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hence_o thither_o there_o be_v a_o thorow-faire_a and_o passage_n the_o contemplation_n whereof_o serve_v fit_a to_o discover_v and_o open_v the_o vanity_n of_o man_n seem_v to_o require_v and_o challenge_v of_o i_o that_o i_o shall_v project_v to_o the_o view_n of_o the_o eye_n how_o great_a all_o this_o be_v whatsoever_o it_o be_v and_o wherein_o there_o be_v nothing_o sufficient_a to_o satisfy_v and_o content_v the_o several_a appetite_n of_o each_o man_n chap._n lxviij_o ¶_o what_o portion_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v habitable_a now_o first_o and_o foremost_a i_o think_v man_n make_v this_o reckon_n of_o the_o earth_n as_o if_o it_o be_v the_o just_a half_n of_o the_o globe_n and_o that_o no_o portion_n of_o it_o
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skulk_v within_o a_o cave_n in_o the_o ground_n what_o shall_v i_o say_v how_o when_o he_o be_v put_v to_o flight_n at_o sea_n and_o the_o whole_a power_n of_o his_o enemy_n at_o his_o heel_n he_o beseech_v proculeius_n in_o that_o great_a danger_n to_o rid_v he_o out_o of_o his_o life_n how_o he_o be_v perplex_v for_o the_o quarrel_n and_o contention_n at_o perusium_n in_o what_o fear_n and_o agony_n he_o be_v in_o the_o battle_n of_o actium_n a_o town_n of_o albany_n as_o also_o for_o the_o issue_n of_o the_o pannonian_n war_n for_o the_o fall_n of_o a_o bridge_n and_o a_o town_n both_o so_o many_o mutiny_n among_o his_o soldier_n so_o many_o dangerous_a disease_n the_o jealousy_n and_o suspicion_n that_o he_o have_v evermore_o of_o marcellus_n the_o reproach_n &_o shame_n he_o sustain_v for_o confine_v and_o banish_v agrippa_n his_o life_n so_o many_o time_n lay_v for_o by_o poison_n and_o other_o secret_a train_n the_o death_n of_o his_o child_n suspect_v to_o have_v be_v by_o 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famish_v and_o pine_v himself_o to_o death_n have_v to_o that_o end_n fast_v 4_o day_n and_o 4_o night_n and_o in_o that_o time_n receive_v into_o his_o body_n the_o great_a part_n of_o his_o own_o death_n beside_o the_o overthrow_n and_o rout_n of_o varius_n his_o force_n the_o foul_a stain_n and_o blemish_n to_o the_o touch_n of_o his_o honour_n and_o majesty_n very_o near_o the_o put_v away_o of_o posthumius_fw-la agrippa_n after_o his_o adoption_n and_o the_o miss_n that_o he_o have_v of_o he_o after_o his_o banishment_n then_o the_o suspicion_n that_o he_o conceive_v of_o fabius_n for_o disclose_v his_o secret_n add_v hereto_o the_o opinion_n and_o conceit_n be_v take_v of_o his_o own_o wife_n and_o tiberius_n which_o surpass_v all_o his_o other_o care_n to_o conclude_v that_o god_n and_o he_o who_o i_o wot_v not_o whether_o obtain_v heaven_n or_o deserve_v it_o more_o depart_v this_o life_n and_o leave_v behind_o he_o as_o heir_n to_o the_o crown_n his_o enemy_n son_n chap._n xlvi_o ¶_o who_o the_o god_n judge_v most_o happy_a i_o can_v overpasse_v in_o this_o discourse_n and_o consideration_n the_o oracle_n of_o delphos_n deliver_v from_o that_o heavenly_a god_n to_o chastise_v and_o repress_v as_o it_o be_v the_o folly_n and_o vanity_n of_o man_n and_o two_o there_o be_v which_o give_v answer_v to_o the_o point_n in_o question_n after_o this_o manner_n first_o that_o phedius_n who_o but_o a_o while_n before_o die_v in_o the_o service_n of_o his_o country_n be_v most_o happy_a moreover_o gyges_n the_o most_o puissant_a king_n in_o those_o day_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n send_v a_o second_o time_n to_o know_v of_o the_o oracle_n who_o be_v the_o happy_a man_n next_o he_o and_o answer_n be_v make_v that_o aglaus_n psophidius_n be_v happy_a than_o the_o former_a now_o this_o aglaus_n be_v a_o good_a honest_a man_n well_o step_v in_o year_n dwell_v in_o a_o very_a narrow_a corner_n of_o arcadia_n where_o he_o have_v a_o little_a house_n and_o land_n of_o his_o own_o sufficient_a with_o the_o yearly_a commodity_n thereof_o to_o maintain_v he_o plentiful_o with_o ease_n out_o of_o which_o he_o never_o go_v but_o employ_v himself_o in_o the_o tillage_n and_o husbandry_n thereof_o to_o make_v the_o best_a benefit_n he_o can_v in_o such_o sort_n that_o as_o it_o appear_v by_o that_o course_n of_o life_n as_o he_o covet_v least_o so_o he_o feel_v as_o little_a trouble_n and_o adversity_n while_o he_o live_v chap._n xlvii_o ¶_o who_o be_v canonize_v a_o god_n here_o upon_o earth_n live_v by_o the_o ordinance_n and_o appointment_n of_o the_o same_o oracle_n as_o also_o by_o the_o ascent_n and_o approbation_n of_o jupiter_n the_o sovereign_a god_n euthymus_n the_o famous_a wrestler_n who_o always_o win_v the_o best_a prize_n at_o olympia_n save_v once_o be_v repute_v and_o consecrate_v a_o god_n while_o he_o live_v and_o know_v thereof_o bear_v he_o be_v at_o locri_n in_o italy_n where_o one_o statue_n of_o he_o as_o also_o another_o at_o olympia_n be_v both_o in_o one_o day_n strike_v with_o lightning_n whereat_o i_o see_v callimachus_n wonder_v as_o if_o nothing_o else_o be_v worthy_a admiration_n and_o give_v order_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v sacrifice_v unto_o as_o a_o god_n which_o be_v perform_v according_o both_a while_o he_o live_v and_o after_o he_o be_v dead_a a_o thing_n that_o i_o marvel_v more_o at_o than_o any_o thing_n else_o that_o the_o god_n be_v therewith_o content_v and_o will_v permit_v such_o a_o dishonour_n to_o their_o majesty_n chap._n xlviii_o ¶_o of_o the_o long_a life_n the_o term_n and_o length_n of_o man_n life_n be_v uncertain_a not_o only_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o diversity_n of_o climate_n but_o also_o because_o historian_n have_v deliver_v such_o variety_n of_o man_n age_n and_o every_o man_n by_o himself_o have_v a_o several_a time_n limit_v unto_o he_o at_o the_o very_a day_n of_o his_o birth_n hesiod_n the_o first_o writer_n as_o i_o take_v it_o who_o have_v treat_v of_o this_o argument_n and_o yet_o like_o a_o poet_n in_o his_o fabulous_a discourse_n touch_v the_o age_n of_o man_n say_v forsooth_o that_o a_o crow_n live_v nine_o time_n as_o long_o as_o we_o and_o heart_n or_o stag_n 4_o time_n as_o long_o as_o he_o but_o raven_n thrice_o as_o long_o as_o they_o as_o for_o his_o other_o report_n touch_v the_o nymph_n and_o the_o bird_n phoenix_n they_o be_v more_o like_a poetical_a tale_n than_o true_a relation_n anacreon_n the_o poet_n make_v mention_v that_o arganthonius_n king_n of_o the_o tartessian_o live_v 150_o year_n and_o cynaras_n likewise_o king_n of_o the_o cyprian_n ten_o year_n long_o theopompus_n affirm_v that_o epimenides_n the_o gnossian_a die_v when_o he_o be_v 157_o year_n old_a hellanicus_n have_v write_v that_o among_o the_o epian_o in_o aetolia_n there_o be_v some_o that_o continue_v full_a two_o hundred_o year_n and_o with_o he_o accord_v damase_n add_v moreover_o that_o there_o be_v one_o pictoreus_fw-la among_o they_o a_o man_n of_o exceed_a stature_n mighty_a and_o strong_a withal_o who_o livedthree_a hundred_o year_n ephorus_n testify_v that_o ordinary_o the_o king_n of_o arcadia_n be_v 300_o year_n old_a ere_o they_o die_v alexander_n cornelius_n write_v of_o one_o dando_n a_o sclavonian_a who_o live_v 500_o year_n xenophon_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o old_a age_n make_v mention_n of_o a_o king_n of_o the_o latin_n or_o as_o some_o say_v over_o a_o people_n upon_o the_o sea_n coast_n who_o live_v 600_o year_n and_o because_o he_o have_v not_o lie_v loud_o enough_o already_o he_o go_v on_o still_o and_o say_v that_o his_o son_n come_v to_o 800._o all_o these_o strange_a report_n proceed_v from_o the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o time_n past_a and_o for_o want_v of_o knowledge_n how_o they_o make_v their_o account_n for_o some_o
to_o make_v another_o fire_n hard_o by_o of_o dry_a vine_n cut_n and_o such_o like_a stick_n and_o so_o he_o be_v burn_v bare_a and_o naked_a as_o he_o be_v chap._n liiii_o ¶_o of_o burial_n or_o sepulture_n to_o burn_v the_o body_n of_o the_o dead_a have_v be_v no_o ancient_a custom_n among_o the_o roman_n the_o manner_n be_v in_o old_a time_n to_o inter_v they_o but_o after_o they_o be_v give_v once_o to_o understand_v that_o the_o corpse_n of_o man_n slay_v in_o the_o war_n afar_o off_o and_o bury_v in_o those_o part_n be_v take_v forth_o of_o the_o earth_n again_o ordain_v it_o be_v to_o burn_v they_o and_o yet_o many_o family_n keep_v they_o still_o to_o the_o old_a guise_n and_o ceremony_n of_o commit_v their_o dead_a to_o the_o earth_n as_o namely_o the_o house_n of_o the_o cornelij_n whereof_o there_o be_v not_o one_o by_o report_n burn_v before_o l._n sylla_n the_o dictator_n and_o he_o will_v it_o express_o and_o provide_v for_o it_o before_o hand_n for_o fear_v himself_o shall_v be_v so_o serve_v as_o c._n marius_n be_v who_o corpse_n he_o cause_v to_o be_v dig_v up_o after_o it_o be_v bury_v now_o in_o latin_a he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v sepultus_fw-la that_o be_v bestow_v or_o bury_v any_o way_n it_o make_v no_o matter_n how_o but_o humatus_fw-la proper_o who_o be_v inter_v only_o or_o commit_v to_o the_o earth_n chap._n lv._o ¶_o of_o the_o ghost_n or_o spirit_n of_o man_n depart_v after_o man_n be_v bury_v great_a diversity_n there_o be_v in_o opinion_n what_o be_v become_v of_o their_o soul_n &_o ghost_n wander_v some_o this_o way_n and_o other_o that_z but_o this_o be_v general_o hold_v that_o in_o what_o estate_n they_o be_v before_o man_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o same_o they_o remain_v when_o they_o be_v dead_a for_o neither_o body_n nor_o soul_n have_v any_o more_o sense_n after_o our_o die_a day_n than_o they_o have_v before_o the_o day_n of_o our_o nativity_n but_o such_o be_v the_o folly_n &_o vanity_n of_o man_n that_o it_o extend_v still_o even_o to_o the_o future_a time_n yea_o and_o in_o the_o very_a time_n of_o death_n flatter_v itself_o with_o fond_a imagination_n and_o dream_v of_o i_o know_v not_o what_o life_n after_o this_o for_o some_o attribute_n immortality_n to_o the_o soul_n other_o devise_v a_o certain_a transfiguration_n thereof_o &_o there_o be_v again_o who_o suppose_v that_o the_o ghost_n sequester_v from_o the_o body_n have_v sense_n whereupon_o they_o do_v they_o honour_n and_o worship_n make_v a_o god_n of_o he_o that_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o man_n as_o if_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n breathe_v differ_v from_o that_o in_o other_o live_a creature_n or_o as_o if_o there_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v many_o other_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n that_o live_v much_o long_o than_o man_n and_o yet_o no_o man_n judge_v in_o they_o the_o like_a immortality_n but_o show_v i_o what_o be_v the_o substance_n and_o body_n as_o it_o be_v of_o the_o soul_n by_o itself_o what_o kind_n of_o matter_n be_v it_o apart_o from_o the_o body_n where_o lie_v her_o cogitation_n that_o she_o have_v how_o be_v her_o see_v how_o be_v her_o hear_n perform_v what_o touch_v she_o nay_o what_o do_v she_o at_o all_o how_o be_v she_o employ_v or_o if_o there_o be_v in_o she_o none_o of_o all_o this_o what_o goodness_n can_v there_o be_v without_o the_o same_o but_o i_o will_v know_v where_o she_o settle_v and_o have_v her_o abide_a place_n after_o her_o departure_n from_o the_o body_n and_o what_o a_o infinite_a multitude_n of_o soul_n like_o shadow_n will_v there_o be_v in_o so_o many_o age_n as_o well_o past_a as_o to_o come_v now_o sure_o these_o be_v but_o fantastical_a foolish_a and_o childish_a toy_n devise_v by_o man_n that_o will_v faâ—…ne_o live_v always_o and_o never_o make_v a_o end_n the_o like_a foolery_n there_o be_v in_o preserve_v the_o body_n of_o dead_a man_n &_o the_o vanity_n of_o democritus_n be_v no_o less_o who_o promise_v a_o resurrection_n thereof_o and_o yet_o himself_o can_v never_o rise_v again_o and_o what_o a_o folly_n be_v this_o of_o all_o folly_n to_o think_v in_o a_o mischief_n that_o death_n shall_v be_v the_o way_n to_o a_o second_o life_n what_o repose_n and_o rest_n shall_v ever_o man_n have_v that_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n if_o their_o soul_n shall_v remain_v in_o heaven_n above_o with_o sense_n while_o their_o shadow_n tarry_v beneath_o among_o