more then once Poligamie they who haue VViued but once Monogamie VVomen priests of Bacchus Bacchanalian Frowes a doting on VVomen Phylogenie a VVoman outlawd Waiue a Woman sower Sarcinatrix a VVoman a marriage maker Proxenetrix a religious Woman Anchoresse a graue Woman Matron a Woman possest with a diuell Pythonisse a Woman commaunding things to be done Dictatrix Woddy Nemorous precious Wood. See Alloes to the Wood belonging Siluane Wood much vsed in Phisick Lignum vitae a Word or short sentence Motto a Words changing Trope of Words consisting Vocabularie Verball a great Word man Grandiloquus one eating his Word Recreant Words signifying diuers things Homonymies Words of two significations Synonimies Words differing one from another See Disparates when Words are reserued in the minde Equiuocation few Words Pauciloquie to Worke together Cooperate Working Operation a Workhouse Ergaster a Working together Cooperation a little World or man Mychrocosmus the whole World Vniuersall Worldly Mundane Secular Worme eaten Vermiculated Worme eating Vermiculation a Worshipping of Idols Idolatrie Worshipping Adoration to Worship Adore Venerate Aduenerate Worshipfull Venerable little Worth Triobolar Triuiall to Wonder Admire Wondering Mirrowring to Wound Vulnerate a Wounding Vulneration to Wrap about Circumplicate Wrapped in Inuelloped a Wrastler Gymnastick the Wrastling science Athleticall science Wrastling Culluctation Reluctation Luctation Wrath. Iudignation Ire the Wrath of God Theomenie Wrested Extorted Distorted Abstorqued a Wresting of fees Extortion Wrinckled Corrugated a Wringing out Expression a Writing of Priuiledge Charter Writings on Tombes Epitaphes misticall Writings Heirogliphicks one that Writes but sets not his name to it Clancularius a short Writing as a letter for a Word Brachigraphie Writings containing flattering praise Panegyricks one that Writeth well in verse Poet. a Writer Scribe a Writer of mournfull things Eligiographer a Writing on the back side Superscription a counterfeit Writer Pscudograph Writings of Poets Poesie Poetric a Writing testifying the truth of a thing Certificate a Writing of the value of ones goods Inuennorie a Writing on any thing Inscription to Write downe on the back side Endorse a Written bond or bill Scedule faire Writing Caligraphie a Written will Testament a hand Writing Manuscript what is Written before Praeface a Writ whereby one is summoned to appeare in the Chancery at a certaine day Supaena to Write after a strange manner in so much as no man can reade it Decipher a Writing Escript what is Written in the end of a letter Postscript the true Writings of words with their proper letters Orthographie to Write his name to a Band or so Chirographate a Writer of vaine things Mimograph YE TO Yeeld vp Surrender Resigne an Yeelding Resignation to Yeeld to a thing Relent a Yeare of reioycing See Iubile the dangerest Yeere in a mans time Climactericall Vnder Yeeres Minoritie Nonage an Yeerely payment of monies Annuity Yellow Cytrine Fulgent subiect to Yoake Subiugall Young Childish or a yong Eglet the Younger Minor Youth Puerilitie Infancie Adolescentie Inuenilitie Minoritie The end of the second Booke THE THIRD PART TREATING OF GODS AND GODdesses Men and Women Boyes and Maides Giants and Diuels Birds and Beasts Monsters and Serpents Wells and Riuers Hearbs Stones Trees Dogges Fishes and the like Of Beasts ARmadilio a beast in India like vnto a young Pigge couered ouer with small shels like vnto armour it liues like a Mole in the ground Baboone a beast like an Ape but farre bigger Beauer a very hot beast of nature liuing much in the water his stones are much vsed in Phisick and of great esteeme but not so much esteemed as his skinne Bore of Pannonia the cruelst of all other Bores Buffe a very fierce beast much like vnto a Bull hauing a very long mane Chamelion the least of all beasts which breeds egges or spawne it changeth it selfe into any colour that it sits on except white red therefore inconstant men are sometimes called Chamelions it is said it onely liues by the ayre Crocodile a beast hatched of an egge yet some of them grow to a great bignesse as 10. 20. or 30. foot in length it hath cruell teeth and scaly back with very sharpe clawes on his feete if it see a man afraid of him it will eagerly pursue him but on the contrary if he be assaulted he wil shun him Hauing eatē the body of a man it will weepe ouer the head but in fine eate the head also thence came the Prouerb he shed Crocodile teares viz. fayned teares Ermynes a small beast lesse then a Squirrill the Fur whereof is most costly onely worne by Princes Eueck a wilde kinde of beast much like a Goat Girasse a wilde beast liuing in the Deserts if it see a man it flies foorthwith but being taken it is easily tamed his legges and feete are like vnto a Deere with a neck as long as a warlike Pick with two hornes in his head and long haire on his neck Hippopotomus a fierce beast liuing in the riuer Nilus Hiena a subtill beast like a Woolfe hauing a mane and haire on his body counterfaiting the voyce of a man in the night it will call shepheards out of their houses kill them hee is sometime male and sometime female Ignarus a small beast without a tayle hauing small legges with three long sharpe clawes insteed of feete wherewith hee runneth vp trees and his desire is to sit there on the tops thereof it was neuer seene to feede on any thing and therefore is supposed to liue by the ayre in the night it singeth sixe kind of notes one after another as la-sol-fa-mi-re-vt it is not aboue eighteen inches in length and is neere as thicke as long his head resembles an Ape but he hath very little eyes and mouth and hath long bristled haire it is the slowest of all beasts for fifty paces is a whole dayes iourney for him Libard a spotted wilde beast the male of a Panther Lion of Cleonia and Molarchea are two the most cruelst and fiercest of all other Lyons Lizard a little beast much like the Euet but without poyson breeding in Italy and other Countries the doung of this beast is good to take away the spots in the eye and cleareth the sight and the head thereof being brused and layed to draweth out thornes or any thing sticking in the flesh Lynx a spotted beast much like a Woolfe it hath a most perfect sight in so much as it is said that it can see through a wall Panther a cruell beast sweet smelling with a faire spotted skin wherewith shee allureth other beasts to looke on her but least her head should affright them she hideth it and by this meanes shee getteth her prey more easily Rinocere a beast as bigge as an Elephant but thicker and higher they are vtter enemies and alwayes combat when they meete he hath a horne in his nose bending vpward which he whetteth gainst the rocks for his defence Salamander a small venomous beast with foure feete and a short taile it liues in the fire
