where note that if the two endes of the Enthymeme are like in speech then the Minor is wanting if the two beginnings be like the Maior is omitted as may easily appeare by the foregoing example Enueloped Wrapped Enuiron To cōpasse about Enumerate To reckon vp to declare Enumeration A reckoning a rehearsall Enunciatiue Any thing pronounced or spoken A proposition or speech which simply affirmeth or denyeth any thing as Cicero is vertuous Cicero is not vertuous Epact A number which is in vse euery yeare to find the age of the Moone by This Epact changeth yearly and is made by the addition of eleuen to the former Epact both which numbers are the Epact for the following yeare but alwaies so that both those numbers exceede not the number of 30. For if they amount to aboue 30. then must you cast away the 30. and the remaining number shall be the Epact As for example in this yeare 1616. the Epact is 22. to which if you adde eleuen for the next yeares Epact it maketh 33. from which if you take away 30. there will remaine three which is the Epact for the next yeare 1617. Note also when in any yeare the Epact is 29. you must ad 12. to find out the next yeares true Epact that casting away thirty the Epact may come to be eleuen In al other nūbers the Epast is stil made as before by adding eleuen And these Epacts are euer changed on the first day of March. Ephemerides A booke wherein day acts are registred Commonly it is taken for a Booke of Astronomy in vse among such as erect figures to cast mens natiuities by which booke is shewen how all the Planets are placed euerie day and houre of the yeare Ephi An Hebrew measure conteining about fiue peckes of ours Ephod A holy garment worne by the high Priest of the Hebrewes when he executed his function It couered the backe was curiouslie wrought with gold and twisted silke of Purple Scarlet and Violet colour On the shoulders there were set two great precious Onix stones and in them grauen the names of the twelue sonnes of Iacob called the twelue Patriarches in the right shoulder the sixe eldest and in the left the sixe youngest that the High Priest entering into the Sanctum Sanctorum which was the holiest place of the Temple might beare with him the names of the people for whom hee was to pray vnto God Epicycle A terme vsed in Astronomy It signifieth a lesser circle whose center or middle part is in the circumference of a greater circle In the vpper part of this Epicycle the fiue Planets Saturne Iupiter Mars Venus and Mercurie doe goe forward according to the course of the signes as Aries to Taurus c. in the lower part they are retrograde that is goe backward as from Gemini to Taurus from Taurus to Aries againe Betweene these two motions are said to bee two stations namely when a Planet ceaseth going forward and beginneth to be retrograde or comming to the farthest point of his retrogradation goeth forward againe so that in the Epicycle these Planets wheele about somtime according sometime contrary to the order of the signes Epicure It is commonly taken with vs for a man giuen ouer much to pleasure especially in gluttony In ancient times it signified one that followed the sect of a Philosopher named Epicurus who taught that the greatest happines was to be without paine and enioy pleasure of body and minde Epigramme It properly signifieth a supersciption or writing set vpon any thing now it is commonly takē for a short wittie poeme which vnder a fained name doth couertly praise or tax some particular person or thing Epilepsie The falling sicknesse whereto most commonly children and yong folk are subiect This disease is caused by some humor or vapor suddenly stopping the passage of spirits in the braine which the brain striuing to expel causeth the patient to fall downe and commonly some at the mouth Epilog The conclusion or end of a matter A speech made after an enterlude or play is ended Epiphanie An appearing or manifestation The feast of Twelfe day at Christmas is so called because thē the appearing of a new star did manifest the birth of our Sauiour Episcopall Of or belonging to a Bishop Epitaph An inscription or writing set vpon a toombe most commonly in lamentation or praise of the party there buried Epithete Any word or short sentence added to a Noune substantiue to expresse some qualitie of it as in saying Barbarous crueltie vnbridled lust anger the short madnes of the mind where barbarous vnbridled and the short madnesse of the mind are Epithetes expressing the qualitie of crueltie lust and anger Epitome An abridgemēt or short gathering of any matter in writing Epitomize To make an abridgement or short gathering Equanimitie Vprightnes of hart quietnesse of mind Equinoctiall An imagined line passing iust in the midst betweene the two poles of heauen to which line the sun coming twice a yeare namely about the xj of March and the xj of September maketh the daies and nights of equall length in all the world for which cause it is called Equinoctiall The signes Aries and Libra doe both begin at this line Equipage Furniture or prouision for horsemanship especially in triumphs or turnaments Equiualence The equall value of one