lamented of the Goddess who turned him into an Enemy Molza Tarquinia a Lady of Modena very Learned and Skilful in the Languages she much haunted the tops of Parnassus and bathed often in the River Helicon to them the invention of Songs and Sciences are attributed they are called viz. Clio Vrania Calliope Vterpt Erato Thalia Melpomene Terphiscare and Polylymnia they are held by some to be the Daughters of Coelum and the Earth Mirriam or Mary Sister to Moses she was smitten with Leprosie because she and Aaron murmured against him and shut him out of the Camp but being a Prophetess all the People stayed till her days of cleansing were fulfilled and she again received into the Congregation Aarons Punishment was remitted upon Moses praying for him Malhatun the fair Wife of Othoman the first Founder of the Turkish
amongst the Eastern People and the fairest Females that could be chosen were her Priestesses who by an Indecent custom prostituted their Chastity to such as came to offer at her Shrine which brought her crouds of Adorers Anchire Queen of Sparta upon a discovery that her Son designed to betray her Country to her Enemy Ordered him to be brought to Justice but upon notice of it he fled to the Temple of Minerva which the caused to be so strictly guarded in order to prevent his Escape that he there perished by famine Andromeda Daughter to Cepheus for her Mothers comparing her Beauty to that of the Nerciâ—es was doomed to be devoured by a Sea-Monster but Perseus the Son of Jupiter by Dane seeing her bound naked to a Rock became Enamoured of her killed the Sea-Monster that came to devour her and made her his wife Angerona was by the An-cient Romans worshipped as the Goddess of silence and Consulted in all Abstruse matters her Altar being placed under that of the Goddess of Pleasure Anna Goranena Daughter to Alexix Emperour of Constantinople she wrote the Reign of her Father and other Learned Books and is remembred by divers Authors Anne Mother to the Virgin Mary who was Mother to our Blessed Saviour according to the Flesh. Anne a Prophetess daughter to Phanuel who frequented the Temple in Jerusalem in a devout manner and Sung Praises to God by the Direction of the Holy Spirit when our Saviour was first brought and presented there she dyed in the 84 year of her Age and in the first of our Lords Incarnation Anne Pâ—gmalion the King of Tyres Siner she was also Sister to Queen Dido of Carthage and after her Sisters death who flew her self for the Love of Aeâ—eas she failed to Malea and thence to Italy where Lâ—vinia who had Marryed Aeneas being jealous of her she fled her Fury and in her flight was drowned in the River Numicus and afterwards was held amongst the Romans as a Goddess Her Feast with much Reveling was held in the Ides of March. Anne Daughter and Heires to Duke Francis the Seconâ— of Brittanny she should have been Marryed to Maxmilian of Austria but after the death of her Father Charles the Eight of France neâ—reâ—â— to whose Teâ—râ—tories her Dutchy lay Gained her and annexed that Dukedom to the Kingdom of France Anne the Third daughter of King Charles the Firâ—â— of England was born on the 13. of March 1637 at St. James's Her Piety and Ingenuity was above her Age for being but Four Years old and falling â—ick she fervently called uâ—on God by Prayer and being at last almoâ—t sâ—ent and feeling the Pangs of death upon her after a Sigh or two â—he said I cannot now say my long Prayer meaning the Lord's Prayer but I 'll say my short one viz. Lighten mine Eâ—es O Lord least I sleep the sleep of Death and then quietly gave up the the Ghost Anne Queen of Bohemia and Hungary Daughter to Landislaus was Wife to Ferdinand of Austria upon which after some contests such discontents arose that Sâ—â—â—man the Turkish Emperor being called in War a great part of Hungary and narrowly missed taking Vienna to which he laid a hard Seige which went very bloody on both sides Anteborta held to be a Goddess among the Romans and had Adoration given her for the Success of things and favours past as they did to another Goddess called Postvorta in Expectation of the Success of things to come Antiope a Queen of the Amazons she assisted the Ethiopians in their Invasion of the Athenians but Theseus commanding the Greeks vanquished both Armies There was another of the same name who was married to Lycus a Thebian King who is fabled to be raviâ—â—d by Jupiter and Conceiving of that Rape brought forth Amphion who drew the Stones with the Musick of his Harp after him that rebuilded the demolish'd Walls of the City Antonia The Emperor Cladâ—â—â—'s Daugâ—ter who being accused by Nero the Emperor for intending to raise Sedition in the State and finding no hopes to free her self from the Tyrants Cruelty without marrying him which he earnestly pressed her to do and she deâ—â—â—â—ing the Murder of his two Wives kill'd her self to be freed from his Insults over her rather than she would yield to his Embraces or be at his Mercy Apicata Sejanus's Wife writ upon her being divorced a Memorial to Tiberius Emperor of Rome informing him how Drusius came by his death and the hand that Livia his Wife had in the concurring to it Also the Villanies of Ligdus the Eunuch and Endemes the Physician for which those that the accused were severely punished though the main end of her discovery was to revenge her self upon Livia her fair Rival Araclue a Lydian Virgin Daughter of Idomon who was so expert in all manner of Needle-work and Textury that she boasted her self equal in those Arts to Minerva which caused her to spoil her curious Manufactury which so grieved her that she hang'd her self but the Goddess in compassion brought her again to life yet turn'd her into a Spider a Creature which is usually busy in Spinning out its own Bowels Archâ—damia Cleonigmus a King of Sparta's Daughter hearing that upon the approach of Phyrus to besiege the City the Senate had made a Decree that all the Women should depart it she went boldly with a drawn Sword in her hand to the Senate-house and told them That the Mothers Sisters and Wives of those Warriers that were to fight the Enemy scorn'd to be less Valiant than they and thereupon got the Decree revoked Autem Morâ—s are such who are married having always Children with them one in the Arm and another at the Back and sometimes leading a third in the Hand You are not to ask what Church she was married in or by what Parson so long as a Totterdemallion shall swear he will justifie himself her Husband before any Justice of Peace in England Armenias's strict Virtue and great Love to her Husband Ladies we have in London who are so far from having a light Assent as they scorn to admit a weak Assault which confirms the Judgment of that noble accomplish'd though unfortunate Gentleman In part to blame is she that has been tride He comes too near that comes to be denied Sir T.O. This that noble minded Lady Armenia expressed who being solemnly invited to King Cyrik's Wedding went thither with her Husband At night when those Royal Rites had been solemnized and they returned her Husband asked her how she liked the Bride-groom whether upon perusal of him she thought him to be a fair and beautiful Prince or no Truth says she I know not for all the while I was forth I cast mine Eyes upon none other but upon thy self Those receiving Portels of her Senses were shut against all foreign Intruders She had made a moral League with her Loyal Eyes to fix on no unlawful Beauty left her surprized Eye might ingage her to folly We may imagine that
Love Chara I. She that is dear beloved favour'd or pretious Charity I. Charity Love Bounty Chlâ—ris forsan à 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. green Gr. Christian given from our Christian Profession from Xeâ—â— i. the Annointed i. 〈◊〉 Câ—â—rlie that hath a kind of dimness in his sight or thâ— is Gray-ey'd Clare she that is fair bright or clear Lat. Cleobulina dun for Cleoâ—lus I. famous for Counsel Cleopatria qu. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. the Glory 〈◊〉 her Father or Country Constance i. constant fine always one Lat. Calphurnia a Roman Maâ—tron who pleading her own Cause made such an unplâ—sing a Harangue that the Senate made a Decree that â— Woman should be admitted 〈◊〉 plead for the future Camillia Queen of the Volscians she aided Turnus 〈◊〉 gainst Aeneas and after many brave Atchievements was 〈◊〉 by a cowardly hand Camilla Sister to Pope Sixtus the Fifth who of â— Poor Woman was rais'd by him to the degree of a Princess and her Children provided for after an extraordinary manne tho we do not hear that her Advancement made her proud a thing very common in oâ—â— Age. Camma a Lady of Galatia marry'd to Sinatus who being kill'd by Sinorix that he might enjoy Camma she after having bewail'd her Husband's death seemingly consented sented to be his Wife but poisoned him in the Nuptial Cup and at the same time 〈◊〉 rejoicing that she had the happiness in her Fall to be revenged on her Husband's Murtherer Campaspe a very beautiful Woman whose Picture Alexander the Great caused to 〈◊〉 drawn by Apelles but the Painter whilst he was drawing 〈◊〉 fell in Love with her and â—btain'd the King's leave to marry her Candace an Ethiopian Queen of the Isle of Meroe whose Eunuch St. Philip conâ—erted to the Christian Religion and he converted the Queen with a great number of her Subjects She was a Woman of a Heroick Spirit much â—ddicted to the Wars in which â—he lost one of her Eyes Carines