the_o infernal_a wight_n certes_o these_o sweet_a inducement_n and_o please_a persuasion_n this_o foolish_a credulity_n and_o light_a belief_n mar_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o best_a gift_n of_o nature_n to_o wit_n death_n it_o double_v beside_o the_o pain_n of_o a_o man_n that_o be_v to_o die_v if_o he_o happen_v to_o think_v and_o consider_v what_o shall_v betide_v he_o the_o time_n to_o come_v for_o if_o it_o be_v sweet_a and_o pleasant_a to_o live_v what_o pleasure_n and_o contentment_n can_v one_o have_v that_o have_v once_o live_v and_o now_o do_v not_o but_o how_o much_o more_o ease_n and_o great_a security_n be_v it_o for_o each_o man_n to_o believe_v himself_o in_o this_o point_n to_o gather_v reason_n and_o to_o ground_v his_o resolution_n and_o assurance_n upon_o the_o experience_n that_o he_o have_v before_o he_o be_v bear_v chap._n lvi_o ¶_o the_o first_o inventor_n of_o diverse_a thing_n before_o we_o depart_v from_o this_o discourse_n of_o man_n nature_n i_o think_v it_o be_v meet_v and_o convenient_a to_o show_v their_o sundry_a invention_n and_o what_o each_o man_n have_v devise_v in_o this_o world_n in_o the_o first_o place_n prince_n bacchus_n bring_v up_o buy_v and_o sell_v he_o it_o be_v also_o that_o devise_v the_o diadem_n that_o royal_a ensign_n and_o ornament_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o triumph_n dame_n ceres_n be_v the_o first_o that_o show_v the_o way_n of_o sow_a corn_n whereas_o beforetime_n man_n live_v of_o mast_n she_o teach_v also_o how_o to_o grind_v corn_n to_o knead_v dough_n and_o make_v bread_n thereof_o in_o the_o land_n of_o attica_n italy_n and_o sicily_n for_o which_o benefit_n to_o mankind_n repute_v she_o be_v a_o goddess_n she_o it_o be_v that_o begin_v to_o make_v law_n howsoever_o other_o have_v think_v that_o rhadamanthus_n be_v the_o first_o law_n giver_n as_o for_o letter_n i_o be_o of_o opinion_n that_o they_o be_v in_o assyria_n from_o the_o beginning_n time_n out_o of_o mind_n but_o some_o think_v and_o namely_o gellius_n that_o they_o be_v devise_v by_o mercury_n in_o egypt_n but_o other_o say_v they_o come_v first_o from_o syria_n true_a it_o be_v that_o cadmus_n bring_v with_o he_o into_o greece_n from_o phoenicia_n to_o the_o number_n of_o sixteen_o unto_o which_o palamedes_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o trojan_a war_n add_v four_o more_o in_o these_o character_n follow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o after_o he_o simonides_n melicus_n come_v with_o other_o four_o to_o wit_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o force_n of_o all_o which_o letter_n we_o acknowledge_v and_o see_v evident_o express_v in_o our_o latin_a alphabet_n aristotle_n be_v rather_o of_o mind_n that_o there_o be_v 18_o letter_n in_o the_o greek_a alphabet_n from_o the_o beginning_n namely_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o the_o other_o two_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o and_o x._o be_v set_v to_o by_o epicharmus_n and_o not_o by_o palamedes_n anticlides_n write_v that_o one_o in_o egypt_n name_v menon_n be_v the_o inventor_n of_o letter_n fifteen_o year_n before_o the_o time_n of_o phoroneus_n the_o most_o ancient_a king_n of_o greece_n and_o he_o go_v about_o to_o prove_v the_o same_o by_o ancient_a record_n and_o monument_n out_o of_o history_n contrariwise_o epigenes_n a_o author_n as_o renown_v and_o of_o as_o good_a credit_n as_o any_o other_o sheweth_z that_o among_o the_o babylonian_n there_o be_v find_v ephemerides_n contain_v the_o observation_n of_o the_o star_n for_o 720_o year_n write_v in_o brick_n and_o tile_n and_o they_o that_o speak_v of_o least_o to_o wit_n berosus_n and_o critodemus_n report_v the_o like_a for_o 480_o year_n whereby_o it_o appear_v evident_o that_o letter_n be_v always_o in_o use_n time_n out_o of_o mind_n the_o first_o that_o bring_v the_o alphabet_n into_o latium_n or_o italy_n be_v the_o pelasgian_n euryalus_n and_o hyperbius_n two_o brethren_n at_o athens_n cause_v the_o first_o brick_n and_o tile-kils_a yea_o and_o house_n thereof_o to_o be_v make_v whereas_o before_o their_o time_n man_n dwell_v in_o hole_n and_o cave_n within_o the_o ground_n gellius_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o doxius_n the_o son_n of_o coelus_n devise_v the_o first_o house_n that_o be_v make_v of_o earth_n and_o cley_n take_v his_o pattern_n from_o swallow_n and_o martin_n nest_n cecrops_n
they_o be_v accept_v 450._o i._n k_o plant_n of_o pear_n and_o apple_n tree_n how_o to_o be_v nourish_v ibid._n platanistae_fw-la fish_n in_o the_o river_n ganges_n 143._o b_o plato_n how_o he_o be_v honour_v of_o denis_n the_o tyrant_n 171._o f_o platter_n of_o aesop_n 297._o d_o platycerotes_n a_o sort_n of_o stag_n why_o so_o call_v 331._o c_o plague_n account_v god_n 53._o d_o plain_n of_o rosea_fw-la the_o very_a fat_a of_o italy_n 504_o g_o plenty_n of_o corn_n among_o olive_n tree_n in_o boetica_fw-la 515._o c_o plinic_n confess_v himself_o behold_v to_o former_a writer_n 10._o k_o plotia_n a_o reed_n 483._o c_o plough_n who_o first_o devise_v 189._o a_o l._n plotius_n find_v by_o the_o smell_n of_o a_o precious_a ointment_n 384._o l_o plumgeon_n what_o bird_n 296._o h_o egyptian_a plumtree_n 391._o a_o plum_n of_o sundry_a sort_n 436._o m_o ass_n plum_n 437._o a_o purple_a plum_n ibid._n wheat_n plum_n or_o wax_n plum_n ibid._n nut_n plum_n ibid._n apple_n plum_n 437._o b_o almond_n plum_n ibid._n damascen_n plum_n 437._o b_o p_o o_o poetry_n who_o invent_v 189._o f_o polenta_fw-la how_o it_o be_v make_v 561._o c_o pogoniae_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o comet_n 15._o 〈◊〉_d poison_n food_n to_o serve_v creature_n 307._o a_o poison_v devise_v by_o man_n only_o 548._o k_o polâ—…s_n two_o where_o suppose_v to_o be_v 84._o i_o polydorus_n his_o tomb_n 78._o h_o polype_n or_o pourcuttle_n 250._o h_o 251._o a_o polypi_fw-la how_o they_o live_v 251._o a._n one_o of_o they_o rob_v the_o fisher_n ibid._n b._n of_o a_o thieve_a polype_n a_o wonderful_a example_n 251._o d_o pollen_n fine_a flower_n 564._o h_o polybius_n his_o search_n into_o africa_n and_o opinion_n concern_v the_o description_n thereof_o 91._o c_o polymita_n what_o kind_n of_o clothes_n 228._o i_o pomecitron_n why_o call_v medica_fw-la 437._o f_o pomegranate_n how_o to_o be_v keep_v 440._o i._n k_o pomegranate_n approppiat_v to_o the_o territory_n of_o carthage_n 398._o h_o diverse_a kind_n ibid._n pomegranate_n rind_n 398_o i_o pomegranate_n flower_n ibid._n cn._n pompeius_n praise_v 168._o l._n 169._o a_o cn._n pompeius_n no_o purchaser_n of_o his_o neighbour_n lana_fw-la 555._o a_o hate_a for_o his_o cruelty_n to_o elephant_n 196._o i_o pompeius_n magnus_fw-la why_o so_o call_v 169._o a._n compare_v to_o alexander_n and_o hercules_n ibid._n b_o pompey_n subdue_v 876_o town_n of_o spain_n 169._o b_o how_o he_o come_v to_o be_v call_v magnus_n ibâ—…d_n pompey_n this_o inscription_n on_o the_o temple_n of_o minerva_n ibiâ—…_n d_o his_o deed_n ibâ—…d_n pompili_n certain_a fish_n 244._o h_o pome-poires_a or_o peare-apple_n see_v apple_n melapia_n pontic_a nut_n see_v filberd_n pontus_n the_o island_n thereof_o 85._o b_o poplar_n their_o diverse_a kind_n 470_o h_o poplar_n wood_n good_a timber_n but_o for_o often_o lop_n 490._o 〈◊〉_d white_a poplar_n moss_n 379._o d_o poppie-worke_n cloth_n 228._o h_o poppy_n both_o wild_a and_o tame_a when_o to_o be_v sow_v 589_o c._n d_o their_o medicinable_a virtue_n ibid._n poppaea_n wife_n to_o nero_n how_o she_o bathe_v her_o body_n 348._o ay_o popular_a government_n who_o first_o erect_v 189._o a_o popularia_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o abricocts_n 436._o l_o porkepine_v their_o description_n and_o nature_n 215._o e_o porphyrio_n what_o manner_n of_o bird_n and_o how_o he_o drink_v 295._o d._n another_o porphyrio_n 296._o k_o porpuiss_n fish_n 241._o a_o k._n porsena_n raise_v up_o lightning_n by_o conjuration_n 26._o k_o porcius_n cato_n his_o commendable_a part_n 169._o f._n &_o deinceps_fw-la posidonius_n the_o mathematician_n 14._o l_o posidonius_n honour_v of_o pompeius_n 172._o h_o pottery_n who_o devise_n 188._o l_o a_o poulter_n cunning_a in_o egg_n 299._o e_o pourcuttle_n a_o fish_n 247._o e_o poison_n of_o scorpion_n be_v white_a 325._o a_o poison_n of_o serpent_n proceed_v from_o the_o gall_n 341._o e_o p_o r_o praecordia_fw-la the_o upmost_a inward_o of_o man_n 342._o i_o they_o be_v a_o defence_n to_o the_o heart_n ibid._n praesage_n of_o fortune_n by_o the_o tooth_n 164._o l_o praesage_n by_o fish_n 244._o l_o praesage_v by_o the_o settle_n of_o bee_n 519._o d_o praesage_n by_o wean_a of_o spider_n 324._o i_o praesage_v by_o slight_a of_o heron_n 334._o g._n hy_o lightning_n sneesing_n stumble_v with_o the_o foot_n 4._o l_o praestar_n the_o name_n of_o a_o blast_n and_o the_o nature_n thereof_o 25._o a_o praetextae_n garment_n when_o devise_v 228._o h_o prevarication_n what_o it_o be_v in_o husbandry_n 379_o c_o a_o word_n borrow_v by_o lawyer_n ibid._n prason_n 401._o d_o praxitales_fw-la his_o grave_a image_n 175._o d_o price_n of_o isocrates_n his_o oration_n 151._o f_o priest_n of_o cybele_n their_o manner_n 352._o h_o principle_n about_o husbandry_n 555._o a._n b_o priest_n fish_n two_o hundred_o cubit_n long_o 235._o c_o procella_fw-la a_o storm_n 25._o b_o procyon_n what_o star_n 597._o b_o prochyta_n island_n 61._o c_o in_o prodigy_n who_o be_v first_o skilful_a 189._o d_o prodromi_fw-la what_o figs._n 474._o k_o prodromi_fw-la so_o call_v be_v the_o north-east_n wind_n and_o why_o 23._o d._n prognostication_n of_o weather_n and_o wind_n 610._o l_o prognostication_n by_o the_o eyebrow_n 354._o l_o prognostication_n by_o the_o eye_n ibid._n prognostication_n of_o weather_n and_o other_o future_a thing_n by_o dumbo_n beast_n 211._o e_o prohibitory_n what_o bird_n 277._o c_o promontory_n nymphaeum_n 48._o g_o promontory_n saturn_n cape_n 53._o d_o promontory_n taurus_n 268._o l_o propagation_n of_o tree_n two_o way_n help_v 516._o g_o propolis_n the_o three_o foundation_n of_o the_o work_n of_o bee_n 313._o b_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o it_o be_v 585._o d_o protropum_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 487._o d_o prusias_n k._n of_o bithynian_o his_o son_n be_v bear_v have_v a_o bone_n 〈◊〉_d in_o stead_n of_o a_o gum_n in_o the_o upper_a jaw_n 164._o i_o prose_n write_v and_o speak_v who_o invent_v first_o 189._o f_o p_o s_o pseudonardus_fw-la 364._o k_o psyllians_n name_v of_o king_n psyllus_n 154._o k_o psyllians_n venomous_a by_o nature_n ibid._n psyllians_n how_o they_o make_v trial_n of_o their_o wife_n chastity_n ib._n their_o body_n kill_v serpent_n ibid._n p_o t_n ptaeambati_n people_n which_o have_v a_o dog_n to_o their_o king_n 147._o c_o ptisana_fw-la how_o it_o be_v make_v 561._o 〈◊〉_d high_o commend_v ibid._n phthongus_n mercury_n his_o tune_n 14_o l_o p_o v_n publius_n catienus_n philotimus_n burn_v himself_o for_o love_n of_o his_o master_n 174._o k_o publius_n rutilius_n die_v sudden_o 134._o i_o puff_v apple_n 438._o l_o pulmentaria_fw-la 563._o b_o pulpa_fw-la in_o tree_n what_o it_o be_v 486._o k_o pulse_n what_o it_o be_v 557._o c._n 558._o i._n how_o it_o be_v root_v 557._o e_o pulse_n of_o all_o sort_n how_o it_o grow_v 558._o l_o pulse_n call_v in_o latin_a legumina_fw-la and_o why_o 576._o m_o pulse_n of_o the_o artery_n bewray_v hide_a disease_n 345._o d_o pulse_n what_o kind_n of_o leaf_n they_o have_v 558._o m._n long_o in_o blow_v and_o not_o at_o once_o 559._o a_o purple_a fish_n 258._o g_o purple_n colour_n from_o whence_o it_o come_v ibid._n h_o puteal_v libonis_n 443._o d_o puttock_n see_v kite_n purple_a fish_n of_o two_o sort_n purpura_fw-la and_o buccinum_fw-la 258._o l_o their_o difference_n ibid._n purple_n pelagiae_n taeniense_n a_o kind_n 259._o a_o p_o y_fw-fr pyannet_n what_o kind_n of_o bird_n 285._o d_o they_o remove_v their_o nest_n 289._o g_o pygargi_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o goat_n 231._o d_o pygargos_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o aegle_n 271._o c_o pygmaei_n spythamei_n a_o people_n in_o india_n three_o handful_n high_a 156._o i._n their_o war_n with_o crane_n ibid._n k_o pyraeum_n a_o athenian_a haven_n by_o the_o retire_n of_o the_o sea_n leave_v dry_a land_n 39_o 〈◊〉_d pyromantie_n who_o devise_n 189._o d_o pyrosachne_n a_o plant_n 398._o k_o pyrrhaeum_n the_o forest_n burn_v and_o reviue_v 463._o b_o king_n pyrrhus_n his_o great_a toe_n and_o other_o part_n medicinable_a 155._o d._n pyrrhus_n bear_v twice_o a_o year_n 474._o m_o pyrrhus_n k._n of_o epirus_n intend_v to_o join_v by_o a_o bridge_n greece_n unto_o italy_n 64._o g_o pyrrocorax_n what_o bird_n 296._o h_o pythagoras_n first_o find_v out_o the_o nature_n of_o venus_n planet_n and_o when_o 6._o 〈◊〉_d pythagoras_n find_v out_o the_o distance_n between_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o moon_n 14._o 〈◊〉_d pythius_n of_o massiles_n a_o writer_n 43._o c_o pyxacanthus_n chironius_fw-la 36._o q_o five_o qvadrant_n for_o a_o husbandman_n 609._o c_o quailes_n fly_v by_o troop_n 282._o l_o quailes_n how_o they_o help_v themselves_o by_o fly_v 283._o a._n 〈◊〉_d they_o â—…eed_v upon_o white_a ellebore_n seed_n ibid._n they_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o fall_a sickness_n ibid._n four_o quarter_n principal_a in_o rome_n 551._o a_o quickenesse_n of_o spirit_n example_n thereof_o 168._o ay_o quick_a creature_n come_v
