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
Throne of a Potent Kingdom who loved her intirely was impatient of her absence but she Excused herself with all Modesty and Gravity That she had weaned herself from the World and its Vanities and entreated she might be obliged to return no more to it A Kingdom was but a small Bribe and seemed nothing to her in Comparison to those Joys the had in view Elphlerda Sister to Edward a Saxon King before the Conquest and Wife to Etheldredus Duke of Mercia was so renowned for her Courage and Bravery of Mind that few Nations ever affâ—rded a more Famous Virago She her Husband dying overthrew the Welch in several Battels who made Incursions into her Territories and in bloody Figâ—ts â—ut the Danes to the rout She buiâ—t divers Ruined Cities and 〈◊〉 her bleeding Country to a smiling Condition with whose Fame and Praises our Histories abound And King Henry the Fifth whilst Prince of Wales admiring her Courage and Conduct made certain Latin Verses in Commendation of her We might under this head of Examples mention many more no leâ—s Famed for Piety and Vertâ—e than Valour and Renown but seeing we are to scatter them as Diamonds and Pearls to Illustrate the whole Work these they may here 〈◊〉 to the Credit and Honour of the Fair Sex Eleanor Queen of England her Vertuous and wonderful Example of Love to her Husband Edward Son 〈◊〉 Henry the Third King of England resolving to pass into the Holy-Land with divers other Princes for the Recovery of it and the City of Jerusalem which the Infidels had taken away from the Christians and violently oppressed them Eleanor Daughter of Ferdinand the Third K. of Castile his chaâ—e and vertuous Wife would by no means be perswaded to stay behind but resolved in that long and dangerous Voyage to accompany him No entrâ—ties nor the hazards laid before her could prevail with her to be without her Husbands Company saying Shâ— knew she must die and if so dyed in the Land of Promise she was as near if not nearer in Heaven as in any other place And accordingly she accompanyed him undergoing cheerfully the hardships that attended the tedious Voyage This Prince in Palestine did wonders by his Valour and Conduct Making his very Name a terror to the Infidels so that they being every where worded the Turkish Governour of Damascus sent a Villain seemingly to treat with him but indeed to dispatch him for as he was delivering his Letters he stabb'd him three times in the Arm with a poison'd Dagger whereupon the prince fell'd him With his Fist and the Guards coming in cut him in pieces Excessive was the the pain yet he bore it with a manly fortitude and the nature of the poison such that his Chirurgeons concluded them Morral unless any one would hazard their Life by continual sucking out the poison the which when all his Favourites declined His vertuous Wife undertook cheerfully so that God blessing her willingness the Prince recovered and she remained uninjured by the poyson For which he entirely loved her all her Lifetime and when he was King Erected Monuments to her Memory in divers parts of England which remained many of them till the time the Crosses c. were demolished in the late Civil War Eulâ—lia a Noble Virgin of Portugal contemning all Earthly Glories as transitory things in which was no solid or substantial good laid aside her Treasure and Splendid Attire for the Adorning her Body and only took care to dress her Soul That it might be an acceptable Spouse fit for the embraces of the Glorious Bridegroom the made Sobriety Mâ—desty Chastity Works of 〈◊〉 and Charity her daily Familiars she took her Love off from Worldly things and placed it on those above And lived the life of a Saint a rare Example to those that are young and beautiful as she was to Patern out if necessity requires it and the Immortal Soul be at stake for the trifling vanitieâ— of this World See thus continued in Piety herself to instruct others 〈◊〉 hor Perâ—ecution arose and the 〈◊〉 viz. the 〈◊〉 mentioned in St. Johns 〈…〉 her the 〈…〉 to fly into the 〈…〉 the Flood that the Dra◠〈◊〉 out of his 〈…〉 resolved with 〈…〉 true Christian Courage 〈◊〉 those that were commanded by the Emperours Edict to Sacrifice to the Idols or the Representations of the seigned Heathen 〈◊〉 To be 〈…〉 And though her Parents who loved her 〈◊〉 laboured to avert the Danger that Threatned by perswading her to do it more privately Her Zeal drove her to do it in the Presence of the Enemies of the Christian Faith saying that those who out of Fear or Favour refused to profess the name of Christ openly were not worthy of his