thereof white and red the red is the best from whence it being taken and insolated it waxeth very hard Cypresse a tall tree but slender it beareth no leafes but small greene twigges Ebone a blacke tree bearing nor leafes nor fruit being burnt it yeelds a sweet smell the smoake thereof is not offensiue but good against many diseases of the eyes the greene wood thereof is so full of sap that it wil flame like a candle Mandrake a tree bearing Apples the roote therof is very big deuiding it selfe into two or more parts something growing like to the body of a man and woman the roote thereof especially the barke is colde euen to the fourth degree Melt a tree in Mexico being well ordered serues for weapons needle and threed Suger Hony Sucket Balme Wine Cords Parchment Lines Perfume and apparell on the leafes thereof they graue the Iests of Kings somtime by twyning them they make Arrow heads of them the sappe thereof cures the stinging of Serpents and the burning of the lower part of the stalke cures the French disease c. Myrtle a little low tree growing in some hote Countries hauing small darke leafes and bearing berries which are of a binding nature good to stop any issue of blood this is a tender plant not able to endure colde it was wont to be worne of the Romane Captaines Garland-wise in triumph when they had obtayned any victory without slaughter of men Poets consecrate this tree to Venus Pine a tree strong and tall not subiect to wormes or rottennes and therfore much vsed when it groweth to make shippes the leafes of this tree are hard pointed sharpe narrow continuing greene all the yeere and the shadow thereof will not suffer any plant to grow vnder it Rasin the tree whereon the Phaenix doth build her nest and breede on see Phaenix Shamefaste a tree in Pudefaton so called for it doth shrinke in his bough and leafes when one drawes neere him as if it were bashfull Sycamore a tree with large branches and leafes bearing fruit 3. or 4. times a yeere the fruit groweth vpon the very body of the tree and vpon the great maine branches and the fruit in bignesse is much like the great wilde Fig. Terebinth the tree from whence Turpentine issueth Wells and Riuers ACadins a Well wherein tables containing the oathes of such as sweare truly will swim or else sinke Ascoinus a Riuer wherein there grow great canes which are so big that men cut them off at euery knot and make Boates of Acharon one of the Riuers of hell Acidalus a Well whose water cures all sore eyes Aganippe a Well consecrated to the Muses Alpheus the Riuer wherwith Hercules clensed Angaeans Oxen stalls Alysses a Well which cures the bitings of mad dogges Athamas a Riuer in Thessaly the water wherof will set wood on fire Anygrus the Well wherwith the Centaurs cured themselues being wounded by Hercules Aornus a Riuer wherein liueth a fish whose voyce resembleth a Thrush Azanium a Well the water wherof being drank causeth all wine to bee loathsome Ciarcan a Well the water thereof being dranke makes one eloquent but he liues not long after Cocytus a Riuer in hell Erythris a Well whose water causeth haire to grow apace Halcean the name of a strange dauncing Well Helycon a Well consecrate to the Muses Hyantian Fort another Well of the like consecration Isaean Riuer The worthy Riuer of Ex by Exceter wherein there is great store of many kinde of fish especially of Salmō which is euer in kind all times of the yeare and not to be betterd in any part of the world Silla a Riuer wherin all things sink to the bottom Charibdis a gulfe in the Sea wherein is dangetous sayling by reason of contrary windes Stix a Riuer of hell the water whereof is as strong as the strongest poyson Zanthus a Riuer neere Troy whereof if the horses of Rhesus had drunke Troy had beene impregnable Almo a Riuer in Rome where Cybills Priests did wash themselues after their sacrifices Auernus a Lake dedicated to the God of hell where is an entrance into hell Phlegiton another Riuer in hell Danubis the greatest Riuer in all Europe rising out of the Hill Arnobae in Germanie and passing through many Countries it still keepeth his name vntill it enter into Illericum where it receiueth sixtie Riuers into it there it leeseth its first name and is called Ister Pheneus a Well whereof if one drinke of in the night time the water therof is very hurtfull but very wholsome in the day time Tearus a Riuer in Thrace where Darius with his Army lay three dayes only delighted with the pleasantnesse of the water Women that were shameles ALbucilla an impudent and shameles woman Calphurina a bold shamelesse Gentlewoman of Rome who vsed her selfe so importunatly in courts of Iudgement that she gaue them by an occasion of a Law to be made that no woman should plead her owne case in such places Eryphile wife of Amphiarus who for a golden Chaine betrayed her husband to Polynices where he had hid himselfe because he would not goe to the wars of Thebes Hypsea a name of a most impudent blinde woman Women that were transformed ALcithoe who contemning the feasts of Bacchus was with her sisters turned into Batts Adromede the wife of Perseus whom Minerua turnd into a starre Dirce a woman of Babilon who for speaking against Pallas was turned into a fish Niobe who for preferring her selfe before Latona had her foureteene beautifull children slaine and was her selfe turned into a stone Antigone for her pride was by Iuno turned into a Storke Women that were chaste LVcretia a notable chaste Roman Lady albe Sextus Tarquinius by force did rauish which fact so moued her Father and kindred that they with the helpe of the people expeld the