notwithstanding_o now_o it_o be_v guild_v all_o over_o semblable_o there_o stand_v in_o the_o courtly_a palace_n of_o octavia_n the_o image_n of_o cupid_n hold_v a_o thunderbolt_n or_o lightning_n in_o his_o hand_n ready_a to_o shoot_v but_o it_o be_v a_o question_n who_o be_v the_o maker_n of_o he_o and_o yet_o this_o be_v affirm_v that_o the_o same_o cupid_n be_v make_v by_o the_o lively_a pattern_n of_o alcibiades_n who_o at_o that_o age_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v the_o fair_a youth_n that_o the_o earth_n do_v bear_v in_o the_o same_o place_n and_o namely_o in_o the_o school_n or_o gallery_n of_o learned_a man_n there_o be_v many_o more_o image_n high_o commend_v and_o yet_o no_o man_n know_v who_o wrought_v they_o as_o for_o example_n four_o that_o resemble_v satyr_n of_o which_o one_o seem_v to_o carry_v on_o his_o shoulder_n prince_n bacchus_n array_v like_o a_o girl_n in_o a_o side_n coat_n or_o gown_n another_o likewise_o bear_v young_a bacchus_n in_o the_o same_o order_n clad_v in_o the_o robe_n of_o his_o mother_n semelle_n the_o three_o make_v as_o though_o he_o will_v still_o the_o one_o bacchus_n cry_v like_o a_o child_n the_o four_o offer_v the_o other_o a_o cup_n of_o drink_n to_o allay_v his_o thirst_n furthermore_o there_o be_v two_o image_n in_o habit_n and_o form_n feminine_a represent_v gale_n of_o wind_n &_o these_o seem_v to_o make_v sail_n with_o their_o own_o clothes_n as_o doubtful_a also_o it_o be_v who_o make_v the_o image_n within_o the_o rail_v enclosure_n in_o mars_n field_n name_v septa_fw-la which_o do_v represent_v olympus_n pan_n chiron_n and_o achilles_n and_o yet_o so_o excellent_a piece_n they_o be_v that_o man_n esteem_v they_o worthy_a to_o be_v keep_v safe_a &_o satisfaction_n to_o be_v make_v with_o no_o less_o than_o their_o death_n under_o who_o hand_n and_o custody_n they_o shall_v miscarry_v but_o to_o return_v again_o unto_o scopas_n he_o have_v concurrent_n in_o his_o time_n and_o those_o that_o think_v themselves_o as_o good_a workman_n as_o himself_o to_o wit_n bryaxis_n timotheus_n and_o leochares_n of_o who_o i_o must_v write_v joint_o together_o because_o they_o join_v all_o four_o in_o the_o grave_v and_o cut_v of_o the_o stately_a monument_n mausoleum_n this_o mausoleum_n be_v the_o renown_a tomb_n or_o sepulchre_n of_o mausolus_n a_o petty_a king_n of_o caria_n which_o the_o worthy_a lady_n artemisia_n sometime_o his_o queen_n and_o now_o his_o widow_n cause_v to_o be_v erect_v for_o the_o say_a prince_n her_o husband_n who_o die_v in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o hundred_o olympias_n and_o very_o so_o sumptuous_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v &_o so_o curious_o wrought_v by_o these_o artificer_n especial_o that_o it_o be_v reckon_v one_o of_o those_o matchless_a monument_n which_o be_v call_v the_o 6._o seven_o wonder_n of_o the_o world_n from_o north_n to_o south_n it_o carry_v in_o length_n 63_o foot_n the_o two_o front_n east_n and_o west_n make_v the_o breadth_n which_o be_v not_o all_o out_o so_o large_a so_o as_o the_o whole_a circuit_n about_o may_v contain_v four_o hundred_o and_o eleven_o foot_n it_o be_v raise_v in_o height_n five_o and_o twenty_o cubit_n and_o environ_v with_o six_o and_o thirty_o column_n on_o the_o east_n side_n scopas_n do_v cut_v bryaxes_n choose_v the_o north_n end_n that_o front_n which_o regard_v the_o south_n fall_v to_o timotheus_n and_o leochares_n engrave_v at_o the_o west_n side_n but_o queen_n artemisia_n who_o cause_v this_o rich_a sepulchre_n to_o be_v make_v for_o the_o honour_n and_o in_o the_o memorial_n of_o her_o husband_n late_o decease_v happen_v herself_o to_o depart_v this_o life_n before_o it_o be_v full_o finish_v howbeit_o these_o noble_a artificer_n who_o she_o have_v set_v a-work_o will_v not_o give_v over_o when_o she_o be_v dead_a and_o go_v but_o follow_v on_o still_o and_o bring_v it_o to_o a_o final_a end_n as_o make_v this_o account_n that_o it_o will_v be_v a_o glorious_a monument_n to_o all_o posterity_n both_o of_o themselves_o and_o also_o of_o their_o cunning_n and_o in_o truth_n at_o this_o day_n it_o be_v hard_o to_o judge_v by_o their_o handiwork_n who_o do_v best_a there_o be_v a_o five_o workman_n also_o come_v in_o to_o they_o for_o above_o the_o side_n wall_n or_o wing_n of_o the_o tomb_n there_o be_v a_o pyramid_n found_v which_o from_o the_o very_a battlement_n of_o the_o say_a wall_n be_v carry_v to_o the_o height_n of_o the_o build_n underneath_o it_o the_o same_o grow_v small_a still_o as_o the_o work_n arise_v high_a and_o from_o that_o height_n at_o every_o degree_n which_o in_o the_o whole_a be_v 24_o be_v narrow_v and_o take_v in_o until_o at_o last_o it_o end_v in_o a_o point_a broach_n in_o the_o top_n whereof_o there_o be_v pitch_v a_o coach_n with_o four_o horse_n swrought_v curious_o in_o marble_n and_o this_o be_v the_o work_n of_o pythis_n for_o his_o part_n ground_n so_o that_o reckon_v this_o chariot_n with_o the_o sharp_a spire_n the_o pyramid_n under_o it_o unto_o the_o battlement_n and_o the_o body_n of_o the_o sepulchre_n found_v upon_o the_o bare_a ground_n the_o whole_a work_n arise_v to_o a_o 140_o foot_n in_o height_n but_o to_o come_v to_o some_o particular_a work_n of_o timotheus_n beforesaid_a his_o hand_n wrought_v that_o statue_n of_o diana_n in_o marble_n which_o stand_v at_o rome_n in_o the_o chapel_n of_o apollo_n situate_a in_o mount_n palatine_n and_o yet_o the_o head_n belong_v thereto_o which_o now_o this_o image_n carry_v aulanius_n evander_n set_v unto_o it_o in_o place_n of_o the_o former_a as_o touch_v menestratus_n man_n have_v in_o high_a admiration_n hercules_n of_o his_o make_n as_o also_o hecate_n which_o stand_v in_o a_o chapel_n at_o ephesus_n behind_o the_o great_a temple_n of_o diana_n the_o sexton_n or_o warden_n of_o which_o chapel_n give_v warning_n unto_o those_o that_o come_v to_o see_v it_o that_o they_o look_v not_o too_o long_o upon_o it_o for_o dazzle_a and_o hurt_v their_o eye_n the_o lustre_n of_o the_o marble_n be_v so_o radiant_a and_o resplendent_a i_o can_v range_v in_o a_o low_a degree_n unto_o these_o the_o three_o charites_n or_o grace_n which_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o basse_fw-fr court_n before_o the_o citadel_n of_o athens_n the_o which_o famous_a socrates_n make_v i_o mean_v not_o that_o socrates_n who_o i_o reckon_v among_o painter_n although_o some_o think_v he_o be_v the_o same_o man_n as_o for_o myro_n who_o i_o commend_v for_o a_o singular_a imageur_fw-fr in_o brass_n there_o be_v in_o marble_n of_o his_o portray_a and_o engrave_v a_o old_a woman_n drunken_a which_o he_o make_v for_o they_o of_o smyrna_n a_o piece_n of_o work_n as_o much_o esteem_v and_o speak_v of_o as_o any_o other_o and_o here_o i_o can_v but_o think_v of_o pollio_n asinius_n who_o as_o he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o stir_a spirit_n and_o quick_a conceit_n delight_v to_o have_v his_o library_n and_o monument_n to_o be_v enrich_v with_o such_o antiquity_n as_o these_o for_o among_o they_o a_o man_n shall_v see_v the_o centaur_n carry_v behind_o they_o upon_o their_o croup_n the_o nymph_n which_o archesitas_fw-la wrought_v the_o muse_n name_v thespiades_n of_o cleomenes_n his_o cut_n oceanus_n and_o jupiter_n do_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o eutochus_fw-la the_o statue_n on_o horse_n back_o resemble_v woman_n call_v hippiades_n which_o stephanus_n wrought_v joint_a image_n of_o mercury_n and_o cupid_n call_v hermerote_n the_o workmanship_n of_o tauriscus_n i_o mean_v not_o the_o grave_a of_o who_o i_o speak_v before_o but_o another_o tauriscus_n of_o tralleis_n jupiter_n syrname_v xenius_n or_o hospitalis_n which_o come_v out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o pamphilus_n a_o apprentice_n to_o praxiteles_n as_o for_o the_o brave_a piece_n of_o work_n to_o wit_n zetus_n amphion_n dirce_n the_o bull_n and_o the_o bond_n wherewith_o dirce_n be_v tie_v all_o in_o one_o entire_a stone_n which_o be_v bring_v from_o rhodes_n to_o rome_n it_o be_v do_v by_o apollonius_n and_o tauriscus_n these_o man_n make_v question_n of_o themselves_o who_o shall_v be_v their_o father_n profess_v in_o plain_a term_n that_o menocrates_n be_v take_v and_o suppose_v their_o father_n but_o indeed_o artemidorus_n beget_v they_o and_o be_v their_o father_n by_o nature_n &_o in_o the_o same_o place_n among_o other_o monument_n the_o statue_n of_o father_n bacchus_n make_v by_o eutychides_n be_v much_o commend_v moreover_o near_o unto_o the_o gallery_n of_o octavia_n there_o be_v the_o image_n of_o apollo_n wrought_v by_o phyliscus_fw-la the_o rhodian_a and_o he_o stand_v in_o a_o chapel_n of_o his_o own_o item_n latona_n diana_n the_o nine_o muâ—…es_n and_o another_o apollo_n naked_a as_o for_o that_o apollo_n who_o in_o the_o same_o temple_n hold_v in_o his_o hand_n a_o harp_n timarchides_n be_v the_o workman_n of_o it_o but_o
celsus_n nigidius_n trebius_n niger_n pomponius_n mela_n manlius_n sura_n foreign_a writer_n king_n juba_n polybius_n onesicritus_n isidorus_n antipater_n aristotle_n demetrius_n the_o natural_a philosopher_n democritus_n theophrastus_n euanthes_n agrippa_n who_o write_v of_o the_o olympionicae_n hiero_n king_n attalus_n king_n philometer_n ctesias_n duris_n philistus_n architus_fw-la philarchus_n amphilocus_n the_o athenian_a anaxipolis_n the_o thasian_a apollodorus_n of_o lemnos_n aristophanes_n the_o milesian_n antigonus_n the_o cymaean_a agathocless_a of_o chios_n apollonicus_fw-la of_o pergamus_n aristander_n of_o athens_n bacchus_n the_o milesian_n bion_n of_o soli_n chaereas_n the_o athenian_a diodorus_n of_o pyreaeum_n dio_fw-mi the_o colophonian_n epigenes_n of_o rhodes_n evagon_n of_o thassus_n euphranius_n the_o athenian_a hegesias_n of_o maronea_n menander_n of_o pyreaeum_n menander_n also_o of_o heraclea_n menecrates_n the_o poet_n androcian_n who_o write_v of_o agriculture_n or_o husbandry_n aeschrion_n who_o likewise_o write_v of_o that_o argument_n dionysius_n who_o translate_a mago_n diophanes_n who_o collect_v a_o epitome_n or_o breviarie_n out_o of_o dionysius_n king_n archelaus_n and_o nicander_n ¶_o in_o the_o nine_o book_n be_v contain_v the_o story_n and_o nature_n of_o fish_n and_o water-creature_n chap._n 1._o the_o nature_n of_o water-creature_n 2._o the_o reason_n why_o the_o creature_n of_o the_o sea_n be_v of_o all_o other_o big_a 3._o the_o monstrous_a beast_n of_o the_o indian_a sea_n 4._o the_o great_a fish_n and_o beast_n in_o every_o part_n of_o the_o ocean_n 5._o of_o tritone_n nereid_n and_o sea_n elephant_n their_o shape_n and_o form_n 6._o of_o great_a whale_n call_v balaenae_fw-la and_o oreae_fw-la 7._o whether_o fish_n do_v take_v and_o deliver_v their_o breath_n whether_o they_o sleep_v or_o no_o 8._o of_o dolphin_n and_o their_o wonderful_a property_n 9_o of_o the_o tursiones_fw-la 10._o of_o the_o sea_n tortoise_n and_o how_o they_o be_v take_v 11._o who_o first_o devise_v to_o slive_v the_o tortoise_n shell_n into_o leaf_n 12._o the_o skin_n and_o shell_n of_o the_o sea_n creature_n the_o division_n of_o they_o into_o