this Isle somewhat answerable to the Greeke names Philippe Speusiprus Ctesippus his brother in like sort was called Horsa HARHOLD Sax. Luther interpreteth it Governour or Generall of an Armie and so would I if it were Harwold But being written Harhold Herold I rather turne it love of the Armie For Hold see Rheinhold For Hare and Here that they signifie both an Armie and a Lord it is taken for granted Yet I suspect this Here for a Lord to come from the Latine Herus See Ethelwold HERBERT Germ. Famous Lord bright Lord or Glorie of the Army HERVVIN ger Victorious Lord or Victor in the Armie HARMAN or Hermon ger Generall of an Army the same which Strato or Polemarchus in Greeke Caesar turned it into Arminius Tscudus Hence the German Dukes are called Hertogen as Leaders of Armies HERCVLES gr Glorie or illumination of the aire as it pleaseth Macrobius who affirmeth it to be proper to the Sunne but hath bin given to valiant men for their glorie HIEROME gr Holy name HILDEBERT germ Bright or famous Lord. See Maud. HILARY Lat. Merrie and pleasant HOVVEL A Brittish name the originall whereof some Britan may finde Goropius turneth it Sound or whole as wisely as he saith Englishmen were called Angli because they were good Anglers I rather would fetch Hoel from Haelius that is Sunne-bright as Coel from Caelius HVâ—H Aventinus deriveth it from the German word Hougen that is slasher or cutter But whereas the name Hugh was first in vse among the French and Oâ—frid in the yeare 900. vsed Hugh for Comfort I iudge this name to be borrowed thence and so it is correspondent to the Greeke names Elpidius and Elpis HVMFREY ger for Humfred House-peace a lovely and happie name if it could turne home-warres betweene man and wife into peace The Italians have made Onuphrius of it in Latine HVBERT Sax. Bright forme faire shape or faire hope HORATIO I know not the Etymologie vnlesse you will derive from the Greeke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is wel sighted J IACOâ— Heb. A tripper or supplanter Whose name because he had power with God that he might also prevaile with men was changed into Israel by God See Genes ca. 32. Philo de nominibus mutatis IAMES Wrested from Iacob the same Iago in Spanish Iaques in French which some frenchified English to their disgrace have too much affected IASPER Iâ—EL See Ybel IOACHIM Heb. Preparation of the Lord. IEREMY Heb High of the Lord. IOAB Heb Fatherhood IOHN Heb Gratious yet though so vnfortunate in Kings for that Iohn of England well neare lost his Kingdome and Iohn of France was long captive in England and Iohn Balioll was lifted out of his Kingdome of Scotland that Iohn Steward when the Kingdome of Scotland came vnto him renouncing that name would be proclaimed King Robert See Iuon IOB Heb. Sighing or sorrowing IORDAN Heb The river of iudgement IOSVAH Heb As Iesuiah Saviour IOSCâ—LIN A diminitive from Iâ—st or Iustus as Iustulus according to Islebius but molefied from Iostelin in the old Netherland language from whence it came with Ioscelin of Lovan yonger sonne of Godfrey Duke of Brabant Progenitour of the honourable Percyes if not the first yet the most noble of that name in this Realme Nicotius maketh it a diminitive from Iost Iudocus IOSEPH Heb. Encreasing Philâ— or encrease of the Lord. IOSIAS Heb. Fire of the Lord. IOSVAH Heb The Lord Saviour INGEIBERT See Engelbert INGRAM Germ Engelramus in Latine deduced from Engell which signifieth an Angell as Angelo is common in Italy so Engelbert seemeth to signifie bright Angell ISAAC Heb Laughter the same which Gelasius among the Greekes ISRAEL Heb. Seeing the Lord or prevailing in the Lord See Iacob IVLIVS gr Soft haired or mossie bearded so doth Iulus signifie in Greeke It was the name of Aeneas sonne who was first called Ilus Ilus erat dum res stetit Ilia regno The old Englishmen in the North parts turned Iulius into Ioly and the vnlearned Scribes of that time may seeme to have turned Iulianus into Iolanus for that name doth often occurre in olde evidences IVON is the same with Iohn and vsed by the Welsh and Sclavâ—nians for Iohn and in this Realme about the Conquerours time Iohn was rarely found but Iuon as I have observed IONATHAN Heb. The same with Theodorus and Theodosius that is Gods gift K KENHELME Sax. Defence of his kinred Hâ—â—m Defence Luther so 〈◊〉 Happy defence Bright-helme Faire defence Sig-â—elme Victorious defence KENARD Sax. Kinde disposition and affection his kinred L LAMBERT Sax As some thinke Faire-lamb Luther turneth it Farre famous LANCELOT seemeth a Spanish name and may signifie a Launce as the militarie men vse the word now for an horseman Some think it to be no auntient name but forged by the writer of king Arthurs historie for one of his doubtie knights LAVRENCE Lat Flourishing like a Baie tree the same that Daphnis in Greeke LAZARVS Hebr Lords-help LEOFSTAN Sax most beloved LEOFVVIN Sax Winlove or to be loved as Agapetus and Erasmus with the Greekes and Amandus with the Latines LEONARD ger Lion-like disposition as Thymoleon with the Greekes or Popularis indoles as it