in Hunting a setting of hounds in a readinesse where the Deer are likely to passe Release in the Common Law is an instrument whereby estates rights titles entrys actions and other things are sometimes extinguished sometimes inlarged sometimes transferred and sometimes abridged Relief in Common Law is a certain summe of money that the Tenant holding by knights-service grandsergeantry or other Tenure for which homage or regal service is due or by soccage for which no homage is due and being at full age at the death of his Ancestour doth pay to his Lord at his entrance Also a term in Architecture Relegâ—tion lat a sending or conveying away a banishing To Relent lat to grow soft it is also used metaphorically for to melt into pitty or compassion Relevation lat a raising or lifting up again Relict lat a thing forsaken or left destitute also the Widow of a deceased husband is called the Relict of such a one Reliquary French a shrine or casket where reliqnes i. something preserved either of the body or cloths of deceased Saints are kept Reloâ—iâ—in a returning to the same point again Reliquation lat remains or a being in arrearage Reluctation or Reluctance lat a striving wrestling or strugling against Remainder in Common Law signifieth a power or hope to enjoy Lands Rents or Tenements after the estate of another expired Remancipation lat a returning back a commodity into the hands of him of whom it was first bought Remembrancers three officers belonging to the Exchequer the first is called the Kings Remembrancer who entreth in his office all recognisanses taken before the Barons and maketh bonds for any of the Kings debts or for appearance or observing of orders and maketh proces for the breach of them The second the Lord Treasurers Remembrancer who puts him and the rest of the Justices in remembrance of such things as are to be dealt in for the Princes behoof The third is the Remembrancer of the first fruits and tenths who taketh all composition for first fruits and tenths and maketh process against such as pay not the same Remigation lat a rowing with oares Reminiscence lat a remembring or calling to mind Remisse lat slack negligent Remissible lat pardonable or to be forgiven Remitter in Common Law is a restitution of him that hath two titles to Lands unto that which is more ancient Remonstrance lat a declaring shewing or giving of reasons Remora a fish called a Sea-lamprey or Suckstone which stoppeth the course of a Ship also taken metaphorically for any delay or hindrance Remorse lat as it were a rebiting or gnawing again the sting of conscience or troubles of mind for former evil actions Remuneration lat a rewarding or recompensing for former good turus Remus the brother of Romulus who slew him that he might obtain the whole dominion to himself Rencounter French an unexpected adventure or meeting of two adverse parties Renavigation lat a sailing back Rendevous a word signifying in French render your selves a place where souldiers are mustred Rendlesham or Rendlisham a Town in Suffolk anciently the Mansion house of Redwald King of the East Saxons who being the first of that Kingdom that was baptized neverthelesse by his wifes seducement he had in the same Church one altar for Christian Religion and another for his old heathen superstition Renegado Span. a souldier that revolts to the enemy Renimed or Runningmead a famous meadow in the County of Middlesex where in the year of our Lord 1215 the Barons of England assembled in great numbers to claim their liberties of King John Renitency lat a resistance or striving against Renodation lat an unknitting or undoing of a knot Renovation lat a making new or fresh a renewing Rent in Common Law is a summe of money or other consideration issueing yearly out of Lands or Tenements Renversed French turned the contrary Renumeration lat a numbring counting or paying back Renunciation lat a bringing word back again Renvoy French a dismission or sending back Repandous lat bowed or bent back Reparation lat a mending or making up again Repast French as it were a feeding again a meale Repastination lat the altering of grounds with often digging Repensation lat a recompensing or making satisfaction Repentine lat sudden unawares unexpected Repercussion lat a beating or striking back Repertitious lat found by chance Repignoration lat a redeeming a pawn or gage Repletion lat a stuffing or filling full Replevy the bringing of a Writ called replegiari facias by him that hath his cattel or other goods distraind and putting in surety to the Sheriff that upon delivery of the thing distrained he will pursue the action against him Replication lat an unfolding also a second answering or making a reply Report in Common Law is a relation or repetition of a case debated or argued Reposition lat a putting back a setting again in his place Repository lat a storehouse or place to keep things in more peculiarly by the Architects such places as are built for the laying up of rareties either in picture or other arts are called Repositories Reprehension lat a blaming or reproving Representation lat a making the resemblance or likenesse of any thing Reprise French a taking back again also any deduction or duty paid yearly out of a Manour Reprisell French a seizing on for a pawn or prize See Law of Marque To Reprive in Common Law is to take back a prisoner from the execution or proceeding of the Law Reprobation lat a reproving also a rejecting or casting out of favour whence a Reprobate is taken for a wicked person or one cast out of gods favour Reptitious lat stealing or creeping on by degrees Repton a Town in Darbyshire famous in old times for being the burial place of King Aethelbald and also for the misfortune of Burthred the last King of the Mercians who was here deprived of his Kingdom by the Danes Republique lat a Common-wealth or Free-State Repudiation lat a refusing a putting away or