their_o several_a kind_n 13._o of_o the_o seal_n or_o sea-calf_n 14._o of_o fish_n smooth_a and_o without_o hair_n how_o they_o spawn_v and_o breed_v and_o how_o many_o sort_n there_o be_v of_o they_o 15._o the_o name_n and_o nature_n of_o many_o fish_n 16._o the_o presage_n by_o fish_n and_o their_o variety_n 17._o of_o the_o mullet_n and_o other_o fish_n that_o the_o same_o fish_n be_v not_o in_o request_n in_o all_o place_n 18._o of_o the_o barble_n the_o sea_n raven_n coracinus_n of_o stockfish_n and_o salmon_n 19_o of_o the_o exoecetus_fw-la calamary_n lamprey_n etc._n etc._n 20._o the_o division_n of_o fish_n by_o the_o shape_n of_o their_o body_n 21._o of_o eel_n 22._o the_o manner_n of_o take_v they_o in_o the_o lake_n benacus_n 23._o the_o nature_n of_o the_o lamprey_n 24._o of_o flat_a and_o broad_a fish_n 25._o of_o the_o stay-ship_n echeneis_fw-la and_o his_o wonderful_a nature_n 26._o the_o changeable_a nature_n of_o fish_n 27._o of_o the_o fish_n call_v the_o lantern_n and_o the_o sea_n dragon_n 28._o of_o fish_n want_v blood_n 29._o of_o the_o pourcuttle_n the_o cuttle_n fish_n the_o calamarie_n and_o the_o fish_n call_v the_o sailor_n or_o mariner_n 30._o the_o fish_n ozaena_fw-la and_o nauplius_n also_o of_o lobster_n 31._o of_o crab_n sea_n porkespines_n and_o of_o the_o great_a sort_n name_v echinometrae_n 32._o of_o wilkes_n cockle_n and_o shell_n sish_v 33._o of_o scallop_n porcellane_n of_o the_o shell_n fish_n murex_fw-la and_o other_o such_o 34._o the_o riches_n and_o treasure_n of_o the_o sea_n 35._o of_o pearl_n how_o they_o be_v engender_v and_o where_o also_o how_o they_o be_v find_v 36._o the_o nature_n of_o the_o purple_a fish_n and_o the_o burret_n or_o murices_fw-la 37._o how_o many_o kind_n there_o be_v of_o purple_a fish_n 38._o how_o the_o purple_a fish_n be_v take_v 39_o when_o purple_a be_v first_o wear_v in_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n 40._o the_o price_n of_o purple_a clothes_n at_o rome_n 41._o the_o die_a of_o the_o amethyst_n colour_n of_o the_o scarlet_n in_o grain_n and_o the_o light_a scarlet_n hysginus_fw-la 42._o of_o the_o fish_n call_v the_o nacre_n and_o his_o guide_n or_o keeper_n pinnoteres_n also_o the_o intelligence_n of_o fish_n and_o water_n creature_n 43._o of_o scolopendres_n sea_n fox_n and_o the_o fish_n glani_fw-la 44._o of_o the_o fish_n call_v the_o sea_n ram._n 45._o of_o those_o thing_n which_o have_v a_o three_o nature_n be_v neither_o live_a creature_n ne_o yet_o plant_n to_o wit_n of_o sea_n nettle_n and_o sponge_n 46._o of_o houndfish_n or_o sea_n dog_n 47._o of_o sea_n fish_n that_o have_v stony_a shell_n of_o those_o that_o have_v no_o sense_n at_o all_o of_o other_o nast_a and_o filthy_a creature_n 48._o of_o sea_n fish_n venomous_a 49._o the_o disease_n incident_a to_o fish_n 50._o the_o admiral_n generation_n of_o fish_n 51._o item_n another_o discourse_n of_o their_o generation_n and_o what_o fish_n they_o be_v which_o do_v lay_v egg_n 52._o the_o matrices_fw-la or_o womb_n of_o fish_n 53._o what_o fish_n live_v long_a 54._o of_o oyster_n pit_n and_o who_o do_v first_o devise_v they_o 55._o who_o first_o invent_v stew_n and_o pond_n to_o feed_v lamprey_n in_o 56._o the_o stew_n and_o pond_n for_o other_o shell_n fishes_n and_o who_o bring_v they_o up_o first_o to_o be_v use_v 57_o of_o fish_n that_o haunt_v the_o land_n 58._o the_o rat_n of_o nilus_n 59_o of_o the_o fish_n call_v anthias_n and_o how_o he_o be_v take_v 60._o of_o the_o sea_n star_n 61._o of_o the_o fish_n dactyli_n and_o their_o admirable_a property_n 62._o what_o fish_n do_v entertain_v amity_n one_o with_o another_o and_o which_o be_v ever_o at_o war_n in_o sum_n this_o book_n contain_v story_n notable_a thing_n and_o observation_n to_o the_o number_n of_o 650_o collect_v out_o of_o latin_a author_n turanius_n graccula_n trogus_n maecenas_n alfius_n flavus_n cornelius_n nepos_n laberius_n the_o writer_n of_o merry_a epigram_n fabianus_n fenestella_n mutianus_n aelius_n stilo_n statius_n sebosus_n melissus_n seneca_n cicero_n macer_n aemylius_fw-la messana_n corvinus_n trebius_n niger_n and_o nigidius_n out_o of_o foreign_a writer_n aristotle_n king_n archelaus_n callimachus_n democritus_n theophrastus_n thrasyllus_n hegesidemus_n of_o cythnos_n and_o alexander_n polyhistor_n ¶_o in_o the_o ten_o book_n be_v contain_v the_o nature_n and_o story_n of_o fowl_n and_o fly_a creature_n chap._n 1._o the_o nature_n of_o foules_n 2._o of_o the_o phoenix_n 3._o of_o aegle_n 4._o when_o the_o roman_a legion_n use_v the_o eagle_n standard_n and_o other_o ensign_n also_o with_o what_o creature_n aegle_n maintain_v fight_v 5._o a_o strange_a and_o wonderful_a case_n as_o touch_v a_o eagle_n 6._o of_o the_o vulture_n or_o geire_n 7._o of_o the_o foul_a sangualis_fw-la 8._o of_o falcon_n and_o hawk_n 9_o of_o the_o cuckoo_n which_o be_v kill_v by_o bird_n of_o her_o own_o kind_n 10._o of_o kite_n or_o puttock_n 11._o a_o division_n of_o bird_n into_o general_a kind_n 12._o of_o unlucky_a and_o ominous_a bird_n the_o crow_n the_o raven_n and_o the_o like-owle_n 13._o of_o the_o foul_a that_o carry_v fire_n in_o her_o mouth_n 14._o of_o the_o bird_n clivina_fw-la 15._o of_o many_o bird_n unknown_a 16._o of_o fowl_n that_o fly_v by_o night_n 17._o of_o owlet_n 18._o of_o the_o wood-pecker_n 19_o of_o bird_n which_o have_v claw_n and_o crooked_a talon_n 20._o of_o peacock_n and_o who_o kill_v they_o first_o for_o to_o be_v serve_v at_o the_o table_n 21._o of_o cock_n how_o they_o be_v cut_v of_o a_o dunghill_n cock_n that_o speak_v 22._o of_o goose_n who_o first_o devise_v to_o make_v a_o dainty_a dish_n of_o the_o goose_n liver_n the_o gravy_n or_o fat_a of_o goose_n call_v comagenum_n 23._o of_o crane_n stork_n swan_n strange_a fowl_n of_o outlandish_a country_n of_o quail_n and_o the_o bird_n glotis_n 24._o of_o swallow_n and_o martin_n of_o blackbird_n thrush_n and_o merles_n of_o starling_n turtle-dove_n and_o quoist_n or_o ringdove_n 25._o of_o bird_n that_o tarry_v with_o we_o all_o the_o year_n long_o of_o bird_n that_o be_v for_o half_a a_o year_n only_o and_o other_o that_o remain_v but_o three_o month_n 26._o marvelous_a story_n of_o bird_n 27._o of_o bird_n call_v seleucides_n 28._o of_o the_o foul_a ibis_n 29._o what_o bird_n will_v not_o abide_v in_o all_o place_n which_o they_o be_v that_o change_n both_o hue_n and_o voice_n also_o of_o nightingale_n 30._o of_o merles_n or_o ousels_n 31._o the_o time_n wherein_o bird_n breed_v lay_v and_o sit_v 32._o of_o the_o bird_n halciones_fw-la the_o navigable_a day_n that_o they_o do_v show_v of_o the_o seagull_n and_o cormorant_n 33._o the_o industry_n and_o subtlety_n of_o bird_n in_o build_v their_o nest_n of_o the_o
be_v in_o request_n at_o rome_n 12._o observation_n of_o wine_n set_v down_o by_o king_n romulus_n 13._o the_o ancient_a usage_n of_o wine_n and_o the_o wine_n of_o old_a time_n 14._o of_o cellar_n for_o wine_n and_o the_o wine_n opiminianum_fw-la 15._o caesar_n liberality_n in_o wine_n and_o when_o first_o there_o be_v four_o sort_n of_o wine_n set_v down_o 16._o of_o artificial_a or_o set_v wine_n 17._o of_o hydromell_n and_o oxymell_n 18._o prodigious_a and_o strange_a kind_n of_o wine_n 19_o what_o wine_n may_v not_o be_v use_v in_o sacrifice_n and_o with_o what_o sort_v new_a wine_n be_v sophisticated_a 20._o sundry_a sort_n of_o pitch_n and_o rosin_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o sophisticate_a new_a wine_n of_o vinegar_n and_o winelee_n 21._o of_o wine_n cellar_n 22._o of_o avoid_v drunkenness_n in_o sum_n it_o contain_v notable_a matter_n history_n and_o observation_n 510_o gather_v out_o of_o latin_a author_n cornelius_n valerius_n virgil_n celsus_n cato_n censorius_n sarsennaes_n both_o father_n and_o son_n scropha_n varro_n decimus_n syllanus_n fabius_n pictor_n trogus_n hyginus_n flaccus_n verrius_n graecinus_n julius_n accius_n columella_n massurius_n sabinus_n fenestella_n tergilla_n m._n actius_n plautus_n fabius_n dorsennus_fw-la scaevola_n aelius_n atteius_n capito_n cotta_n messalinus_n l._n piso_n pompeius_n lenaeus_n fabianus_n sextius_n niger_n and_o vibius_n rufus_n foreign_a author_n hesiodus_n theophrastus_n aristotle_n democritus_n king_n attalus_n k._n philometer_n architas_n xenophon_n amphilochus_n the_o athenian_a anaxipolis_n the_o thasian_a apollodorus_n the_o lemnian_a aristophanes_n the_o milesian_n antigonus_n the_o cymaean_a agathocles_n the_o chian_a apollonius_n of_o pergamus_n aristander_n of_o athâ—…_n and_o likewise_o batrys_n the_o athenian_a bacchius_fw-la the_o milesian_n bion_n of_o soli_n chereas_fw-la the_o athenian_a aâ—…_n cheristus_fw-la likewise_o of_o athens_n diodorus_n of_o priene_n dio_n the_o colophonian_n epigenes_n the_o rhodian_a evagoras_n the_o thasian_a euphron_n of_o athens_n androtion_n aescrion_n and_o lysimachus_n who_o write_v all_o three_o of_o agriculture_n dionysius_n who_o translate_a mago_n diophanes_n who_o bring_v dionysius_n into_o a_o epitome_n asclepiades_n the_o physician_n onesicritus_n and_o king_n juba_n ¶_o the_o fifteen_o book_n treat_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o tree_n fruitful_a and_o plant_v in_o hort-yard_n chap._n 1._o the_o nature_n of_o fruitful_a tree_n 2._o of_o the_o oil_n of_o olive_n 3._o the_o nature_n of_o the_o olive_n &_o young_a olive_n tree_n 4._o the_o nature_n of_o the_o oil_n olive_n 5._o the_o manner_n of_o husband_v olive_n row_n 6._o how_o to_o keep_v olive_n and_o make_v oil_n thereof_o 7._o of_o artificial_a oil_n 8._o of_o the_o dregs_n or_o olive_n cake_n be_v press_v 9_o of_o fruit_n of_o tree_n good_a to_o eat_v their_o several_a kind_n and_o nature_n 10._o of_o pine_n nut_n four_o kind_n 11._o of_o the_o quince_n 12._o of_o peach_n four_o sort_n 13._o of_o plum_n eleven_o kind_n 14._o sundry_a kind_n of_o apple_n and_o namely_o nine_o and_o twenty_o sort_n 15._o of_o pear_n and_o warden_n of_o sundry_a strange_a device_n to_o graft_v tree_n 16._o of_o preserve_v and_o keep_v apple_n &_o such_o like_a fruit_n 17._o the_o manner_n how_o to_o keep_v quince_n pomgranat_n pear_n warden_n soruise_n and_o grape_n 18._o of_o fig_n nine_o and_o twenty_o sort_n 19_o of_o the_o wild_a figtree_n of_o caprification_n or_o the_o manner_n how_o to_o bring_v figgs_n to_o maturity_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o certain_a fly_n 20._o of_o medlar_n and_o three_o sort_n of_o they_o 21._o four_o kind_n of_o soruoise_n 22._o of_o the_o walnut_n 23._o of_o chestnut_n eight_o kind_n 24._o of_o charob_n call_v siliquae_fw-la of_o apple_n of_o mulberry_n of_o grain_n pippin_n and_o kernils_n within_o the_o fruit_n also_o of_o berry_n 25._o of_o cherry_n eight_o sort_n 26._o of_o the_o corneill_n fruit_n and_o lentisk_n 27._o sundry_a sort_n of_o juice_n and_o odour_n 28._o of_o the_o juice_n in_o fruit_n and_o tree_n of_o colour_n smell_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o diverse_a fruit_n also_o the_o singularity_n and_o commendation_n of_o they_o 29._o of_o the_o myrtle_n eleven_o kind_n thereof_o 30._o of_o the_o laurel_n or_o bay-tree_n thirteen_o sort_n of_o it_o in_o sum_n there_o be_v comprise_v in_o this_o book_n of_o notable_a matter_n story_n and_o observation_n 520_o collect_v out_o of_o latin_a author_n fenestella_n fabianus_n virgil_n cornelius_n valerianus_n celsus_n cato_n censorius_n sarsennae_n both_o father_n and_o son_n scropha_n mar._n varro_n d._n syllanus_n fabius_n pictor_n trogus_n hyginus_n flaccus_n verrius_n graecinus_n atticus_n julius_n sabinus_n tergilla_n cotta_n messalinus_n columella_n l._n piso_n pompeius_n lenaeus_n m._n accius_n plautius_n fabius_n dorsenus_n scaevola_n aelius_n atteius_n capito_n sextus_n niger_n and_o vibius_n rufus_n foreign_a writer_n hesiodus_n aristotle_n democritus_n king_n hiero_n architas_n king_n philometor_n king_n attalus_n xenophon_n amphilochus_n the_o athenian_a anaxipolis_n the_o thasian_a apollodorus_n of_o lemnos_n aristophanes_n the_o milesian_n antigonus_n the_o cymaean_a agathocles_n of_o chios_n apollodorus_n of_o pergamus_n aristander_n the_o athenian_a bacchus_n the_o milesian_n bion_n of_o soli_n chaereas_n of_o athens_n and_o charistus_n likewise_o the_o athenian_a diodorus_n of_o priene_n dion_n the_o colophonian_n epigenes_n the_o rhodian_a evagoras_n the_o thasian_a euphronius_n the_o