thing with another Equiualent Of equal value to another thing Equiuocate To speak or answere with a secret meaning reserued in ones own mind which peraduenture the hearers do not vnderstand Equiuocation A speech or answere made with a secret meaning reserued in ones mind Equiuoke When one word signifieth two things Erased A terme of Heraldrie when any member of a beast seemeth torn from the body Erebus Hell or a riuer in hell Erect To lift vp Erection A lifting vp Eremite See Hermite Ereption A taking away Ermines A little beast lesse than a Squirrell the furre whereof is very costly worne onely by Princes or great Potentates It hath a taile of a thumbe length and is browne Ermine in Heraldry somtime signifieth white powdred with blacke and Ermines blacke powdred white Errant Wandring hauing no certaine abode Erroneous Full of error deceiued Erst. Heretofore Erudition Learning instruction Eruption A violent breaking out Escheate To bee forfeited to the King or cheefe Lord. Escheater An Officer that obserueth and certifieth into the Exchequer such things as doe escheate vnto the King Escript A writing Escuage A tenure of lands whereby the tenant is bound at his own charge to follow his Lord into the warres either in Scotland or VVales somtime in this tenure the Tenant only payeth a yearely rent Escuerconera An hearbe in the VVest Indies so named because it is of great vertue against the deadly stingings or bitings of certaine venemous beastes which in that country they call Escuercos Esperance Hope Essayes Tryals Essence The being or naturall substance of any thing Essenes Certaine religious men among the Iewes which liued a very strict life
purpose Extrinsecall Outward or on the outside Exulcerate To raise blisters or sores Exulceration A rising of blisters or sores in the odie Exulte To reioyce greatly to triumph ouer one Exultation A greate reioycing F Fabricate To frame to build Fabrike A frame a building Fabulous False as a fable Facile Easie Facilitie Easines Faction A sect or diuision into sundry opinions Factious Contentious troublesome vnquiet Factor He that buieth and selleth for a merchant or that looketh to his buisinesse Faculty Power ability a trade or course of life a priuiledge or power granted that a man may doe something which without such priuiledge he could not doe Facundite Eloquencie Fage A fable Falding A kind of course cloth Fallacie Deceit in words Falsitie To counterfeit or make false Falsification A counterfeiting or making false Falsitie Falsehood deceit Fanaticall Distracted mad franticke out of his wits Farcines A disease in beasts it is a creeping vlcer growing in knots and following alongst some veine Farced Stuffed full Fascinate To bewitch Fastidious Disdainfull loathing proud Fate Destinie that which must of necessitie come to passe by Gods secret appointment Fatall That which happeneth or commeth to passe by fate Faunus Poeticall gods of the woodes Fauorite One in great fauour Fealtie A ceremonie done by some tenants to the Lord of whome they hold lands which is in laying their right hand vpon a booke and promising fidelitie to him by oath Feature Hansomnesse comelinesse beautie Fecunditie Fruitfulnes Fleere A companion a husband or wife Felicitie Happinesse Fell. A skinne sometime it signifieth fierce terrible or frowning Feminine Of or belonging to the female Fencemonth A month so called because then it is not lawfull to hunt in any forrest for that the does then do fawn This month beginneth about the ninth of Iune and continueth till the ninth of Iuly Fengreeke A plant or herbe the seede whereof is much vsed in phisike It is yellow being hot in the second degree and drie in the first and hath power to mollifie and dissolue Feodarie An officer who is to bee present with the Escheater at the finding of any office and to suruey wards lands and to rate them Feofment A deede witnessing the sale or gift of lands in fee simple with liuerie of seisine and possession thereof He that maketh the Feofment is called the Feofer and the partie to whome it is made the Feofee Ferie Any day of the weeke not kept holy Fers The Queene in chesse play Fertile Fruitfull yeelding much Fertilitie Fruitfulnesse Feruent Hot. Feruour Heate Ferula A rod sticke or thinne paulmer wherewith children are corrected in schooles vpon the hand Fessepoint The middle part of a scucheon whose bredth is deuided into three euen parts Festiuall Merry ioyfull belonging to a feast Festiuitie Mirth reioycing pleasantnes merrinesse Feud Hatred enmitie strife Fewmets or Fewmishing The dung of a Deere Fiants The dung of a Fox or Badger Fiction A feined deuice a lye Fidelitie Faithfulnesse Figment A vaine deuice a lye a counterfeit tale Figuratiue That which figureth or serueth but as a representation of another thing Filiall Of or belonging to a sonne Filme A fine thinne skinne within the bodie deuiding the flesh or any neere member one from another Fine An end sometime money payed when one first taketh land for yeares Finall Of or belonging to an end the last * Finance An end Finite which hath an end Fire-drake A fire sometime seene flying in the night like a Dragon