divorcing Repugnancy lat resistance contrariety of one thing to another Repullulation lat a budding forth a springing up again Repumication lat a slicking or raizing with a pumice Reputation lat esteem reckoning or good opinion Request French a petition or desire also a Court of the same nature with the Chancery redressing by equity the wrongs that divers men suffer either by Law or otherwise at the hands of those that are more powerfull than themselves To sing a Requiem signifieth to sing a Masse for the eternal rest of the soules of those that are deceased the word Requies signifying in Latin rest Resceyt lat receptio in Common Law is an admission of a third person to plead his right in a cause between other two To Rescind lat to take away to destroy or repeal whence a Rescissorian Act is that which makes void a former Act or Law Rescissorian action lat an action that nulleth or maketh void Rescous in Common-law is a
word signifies in Greek softhaired Julius the sirname of Ascanius the son of Aeneas and his first wife Creusa he came along with his father into Italy and built the City Alba in the place where he found the white Sow with the 30 Pigs also the son of Ascanius who stood in competition for the kingdom of Alba with Silvius Posthumus the son of Aeneas by his second wife Lavinia the word signifieth in Greek the soft down appearing on the chin of a young man before he comes to have a perfect beard July the name of the fifth moneth from March which was heretofore accounted the first moneth of the year it was so named from Julius Caesar being in former time called Quintilis Jumentarious lat belonging to a horse or any kind of labouring beast called in Latin jumentum Juncture lat a joyning together also a joynt also juncture of time the very nick or moment of time June the fourth moneth of the year from March the first Some say it was so called from Juno as it were junonian moneth Others from Junius Brutus who begun his Consulship in that moneth it is called in Greek Hecatombaeon from the Hecatombs or Sacrifices of a hundred Oxen which used to be offered to Jupiter in this moneth Junke in Navigation is any piece of an old cable Juno the daughter of Saturn and Ops and both wife and sister to Jupiter to whom she brought forth Vulcan and Mars and a daughter called Hebe whom she conceived by eating of green Lettice she is called Juno a juvando i. from giving help also Lucina from causing men to see the light of the World being said to be present at the birth of all children that come into the World and to sit crosse-legged when any miscarry She is also called Sospita a Sospitando i. e. keeping in safety Juno's teares a kind of plant otherwise called Vervain Junto or Junta Span. a meeting together of men to â—it in council Ivory French the Elephants tooth being the finest and whitest kind of bone of which boxes and several sorts of things are made Jupiter the son of Saturn by his wife Ops born at the same birth with Juno and hid in the mountain Ida in Creet where he was bred up by the Curetes unknown to his father Saturn who intending to devoure all his male children his wife Ops gave him a great stone wrapt up in swadling clouts to eat instead of his son Jupiter who coming to age and understanding his fathers designs against him conspired against him and cast him out of his dominions and divided the government of the World between himself and his two brothers the Heavens he reserved to himself to Neptune he gave the Empire of the Sea and to Pluto the lower Regions of the Earth Jupiter Belus the second King of Babylon or as some say the first he was the son of Nimrod called also Saturn Juration lat a swearing or taking an oath Jurats French certain officers otherwise called Eschevins or Sheriffs Jurden or Jordon a kind of Urinal or Chamberpot also Jordan is the name of a River dividing Perea from the rest of Judaea Juridical lat belonging to the Law judicial or which will bear an action Jury in lat Jurati signifieth in Common Law a company consisting of 24 or 12 men empanelled and sworn to deliver a truth upon such evidence as shall be delivered them touching the matter in question there being three sorts of trials either by Assize or Jury by Battel or by Parliament In every general Assize there is both a Grand Jury consisting of 24 substantial men chosen indifferently out of the whole County and others called Petit Juries consisting of 12 to whom are referred such things concerning life and death as the Grand Jury have approved of Jurisdiction lat authority to make or execute Laws Also it is used for any kind of power or authority A Jurist a Lawyer Jurisprudence lat knowledge or skil in the Laws Jurn or Journchoppers the regraters or changers of yarn Juror one of the twelve men in a Jury Jury-mast is one made at sea in case of necessity by fastning several pieces together Jussel a minutal from jus signifying a dish made of several meats minced together Jussulent lat full of broth or pottage Justes French tikings or combats on horseback with Speares and Lances Justice or Justicer French an officer deputed by the King or Common-wealth to act by way of judgement Justice of the Kings Bench is the capital or chief Justice of England he is a Lord by his office which is most especially to hear and determine all pleas of the Crown that is such as concern offences committed against the Crown Dignity and Peace of the King as Treasons Mayhems and the like Justice of Common pleas is he who hears and determines all causes at the Common Law that is all civil causes between common persons as well personal as reall He is also a Lord by his office Justice of the Forrest or Justice in eyre of the Forrest is he that hath the hearing and determining of all offences within the Kings Forrest committed against Venison or Vert and is also a Lord by his office Justices of Assises such as were wont by special commission