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be_v red_a both_o when_o he_o rise_v and_o when_o he_o set_v there_o will_v fall_v good_a store_n of_o rain_n be_v the_o cloud_n red_a about_o the_o sun_n as_o he_o go_v down_o you_o shall_v have_v a_o fair_a day_n the_o morrow_n after_o if_o when_o the_o sun_n do_v rise_v you_o see_v fly_a cloud_n disperse_v some_o into_o the_o south_n and_o other_o northward_o say_v all_o be_v clear_a and_o fair_a otherwise_o about_o he_o make_v reckon_v that_o day_n of_o wind_n and_o rain_n both_o mark_v at_o his_o rise_n or_o go_v down_o if_o his_o beam_n be_v short_a and_o as_o it_o be_v draw_v in_o be_v sure_a of_o a_o good_a shower_n if_o at_o the_o sun_n set_v it_o rain_v or_o that_o his_o ray_n either_o look_v dark_a and_o blue_a or_o gather_v a_o bank_n of_o cloud_n sure_o these_o be_v great_a token_n of_o tempestuous_a weather_n &_o storm_n the_o morrow_n after_o when_o in_o his_o rise_n the_o beam_n shine_v not_o bright_a and_o clear_a although_o they_o be_v not_o overcast_v with_o a_o 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haply_o these_o cloud_n enclose_v he_o not_o round_o but_o confront_v and_o seem_v as_o if_o they_o charge_v upon_o he_o look_v from_o whence_o they_o come_v from_o that_o quarter_n they_o portend_v great_a wind_n and_o if_o they_o encounter_v he_o from_o the_o south_n there_o will_v be_v rain_n good_a store_n and_o wind_n both_o if_o as_o the_o sun_n rise_v he_o be_v compass_v with_o a_o circle_n mark_v on_o what_o side_n the_o same_o break_v and_o open_v first_o and_o from_o thence_o look_v for_o wind_n without_o fail_n but_o if_o the_o say_a circle_n pass_v and_o vanish_v away_o all_o at_o once_o equal_o as_o well_o of_o one_o part_n as_o another_o you_o shall_v have_v fair_a weather_n upon_o
other_o property_n ibid._n c_o ass_n of_o india_n with_o one_o horn_n 351._o b_o ass_n wild_a 20._o g_o assyrian_n tree_n see_v citron_n tree_n astome_n people_n without_o a_o mouth_n 156._o i_o astronomer_n their_o commendation_n 8._o m._n 9_o a._n who_o most_o excellent_a 174._o l._n their_o three_o sect_n 586._o h_o astronomy_n necessary_a for_o agriculture_n ibid._n a_o astrology_n who_o first_o devise_v 189._o d_o astrologer_n opinion_n touch_v the_o length_n of_o man_n life_n 181._o f_o asturcones_n what_o horse_n 222._o m_o asturius_n celer_n a_o prodigal_a spender_n 246._o k_o a_o t_o atabulus_n a_o unlucky_a wind_n in_o apulia_n ateramum_fw-la 575._o b_o atlas_n hill_n 92._o g._n the_o strange_a tree_n thereon_o grow_v 92._o h_o atlantes_n people_n their_o strange_a manner_n 96._o i._n they_o dream_v not_o in_o sleep_n ibid._n atlantic_a sea_n sometime_o the_o continent_n 40._o l_o atomus_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 367._o e_o a_o v_o augury_n and_o auspex_n by_o bird_n who_o first_o invent_v 189._o c_o honour_n in_o rome_n 211._o f_o augustus_n caesar_n whether_o he_o be_v happy_a 179._o c._n his_o fortune_n compare_v ibid._n he_o desire_v proculeius_n to_o kill_v he_o 179._o e._n fast_v four_o day_n and_o four_o