pleaseth Lipsâ—â—s that is People pleasing disposition LEVVIS Wrenched from Lâ—dowike which Tilius interpreteth Refuge of the people LEVVLIN Brit. Lion-like the same with Leominus and Leontius LIONELL Lat Leonellus that is Little-lyon LVKE Hebr Rising or lifting vp LEODEGAR or LEGER geâ—m Gatherer of people Lipsius in Poliorceticis or Altogether popular LEODPOLD ger Defender of people corruptly Leopold In our auncient tongue Leod signified people of one Citie as Leodscip was to them Respublica The northerne Germans have yet Leud in the same sense So Luti Liâ—di Leuti and Leudi as the Dialect varieth signifies people In which sence the Normans in the life of Carolus Magnus were called Nortleud The names wherein Leod are found seeme translated from those Greeke names wherein you shall finde Dâ—mâ—s and Lâ—â—s as Demosthenes that is Strength of the people Dimochares that is Gratious to the people Demophilus that is Lover of the people Nicodemus that is Conqueror of people Lâ—â—medon that is Ruler of people Lâ—odâ—mas that is Tamer of people c. LIVIN germ The same with Amatus that is Beloved Kilianus M MADOC Brit from Mad that is Good in the Welsh as Caradoc from Câ—â—â— that is Beloved The same with Agathias in Greek Dict Walicum MALACHIAS hebr My messenger MANASâ—â— hebr not forgotten MARCâ—LLVâ— lat Plutarch out of Pâ—ssidoâ—ius doâ—â—vetâ— it from Mars as martiall and warlike other from Marculus that is an Hammer The latter times turned it to Martell and Mallet which diverse tooke for a surname because they valiantly didde hammer and beate downe their adversaries See Malmes pag. 54. MARMADVC germ Mermachtig as some coniecture which in olde Saxon signifieth More mightie being sweetened in sound by processe of time A name vsuall in the North but most in former times in the noble
families of Tweng Lumley and Constable and thought to be Valâ—ntinianus translated MARKE In Hebrew signifieth High but in Latine according to Varrâ— it was a name at the first given to them that were borne in the moneth of March but according to Festus Pompeius it signifieth a Hammer or Mallet given in hope the person should be martiall MATHEVV hebr Gods-gift MARTIN Lat from Martius as Antoninus from Antonius Saint Martin the militarie Saint bishop of Toures first made this name famous among the Christians by his admirable piety MERCVRIE Lat Quasi medius currens inter deos homines as the Gramarians Etymologize it A mediate coursiâ—or betweene gods and men MEREDITH Brit in Latine Mereducius MERRIC Brit in Latine Meuricus I knowe not whether it be corrupted from Maurice MICHAEL Hebr. Who is perfect or Who is like God The French contract it into Miel MAXIMILIAN A new name first devised by Frederic the third Emperour who doubting what name to give to his sonne and heire composed this name of two worthy Romans names whome he most admired Q. Fabius Maxâ—â—us and Scipio Aemiliâ—â—â— with hope that his sonne would immitate their vertues Hieronymus Gebviterius de fâ—milia Austriaca MILES Lat Mile which some fetch from Milium a kinde of graine called Millet as probably as Plime draweth Fabâ—â— Leâ—tulus Câ—eerâ— from Faba Lens Cicer that is beanes lentill and chich pease But whereas the French contract Michael into Miel some suppose our Miles to come from thence MOSES hebr Drawne vp MORGAN Brit the same with Pelagius that is Seâ—man if we may beleeve an olde fragment and Mor signifies the Sea among the Welsh So Marius Marinus Marianus and Pontius among the Latines have their name from Mare and Pontus the Sea Quâ—re MAVGER a name eftsoones vsed in the worshipfull family of Vavasors Malgerius in olde histories Quare MORICE from the Latine Mâ—â—â—itius and that from Maurus A Moore as Syritius from Syus a Syâ—ian The name not of any worth in his owne signification but in respect of Saint Maurice a Commander in the Thebane Legion martyred for the Christian profession vnder Maximianus N NATHANIEL Hebr The gift of God as Theodâ—sius c. NEALE Fre Blackish or swart for it is abridged from Nigel and so alwayes written in Latine records Nigellus consonant to Nigrinus and Atrius of the Latines Melanius and Melauthus of the Graecians NICHOLAS gre Conquerour of the people NORMAN drawne from the Norman nation as Northerne-man vsuall antiently in the familie of Darcy NOEL Fre the same with the Latine Natalis given first in honour of the feast of Christes birth to such as were then borne O ODo See Othes OLIVER A name fetched from the peace-bringing Olive as Daphnis and Laurence from the triumphant Larâ—rell OSBERN Sax. House-childe as Filius familià s Luther OSBERT Sax. Domesticall brightnes or light of the family OSMVND Sax. House-peace OSVVOLD Ger. House-ruler or Steward for Wold in old English and high Dutch is a Ruler but for this the Normans brought in Ledespencer now Spencer The holy life of S. Oswald King of Northumberland who was incessantly in prayer hath given much honour to this name See Ethelwold OTHES An old name in England drawne from Otho written by some Odo and by others Eudo in English-Saxon Odan and after the