athenian_a androtion_n and_o aeschrion_n who_o write_v both_o of_o husbandry_n dionysius_n that_o translate_v the_o book_n of_o mago_n and_o dionysius_n the_o epitomist_n who_o bring_v they_o all_o into_o a_o breviarie_n asclepiades_n and_o erasistratus_n both_o physician_n comiades_n who_o write_v as_o touch_v the_o confecture_n of_o wine_n aristomachus_n hicesius_n who_o both_o treat_v of_o the_o same_o matter_n themison_n the_o physician_n onesicritus_n and_o king_n juba_n ¶_o in_o the_o sixteen_o book_n be_v contain_v the_o nature_n of_o wild_a tree_n chap._n 1._o country_n wherein_o no_o tree_n do_v grow_v miraculous_a wonder_n of_o tree_n in_o the_o north_n country_n 2._o of_o the_o great_a forest_n hircynia_n 3._o tree_n that_o bear_v mast_n 4._o of_o the_o civic_a guirland_n and_o who_o in_o old_a time_n be_v adorn_v and_o honour_v with_o chaplet_n of_o tree_n leave_v 5._o of_o mast_n thirteen_o kind_n 6._o of_o beech_n mast_n and_o other_o sort_n of_o mast_n of_o coal_n and_o the_o feed_n of_o hog_n 7._o of_o gall_n and_o how_o many_o thing_n beside_o mast_n and_o acorn_n mast_n tree_n do_v bear_v 8._o of_o cachrys_n and_o of_o the_o scarlet_n grain_n also_o of_o agaricke_n and_o cork_n 9_o of_o what_o tree_n the_o bark_n be_v in_o usage_n 10._o of_o shindle_n to_o cover_v house_n of_o the_o pinetree_n and_o the_o wild_a pine_n of_o the_o fir_n &_o pitch-tree_n of_o the_o larch-tree_n of_o the_o torch-tree_n toeda_n and_o the_o yew-tree_n 11._o the_o manner_n of_o make_v sundry_a sort_n of_o pitch_n and_o taâ—…_n how_o the_o virgin_n pitch_v call_v cedrium_fw-la be_v make_v of_o the_o thick_a stone_n pitch_n how_o it_o be_v make_v and_o the_o way_n to_o boil_v rosin_n 12._o of_o the_o ship_n pitch_v call_v zopissa_n of_o sapium_n and_o those_o tree_n that_o yield_v timber_n good_a for_o building_n 13_o of_o the_o ash_n tree_n four_o kind_n 14._o of_o the_o teil_n or_o linden_n tree_n two_o several_a sort_n thereof_o 15._o ten_o diverse_a sort_n of_o maples_n 16._o of_o the_o knot_n in_o maple_n call_v bruscus_n and_o molluscum_n of_o a_o kind_n of_o fistic_a tree_n call_v staphylodendron_n of_o box_n tree_n three_o sort_n 17._o of_o the_o elm_n four_o kind_n 18._o the_o nature_n of_o tree_n according_a to_o their_o situation_n and_o place_n where_o they_o grow_v 19_o a_o general_a division_n of_o tree_n 20._o what_o tree_n never_o shed_v their_o leaf_n quite_o of_o the_o oleander_n tree_n call_v rhododendron_n 21._o again_o what_o tree_n lose_v not_o their_o leaf_n but_o show_v always_o green_a which_o be_v they_o that_o shed_v their_o leaf_n in_o part_n in_o what_o country_v no_o tree_n at_o all_o do_v lose_v their_o leaf_n 22._o the_o nature_n of_o those_o tree_n which_o let_v fall_v their_o leaf_n and_o which_o have_v leaf_n of_o sundry_a colour_n 23._o three_o sort_n of_o asp_n or_o popler_n &_o of_o what_o tree_n the_o leaf_n do_v alter_v their_o for_o i_o and_o fashion_n 24._o what_o leave_v use_v to_o turn_v every_o year_n the_o manner_n how_o to_o order_v the_o leaf_n of_o date_n tree_n and_o to_o use_v they_o also_o strange_a and_o admirable_a thing_n as_o touch_v leaf_n 25._o the_o order_n and_o course_n that_o nature_n hold_v in_o plant_n the_o blossom_n of_o tree_n their_o manner_n of_o conception_n bloum_v bud_a and_o bear_v fruit_n and_o in_o what_o order_n they_o put_v out_o flower_n 26._o of_o the_o corneil_n tree_n the_o right_a season_n wherein_o every_o tree_n bear_v fruit_n what_o tree_n be_v fruitless_a and_o therefore_o
and_o acacia_n 13._o of_o the_o common_a and_o wild_a thistle_n of_o ery_z sisceptrum_fw-la of_o the_o thorn_n or_o thystle_n appendix_n of_o pyxacanthum_fw-la or_o the_o barbary_n tree_n of_o paliurus_n of_o the_o holly_n of_o the_o yew_n tree_n and_o other_o bush_n with_o their_o virtue_n in_o physic_n 14._o of_o the_o sweet_a brier_n or_o eglantine_n of_o the_o respâ—…ce_n bush_n of_o the_o white_a bramble_n rhamnus_n of_o lycium_n of_o sarcocolla_n of_o the_o composition_n name_v oporice_n and_o all_o their_o medicine_n 15._o of_o germander_n of_o perwinke_n or_o lowrie_n of_o 〈◊〉_d or_o olivell_n of_o chamaesyce_n of_o ground_n yvie_n of_o lavender_n cotton_n of_o ampeloprasos_n or_o vine_n porret_fw-la of_o stachys_n or_o wild_a sauge_n of_o clinopodium_fw-la or_o horse-time_n of_o cudweed_n of_o perwinke_n of_o egypt_n and_o their_o property_n 16._o of_o wake-robin_n of_o dragonwort_n or_o serpentine_a of_o the_o garden_n the_o great_a dragon-wort_n of_o arisaron_n of_o yarrow_n and_o millefoile_n of_o bastard_n navew_v of_o myrrhis_fw-la and_o onobrychis_n with_o their_o virtue_n 17._o of_o coriacesia_n callicia_n and_o menais_n with_o three_o and_o twenty_o other_o herb_n and_o their_o property_n which_o be_v hold_v by_o some_o to_o serve_v in_o magic_n of_o considia_n and_o aproxis_fw-la with_o other_o that_o reduce_v and_o revive_v love_n again_o 18._o of_o eriphia_n lanaria_n and_o water_n yarrow_n with_o their_o virtue_n 19_o of_o the_o herb_n that_o grow_v upon_o the_o head_n of_o statue_n and_o image_n of_o the_o herb_n that_o come_v out_o of_o river_n of_o the_o herb_n call_v lingua_n simple_o i._n the_o tongue_n of_o herb_n grow_v within_o sieve_n and_o upon_o dnnghil_n of_o rhodora_n of_o the_o herb_n impia_fw-la i._o the_o child_n before_o the_o parent_n of_o the_o herb_n pecten_fw-mi veneris_fw-la of_o nodia_n of_o cleiver_n or_o goose_n erith_n of_o burr_n of_o tordile_n of_o dent_n de_fw-fr chien_fw-fr or_o quiche_n of_o dactylus_fw-la and_o fenigreek_n with_o their_o virtue_n in_o sum_n herein_o be_v comprise_v medicine_n story_n and_o observation_n a_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o collect_v out_o of_o latin_a author_n c._n volgius_n pompeius_n lenaeus_n sextius_n niger_n and_o julius_n bassus_n who_o write_v both_o in_o greek_a antonius_n castor_n m._n varro_n cornelius_n celsus_n and_o fabius_n foreign_a writer_n theophrastus_n apollodorus_n democritus_n orpheus_n pythagoras_n mago_n menander_n the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n biochresta_n nicander_n homer_n hesiodus_n museus_fw-la sophocles_n and_o anaxilaus_n physician_n mnestheus_n callimachus_n phanias_n the_o natural_a philosopher_n simo_n timaristus_n hypocrates_n chrysippus_n diocles_n ophion_n heraclides_fw-la hicesius_n dionysius_n apollodorus_n of_o cittia_n apollodorus_n the_o tarentine_n praxagoras_n plistonicus_n medius_n dieuchus_fw-la cleophantus_n philistio_n asclepiades_n cratevas_n petronius_n diodotus_n jolla_o erasistratus_n diagoras_n andreas_n mnesicles_n epicharmus_n damion_n sosimenes_n theopolemus_n solon_n lycus_n metrodorus_n olympias_n the_o midwife_n of_o thebes_n phyllinus_n petreius_n miction_n glaucia_n and_o xenocrates_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxv_o book_n be_v contain_v the_o nature_n of_o herb_n and_o weed_n that_o come_v up_o of_o themselves_o the_o reputation_n that_o herb_n have_v be_v of_o when_o they_o begin_v first_o to_o be_v use_v chap._n 1._o the_o property_n and_o nature_n of_o wild_a herb_n grow_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n 2._o what_o author_n have_v write_v in_o latin_a of_o the_o nature_n and_o use_n of_o herb_n when_o the_o knowledge_n of_o simple_n begin_v first_o to_o be_v practise_v at_o rome_n what_o greek_a author_n first_o write_v of_o herb_n the_o invention_n and_o find_v out_o of_o sundry_a herb_n the_o physic_n of_o old_a time_n what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o simple_n be_v not_o so_o much_o in_o request_n and_o use_v for_o physic_n as_o in_o old_a time_n the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o the_o eglantine_n and_o serpentary_n or_o dragon_n 3._o of_o a_o certain_a venomous_a fountain_n in_o almain_n the_o virtue_n and_o property_n of_o the_o herb_n britannica_fw-la what_o disease_n cause_v the_o great_a pain_n 4._o of_o moly_n of_o dodecatheos_n of_o paeonium_fw-la name_v otherwise_o pentorobus_fw-la and_o glycyside_n of_o panace_n or_o asclepios_n of_o heraclium_n of_o panace_n chironeum_fw-la of_o panace_n centaureum_fw-la or_o pharnaceum_n of_o heraclium_fw-la siderium_fw-la of_o henbane_n 5._o of_o the_o herb_n mercury_n female_a of_o parthenium_n of_o hermu-poea_a or_o rather_o mercury_n of_o yarow_n of_o panace_n heracleum_n of_o sideritis_fw-la of_o millefoile_n of_o scopa_n regio_fw-la of_o hemionium_n teucrium_fw-la splenium_fw-la melampodium_fw-la or_o black_a ellebore_n and_o how_o many_o kind_n there_o be_v of_o they_o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o black_a and_o white_a ellebore_n when_o ellebore_n be_v to_o be_v give_v how_o it_o be_v to_o be_v take_v to_o who_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v give_v also_o that_o it_o kill_v mouse_n and_o rat_n 6._o of_o mithridatium_n of_o scordotis_fw-la or_o scordium_fw-la of_o polemonia_n otherwise_o call_v philetaeria_n or_o chiliodynama_n of_o eupatorie_n or_o agrimonie_n of_o great_a centaurie_n otherwise_o call_v chironium_n of_o the_o less_o centaurie_n or_o libadium_fw-la call_v fel_n terrae_fw-la i._o the_o gall_n of_o the_o earth_n of_o triorche_n and_o their_o virtue_n 7._o of_o clymenus_n gentian_n lysimachia_n and_o parthenius_n or_o motherwort_n mugwort_n ambrose_n nenuphar_n heraclium_n and_o euphorbia_n with_o all_o their_o virtue_n medicinable_a 8._o of_o plantain_n buglosse_n hound_n tongue_n oxe-eye_n or_o may_v weed_v of_o scythica_n hippice_n and_o ischaemon_n of_o betonie_a cantabrica_n settarwort_n of_o dittander_n or_o hiberis_n of_o celendine_n the_o great_a celendine_n the_o less_o or_o pilewort_n of_o canaria_n of_o elaphoboscos_n of_o dictamnum_n of_o aristolochia_n or_o hartwort_n how_o fish_n will_v come_v to_o it_o for_o love_n of_o bait_n and_o so_o be_v soon_o catch_v the_o counterpoyson_v against_o sting_v of_o serpent_n by_o these_o herb_n abovenamed_a 9_o of_o argemonia_n of_o agaricke_n echium_fw-la henbane_n vervaine_z blattaria_n lemonia_n cinquefoil_n carot_n persalata_n the_o clot_n burr_n swine_n bread_n or_o cyclaminus_n harstrang_n all_o very_a good_a for_o the_o sting_n of_o serpent_n 10._o of_o danewort_n or_o walwort_n of_o mullin_n of_o thelyphonon_n remedy_n against_o the_o sting_n of_o scorpion_n the_o bite_n of_o toad_n and_o mad_a dog_n and_o general_o against_o all_o poison_n 11._o receipt_n and_o remedy_n against_o headache_n and_o disease_n of_o the_o head_n 12._o of_o centaurie_n celendine_n panace_n and_o henbane_n and_o euphorbium_n all_o sovereign_a medicine_n for_o the_o eye_n 13._o of_o pimpernell_n or_o corchorus_n of_o mandragora_n or_o circeium_n of_o henbane_n of_o crethmoagrion_n of_o molybdaena_fw-la of_o fumiterre_fw-fr of_o galengale_n of_o flower_n de_fw-fr lis_fw-fr of_o cotyledon_n or_o vmbilicus_fw-la veneris_fw-la of_o houseleek_n or_o sengreene_n of_o pourcellane_n of_o groundswell_o of_o ephemerum_n of_o great_a tazill_n of_o crowfoot_n which_o afford_v medicine_n against_o the_o infirmity_n and_o disease_n of_o the_o eye_n ear_n nostril_n tooth_n and_o mouth_n in_o sum_n this_o book_n do_v yield_v of_o medicine_n story_n and_o observation_n a_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o ninety_o and_o two_o latin_a author_n cite_v m._n varro_n c._n volgius_n pompeius_n lenaeus_n sextius_n niger_n and_o julius_n bassus_n who_o both_o write_v in_o greek_a antonius_n castor_n and_o cornelius_n celsus_n foreign_a writer_n theophrastus_n apollodorus_n democritus_n king_n juba_n orpheus_n pythagoras_n mago_n menander_n who_o write_v biochresta_n nicander_n homer_n hesiodus_n musaeus_n sophocles_n xanthus_n and_o anaxilaus_n physician_n mnestheus_n callimachus_n phanias_n the_o natural_a philosopher_n timaristus_n simus_n hypocrates_n chrysippus_n diocles_n ophion_n heraclides_fw-la hicesius_n dionysius_n apollodorus_n the_o tarentine_n praxagoras_n plistonicus_n medius_n dieuches_n cleophantus_n philistio_n asclepiades_n cratevas_n jolla_o erasistratus_n diagoras_n andreas_n mnesicles_n epicharmus_n damion_n theopolemus_n metrodorus_n solon_n lycus_n olympias_n the_o midwife_n of_o thebes_n phyllinus_n petreius_n miction_n glaucias_n and_o xenocrates_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxvi_o book_n be_v contain_v the_o medicine_n for_o the_o part_n of_o man_n body_n chap._n 1._o of_o new_a malady_n and_o namely_o of_o lichenes_n what_o they_o be_v and_o when_o they_o begin_v to_o reign_v in_o italy_n first_o of_o the_o carbuncle_n of_o the_o white_a morphew_n or_o leprosy_n call_v elephantiasis_n and_o of_o the_o colic_n 2._o the_o praise_n of_o hypocrates_n 3._o of_o the_o new_a practice_n in_o physic_n of_o the_o physician_n asclepiades_n and_o by_o what_o mean_v he_o abolish_v the_o old_a manner_n of_o practice_n and_o set_v up_o a_o new_a 4._o the_o superstitious_a folly_n of_o magic_n be_v deride_v also_o a_o discourse_n touch_v the_o foul_a tettar_n call_v lichenes_n the_o remedy_n thereof_o and_o also_o the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o throat_n and_o chaw_v 5._o receipt_n and_o remedy_n against_o the_o king_n evil_a also_o for_o