night_n ibid._n he_o see_v his_o lineal_a descent_n unto_o the_o four_o degree_n 162._o l._n his_o conduct_n discover_v many_o sea_n 32._o k._n superstitious_a in_o presage_v that_o his_o left_a foot_n shoe_n be_v put_v on_o before_o the_o right_n 4_o l_o augytae_fw-la people_n worship_v only_o the_o devil_n beneath_o 96._o i_o auiola_n burn_v quick_a 184._o h._n he_o revive_v in_o the_o funeral_n fire_n ibid._n auleticus_fw-la calamus_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o reed_n 483._o b._n e_o a_o x_o axis_n a_o indian_a beast_n 206._o k_o b_o at_fw-fr babylon_n territory_n exceed_v fruitful_a 576._o i_o babylon_n the_o city_n describe_v 136._o h_o babylonicae_fw-la vestes_fw-la what_o they_o be_v 228._o i_o baccharis_n 364._o l_o bacchi_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o codfish_n 245._o e_o bacchus_n when_o bear_v how_o 128._o l_o bacchus_n first_o wear_v a_o coronet_n or_o garland_n 456._o m_o backebiter_n have_v venomous_a tongue_n 548._o m_o bactrian_a a_o plentiful_a country_n for_o corn_n 581._o a_o bactrian_a corn_n exceed_v big_a 561._o bagous_n what_o he_o be_v 387._o b_o bailiff_n of_o husbandry_n 555._o a_o baker_n when_o they_o begin_v in_o rome_n 557._o b_o balaustia_fw-la see_v pomegranate_n flower_n bald-raven_n see_v plugeon_n balena_fw-la what_o fish_n 235._o f._n 236._o l_o balena_fw-la and_o priest_n great_a fish_n in_o indian_a ocean_n 235._o f_o ball_n of_o the_o cheek_n forbid_v by_o law_n to_o be_v scratch_v 336._o i_o the_o seat_n of_o bashfulness_n and_o modesty_n ibid._n balm_n tree_n of_o three_o sort_n 376._o l_o balm_n tree_n grow_v no_o where_o but_o in_o jury_n 478_o k_o balm_n tree_n bring_v to_o rome_n 376._o i._n how_o they_o be_v plant_v and_o order_v ibid._n k._n their_o description_n ibid._n balm_n tree_n save_v by_o the_o roman_n at_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n 376._o k_o balm_n fruit_n or_o grain_n 377._o e_o balm_n grain_n how_o sophisticated_a ibid._n balm_n bark_n ibid._n balm_n liquor_n most_o precious_a 376._o i._n balm_n liquor_n how_o sophisticated_a and_o how_o discern_v 377._o e._n balm_n liquor_n how_o it_o be_v draw_v 376._o m._n balm_n liquor_n which_o be_v best_a 377._o c_o balsamodes_n cassia_n 373._o e_o bands_n or_o binding_n in_o husbandry_n of_o what_o tree_n and_o plant_n they_o be_v to_o be_v make_v 445._o b_o barbatae_n a_o kind_n of_o hawk_n or_o aegle_v 272._o k_o barber_n first_o entertain_v in_o rome_n 190._o m_o barble_n fish_n 246._o h._n their_o description_n and_o nature_n ibid._n why_o call_v in_o latin_a mulli_n 246._o i_o bark_n of_o tree_n be_v their_o hide_n 486._o h_o the_o bark_n moisture_n of_o tree_n be_v their_o blood_n 486._o g_o bark_n of_o tree_n how_o to_o be_v use_v 541._o e_o barking_n of_o tree_n 487._o d_o bark_n of_o sundry_a tree_n 〈◊〉_d employ_v 461._o d_o bark_n of_o tree_n different_a 477._o 〈◊〉_d barley_n a_o tender_a corn_n 562._o h._n how_o to_o be_v cut_v down_o and_o at_o what_o time_n ibid._n barley_n how_o it_o be_v care_v and_o joint_v 558._o k_o barley_n where_o