lecherous King and all his stocke for euer out of Rome Penellope the chastest wife of all women of her time notwithstanding the 20. yeeres absence of her Husband and the importunate sutes of many worthy and noble Wooers Pero Nestors sister a woman of Admirable chastitie and beauty Teuca much famosed for chastity and valour Women Queenes and queanes CLeopatra an Egiptian Qeuene she was first beloued of I. Caesar after Marcus Anthonius was by her brought into such dotage that he aspired the Empire which caused his destruction Helena was by Theseus rauished at nine yeeres old after being Menelaus wife she ran away with Paris which caused Troyes destruction Messalina wife to the Emperour Claudius was a woman of insatiable lecherie Leda wife to Tyndarus King of Lacedemonia whom Iupiter accompanied in the forme of a Swanne she brought forth two Egs of the one came Pollux and Helena of the other Castor and Clytemnestra Panthea King Abradatus wife a most faire and louely woman but adulterous Rodophis a noted Thratian harlot Omphale◠a Lydian Queene◠whom Herculis serued for her loue in most seruile manner as in spinning and in carding Women
swiftest of all Fishes and a matter of aduice or deliberation by an Anchor which staies a ship in the waues with a thousand such deuices not subiect to common capacities to finde out Hight Named or called Hilaritie Mirth Hilarate To make merry Hillocke A little hill Hilarode A singer of wanton songs Hin A measure containing foure pottles and a quart Hinniate To neigh. Hippace A Cheese made of Mares-milke Hippoboton A feeder of Horses Hippodame A Horse breaker Hippomachie A iusting on horsebacke Hippomanean flesh Looke Colts flesh in the other booke Hircosically Smelling rammishly Hircipill Whose haire is of two sorts Hirquiticke One past foureteene yeeres of age beginning to bee moued with Venus delight Historian A teller of Histories Historicall Of or belonging to Histories Historiographer A writer of Histories Historiologie Knowledge of Histories Histrion A Player Histrionicall Belonging to a Player Histrionicie The Art to play enterludes Hoane A fine kinde of Wherstone Hogsteere A wilde Boore of three yeeres old Holocaust A Sacrifice wherein the whole beast is offered and no part thereof reserued Holograph A Testament all written by the Testators hands Holte A groue Homage A seruile ceremonie of some tenants which by dutie they owe to their Lords Homager He which doth homage Homer A pottle Homicide A man-slayer Homilie A speech a sermon Homogalact A foster-brother Homoglosse Of the same tongue Homologie A confession Homophon Of one sound Homonymon Of the same name Homonymie A logicall terme when one word signifies diuers things As for example Fell signifies a skinne as also cruell or fierce and likewise to cut or hew any thing Honour-point The vpper part of a Scutchion when the bredth thereof is diuided into three euen parts Honestate To honor to set forth Hopesteere A Pilot to guide a ship Horally Hourely Hord. A Cow great with Calfe Horizon A circle diuiding the ouerpart of Heauen from the other halfe Horologe A dyall or clocke Horoscope Wherin houres bee marked as in a dyall also the place of the firmament that riseth euery houre from the East Horride Terrible hideous Horriditie A fearefull trembling Horripilate To grow rough with haire Hortatiue Belonging to exhortation Hosanna Saue now I beseech thee Hospitalitie Good house-keeping Hospitate To lodge one Hostage A pledge left in warres for performance Hostile Of or belonging to an enemie Hostilitie Enmitie Hostiment Recompence for a thing Hotchpot A mingling together of things but especially of lands Howsell To minister the Communion to one that lyeth on his death-bed Huberate To make plentifull Hubertie Plenty of things Huke A Dutch attire couering the head face and all the body Hulke To take out the garbage of a Hare or conie Hulsterd Hidden Humane Gentle pertaining to a man Humanitie Curtesie Humect To moysten Humid Moyst Humiditie Moysture Humiliate To make humble Humiliation An humbling Humilitie Low estate basenesse Humorous Ful of humours Hyades The seuen stars Hybridan Whose parents are of diuers and sundry Nations Hydargire Quick-siluer Hydragoge He that bringeth water to any place by furrowes and trenches Hydromancie Diuination by calling damned spirits to appeare in the water Hydropoticke One that still drinkes water Hyemall Of or belonging to winter Hyemate To winter at a place Hymenean rite Mariage Hymens-copulatioÌ„ Hymne A song Hyperbole A figure whoâ— one speaketh a great deale more than is precisely true Hyperbolicall Any thing spoken aboue all beleefe as to say harder than a Diamond or swifter than thought c. is called an Hyperbolicall speech Hypocrite A dissembler Hystorologie An altering of the order of speech by placing that after that should be before Hysteron Proteron The Cart before the Horse I I Acent Lying Iactancie Boasting Iacobs staffe An instrument in Geometrie Iaculate To dart Iaculatorie That which is suddenly cast from one like a dart Iaculation A darting Iambes Posts sustaining both sides of a doore Iambeux Armour for the legs Iberians Spaniards Icharian soaring Pride Ichnographie The description of a building which one is about to make Icleeped Called Iconichiz'd Very curiously painted Idalean fire Louers burning heat Idea The forme of any thing conceiued in the minde Ideall A proper man Idiograph Priuate writings Idiome The forme of any speech Idiote A foole an vnlearned Asse Ides Eight daies in euery moneth so called for because they diuide the moneth almost in the middle in March May Iuly and October these eight daies beginne at the eight day of the moneth and continue to the fifteenth in all other moneths they begin at the sixt day and continue to the thirteenth where note that the last day onely is called Ides Idolatrie Worshipping of Idols Idoneous Fitting Ieboua The vnspeakable name of God Ieiunation Fasting Ieiunitie Barrennesse or slendernesse of stile Ienticulate To breake fast Ieobardie Hazard Ieobardous Hazardous Iessean Harpe Dauids musicke Iewise A gallowes or Gibbet Ignifluous Full of fire Ignoble Base not noble Ignominie Shame infamy Ignote Vnknowne Ignominious Shamefull A booke written â—n Greeke by