originall whereof when 〈◊〉 could not finde I will not seeke Avâ—ntâ—â—s maketh it Hud that is Keeper but Petrâ—â— Blesâ—â—sis Epist 126. maketh it to signifie a Faithfull reconciler for he writeth Odâ— in Episcâ—pum Parisionsem consecratus nomen sâ—is operibus interpretâ—â—i non cessat fidelis sequester inter deum 〈◊〉 Ottwell and Ottey seeme to bee nursenames drawne from Othes OVVEN Lat. Audoenus if it be the same with S. Owen of France But the Britans will have it from old King Oenus father in law to Hercules others from Eugenius that is Noble or well borne Certaine it is that the Country of Ireland called Tir-Oen is in Latine Records Terra Eugenij and the Irish Priests know no Latâ—ne for their Oen but Eugenius as Rothericus for Rorke And Sir Owen Ogle in Latine Records as I have beene enformed was written Eugenius Ogle ORIGINALL May seeme to be deducted from the Greeke Origenos that is Borne in good time P PASCAL Deduced from Pascha the Passover PATRIK Lat. From Patricius Quasi Patram cians A Peere or State he which could cite his father as a man of honour A name given first to Senators sonnes but it grew to reputation when Constantinâ— the Greeke made a new state of Patricij who had place befor the Praefectus Praetâ—riâ— or Lord great Master of the house if it may be so translated Zosimâ—s PAVL Heb. Wonderfull or rest But the learned Baronius drawing it from the Latine maketh it Little or Humble PAVLIN From Paul at Nigrinus from Niger PERCIVAL Is thought at first to have bin a surname and after as many other a Christian nâ—me fetched from Pâ—rcheval a place in Normandie One by allusion made this Percival Per se valens PAYN in Lat. Paganus exempt from militarie service a name now out of vse but having an opposite signification to a millitarie man as Scaliger observeth vpon Ansdnius PETRE For which as the French vsed Pierre so our Ancestours vsed Pierce a name of high esteeme among the Christians since our Saviour named Simon the sonne of Iona Cephas which is by interpretation a stone Ioan. 5. 42. But fole-wisely have some Petres called themselves Pierius PEREGRINE Lat. Strange or outlandish PHILEBERT Ger. Much bright fame or very bright and famous as Polyphemus in Greeke Rhenanus PHILIPPE Gr. A lover of horses Philip Bâ—roald conceiting this his name very clerckly proveth that Phillippe is an Apostolicall name by Saint Philip the Apostle a royall name by King Philip King of Macedonia and an imperiall name by Philip the first Christian Emperour POSTHVMVS Lat. Borne after his fathers death Q QVINTIN Lat. From Quintus the fifth borne a man dignified by Saint Quâ—tin of France R RALFE Germ. Contracted from Radulph which as Rodulph signifieth Help-councell not differing much from the Greeke Eubulus RAYMVND Germ. Quiet peace as Hesichius in Greeke RANDAL Sax. Corrupted from Raâ—ulph that is Faire helpe RAPHAEL Heb The Phisicke of God REINHOLD Sax. Sincere or pure love for the Germans call their greatest and goodliest river for purenes Rheine and the old English vsed Hold for love Holdlic for lovely as Vnhold without love Willeranus vseth Hold for favour which is answerable to love I have also observed Hold for Firme and once for a Generall of an armie RHESE A British name deduced as they thinke from Rhâ—sus the Thracian King who was as Homer describeth him by his Armour of a Giantlike stature But I dare not say the wordimplieth so much in signification yet Rhesi signifieth a Giant in the German tong RICHARD Sax. Powerfull and rich disposition as Richer an antient Christian name signified Powerfull in the Armie or Rich Lord
know the most Cornish men Which signifie a towne a health a poole a church a castle or cittie and a foreland or promontory In like sort many names among the Romans were taken from places as Tarquinius Gabinus Volscius Vatinius Norbanus from Tarquini Gabij Volicâ— Vatia Norba townes in Italie Sigoâ—ius and other before him have observed and likewise Amerinus Carrinas Macenas as Varre noteth So Ruricâ—us Fonteius Fundanus Agellius c. Generally all these following are locall names and all which have their beginning or termination in them the significations whereof for the most parte are commonly knowne To the rest now vnknowne I will adioyne somwhat briefly out of Aâ—fricus and others reserving a more ample explication to his proper place AKER drawne from the Latine Ager AY vide Eye BAC Fre A Ferry BACH the same which Bee a river Munster BANCKE BARNE BARROVV vide Burrow BATHE BEACHE BEAME a Trunck or stock of a tree BEAKE or Bec as Bach vsed in the North. BEGIN a building Alfricus BENT A place where rushes grow BEARNE A wood Beda lib. 4. cap. 2. BERTON or Barton BERRY a Court. Others make it a hill from the Dutch word Berg some take it to bee the same with Burrow and onely varied in dialect BEORH Adceruus as Stane Beorh Lapidum accruus Glossarium vetus BOLD from the Dutch Bol a Feâ—ne BYE From the Hebrew Beth an habitation Alfricus BOIS Fr A wood BORROVGH from the Latine Burguâ— a fortified place or defence pronounced in the South partes Bury in other Burgh