a_o planet_n and_o bone_n break_v 17._o against_o melancholic_a and_o those_o who_o brain_n be_v trouble_v with_o fancy_n the_o lethargy_n dropsy_n wild_a fire_n or_o tetter_n and_o the_o pain_n or_o ache_n of_o the_o sinew_n apt_a remedy_n 18._o to_o staunch_v blood_n to_o cure_v ulcer_n or_o old_a sore_n canker_n and_o scab_n 19_o medicine_n appropriate_a to_o woman_n disease_n 20._o strange_a and_o wondrous_a thing_n observe_v in_o sundry_a beast_n in_o sum_n here_o be_v report_v medicine_n story_n and_o observation_n to_o the_o number_n of_o a_o hundred_o eighty_o and_o five_o latin_a author_n allege_v m._n varro_n l._n piso_n fabianus_n verres_n antias_n verrius_n flaccus_n cato_n censorius_n servius_n sulpitius_n licinius_n macer_n celsus_n massurius_n sextius_n niger_n who_o write_v in_o greek_a bythus_n the_o dyrrhachian_n ophilius_n the_o physician_n and_o granius_n the_o physician_n foreign_a writer_n democritus_n apollodorus_n who_o write_v a_o book_n entitle_v myrsis_n miletus_n artemon_n sextilius_n antaeus_n homer_n thcophrastus_fw-la lysimachus_n attalus_n xenocrates_n who_o write_v a_o book_n call_v diophros_n and_o archelaus_n likewise_o that_o write_v such_o another_o demetrius_z sotira_n elephantis_n salpe_n and_o olympias_n of_o thebes_n five_o woman_n and_o midwine_n diotimus_n jolla_o miction_n of_o smyrna_n aeschines_n the_o physician_n hypocrates_n aristotle_n metrodorus_n icacidas_n the_o physician_n hesiodus_n dialcon_n caecilius_n bion_n the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n peri_n dynamaean_a anaxilaus_n and_o king_n juba_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxix_o book_n be_v contain_v medicine_n from_o other_o live_a creature_n chap._n 1._o the_o first_o beginning_n and_o original_n of_o the_o art_n of_o physic_n when_o physician_n begin_v first_o to_o visit_v patient_n lie_v sick_a in_o their_o bed_n the_o first_o physician_n that_o practise_v the_o cure_n of_o sick_a person_n by_o friction_n ointment_n bath_n hothouse_n etc._n etc._n of_o chrysippus_n and_o erasi_fw-la stratus_fw-la their_o course_n and_o manner_n of_o practice_n of_o empiricke_a physic_n of_o herophilus_n and_o other_o famous_a physician_n how_o often_o the_o art_n and_o state_n of_o physic_n have_v alter_v the_o first_o profess_v physician_n at_o rome_n when_o it_o be_v that_o he_o practise_v what_o opinion_n the_o ancient_a roman_n have_v of_o physician_n final_o the_o imperfection_n and_o fault_n in_o that_o art_n 2._o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n and_o property_n observe_v in_o wool_n 3._o the_o nature_n of_o egg_n and_o the_o virtue_n thereof_o good_a in_o physic_n 4._o remedy_n in_o physic_n receive_v from_o dog_n and_o other_o creature_n that_o be_v not_o tame_v but_o wild_a also_o from_o fowl_n and_o namely_o against_o the_o sting_n of_o the_o venomous_a spider_n phalangia_fw-la 5._o of_o the_o ostrich_n grease_n and_o the_o virtue_n thereof_o of_o a_o mad_a dog_n also_o remedy_n have_v from_o he_o a_o lizard_n goose_n dove_n and_o weasil_n 6._o medicine_n against_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o hair_n and_o to_o make_v it_o grow_v again_o to_o kill_v nit_v to_o recover_v the_o hair_n of_o the_o eyelid_n to_o cure_v the_o dimness_n and_o redness_n and_o general_o all_o disease_n and_o accident_n of_o the_o eye_n as_o also_o the_o swell_n and_o inflammation_n in_o the_o kernil_n under_o the_o ear_n in_o sum_n there_o be_v medicine_n and_o other_o thing_n worth_a observation_n in_o this_o book_n to_o the_o number_n of_o five_o hundred_o twenty_o and_o one_o latin_a author_n allege_v m._n varro_n l._n piso_n verrius_n flaccus_n antias_n nigidius_n cassius_n hemina_n cicero_n plautus_n celsus_n sextius_n niger_n who_o write_v in_o greek_a caecilius_n the_o physician_n metellus_n scipio_n ovid_n the_o poet_n and_o licinius_n macer_n forteine_a author_n philopater_n homerus_n aristotle_n orpheus_n democritus_n anaxilaus_n physician_n botrys_n apollodorus_n archidemus_n anaxilaus_n ariston_n xenocrates_n diodorus_n chrysippus_n the_o philosopher_n horus_n nicander_n apollonius_n of_o pytane_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxx_o book_n be_v contain_v medicine_n for_o live_a creature_n such_o as_o be_v not_o observe_v in_o the_o former_a book_n chap._n 1._o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o black_a science_n &_o art_n magic_a when_o it_o begin_v who_o practise_v it_o first_o and_o who_o be_v they_o that_o bring_v it_o into_o request_n and_o reputation_n also_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o medicine_n take_v from_o beast_n 2._o sundry_a kind_n of_o magic_n the_o execrable_a and_o curse_a part_n play_v by_o nero_n and_o of_o magician_n 3._o of_o want_v or_o mouldwarp_n of_o live_a creature_n as_o well_o tame_a as_o savage_a which_o afford_v remedy_n and_o those_o be_v digest_v in_o order_n according_a to_o the_o disease_n 4._o how_o to_o make_v the_o breath_n sweet_a against_o moll_n and_o spot_n disfigure_v the_o face_n remedy_n for_o to_o cure_v the_o disease_n of_o the_o throat_n and_o chaw_v 5._o against_o the_o king_n evil_a and_o namely_o when_o the_o swell_a be_v break_v and_o do_v run_v to_o ease_v the_o pain_n of_o the_o shoulder_n the_o heart_n and_o the_o part_n about_o it_o 6._o for_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o lung_n and_o liver_n also_o to_o cure_v the_o cast_n and_o rejection_n of_o blood_n upward_o 7._o remedy_n for_o the_o bloody_a flix_fw-la and_o general_o for_o all_o disease_n of_o the_o belly_n and_o the_o gut_n 8._o for_o the_o gravel_n and_o stone_n for_o pain_n of_o the_o bladder_n for_o swell_v of_o the_o stone_n and_o the_o groin_n of_o apostem_n or_o swell_n in_o the_o kirnel_n and_o emunctory_n 9_o against_o the_o gout_n of_o the_o foot_n and_o pain_n of_o other_o joint_n 10._o remedy_n against_o many_o disease_n that_o hold_v the_o whole_a body_n 11._o against_o the_o jaundice_n the_o frenzy_n fever_n and_o dropsy_n 12._o against_o the_o wild_a fire_n carbuncle_n felon_n or_o uncom_n burn_v scalding_n and_o shrink_v of_o the_o sinew_n 13._o to_o staunch_v blood_n to_o allay_v swell_n in_o wound_n also_o to_o cure_v ulcer_n green_a wound_n and_o other_o malady_n diverse_a remedy_n all_o take_v from_o live_a creature_n 14._o to_o cure_v woman_n secret_a malady_n and_o to_o help_v conception_n 15._o many_o receipt_n and_o remedy_n huddle_v together_o one_o with_o another_o 16._o certain_a miraculous_a thing_n observe_v in_o beast_n in_o sum_n this_o book_n show_v unto_o we_o medicine_n and_o memorable_a observation_n 54._o latin_a author_n cite_v m._n varro_n nigidius_n m._n cicero_n sextius_n niger_n who_o write_v in_o greek_a and_o licinius_n macer_n foreign_a writer_n eudoxus_n aristotle_n hermippus_n homer_n apion_n orphan_n democritus_n and_o anaxilaus_n physician_n botrys_n horus_n apollidorus_n menander_n archimedes_n ariston_n xenocrates_n diodorus_n chrysippus_n nicander_n apollonius_n pitanaeus_fw-la ¶_o the_o xxxi_o book_n show_v medicine_n gather_v from_o fish_n and_o water_n creature_n also_o it_o deliver_v unto_o we_o strange_a and_o wonderful_a thing_n as_o touch_v the_o water_n chap._n 1._o admirable_a matter_n observe_v in_o the_o water_n 2._o the_o difference_n of_o water_n 3._o the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o water_n how_o to_o know_v good_a and_o wholesome_a water_n from_o they_o that_o be_v naught_o 4._o the_o reason_n of_o some_o water_n that_o spring_n on_o a_o sudden_a &_o so_o likewise_o cease_v and_o give_v over_o 5._o many_o historical_a observation_n of_o water_n 6._o the_o manner_n of_o water_n conduit_n and_o how_o to_o draw_v they_o from_o their_o head_n when_o and_o how_o water_n be_v to_o be_v use_v which_o natural_o be_v medicinable_a how_o far_o forth_o navigation_n or_o sail_v upon_o the_o salt_n water_n be_v good_a for_o the_o health_n medicine_n make_v of_o sea_n water_n 7._o divers_a kind_n of_o salt_n the_o prepare_v and_o make_v thereof_o together_o with_o the_o virtue_n medicinable_a of_o salt_n and_o other_o consideration_n thereto_o belong_v 8._o of_o the_o fish_n scamber_n or_o the_o mackerel_n of_o fish_n pickle_n of_o alex_n a_o kind_n of_o brine_n or_o fish_n sauce_n 9_o the_o nature_n of_o salt_n and_o the_o medicine_n make_v of_o it_o 10._o sundry_a sort_n of_o nitre_n the_o handle_n and_o preparation_n thereof_o the_o medicine_n and_o observation_n to_o it_o pertain_v 11._o the_o nature_n of_o sponge_n this_o book_n comprehend_v medicine_n and_o notable_a observation_n 266._o latin_a author_n allege_v m_o varro_n cassius_n of_o parma_n cicero_n mutius_n cor._n celsus_n trogus_n ovid_n polybius_n and_o sornatius_n foreign_a writer_n callimachus_n ctesias_n eudicus_n theophrastus_n eudoxus_n theopompus_n polyclitus_n juba_n lycus_n apion_n epigenes_n pelops_n apelles_n democritus_n thrasillus_n nicander_n memander_n the_o comical_a poet_n attalus_n sallustius_n dionysius_n andreas_n nicreatus_fw-la hypocrates_n anaxilaus_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxxii_o book_n be_v contain_v other_o medicine_n behind_o from_o fish_n and_o water_n creature_n chap._n 1._o of_o the_o fish_n echeneis_fw-la his_o wonderful_a property_n of_o the_o torpedo_n and_o the_o sea-hare_n marvelous_a thing_n report_v of_o the_o red_a sea_n 2._o the_o natural_a industry_n
vineyard_n and_o famous_a for_o drunkenness_n proceed_v of_o strong_a wine_n and_o the_o liquor_n of_o the_o grape_n commend_v so_o high_o in_o all_o country_n and_o as_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o say_v in_o old_a time_n there_o be_v the_o exceed_a strife_n between_o father_n liber_n and_o dame_n ceres_n from_o hence_o the_o setine_n and_o cecubine_n country_v spread_v forth_o and_o to_o they_o join_v the_o falerne_n and_o caline_z then_o arise_v the_o mountain_n massici_n gaurani_fw-la and_o surrentine_n there_o the_o laborium_fw-la champain_n field_n lie_v along_o under_o their_o foot_n and_o the_o good_a wheat_n harvest_n to_o make_v fine_a frumentie_n for_o dainty_n at_o the_o table_n the_o seacoast_n here_o be_v water_v with_o hot_a fountain_n and_o among_o other_o commodity_n throughout_o all_o the_o sea_n they_o bear_v the_o name_n for_o the_o rich_a purple_a shell_n fish_n and_o other_o excellent_a fish_n in_o no_o place_n be_v there_o better_a or_o more_o kind_a oil_n press_v out_o of_o the_o olive_n and_o in_o this_o delightsome_a pleasure_n of_o mankind_n the_o oscian_o grecian_n vmbrian_o tuscans_n and_o campane_n have_v strive_v who_o can_v yield_v best_a in_o the_o skirt_n and_o edge_n thereof_o be_v the_o river_n savo_fw-la vulturnum_n the_o town_n and_o river_n both_o liturnum_fw-la and_o cumo_n inhabit_v by_o chalcidian_o misenum_n the_o haven_n bajae_n bawl_v the_o pool_n lucrinus_n and_o avernus_n near_o unto_o which_o be_v sometime_o the_o town_n cimmerium_n then_o puteoli_n call_v also_o the_o colony_n dicaearchia_n after_o that_o the_o plain_n phlegraei_n and_o the_o mere_a or_o fen_n acherusia_n near_o to_o cume_n and_o upon_o the_o very_a strand_n by_o the_o sea_n side_n naples_n a_o city_n also_o of_o the_o chalcidian_o the_o same_o that_o parthenope_n so_o call_v of_o the_o tomb_n of_o a_o siren_n or_o meeremaid_n herculanium_n pompeij_fw-la and_o where_o not_o far_o off_o the_o mountain_n vesuvius_n overlook_v and_o the_o river_n 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320._o g._n bee_n after_o they_o have_v sting_v be_v no_o better_o than_o drone_n ibid._n k._n drone_n bee_n be_v big_a 315._o a._n they_o take_v up_o least_o lodging_n ibid._n of_o bee_n work_v