Homer of the destruction of Troy Illacerable Not to bee torne Illachrymable Pittilesse vnmercifull Illaetible Sorrowfull Illatebrate To hide in corners Illaqueate To take with snares Illation A bringing in Illatrate To scoffe or barke at a thing Illaudable Not worthy of praise Illegitimate Vnlawfully begotten Illiberall Couetous bale Illiberality Niggardnesse Illiterate Vnlearned Illude To deceiue to beguile Illusion A mockerie cunning Illuminate To enlighten Illumination An enlightening Illustrate To make famous or noble Illustration A making noble Illutible That cannot be washed away Imagerie Painted or carued workes of Images Imaginarie That which is conceiued in the minde Imbecillitie Feeblenesse weakenesse Imbellicke Cowardly not for warre Imberbicke Without a beard Imbroyle To make more obscure Imbrid Wet rainy Imbrued Stayned Imburied Laid in bed Imbulbitate To befilt ones breech Imbrue To die cloth Imitate To follow Imitation A following Imitatour Hee which followeth Imitatrix Shee which followeth Imitable Which may be followed Immaculate Vndefiled Immane Cruell wilde Immanitie Crueltie Immarcessible Not to be corrupted Immature Vnripe Immaturitie Vnripenesse Immediate That which commeth directly from one thing to another Immedicable Not to bee cured Immemorable Not worthy remembrance Immense Vnmeasurable Immensitie Exceeding greatnesse Immigrate To goe dwell in some place Immiserable Whom none pittieth Immit To send in to put in Immission A putting or sending in Immoderate Vnruly vnreasonable Immodestie Vnmannerlinesse Immodulate To doe a thing without due proportion Immolate To offer in sacrifice Immolation A sacrifice Immortall Not subiect to death Immortalitie Euerlastingnesse Immunitie Freedome libertie Immure To wall or shut vp Immutabilitie Constancie Immutable Constant Immutation A change Immorigerous Rude vnciuill Impacted Thrust hard together Impaire To lessen Impalled Without feare Imparadiz'd To enioy all true content Imparitie Vnlikenesse Imparlance When one sued in the common Law for debt or the like craueth of the Court some respit of time before hee put in his answer Impassibilitie No feeling of any paine Impassible
Lucubrate To worke by candle-light Lucubration A working by that light Ludificate To deceiue to beguile Ludification A beguiling Ludifie To deceiue Lumber Old stuffe Luminaries Lights Luminate To giue light Lunacie A disease when at certaine times of the Moone one is distracted in his wits Lunaticke One possest with lunacie Lurcate To eate rauenously Lustration A viewing compassing Lustrate To view Lustre A shining Lustricall day Ones christning day Lutum Clay Lutament A wall or bridge made of morter Luxate To put out of ioynt Luxurie Lecherie riotousnesse Luxurious Riotous lecherous Lymphat To make mad Lymphation A making mad Lymphaticall One distracted by a vision Lyncius-eyes One quick and cleere sighted M MAcerate To soake in water to make leane Maceration A soaking or making leane Machination A subtill deuising of a matter Machiuillian A politicke States-man Machritude Leannesse Mactate To kill or slay Macrologie Long or tedious talke Maculate To spot or blemish Maculation A blemishing or infamie or reproch Madefie To make wet Madrigalls A kinde of Sonnets Memacterian Moneth The moneth of September Maffell To stammer Magician A coniurer Magicke Inchantment sorcerie Maginate To trifle Magistracie The bearing of office Magistrate To play the master Magment Great increase Magnalls Great things to be wondered at Magnanimitie Bold noblemindednesse of heart Magnanimous Which is noble and stout of heart Magnificence Great port sumptuousnesse Magnificate Highly to esteeme Magnificent Stately honorable Magnifico An honorable personage Magniloquence Proud speeches Magnipend Much to esteeme or set by Magnitude Greatnesse Mahumetan A Turke Mainepernours Sureties for one to appeare before a Iudge at a certaine day Maineprize The bayling of one out of prison vpon securitie giuen that hee shall be forth comming Maior The greater or more ancient Malace A calme at Sea Maladie A disease Malagme A rotting or riping plaister Malecontent Ill pleased Malediction Ill speaking Malefactor An ill doer Maleficence Ill doing Malepartnesse Sawcinesse Maleuolent Ill minded froward Malignant Enuious Maligne To enuie Malignitie Enuie spightfulnesse Malleable Which may be beaten with a hammer Mammon Riches Manage To rule or order Manalean gate The gate through which the soules of the dead passe from Hell to Heauen Manchet Fine bread Manch-presents Notable bribe-takers Mancipate To tame Mancipation A taming Mandate To command a command Manduble The iaw-bone wherein the teeth be set Manducate To eat Mangonize To polish for better sale Mangonie The Art to make things saleable Maniacke Braine-sicke Manie A disease in the head cal'd madnesse Manna Foode which God gaue the Israelites from Heauen white and much like Coriander seed Manqueller A murtherer Mansion A dwelling house Mansitate To eat often Mansuefie To tame Mansuetude Gentlenesse Manuall Which may be carried in the hand Manticulation Deceitfull conueyance Manubiarie One that hath part of the prey Manubie Spoile gotten from the enemie Manumission A making one free from bondage Manumit To make free Manumize To free a slaue Manure To till land Manuscript A hand writing Maranatha Curses Marches Bounds lying betweene two Countries Marcian-moneth The moneth of March. Marchionesse The wife of a Marques Margent A brimme or borded Marginall Written in the Margent Marginate To make brimmes or margents Marine Belonging to the sea Maritall Husbandlike Maritan Bordering on the sea Marmoset A kinde of Monkey Maronian wine Wine of such vertue and strength that if twentie times so much water be put into it it will still notwithstanding keepe his vertue Mart. A great faire or market Martiall Warlike Martigon A noble warriour Martyr One that dies for Religions sake Martyrdome A suffering of grieuous torment vnto the death for constant perseuerance in true Religion Matyrologie A booke of the memory of Martyrs Masculate To make strong Masculine Of the male kinde Massacre A murdering of many together Mastuprate Dishonestly to touch ones priuities Materiall Which hath substance in it