Common people thinke it a spirit that keepeth some treasure hid but Philosophers affirme it to bee a great vnequall â—â—â—alation inflamed betweene two Cloudes the one hot the other colde which is the reason that it also smoketh the middle part whereof according to the proportion of the hote Cloud being greater than the rest maketh it seeme like a bellie and both ends like vnto a head and taile Firme Strong stable stedfast Firmament Astronomers vnderstand by this word the eighth spheare next aboue the spheres of the seauen Planets in which all the fixt Starres are placed Firmitie Strength stedfastnesse Fistike nuts Outlandish nuts brought out of Syria and other hot Countries not much vnlike a small Hasell nut They are very good against the stoppings of the liuer being steeped all night in some sweete wine and so eaten in the morning They are good also to vnstop the lungs and for such as are troubled with shortnesse of breath and are comfortable for the stomacke yet they nourish but little being taken as meate Fistula A dangerous vlcer or sore still running It goeth vp into the body with a long narrow hole like a pipe and is commonlie hard in the outside Fitch The furre of the Polecat Fixe To fasten Fixed Fastened Flagitious Wicked verie lewd Flamine A great Priest amongst the Gentiles There were three such at Rome One called Flamen Dialis The Priest of Iupiter who ware rich vestments and had a chaire of Estate If his Wife chanced to dye he thereupon went presentlie out of his office It was not lawfull for him to abide one night out of the Citty nor yet to affirme any thing by oath for his word was held of sufficient credit The other two Flamins were the Flamine of Mars and the Flamine of Romulus called Quirinus Flankards Hunters call so two knots or nuts in the flanke of a Deere Flebotomie See Phlebotomie Flegmaticke Full of fleagme or inclining to fleagme Flexibilitie Aptnes to bend Flexible Pliant easie to bend * Flo. An arrow Floreine A coyne wherof there be two sorts one about the valew of thre shillings foure pence the other about two shillings ten pence-farthing Fluent which floweth or aboundeth Flux A flowing or issue of bloud Fluxibilitie Aptnes to flow or spread abroad Fluxible Which is apt to flow or run abroad Foyling The print of a Deers foote in grasse when it cannot well be seene Foemen Enemies Fâ—â—â—es A kinde of furre brought for the most part out of France the top of this furre is blacke and the ground whitish the beast that beareth it is about the bignesse of a Cat. Foison Great plenty store â—oâ—erers Vagabonds Folio A sheete or large leafe of paper Fomentation In physick it properlie signifieth powders or drie things in bags or any liquour in a sponge or bladder applied warme to the bodie to mitigate paine or for some other purpose Footstall The lower part of a pillar whereon it standeth Foppe A Foole. Foppery Foolishnesse a vaine matter Forage Prouision for horses and cattell in the wars Forcer A cofer or little chest Forester He that hath charge to looke to a forrest or some part of it Foreloyne A tearme in hunting when a hound meeteth a chace and goeth away with it before the rest Forlorne Vtterly vndone in a desperate estate Formalitie An obseruing of good forme or order Formall That which keepeth due forme Formositie Beautie fairenesse Forestall To buy victuall or other merchandise by the way before it come to the
werts whereof some doe vse to bleede often and some bleede not at all They are caused by superfluitie of grosse melancholy blood sent to these parts from the liuer beeing many times healthfull to the patient by preuenting other diseases and therefore ought not hastily to be stopt vnlesse through continuance the body bee too much weakened by them Henchman A page of honour neere attendant to a Prince or other great personage * Hend Gentle * Hent To catch or lay hold of Herbage Pasture or the feeding of cattel in pasture Herball A booke of the nature of herbes Herbinger See harbinger Hereticall Obstinate in a false beleefe belonging to an Hereticke Heretike He that maketh his owne choice what points of religion he will beleeue and what he will not beleeue Hereditarie That which commeth to one by inheritance Heriot The best liuing beast which a Tenant hath at his death which in some Mannors is due to the lord of whom the land is holden Hermaphrodite Of both natures which is both man and woman Hermite One dwelling solitarie in the wildernesse attending onely to deuotion Hermitage A lone house where an hermite dwelleth Hermodactiles Little roots white and round solde by Apothecaries They are hot and dry in the second degree and are much vsed against all gouts purging slimie fleame from farthest parts of the body but they must be taken with Ginger Anniseed or Cummin and a little Masticke or else by stirring windinesse they will ouerturne the stomacke Heroes Great Noble men Heroycall Noble honorable couragious Heroike The same as Heroicall Hests Commandements or decrees Heteroscians Any people dwelling vnder a temperate Zone so called because their shadowes at noone bend still but one way Hew Colour Hewte A little copse or