and Brough and often Berry and Barrow Alfricus BORNE or Burne a river BOTTLE An house in the North partes Alfricus turneth it Aedes Aedilis Bottleward BOOTH BRIDGE BROME-FIELD BRVNN A fountaine from Burne BRIEVVR Fr An Heath BROVGH See Burrowgh BVRY See Burrow BVRGH See Burrowgh BVRNE Vide Borne BVSH BVTS CAER But a fortefied place or Citty CAMPH CAPELL the same with Chapell CAR A low waterie place where Alders do grow or a poole CARNES the same with stones CASTELL CASTER Chester Cester Chaster the same varied in Dialect a Citty or walled place derived froÌ„ Castrum CAVE CHVRCH CASTER See Chester CHANELL CHAPPELL CHASE CLEY or Clay COVE A small creeke CLIFF and Cleve CLOVGH A deepe descent betweene hills COB A forced harborow for ships as the Cob of Linne in Dorsetshire COPE The top of a high hill COMER a word in vse both in France and England for a valley between two high hills Nicotius COTE COVRTE COVERT Fr A shadowed place or shade CRAGGE CREEK CROFT Translated by Abbo Floriacencis in Praedium a Farme Our Ancestours would say prover bially of a very poore man that He had ne Toft ne Croft CROSSE DALE DELLE A dike DENE A small valley contrary to Doun DEEPES DERNE See Terne DICH or Dish DIKE DOCK DON corruptly sometime for Ton or Towne DON and Doun all one varied in pronuntiation a high hill or Mont. Alfricus ENDE EY a watery place as the Germans vse now Aw Ortelius Alfricus translateth Amnis into Ea or Eye FARME FIELD FELL Sax Cragges barren and stony hills FENN FLEET a small streame FOLD FORD FORREST FOOTE FONT or Funt a spring FRITH A plaine amiddest woods but in Scotland a streight betweene two lands from the Latine Fretum GARNET a great granary GARDEN GARTH A yarde GATE GILL A small water GLIN Welsh A dale GORST Bushes GRANGE Fr A barne Nicotius GRAVE A dich or trench or rather a wood for in that sence I have read Grava in old deedes GRAVET The same with â—rove GREENE GROVE HALE or Haule from the Latine Aula in some names turned into All. HAM Mansio Beda which we call now Home or house often abridged into Am. HATCH HAVVGH or Hoâ—gh A greene plot in a valley as they vse it in the North. HAY Fr A hedge HEAD and Heveth a Foreland PromoÌ„tory or high place HEADGE HEATH HERST See Hurst HERNâ— Sax A house Beda who translateth Whatbern Candida casa HITH A Haven Alfricus HIDE So much land as one plough can plow in a yeare HILL Often in composition changed into Hull and Ell. HOLME Plaine grassie ground vpon water sides or in the water Buchanan HOLT A wood Nemus Alfricus HOLD A tenement or the same with Holl HOPE The side of aâ— hill but in the North a low ground amidst the tops of hills HOVV or Hâ—â— An high place HORN See Hurn HOVSE HVLL See Hill HVNT HVRNE or Horn A corner Alfricuâ— HVRST or Herst A wood ING A meadow or low ground Ignulphus and the Danes still keep it ISLE or I le KAY A landing place a wharfe the old Glossary Kaij Cancelli KNAP KNOLL The top of a hill KYRK A Church from the Greeke Kuriace that is the Lords house LADE Passage of waters Aquaeductus in the olde glossarie is translated Water-lada LAKE LAND LANE LATH A Barne among them of Lincolnshire LAVND A plaine among trees LAVV A hill in vse among the hither Scottishmen LE Brit A place LEY and Leigh the same or a pasture L'LYS Brit A place LOD See Lad. LOCK A place where rivers are vnstopped or a lake as the word is vsed in the North parts LOPPE Salebra An vneven place which cannot be passed without leaping LOVND the same with Laund MARCH A limit or confines MARKET MEADâ— MEDOVV MERE MESNILL or Menill in Norman French A mansion house MERSH MILL MYNE MINSTER contracted from Monastery in the north Mouster in the South Mister MORE MOSSR MOTE MOVTH Where a river falleth into the sea or into another water NESS A promontory for that it runneth into the sea as a nose NORE The same with North. ORCHARD OVER and contractly Ore PACE PARKE PEN brit the top of an hill or mountaine PITTS PLACE PLAT Fr Plaine ground PLAYN POLE POND PORT POVVND PRAT Fre A meddow PRINDLE The same with Crost QVARRY REYKE RIDGE and RIG RING An enclosure ROAD ROVV Fre A streete Raw in the north ROS brit A heath RY Fr from Rive a shore coast or bancke RILL A small brooke RITHY brit from Rith a forde SALE Fre a Hall an entraunce Iunius SAND or SANDS SCARR a craggy stony hill SETT Habitation or seate Ortelius SCHELL a spring See Skell SHAVV Many trees neere together or shadowe of trees SHALLOVVE SHEAL A cottage or shelter the word is vsuall in the wastes of Northumberland and Cumberland SHORE SHOT or SHVT A Keepe Munster SKELL a Well in the olde northerne English SLADE SLOVVE A miâ—y foule place SMETH a smoothe plaine field a woorde vsuall in Norffolke and Suffolke SPIR PYRAMIS A shaft to the olde English or spire steeple SPRING STAKE STRAND A banke of a river STRET STROAD STROVD as some doe thinke the same with Strand STABLE as STALE STALE and STAPLE the same A storehouse STAPLE STED from the Dutch Stadt a standing place a station STEEPLE STEâ— A banke Alfricus STILE STOCKE STOKE the same with Stow STONE or STANE STOVV a place Alfricus STRAITH a