it_o grow_v twice_o a_o year_n 503._o e_o barley_n do_v degenerate_a into_o oat_n 574._o g_o barley_n a_o most_o ancient_a meat_n 561._o c._n condemn_v ibid._n e_o barley_n use_v in_o physic_n and_o to_o feed_v cattle_n 562._o h._n i_o barley_n different_a in_o ear_n and_o otherwise_o 562._o i_o barn_n how_o and_o where_o to_o be_v build_v 603._o b_o barraine_n beast_n soon_o fat_a 344._o k_o barrainesse_n of_o earth_n how_o it_o be_v find_v 504._o i_o the_o basilisk_n 196._o l._n his_o property_n ibid._n his_o venom_n 207_o a_o kill_v by_o the_o weasel_n ibid._n battle_n first_o fight_v 189._o a._n battle_n at_o sibaris_n 197._o d._n in_o two_o battle_n in_o one_o day_n both_o on_o sea_n and_o land_n numenus_fw-la defeat_v the_o persian_n 140._o h_o a_o bat_n or_o wing_a mouse_n only_o among_o the_o fowl_n have_v tooth_n 337._o d._n bat_n bring_v forth_o young_a alive_a 301._o f._n the_o only_a bird_n that_o give_v milk_n 302._o g_o bayliff_n tree_n see_v laurel_n bay_fw-mi leave_v purge_v the_o gorge_n of_o bird_n 211._o c._n b_o d_o bdellium_n 362._o m._n sophisticated_a 363._o a._n see_v brochos_n the_o trial_n 363._o b._n the_o price_n ibid._n b_o e_z bean_n principal_a of_o all_o pulse_n 568._o l._n bean_n meal_n ibid._n bean_n stalk_v in_o egypt_n full_a of_o prick_n 569._o d._n bean_n how_o to_o be_v prepare_v before_o they_o be_v set_v or_o sow_v 575._o d._n bean_n and_o vetch_n sow_v under_o furrow_n 580._o g._n bean_n yield_v great_a increase_n 565._o b._n bean_n forbid_v by_o pythagoras_n to_o be_v eat_v 569._o a._n the_o arch_a flamen_n abstain_v from_o bean_n wherefore_o 569._o b._n bean_n use_v in_o portsale_n 569._o b_o when_o they_o be_v to_o be_v set_v or_o sow_v ibid._n b._n kidnie_a bean_n 570._o l._n bean_n sow_v do_v enrich_v a_o ground_n 569._o c._n bean_n grow_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n ibid._n d_o bear_v only_o have_v no_o marrow_n at_o all_o 344._o m._n how_o they_o engender_v 302._o l._n bear_n have_v the_o tender_a scull_n 332._o l._n bear_v cure_n themselves_o with_o pismire_n 211._o c._n bear_v their_o manner_n of_o generation_n 215._o f._n their_o young_a imperfect_a 216._o g._n they_o grow_v exceed_o fat_a ibid._n h._n their_o fat_a medicinable_a ibid._n they_o seek_v to_o the_o herb_n wake-robin_n ibid._n i_o they_o be_v subject_a to_o dimness_n of_o sight_n ibid._n i._n weak_a in_o the_o head_n ibid._n k_o their_o brain_n venomous_a ibid._n hunt_v in_o the_o shewplace_n at_o rome_n ibid._n l_o beast_n account_v for_o god_n 3._o e._n beast_n of_o india_n very_o big_a 155._o b._n beast_n engender_v in_o the_o unhabitable_a place_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o reason_n 11._o b._n beast_n that_o drink_v last_o bleed_v most_o at_o their_o death_n 346._o h._n beast_n bring_v forth_o young_a according_a as_o they_o be_v whole_a hoof_v or_o cleave_v 303._o a._n beast_n which_o bring_v their_o young_a perfect_a which_o imperfect_a ibid._n beast_n will_v not_o touch_v where_o bear_n have_v breathe_v 356._o a._n beast_n fourfooted_a common_o