three_o foundation_n 313._o b._n who_o they_o will_v sting_v 320._o k._n bee_n be_v often_o sick_a 320._o m._n bee_n sorrow_n for_o their_o dead_a king_n 321._o a._n bee_n perform_v a_o solemnity_n of_o exercise_n ibid._n e._n they_o live_v not_o above_o seven_o year_n ibid._n how_o they_o ere_o repair_v 322._o g._n bee_n will_v not_o touch_v a_o dead_a carcase_n ibid._n i_o bee_n only_o make_v their_o own_o meat_n 328._o i_o beetle_n have_v no_o sting_n 326._o k._n they_o be_v remedy_n for_o child_n ibid._n they_o be_v delight_v in_o rose_n 355._o e_o bellerophon_n his_o letter_n in_o table_n 394._o l_o of_o the_o belly_n 342._o k_o belly_n that_o be_v fat_a cause_n grossness_n of_o capacity_n ibid._n l_o belus_n inventor_n of_o astronomy_n 136_o h_o ben_n or_o behen_n 374._o f._n a_o nut_n only_o for_o sweet_a ointment_n ib._n benacus_n a_o lake_n in_o italy_n 248._o g_o beotia_n river_n 51._o f_o berenice_n hair_n a_o star_n 34._o l_o berry_n different_a 447._o f_o besbicus_n island_n sometime_o join_v to_o bithynia_n 40._o i_o b_o i_o bill_n give_v to_o bird_n in_o stead_n of_o mouth_n and_o their_o use_n 336._o l._n m._n biaeon_n a_o kind_n of_o wine_n medicinable_a 416._o i_o biever_v geld_v themselves_o 212._o m._n where_o they_o breed_v their_o nature_n 213_o a_o birch_n tree_n describe_v and_o how_o it_o be_v employ_v 468._o ay_o bird-gaâ—…ders_a 281._o b_o birdâ—…me_v how_o it_o be_v make_v 497._o a_o bird_n sing_v when_o they_o ordinary_o do_v breed_v 287._o c._n bird_n very_o few_o have_v gaul_n in_o the_o liver_n 341._o f._n bird_n hatch_v with_o their_o taâ—…les_n forward_o 272._o e._n bird_n have_v neither_o veâ—…es_n nor_o arâ—…es_n 345._o c._n bird_n with_o hook_a talon_n prey_v all_o 278._o k._n bird_n how_o they_o translate_v their_o egg_n from_o place_n to_o place_n have_v no_o hook_a talon_n 289._o a._n bird_n differ_v 〈◊〉_d from_o another_o in_o flight_n and_o gate_n 291._o f._n bird_n how_o they_o drink_v 295._o c._n bird_n of_o diverse_a feeding_n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d bird_n sing_v alter_v their_o note_n 285._o e._n new_a bird_n 296._o k._n bird_n there_o be_v none_o without_o foot_n 351._o d._n bird_n language_n how_o to_o be_v understand_v 296._o l._n bird_n of_o prey_n least_o fruitful_a 297._o f._n bird_n that_o lay_v most_o ibid._n bird_n how_o they_o engender_v 298._o g._n bird_n how_o they_o differ_v in_o lay_v and_o couve_v ibid._n i._n 300._o k._n bird_n small_a be_v fruitful_a 301._o d._n blackbird_n counterfeit_v man_n speech_n 293._o d._n blackbird_n be_v go_v for_o a_o time_n 284._o g._n blackbird_n change_v both_o hue_n and_o tune_n ibid._n birth_n strange_a for_o number_n for_o defect_n and_o superfluity_n 164._o h._n i_o birth_n of_o child_n uncertain_a 158._o k_o birth_n at_o seven_o month_n live_v also_o at_o the_o eleven_o ib._n a_o child_n legitimat_fw-la bear_v within_o thirteen_o month_n after_o the_o suppose_a father_n decease_v 159._o a_o bisontus_fw-la or_o boeufos_n of_o germany_n 199._o f_o bissextile_a year_n 585._o b_o bitch_n differ_v in_o their_o litter_n 303._o c._n bitch_n engender_v with_o tiger_n 219._o e._n with_o wolf_n ib._n how_o long_o they_o go_v with_o young_a 220._o h._n their_o whelp_n blind_a ibid._n h._n i_o bithyae_fw-la woman_n witch_n who_o have_v a_o double_a sight_n in_o their_o eye_n 155._o a_o bite_a if_o a_o mad_a dog_n cure_v by_o eglantine_n 220._o k_o bitumen_n comparable_a to_o the_o water_n of_o styx_n 47._o d_o bitumen_n a_o strange_a slime_n 163._o e_o b_o l_o bladder_n where_o it_o be_v place_v 343._o f._n bladder_n nut_n tree_n 467._o c._n bladder_n only_o there_o find_v where_o be_v lung_n and_o blood_n 343._o f._n of_o the_o bladder_n in_o man_n and_o beast_n 343._o f._n bladder_n be_v wound_v can_v be_v cure_v 344._o g_o blast_v corn_n 574._o i_o blast_n how_o they_o be_v occasion_v 574._o l_o m._n blast_n sudden_a their_o name_n and_o nature_n 24._o k_o blattae_fw-la fly_n be_v nourish_v in_o darkness_n 326._o m_o blaze_a star_n see_v comet_n volusius_n saturnius_n how_o he_o use_v to_o bleed_v 346._o h_o blossom_a time_n of_o tree_n how_o long_o it_o last_v 473._o b_o blood_n apple_n 438._o l._n blood_n ain_v see_v raine_n blood_n fat_a and_o gross_a breed_v anger_n and_o choler_n 345._o f._n of_o blood_n a_o discourse_n ibid._n blood_n of_o male_n black_a than_o of_o female_n ib._n blood_n contain_v a_o great_a portion_n and_o treasure_n of_o life_n 346._o g._n it_o be_v without_o sense_n and_o feeling_n ibid._n blood_n that_o be_v thin_a cause_v strength_n in_o creature_n ibid._n blood_n that_o be_v thin_a make_v man_n wise_a ibid._n where_o it_o be_v but_o little_a make_v man_n fearful_a ib._n blood_n of_o bull_n soon_o congeal_v ib._n it_o be_v poison_v to_o be_v drink_v ibid._n blood_n of_o ass_n most_o fatty_a and_o gross_a ib._n blood_n of_o man_n thin_a and_o best_a ibid._n blood_n be_v but_o little_a in_o those_o that_o be_v fat_a ib._n blood_n cast_v up_o by_o many_o at_o the_o mouth_n ib._n h._n blood_n quicly_a increase_v of_o all_o part_n of_o the_o body_n ib._n blood_n change_v with_o anger_n and_o fury_n ibid._n in_o bloum_v time_n rain_v hurtful_a to_o corn_n 574._o k_o b_o o_fw-fr boae_n mighty_a great_a serpent_n 199._o e._n why_o so_o call_v ib._n body_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n different_a beside_o the_o distinct_a part_n of_o sex_n 165._o e_o boat_n of_o one_o entire_a piece_n of_o wood_n 490._o g_o boetica_fw-la so_o call_v of_o boetis_fw-la 51._o c_o boeufes_n of_o india_n 224._o k._n breed_v by_o king_n pyrrhus_n ibid._n l._n their_o manner_n of_o engender_v and_o breed_n ibid._n of_o feed_v 224._o a._n when_o they_o be_v to_o be_v draw_v and_o yoke_v ibid._n b._n sufficient_a for_o sacrifice_n ibid._n e._n know_v to_o speak_v ibid._n bolides_n flame_v lance_n in_o the_o sky_n 17._o b_o bombyceae_fw-la reed_n or_o cane_n 484._o g_o bombycina_n garment_n of_o silk_n 322._o m_o bombyly_n the_o great_a kind_n of_o bombyces_fw-la 322._o l_o bombyx_fw-la a_o fly_n breed_v in_o assyria_n ibid._n their_o hard_a nest_n ibid._n how_o they_o engender_v ibid._n of_o bone_n 345._o a_o bonasus_n what_o manner_n of_o beast_n and_o his_o property_n 200._o h_o bondwoman_n bring_v forth_o a_o serpent_n 157._o f_o bones_n of_o ass_n leg_n sound_v shrill_a 345_o a._n bone_n in_o some_o man_n without_o marrow_n 165._o f._n bone_n sometime_o find_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o beast_n 340._o i_o bear_v his_o own_o physician_n 210._o m._n bear_v serve_v whole_a unto_o the_o board_n 230._o l_o boar_n as_o wind_n 23._o a_o borystenes_n river_n 154._o i_o bosphori_n the_o straits_n thracius_n and_o cimmerius_n 117._o f._n why_o so_o call_v 115._o a._n bosphori_n sometime_o land_n 40._o l_o botanismos_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 577._o a_o boulter_n and_o raunger_n 567._o c_o box_n tree_n wood_n commend_v in_o the_o root_n most_o 467._o c._n box_n tree_n serve_v for_o arbour_n ibid._n of_o box_n tree_n three_o kind_n ibid._n c._n where_o it_o delight_v to_o grow_v ibid._n d._n the_o nature_n of_o the_o flower_n and_o wood_n ibid._n box_n tree_n bear_v variety_n of_o fruit_n 476._o g_o b_o r_o brake_n see_v ferne._n brain_n of_o a_o date_n tree_n 386._o m_o bramble_n of_o three_o sort_n 485._o e._n with_o a_o black_a berry_n with_o a_o rose_n and_o a_o red_a berry_n ibid._n f._n the_o bramble_n idaea_n which_o be_v raspis_n ibid._n brance_n what_o corn_n 559._o d_o people_n brand_v with_o hot_a iron_n 116._o h_o brass_n where_o first_o find_v 80._o m._n brasse-founder_n the_o first_o 188._o k._n brass_n forge_v and_o furnace_n who_o devise_v ibid._n k._n brawn_n of_o wild_a bore_n in_o great_a request_n 230._o l_o brain_n the_o cold_a part_n of_o man_n body_n 332._o m._n they_o be_v without_o blood_n or_o vein_n ibid._n by_o seethe_v they_o wax_v hard_a 333._o a._n without_o flesh_n blood_n filth_n or_o ordure_n ibid._n brain_n the_o fort_n and_o castle_n of_o the_o sense_n ibid._n brain_n and_o eye_n die_v first_o 340._o g._n of_o brain_n and_o the_o brainpan_n 332._o l._n m._n bread_n of_o sundry_a sort_n according_a to_o the_o meat_n eat_v therewith_o 566._o l._n bread_n parthicke_n or_o water-bread_n 567._o a_o breadth_n of_o the_o earth_n 48._o i_o breath_n of_o lion_n stink_v 255._o a._n breath_n of_o bear_v pestilen_v 〈◊〉_d and_o deadly_a ibid._n breath_n of_o man_n by_o what_o mean_v it_o be_v insect_v ibid._n b._n breath_n of_o man_n shall_v return_v into_o the_o air_n ibid._n it_o be_v corrupt_v by_o much_o drink_n of_o wine_n ib._n breath_n of_o elephant_n
sort_n may_v be_v excuse_v for_o sow_v it_o as_o they_o do_v and_o make_v saile-cloath_n thereof_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o necessary_a traffic_n they_o have_v into_o arabia_n and_o india_n for_o to_o fetch_v in_o the_o commodity_n of_o those_o country_n what_o need_n or_o reason_n i_o pray_v you_o have_v france_n so_o to_o do_v can_v the_o gaul_n be_v sort_v in_o the_o same_o range_n with_o the_o egyptian_n whether_o will_v they_o go_v be_v it_o not_o sufficient_a that_o they_o see_v the_o mighty_a mountain_n stand_v just_a between_o they_o and_o the_o miditerranean_a sea_n will_v not_o this_o serve_v to_o keep_v they_o from_o navigation_n that_o on_o the_o huge_a ocean_n side_n they_o can_v discover_v nothing_o but_o the_o vast_a element_n of_o water_n and_o aire_n together_o howbeit_o for_o all_o this_o restraint_n the_o cadurci_n caletes_n rutene_n and_o bituriges_n the_o morini_n also_o who_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v the_o far_a people_n inhabit_v our_o continent_n yea_o and_o throughout_o all_o part_n of_o france_n they_o weave_v line_n and_o make_v sail_n thereof_o and_o now_o adays_o also_o the_o fleming_n and_o hollander_n dwell_v beyond_o the_o rhine_n i_o mean_v those_o ancient_a enemy_n to_o the_o state_n of_o our_o empire_n do_v the_o like_a time_n insomuch_o as_o the_o woman_n there_o can_v devise_v to_o go_v more_o rich_a and_o costly_a in_o their_o apparel_n than_o to_o wear_v fine_a linen_n the_o observation_n whereof_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o a_o thing_n that_o m._n varro_n do_v report_n of_o the_o whole_a race_n and_o family_n of_o the_o serrani_fw-la in_o which_o house_n this_o order_n be_v precise_o keep_v that_o there_o be_v not_o a_o woman_n among_o they_o know_v to_o wear_v any_o linen_n about_o she_o no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o in_o a_o smock_n next_o her_o bare_a skin_n now_o in_o germany_n the_o spinner_n and_o weaver_n of_o linen_n do_v all_o their_o work_n in_o shroud_n cave_n and_o vault_n bury_v as_o it_o be_v under_o the_o ground_n so_o do_v they_o also_o in_o italy_n and_o that_o part_n of_o lombardie_n that_o lie_v between_o the_o poand_n ticinus_n to_o wit_n in_o the_o turâ—…eb_n country_n aliana_n where_o after_o the_o setabines_n in_o castille_n which_o be_v the_o best_a there_o be_v very_o fine_a workmanship_n of_o linen_n cloth_n and_o may_v deserve_v the_o three_o place_n for_o goodness_n throughout_o all_o europe_n for_o the_o retovine_n border_v hard_o upon_o the_o foresay_a allianes_n and_o the_o faventine_n who_o inhabit_v the_o broad_a port-way_n aemilia_n be_v to_o be_v range_v in_o a_o second_o degree_n and_o next_o to_o the_o setabines_n for_o the_o fine_a linen_n which_o they_o make_v and_o in_o very_a truth_n this_o faventine_n cloth_n be_v always_o far_o white_a than_o the_o allian_a which_o be_v ordinary_o brown_a when_o it_o be_v new_o weave_v and_o before_o it_o be_v bleach_a like_a as_o the_o retovine_n be_v exceed_o fine_a &_o thick_o weave_v withal_o and_o beside_o not_o inferior_a in_o whiteness_n to_o the_o faventine_n howbeit_o no_o nap_n or_o down_o it_o carry_v a_o thing_n which_o as_o there_o be_v some_o who_o do_v great_o praise_v and_o like_v so_o there_o be_v other_o again_o discommend_v and_o dislike_v as_o much_o as_o touch_v the_o thread_n itself_o that_o they_o make_v of_o their_o flax_n it_o be_v more_o even_o if_o evener_n may_v be_v than_o that_o which_o the_o spider_n spin_v so_o nervous_a also_o and_o strong_a withal_o that_o if_o a_o man_n list_v to_o make_v trial_n thereof_o with_o his_o tooth_n it_o will_v give_v a_o twang_n and_o ring_v again_o like_o a_o lutestring_n and_o therefore_o it_o carry_v a_o double_a