when he succeeded Ochus in the kingdome of Persia called himselfe by the princely name Darius So new names were given to them which were deified by the Paganish consecration as Romulus was called Quirmus Melicertus was called Portunus and Palaemon Likewise in adoptions into better families and testament as the sonne of L. Aemilius adopted by Scipio tooke the name of Scipio Africanus So Augustus who was first named Thureon tooke the name of Octavian by testament by enfranchising also into new Citties as he which first was called Lucumo when he was infranchised at Rome tooke the name of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus So Demetrius Mega when he was there made free of the Citty was called Publius Cornelius Cicero Epist 36. lib. 13. Likewise slaves when they were manumised tooke often their masters names whenas they had but one name in their servile state As they which have read Artemidorus do know how a slave who when he dreamed he had tria virilia was made free the next morning and had three names given him Neither is it to be forgotten that men were not forbidden to change name or surname by the rescript of Dioclesian L. Vinc. c. de mutat nom so be that it were Sine aliqua fraude iure licito As that great Philosopher which was first called Malchus in the Syrian tongue tooke the name of Porphyrius as Eunapius reporteth as before Suetonius the Historian looke to surname 〈◊〉 whenas his father was Suetonius Lâ—uis Those notvvithstanding of strange base parentage were forbidden L. super 〈◊〉 c. de quaest to insert or inthrust themselves into noble and honest families by changing their names which will growe to inconvenience in England as it is thought by reason that Surnames of honourable and worshipfull families are given now to meane mens children for Christian names as it is growen nowe in Fraunce to the confusion of their Gentry by taking new names from their purchased landes at their pleasures Among the Romans nevertheles they that were called ad Equestrem ordinem having base names were new named nomine ingenuorum veterumque Romanorum lest the name should disgrace the dignitie when according to Plato comely things should have no vncomely names It was vsuall amongest the Christians in the Primitive church to change at Baptisme the names of Catechuâ—eâ—i which were in yeeres as that impious Renegado that was before called Lucius was in his Baptisme called Lucianus So the Popes vse to change their names when they enter into the Papaciâ— which as Platiâ—a saith was begunne by Pope Sergius the second who first changed his name for that his former name was Hogges-mouth but other referre the change of names in Popes to Christ who changed Simon into Peter Iohn and Iames into Bonarges Onely Marcellus not long since chosen Pope refused to chaunge his name saying Marcellus I was and Marcellus I will be I will neither change Name nor Manners Other religious men also when they entred into some Orders chaunged their name â—n times past follovving therein as they report the Apostle that chaunged his name from Saule to Paule after he entred into the Ministery borrovving as some say that name from Sergius Paulus the Roman lievtenant but as other will from his lovve stature for hee was but three cubites high as Saint Chrysostome speaking of him Tricubitalis ille tamen coelum ascendit Of changing also Christian names in Confirmation we have saide before but overpassing these forraine matters let vs say somewhat as concerning chaunge of names in England As among the French in former time and also nowe the heire tooke the fathers surname and the yonger sonnes tooke names of their landes allotted vnto them So likewise in times past did they in England and the most common alteration proceeded from place of habitation As if Hugh of Suddington gave to his second sonne his Mannour of Frydon to his third sonne his Mannour of Pantley to his fourth his Wood of Albdy the sonnes calld themsâ—lves De Frydon De Pantley De Albdy and their posteritie removed De. So Hugh Montfortes second sonne called Richard being Lord of Hatton in Warwickeshire tooke the name of Hatton So the yongest sonne of Simon de Montfort Earle of Leicester staying in England when his father was slaine and brethren fled tooke the name of Welsborne as some of that name have reported So the name of Ever came from the Mannour of Ever neere Vxbridge to yonger sonnes of L. Iohn Fitz-Robert de Clavering from whom the Lorde Evers and sir Peter Evers of Axholme are descended So sir Iohn Cradocke knight great grandfather of sir Henry Newton of Somersetshire tooke first the name of Newton which was the name of his habitation as the issue of Huddard in Cheshire tooke the name of Dutton Bnt for varietie and alteration of names in one familie vpon divers respects I will give you one Cheshire example for all out of an antient roule belonging to sir William Brerton of Brerton knight which I sawe twenty yeares since Not long after the Conquest William Bellward lord of the moietie of Malpasse had two sonnes Dan-David of Malpasse