Women who in great Funerals were Mourners and made doleful Lamentations over the Dead Carmel our Lady of Mount-Carmel Carmenta a Grecian Lady Mother to Evander who â—ailing from Greece planted himself in Italy by the courtesie of King Faunus and assisted Aeneas in his Wars against Turnus for the gaining the Fair Livinia Carna a Goddess taking Care of the Vital parts of Men to keep them in Health and â—engthen their Days Cassandra a Lady of Venice very famous for her Learning in divers Languages and Sciences leaving many curious Pieces of her works behind her Cassandra Daughter to King Priamus ravished by Apollo who to recompence her gave her the Gift of Prophecy but she afterward not proving so agreeable as he expected he so order'd it that none should believe her Catâ—hina Daughter to Lucippius the Sicyonian King she succeeding her Father marry'd Messapais a Sea Captain who had before gotten her with Child as she was rambling on the Sea-shoar when to hide her Infamy she declar'd That Neptune came out of the Sea and ravish'd her which passed for current with the People Calliope one of the Nine Muses styl'd the Goddess of Rhetorick and Heroick Poetry She was painted Young crown'd with Flowers holding in one hand a Book and in the other a wreath of Laurel Callipatria a Woman of Elis being of great strenght she us'd to disguise herself in Man's Apparel and Wrestle at the Olimpick Games tho Women were strictly forbidden to appear there but being discover'd she was pardoned and to prevent the like for the future it was ordined that those who enter'd the Lists should be stript naked Calithoe Daughter of Sâ—amander marry'd to Troâ— third King of the 〈◊〉 afterward from him named 〈…〉 had by him three Sons 〈◊〉 â—â—nimâ—les and 〈◊〉 Grandfather father to Anchises the Father of Aeneas the Fugitive Trojan who planted himself in Italy after the Destruction of Troy Chalisto Daughter of Lycaon an Arcadian who listing herself among the Nymphs of Diana and vowing Chastity was nevertheless debauched by Jupiter and being found with Child the Goddess turn'd her into a Bear yet she brought forth a Son call'd Arcos But Jupiter taking compassion on them translated them to the Stars where they are called the great and little Bear Callithoe Daughter of Lycus a Tyrant of Lybia she advertis'd Diomedes her Husband of the Ambushes her Father had laid and by that means sav'd his Life But he afterwards ungratefully forsook her upon which she hang'd herself Callithoe Daughter of the River Achelous she was Wife to Alcemon who being Murther'd her Father obtain'd of Jupiter that her young Children should immediately grow up to Mens estate that they might revenge their Father's death which was granted and they accordingly perform'd it by slaying the Conspirators Calphurnia Wife to Julius Cesar a virtuous Lady who dreaming that the Roof of the House was fallen down her Husband stab'd in her Arms and all the Doors opened of their one accord perswaded him not to go to the Senate But 〈◊〉 regarding her he was there stab'd by the Conspiratoâ— Cassiope Wife to Cepâ— an Aethiopian King she 〈◊〉 Mother to Andromede 〈◊〉 for comparing her Beauty 〈◊〉 the Nereides had a Sea-â—â—ster sent by Neptune to â—â—vour her Daughter but she was ty'd naked to a Roâ— Perseus the Sun of Dane â—â— Jupiter came on his wiâ—â— Horse Pegassus through 〈◊〉 Air and in a dreadful Comâ— kill'd the Monster and 〈◊〉 the Lady and is fabled to â—â—tain of Jupiter that the Moâ— and Daughter when they 〈◊〉 might be made Constellatiâ—â— and fixed in the Skies 〈◊〉 the Northern Stars Catharine d'Bedicis 〈◊〉 of France Catharine d'Siena a 〈◊〉 of the third Order of St. Dâ—minick a very Pious and Dâ—vout Lady after her death 〈◊〉 was Canoniz'd by Pope 〈◊〉 Catharine of Alexanâ—â— another Saint tho some 〈◊〉 whether there ever was such Person Catharine of Araâ—â— Daughter to K. Ferdinand 〈◊〉 Fifth she was sent over 〈◊〉 England and first married â—â— Prince Arthur and after 〈◊〉 death to Prince Henry wâ—â— Succeeded Henry the Seveâ—â— She was Mother to Q. 〈◊〉 and being divorc'd the 〈◊〉 after dy'd for Grief Catharine of Austria Dâ—ches of Savoy she was Daughter to Philip the Second â—â— Spain by Elizabeth of France she was Marryed to Emmanuel the first Duke of Savoy and dyed at Turin Anno 1597. Leaving Five Sons and Four Daughters behind her Catherine of Poland she was Queen of Sweden and Daughter of Sigismund the first King of Poland she was Married to John Prince of Swedeland and Duke of Fineland Son to Gustavus the first She was a Lady of great Virtue and Patience bearing her Husbands troubles and continuing with him during his seven years Imprisonment with a wonderful Constancy Catharine of Portugal Dutches of Bragance she was Daughter of Edward the Second King of Portugal and Maryed to John the Second Duke of Bragance after the death of Sebastian she disputed her Right with Philip the Second King of Spain for the
Kingdom of Portugal but though the Spaniard had then the longest Sword it is since fallen to her Posterity The Vertuous Donna Catharina Queen Dowager of England being likewise decended from her Cave vel raba Daughter of Julian Count of Ceuta and Consuegra she was Ravished by Rhoderick King of Spain which so incensed her Father that to Revenge it he called in the Sarazens who in a Barbarous manner over-run all Spain and expulsed Rhoderick his Kingdom Centhris Wife to Cinyre King of Cyprus Mother of Myrrha whom Venus turned into a Myrrhe tree Cenee a Maid That for her Viginity prevailed with Neptune to turn her into a Man that she might never more be ravished which he did and finding her of a Martial Spirit that she might be safe in War he rendred her Invulnerable but fighting with the Centaurs they bruised her to death with the weight of mighty Clubs after which she is fabled to be turned into a Bird. Ceres the Goddess of Corn Daughter of Saturn and Ops who went about the World with blazing Pines to seek her Daughter Proserpina whom Pluto had Ravished and carryed to Hell and at last finding her agreed that the should be six months in the year with Pluto and the other six with her on Earth Cesonie Empress of Caligula and after his death was Murthered by Julius Lupus for weeping over the dead Body of her Husband baring her Neck to the Cruel Wretch and dying with great Constancy and Courage she likewise strangled her Daughter Julia Drusila a Child of Four Years old Charicke Hydaâ—pes a King of Aethiopia's Daughter being very Fair and Beautiful to the rest of the Ethiops so that the Queen feared being mistrusted of Disloyalty but when she beheld an Ebbony Spot Arrisen on the Princess Arm the true Mark of a Legitimate Child of that Family she greatly rejoiced Charlotte Daughter of Lewis the Second Duke of Montpensire she was veiled a Nun when very young and afterward became Abbess of St. Jovare but not liking that kind of Life she privately withdrew into Germany and there turned Protestant and was Marryed to William of Nasau Prince of Orange whom she Loved so intirely that hearing he was desperately wounded by one Jourigni she fell sick with Grief and dyed at Antwerpt Chahatri Colombe a Taylors Wife of Burgundy being in Labour could by no means be Delivered but her Belly continued big till she dyed which was twenty four years after when being opened to find the cause the shape of a perfect Female Infant was found in her Womb petrefied to the hardness of aâ—stone Christiana Queen of Sweden she was Daughter to Gustavus Adolphus the Warlike King of the Swedes and Mary Eleanor of Brandenburgh after she had Reigned as Queen some years she voluntarily resigned the Crown to her Cousin Charies Gustavus and went to Rome where she lived very Splendidly to her death which happened Anno 1688. Chrysame a Thessaliaâ— Priestess who inured Cattlâ— by degrees to eat poisonoâ—â— Herbs till they became their Natural Food And in the War between the Grecians and Barbarians Left them as a Prey to the hungery Enemy who feeding on their Flesh became distracted so that 〈◊〉 easie Victory was gained over them Ciree an Inchantress dwelling in the Isle of Oggia 〈◊〉 to be the Daughter of the Sâ—â— who by her Inchantmenâ— changed Mens shapes and turned them into Beasts 〈◊〉 stayed Vlysses in his return from Troy till Minerva 〈◊〉 Protectress got leave of 〈◊〉 to set him free St. Claire an Order of Religious Women taking theâ—â— Denomination from her they were confirmed by Pope Innocent the Third Claudia a Roman 〈◊〉 Virgin she fastening her 〈◊〉 to the Galley wherein the Sâ—â—tue of Cyble was on the Rivâ— Tyber drew it to Rome when it stopt and no other 〈◊〉 move it ClemenÃé a Pagan Goddess Patroness of Mildness and Mercy she was painted wiâ—â— a Branch of Laurel in one hand and a Lance in the other she had her Temple in Rome Celia a Roman Virgin she was given in Hostage to Porsena when he besieged Rome but made her Escape on Horse-back over the Tyber but being sent back again he freely released her for the Vertue he found in her whereupon the Senate Erected her a Statue on Horse-back in the Market-place Ceobulina she Renounced the Crown of Rhodes to apply herself to Philosophy and a Contemplative Life Cleopatria Second Wife to King Philip of Macedon she was Murthered by Olimpias his first Wife after his being slain by Possanias Cleopatra Daughter of Philip of Macedon she was Marryed to Alexander King of Epirus and put to death by Antigonus at Sardis Cleopatria Daughter of Ptolomy Philometus King of Egypt Admirable for her Wit and Beauty