of Epigrams an Elegy upon her Husbands death and other Verses of various kinds and subjects Cleobule or Cleobuline the Daughter of Cleobulus Prince of Lindus she is particularly noted for her faculty in Aenigmatical Sentences or Riddles Corrina a Theban Poetess who wrote Five Books of Epigrams and is said to have been five times Victress over Pindarus Besides her there were two others of the same name namely Corinna the Thessuzin and Corinna the Roman Lady whom Ovid much admired Carnificia a Roman Epigrammatick Poetess Cassandra Fidele a Venetian Lady She write a Volumâ— of Latin Poems of various subjects and kinds Catherine Philips the most applauded Poetess of our Nation her Fame is of a fresh and lively date from the but late publisht Volume of her Poetical Works Churlo Sax. Ceorle a Country Clown a Bumpkin in the North a Carle Chiromanter Chiromantes a Palmester or one that tells fortunes by the lines of the hand Cloris The Goddess of Flowers called also Flora. Chorus Lat. a Company of Singers or Dancers a Quire The singing or musick between every Act in a Tragedy or Comedy In a Comedy there are four Accessory parts viz. 1 The Argument 2 Prologue 3. Chorus 4. Mimick Of all which the Tragedy hath only the Chorus Chrisome a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies properly the white cloth which is set by the Minister of Baptism upon the head of a Child newly Anointed with Chrism after his Baptism Now it is vulgarly taken for the white cloth put about or upon a Child newly Christened in token of his Baptism wherewith the woman used to shrowd the Child if dying within the Month otherwise it is usually brought to Church at the day of Purification Chrisomes in the Bills of Mortality are such Children as die within the Month of their Birth because during that time they use to wear the Chrisom cloth Cabaline fountain of the Muses Calivate caelibatus single life the state of Man or Woman unmarried Herb. H. 8 Care-cloth According to the use of the Church of Sarum when there was a Marriage before Mass the parties kneel'd together and had a fine Linnen cloth called the Care-cloth laid over their heads during the time of Mass till they received the Benediction and then were dissmissed Caresse Fr. a cheering cherishing welcoming making much of Carnaval Fr. Shrovetide also a Licentious or Dissolute Season Castalian-Well a fountain at the foot of Parnassus sacred to the Muses taking the name of Castalia a Virgin who as Poets fain flying from the Leacherous God Apollo fell down headlong and was turned into this fountain Rider Catamite Catamitus a Boy hir'd to be abused contrary to Nature a Ganymede Ceruse Cerussa White-lead often used by Chyrurgeons in Ointments and Plaisters It is with Painters a principal white Colour and hath been and is still much used by Women in painting their Faces whom Martial in his merry vein scoffeth saying Cerussata timet Sabella solem Cest Cestus A Marriage-girdle full of studs wherewith the Husband girded his Wife at the Wedding and which he loosed again the first Night Chaperon Fr. a French-Hood for a Woman also any Hood or Bonnet mentioned in the Stat. 1 R. 2.7 Chaplet Fr. Chapelet a Wreath Garland or attire for the Head made of Gold Pearl or other costly or curious stuff used to be fastned behind in manner of a folded Roul or Garland Cully Fop or one that may easily be wrought upon Concubinage Concubinatus the keeping of a Whore for his own filthy use an unlawful Use of another Woman instead of one's Wife In Law it is an Exception against her that Sues for her Dowry whereby it is alledged that she was not a Wife lawfully married to the Party in whose Lands she seeks to be endowed but his 〈◊〉 Confarreation Confarreatio the solemnizing a Marriage a Ceremony used at the Solemnization of a Marriage in token of most firm Conjunction between Man and Wife with a Cake of Wheat or Batley This Ceremony is still retain'd in part with us by thâ—â— which we call the Bride-cake used at Weddings Continency Continentia a refraining of ill Desires or more strictly a restraining from all things delightful that hinde Perfection Copulation Copulatio â— coupling or joining it was one of the three ways of betrothing Marriage in Israel See Moses and Aaron p. 231. Coquettery Fr. the prattle or twattle of a pert Gossip or Minx Coral or Corral Corallum There are two principal forts hereof the one white the other red but the red is best It grows like a Tree in the bottom of the Sea green when under the Water and bearing a white Berry and when out turns red It is cold and dry in Operation good to be hang'd about Childrens Necks as well to rub their Gums as to preserve them from the Falling sickness Coranto Ital. Corranta a French running Dance also a News-book Corrivals Corrivales they who have Water from or use the same River And Metaphorically a Competitor in Love or they that Love one and the same Woman Culâ—â—riches Man eyes you Coverture Fr. signifies any thing that covers as Apparel a Coverlet c. In Law it is particularly apply'd to