to be sent into this or that County to take Assises for the ease of the subjects Justices of oyer and terminer are Justices deputed upon some special and extraordinary occasions to hear and determine causes Justices in eyre those that were wont to be sent with commissions into divers Counties to hear such causes as were termed the Pleas of the Crown and were for the â—ase of the subjects who must have come to the Kings Bench if the cause were too high for the County-Court from the French word Erre a journey Justices of Goale delivery are such as are sent with commission to hear and determine all causes appertaining to such as for any offence are cast into Goale Justices of Nisi prius the same now adayes with Justices of Assises Justices of tryal baston or trayl baston were certain Justices appointed by Edward the first to make inquisition through the Realme upon all Officers as Mayors Sheriffs Escheatours c. touching extortion briberies intrusion into other mens lands and Barratours that used to take money for beating of men and they had power either to punish by death or to exact a ransome This term comes from two French words treille an arbour or form and baston a staff or pole to note that the Justices imployed in this commission had authority to proceed without any solemn Judgement-seat but wheresoever they could apprehend the malefactours Justices of peace are such as are appointed by the Kings commission to attend the peace in the County where they dwell whereof such whose commission begins Quorum vos unum esse volumus are called Justices of the Quorum Justicies a Writ directed to the Sheriff for the dispatch of justice in some especial cause wherewith
those things which are used in physick to gnaw or eat into any part of the body Corrugation lat a contracting together a drawing into wrinkles Corruption lat a tainting or depraving Corruption of the blood signifyeth in law an infection of the blood growing to the estate and issue of a man tainted with treason whereby he looseth all to the Prince and both he and his heirs are made ignoble Corsary French a Courrier Corse praesent law-term the body of a beast or some such like offering given to the Priest out of a dead mans goods It is also called a Mortuary Corslet Ital. the same as Cuirasse in French armour for the back and brest Corsure or Courser old word a Broaker Corstopitum the ancient name of a Town in Northumberland mentioned by Antonine Some think it to be the same with Ptolemies Curiae Ottadinorum now called Corbridge Corticated lat covered with a bark or rind Corven old word carved Corvine lat belonging to a Crow or Raven Corviser see Cordwainer Coruscation lat lightning a flashing or glimmering of light Corybantes the Priests of Cybele who used to celebrate the Feasts of Cybele with dancing and ringing of Cymbals they were thought to be the same with the Curetes and Idaei Dactyli Coscinomancy Greek a divination by a seive Cosenage a Writ that lieth where the father of the Great grandfather is seized in his demesu as of fee at the day of his death of certain lands and tenements and he dying a stranger entereth and intrudeth Then shall his heir have this Writ of Cosenage Cosh or Cotterel old word a Cottage Cosham a Town in Wiltshire in ancient times the Mansion house of King Ethelred Cosier old word a Botcher called also a Sowter Cosmical Greek belonging to the World Cosmical rising of a Star is a term used in Astronomy signifying a Star rising at the same time with the Sun Cosmography Greek a description of the World with the Climates and Circles marked upon the Globe and in Maps Cosmometry Greek a measuring of the World by degrees and minutes being a part of Geography or Cosmography Cost a term in Blazon being the fourth part of the Bend or half the Gartier Costive from the Latin word Constipatus having the belly bound Costmary an herb called Balsamine or Alecoast Costrel old word a wine-pot Cote a kind of refuse or clotted wool also a cottage or sheepfold Coteswold old word a company of sheepcotes and sheep feeding on hills A Cottager signifieth in Law he that dwelleth in a Cottage or house without land or at most having but 4 acers belonging to it Cotterel see Cosh Cotton a kind of stuff otherwise called Frize or Bombasin Couchant French lying or squatting close to the ground a word often used in Heraldry to expresse that posture Covenable or Convenable old word suitable or convenient Covenant French a bargain pact or agreement also Covenant in Law is that which the Law intendeth to be made though in words it be not exprest also the name of a Writ that lyeth for the breach of any Covent see Câ—nvent Coventry a famous City in Warwickshire so called from a Covent of Monks that was anciently there The first Lord of this City is said to be one Leofric who imposing heavy taxes upon the Citizens remitted them at last at the earnest intercession of his wife Godiva upon condition she would ride naked thorough the chief street of the City which she performed but so covered with her long hair that no body could discern her Covercle or Coverkill old word a lid or cover Covert French an ombrage or shady place for Deer or other beasts Coverture in Common law is the condition of a married woman who by the Laws of England is under Covertbaron and so disabled to make any bargain without her husbands consent Coughton a place in Warwickshire the principle Mansion of the Throgmortons a very ancient Family Covie French a term in fouling signifying a nest or brood of Partridges Covin fraud from the Latin word Convenire it signifieth in Common law a deceitful agreement between two or more to the prejudice of another Coulant French flowing or gliding along Couldray French a hazel grove Coule a vessel to carry water in also a roab which Fryers use to wear called in Latin Cucullus Coulter Lat. a plough-sheare Councel with a c. lat Concilium an assembly