Love and the Glories he had prepared for those that Love and Fear him They however by Tears and Intreaties prevailed with her to remove out of the Populous City to their Country House but so great was the fervour of her Zeal that hearing many through fear daily Apostatized she Escaped the vigilence of those that were to observe her and went to their Houses to confirm and Strengthen such as were not fallen and to recover such as were Which being taken notice of by some Envious Persons she was delivered to the Praefect one superstitiously Devoted to the Heathen Idolatry and Thristing after the Blood of the Christians who Reproached her and Reviled her as a Sower of Sedition and a Stirrer up of the People to Trouble and Molest the Peace and Quiet of the Empire and as a Desptser and Conâ—aâ—ner of their Gods To all which she answered with much modesty and Mildness but when what ever she could alledge availed her nothing she told them That her Life was all they could Exact and she was willing to dye for thâ—â— Faith she Professed Then he began to perswade her to Renounce it as being Inflamed with her Beauty promising to take her in Marriage if she would comply but she with detestation refused his proser in those terms which so enraged him laying aside all bowels of Commiseration to so youthful and tender a Lady he called for the Executioners and ordered them to make ready the Rack upon which void of all shame they stretched her naked and disjointed those Limbs the sight of which would have charmed Barbarians into wonder yet she took it cheerfully and sung Praises That she was counted worthy 〈◊〉 suffer for his Name who had Redeemed her with his Precious Blood Upon which she was cast to the wild Beasts kept in those times one purpose to make the Tyrrantâ— pastime in the slaughtering and devouring Christians having before she had been taken of the Rack been tortured with another Engin of Cruelty called the Iron Grate which broke her Arms and Legs and had her Ivory Breasts 〈◊〉 with hot Irons Yet in all 〈◊〉 through his strength who supported her weakness she became more than Conqueror Crampies of Female Courage Constancy and maâ—â—â—ther singular Vertues Agnâ—s Gabril being
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
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
the Belly of a little Shell fish Margery from the Herb called Marjoram Mary in the Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Miriam Exod. 15.33 Mat. 1.18 some make it the Sea of bitterness of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mar bitterness and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jam the Sea Maud i. Noble or Honourable Lady of the Maids Maudlin see Magdalin Medea i. Counsel Mehetabel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gen. 36. ver 39. as if it were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mehtcb-el i. how good is God Melicent i. sweet Honey Fr. Meraud perhaps by Contraction from the precious E meraud stone Milchah 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gen. 11.29 as it were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Malchah i. a Queen Modesta i. Modest or Temperate Mickerel a Pandor or Procurer Mabel Mabilia q. amabilis l. lovely or Mabelie f. My fair one a Womans name Macarons Fr. little Frirer-like Buns or thick Lozenges compounded of Sugar Almonds Rose-water and Musk pounded togâ—her and baked wich a gentle fire Also the Italian Macaroni lumps or gobbers of boiled paste served up in butter and strewed over with Spice and grated cheese a common dish in Italy Maturnia a Roman Goddess who over-awed young Brides and kept them from gadding abroad or giving their Bridegrooms the slip on the Wedding-night Marcella an illustrious Lady Daughter of Albion she was brought up under St. Jerome and faithfully instructed by him in the Fundamentals of the Christian Religion and being a Wife only of seven Months she afterward led a Contemplative Life in Widdowhood and never would be perswaded to Marry Marcelina a beautiful but lewd Lady she in the time of Pope Avecetus embraced the Doctrine of the Gnostick Heresie and drew many of the Orthodox to follow it that they might keep in favour with her Marcelin Sister to St. Ambrose she took the Veil of Virginity from Pope Liberius and lived a vertuous Life in a Monastery Margaret Valois Dutchess of Alanson c. She was first Married to the Duke of Alancon and afterward to Albert K. of Navarry and of her descended Henry the IVth of France Margaret Countess of Holland this Lady upbraiding a poor Woman that came to ask an Alms because