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depth_n thereof_o but_o more_o he_o will_v marvel_v to_o consider_v how_o few_o man_n there_o be_v that_o know_v which_o be_v the_o best_a season_n for_o fish_v while_o the_o sun_n pass_v through_o the_o sign_n pisces_fw-la chap._n xx._n ¶_o a_o division_n of_o fish_n according_a to_o the_o form_n and_o shape_n of_o their_o body_n of_o sea_z fish_n some_o be_v plain_a and_o flat_a as_o byrt_n or_o turbot_n sold_n plaice_n &_o flounder_n and_o these_o differ_v from_o the_o turbot_n only_o in_o the_o make_n of_o their_o body_n for_o in_o a_o turbot_n the_o right_a side_n turn_v upward_o and_o in_o a_o plaice_n the_o left_a other_o again_o be_v long_o and_o round_o as_o the_o lamprey_n and_o congre_n and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o they_o have_v a_o difference_n in_o their_o fin_n which_o nature_n have_v give_v to_o fish_n in_o stead_n of_o foot_n none_o have_v above_o four_o some_o two_o some_o three_o other_o none_o at_o all_o only_o in_o the_o lake_n fucinus_n there_o be_v a_o fish_n which_o in_o swim_v use_v 8_o fin_n all_o that_o be_v long_a and_o slippery_a as_o eel_n and_o congre_n have_v ordinary_o two_o in_o all_o and_o no_o more_o lamprey_n have_v none_o to_o swim_v with_o ne_o yet_o perfect_a guil_n all_o of_o this_o kind_a wind_n and_o wriggle_v with_o their_o body_n within_o the_o water_n and_o so_o erche_n forward_o like_a as_o serpent_n do_v upon_o the_o earth_n they_o creep_v also_o when_o they_o be_v upon_o dry_a land_n and_o therefore_o such_o live_v long_o than_o the_o rest_n out_o of_o the_o water_n also_o of_o the_o foresay_a flat_a fish_n some_o have_v no_o fin_n as_o the_o puffin_n or_o forkfish_n for_o their_o breadth_n serve_v they_o sufficient_o to_o bear_v they_o up_o and_o to_o swim_v and_o among_o those_o that_o be_v count_v soft_a the_o pourcuttell_n have_v no_o fin_n for_o his_o foot_n stand_v he_o in_o stead_n of_o fin_n to_o swim_v with_o chap._n xxi_o ¶_o of_o yeeles_n yeele_n live_v 8_o year_n and_o if_o the_o north_n wind_n blow_n 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with_o a_o winter_n storm_n and_o tempest_n a_o man_n shall_v see_v roll_v among_o the_o wave_n a_o wonderful_a number_n of_o these_o yeel_v wound_n &_o tangle_v one_o within_o another_o insomuch_o as_o in_o the_o leapweele_n and_o weernet_n devise_v for_o the_o nonce_n to_o catch_v they_o in_o this_o river_n there_o be_v find_v sometime_o a_o thousand_o of_o they_o wrap_v together_o in_o one_o ball_n chap._n xxiii_o ¶_o of_o the_o lamprey_n the_o lamprey_n spaw_v at_o all_o time_n of_o the_o year_n whereas_o all_o other_o fish_n be_v deliver_v of_o their_o young_a at_o one_o certain_a season_n or_o other_o the_o egg_n or_o spawn_n grow_v to_o a_o great_a pass_n exceed_v soon_o if_o they_o chance_v to_o slip_v out_o of_o the_o water_n to_o dry_a land_n the_o common_a sort_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o they_o engender_v with_o serpent_n the_o male_a or_o milter_n of_o this_o kind_n aristotle_n call_v myrus_n and_o herein_o be_v the_o difference_n that_o the_o spawner_n proper_o call_v muraena_n be_v of_o sundry_a colour_n and_o withal_o but_o weak_a but_o the_o mylter_n or_o myrus_n be_v of_o one_o hue_n &_o withal_o very_o strong_a have_v tooth_n stand_v without_o his_o mouth_n in_o the_o north_n part_n of_o france_n all_o the_o lampreis_n have_v in_o their_o right_a jaw_n seven_o spot_n resemble_v the_o seven_o star_n about_o the_o north_n pole_n call_v charlemaine_n wain_n they_o be_v of_o a_o yellow_a colour_n and_o glitter_v like_o gold_n so_o long_o as_o the_o lamprey_n be_v alive_a but_o with_o their_o life_n they_o vanish_v away_o and_o be_v no_o more_o see_v after_o they_o be_v dead_a vedius_n pollio_n a_o gentleman_n of_o rome_n by_o call_v and_o one_o of_o the_o great_a favourite_n and_o follower_n of_o augustus_n caesar_n devise_v experiment_n of_o cruelty_n by_o mean_n of_o this_o creature_n for_o he_o cause_v certain_a slave_n condemn_v to_o die_v to_o be_v put_v into_o the_o stew_n where_o these_o lamprey_n or_o muraene_n be_v keep_v to_o be_v eat_v and_o devour_v by_o they_o not_o for_o that_o there_o be_v not_o wild_a beast_n enough_o upon_o the_o land_n for_o this_o feat_n but_o because_o he_o take_v pleasure_n to_o behold_v a_o man_n tear_v and_o pluck_v in_o piece_n all_o at_o once_o which_o pleasant_a sight_n he_o can_v not_o see_v by_o any_o other_o beast_n upon_o the_o land_n it_o be_v say_v if_o they_o taste_v vinegar_n of_o all_o thing_n they_o become_v enrage_v and_o mad_a they_o have_v a_o very_a thin_a and_o tender_a skin_n contrariwise_o yeel_n have_v as_o thick_a &_o