she was Marryed to Alexander Bela King of Syria and left him for Demetrius Nicanor but he being taken Prisoner by the Persians she Marryed Rodogune and soon after put him to death and her Son Selucius ascending the Throne without her leave she â—hot him dead with an Arrow and made Antiochus the Eight King who understanding she â—â—â—ended to poison him at a Banquet she had prepared made her drink the dose of which she dyed Cleopatra Daughter of Ptolomy Physoon King of the Egyptians she was Marryed to her Brother and then to Antiochus King of Syria but she was strangled by Griphine his first Wife which known so ingraged the King that he caused her to be offered as a Sacrifice to appease the Ghost of the Murthered Cleopatra Cleopatra Daughter of Ptolomy Epiphanes Cleopatra The fair Queen of Egypt Daughter to Ptolomy Auletes she was first Marryed to her Brother Ptolomy but he being drowned in the Nilus when he fled from the overthrow given him by Julius Cesar she Captivated the Conquerer with her Beauty he begot on her a Son called Cesaâ—ion slain after Cesars death by the Soldiers of Augustus afterward Mark Anthony doated on her but after the overthrow at Actium she clapped Aspicks to her Breast and dyed to prevent her being carried Captive to Rome Cleophe Queen of the Massagues a People of India â—he opposed the Progress of Alexanders Victories till she brought him to terms which were to draw off his Army and leave her in quiet Possession of her Kingdom for which sue is said to pay him only the Tribute of a Nights Lodging Cleopatra Selene Marryed to Antiochus Gâ—â—phus King of Syria and afterward to Antiochus Cizicenus and thirdly to Antiochus Eusebius but being taken in a Battle by Tyranes he put her to death Clio one of the Nine Muses said to be the Daughter of Jupiter and Memory Clotilde Queen of France Wife to Clovis the First she Converted him to the Christian Religion and perswaded him to be Baptized she had divers Sons among whom after their Fathers Death there arose Civil Dissentions in disputes for the Throne which she being by no means able to Regulate it hastened her death Clotilde Daughter of Clovis and St. Clotilde she was Marryed to
Fr. Apparel cloathing array attire also Armour or Harness Habit habitus the outward attire of the Body whereby one Person is distinguished from another as the Habit of a Gentleman is different from that of a Merchant and the Habit of a Handy-crafts-man from both Hans-en-helder is in Dutch as much as Jack in a Cellar and by Metaphor it is taken for the Child in a Womans Belly Hermione the Daughter of Menelaus Hermitress a Woman-Hermite or Eremite Heroine g. a Noble or Virtuous Woman Herophila the Erithâ—â— Sibyl who being by Tarâ—â—â— denied the price of her three Books of Prophesies burnt two and received the whole price for that which was left Herâ—â—lia the Wife of Romulus worshipped by the Name of Hera the Goddess of youth Herthus a Saxon Goddess like the Latin Tellus Hessone Daughter of Lumedon King of Troy whom Hercules delivered from a great Whale Hibride mongrel of a mixt Generation Helicon a hill of Phacis not far from Parnassus and much of the same bigness consecrated to Apollo and the Muses Hence Helitoniam pertaining to that Hill Hillutim h. praises a Jewish wedding-song Heppece f. I. Cheese made of Mares milk Hipparchus an Athenian Tyrant slain upon his deflowring a Maid Hippe Daughter of Cbiâ—â—â— a great Huntress got with child and turn'd into a mare Hippiades g. Images of women on horse-back Hippoctenides the Muses Hippodamia Daughter to 〈◊〉 King of Elis whom 〈◊〉 won at a race with her father by corrupting his chariot driver Hipoliyta a Queen of the Amazons whom Hercules gave a Theseus to wife Hippolytus their Son torn in pieces by his chariot-horses is he fled being accused of adultery by his wives mother â—â—edra whose solicitations he refused Hippomenes and Atalanta won by his golden apples drown in her way were turn'd to a Lion and Lioness for lying together in Cybele's Temple Hippona the Goddess of horses and horse-coursers Hipâ—â—crataea followed her Husband Mithridates in all his 〈◊〉 and dangers Hermaphrodite Hermaphroâ—â—â— one who is both man and woman Hermitress A woman Hermite or Eremite one who lives in a wilderness Hesperides the daughters of Hesperus brother to Atlas called Aegle Aretbusa and Hesâ—â—â—busa They had Gardens and Orchards that bore Golden fruit kept by a vigilant Draâ—â—â— which Hercules slew and â—â—bbed the Orchard From this story we find often mention of the Gardens and Apples of Hesperides Honorificabilitudinity honourableness Horae l. Hours Goddesses daughters of Jupiter and Themis Hillulim Heb. Praises a Song sung at the Jews marriages by the Bridegrooms intimate Friends Hippona the Goddess of horses Hyades Atlantides Suculae the seven Stars daughters of Atlas lamenting of Hyas their brother devoured by a Lyon Hyena a Beast like a Wolf with a Mane and long hairs accounted the subtlest of all beasts changing sex often and counterfeiting Mans voice Hylas going to fetch Hercules some water fell into the river or poetically was pulled in by the Nymphs in love with him Hyllus Hercules's son who built a Temple at Athens to Misericordia the Goddess of pity Hymen aeus son of Bacchus and Venus the God or first instituter of marriage also a Nuptial or wedding song Hypermnestra one of Danaus's 59 daughters commanded to kill their Husbands the 50 sons of Aegyptus she onely saved her Husband Lynceus who afterwards killed Danaus Hypâ—â—phile Queen of Lemnos banished thence for saving her Father Thous when all the men of the Island were killed by women Hony-moon applied to those married persons that love well at first and decline in affections afterwards it is Hony now but it will change as the Moon Min. Horse-ballet a Dance or Ball performed by Horses such was that at the Emperors wedding 1666. Hypermeter Lat. a verse having a redundant syllable or one syllable above measure called by some a Feminine Verse Hysterical hysterious troubled with fits of the Mother I. JEan i. Gracious or Merciful see Joan. Iennet der from Jean Ioac or Joanna Gracious Luk. 8.3 the same with John in Mens Names Ioice i. Merry or Pleasant Iael 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jagnel Judg. 4.21 perhaps 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jagnalah a Roe or Goat Isabella or Jezebel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 King 9.30 i. Wo to the dwelling or the Province of dwelling Iulian i. Soft-Hair'd Iudith or Judah i. praising or confessing Ioan Countess of Montford Daughter to Lewis of Flanders and Count of Nevers she wâ—â— married to John the 4th 〈◊〉 of Britain and Count d'â—â—â—ford she Warred after her Husbands Death upon the 〈◊〉 d' Blois and took divers Town from him in Brittain and being besieged in Hennebor◠〈◊〉 sallied at the head of 60 men and burnt the Enemies standard and following this success with greater Numbers not onely raised the siege but recovered all the Dutchy of Britain Ioan d' Arc the Valiant Maid of France who of a Shepherdess became a Leader of Armies and by her Courage Conduct and success raised the drooping spirits of the French men that were at a very low Ebb by reason the English had gained the greatest part of France so that under her Conduct they beat them out of several strong holds but after she had done wonders always fighting on horse back in mans Apparel she was taken as she sallied upon the English and venturing too far in Confidence of her Fortune she was taken carried to Roan and there burnt for a witch though no such thing appeared against her Ioan d' Valois she was daughter to Charles King of France by his first wife Margaret of Sicily she was Married to William Earl of Holland Hainault and Zealand who died before her leaving William the Second his Son and four Daughters after which she 〈◊〉 a Religious Habit in the â—â—bby of Fontenele and by her Prudent Intercession stayed the battle at the point to be given between the Kings of England and France dying each Lamented of the People 〈◊〉 1400. Iocasta Daughter of Creon the Thebean King she Married King Laius and was Mother to 〈◊〉 who by reason of the words of the Oracle that he should Dethrone his Father was in his Infancy cast out to a desperate Fortune and she 〈◊〉 knowing him when grown 〈◊〉 Married him by whom she had Polynices and Eteocles who falling out about the Succession Killed each other in a Comâ—â—ce for whose Deaths and the Discovery of the Error 〈◊〉 committed in Marriage piâ—â—â— away with grief and died Ioan the female Pope of 〈◊〉 Called by them John 〈◊〉 finding her self with Child and ready to be delivered desperately killed her self with her Dagger Ioan Queen of France and 〈◊〉 the sole Daughter of Henry the first King of Navar and left Heiress of her Fathers Kingdom she was Wife to â—biâ—â—â— the fair King of France transcendent for her Piety as well as Beauty very Liberal in Charitable Deeds for she founded divers Charitable Houses and left at her Death great Treasure to be bestowed among the Poor Ioan de Albert Queen of Navar a