of Counsellours Count French an Earle also a Law Term coming from the Latin word Computatio and signifies the Original declaration in a processe chiefly in real actions Countercomponed a Term in Armory as a bordure countercomponed is a bordure compounded of two colours counterly placed Counteurs or Conteurs are those which a man setteth to speak for him in Court as Advocates whereas Plaideurs speak as Counsellours at law for one who is present himself Countenance French the face or visage also estimation or credit also a Term in Law signifying the favour that is shew'd to poor men that will swear they have nothing whereof they may make fine Counter a Trades-mans chest where he puts his cash or money also a prison in London where men are put for debt from the French word Compter or from the Dutch word Cantor a secluded place also Counters are certain little things to cast account with Counterfeit French to feign Countermaund French a revocation of a former command Countermure a word in fortification a Wall or Bank opposite to the Town Wall Counterpain one of the Copies of a pair of deeds or indentures so that one party may keep one part and the other the other Counterplea signifieth in Common-law that which the demandant alleadgeth against a Tenant in courtesie or in dowr who prayeth in aid of the King or him who hath the reversion for his better defence Counterpoint opposition also a Term in Musick being a composing of parts together by setting points one against another also a Term in Needle-work called back-stitch or quilt-stitch Counter-round a Term in Military Discipline signifying a certain number of Officers going to visit the Rounds or the Sentinels Counter-scarf a Term in fortification that side of the moat which is opposite to the Fortresse Counter-tail or Counter-tally one of the two tallies or pieces of wood whereon any thing is scored whereof one party keeps one piece and the other the other piece Countervail French to be of equal price County or Shire a certain portion or circuit of the Realm into which the whole land is divided County-court a Court held every moneth by the Sheriffe or his Deputy the under Sheriffe Coup old word a piece cut off or cut out Coupant French cutting or lopping Couple-close a Term in Blazon being the fourth part of a Cheveron Courfine old word fine heart Courser French a horse of service Court the house where a King hath his present residence also a place where justice is judicially ministred from the Latin curia or from the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i.
another Copy E D Edacity lat a greedy eating or devouring Eddie the turning round in a stream Edelfleda or Elfleda the wife of Ethelred King of the Mercians who after her husbands death governed that Kingdom for eight years with great prudence and moderation Edentate lat to make toothlesse Edgehill a Hill in Warwick-shire where the first pitch't field was fought between the forces of King Charles the first and the Parliament of England Edict lat a Proclamation or publick Ordinance Edification lat building also it is Metaphorically taken for instruction Edifice lat a house or building Edil or Eadile lat an Officer in Rome who was appointed to oversee the building of Temples and private houses Edinton called in old time Eathandune a Town in Wiltshire where King Alfred overthrew the Danes in a memorable battle here also William de Edinton Bishop of Winchester erected a Colledge for an Order of men called bon hommes i. e. good men Edition lat a setting forth of any thing but commonly it is taken for the impression of a book Edmund the proper name of a man signifying in the Saxon tongue happy peace St. Edmundsbury a Town in Suffolk anciently called Bederick's gueord i. e. the Court or Mansion-house of Bederick and seems to have been the same Town with that which Antonine calleth Villa Faustini It derived its present name from King Edmund who was cruelly put to death by the Danes and his body translated hither a stately Church being also erected to his memory which being demolished by Suenus the Dane was built anew by his son Canutus to expiate his fathers sacriledge Education lat a bringing up or instructing Edward a proper name signifying in the Saxon tongue happy keeper E F Effable lat to be express't or uttered Effâ—ct Lat. the doing or finishing of a thing Efficacie lat vertue ability also force urgency in speech Efficient lat causing to come to passe it is a word chiefly applied to one of the four causes treated of in Logick Effiction lat a forming or expressing a thing Effigies lat the form or representation of any thing Efflagitation lat an earnest requesting or importuning Efflâ—rescence lat a sprouting or budding forth Effluence Effluvium or Efflux lat a flowing forth Effoemination lat a making soft nice or womanish Efforts French violent Assays strong impressions Effroenation lat unbridlednesse or rashnesse Effronterie see Affrontednesse Effusion lat a powring out or wasting Eft old word again Eftsoones old word quickly E G. Egbert a proper name signifying in the Saxon tongue ever bright and famous Egestion lat a voiding or conveying forth Eggement old word procurement Eglantine a certain herb so called from the Dutch Eghel i. e. a Hedge-hog because it is full of prickles It is also call'd sweet Bryar Eglogue see Eclogue Egregious lat excellent Egremont a Castle in Cumberland which William de Mesâ—hines held by Knights service of King Henry the first Egression or Egresse lat a going forth Egrimony see Aegrimony E J Ejaculation lat a casting forth also by Metaphor a spiritual trance Ejection lat a casting out The Eight anciently called Alney i. e. the Island a place in Glocestershire where a single Combat was fought between Edmund King of the English and Canutus King of the Danes to decide their right to the Kingdom Eirenarchie Greek the Office of Constable or Justice of Peace