groue Heyward A bailiefe or officer hauing charge to looke to the fieldes Hiacinth See Hyacinth Hide of land Some affirme it to be a hundred acres Hidage A taxe or paiment for euery hide of lād Hidebound A disease in cattell when the skin cleaueth to their sides Hideous Terrible vgly Hiena See Hyena Hiera picra A bitter confectiō made of Aloe succotrina other simples oftē vsed in Phisicke to purge Choler out of the stomacke Hierarchie The holy order of Angels which conteining nine degrees as some affirme is a mystical resemblance of the B. Trinitie there being in nine thrice three and in euery three thrice one So that there are three superiour three inferiour and three middle degrees The superior are Seraphines Cherubines and Thrones the middle Dominations principalities Powers The inferior vertues Archangels and Angels Hieroglyphikes A darke mysticall kind of writing vsed chiefely in times past among the Pagane priests and learned men of Egypt to hide their knowledge from the vulgar sort This writing was by making the formes of beastes and diuers other figures and could hardly bee vnderstood without exposition or great knowledge in the nature of things For example Eternity or euerlastingnesse they expressed by a round circle which hath no end A king by a scepter with an eye in the toppe thereof A mat-of haste by a Dolphin the swiftest of all fishes And a matter of deliberation or aduice by an Anchor which stayeth a ship in the waues With a thousand such deuices not subiect to common capacities to find out Hight Was named Hillocke A little hill Hin An Hebrew measure of moist things containing by Agricolas account foure pottles and a quart of ours Santes Pagninus affirmeth it to contain threescore and twelue egges Hip. The red berry on the bryer Hipocrite See Hypocrite Historian A writer or teller of a History Historicall Of or belonging to a History Historiographer A writer of Histories Historiologie The knowledge and telling of old Histories Hoane A fine kind of whetstone Hogsteere A wilde bore of three yeeres old Holocaust A sacrifice wherein the whole beast is offered and no part reserued Holt. A groue Homage In Court Barons the Iury that are sworne to enquire of matters are so called It signifieth also a seruil ceremony of duty by some Tenants to their Lords after this manner The Tenant that holdeth Landes by homage kneeling on both knees before the Lord who sitteth and holdeth the Tenants hands betweene his saith as followeth I become your man from this day forward of life and member and of earthly honour and to you shall bee faithfull and true and shall beare to you faith for the Lands I claime to hold of you sauing the faith that I owe to our Lord the King And then the Lord sitting must kisse the Tenant Homager One that doth or oweth homage Homicide A manslayer sometime manslaughter Homilie A talking together a speech or a Sermon Homonymie A terme in Logicke when one word signifieth diuers things as Hart signifying a beast and a principall member of the body Honour point In Herauldry the vpper part of a Scutcheon is so called when the bredth thereof is diuided into three euen parts * Hopesteres Pilots to guide a shippe Horizon An imaginary line compassing the lowest part of the heauens that we can see so called because it limiteth our sight diuiding the heauens vnderneath vs from that which is aboue The Sun rysing and going downe is euer in this line Horologe A Clocke or Dyall Horoscope The ascendent of ones natiuitie to wit that part of the firmament which ascendeth from the East when a childe is borne Astrologers call it the first house Horride Terrible fearefull to looke on Horrour Great feare or trembling * Horrow Beastlie base slaunderous Hosanna An Hebrew word which signifieth Saue I beseech thee Hospitalitie Entertainement of strangers good house keeping Hostage A pledge left in warres for performance of couenants Hostile Of or belonging to an enemie malicious harmefull Hostilitie Enmitie hatred open warre Hotchpot A terme in our common Law when a daughter which hath had giuen vnto her any lands in Frankemarriage clayming to be coheire after her fathers death to other lands with some sisters is constrained to suffer that part of land giuen her before her fathers death to bee put in Hotchpot that is to be mingled together with the landes whereof her Father dyed seised so that an equall diuision may bee made of the whole * Howgates How Howsell To minister Sacraments to a sicke man in danger of death Howten To hollow Hulke To open a hare or cony to take out the garbage * Hulstred Hidden Huke A Dutch attire couering the head face and all the body Humane That which belongeth or may happen to man Humanitie Gentlenesse courtesie ciuill behauiour also manhood or the nature of mankind Humide Moiste Humiditie Moisture Humiliate To make humble Humiliation A making lowe or humble Humorous Full of humors * Hurtelen To thrust to prouoke Hyacinth The red blew or yellow lilly also a purple flowre called crow-toes Hydra A monstrous serpent in the Lake Lerna which hauing one head cut off had forthwith two other heads growing vp in the place Hercules fought with