the Estate and Condition of a married Woman who by the Laws of the Realm is in potestate viri under Coverture or Covert-Baron and therefore disabled to make any bargain or contract without her Husband's consent or priviry or without his Allowance or Confirmation Brook hoc titulo per totum Courtesan Fr. Courtesane a Lady Gentlewoman or Waiting-woman of the Court also but less properly a professed Strumpet a famous or infamous Whore Courtesie of England Lex Angliae is used with us for a Tenure For if a Man marry an Inheritrix seiz'd of Land in â—ee-simple or in fee-Fee-tail general or as Heir in Tail special and gets a Child of her that comes alive into the World though both it and his Wife die forthwith yet if she were in Possession he shall keep the Land during his Life and is call'd Tenant by the Courtesie of England Crabbat Fr. is properly an Adjective and signifies comely handsom gracious But it is often used Substantively for a new fashioned Gorget which Women wear or a Riding-band which Men wear Curranto ab 〈◊〉 illue currendo Fr. Courante a running Dance a French-dance different from what we call a Country-dance Corkney or Corkneigh apply'd only to one born within the sound of Bow-Bell that is within the City of London which Term came first according to Minshaw out of this Tale A Citizens Son riding with his Father out of London into the Country and being utterly ignorant how Corn grew or Cattle increased asked when he heard a Horse neigh what he did His Father answer'd The Horse doth neigh Riding further the Son heard a Cock crow and said Doth the Cock neigh 〈◊〉 Hence by way of Jeer he was call'd Cookneigh Min. A Cockney according to some is a Child that Sucks long But Erasmus
Throne of a Potent Kingdom who loved her intirely was impatient of her absence but she Excused herself with all Modesty and Gravity That she had weaned herself from the World and its Vanities and entreated she might be obliged to return no more to it A Kingdom was but a small Bribe and seemed nothing to her in Comparison to those Joys the had in view Elphlerda Sister to Edward a Saxon King before the Conquest and Wife to Etheldredus Duke of Mercia was so renowned for her Courage and Bravery of Mind that few Nations ever affâ—rded a more Famous Virago She her Husband dying overthrew the Welch in several Battels who made Incursions into her Territories and in bloody Figâ—ts â—ut the Danes to the rout She buiâ—t divers Ruined Cities and 〈◊〉 her bleeding Country to a smiling Condition with whose Fame and Praises our Histories abound And King Henry the Fifth whilst Prince of Wales admiring her Courage and Conduct made certain Latin Verses in Commendation of her We might under this head of Examples mention many more no leâ—s Famed for Piety and Vertâ—e than Valour and Renown but seeing we are to scatter them as Diamonds and Pearls to Illustrate the whole Work these they may here 〈◊〉 to the Credit and Honour of the Fair Sex Eleanor Queen of England her Vertuous and wonderful Example of Love to her Husband Edward Son 〈◊〉 Henry the Third King of England resolving to pass into the Holy-Land with divers other Princes for the Recovery of it and the City of Jerusalem which the Infidels had taken away from the Christians and violently oppressed them Eleanor Daughter of Ferdinand the Third K. of Castile his chaâ—e and vertuous Wife would by no means be perswaded to stay behind but resolved in that long and dangerous Voyage to accompany him No entrâ—ties nor the hazards laid before her could prevail with her to be without her Husbands Company saying Shâ— knew she must die and if so dyed in the Land of Promise she was as near if not nearer in Heaven as in any other place And accordingly she accompanyed him undergoing cheerfully the hardships that attended the tedious Voyage This Prince in Palestine did wonders by his Valour and Conduct Making his very Name a terror to the Infidels so that they being every where worded the Turkish Governour of Damascus sent a Villain seemingly to treat with him but indeed to dispatch him for as he was delivering his Letters he stabb'd him three times in the Arm with a poison'd Dagger whereupon the prince fell'd him With his Fist and the Guards coming in cut him in pieces Excessive was the the pain yet he bore it with a manly fortitude and the nature of the poison such that his Chirurgeons concluded them Morral unless any one would hazard their Life by continual sucking out the poison the which when all his Favourites declined His vertuous Wife undertook cheerfully so that God blessing her willingness the Prince recovered and she remained uninjured by the poyson For which he entirely loved her all her Lifetime and when he was King Erected Monuments to her Memory in divers parts of England which remained many of them till the time the Crosses c. were demolished in the late Civil War Eulâ—lia a Noble Virgin of Portugal contemning all Earthly Glories as transitory things in which was no solid or substantial good laid aside her Treasure and Splendid Attire