Ejulation lat a yelling or pittifull crying out Ejuration lat a renouncing a yielding up ones place E L. Ela the highest note in the scale of Musick or Gam ut Elaborate lat done with exactnesse and pains An Elaboratory or Labratory lat a place to work in properly a Chymists work-house or shop Elapidation lat a taking away stones Elapsion lat a slipping out Elated lat lifted up exalted proud Eld old word age Eldership Ele old word help Eleanor a proper name of women deduced from Helena Elecampane in Latin Enula Campana a certain Herb called Horseheal Election lat a choosing or setting apart Elections are times elected for the doing any manner of work by the secret operations of the Heavens by the nature of the signes planets and aspects of the Moon Electors certain Princes belonging to the Roman Empire Electrum a kinde of precious Gum called Amber distilling from Poplar Trees into which the Poets fain the sisters of Phaeton to have been turned Electuarie a certain confection or Medicinable composition made of the most select drugs Eleemosynary Greek an Almner or giver of Almes Elegancy lat gallantnesse in speech or apparel Elegie Greek a kinde of mournfull verse or Funeral song Elegit a Writ for the recovery of goods or lands toward the payment of any debt Elements those pure unmix't bodies which are principles of all things an Element is defin'd by the Philosophers to be a body not composed of any former bodies and of which all former bodies are composed also the rudiments of any Art also the single letters of the Alphabet Elench Greek a subtile or argumentary reproof Elenge old word strange Elephancie or Elephantiacy Greek a kinde of disease called a leprosie Elevation lat an exalting or lifting up Eleyson see Kyre Eleyson Elf a fairy it seems to be corrupted from the Greek word Ephialtes Elguze the left shoulder of Orion Elibation see Delibation Elicitation lat a drawing out an enticing Eligible lat apt to be elected or chosen Elimation lat a filing off Elimination lat a throwing over the threshold a casting out of doors Eliquament lat a fat juyce which is squeezed out of any kinde of flesh Elizabeth Hebr. quiet rest of the Lord a proper name of women Elision lat a hitting against Elixation lat a seething Elixir in Arab. signifieth strength it is commonly taken for the quintessence of any thing the Philosophers stone Elizabeth the proper name of a woman from the Hebrew words Eli and Shavang i. e. the Oath of God Elk a kinde of strong swift beast derived from the Greek word Alce i. e. strength Ellis a proper name corruptly for Elias Hebr. Lord God Elmet a certain Territory or little Region about Leeds in York-shire anciently so called which Eadwin the son of Ealla King of Northumberland Conquered from Cereticus the Brittish King in the year 620. Elocution lat proper speech handsome utterance Elogie lat a Testimony given in commendation of any one Eloinment French or Elongation lat a removing a great way off Elopement in Law is when a married woman leaves her husband and dwells with an Adulterer Eloquence lat neatnesse power and perswasivenesse in speech Elucidation lat a making bright clear or plain Elvish old word froward Elutheria Greek certain feasts celebrated by the ancient Heathens Elysian fields certain pleasant places into which the Heathens held that the Souls of men passed after death E M Emaceration lat a making lean Emaciating the same Emaculation lat a taking away of spots Emanation lat a flowing from Emancipation lat hath the same
and gives another his place as it were lever le cul i. to lift up or remove the buttock it is also called Hitchbuttock Levie French signifieth in Common Law to erect or sit up also to tax or gather money Leviathan an Hebrew word signifying a Whale or as some think a water-serpent of a vast bignesse Levigation or Laevigation lat a making plain or smooth Levitical belonging to the Tribe of Levi or to the Priestly office which in the time of the Law was the peculiar inheritance of that Tribe Levity lat lightnesse Lewis the chief Town of Sussex famous for the great pitcht battle fought between King Henry the third and the Barons of England Lewis the proper name of a man contracted from Lâ—dowic Lewlin or Lewellin the proper name of a man signifying in the old Brittish tongue Lionâ—like and is equivalent to the Latin name Leontius and Leoninus Lexicon Greek a Vocabulary or Dictionary Lex talionis lat a law which recompenceth exactly one good or ill turn for another Leyerwit Lotherwit Sax. a liberty to take amends of him that defileth ones bondwoman without licence L H Lhan in the Brittish tongue signifieth a Church as Lhan Badern Vaur the Church of great Patern Lhan Stuphadon the Church of St. Stephens L I Libation or Libament lat an offering up or sacrificing to God the first taste of any thing that is eat or drunk Libb old word to geld from the Greek word thlibein i. to presse Libell lat a little book also a scandalous or invective writing secretly cast abroad or published by stealth also an original declaration of any action in the Civil Law Liberate the name of a warrant issuing out of the Chancery to the Treasurer Chamberlaines and Barons of the Exchequer for the payment of any annual pension or other sums granted under the Broad-Seal Liberation lat a freeing or delivering Liber Pater a name attributed to Bacchus the god of wine Libertas lat a priviledge held by grant or prescription whereby men injoy some benefit or favour beyond the ordinary subject also the name of a goddesse among the ancient Romans who had a Temple built unto her upon the hill Aventinus Libertatibus allocandis a Writ that lieth for a Citizen or Burgesse of a City who refusing or deferring to allow his priviledge is impleaded before the Kings Justices Libertinism lat the state and condition of a Libertine i. e. one born or made free a freeman also Libertinism or Libertinage is taken