Materiation The selling of timber for building Maternall Motherly Mathematicean One that is skilled in Augurie Geometrie and Astronomie Mathematicks The Arts of Arithmaticke Musicke Geometrie Geographie Astronomie Astrologie and Cosmographie Matrimoniall Of or belonging to mariage Matrix The wombe or place of conception Matriculate To register Matrone A graue motherly woman Maturate To hasten Maturation A hastening Mature Ripe Maturitie Ripenesse Matutine Belonging to the morning Maugre In despight of ones heart Maxime A true and generall rule Mazar A broad flat cup to drinke in it is also a kinde of Cherry Maze An astonishment it is also a deuice in a Garden like a labyrinth made in manner of a knot wherein if one enter hee can hardly get forth Meanders Crooked turnings or mazes Mechanicall Of or belonging to a Crafts-man Mechanicke A Handy-crafts-man Mediate To make an indifferent end or an attonement betwixt two aduersaries Mediation A meanes of agreement by a friend to both parties Mediator Hee that mediateth Medicable To be cured Medicate To heale or cure Medication A curing or healing Medicinall Of or belonging to Physicke Mediocritie A meane or measure Mediterranean Sea A sea parting Europe from Africa Meed Desert Megasine A store-house for ware Melancholy The grossest of the foure corporall humours which if it abound too much causeth heauinesse and sadnes of minde Meliocritie A bettering Melior Better Mellation The driuing of Bees to get out the Honie Mellificate To make Honie Mellifluous Sweet as Honie Mellodied Ouersatisfied with musicke Melow Ripe Membrane The thinne skinne and vpmost of any part of the body Memorable Which is worthy remembrance Memorandum A terme vsed when wee write any thing we would not forget Memorate To make mention of a thing Memoriall Which putteth one in remembrance Memorize To recount Mendicant Begging Mendicitie Beggerie Mendicate To beg Menstruous Hauing her sicknesse foule filthy Mension A measuring Mentall That which is only thought in the minde Mephiticke Stinking Mercation A buying Mercurian Eloquent Mercenarie A hireling one working for hire Meretricate To play the whore Meridean Of or belonging to noone tide Meridation Noone-rest Meridiation A sleeping at noone tide Merit Desert Meritorious Much deseruing Mesonoxian Of or belonging to midnight Messias Annointed Christ is often so called Messonant A Gally-slaue Metamorphise To change Metamorphosis A change from one shape to another Metaphore The changing of a word from the naturall sense into another sense like vnto it Metaphoricall Spoken by a metaphore Metaphysicks Supernaturall arts Metaphysicall Belonging to the Metaphysicks Metation A setting in order Metator Hee which setteth in order Meteore An elementary body as Snow Haile Clouds Winds Blazing-starres Thunder Lightening and the like Meteorologon One studious of coelestiall things Meter Measure or a Verse made by measure Methode A direct way to teach Methodiz'd Brought into a good order of teaching Metonymie A figure when the cause is put for the effect the subiect for the adiunct or contrarily Metropolitan The chiefe Citie or Bishop Microcosmus A little world man Migration Flitting from one place to another Migrate To flit here and
Assedle to a Bishops chayre belonging Cathedrall Biting Mordacity Biting taunts Laedors a Bitmaker Lorimer Bitternes Amaritude Blacke Sable to make Blacke Denigrate a Black-moore Etbyope to Blame Vituperate Increpate a Blaming Incusation Vituperation Blamelesse Irreprehensible Inculpable Blameworthy Culpable Vituperable a Blancket or couerlet Chalon to Blast trees or the like Syderate a Blasting thereof Stellation Syderation Blessed Benedicted Blessing Benediction Eulogie full of Blisters Vlcerous to Blister Vlcerate Exulcerate Blindnes Ablepsie Blockish Stupid Blockishnes Stupidity Blood-letting Phlebotomy Bloody Sanguiuolent Blood thirsty Sanguinary to Blot out Cancell Obliterate to Blowe a trumpet Buccinate to giue a Blow on the eare Depalmate to Blow or fanne winde Winnow Euentilate Blowne vp Sufflated to bee Blowne through Perflable Blunt or dull Heben belonging to Boasting Thrasonicall Boasting Oftentation Iactancy elementary Bodies Meteors hauing no Body Incorporall Boldly to looke in the face Affront Confront Bold Audacious Boldnes Audacity to Bolt a doore Obserate Bondage Captiuity Seruility a Bond or binding Ligament a Bond made by taking a thing Stipulation a small Booke drawne from a greater Abstract Bookes of morall philosophy Ethickes a little Booke that may be carried in the hand Enchiridion a Booke of the nature of hearbes Herball a Booke written on the backside Opistograph a Booke following Tractate a Booke treating of all matters Pandect Borders of a countrey Confines Marches Bordering on the sea Maritan a wilde Bore of 3. yeares Hogsteere Borne of honest kindred Ingenuated one Borne before his time Abortiue one Borne after his fathers death Posthume noblenes which free Borne men hate Ingenuity not to be Borne for greatnes Ingestible to be Borne Gestible the first Borne Primiparent Borne of its selfe without father or mother Primigend a Botcher Smaterer Syolist a Botch Vlcer Carbuncle a Bottle Iub to Bow Incuruate Incline not to be Bowed Inflexible to be Bowed Flexible to Bow backe againe Recurre Reflect a Bowing backe againe Recuruation Reflection a round Bowle Globe Bounds of a countrey or place Limits to bound Limit Boundings Limitations to Bow the knee or curchy Ingeniculate to Bow Inflect Bowing Inflection Bountifull Magnificent Munificent Bountifulnes Munificence Magnificence to Boyle Elinate Ebullate to Boyle or swell like the sea Estuate Extuberate Boyled Decocted Boyling Decoction to play the Boy Adolescenturate a Boy vsed to buggery Catamite full of Brabbles Rixosus Brabling Garrulity one wearing Bracelets Armillated couered with Brasse Erated Brawling Guerring Brawny hard Occullated a Breach in a vilme Rupture fine Bread Manchet browne Bread Acerote Cibarian bread to Breake the backe Exdorsuate to Breake fast Ienticulate a Breaker of fasting dayes Lollar a Breaking Fraction Infraction Labefaction a Breaking into a house by night Burglary to Breake Labefie Infringe Delumbate a violent Breaking in Eruption Ruption Interruption to