surnamed Le Clerke and Richard Dan-David had William his eldest sonne surnamed De Malpasse from whom the Baron Dudley is descended by heire generall His second sonne was named Philip Gogh one of the issue of whose eldest sonnes tooke the name of Egerton a third sonne tooke the name of David 〈◊〉 and one of his sonnes the name of Goodmâ—â— Richard the other sonne of the aforesaid William Belward had three sonnes who tooke also divers names viz. Thomas de Câ—tgrave William de Overton and Richard Little who had two sonnes the one named Ken-clarke and the other Iohn Richardson Heerein you may note alteration of names in respect of habitation in Egerton Cotgrave Overton in respect of colour in Gâ—gâ— that is Red in respect of qualitie in him that was called Goodmâ—n in respect of stature in Richard Little in respect of learning in Ken-clarke in respect of the fathers Christian name in Richardson all descending from William Bellward And verily the Gentlemen of those so different names in Cheshire would not easily be induced to beleeve they were descended from one house if it were not warranted by so antient a proofe In respect of stature I could recite to you other examples but I will onely adde this which I have read that a yong Gentleman of the house of Preux being of tall stature attending on the Lord Hungerford Lord Treasourer of England was among his fellowes called Long H who after preferred to a good marriage by his Lorde was called H. Long that name continued to his posteritie knights and men of great worship Other took their mothers surnames as A. Audley yonger brother to Iames lord Audley marrying the daughter and heire of H. de Stanley left a sonne William that tooke the name of Stanley from whome Stanley Earle of Derby aud other of that name are descended
came to the kingdome by perswasion of her Cleargie she bare winged Time drawing Trueth out of a pit with VERIT AS TEMPORIS FILIA Her Successor of blessed memory Queene Elizabeth vpon occasions vsed so many heroicall devises as would require a volume but most commonly a Sive without a Motte for her words VIDEO TACEO and SEMPER EADEM which shee as truely and constantly performed Cardinal Poole shevvd the terrestrial globe incompassed with a Serpent adding this out of Saint Mathew ESTOTE PRVDENTES NOw I will descend from the bloud Royall and former time and present vnto you a few Impreses born by noble and gentlemen of our nation in our age without commenting vpon them as the Italians vse For the persons names I am to be pardoned as knowing them not when I observed them at Titles and else-where But such as adioyned after the olde and most laudable Italian manner their Armes withall He signified his constancie in aduersitie which painted a man swimming and striving against the streame in a tempestuous sea with this ANIMVS TAMEN IDEM Desirous was he to rise but found counterblasts who figured a man ascending a Mountaine but repelled with contrarie winds with this Mot NITENS AD SVMMA REPELLOR Henry Howard Earle of Surrey sonne and heire to Thomas Duke of Norfolke devised for himselfe I know not vpon what consideration a broken piller with this word SAT SVPEREST But I reade he was charged at his arraignement with that devise the impaling of his Armes with the Armes of Saint Edward and erecting three banqueting houses as Bastilions in his garden neere Norwich as matters of great consequence and high treason to the losse of his life This is that noble Earle of Surrey who first among the Nobilitie of England conioyned the honour of learning to the honour of high Parentage Of whom the learned Hadrianus Iunius giueth this testimonie in Lattine which I cannot so well expresse in English Hâ—roicum corporis filium ingenium velox expromptum memoria inexhausta planeque Mythridatica sermo ob ipsis Gratiis effictus linguarum multiplex cognitio c. He would either finde a way or make a way to his preferment which caused to be pourtrayed a hand working out a way in a craggie hill with a pickaxe and this woord INVENIT AVT FACIT Sir Philip Sidney to note that he persisted alwayes one depainted out the Caspian sea surrounded with his shoares which neither ebbeth nor floweth and over it SINE REFLVXV He acknowledged his essence to be in his gratious Soveraigne which bare a Sunne-diall and the Sun setting adding OCCASV DESINET ESSE Hee might seeme to beare a vindicative minde but I thinke it was for some amorous affection which bare a she vpon an eye with SIC VLTVS PEREAM Vpon his Princes favour he wholy 〈◊〉 which devised the Sunne shining vpon a bush subscribâ—â—g SI DESâ—RIS PEREO. As he which in like sense bare the Sunne reflecting his rayes from him with QVOVS QVE AVERTES His devote minde to his Lady hee devoutly though not religiously shewed which vnder Venus in â—â—â—owde chaunged the vsuall prayer into SALVA ME DOMINA He shewed his affectionate goodwill in height of courage that shewed in his shield Atlas bearing heaven with a roule inscribed in Italian INTENDAM CHE PVO. The force of love was well figured by him that gave an Vnicorne happly