for sensuality licentiousnesse a dissolute life and conversation Libethra a Town seated upon the mountain Olympus of which it was foretold by the Oracle that all the inhabitants should be destroyed by a Sow when the Sun should behold Orpheus his bones which was thus verified A great multitude of people being gathered together to hear a Shepherd sing in the way which leadeth from Dion to Olympus a large Urn containing Orpheus his bones which stood in that place was overturned and his bones laid open to view and the very same day a great violent stream called Sys which in Greek signifieth a Sow overflowing destroyed the whole Town with all the people in it Libethra is also the name of a Fountain of Magnesia sacred to the Muses who are thence called Libethrides Libidinous lat sensual incontinent full of lustful desires Libitina an ancient goddesse worshipt by the Romans who was the Patronesse of Funerals Sepulchres and all things belonging to the dead Libral lat belonging to a weight or measure called Libra which is also the name of one of the 12 Signs of the Zodiack into which the Sun entring causeth the vernal Equinoctial Library lat a studdy or place where Books are kept Libration lat a weighing or ballancing Librata terrae see Farding deale of land Libya the fourth part of the World commonly called Africa Licence to arise in Common Law is a liberty given by the Court to a tenant that is essoynd de malo lecti in a reall action after he hath been viewed by Knights thereunto appointed until which time if the Demandant can prove that he hath been seen out of his chamber or walking up and down his grounds he shall be adjudged to be deceitfully essoyned Licentiate lat one that hath full licence or authority to practice in any Art the same with him that we commonly call Bachelour of Divinity or of Physick or of Civil Law and in Common Law a Barrister Licentious lat loose disorderly unruly Lichas a boy that waited upon Hercules by him Deianira sent the shirt â—hat was dipt in the Centaurs blood which Hercules having put on and perceiving the venome to seize upon his body he in a fury took Lichas by the hair of the head and flung him into the Sea where he was immediately changed into a Rock Lichfield a Town in Staffordshire by Bede called Licidfield i. the field of dead bodies from a great number of people who as some say were martyred here in the time of Dioclesian Lich-fowles ominous or ill-boding birds as the Night-raven and Lich-owle commonly called the Scritch-owle the word Lich signifying in the Saxon language a Carcase or dead body Licitation lat a cheapning a setting out to sale also an enhauncing of a price Licite lat lawfull allowable Lictorian lat belonging to the Lictors who were certain Officers among the ancient Romans twelve in number who carried the Axes and bundles of rods before the Magistrate they are now taken for the same as we commonly call Sergeants Liddesdale a Countrey in the South part of Scotland so called as it were a dale by the River Lidde Lide see Leed Lieftenant French as it were holding the place one that executeth any place Office or imployment in anothers stead or absence Lief or Leof Sax. rather Lief-hebber Sax. a Lover Liege French in Common-law is taken â—ither for the Liegelord or he that acknowledgeth Liegeancie or Fealty to his Liege Lord. Liegeancie or Ligeance French such a duty or fealty as no man may owe or bear to more then one Lord also Ligeance is used for the Territory or Dominions of the Liege Lord. Lierwit see Leyerwit Lifts in Navigation are certain ropes which serve to top the yard arms of all yards to make the ends of them hang higher or lower or even as we liâ—t Ligament or Ligature lat a band or string to tie with in Anatomy it is taken for the string wherewith the joynts of bones and gristles are fastned and knit together Ligation lat the act it self of tying or binding Ligne French to couple as Dogs with bitches Lignation lat a providing for or going to fetch wood Lignean or Ligneous lat woodden made of wood Lignum vitae the wood commonly called Aloes by the Arabians Calambuco Liguria a hilly Countrey of Italy reaching from the Apâ—nnine to the Tuscan Sea Ligurion lat a glutton or devourer Liguration lat a ravenous devouring Lilie lat a kinde of specious flowr otherwise the rose
here 's the evil Malanders a certain disease in a horse from the Italians Mal andare i. to go ill Malapert saucy impudent as it were Male partus i. ill brought forth Maldisant French a backbiter an evil speaker Maldon a Town in Essex anciently called Camalodunum from Camulus whom the old Brittains worship't here for Mars the God of war this Town being made a Colony of the Romans was sacked by Queen Bunduca or Boadicia A Male a kinde of sack or budget from the Greek word Malloi fleece because they used to be made of sheepskins Malecontent lat discontented evil content Malediction lat an evil speaking or cursing Malefactour lat an evil doer an offender Malefice lat an evil act a shrewd turn Maletent a Toll of fourty shillings for every sack of Wool Anno 29. Edw. 1. it is also called Maletot from the French Maletoste Malevolence lat ill will Malignity lat spite malice grudge Malevolent Planets Saturn and Sagitarius Mâ—lison French a curse Mallard French a wilde Drake Malleable lat to be wrought or beaten out with a Mallet or Hammer Mâ—lkin or Mâ—ukin a Beesom to make clean an Oven with it is also called a Scovel Malliverie's the name of an ancient family in York-shire stiled in Latin Records Mali Leporarii Mallow's a kinde of plant of a softning or loosening quality called in Latin Malva Malmesie a sort of wine which is brought out of Arvisium in the Island of Chio vulgarly called Marvisia or Malvisia Malmesbury a Town in Wiltshire first built by Mulmutius a King of the Brittains and by him named Caer Baldon afterwards from one Maidulph an Irish-Scot who here led a Hermites