for the Adorning her Body and only took care to dress her Soul That it might be an acceptable Spouse fit for the embraces of the Glorious Bridegroom the made Sobriety Mâ—desty Chastity Works of 〈◊〉 and Charity her daily Familiars she took her Love off from Worldly things and placed it on those above And lived the life of a Saint a rare Example to those that are young and beautiful as she was to Patern out if necessity requires it and the Immortal Soul be at stake for the trifling vanitieâ— of this World See thus continued in Piety herself to instruct others 〈◊〉 hor Perâ—ecution arose and the 〈◊〉 viz. the 〈◊〉 mentioned in St. Johns 〈…〉 her the 〈…〉 to fly into the 〈…〉 the Flood that the Dra◠〈◊〉 out of his 〈…〉 resolved with 〈…〉 true Christian Courage 〈◊〉 those that were commanded by the Emperours Edict to Sacrifice to the Idols or the Representations of the seigned Heathen 〈◊〉 To be 〈…〉 And though her Parents who loved her 〈◊〉 laboured to avert the Danger that Threatned by perswading her to do it more privately Her Zeal drove her to do it in the Presence of the Enemies of the Christian Faith saying that those who out of Fear or Favour refused to profess the name of Christ openly were not worthy of his Love and the Glories he had prepared for those that Love and Fear him They however by Tears and Intreaties prevailed with her to remove out of the Populous City to their Country House but so great was the fervour of her Zeal that hearing many through fear daily Apostatized she Escaped the vigilence of those that were to observe her and went to their Houses to confirm and Strengthen such as were not fallen and to recover such as were Which being taken notice of by some Envious Persons she was delivered to the Praefect one superstitiously Devoted to the Heathen Idolatry and Thristing after the Blood of the Christians who Reproached her and Reviled her as a Sower of Sedition and a Stirrer up of the People to Trouble and Molest the Peace and Quiet of the Empire and as a Desptser and Conâ—aâ—ner of their Gods To all which she answered with much modesty and Mildness but when what ever she could alledge availed her nothing she told them That her Life was all they could Exact and she was willing to dye for thâ—â— Faith she Professed Then he began to perswade her to Renounce it as being Inflamed with her Beauty promising to take her in Marriage if she would comply but she with detestation refused his proser in those terms which so enraged him laying aside all bowels of Commiseration to so youthful and tender a Lady he called for the Executioners and ordered them to make ready the Rack upon which void of all shame they stretched her naked and disjointed those Limbs the sight of which would have charmed Barbarians into wonder yet she took it cheerfully and sung Praises That she was counted worthy 〈◊〉 suffer for his Name who had Redeemed her with his Precious Blood Upon which she was cast to the wild Beasts kept in those times one purpose to make the Tyrrantâ— pastime in the slaughtering and devouring Christians having before she had been taken of the Rack been tortured with another Engin of Cruelty called the Iron Grate which broke her Arms and Legs and had her Ivory Breasts 〈◊〉 with hot Irons Yet in all 〈◊〉 through his strength who supported her weakness she became more than Conqueror Crampies of Female Courage Constancy and maâ—â—â—ther singular Vertues Agnâ—s Gabril being
the Servant so far pity her that after she had fasted three days he told her of his Lords Safety after he had acquainted him with the Misery she was in it was agreed she should come to him and there consorted with him for the space of Nine years bringing forth Children in that Solitary place no Intreaty of her Husbands prevailing with her to forsake him At last they were discovered and brought before the Emperor where Eponina producing her Children said Behold O Caesar such as I have brought forth and bred up in a Monument that thou mightest have more Suppliants for our Lives but this great Act of Love and Constancy could not move cruel Vespatian for he caused them both to be put to Death she dying joyfully with her Husband Hota was the Wife of Rabi Benxamut a valiant Captain and of great Reputation amongst the Alarbes she had been bravely rescued out of the hands of the Portugals who were carrying her away Prisoner by the exceeding Courage and Vavour of Benxamut her Husband She shewed her thankfulness to him by the ready performance of all the Offices of Love and Duty Some time after Benxamut was slain in a Conflict and Hota perfomed her Husbands Funeral Obsequies with infinite Lamentation laid his Body in a stately â—omb and then for nine days together she would neither eat nor drink whereof she died and was buried as she had ordained in her last Will by the side of her beloved Husband He first deceas'd she for a few days try'd To live without him lik'd it not and dy'd King Edward the First while Prince warr'd in the Holy Land where he rescued the great City of Acon from being surrendred to