rest_n on_o their_o right_a side_n 350._o k._n beast_n by_o who_o first_o kill_v 190._o k._n beech_n wood_n high_o esteem_v 486._o m._n a_o beech_n grove_n fine_o keep_v and_o consecrate_v to_o diana_n 496._o g_o bees_n their_o order_n and_o nature_n 312._o i._n when_o they_o go_v abroad_o ibid._n l._n their_o first_o work_n ibid._n their_o care_n of_o their_o kind_n ibid._n their_o regard_n of_o their_o work_n 313._o a._n their_o munition_n ibid._n b._n their_o great_a swarm_n among_o olive_n tree_n ibid._n d._n they_o hurt_v no_o fruit_n ibid._n they_o wander_v not_o from_o their_o hiâ—…e_n above_o sixty_o pace_n ibid._n they_o send_v out_o spy_v ibid._n e._n how_o they_o watch_v ibid._n their_o foresight_n 314._o g._n how_o they_o lade_v themselves_o ibid._n h._n their_o several_a office_n ibid._n bee_n of_o two_o sort_n in_o one_o hive_n ibid._n k._n they_o go_v with_o the_o wind_n ibid._n l._n their_o policy_n against_o the_o wind_n ibid._n they_o punish_v slothfulness_n ibid._n their_o cleanliness_n ibid._n their_o silence_n towards_o night_n their_o hatred_n to_o the_o drone_n 315._o b._n their_o building_n for_o their_o captain_n ibid._n c._n how_o they_o be_v drive_v away_o 316._o k._n bee_n when_o they_o be_v nourish_v with_o sleep_n only_o 317._o e._n they_o abhor_v a_o thief_n ibid._n their_o fidelity_n to_o their_o king_n 319._o c._n bee_n settle_v on_o plato_n his_o mouth_n ibid._n d._n bee_n in_o the_o camp_n of_o general_n drusus_n ibid._n why_o sometime_o they_o fight_v 320._o
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polygonon_n and_o polygonaton_n ibid._n the_o virtue_n ibid._n knotgrass_n of_o four_o kind_n ibid._n knotgrass_n the_o wild_a 287_o c._n the_o description_n ibid._n the_o virtue_n ibid._n l_o a_o labyrinth_n most_o monstrous_a work_n 578._o i_o that_o of_o egypt_n by_o who_o build_v 578_o i_o the_o reason_n why_o it_o be_v build_v 578._o k_o labyrinth_n in_o greece_n make_v by_o daedalus_n take_v from_o the_o pattern_n of_o that_o in_o egypt_n 578._o k_o labyrinth_n in_o lemnos_n 578._o l_o labyrinth_n in_o italy_n ibid._n b_o lbyrinthe_n of_o egypt_n and_o lemnos_n describe_v 578_o l_o m_o 579_o c._n 599_o d._n labyrinth_n in_o italy_n build_v by_o k._n porsena_n and_o therein_o he_o be_v entomb_v 579._o d_o lactaria_n a_o herb_n see_v tithymall_a lactoris_fw-la what_o herb_n 204_o l._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n lactuca_n caprina_fw-la what_o herb_n 251._o e_fw-la lactucini_fw-la who_o they_o be_v and_o why_o so_o call_v 12._o l_o lacuturre_n what_o kind_n of_o colewort_n 26._o l_o lada_n the_o herb_n whereof_o come_v labdanum_n 249_o d_o laudanum_n a_o herb_n 249_o c._n of_o two_o sort_n ibid._n the_o virtue_n ibid._n laudanum_n a_o sweet_a gum_n or_o juice_n concrete_a 249_o c._n whereof_o it_o be_v make_v ibid._n which_o be_v the_o best_a ibid._n d._n the_o virtue_n ib._n lady_n and_o great_a gentlewoman_n what_o imageur_n delight_v to_o cast_v and_o portray_v in_o brass_n 503._o e_o our_o lady_n mantle_n a_o herb_n see_v leontopodium_n laedus_n a_o