life it was called Maidulphsburgh and so by contraction Malmsbury Malta a rocky and barren Island sixty miles distant from Sicilie called in the New Testament Melita this Island was given by Charls the fifth to the Knights of Rhodes who have ever since been called Knights of Malta Mamalukes a certain Order of Souldiers who fought lightly armed on horsback and were the chief military support of the last Empire of Aegypt Mamitus the thirteenth King of the Assyrians he trained up his subjects in military discipline and was a terrour to the Aegyptians and many other Nations Mammeated lat having paps or teates Mammet a puppet from the Greek word Mamme as it were a little Mother or Nurse Mammillary Processes lat a Term in Anatomy certain bones in the temples representing the teates in a Cows Udder Mammocks fragments or pieces Mammon the God of wealth the word signifying in the Syriack tongue riches or wealth and is derived from the Hebrew word Hamon i. plenty having M. Hemantick added at the beginning Mammooda a kinde of East-Indian Coyn valuing about a shilling Manation lat a passing away a flowing Manage in Italian Maneggiare to govern to rule to handle Manasses Hebr. not forgotten Manbote Sax. a pecuniary compensation for killing of a man Manchester a pleasant Town in Lancashire which anciently belonging to the Kings of Northumberland and having been destroyed in the Danish war King Edw. the Elder sent an Army of Mercians into Northumberland to re-edifie this Citie some say because the inhabitants behaved themselves valiantly against the Danes it was called Manchester as it were the Citie of men others derive it from Main i. a stone because it standeth upon a stony Hill it was anciently called Mancunium Manchet from the French word Main i. e. the hand the finest and the smallest sort of wheaten bread called in Latin panis Capituli in Greek Collyris Manch present old word a bribe Mancipation lat an ancient manner of selling before witnesses wherein divers Ceremonies were used it is also used in the same sence as Emancipation Manciple lat a Steward or Caterer but chiefly one that buyes the common provisions in a Colledge or Hospital Mancuse a kinde of Coyn valuing about thirty of the ancient pence each of which contains three pence of our money some hold a Manca or Mancus of Gold to be as much as a Mark of silver Mandatarie lat one that comes in to a Benefice by a Mandamus A Mandate lat a Commandment or charge also in Common-law it is a Judicial Command of the King or his Justices to have any thing done for the dispatch of Justice Mandevils an ancient family in Essex stiled in Latin Records de Magna Villa Mandible lat from Mâ—ndibulum a jaw from the participiate Mandibilis eatable Mandilion or Mandilian French a kinde of military garment a loose Cassock Mandonius and Indibilis two famous Spanish Captains who having assisted Scipio and the Romans against the Carthaginians began afterwards to revolt but because of the memory of their former good service they were dismissed Mandrake a kinde of plant so called from the Greek word Mandra i. a Cave because it groweth near unto Den's and in shady places it beareth a fruit called Mandrake Apples of a cold and soporiferous quality it is also called by some Anthropomorphos because its root being divaricated something resembleth the shape of a man Manducation lat a chewing Mandy thursday as it were dies Mandati the day of Commandment because of that great charge which our Saviour gave to his Disciples concerning the observation of his Supper being the Thursday next before Easter day Mangonels the same as Magonells Mangonization lat a trimming or setting out things to the best advantage for sale Manichees a sort of Hereticks that maintained that there was a fatal necessity of sin which Doctrine was first broached by one Manes a Persian Manicles French fetters wherewith the hands of prisoners are bound being derived originally from the Latin word Manus a hand Manifesto Ital. a Declaration of some Prince or Common-wealth about publick affairs Maniple lat a handful in physick more especialy it is taken for such a bundle of herbs or other things as may be griped with the hand also a company consisting of 10 souldiers some also take it for a fannel or such a kind of ornament as Priests used to wear about their wrists when they went to sacrifice Manipular lat belonging to a maniple Manlius the name of divers famous Romans whereof the chief were Marcus Manlius Capitolinus and Titus Mâ—nlius Torquatus See Capitolinus and Torquatus Manna a certain delicious food wherewith God fed the children of Israel in their journey to Canaan being a congealed dew which fell from Heaven it comes from the Hebrew word Manah i. to distribute or Mahna i. what is it because they admired what it was there is also at this day a certain sweet dew which falling early in the morning upon trees and herbs is called Manna which congealing into a whitish substance is of a pleasant taste and is much used in physick Mannour in Latin Manerium a manendo i. remaining to the heir or else from the Lords remaining there himself it signifieth in common Law a rule or government which a man hath over such as hold land