she had two Twins in her Arms saying such a thing could not be unless she had lain with two several Men the Woman upon this prayed the Counsels might have as many Children as there were days in the Year at one Birth to convince her of her Error which accordingly sell out in 1276. there remaining to this day an Epitaph in the Abby of the Bernardines half a League from the Hague where she and her Children lye buried that expressly mentions it Margaret Dutchess of Parma Florence and Plaisance Governess of the Low-Countries she was a Lady of admirable Wit and Beauty she was Married first to Octavius Farnese Pope Paul the Thirds Nephew and afterward to Alexander Fernose Duke of Florence she had a Masculine Courage and delighted more in manly Actions than in those more proper to her Sex and managed the Government in her Charge with great Prudence Macareus the Son of Aeâ—clus who got his Sister Conace with Child whereupon her Father feâ—t her a Sword with which she killed her self Marcaria Daughter to Hercules who for the Safety of her Countrey devoted her self to Death by being Sacrificed to appease the anger of the Gods for the Preservation of whose Memory the Athenians in generous Gratitude because she had freely offered her Life to prevent their falling into the hands of their Enemies built her a stately Monument which they adorned with Garlands of Flowers to shew she died a Virgin Ma one that was intrusted by Jupiter with the Education of Bacchus Rea the Goddess was likewise called Ma and went under that Name among the Lydians who usually sacrificed to her a Bull at the Altar erected to the Honour of her Magdalen Sister to Lazâ—â—us and Martha to her to whom our Blessed Saviour shewed himself after his Resurrection before he appeared to the Disciples Magdalen Daughter to Francis the first of France and Married to James the fifth of Scotland she was a Lady of admirable Virtue and Beauty but she enjoyed not long her Marriage dying seven Months after she Landed in Scotland Mahaud Countess of Damartin and Balonia she was Married to Philip of France Son to Philip the August and in his Life-time to Alphonsus King of Portugal the Third of that name Mamea Julia Mother to Alexander Severus the Emperor she governed the Empire whilst her Son was Emperor having an entire Ascendant over him she held a Conference with Origen and did divers good Offices to the Christians but her Cruelty and Covetousness at last caused the Death of her self and her Son by an Insurrection of the Souldiery Mandane Daughter to Astiages she dreamed her own water overflowed the Face of the Earth and out of her Bosom came a Vine that overspread it after that she was Married to Cambyses the Persian King and brought forth the great Cyrus who won the Babyloian Kingdom and many other Countries Mariamne the Virtuous and beautiful Queen of Herod the great King of Juda she was of the Royal Blood of the Asmonaean Family and though in her Right he gained the Crown yet at the Instigation of his Sister and other Conspirators against her Life he caused her to be publickly beheaded after which he never enjoyed himself Morosia a beautiful Lady of Phoenitia Martia Wife to Cato Vticensis he after she had born him Children gave her to Hortensius that he might have an Heir to his Family by her but he dying she returned again to Cato and was a second time married to him about the time the Civil War broke out between Pompey and Caesar. Morosia a Roman Lady very beautiful which gained her such an Ascendant over the chief of the Roman Clergy that she made and unmade Popes at her Pleasure Martha Sister to Lazarus and Mary Magdalen said among other Christians to be put into a Boat and turned out to Sea but by Providence the Boat arrived at Marseilles in France where she lived and died a Saint Martina Wife to Heraclius the emperor she poisoned her Husbands Sons by a former Wife to make way for Heracleo who was her Son by Heraclius to the Throne but er'e two years were expired the Senate adjudged her to have her Tongue cut out and her Sons Nose to be cut off least the one by Eloquence and the other by Beauty should move the People to compassionate them and afterwards being banished to Cappadocia they died in Exile Mary the Blessed Virgin Mother of our Saviour according to the flesh Mary of Aragon Wife of Otho the third Emperor being a Woman of insatiable Lust and causing many Mischiefs in the Empire she at last was Sentenced and burnt alive Mary Q. of France Daughter to Francis d' Medicis great Duke of Tuscany Married to Henry the Fourth of France after the Divorce between him and