excellent_a grave_a 483_o e._n famous_a for_o pourtray_a battle_n 483._o f_o lagines_n what_o herb_n 199._o e_o lagopus_n what_o herb_n 250._o i_o lais_n a_o woman_n physician_n and_o who_o write_v of_o physic_n 309._o c_o a_o lake_n wherein_o leaf_n or_o any_o thing_n else_o will_v sink_v 404._o i_o lake_n engender_v salt_n 414._o m_o lala_n a_o woman_n and_o paintresse_n 551_o a._n she_o can_v handle_v both_o the_o pencil_n and_o the_o enamel_n iron_n ibid._n her_o 〈◊〉_d of_o work_n ibid._n b._n her_o quick_a hand_n ibid._n she_o excel_v sopylus_n and_o dionysius_n painter_n of_o her_o time_n ibid._n lamp_n burn_v how_o they_o may_v represent_v the_o head_n of_o horse_n and_o ass_n 327._o a_o lamprey_n tooth_n venomous_a 436_o g._n the_o remedy_n ibid._n himself_o be_v the_o physician_n ibid._n lamprey_n ash_n medicinable_a 440._o l_o lamprey_n what_o shift_n they_o make_v to_o get_v forth_o of_o a_o net_n 427._o e_o they_o swallow_v hook_n and_o bait_n they_o bite_v the_o line_n in_o twain_o 428_o g._n how_o they_o cut_v the_o same_o with_o their_o sin_n 428._o h_o how_o they_o may_v be_v soon_o kill_v ibid._n lamprey_n female_a only_o ibid._n how_o they_o be_v conceive_v and_o how_o they_o engender_v ibid._n how_o they_o be_v take_v ibid._n lanaria_n a_o herb_n 204_o l._n what_o virtue_n it_o have_v ibid._n langae_fw-la what_o beast_n 606._o h_o languish_v and_o long_a disease_n how_o to_o be_v cure_v 259._o a_o 303_o d._n 391_o c._n languriae_fw-la 606._o h_o langurium_fw-la ibid._n laocoon_n with_o his_o child_n and_o serpent_n a_o singular_a piece_n of_o work_n in_o marble_n 569._o e_o lapet_n of_o the_o ear_n disease_v how_o to_o be_v cure_v 371._o a_o lapathum_fw-la cantherinum_fw-la what_o herb_n 73._o b_o lappa_n boaria_n a_o kind_n of_o burr_n 258._o l_o lappago_fw-la what_o herb_n 258._o g_o lapsana_n a_o kind_n of_o wild_a colewort_n 27_o c._n the_o description_n thereof_o and_o the_o virtue_n 51._o e_o larbason_n see_v stimmi_n larch_n tree_n the_o medicinable_a virtue_n thereof_o 181._o c_o largess_n and_o dole_n of_o money_n at_o rome_n when_o they_o begin_v 480_o h._n lartius_z liciâ—…us_n forewarn_v by_o certain_a fountain_n of_o his_o destiny_n 404._o l_o laser_n a_o sweet_a liquor_n or_o drug_n and_o the_o virtue_n thereof_o 8._o h_o laser_n the_o liquor_n of_o laserpitium_n 8._o h_o the_o price_n thereof_o ib._n how_o rare_a it_o be_v 8._o i_o k._n sophisticated_a 8._o i_o the_o manner_n of_o draw_v laser_n out_o of_o the_o plant_n 9_o a_o the_o order_n of_o the_o say_a liquor_n 9_o a._n b_o how_o the_o best_a be_v know_v 9_o d_o laserpitium_n the_o plant_n that_o yield_v laser_n 8._o h_o destroy_v by_o publican_n ibid._n a_o plant_n of_o laserpitium_n send_v as_o a_o great_a novelty_n ibid._n what_o effect_n it_o work_v in_o cattle_n that_o feed_v upon_o it_o 8._o i_o how_o laserpitium_n be_v engender_v about_o cyrenae_n 8._o k_o the_o nature_n of_o laserpitium_n ibid._n the_o description_n ib._n what_o use_v of_o it_o both_o for_o man_n and_o cat-tail_n 8._o l._n m_o the_o root_n thereof_o 9_o a_o