Baronet Is a new distinct order erected by King James Whereas before that time there were Baronets that were not Knights A Baronet quatenus such being created by Letters Patent is no Knight nor was there ever any Baronets before King James Institution of them Howbeit anciently the word Baronet was sometimes used for Baneret and sometimes for Baro minor Lease If it be in writing it is called a Lease by Indenture if by word of mouth a Lease Parcel A Lease Parol he should have said Leet Sax. A Law-day whence Court-Leet is a Court or Jurisdiction containing the third part of a Shire and comprehending three or four Wapentakes or Hundreds This is an imperfect fragment taken out of Cowels Interpreter who says indeed that Court Leets had anciently such large Jurisdictions but have not so now Lemstir A Town of Herefordshire Is now a days very famous for Wool which is called Lemster Ore A gross mistake Lemster-Ore from the Latine Ora is a Territory or Compass of Ground of about two miles round the Town so called and the Wool had never any such denomination Libertatibus allocandis A Writ that lieth for a Citizen or Burgess of a City who refusing or deferring to allow his priviledge is impleaded before the Kings Justices Capiat qui capere potest Make sence of this that can Lungis French A tall slim Man that hath no length to his heighth Quasi A low gross Man that has no thickness to his bulk Lutheranism The Doctrine of Martin Luther who being first a Monk of the Order of S. Augustine There were nor are any Monks of S. Austins Order but Fryers Mac An Irish word signifying as much as Son in English or Fitz in Welsh I see our Author is no Britain nor Frenchman else he would have understood that Fitz is borrowed from the French not Welsh Mallevertes The name of an ancient Family in Yorkshire Mistaken for Mallivery according to Camden Missale Lat. A Breviary or Mass-Book This Error he borrowed out of Cotgraves Dictionary The Books are of very different kinds Mission Lat. A sending it is also taken peculiarly or if a power given by the Church of Rome to go Nonsence if the Printer do not acquit him Nativo habendo A Writ for the apprehending and restoring to his Lord his Villain claimed as his inheritance who in Common Law is called Neif However blundringly the words are put together the Author intends Neif shall relate to Villain and Villain to be a Man but Neif is the Bond-woman or she Villain Nonability A Term in Law Being an exception taken against the Plaintiff or Defendant why he cannot commence any sute in Law We must convert Defendant into Demandant to make it tolerable sence None of a day The third quarter of a day from Noon till Sun-set Where then shall we find the other three quarters He should have said from Noon till the Sun be half-way down An Obit Lat. A Rental an Obsequy or Funeral It signifies an Office or certain Prayers for the dead Oratorians An Order of Fryers so called They are not Fryers but a kind of Regular-Secular Priests Ordeal a Saxon word Signifying Judgment a kind of purgation Of which there are several kinds as Campâ—ight Free Ordeal and Water Ordeal Campâ—ight was none of the kinds of Ordaele and Free Ordaele should be Fire Ordaele For Ordalium suit judicium aquae ignis ferri Ostiary Lat. One that keeps the Hoasts in a Church a Door Keeper a Keeper If he had onely said a Door Keeper he had preserved the word from an erroneous explication For Ostiary has no relation to the keeping the Hoasts in a Church Pathopep Greek An expression of a Passion in Rhetorick it is a figure by which the mind We are left to guess at the rest for so he leaves it And Pathopep is an unknown word of his New World The Court of Peculiars A certain Court in the Bishops time which dealt in certain Parishes This is a certain kind of Independent Commonwealth expression insinuating a certain Non-Entity of Bishops at present Peter-pence A tribute given by Inas King of the West-Saxons It was also called the See of Rome It was also called Romefeoh and Rome-penny and was a Pension or an Alms given by King Inas not a Tribute Pipe A Measure of Wine or Oyl containing Twenty six Gallons or half a Tun. By this account a Tun should be but Fifty two Gallons which contains Two hundred fifty two The Prerogative Court A certain Court belonging to the Civil Law in which the Commissary sits upon Inheritances faln either by the intestate or by Will and Testament This is an Ecclesiastical Court wherein all Testaments are proved and Administrations granted where the party dying within the Province of Canterbury hath Bona notabilia in some other Diocess V. Cokes 4. Inst. fol. 335. Pownd In Common Law signifie an Inclosure to keep Beasts in but more especially a place of strength where Cattle distreined for any trespass are put until they be replevied or distreined Where Cattle distreined are put till they be distreined is suitable to the rest Primier Seisin A word used in Common Law a Branch of the Kings Prerogative whereby he hath the first possession of all Lands and Tenements through the Realm This is sufficiently erroneous The King before the Statute of 12 Car. 2. ca. 24. had the Primier Seisin or first possession onely of all Lands and Tenements holden of him in cheif whereof his Tenant died seised in Fee which is taken away by the said Statute Quaver A measure of time in Musick being the half of a Crotchet as a Crotchet the half of a Quaver a Semiquaver c. What fustian is here Just so two is the half of four and four the half of two and Semiquaver is explicated by a dumb c. Reasonable Aid In Common Law is a duty that the Lord of the Fee claimeth holding by Knights Service or in Soccage to marry his Daughter or make his son Knight I doubt our Author bears some malice to the Common Law else he could not have maimed so many of its Terms which are in several Books expounded to his hand It should be claimeth of his Tenants to make it sence Returns Certain set times in each of the four Terms Each Term consisting of 4 5 or 8 Returns The longest â—erm has but â— Returns as every Almanack will shew Rosemary Lat. Rosmarinus A well and most wholsome Plant He omits the singular use of it in adorning a piece of Roast Beef Scapular Lat. Belonging to the Sholders whence a Scapulary a Monks Hood or Cowl reaching down to the Sholders This Scapulary is mis-interpreted it being a narrow piece of Cloth or Stuff worn by Monks and Fryars over the rest of their habit and reaching from the Sholders to the Ground and is neither like a Hood nor Cowl Sequestration Lat. A separating a thing in controversie But it is now commonly taken for a seising