woman of a Martial Spirit she was Mother to Henry the fourth called Henry the Great King of France who was Grandfather to the present French King she being a Protestant highly Espoused their Cause for which she is said to be poisoned at Paris with a Pair of perfumed Gloves presented her at her Sons Wedding with Margaret Sister to Charles the Ninth of France and soon after her death the horrid Massacre of the Protestants ensued in which perished about 300000. Ioan of France Daughter to King Lewis the Eleventh was Married to Lewis Duke of Orleance afterwards King of France she was a Princess of Great Virtue she Instituted the Order of the Annuntiation forming it upon the ten Virtues of the Blessed Virgin Viz. Prudence Humility Chastity Verity Devotion Obedience Poverty Patience Compassion and Charity Ioan the first Queen of Jerusalem Naples and Sicily was Daughter to Charles of Sicily Duke of Calabria who after having successively Married four Husbands Andreas James Lewis and Otho was deprived of her Kingdoms and Life by Charles d' Durass her Cousin whom she had adopted her Heir as having no Children of her own Joan the second Queen of Naples a Woman of great Courage and Conduct but had a very troublesome Reign upon William of Austria her Husband retiring into a Monastery upon Discontent occasioned by her being too Prodigal of her Favours to others and dying without Children she bequeathed her Kingdom to Rene Duke of Anjou Ioan Infanta and Regent of the Kingdom of Portugal she was Daughter to Alphonsus the fifth who for her Prudence and Courage left her Regent when he went to War against the Moors yet at last she retired into a Monastery Ioia a Woman of Spain who preached to the People in the Cathedral of Barcelona and is said in the time of the Papacy of Pope Paul the third to Convert divers Jews at Rome and to explain in the presence of the Cardinals the Books of John Don Scotus commonly called the Subtle Doctor Iole Daughter of Eurytus the Oechalian King with her Hercules fell desperately in Love but her Father would not Consent he should have her unless he could gain her by Combate with him which when he had done he still denied to give her to him which so inraged Hercules that he slew him and took her away by force and afterwards gave her to his Son Hillus but Dejaneiza Jealous of Hercules she being his first Wife sent him a Shirt dipt in Poison and Tinctured in Nessus Blood which in Pains and Torment put an end to his Glorious Atchievements with his Life Iphianassa Daughter 〈◊〉 Praetus King of the Argines who with her Sister being in the Temple of Juno and despising the homeliness of it as also the Beauty of the Goddess she throughly nettled at the Contempt so Changed and Disordered their Minds that they fancied themselves to be Heifers and could by no means be perswaded out of that Opinion till Melampus the Physician restored them again to their Right Senses and for his Reward had Iphianassa in Marriage and a part of the Kingdom for her Dowry Iphis she was the Daughter of Lygdus and Theletusa whose Sex her Mother kept secret and from her Infancy brought her up in Masculine Apparel for that her Father had doomed the Infant if a Girl to be made away when under this disguise she came of Years Lygdus concluded a Marriage between her and Janibe a Beautiful Maid which made her Mother almost at her Wits end because that by this means a Discovery would be made but however upon her invoking Venus and offering in her Temple she on the Wedding-day was changed into a Man and did the Office of a Bridegroom to the Satisfaction of her Fair Bride Iphigenia she was Daughter to King Agamemnon by Clyâ—â—â—nestra and is said by Homer to be offered up to Diana for the successful Passage of the Grecian Fleet to Troy but as she lay on the Altar ready to be sacrificed the Goddess wrapt her in a Cloud and bearing her thence made her her Priesteis Irene Empress of Constantinople Mother to Constantine the seventh whose Eyes she put out that she might Reign alone upon which as if Heaven demonstrated a Detestation of the Cruelty the Sun for eighteen days shined so dimly as if it had drawn in its Light as it Thyestes Feast but Nicephorus having wrested the Empire out of her Hands banished her to Metylene where she soon after died of Grief Irene the Fair Grecian Lady that was presented to Mabomet the Great at the Sack of Constantinople on whom he doated so much that he spent whole Days and Nights in her Company and neglected his weighty Affairs but being reproved by his Bassas he in a rage cut off her Head with his Scymeter but repenting it betook him to the Wars to put the cruel Act out of his Mind Iris Messenger to Juno said to be the Daughter of Thaumus and Electra she is painted with a Rain-bow circling her her Name importing the Painted Bow so often seen after Showers in the Clouds Isaura Clementia a Lady of Tholouse in France famous for her Learning and Ingenious Parts she appointed the Floral Games yearly kept there and in the Town-house her Marble Statue stands Crowned with Flowers Ius a Goddess worshipped by the Egyptians her Sacrifice and worship was Infamous and Obscene insomuch that the Priests were forbidden to speak any thing of them and the Romans forbid it in their City Isota of Verona a Lady of great Learning she wrote five hundred sixty four Books which are to be seen in Thaurus Library and held divers Disputes with the most Learned Men yet dyed at the Age of thirty six Years a Virgin Iudith a Holy Widow who by destroying the Tyrant Holyphernes delivered the Jews Iudith Daughter to Velpo Count of Ruensburge she was made Recluse by the People Iudith Daughter to Charles the Bald and Wife to Ethelwolfe and Ethelred Kings of England Iulia Wife to Severus the Roman Emperour and Mother to Geta she after the Death of her Husband Married Bassianus Caracalla her Son in Law who fell in Love with her upon seeing her naked Thigh Iulia Wife to Pompey and Daughter to Julius Caesar she died in Child-bed before she could compose the differences between those great Captains which afterward caused such Distractions in the Roman State by a Piteous war Iulia the Daughter of Augustus Caesar and Scribonia â—he greatly perplexed that Emperour in the heighth of his Fortune by her loofe Carriage and Wanton way of living she was Married to divers Husbands by whom she had several Children but Wedlock not being capable of satisfying her Lustful Desires and shâ— continuing her leud Courses her Father Banished her after that she was Married to Tyberius but disdaining him he coming to be Emperour revenged her Pride and Scorn by confining her so straight that she pined away for Hunger Iulia Daughter to Agrippa and the beforementioned Julia she followed her
Reality when on the contrary a Courtesy which derives no higher than from meer humane Principles there is no greater stress to be laid upon it nor is it much to be confided in Affability under this notion has as we have said Constancy for it's second Property for it is not only true to others but is so to its self as being founded on the solidst of Virtues not being subject to those giddy uncertainties that are incident to vulgar Civilities for he who out of disesteem of his proper worth has placed himself in an inferiour Station will not conclude it an Arbitrary matter but rather a just debt to pay a respect to those in a Superior Station they had Access to it by his Voluntary receeding For an humble mind will see in others something or other to which it will allow preference so that acting upon a fixed Principle it runs not the hazard of Contradictions but is rendered sweet and affable whilst what is more stiff and unplyable is not regarded unless with contempt and neglect except the party holds conversation with Flatterers and Parasits who sell their breath to make their advantage and prey upon him but then again he is frustrated even of their Encomiums if it so happen that the prosperous Gales encrease into a shipwrecking Storm than those who were prodigal of their civilities whilst nothing else was wantâ—ng to make him swell above â—imself will withdraw even â—hose from him least by their being continued they should â—ncourage him to ask someâ—hing more of him which his â—rgent Necessities in his deâ—ressed Condition more earnâ—stly crave and require Job â—ompares such to Winter Brooks â—unning over when not needâ—d but shrinking away and â—rying up when the heat of â—ummer causes the greatest thirst and their Waters are â—ost coveted for cooling and â—efreshment or if it has been â—is good Luck to happen upon â—ome of a more generous Temper who instead of a servile â—ompliance with his Humour â—nd high Characters of his worth entertains him with â—he true Image of himself it 〈◊〉 frequently held as an unpardonable Crime which forfeits â—ll degrees of Favour and does â—ot only avert but incence and â—nflame the easie stir'd up Passiâ—ns of an unsteady Mind till â— breaks out into a violent Anger for a faithful Monitor is â—s unacceptable as a true Lookâ—ng-glass to a deformed Person which at the best will be set â—side and escapes well if not â—roken and Ladies we must â—cknowledge for this is apâ—licable to either Sex whilst â—reat Persons dispence their â—rowns or Favours by such â—easures they will be sure to â—o it unjustly as well as unâ—onstantly Anyle an Epigrammatick Poetess whose name is to 17 Greek Epigrams Her Verses of Birds are said to be yet extant Aspasia a Noble Milesian Dame said to have been the Mistress that is the Instructress of Pericles the Great Athenian Philosopher and Orator Astyanassa one of the Maids of Honour to that Helena whose Beauty set Troy on fire whom yet surpassing in the Theory of active Love she impudently committed by writing to the publick view and as 't is suppos'd in Verse the Descriptions of more Spintrian Pranks and Gambols then perhaps her