laserpitium_fw-la of_o persia_n and_o syria_n 9_o c_o a_o lask_z by_o what_o mean_v medicinable_a it_o may_v be_v stop_v 41_o c._n 43._o d._n 47._o c._n 55._o b._n 67._o c._n 70._o m._n 73._o e._n 76._o i._n 77._o e_fw-la 101._o c._n 102_o l._n 107._o e._n 120._o k._n 124._o m._n 127._o b._n 130._o g_o 131._o f_o 139._o a._n d._n e_o 140._o l._n 141._o a._n d._n 147._o b_o f._n 151._o d_o 156_o g._n 160._o h_o 163._o b._n c._n 164._o i._n k._n 165._o b._n f._n 166._o g._n k_o 169._o d._n 170._o g._n 171._o b._n 172._o l._n 174._o i._n k._n 177._o a._n 179._o f_z 181._o 〈◊〉_d 184._o g._n 186_o i._n 187._o c._n 190_o h._n k._n 195._o c._n d._n 196._o h._n m_o 199._o d._n 202._o h._n 206._o l._n 248._o l._n 249._o b._n c._n e._n 250._o h._n i_o 255._o a_o 257._o a._n 263._o d._n 267._o c._n 272._o l._n 375._o b._n e._n 280._o k._n 283._o b_o 284._o h._n 286._o l._n 290._o h._n 308_o g._n 318._o l._n 330._o l._n m._n 331._o a._n c._n d._n e._n f_o 341._o c._n 353._o c._n 383._o b._n 443._o e._n 528._o m._n lassitude_n how_o to_o be_v ease_v 289._o c._n 354._o l_o see_v weariness_n latace_n a_o magical_a herb_n 244._o h._n the_o operation_n thereof_o ib._n latinae_fw-la what_o festival_n holiday_n 276._o k_o laton_n brass_n 486._o m_o laver_n what_o herb_n 250._o g_o laurea_n tullius_n his_o decasticon_fw-la upon_o cicero_n academia_n and_o the_o fountain_n there_o 402._o i_o laurel_n tree_n the_o nature_n thereof_o and_o virtue_n medicinable_a 173._o a._n laxative_a medicine_n 140_o h._n 141._o d._n 161._o b._n 163._o f._n 167._o c_o 168._o i_o 180_o l._n 191_o a._n 192_o i._n k._n 201._o a._n 218._o i._n 250._o k._n m_o 251._o a._n 252._o g._n 272._o g._n 275._o b._n 287._o e._n 311._o c._n 442._o l._n 443._o d_o see_v more_o in_o purgative_n l_o e_z lea_n what_o kind_n of_o colewort_n 48._o k_o lead_v use_v â—…ning_a gold_n 465._o d_o siluer-lead_a argentine_n 517._o d_o two_o principal_a kind_n of_o lead_n 516._o l_o white_a lead_n call_v plumbum_fw-la candidum_n in_o latin_a 516._o l_o in_o greek_a cassiteron_n ibid._n where_o it_o be_v find_v ibid._n how_o fine_v ibid._n m_o lead_v over_o elutra_n 517._o a._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n black_a lead_n or_o common_a lead_n 517._o a._n two_o kind_n thereof_o ib._n b_o white_a lead_n or_o tinglasse_n cassiteron_n in_o request_n of_o old_a 577._o b_o how_o it_o be_v know_v to_o be_v good_a and_o perfect_a 518._o g_o the_o use_n of_o black_a or_o common_a lead_n ibid._n h_o lead_v over_o lie_v deep_a in_o spain_n and_o france_n 518._o h._n ebb_n in_o britain_n ibid._n the_o principal_a kind_n of_o lead_n ibid._n lead_v mine_n fore-let_a grow_v again_o 518._o i_o the_o reason_n thereof_o 518._o i._n how_o a_o leaden_a pan_n will_v not_o milt_z over_o the_o fire_n ib._n k_o lead_v in_o what_o case_n medicinable_a 518._o l._n m_o plate_n of_o lead_n apply_v to_o back_n and_o breast_n ibid._n lead_v how_o to_o be_v prepare_v and_o wash_v for_o use_v in_o physic_n 519._o a_o b._n c._n the_o operation_n of_o lead_n in_o physic_n thus_o prepare_v ibid._n lead_v