the badge of his family reposing his head in a Ladies lappe with this worde O QVANTA POTENTIA Excellent was that of the late Earle of Essex who when he was cast downe with sorrow and yet to be employed in Armes bare a blacke mourning shield without any figure but inscribed PAR NVLLA FIGVRA DOLORI A stedfast settled minde was in that gentleman that devised for himselfe a Pyramis open to winde and weather with NEC FLATV NEC FLVCTV He noted our peaceable times when having a Martiaâ—l minde shewed an armed Knight soundly sleeping in a cocke-boate vpon a calme Sea with AEQVORA TVTA SILENT Hee played with a Name and hoped remedy to his Love which dâ—vised a Rose with that of Ovid leaving out the negâ—tive AMOR EST MEDICABILIS HFRBIS A Gentleman committed and after to his great commendâ—tion enlarged tooke to him for an Imprese a Ball vpon a Racket sapersâ—ebing PERCVSSA RESVRâ—O The Sunne declining to the Weast with Occidens Occidens I being short in the first word and long in the second shewed that the safetie and life both of the bearer and of others did depend on the light and life of the Soveraigne A studious lover of good letters framed to himselfe only the figure of I with this philosophicall principle OMNIA EX VNO Out of Philosophie likewise an other to notifie his greatest impeachment drew this principle EX NIHIâ—O NIHIL and inscribed it bend-wise with his Armes in a bare shield One weighed downe with some adverse happe and yet not altogether hopelesse painted an heavy stone fastned to a mans arme with SPES MIHI MAGNA TAMEN Neither seemed he voide of all hope for his paines after long service which painted a followe fielde with AT QVANDO MESSIS The Needle in the Sea Compasse still moving but to the North poynt onely with MOVEOR IMMOTVS notified the respective constancie of the gentleman to one onely The ornament of our land was meant by him which placed only the Moone in heaven in full light with QVID SINE TE COELVM Farre was he from Venus service with bare Venus portrayed in a cloude with NIHIL MINVS But whole devoted was hee to that goddesse which contrariwise bare the Astronomicall character of Venus with NIHIL MAGIS The successive varietie of wordly affaires or his owne favours a studious Genâ—leman well noted which painted in an Hemisphere some starres rising some setting with SVRGVNT QVE CADVNT QVE VICISSIM His whole trust reposed that good Divine in God which after some adversities set vppe a Rocke beaten with winde weather to expresse his state yet standing with DEO IVVANTE DEO CONSERVANTE Heavenly cogitations were in him who onely figured a man kneeling with â—is hands lifted vp to the heavens with this inscribede SVPREMA OPTIMA MVNDI A verie good invention was that to shew his stay and support by a virgin Prince who presented in his shield the Zodiacke with the Characters onely of Leo and Virgo and this word HIS EGO PRAESIDIIS It may bee thought that he noted deserts to bee everie where excluded and meere happe to raise most men who inscribed within a Laurell Garland FATO NON MERITO A lavish tongue might seeme to have damnified the Gentleman which tooke for his device Landskip as they call it and solitarie Mountaines with TVTI MONTES TVTVM SILENTIVM He had no great care to expâ—esse his conceit in an Imprese which neverthelesse he did expresse which bare a white shield enscribed NEC CVRA NEC CHARACTER No Knight of Venus was he who as triumphing over her force bare
backe vnto his flocke Whereuppon the King sent vnto the Pope the armour that he was taken in and willed his Ambassadour to vse the words of Iacobs sonnes vnto their father when they had solde away their brother Ioseph Hanc invenimus vide vtrum tunica filij tui sit an 〈◊〉 This wee found see whether it be the coate of thy sonne or no. Nay quoth the Pope it is not the coate of my sonne nor of my brother but some impe of Mars and let him procure his deliverie of he will for I wil be no meane for him When the French king and king Richard the first beganne to parlee of peace his brother Iohn who had falsely and vnnaturally revolted vnto the French king fearing himselfe came in of his owne accord and suppliantly besought Richard brotherly to pardon his manifolde offences that he had vnbrotherly committed against him hee rehersed the straight league of brotherly piety he recounted the many merits of his brother he bewailed with teares that hitherto he had beene vnmindefull of them as an vnnaturall and vnthankefull person Finally that hee dooth live and shall live hee dooth acknowledge that hee hath received it at his handes The king being mollified with this humble submission saide God graunt that I may as easily forget your offences as you may remember wherein you have offended IN the wofull warres with the Barons when king Iohn was viewing of the Castle of Rochester held against him by the Earle of Arundel he was espied by a very good Arcubalister who tolde the Earle thereof and saide that hee would soone dispatch the cruell tyrant if he would but say the word God forbid vile varlet quoth the Earle that we