Mistress ever practis'd or understood and which seem to have been a Pattern of those lew'd Inventions which the witty ribauld Aretine in after Ages broach'd for the use of the Sons of Priapus nor were their wanting in those Times apt Schollars to such a Mistress who prosecuted and enlarged upon the Subject the had begun Philenis a Strumpet of Leucadia as unchast faith a late Author in her Verses as her Life Athenais the Daughter of Leontius an Athenian Sophist a Woman of that Wisdom and Ingenuity as that she was thought worthy to be chosen for a Wife by the Emperor Theodosius the Second Angela de â—ugarolis an Italian Lady accomplish'd in Grammar Rhetorick and Poetry Anne Askew the Daughter of Sir William Askew of Lincoln-shire she is remember'd among the English Writers as well as in Verse as Prose for a Woman of singular Beauty Virtue and Ingenuity Anne Broadstreet a new-New-England Poetess She writ Descriptions of the Four Elements the Four Humours the Ages the Four Seasons and the Four Monarchies Anna Maria Shurman an Holandish Lady of the most celebrated Fame for Learning of any of her Sex that I have heard of in Europe at this day by her Epistles to many of the most Eminently Learned Men of this Age. Arabella an English Lady in the time of King James a near Kinswoman of his she was a Lady of no less Eminence for Learning and ingenuous Parts then for her Quality and as saith an English Writer who makes a mention of her She had a great facility in Poetry and was elaborately conversant among the Muses She had Correspondence with Andrew Melvin the witty Scotchman in the Tower being Prisoner there at the same time Aurca Behn a Dramatick Writer She writ the Dutch Lover the Amorous Princess the Forc'd Marriage a Tragy-Comedy the Fatal Jealousie a Tragedy c. Affinity Affinitas 〈◊〉 dred or alliance by Marriaâ—â— sometimes likeness of agâ— ment Address or Adress Frâ—â— direction a short courtâ— near and ready way I adâ—â— my self to such a Person iâ— resort unto make towards make my application to hiâ— Age. aetaes that part oâ— Man's Life which is from Birth to this or his last Day Man by our Common-Lâ—â— hath two Ages the Age 21 Years is termed his 〈◊〉 Age and 14 the Age of disâ—â—tion Lit. l. 2. c. 4. In a Wâ—man there are six 1. At â—ven Years of Age she may câ—â—sent to Matrimony 2. At 〈◊〉 she is Dowable 3. At tweâ—â—â— Years she is able finally to câ—â—firm her former consent giâ—â— to Matrimony 4. At foâ—â—teen she is enabled to receâ—â—â— her Land into her hands â— shall be out of Ward if she of this Age at the death of 〈◊〉 Ancestor 5. At sixteen 〈◊〉 she shall be out of Ward thouâ—â— at the death of her Ancestor was within the Age of fourtâ—â— Years 6. At one and Tweâ—â—â— Years she is able to alienate Lands and Tenements â—â—clus a Greek Author diviâ—â— the Life of Man into seven Aâ—â— 1. Infancy contains four Yeâ—â—â— 2. Childhood contains ten Yeâ—â—â— 3. Youthhood or Adolesceâ—â— consists of eight Years thaâ— from fourteen to two and twâ—â—ty 4. Young-manhood coâ—â—â—â—ues nineteen Years that is â—rom two and twenty to forty â—ne 5. Ripe-man-hood hath â—ifteen Years of continuance â—herefore makes his progress to â—6 Years 6. Old-age which â—n adding 12 to 56 makes up â—8 7 Decrepit Age is limiâ—ed from 68 Years to 88. See â—ore divisions of Age if you â—lease in first part Treasury of Times p. 377. and in Vul. Err. p. 216. Alimony Alimonia nouâ—ishment maintenance but in a modern legal Sense it signifies that portion or allowance which a married Woman sues for upon any occasional separation from her Husband wherein she is not charg'd with Elopement or Adultery This was
death Birthia a Woman of Scythia mentioned by Pliny who had such infectious Eyes that with long and stedfast looking upon any Living Creature she would kill or much injure it she had in each Eye two Apples and two distinct Sights c. Blanch of Castile Daughter to Alphonsus the Ninth and Elenor of England she was Marryed to Lewis called the Lyon and afterwards King of â—ance she managed the Affairs of the Kingdom after her â—usbands death to Admiration â—otwithstanding Powerful Faâ—tions opposed her she was â—other to St. Lewis of France â—nd brought up him and her â—ther Children under the Tuâ—erage of such Learned and â—ious Men that they became â—n Ornament to their Counâ—ry Blanch Daughter to Otho â—he Fourth Earl of Burgundy â—nd Maud Countess of Artois â—he was likewise Queen of France by her Marriage with Charles the Fourth she was â—alsly accused of Adultery which Conspiracy against her Life evidently appearing the Accusers were flead alive and then being beheaded their Carcasses hanged on Gibbets Bentivoglia Francisca Married to Galeoto Manfredi but upon suspicion that he was secretly Married before to a Virgin of Fayenza she with two others who were pretended Physicians Assassinated him giving him the Mortal wound with her own hand Berenice Daughter of Ptolomeus Philadelphus King of Egypt and Marryed to Antiochus Sotor King of Syria who were both murthered by Laedicea Antiochus first Wife Bernice another Daughter to the aforefaid King of Egypt whose Hair being Dedicated to Venus for Pâ—olomeus Evergetes her Husbands success in War and hung up in the Temple where in a short time it being missed it was fabled by Callimachus and others to be taken up to the Skies by the Goddess and turned into a Star Berenice Daughter to Agrippa the Elder she was Married to Agrippa the Younger King of the Jews and sat with him when St. Paul pleaded before him and Festus the Roman Proconsul Berenice Daughter of Mithridates King of Pontus who when her Father was overcome by Lucullus the Roman Consul in a mortal Battle took poison that she might not fall into the hands of the Enemy alive but that not presently dispatching her she caused one of her Slaves to strangle her Berthe Daughter of Cuthbert King of France and Ingoberge she was Wife to Ethelbert King of Kent a Saxon Prince who then was a Pagan but by her pious and Examplary Life she won him to Embrace Christianity Berthe Daughter to Lotharius the Second King of France and Valrada his Queen she was one of the most Couragious Beautiful and Illustrious Princesses of her Age she had divers Noble Husbands at sundry tiâ—es and did many brave Exploitâ— in War Barthe Daughter of Cheribert she was Wife to Peppico the short afterward King of France and Mother to Charles the Great Bonere Force a Queen of Poland Wife to Sigismund the First by Isabel of Aragon she was a Woman of great Virtue exceeding Loving and Tender of her Husband attending him like a common Nurse in all his Sickness sitting up with him and tending him with little or no rest to herself though he diswaded her to take off herself and commit that charge to others Boâ—romea Biancha a Learned Lady of Padua being perfect in the Sciences and spoke divers Languages the which together with her rare Beauty gained her a singular Esteem among the Learned Brigite since called St. Brigite was a Swedish Princess she flourished in the 14th Age and was Marryed to Prince Vison of Nericia and by him had Eight Children after the Death of her Husband who turned Cestertian Monk with whom before she had been on a Pilgrimage She wrote a Volume of Revelations in Eight Books which has been approved by divers Popes and dying 1373. She was Canonized by Pope Boniface the Second Britomaris a Cretian Nymph held to be daughter to Jupiter and Charmea she much delighted in Hunting but one day heedlesly Traversing a Forrest she fell into a Hunters Net and fearing some wild Beast should come to devour her she implored the help of Diana whereupon the Goddess released her from the Toil in Grateful acknowledgment the Nymph built a Temple and dedicated it to her by the Name of Dyctin Diana Minos King of Creet attempting afterwards to Ravish her she leaped into the Sea and was drowned Brumechilde Daughter of Athanagilde King of the Wisgoths she was Married to Sigebert the first King of Austratia she caused great mischiefs in France which in the end came home to her for being accused by Clotaire the Second for the murther of Ten Kings She was first Racked and then torn in pieces by drawing Horses She was a Woman of vast Ambition and endeavoured to destroy all her Opposers but her death in a great measure prevented it Budos Lodovica wife to Montmorency Constable of Fr. Busa a Lady of Apulia who fed Ten Thousand Hunger-starved Romans as they fled from the Battle of Cannea where the Roman Army was defeated by Hannibal Baâ—helors It was inserted in Plato's Laws that what Man soever liv'd a Batchelor above five and thirty Years of Age was neither capable of Hoâ—our or Office Alexand ab Alex. lib. 4. cap. 8. Licurgus the Lawgiver amongst the Laâ—edemonians as the same Author testifies to shew the necessity of Marriage made a Decree That all such as affected singleness and solitude of life should be held Ignominious They were not admitted to publick Plays but in the Winter were compell'd to pass through the Market-place naked and without Garments The Law of the Spartans set a Fine upon his Head first that married not at all next on him that married not till he was old and lastly on him they set the greatest Mulct that married an evil Wife or from a strange Tribe So laudable and reverent was Marriage amongst the Lacedemonians Procreation of Children and fertility of Issue That whosoever was the Father of Three Children should be free from Watch or Ward by day or Night and whosoever had Four or upward were rewarded with all Immunities and Liberty This Law was confirmed by Q. Metellus Numidicus Censor after approved by Julius Caesar and lastly established by Augustus Memorable are the words of Metellus in a publick Oration to the People If we could possibly be without Wives O Romans saith he we might all of us be free from molestation and trouble but since Nature excites us and necessity compels us to this exigent That we can neither live with them without Inconvenience nor without them at all more expedient it is therefore that we aim at the general and lasting profit than at our own private and momentary pleasure Bawd Pimp c. I put these together because it is pity to part the Devil's Houshold-stuff And indeed she is very much like him her Envy running Parallel with his For all that the Devil endeavours to do is to bring Mankind into the like state and condition and the nature of a Bawd is to make all fair Women as foul