Breath on some thing Exhalate Euaporate a Breathing on Exhalation a Breathing betweene Interspiration Breathing Respiration Suspiration Exhalation Aspiration Euaporation Bred in the bowels Intestine Breeches Hauselines Briefly Compendiously Summarily a Briefe gathering together Summary Briefly to touch a thing Epitomize notable Bribetakers Manch presents Bribery in Iudges Dorodocean Bricklenes Fragility a Bridegroome Neogamus to Bridle a horse Infraenate Capistrate a Bright shining Radiation Lustre Illumination Bright Angelicall Resplendent Coruscant Radiant Translucent Bright to make Magnonize Polish the Brim of any thing Margent to Brim a thing Marginate Brimstone Sulphure Brine Salsitude a Bringing backe of a thing Reduction a Bringing in of a thing Illation a Bringer of good tidings Euangelist to Bring to passe Atchieue to Bring backe Reduce to Bring forth Produce a Bringing or drawing in Inducement to Bring in Induce to Bring one before a Iudge Conuent to Bring in by way of argument Inferre a Bringing in by way of argument Inference which Bringeth in gaine Lucrificable one Bringing water to a place by furrowes Hydragoge Broad Spacious Broken Violated Abrupt Broken not to be Inuiolable Brotherhood Germanitie Brotherly loue Fraternity Sodality Brothers children Patruels a foster Brother Homogalact one which hath Browes very great Blepheron Brutish Censuall Bestiall to Buckle Fibulate Infibulate to Bud. Egerminate Praegerminate Pullulate a Budding of leaues Foliation a Buggerer Pygist to Bugger Pedicate a Building Structure Exstruction a description of a Building which one is about Ichnography to Build out to an end Perfabricate to Build an nest Nidulate to Build Fabricate Edificate to Build vp Peraedifie a Builder Fabricke Architect Build round about Circunstrued Buriall Sepulture not Buried Intumelated to Bury Inhume Contumelate Tumelate Interre Sepulize Funerate Burning Combustion Cremation Calcination Adustion which will Burne quickly Combustible to Burne or seere Cauterize to Burne like a coale Carbunculate to Burne Calcinate halfe Burnt Semiustulated Burning hot Torride Flagrant Burned to ashes Encyndred which Burneth or setteth on fire Encendiary one wearing Buskins Cothurnated to Busie ones selfe where he needs not Interpose to Buy a thing or it come to market Forestale one that Buyeth victuals or any other thing to sell againe Regrator who wittingly Buyeth stolne cloath to conuert it to some other vse Redoubbour to Buy and sell as a Factor Negotiate a Buying and selling Nunnidation Negotiation Mercation to Buy and sell at fayres Nundinate which Buyeth corne growing or dead Victuals to sell them againe Ingrosser CA a spice CAke Nastipade to Call foorth Euoke to Call backe Reuoke Reuocate to Call downe Deuoke to Call aside Seuoke to Call by name Indigitate to Call vpon Inuoke to Call together Summon Conuocate to Call againe Auoke to Call in Introuoke to Call like a Hen. Clucke to Call our wits together Recollect to Call often Inclamitate Aduocitate to Call from banishment Repeale not to be Called backe Irreuocable to bee Called backe Reuocable a Calling from banishment Repelement a Calling backe Reuocation Called Cleped a Calling forth Euocation a Calling downe Deuocation a Calling together Summoning Conuocation a Calling aside Seuocation a Calling vpon Inuocation a Calling againe Auocation a Calling or trade of life Vocation Function a Calme at sea Malace a kinde of Cammell that runnes very swift Dromedary Candles Tapers Luminaries by Candle light to doe a thing Lucubrate a Captaine of 10000. men Myriarcke a Captaine of 100. men Centurian a petty Captaine Subcenturian Captaines of fiue men Pentarchy a round Cap for the head Tyara Carelesse Remisse Incurious Secure Carelesly done Perfunctary Inaffectedly Carelesnes Incury Remisnes Security Carefully done Elaborated Cariage Portage to be Caried Portable not to be Caried Importable to Carry ouer Translate Transport a Carying ouer Transportation Translation a Carying away Asportation a Carying Subuection a Carying on the shoulders Succollation to Carry on the shoulder Succollate Caryed by force Abacted Carke and care Solicitude to Carpe Conlatrate Latrate a Carpenter Wright to Cast downe headlong Precipitate a Casting in ones teeth Vpbraiding Exprobation to Cast in ones teeth Vpbraide Exprobrate a Castle keeping a towne in awe Cytadell Castles in the ayre Chymaeras to Cast out
of a Countrey Chorography the Description of the carth Geomitry one sent to Descry the enemies purpose Scoute to Deserue Demerite Deseruing Meritorious a Desire to be odde from others Singularity to Desire a thing heartily Perogate vnlawfull Desire of honor Ambition one Desirous thereof Ambitious one Desirous to know a thing Inquisitiue worth Desiring Obtable fleshly Desire Concupiscence couetous Desire Cupidity a Deske Lectorne to Despise Contemne Despitefull Contemptuous Destiny Fate a Destroying or wasting Population Determination Decision a Determination by iudgement Diuidication Deteterminatly bent Resolu'd not Determined Indifinite a fained Deuice Fiction a Deuice on a shield Impressa Deuised Graythed to Deuide Distermine Distribute to Deuide or seperate Disunite a Deuiding among many Distribution one Deuided from the Church Scismaticke to Deuide into partes Distinguish Particularize Deuided into three parts Tripartite Deuided into foure partes Quadripartite not to be Diuided as man and wife Corellatiues Indiuiduals Deuision in matters of Religion Scisme a Deuourer Lorrell Deuouring Voracity to play at Dice Astragolize Dye or blush Tincture to Dye cloath Imbire a Dying Expiration a Dying for the same Martyrdome that neuer Dyeth Immortall that Dyeth not making a will Intestate one that Dyeth for a good Conscience Martyr Difference Discrepancy Dissentation the Differing kinde of any thing Speties Difference of certaine wordes in a language see th' other booke Dialect not Digested or rawe Crude Digestion Concoction ill Digestion or rawenesse Crudity want of Digestion Indigestion Diligence Sedulity Nauity Diligent Industrious to Diminish Derogate Extenuate which Diminisheth Derogatour a Diminishing Derogation Extenuation Dimnes Caligation a Dinner of 5. seuerall dishes Petapbarmicall a Direct way to