price_n to_o other_o as_o touch_v the_o spanish_a flax_n and_o namely_o that_o which_o arragon_n and_o cartalogna_n do_v yield_v it_o be_v pass_o fair_a and_o white_a by_o reason_n of_o a_o certain_a brook_n or_o run_a water_n pass_v under_o tarracon_n wherein_o it_o be_v water_v the_o nature_n whereof_o be_v to_o give_v it_o a_o singular_a brightness_n above_o the_o rest_n wondrous_a fine_a it_o be_v and_o run_v into_o a_o dainty_a small_a thread_n for_o there_o first_o be_v devise_v the_o fine_a cypress_n or_o lawn_n and_o the_o curtain_n thereof_o it_o be_v not_o long_o ago_o since_o out_o of_o the_o same_o part_n of_o high_a spain_n there_o be_v bring_v into_o italy_n the_o flax_n of_o zoela_n most_o commodious_a &_o meet_a for_o hunter_n to_o make_v great_a net_n and_o toil_n a_o maritime_a city_n this_o zoela_n be_v in_o gallitia_n scituat_fw-la near_o the_o ocean_n there_o be_v excellent_a good_a line_n also_o to_o be_v find_v at_o cume_n in_o campaine_n within_o italy_n which_o serve_v very_o well_o for_o snare_n and_o small_a net_n to_o take_v fish_n and_o to_o catch_v bird_n with_o the_o same_o also_o yield_v matter_n and_o stuff_n for_o the_o great_a cord-net_n abovesaid_a for_o wot_v well_o this_o that_o flax_n fit_v our_o turn_n as_o well_o to_o snare_v and_o entrap_v all_o other_o beast_n 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have_v cause_v diverse_a man_n in_o old_a time_n to_o be_v canonize_v as_o god_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o their_o memorial_n have_v be_v eternize_v by_o the_o name_n even_o of_o herb_n which_o they_o find_v out_o so_o thank_v full_a be_v the_o age_n ensue_a as_o to_o recognize_v and_o acknowledge_v a_o benefit_n from_o they_o receive_v and_o by_o this_o mean_n in_o some_o measure_n to_o make_v recompense_n this_o care_n and_o industry_n of_o they_o if_o it_o have_v be_v employ_v in_o domestical_a plant_n near_o home_n which_o either_o for_o pleasure_n and_o delight_n or_o else_o for_o the_o kitchen_n and_o table_n be_v set_v and_o sow_v can_v not_o have_v be_v so_o rare_a and_o wonderful_a but_o they_o spare_v not_o to_o climb_v up_o the_o top_n of_o high_a mountain_n and_o to_o rock_n unaccessible_a to_o travel_v through_o blind_a and_o unpeople_a desert_n to_o search_v every_o vein_n and_o corner_n of_o the_o earth_n &_o all_o to_o find_v and_o know_v the_o virtue_n of_o herb_n of_o what_o operation_n the_o root_n be_v for_o what_o disease_n the_o leaf_n be_v to_o be_v use_v yea_o and_o to_o make_v wholesome_a medicine_n for_o man_n health_n of_o those_o simple_n which_o the_o very_a fourfooted_a beast_n of_o the_o field_n never_o feed_v upon_o nor_o once_o touch_v chap._n ii_o ¶_o the_o latin_a author_n who_o have_v write_v of_o herb_n and_o their_o nature_n at_o what_o time_n the_o knowledge_n of_o simple_n begin_v to_o be_v practise_v and_o proffss_v in_o rome_n the_o first_o greek_n writer_n who_o travelâ—…d_v â—…n_v this_o argument_n the_o invention_n of_o herb_n the_o ancient_a physic_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o cure_v diseasâ—…s_n in_o old_a time_n what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o simple_n be_v not_o now_o so_o much_o use_v for_o remedy_n of_o disease_n as_o they_o have_v be_v final_o of_o the_o sweet_a brier_n or_o eglantine_n and_o the_o herb_n dragon_n with_o their_o medicinable_a virtue_n we_o roman_n have_v be_v more_o slack_a and_o negligent_a in_o 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childbirth_n so_o as_o it_o light_v on_o the_o other_o side_n without_o touch_v any_o part_n thereof_o the_o woman_n shall_v present_o be_v deliveed_o more_o reason_n there_o be_v that_o a_o â—…libaris_fw-la light_a javelin_n or_o pertuisan_n shall_v do_v this_o feat_n which_o have_v be_v draw_v forth_o of_o a_o man_n body_n so_o as_o it_o never_o touch_v the_o ground_n after_o for_o do_v but_o bring_v this_o murder_a javelin_n into_o the_o place_n where_o a_o woman_n be_v in_o labour_n it_o will_v forthwith_o procure_v her_o deliverance_n orpheus_n and_o archelaus_n do_v write_v much_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n of_o arrow_n pull_v out_o of_o man_n body_n namely_o that_o if_o care_v be_v have_v that_o they_o touch_v not_o the_o earth_n &_o then_o be_v lay_v under_o the_o bed_n where_o man_n or_o woman_n lie_v they_o will_v cause_v the_o party_n to_o be_v enamour_v upon_o they_o that_o bestow_v the_o say_v arrow_n there_o and_o these_o author_n report_n moreover_o that_o the_o 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law_n in_o rome_n to_o repress_v that_o excess_n 563_o b_o d._n gravers_n cutter_n and_o carver_n in_o marble_n who_o be_v the_o first_o 564_o h._n grave_v in_o marble_n as_o ancient_a as_o the_o reckon_n of_o year_n by_o olympiades_n ibid._n l_o marble_n of_o paros_n white_a 565_o b_o marble_n spot_v 571._o b._n of_o sundry_a sort_n ibid._n marble_n pillar_n and_o column_n in_o building_n of_o temple_n why_o at_o first_o use_v ibid._n man_n of_o chios_n build_v therewith_o the_o wall_n of_o their_o city_n 571._o c._n the_o scoff_n of_o m._n cicero_n unto_o they_o by_o that_o occasion_n ibid._n d_o marble_n slit_v into_o thin_a plate_n who_o invention_n 571._o d_o who_o seel_a the_o wall_n of_o his_o house_n first_o with_o marble_n at_o rome_n 571._o e._n who_o build_v his_o house_n first_o at_o rome_n upon_o marble_n pillar_n ibid._n f_o k._n mausolus_n first_o garnish_v his_o palace_n with_o marble_n of_o proconnesus_n 571._o d_o marble_n lucullian_n whereupon_o it_o take_v the_o name_n 572._o g._n it_o be_v black_a ibid._n where_o it_o grow_v ibid._n marble_n stone_n slit_v and_o saw_v after_o what_o manner_n ibid._n h_o marble_n of_o sundry_a kind_n 573._o a_o marble_n of_o lacedaemon_n esteem_v best_o ibid._n marble_n augustum_fw-la and_o tiberium_fw-la why_o so_o call_v 573._o b_o how_o they_o differ_v ibid._n marble_n serpentine_a ibid._n the_o medicinable_a virtue_n thereof_o ib._n marble_n of_o memphis_n with_o the_o medicinable_a property_n 573_o c_o marble_n coraliticum_fw-la where_o it_o be_v find_v and_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o 574._o i._n marble_n alabandicum_fw-la why_o so_o call_v ibid._n it_o will_v melt_v and_o drink_v glass_n be_v make_v thereof_o ibid._n marble_n thebaicke_n 574_o i_o the_o virtue_n that_o it_o have_v ibid._n k_o marble_n syenites_n why_o so_o call_v 574_o k._n it_o be_v name_v also_o pyrrhopoecilos_n ibid._n it_o serve_v for_o long_a obeliske_n ibid._n marble_n gray_a or_o sinadian_n marble_n 522._o i_o marble_n do_v live_v and_o grow_v in_o the_o quarry_n 586._o i_o marchesin_n or_o marquesit_fw-la stone_n see_v cadmia_n and_o pyrite_n martion_n of_o smyrna_n a_o writer_n of_o herb_n 300._o k_o marcipores_fw-la what_o they_o be_v 459_o a_o c._n marius_n censorinus_n how_o rich_a he_o die_v 479_o e._n f_o q_n marcius_n tremellius_n his_o statue_n in_o a_o gown_n for_o what_o desert_n 491._o e_fw-la marigold_n and_o their_o flower_n compare_v with_o violet_n 85._o e_o mariscon_n a_o kind_n of_o rishi_n 106._o k_o c._n marius_n drink_v ordinary_o out_o of_o a_o wooden_a tankard_n after_o the_o example_n of_o bacchus_n 482._o l_o mark_v remain_v after_o the_o cautery_n or_o searing-yron_n how_o to_o be_v take_v away_o 377._o f_o marmaridius_n a_o magician_n 372._o i_o marrow_n of_o what_o virtue_n it_o be_v 320._o m_o what_o marrow_n be_v best_a ib._n how_o to_o be_v order_v and_o prepare_v ib._n marsian_o people_n resist_v all_o poison_n 95._o a._n b_o marsian_n descend_v from_o circe_n 210._o l._n they_o 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g._n 279_o a._n 283_o a._n 308_o g._n 339_o c_o 340._o g._n matrice_n puff_v up_o swell_v and_o hard_a how_o to_o be_v assuage_v and_o mollify_v 72_o l._n 103_o c._n 111_o c._n f._n 162_o k._n 180_o l._n 183._o d_o 186_o g._n 339_o c._n f._n 340_o g._n 352_o i_o 396_o h._n 397_o a._n matrice_n inflame_a and_o impostumat_v how_o to_o be_v cure_v 55_o e_fw-la 59_o d._n 71_o b._n 267_o d._n 303_o a._n 350_o g._n 351_o a._n matrice_n sore_a and_o exulcerat_a how_o to_o be_v heal_v 140_o i_o 159._o d_o 161_o c._n 175_o a._n 267_o d._n 340_o g_o m._n matrice_n overmoist_a and_o slippery_a how_o to_o be_v help_v 340_o l_o matrice_n draw_v in_o and_o contract_v how_o to_o be_v remedy_v 303._o a._n matrice_n pervert_v fall_v down_o or_o displace_v how_o to_o be_v reduce_v and_o settle_v again_o 303_o a._n 339_o b._n 340_o h._n 396._o h_o 557_o f._n 591_o b._n see_v more_o in_o mother_n matrice_n obstruct_v and_o unclean_a how_o to_o be_v open_v cleanse_v and_o mundify_v 43._o b._n c._n 55._o d._n 57_o c._n 62._o k._n 77._o b._n 101._o d_o 168._o i_o 180._o l._n 268._o g._n 340._o k._n 104._o i._n 121._o f._n 133._o e._n 158._o h_o 175._o b._n 182._o g._n 187._o d._n 192._o l._n 266._o l_o 267._o c._n d._n 271._o d._n for_o the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o matrice_n in_o general_a comfortable_a medicine_n 102._o h._n k._n 108._o k._n 109._o b._n c._n 111._o d._n 119._o d_o 121._o e._n 154._o g._n 173._o a._n 175._o a._n 179._o f._n 181._o b._n 183._o e._n 193._o b_o 196._o g._n 207._o c._n 267._o f._n 271._o d._n 313._o c._n 318._o h._n 339._o d._n 340._o i._n l_o 395._o c._n 448._o i._n 449._o b._n 589._o b._n maturative_a medicine_n 76._o k._n 103._o c._n 139._o a._n 183._o d._n 303._o a_o 556._o l._n mattiaci_n what_o spring_v 404._o h_o maur-hil_n corrupt_o call_v moulhil_n what_o they_o be_v 397._o d_o mausoleum_n the_o renown_a tomb_n erect_v by_o queen_n artemisia_n for_o king_n mausolus_n her_o husband_n 568._o i_o the_o description_n thereof_o and_o the_o workman_n ibid._n m_o e_o mead_n or_o honey_a water_n see_v hydromell_n one_o meal_n a_o day_n no_o good_a diet_n 304._o h_o mechopane_n a_o painter_n full_a of_o curious_a workmanship_n 548._o m_o maecenas_n messius_n hold_v his_o peace_n voluntary_o for_o three_o year_n space_n 305._o d_o maecenas_n sign_v with_o the_o print_n of_o a_o frog_n 601._o f_o mecon_n a_o kind_n of_o wild_a poppy_n 69._o c_o meconis_n a_o lectuce_n why_o so_o call_v 24._o i_o meconite_n a_o precious_a stone_n 628._o i_o meconium_n whaet_fw-la it_o be_v 68_o i_o remedy_n against_o meconium_n 160_o k_o meconium_n aphrode_v a_o herb_n 257_o f_o mecontum_fw-la what_o kind_n of_o medicine_n to_o make_v a_o woman_n fruitful_a 303._o b_o medea_n a_o precious_a stone_n 628._o i_o by_o who_o find_v ibid._n medea_n queen_n of_o colchis_n a_o famous_a witch_n 210._o k_o medion_n a_o herb_n with_o the_o description_n 285._o e_o medius_n a_o writer_n in_o physic_n 39_o e_fw-la meddler_n the_o fruit_n and_o their_o medicinable_a virtue_n 171._o b_o megabizus_n what_o he_o be_v 548._o i_o meges_n a_o chirurgeon_n 439._o c_o melfrugum_a see_v panic_n melamphyllon_n what_o herb_n 129._o c_o melampodium_fw-la what_o herb_n and_o of_o who_o it_o take_v that_o name_n 217._o b_o melamprasium_fw-la 278._o g_o melampus_n a_o famous_a divinor_fw-la or_o prophet_n 217._o a_o melancholy_a the_o disease_n what_o remedy_n be_v appropriate_a for_o it_o 46._o i_o 50._o l._n 72._o k._n 107._o e._n 140._o h._n 157._o a._n 219._o d._n 283._o a_o 304._o l._n 316_o g._n 318._o g._n 336._o h._n melancholy_n the_o humour_n what_o medicine_n do_v purge_v 111._o f_z 188._o g._n 235_o f._n 412._o m._n melandrium_fw-la what_o herb_n 248._o g_o melanthemon_n what_o herb_n 125._o d_o melas_n a_o fountain_n the_o water_n whereof_o make_v sheep_n white_a 403._o c._n melas_n a_o cutter_n in_o marble_n of_o great_a antiquity_n 564._o k_o melichloros_n a_o precious_a stone_n 630._o m_o melichrus_n a_o precious_a stone_n ibid._n mililot_n a_o herb_n 90_o g._n why_o call_v sertula-campana_n the_o description_n thereof_o ibid._n the_o virtue_n medicinable_a 106._o l_o melinum_n a_o painter_n white_a colour_n 528._o k._n why_o so_o call_v 529._o d._n how_o it_o be_v get_v ibid._n the_o use_n in_o physic_n and_o the_o price_n ibid._n melitaei_n what_o dog_n 380._o h_o melite_n a_o precious_a stone_n 630._o m_o melity_n a_o kind_n of_o honey_a wine_n 136._o m._n the_o property_n it_o have_v 137._o a_o melitite_n a_o stone_n why_o so_o call_v 589._o b._n the_o virtue_n that_o it_o have_v ibid._n melon_n their_o meat_n and_o medicinable_a property_n 37._o c_o melopepone_n what_o they_o be_v 14._o k_o melothron_n what_o plant_n 149._o c_o membrane_n wounded_z