â— c. 8. to this effect I promise that hereafter I will lay no claim to thee This Writing was cal'd a Bill of Divorce But with Christians this Custom is abrogated saving only in Case of Adultery The ancient Romans also had a Custom of Divorce among whom it was as lawful for the Wife to put away her Husband as for the Husband to dismiss his Wife But among the Israelites this Prerogative was only permitted to the Husband See Repudiate In our Common Law Divorce is accounted that Separation between two de facto married together which is à vinculo Matriâ—â—â—â—â— non soù d mensa 〈◊〉 And thereof the Woman so divorced received all again that the brought with her This is only upon a Nullity of the Marriage through some â—â—â—tial Impediment as Consanguinity or Afâ—â—nity within the degrees forbidden 〈◊〉 impotency or such like Dodona a City of Epirus near which stood a Grove of Oaks only dedicated to Jupiter called Dodonas Grove the Oaks were said to speak and were wont to give oraculous Answers to those that came to consult them Domini or Anno Domini is the Computation of time from the Incarnation of our Saviour Jesus Christ. As the Romans made their Computation from the Building the City of Rome and the Grecians number'd their Years by the Olympiads or Games called Olympick So Christians in remembrance of the happy Incarnation and blessed Birth of our Saviour reckon the time from his Nativity Domino a kind of hood or habit for the Head worn by Canons and hence also a fashion of vail used by some Women that mourn Dower dos signifies in Law That which the Wife brings to her Husband in marriage Marriage otherwise called Maritagâ—um good Dower from dotarium That which she hath of her Husband after the Marriage determined if she out-live him Glanviâ—e 7. ca. 2. Bracton l. 2. ca. 28. Dory a she Rogue a Woman-beggar a lowzy Quean Drol Fr. a good-fellow â—o on Companion merry Grig one that cares not how the World goes Dulcimer or Dulcimel sambuca so called quaâ—â— dulce melos i. sweet melody 〈◊〉 musical Instrument a Sambuke Dentitio the time that Children breed Teeth which is about the Seventh Month or later and usually the upper Teeth come first in some the under and amongst these the Fore teeth first Many times Fevers Convulsions Loosnesses c. attend Children in the time of breeding Teeth Distillatio an Extractiâ—â— of the moist or unctuous partâ— which are rarified into Mist or Smoke as it were by the force of Fire Distillation is performed by a Bladder by a Chymical Instrument called Câ—curbita before described by a Retort by Deliquium by Filtri by Descent c. and that either in Balneo Mariz Sand Vapours Dung the Sun a Reverberatory c. Dispensatorium a Dispensatory a Book useful for Apothecaries wherein all Medicines at least the most usual are contain'd and prescrib'd that they may be prepar'd in the Shops all the Year round E. EAde for Eadith i. happiness Sa. Eleanor i. pittiful gr Ellena ibid. Elizabeth i. The Oath of my God or else it may be Elishbeth i. the peace or rest â—f my God Emmet i. a Giver of help Norm Ephrah 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Kin. â— 19. i. fertility or fruitfulness 〈◊〉 rather I will be fruitful Esther 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. hidden from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sathar â—e lay hid Heb. Ethelburg i. a Noble Keeper Gâ— and Sa. Etheldred or Ethelred i. noble advice Ge. Eve 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chavah i. â—iving or giving life so called by her Husband Adam because she was the Mother 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 kol chav i. omnium viventiâ—â—m of all living Gen. 3.20 from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chajah he lived Eugenia she that is nobly born see Eugenius in Mens names Euphenie i. she that is well spoken of and hath a good name and report Eutychia 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. felicitas i happiness Echiud Queen of the Scythians with whom Hercules lay and got on her three Sons leaving a strong Bow behind him and ordaining that whoever of them when they came to years could bend that Bow should Succeed her in the Kingdom which only Scytha the youngest could do and so obtained it before his two Elder Brothers Erho a Nymph who being desperately in Love with Narcissus and rejected by him pined and sighed herself into Air and so became the shaddow or counterfeir of a Voice Egâ—ria a Nymph beloved by Num a Pampilius for her Wisdom he told the Romans he consuted her in all his great Affairs and Compiled divers Laws and Religious Customs by her Advice and made her to be in great Esteem with the People Some held her to be the Goddess who assisted at Womens Labours and eased their pains in Child-Birth Elizabeth Daughter of Henry the Eight by Queen Anna Bullein Daughter of Sir Thomas Bullein she was Queen oâ— England after the death of Queen Mary And had a long and Glorious Reign Of her see more at large Epicharis a Woman of a mean Birth but of great Courage and Vâ—rtue â—eing Condemned before Nero for having a share in a Conspiracy agâ—inâ—t him and being ordered to extream torture to make her Confess her Accomplices she bore it with such a Spirit and Courage she shamed and daunted her Tortureâ—s 〈◊〉 could any 〈…〉 by the most violâ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 but bring remanded to 〈◊〉 she killed herself to avoâ—d 〈◊〉 Tyran's 〈…〉 Epponiva Wife to Julius Sabinus a miracle of Conjugal Love for her Husband taking Arms with others against Vespatian and being overthrown hid himself in the Ruins of a Tomb where she came to him supplyed him with Food and Necessaries Lived with him and brought him forth divers Children in that dark and Solitary place but at last being discovered they were put to death which she bore with great Courage and Patience telling the Emperour she had rather die than live to see the wicked days of his Reign Erato one of the Nine Musâ—s presiding over Love Songs and Poems she is generally painted like a Virgin in the Bloom of her Youth Frolick and Gay Crowned with Roses and Mirtle holding a Harp in one hand and a Bow in the other with a Winged Cupid placed under her Elbow Armed with his Love-procuring Darts Escher Niece to Mordicai of the Tribe of Benjamin when King 〈◊〉 of Persia had put away Vâ—sâ—i his Queen for disobeying his Royal Mandate she being brought unto him among other Virgins he was to pleased with her Beauty and Conversation that he took her to Wife and she became Instrumental in saving the Jewish Nation then in Captivity from the destruction Human had prepared for theâ—â— and turned it upon himself 〈◊〉 his House Eudoria Married to 〈◊〉 dius the Emperour she 〈◊〉 a great Enemy to St. 〈◊〉 and declared for 〈◊〉 against him and 〈◊〉 him to be banished but he 〈◊〉 soon after re-called but 〈◊〉 some words against 〈◊〉 setting
Food with her into the Prison however her Mother subsisting beyond what could be suspected the Jaylor watched the Daughter and at last found she had supported her with the Milk from her Breasts which known the Consul pardoned the Mother and highly praised the Daughter and in Memory of this An Altar was raised to Piety in the place where the Prison stood Sir Thomas Moor being Lord Chancellor of England at the same time that his Father was a Judge of the Keng's Bench he would always at his going to Westminster go first to the King's Bench and ask his Fathers Blessing before he went to sit in the Chancery There happened in Sicily as it hath often an Eruption of Aetna now called Mount Gibel it murmurs burns belches up Flames and throws out its fiery Entrails making all the World to fly from it It happened then that in this Violent and horrible breach of Flames every one flying and carrying away what they had most precious with them two Sons the one called Anagias the other Amphinomius careless of the Wealth and Goods of their Houses reflected on their Father and Mother both very old who could not save themselves from the fire by flight And where shall we said they find a more precious Treasure then those who begat us The one took up his Father on his Shoulders the other his Mother and so made passage through the Flames It is an admirable thing that God in consideration of this Piety though Pagans did a Miracle for the Monuments of all Antiquity witness that the devouring Flames staid at this Spectacle and the Fire wasting and broiling all about them the way only thro' which these two good Sons passed was tapistried with fresh Vendure and called