teach Method which Directeth Directory Disagreeable Incongruent Disagreeing Absonant Discordant Disagreement of qualities Antiphathy Disagreement Discrepancy Discordancy often to Disagree Discrepitate to Discharge Redabsolue Acquite to Disclose Indicate to Discouer Detect a Discouery Detection Discouraged Deterred great Discretion Grauity to Disdaine Dedigne Abhorre Contemne a Disdaining Dedignation Disdainfull Fastidious Disdainfulnes Fastidiousnes a Disease in women when the wombe riseth with paine vpward Mother a Disease when one cannot but make water Diabeticall a Disease when one cannot make water but by drops painfully Strangurian a drowsie Disease in the head Charos a Disease in Cattell when the skin cleaueth to the flesh Hyde-bound a Disease Malady a Disease consuming the body Consumption a Disease swelling in the throat Squincy a Disease which distracteth one of his wits certaine times of the moone Lunacy to Disgrace one Dedecorate Defame Disparage to Disgrade or put from wages Exanthorate dainty Dishes Dapaticall banquetting Dishes Bellaries Dishonesty Improbity to Disinherite Exheridate Disloyall Perfiduous Disloyalty Infidelity to Dismember Deartuate a Disordering Inordination Displaced Discituated a Displacing Dislocation a noble Disposition in one Magnificence the Disposing of a dead mans goods that made no will Administration to Dispose the same Administer he which Disposeth it Administrator he which Disposeth Administratrix to Dispraise Vituperate Depraue to Disproue Refell Confute a Disprouing Confutation Refutation a Disputation of men in a booke Dialogue a Dissembler Hipocrite to Dissemble Insimulate Distance of place Interuall Distance of time Lōginquity a Distinction by pointes Interpunction one Distracted Frantique Lunatique to Distast Disgust Distrust Diffidence to make Ditches Lacunate Diuellish Diabolicall Diuers fortes or kindes Multifarious to Diue or swim vnder water Vrinate Diuination done by hatchets Axinomancy Diuination by lots Cleromancy Diuination by fire Piromancy Diuinatiō by flying of birds in the ayre Auguration Diuination by opening the bowels of beasts Aruspicy Diuination by the palme of the hand Chiromancy Palmistry Diuinatiō by visions shewen in a glasse Catoptromancy Diuination by calling vp damned spirits Necromancy Diuination by flying of smoake Capnomancy Diuination by a Seiue Cosnomancy Diuination by the inwards of beasts Vetriloquy Diuination by making of prickes and holes in the earth Geomancy Diuination by calling hags to appeare in the water Hydromancy Diuination by calling vp deuils and ghostes Necromancy Diuination by water in a bason Lecanomancy Diuination of thinges by the ayre Aeromancy Diuination by shadowes Sciomancy Diuinity Theologie a Diuision or cutting off Section a Diuision or a sect Faction a Diuision of a play Scene a Doctor or great Lord. Rabin to Doe againe Iterate a Doing againe Iteration ill Doing Maleficence to Doe a thing for a reward Conduce a Doer Effectour a shee Doer Effectrix Doggish Cynicall Canine a great Dole of rawe flesh Visceration a generall Dole of corne Frumentation Dombe Mute Done by course Alternately Done out of order Abruptly Done by rule or order Regularly Done in Defence Defensiue Done as a prologue Presudiately Done by measure Medulated Done by sleight Prestigiously Done by candle light Lucubrated Done before day light Anteluculated which is Done Actuall a backe Doore Posterne doore Dotage Amility Delixation to Dote Desipiate Doubtfull Amphubologicall Scrupulous Enigmaticall Intricate Ambiguous Dubious Dubitable Disputable Doubtfulnes Scrupulosity Ambiguity Suspence great Doubtfulnes Perplexity not to Doubt Indubitate Doue like Columbine Dung Ordure to empty Dung Extercorate Dung of a rauenous beast as of Bore Beare Lyon c. Lesses to Doubt Haesitate Doubtfulnes Haesitude Double Ingeminate Duplicate Doublenes Duplicity eft-soones to Double Reduplicate a Double blowe Counterbough to Draw drinke Supprome to Draw neare Accost Approperate Appropinquate Drawing neare Appropinquation a Drawing in length Tract to Draw a line round about Circumscribe a Drawing in Induction Drawne out of Extracted Exhausted a Dreame Sweuen full of Dregs Faeculent clensed from Dregs Defaecated Dried in the smoake Imfumed Dried in the Sun Insolated Dried Exiccated Drinesse Aridity a Drinking between meals Potation one that still Drinkes water Hydropoticke one that still drinkes milke Galactopoticke Drinke made of water and honey Braket a wine Drinker Vinipote to Drinke againe Regust to Drinke first Pregust Drinke of the Gods Nectar outragious Drinking Bibacity Popination to Driue away Expell Depulse Prostigate a Driuing of a Coach Anrigation Driuen out Abacted a violent Driuing Abaction Depulsion to Driue out with clapping hands Explode a Driuing away therewith Explosion small Drops Riuolets Dropping in Instillation to Drowne Submerge not to bee Drowned Immeasurable to beate a Drum Tympanize able to be Drunke of Potable to make Drunken Inebreate Drunkennes Vinolency Ebriety Temulency Drunkenly done Temulently Dull Heben Dulnesse Hebetude Hebetation to make Dull Hebitate During a small time Temperary Momentary Transitory Durt Mollock Dusting Pulueration Dutifull Obseruant Officious to Dwell nigh Adhabitate to Dwell in a strange place Inquilinate to Dwell in a place Immigrate a Dwelling Habitation Habitacle not to be Dwelt in Inhabitable to be Dwelt in Tenetable Habitable EA EAarthly Terrene to the Earth belonging Terrestriall hard Earth of a Church-yard which comes from imbalmed bodies Mummianized spoken in the Eare. Auricular Ease Facility Easie to be spoken to Peraffable Easie Facill Easie to come to Accessible an Easing Laxation to the East belonging Orientall to