the Souldan after which one Anzazim a desperate Saracen who had often been employ'd to him from the General being one time upon pretence of some secret Message admitted alone into his Chamber he with an empoyson'd Knife gave him three Wounds in the Body two in the Arm and one near the Arm-pit which were thought to be mortal and had perhaps been so if out of unspeakable Love the Lady Eleanor his Wife had not suck'd out the Poyson of his Wounds with her Mouth and thereby effected a Cure which otherwise had been incurable Thus it is no wonder that love should do wonders seeing it is it self a Wonder Love of Parents to their Chilren is a natural Affection which we bear towards them that proceed from us as being part of our selves and indeed almost all other Creatures have a strong Impression of this kind of Love to their young though in their proper Nature never so fierce and cruel to any thing besides according to the Poet Seeing her self Rob'd of her tender Brood Lies down lamenting in her Seythian Den And Licks the Prints where her lost Whelps had lain But this Affection with Reason has greater Power in the Souls of humane Parents thò indeed it's Impression is deeper in some than in others so that sometimes it extends even to a fault where it is placed on such Children whose stubborn Natures turn such tender Indulgence to evil purposes yet we see when it so happen as it do's too freequently the Parents fondness decreases not Love towards his Sons and Daughters had so settered the Affection of Charles the Great that he could seldom endure them out of his fight and when he went any long Journey he took them with him and being one time demanded why he married not his Daughters and suffered his Sons to travel with a Sigh replyed He was not able to bear their Absence Selucius King of Syria being told that his Son Antiochus Sickness proceeded from that extraordinary Passion he bare to his beautiful Queen Stratonice though the Father loved her entirely yet fearing his witholding her might occasion the loss of his Son he freely resigned her to him Aegtius by a mistake thinking Theseus his Son to be dead threw himself from the Rock where he stood to watch his return and there perished Love in Women on this account has always exceeded that of the Men who to save their Children have rushed through Flames and on the points of Swords regardless of their Lives as the Poet expresses it 〈◊〉 Lyoness when with Milk her Dugs do ake Seeking her lost Whelps hid within some Brake Noâ— the sharp Viper doth more Anger threaten Whom some unwary Heel hath crush'd and beaten Than woman when she sees her off springs wrong She breaks the Bars of the opposing throng Through Swords through Flame she rushes there 's no Ill So grievous but she Acts it with her Will Love to her Infant so inspired the Daughter of Sponderebeus that Mahomet the second having caused his Vizier-Bassa to murther it as being one of the Sons of his Father she never left crying in the Sultans Ears till he had delivered the Bassa bound to her and then she cut him up alive and cast his Heart and Liver to the Dogs Love of Children to their Parents is required by the Law of God and Naure and it is their indispensable Duty to Love honour and obey yet Love it self contains all these for what we love we will consequently labour to please to the utmost since it is to the great Credit and Advantage of Children entailing a Blessing on them here and giving them in a great measure an Assurance of an eternal Blessedness hereafter For wherever we find Piety and Reverence that is due to Parents there is a kind of Earnest given of a prosperous and worthy Person for the Child having this way entituled himself to the Promise of God whatsoever happens to others he shall find Happiness and Comfort in it It is certainly a very great and grievous Sin to be unmindful of those who next to God are the Authors of our Being and have taken care of us when we were not able to help our selves Love in this Case appeared extraordinary in Antipas and Amphinomus who when Mount Aetna sent out Rivers of flaming Sulphur and by the Eruption the Earth trembled under them every one minding to hurry away their Goods and flying in confusion these pious Brothers mindful of their aged Parents more than all earthly Riches took them on their Backs and carried them through Torrents of Fire to places of Safety leaving their Goods to be destroyed saying What more precious Treasure can we secure than those who begot us and this Acts of Piety by divers Antiquities is said to be attended with a Miracle for the burning stream separated and made way for their safe Passage whilst other places were scorched up Love and Duty appeared excellent in the Daughther of a noble Roman Lady who being condemned by the Praetor her Execution was delayed by the Jaylor to starve her in Prison that the People who were offended with the Sentence might not see her publick Execution her Daughter all this while had leave to Visit her but was narrowly searched that she should bring no