afterwards by Posterity the Field of the Pious in Memory of this Accident Love in former times when Sacrifices attended the Hymenial Rites as part of the Ceremony that it might not be imbittered the Gall of the Beast was not us'd but cast on the ground to signifie that between the young Couple there should be nothing of that Nature to disturb their Felicity but that instead of discontent Sweetness and Love should fill up the whole space of their Lives and indeed it is the best Harmony in the World where a Man and Woman have the pleasant Muâ—â—â—â— of Contentment and Peace to refresh them in their dwellings whilst they make their study to encrease their Happiness This is as comely a sight as Apples of Gold set in Pictures of Silver or Brethren living together in Unity Love was so powerful with Plautius Nuâ—â—â— that hearing his Wife was dead he killed himself Darius after he had grievously lamented the loss of his Wife Statira as thinking she had perished in the General 〈◊〉 Alexander had given his Army was so over-joyed when he heard she was safe and honourably used by the Conqueror that he prayed that Alexander might be fortunate in all things although he was his Enemy Two large Snakes Male and Female being found in the House of Titus Gracchus the Augurs or Soothsayers told him That if the Male was let go his Wife should die first but if the Female himself should die first Then pray said he let the Female Snake go that Cornelia may live by my Death and so the Historians say it happened for he died in a few years after and leaving her a Widow she refused the King of Egypt in Marriage the better to preserve the Memory of her deceased Husband Ferdinand King of Spain married Elizabeth the Sister of Ferdinand Son of John King of Arragon Great were the Virtues of this admirable Princess whereby she gained so much upon the heart of her Husband a valiant and fortunate Prince that he admitted her to an equal share in the Government of the Kingdom with himself wherein they lived with such mutual agreement as the like hath not been known amongst any of the Kings and Queens of that Countrey There was nothing done in the Affairs of State but what was debated ordained and subscribed by both the Kingdom of Spain was a Name common to them both Ambassadors were sent abroad in both their Names Armies and Soldiers were levied and formed in both their Names and so was the whole Wars and also Civil Affairs that King Ferdinand did not Challange to himself an Authority in any thing or in any respect greater than that whereunto he had admitted this his beloved Wise. Love so bound the Soul of a Neopolitan to his fair and vertuous Wife that she being surprized by some Moorish Pirates who privately landed in a Creek and then put off again with their Prize that whilst they yet Cruiz'd near the Shoar he threw himself into the Sea and swam to their Ship and calling to the Captain told him He was come a voluntary Prisoner because he must needs follow his Wife not scaring the Barbarism of the Enemies of the Christian Faith nor Bondage for the Love of her who was so near and dear to him The Moors were full of admiration at so great a proof of Affection yet carry'd him to Tunis where the Story of his conjugal Affections being rumour'd abroad it came to the Ear of the King of that Countrey who wondring at so strange a thing and moved with Compassion to such a Lover ordered them their Liberty and placed the Man as a Soldier in his Life-guard Love in this a Passiâ—n is so strange It hides all fauits and ne'r is gi'n to change it uneclips'd in it's full Blaze shines bright Pure in it self it wants no borrowed Light Nor sets till Death draws the dark Scene of Night Liberty is so sweet and pleasant that all Creatures naturally cover it and though irrational are uneasie under restraint or Confinenmet The Romans of old had so high an Esteem of it that they priz'd it before all things in the World and thought it worthy of Veneration making it one of their Goddesses erected and dedicated Temples in Honour of it and esteemed Life in Golden Chains of Bondage not worth regarding and their greatest Offenders were punished with Interdiction Religation Deportation and such like accounting it worse than any other Severity as knowing without it the mind becomes a tormentor not only to it self but to the Body by wasting and consuming it with Grief and Anguish and that a Man will refuse no kind of Hardship nor Danger to secure his Liberty but Sacrifice their chiefest Ornaments and even Life it self as precious as it is to the uttermost hazard to preserve it Many Cities rather than fall into the hands of their Enemies and become Captives have been turned by their Citizens into an Acheldama of Blood and spread Ghastly Scenes of Death to amaze and slartle their most cruel Enemies When Hannibal had besieged the City of Saguntum nine Months and Famine warring within their Walls so that they found themselves in a great straight and without hopes of Succour but that they must fall into
the hands of their Enemies they pulled down their Houses and heaping up the Timber in the Market-place together with all their Riches and Furniture they set them together with the rest of the City Wives and Children on fire leaping into the Flames they expired on one great Funeral Pile and left the Conqueror a bootless Victory Lucan in his Pharsalia gives us a strange Instance of the like nature viz. That a Ship of Caesars of which Vulteus was Commander being stayed by Chains and Ropes fastened to either Shoar lying under water when they saw Pompey's Ships ready to affault them and there was no hopes of flight no nor of noble Death from the hands of their Enemies who had taken them in a Toyl the Captain prevailed with them to preferr Death before an inglorious yielding and accordingly they every man sheathed his Sword in each others Bowels so that not one was left alive Scipio being overthrown by Caesar in Affrica flying by Sea and perceiving some of the Enemies Ships ready to intercept him preferring Liberty before Life fell on his Sword and then leaping over-board Crimsoned it with the Blood of that illustrious Family Cato in Vtica hearing of the defeat of his Confederates killed imself Thus was Liberty prized at the highest rate by the Ancients but they ought to be no Examples to Christians who are to bear with Patience and not to lay violent hands on themselves when such Afflictions overtake them but rather wait Gods leisure who in his good time will relieve them as he did the Children of Israel when they groaned under the heavy Burthens of their Bondage Lady Olympia Glara an Italian Lady no less noted than her Name imports for what she hath writ in Verse Lady Hildegardis an Abbess of the Benedictine Order she wrote several Volumes in prose both in Theology and Medicine she writ also a Book of Latin Poems Lady Jane Grey the Daughter of the Duke of Suffolk far more happy in her Learning for which she is highly commendeâ— than in her being proclaimed Queen of England which Honour brought her to an untimely end Lucia a Româ—n Poetess sirnamed Mima from her Mimic or Comical Writings mentioned by Pliny Lachesis Atropos and Clotho are the three Destinies Lactary lactarium a dairy-house and may be used for a dairy-man milk-man or Cheese-monger Br. Lampoon a Libel in Verse Latinus an ancient King of Italy who married his Daughter Lavinia to Aeneas Latona Daughter of Caeus one of the Titans on whom Jupiner begat the Latonian-lights Apollo and Diana the Sun and Moon Lavender Spiknard a common plant also a Laundress Laurentalia Feasts in honnour of Acca Laurentia wife to Faustulus who nursed Romulus and Remus when exposed by command of Amulius King of the Latins Lascivious lascivus wanton in behaviour dishonest lecherous womanish Lavolta Ital. a Dance so called Laodamia a daughter to Bellerothon she brought forth Sarpedon King of Lycia to Jupiter and was shot with her own arrows by Diana Laodamia Daughter of Acastus desiring to see the Ghost of her Husband Proâ—esilaus slain by Hector died in his arms Larestan a Province bearing the fairest Dates Oranges and Pomgranates in Persia. Lara runda one of the Naides on whom Mercury instead of carrying her to Hell for revealing to June the Love of Jupiter to Juturna begaâ— two twins called Lares Penates the houshold-gods Poet-Laureate is he who as principal Poet in his Country was wont to be crowned with a Garland of Laurel Leander a young man af Abydos who was wont in the night to swim over the Helespont to Hero one of Venus's Nuns at Sestos till at lengh he was drowned Lechnus an Arcadian spring good against abortions Leda being deceived by Jupiter in the form of a Swan she brought forth two Eggs whereof one produced Pollux and Helena the other Castor and Clytemnestra Leman o. q. lead-man or rather L'Annant-te f. a Sweet-heart or Lover He or She but vulgarly the Concubine of a Priest or married Man Leucothoe turned into a Frankincense-tree by Apollo who had gotten her with Child for which she was buried alive by her Father Orchamus King of Babylon Libethrides the Muses Lilith was held by the Jews to be a kind of she-Devil that killed Children Glossae Taâ—â— in Nidda fol. 24. b. Lucretia Marinella an Italian Lady who wrote a Poem of the Dignity and Preheminence of Women Lozenge French a little square Cake of preserved flower herbs c. Lucina Juno and Diana so called because they ruled the travel of Women and helped them in that business Lupercal Lat. a place