should procure the death of the holy one of God What saide the souldier he would not spare you if hee had you at the like advantage No matter for that quoth the Earle Gods good wil be done and be wil dispose and not the King Math Paris When one about him shewed him where a noble man that had rebelliously borne armes against him lay verie honourably intoombed and advised the king to deface the monument he said No no but I would al the rest of mine enemies were as honourably buried Idem When diverse Greekes came hither and offered to proove that there were cettaine â—rrours in the Church of England at that time hee reiected them saying I will not suffer our faith established to be called in question with doubtful disputations Fragm antiquum aeditum à P. Pithaeo Yet when the saide king Iohn sawe a fatie Bucke haunched he saide to the standers by See how faire and fatte this Buâ—ke is and yet hee never heard Masse all his life long But this may be forged to his disgrace by the envious Math. Paris IN a solemne conference betweene king Henry the third of England and Saint Lewes king of France the onely devout kings of that age when the French king saide He had rather heare Sermons than heare Masses Our king replied which some will smile at now but according to the learning of that time That he had rather see his loving friend meaning the reall presence in the Sacrament than to heare never so much good of him by others in sermons This I note because it was then thought facetious which I doubt not but some wil now condemne as superstitious Gâ—â—l Rishanger Pecham that Opticall Archbishop of Canterbury who writte Perspectiva Communis when Pope Gregorie the tenth who had created him Archbishop commaunded him to pay foure thousand markes within foure moneths vnder paine of excommunication hee that came vnto the See then deepely indebted saide Beholde you have created me and as a creature doth desire to be perfected by his creator so I doe in my oppressions flie vnto your Holmesse to be recreated Archiep. Cantuar. Sewall Archbishop of Yorke much agrieved with some practises of the Popes collectors in England tooke all patiently and saide I will not with Chaâ— discover the nakednes of my father but cover and conceale it with Sem. As Constantine the Great saide that hee would cover the faults of Bishops and Fathers of the Church with his Imperiall robe Mat. Paris Pope Innocentius the fourth when he offered the kingdome of Sicil and Naples to Richard Earle of Cornewall with many impossible conditions You might as well say de the Earles Agent at Rome say to my Lord and Maister I sell or give you the Moone climbe vp catch is and take it Anonymus qui incipit Rex Pictorum Alexander successor to Innocentius sent vnto the saide Earle Richard to borrow a great masse of money but the Earle answered I wil not lend to my superior uppon whome I cannot distraine for the debts This Richard is reported by the saide Author to have had so great treasure that hee was able to dispend for tenne yeeres an hundred markes a day which according to the Standard of that time was no small summe Idem In the raigne of king Henry a Bishop of London stoâ—â—ly withstoode the Popes Nunciâ— that would have levied exactions of the Cleargie Whereupon the Nâ—â—ciâ— complained vnto the king who shortly menaced the Bishop and tolde him he would cause the Pope to plucke his peacockes toile but the Bishop boldely answered the King that the Pope and he being too strong for him might bereave him of his bishoprick by might but never by right and that although they tooke away his Mitre yet they would leave him his Helmet Lib. Cantuar. Wicked rather than wittie is that of a Deane high treasurer of England that had demeaned himselfe so well in his office that when he died he made this wicked will I bequeathe all my goodes and possessions vnto my liege Lords the King my body to the earth and my soule to the divell Idem VVHen Edward the first heard of the death of his onely sonne hee tooke it grievously as a father but patiently as a wise man But when hee vnderstoode shortely after of the departure of his father king Henry the third he was wholy deiected and comfortlesses whereat when Charles king of Sicile with whome he then soiourned in his returne from the holy land greatly marvelled He satisfied him with this God may send more sonnes but the death of a father is irrecoverable Waâ—singham This is that king Edward the first who as in lineaments of body he surpassed all his people being like Saul higher than any of them so in prudence conioyned with valour and industry he excelled all our Princes giving ther by sure ankerholde to the governement of this realme waving vp and downe before most vncertainely Which hee effected not so much by establishing good lawes as by giving life vnto his lawes by due execution And as my Author saith Iudices potissimùm iudicans quos constituit indices aliorum Who addeth also this of him Nemâ— in consilijs illo argutior in eloquâ—â— torrentiâ—r in periculis socurior in prosperis â—â—utiâ—r in adversis