ouerthrow Men that were Kings ADmetus King of Thessaly Apollo was his Cowheard Alceste his wife for him did dye Agesilaus famous for his excellent vertues Alax King of Locresis burnt hee was with lightning in his returne from Troy Also the name of the best Captaine next Vlisses in all the Greekes Armie he slew himselfe because he could not get Achilles armour Atlas King of Mauritania who for his great skill in the course of the Starres was fained to hold vp the firmament with his shoulders Aegiptus King of Egipt had fifty sonnes which were all at once married to Danaus fifty daughters and euery of them one excepted slaine by their wiues the first night in their beds Gordius one of a husbandman by Apolloes Oracle made King of Phrigia In memory whereof hee hanged vp in the midst of the Temple the yokes of his Oxen tyed in such a knot as was not possible to be loosed Gyges to whom King Candalus shewed his wife naked which fact caused him loose both his Kingdome wife and life for the Queene greeued thereat caused Gyges to kill the King and married her and got the Kingdome this Gyges had a Ring that had vertue to make him goe inuisible Iason who in his minority was committed with his Kingdome to Pelias his Vnckle who was loath to yeeld to him his inheritance deuised for Iason a dangerous enterprise to fetch the golden Fleece from Colchis thinking by that to dispatch him but he was beguiled for Iason with Medaeas helpe whom he after married most valiantly atchieued it Philip King of Macedonia mightily caused one to strike at his chamber dore putting him in remembrance that he was a mortall man and at euery meale he had a skull serued at his Table Priamus King of Troy then whom neuer was any one more adorned with prosperity nor more wounded with aduersity Pyrrhus King of Epire a stout warriour he was vnfortunately slaine by a tile from a house Sardanapalus an adulterous Assirian King hee would sit in womens apparell among light Strumpets to card and spin Telephus King of Mysia being wounded by Achilles speare he could not be cured but by the rust of the same speare or with the hearb Yarrow Tenedious a King that made a law that any taken in adultery should be cut in sunder with an Axe his owne sonne was the first taken therein and executed Pyreneus King of Phâ—cis who brake his neck in following the Muses whom he would haue rauished Turnus a Rutulian King who before that Aeneas had killed threw to him a stone as much as three men could lift Argus King of Argiues also one of that name that made the ships that Iason sailed to Colchos hee had 100. eyes and therefore Iuno sent him to keepe Io. Melissus a Cretan King who first did offer sacrifices to the Gods Zoroastes a Bactrian King he was an excellent Astrologer and first inuented of the Magicall Art Men that were Tyrants BVsiris a cruell tyrant that did sacrifice strangers to Iupiter and fed his horses with mans flesh Dyonisius a tyrant that first eate twice a day and therefore was called a monster of nature Lycaon a cruell murdering tyrant who by Iupiter was turned into a Woolfe he was the first that found out the Mynes of brasse and siluer Nero a cruell tyrant who thought no man chaste Phaleris though he were a bloudy tyrant yet hee gratified those that did him any kindnesse Policrates a tyrant which neuer knew griefe nor aduersity he threw his Ring into the Sea of purpose to loose it but it was found againe in a fishes belly and brought to him yet shortly after he as it is spoken therefore hanged himselfe Theramines one of the 30. tyrants who were all at one time at a banquet the house falling on them be only escaped with life and cryed Oh Fortune to what farther mischiefe dâ—est thou preserue me Men that were deformed BRotheus the sonne of Vulcan who being mockt for his deformity burnt himselfe Hypponax a Poet of Ephesus so deformed of visage that Bubalus drew out his picture for men to laugh at which so moued Hypponax that hee wrote such bitter verses against the Painter that for anger and shame he caused him to hang himselfe Thersites one that was as crabbed in person as hee was Cinicall and doggish in condition Men that were eloquent AMphion one that by his naturall eloquence caused rude people to liue a ciuill life Nestor being almost 300 yeares olde went to the Troyan warre he was exceeding wise and eloquent Cicero for eloquence learning and wit had not his equal amongst the Romanes Roscius an excellent Commedian who for his pronunciation surpassed hee contended with Cicero for superiority whether he could deliuer a speech with more varieties of gesture or Tully pen it with more diuersities of eloquence and phrase Tully called him his Iewell Sophocles a tragicall Poet of Athens who for his sweet and eloquent stile was called Apis. Men that were Flatterers ANdromachus a flatterer that betrayed Crassus to the Partheans Damocles one of Dionisius his flaterers Sinon a perfidious flattering Greeke that beguiled the Troians Gnatho a notable flatterer Men that were foolish AChemon onely delighted in all kinde of iniuries and outrages caught by Hercules and hanged by the heeles on his Club. Acilius Buta one that prodigally and basely consumed all his estate Acessius a sottish shipman who deferring his voyage was wont to say he stayed for a better Moone Caluision and Coruinus these could not remember the foure elements and after a sicknes forgat their owne names Pamus a foolish fellow that hauing lost a small boate sued euery one for it that he met withall Men Grauers and Caruers ALcymedon a famous Engrauer Agoracrites Coephis Eutychides and Dameas were most exquisite Caruers Callecrates carued Emets and such small beasts so as none might discerne each part of them Pyrgoteles a cunning Grauer in pretious stones of whom onely Alexander suffered his picture to be drawne Men vext in Hell IXion in hell is said continually to turne a wheele Ocnus one that makes ropes in hell and as fast as hee twisteth them an Asse stands by and bites them off Scysiphus in hell roles vp a great stone to the top of a hill which being vp doth presently tumble downe againe Tantalus in hell is starued for want and yet he is fained to stand in a riuer of water vp to the chin but cannot bow downe his head to drinke and hee hath Apples bobbing at his nose but by no possible meanes can hee come to eate them Men that were Inuenters ARcbytas through his great skill made an iron Doue to flye in the ayre Capneus was the first inuentedscaling Ladders Chorebus inuented the making of earthen vessels Cecrops first brought in mariages among the Athenians first inuented the making of Images and first built Altars Endimeon found out the course of the Moon whom Iupiter cast into a perpetuall sleepe the Poets saine the Moon kissed him