dedicated to the god Pan from Lupa because there a she-Wolf nourished Romulus and Remus So the Sacrifices and Plays dedicated to Pan were called Lupercalia or supercal Sacrifices and the Priest of Pan Luperci who on the day of their Sacrifices fices ran up and down the City naked and stroak'd the hands and bellies of Women great with Child with a Goats-skin thereby to signifie both fruitfulness and easie Deliverance Rider Lotis the Daughter of Neptune who flying Priapus to save her Chastity was turned into a Lote-tree Love-days whereon Arbitrements were made and Controversies among Neighbours determined Love-apple a Spanish root of a Colour near Violet Louting q. saluting honouring Lua Mater the ancient Goddess of Lustrations or purgings Lucrece retia being ravished by Sextus the Son of Tarquinius Superbus caused the Banishment of him and Kingly Government from Rome Lineae Finales certain Wrinkles in the Fore-head whereby many things are vainly foretold Long-Meg's Daughters seventy seven stones erected round about Long-Meg a stone fifteen foot high near Salkela in Cumberland Lothebrook q. Leather-breech a Dane whose Daughters were so skilled in needle-work that the Danes bare a Raven of their working as an invincible Ensign Lues Venerea Morbus Gallicus the French Pox is a malignant and contagious Distemper communicated from one to another by Coition or other impure Contact proceeding from virulent Matter and accompanied with the Falling of the Hair Spots Swellings Ulcers Pains and many other direful Symptoms Lycomedes King of the Island Scyrus among whose Daughters Achilles lived in Womans apparel to keep himself from the Trojan Wars Lycus a King of Baeotia who married Antiope and put her away when gotten with Child by Jupiter in form of a Satyr Lydia a Womans Name from the Countrey Lydia Moeonia a Kingdom of Asia the less Lymphatick Distracted l. by seeing as it were a Nymph in the â—â—â—er Lysidice Daughter of Pelâ—â—s Mâ—â—her of Alemena and Grandmother of Hercules Lilly the Rose of Juno a speciouâ— flower Limning a kind of Painting in water-colours M. MAbella i. my fair Maid-en Macaria 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i.e. beaâ—â— bâ—essed Macrobia long-lif'd Magdalene Luke 8.2 in the Syriack it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Magdeletha i. magnified Marcella dim á Marca Marca Martial or Warlike Margaret from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. a Pearl or precious Stone socalled found as some write in
Nun building the Abbey of Holy Câ—oss and divers other places which she dedicated to pious uses and dyed anno 587. Ramsey Mary second Wife of Sir Thomas Ramsey Alderman and Sheriff of London anno 1567. and Lord Mayor in 1577. She was Daughter of Sir William Dale Merchant of Bristol She liv'd a very Piousand Vertuous life â—nd dying Nâ—â—emâ—â—r 1595. without 〈◊〉 leâ—t the â—râ—aâ—est 〈…〉 Uâ—es 〈◊〉 fâ—â— ever that have been left 〈…〉 private person before or 〈◊〉 Reginatrudâ— Dutchess of Bavaria She was Daughter of Chidelbert King of France and marry'd to Theâ—dâ—n the Third Duke of Bavaria whom she converted to the Christian Religion and afterwards by the assistance of Rupert Bishop of Worms she prevail'd with the greater part of his Subjects to follow his Example Renea of France She was Dutches of Ferrara Daughter to Lewis the 12th of France and Ann of Britany She was marry'd to Hercules D' Este Duke of Ferrara by the contrivance of Francis the First who succeeded Lewis though she might have had far greater Matches in England and Germany She was a Lady of great Courage Wit and Learning Renown otherways called Fame a Goddess of Poetical Invention held to be the Messenger of Jupiter She was painted in the shape of a Woman with Wings spread abroad and spangled with Eyes her Garments light and succiâ—â—â— with a Trumpet in her mouth as â—â—unâ—ing Râ—â—â—e for refusing to forsake her Religion and marry Gaulâ—â— a Roman Praeâ—â—ct 〈…〉 him tortured and 〈…〉 put to death but was 〈…〉 after her Death 〈…〉 as a Saint â—oches Catherine 〈…〉 of pâ—ictiers so well 〈…〉 in Poetry that she was 〈…〉 The Muse of France She 〈…〉 books in Prose and 〈◊〉 and Educaâ—ed her 〈…〉 to an Extraordinary 〈…〉 Learning and Virtue 〈…〉 the most accompliâ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 in the Country 〈…〉 great Matches were 〈◊〉 red them they could not 〈◊〉 inâ—uced to marry but 〈◊〉 them'elves with 〈◊〉 and contemplative 〈◊〉 â—â—â—ogunda Daughâ—â—◠〈◊〉 â—â—ng Pharaates of Parâ—â—â—â—â— Sâ—â— was Wife to Deineâ—â—â—â—◠〈…〉 of Syria She was 〈…〉 of great Courage 〈…〉 and Virâ—ue â—â—samunon Queen 〈…〉 She was Daughâ—â—◠〈◊〉 and Wife 〈…〉 who was called into 〈…〉 the Imperial 〈◊〉 revenge the astronts 〈◊〉 Emperess Sophiâ—â— had put 〈…〉 but Alâ—ion having 〈…〉 Father to death and 〈…〉 Cup of his Skull which 〈…〉 have forced her to 〈…〉 out of she 〈…〉 his Life and caused 〈…〉 â—â—â—â—hered by 〈…〉 the General of his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Daughter 〈…〉 a Prince of Persia 〈…〉 to Alexander the Great in his â—xpeâ—tiâ—n against Darius She was held to be one of the most beautiful Ladies of Asia â—oâ—â—llan Su'taness and Wife to Solyman the Magnificent Emperour of the 〈◊〉 A Woman of great Beauty but of greater Spirits and Ambition Ruth Daughter in Law to Naâ—mi married to Bâ—aâ— Rumia or Rumilla a Goddess to whom the Romans recommended the care of their Infan-Children Rosamond the Fair Concubine of K. Henry the Sâ—â—â—nâ— of England poyâ—â—râ—â— by Q. Elenor in Woodstock â—oâ—er near Oxford Back the Duke of Exeter's Daughter an Engine to extort Confessions brought into the Tower by him being Câ—nâ—iâ—â—le 16 H. 6. intending to bring in the whole Civil Law Recreations sutable for Ladies and what is to be observed therein Recreations when Innocent and Moderaâ—â—â—â— may be called the Spring of 〈◊〉 that makes it move smooth and regular it is an Antidote against the too rust impressions of business and over sâ—â—â—ious Thoughts upon the Spirits and by Wise and Prudent management may be turned to great advantages in rendering our conditions easy and pleasant but when immoderately used and carried to excess and extravagancy it is worse than Labour or Toil. All Pleasures that but border on Scandal must be shunn'd and avoided and even those that are the most Innocent must not exceed the Rules of Moderation Which consists first in not giving offence scandal damage or prejudice to your Associates or others Secondly It must besuch as is not injurious or prejadicial to your Health Reputation or Business you must by no means make your Pleasure your Bussiness but by the enjoyment thereof be more than chearful in your return to it as more enabled by your Diversions to perform it The most innocent Recreations by excess are many times abused and the Body and Mind rather enfeebled and disordered than strengthened and composed by them their Vigour is weak and sostened the Compexson is besot ed and the principal Virtues sometimes banish'd Recreation must be taken as it was first provided and then it will be taken without a Sâ—ng The Heathen Sages prohibited either Sex to â—â—acken the Reins too much to it least it should insensibly carry them away in a career they would not be able to stop till they bulg'd upon the ruggedRock of Misfortune Wâ— that are Christians have more reason therefore to be cautious least too great a swing of Worldy Pleasure and Delights throws us into Irre 〈◊〉 and incumbers us 〈…〉 we never intended to be concern'd withal those Recreations above all others 〈◊〉 most commendable that refresh the Mind and never leave any private 〈…〉 behind them on the Câ—â—â—â—ence to upbraid â—he Sens◠〈◊〉 the immoderate or unlawful using them she that plaâ—â—â—â—â— into a puddle do's but enâ—'â—â— her self to the trouble of â—â— aâ—terwashing few people are so indiseret and regardless of their Health as for the lusciousness of the Tast to â—â—â—d on those things that will â—â—pair it and render them 〈◊〉 stempered God would never have allowed such Recreations nor furnished us either with the desire of them or the faculties to enjoy them with any design we should abuse them or that they should prove hurtful to us yet there are so many incoveniences adhearing to the use of â—â—â—sure by exceeding the measure mistaking the m 〈◊〉 misplacing the time thâ—â—â—al though Recreations be laâ—â—â—ul in themselves yet if they be circumstanced amiss they are not expidient Recreations and Pleasures are undon â—idly lawful if we abuse 〈◊〉 not by irregularity all the s'veral 〈…〉 in Food 〈◊〉 other varieties of the 〈◊〉 nature were intended please the 〈…〉 to satisfy the Appeaâ—â—â— of the beautiful and pleasant Fruits the Garden of God contained there was but one only among so vast a number excepted from which it may reasonably be concluded we may enjoy those delights we have a well grounded inclination to and that are no ways prohibited if so we do it as not to do it amiss Recreations most proper and suitable to Ladies may be râ—â—â—'d under four principal he â— as Limning Dancing Musick Reading these Imploy both the Mind and Activity of the Body Lim â—ing is a very curious Art wherein a Lady especially in small Figures either in Oyl or Water-Painting may improve her Fancy to Admiration and leave rare monuments of her Ingenuity to Posterity Dancing Recreates the Body and moderately used much câ—ntribuâ—â—â— to Health by tâ—â—rring and dispersing the gathering and afflicting Humours besides it gives a decent comliness to