tough_a and_o verrius_n write_v that_o boy_n under_o 17_o year_n of_o age_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v swinge_v and_o whip_v with_o yeele_n skin_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v free_v from_o all_o other_o mulct_n and_o punishment_n chap._n xxiv_o ¶_o of_o flat_a and_o broad_a fish_n of_o flat_a and_o broad_a fish_n there_o be_v another_o sort_n which_o in_o lieu_n of_o a_o chine_n or_o back_n bone_n have_v a_o gristle_n as_o the_o ray_n or_o skait_n the_o puffin_n like_v unto_o it_o the_o maid_n or_o thornbacke_n and_o the_o crampfish_n moreover_o those_o which_o the_o greek_n have_v term_v by_o the_o name_n of_o their_o sea_n cow_n their_o dogfish_n their_o eagle_n and_o frog_n of_o the_o sea_n in_o this_o rank_n be_v to_o be_v range_v the_o squali_fw-la also_o albeit_o they_o be_v not_o so_o flat_a and_o broad_a all_o this_o kind_n in_o general_a aristotle_n have_v call_v in_o greek_a selache_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o that_o give_v they_o that_o name_n we_o in_o latin_a can_v distinguish_v they_o unless_o we_o call_v they_o all_o cartilaginea_n that_o be_v to_o say_v gristly_a fish_n but_o all_o the_o sort_n of_o they_o that_o devour_v flesh_n be_v such_o and_o their_o manner_n be_v to_o feed_v lie_v backward_o like_a as_o we_o observe_v in_o the_o dolphin_n and_o whereas_o other_o fish_n cast_v spawn_n which_o resemble_v knot_n of_o egg_n these_o gristly_a fish_n only_o as_o also_o those_o great_a one_o which_o we_o call_v cete_fw-la i_o whale_n bring_v forth_o their_o young_a alive_a and_o yet_o i_o must_v except_v one_o kind_n of_o they_o which_o they_o call_v rana_fw-la i._o sea_n frog_n chap._n xxv_o ¶_o of_o echeneis_fw-la i._o the_o stay-ship_n there_o be_v a_o very_a little_a fish_n keep_v usual_o about_o rock_n name_v echeneis_fw-la it_o be_v think_v that_o if_o it_o settle_v and_o stick_v to_o the_o keel_n of_o a_o ship_n under_o water_n it_o go_v the_o slow_a by_o that_o mean_n whereupon_o it_o be_v so_o call_v and_o for_o that_o cause_n also_o it_o have_v but_o a_o bad_a name_n in_o matter_n of_o love_n for_o enchant_a as_o it_o be_v both_o man_n and_o woman_n and_o bereave_v they_o of_o their_o heat_n and_o affection_n that_o way_n as_o also_o in_o law_n case_n for_o delay_v of_o issue_n and_o judicial_a trial_n but_o both_o these_o imputation_n and_o slander_n it_o recompense_v again_o with_o one_o good_a virtue_n and_o commendable_a quality_n that_o it_o have_v for_o in_o great_a belly_a woman_n if_o it_o be_v apply_v outward_o it_o stay_v the_o dangerous_a flux_n of_o the_o womb_n and_o hold_v the_o child_n unto_o the_o full_a time_n of_o birth_n howbeit_o it_o be_v not_o allow_v for_o meat_n to_o be_v eat_v aristotle_n think_v that_o it_o have_v a_o number_n of_o foot_n the_o fin_n stand_v so_o thick_a one_o by_o another_o as_o for_o the_o shell_n fish_n murex_fw-la mutianus_n say_v it_o be_v broad_a than_o the_o purple_a have_v a_o mouth_n neither_o rough_a nor_o round_a ne_o yet_o with_o a_o beck_n point_v cornered-wise_a but_o plain_a and_o even_o have_v a_o shell_n on_o both_o side_n wind_v and_o turn_v inward_a these_o fish_n chance_v upon_o a_o time_n to_o cleave_v
hypenemia_n i_o wind-eg_n chap._n lix_n ¶_o of_o the_o peacock_n and_o goose_n the_o pea-hen_n fall_v to_o lay_v and_o breed_v after_o she_o be_v 3_o year_n old_a in_o the_o first_o year_n she_o begin_v with_o one_o or_o two_o egg_n the_o year_n follow_v she_o rise_v to_o four_o or_o five_o in_o the_o rest_n she_o reach_v to_o twelve_o and_o no_o more_o when_o she_o lay_v her_o manner_n be_v to_o rest_v two_o or_o three_o day_n between_o every_o egg_n and_o thrice_o a_o year_n she_o keep_v this_o order_n namely_o if_o her_o egg_n be_v take_v from_o she_o and_o put_v under_o hen_n to_o be_v fitten_v upon_o for_o why_o the_o peacock_n will_v break_v they_o if_o they_o can_v meet_v with_o they_o because_o they_o can_v miss_v and_o spare_v the_o peahens_n company_n while_o they_o be_v broody_a and_o sit_v which_o be_v the_o cause_n they_o be_v wont_n to_o lay_v by_o night_n or_o in_o some_o secret_a 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o the_o way_n and_o that_o from_o a_o high_a place_n where_o they_o perch_n and_o then_o unless_o there_o be_v good_a heed_n take_v that_o the_o egg_n be_v latch_v in_o some_o soft_a bed_n underneath_o they_o be_v soon_o break_v one_o peacock_n be_v sufficient_a to_o go_v with_o five_o wife_n for_o when_o there_o be_v but_o twain_o the_o villain_n be_v so_o lecherous_a with_o overmuch_o tread_v he_o hinder_v their_o lay_n and_o mar_v the_o knot_n of_o egg_n engender_v within_o they_o the_o peahen_n hatch_v in_o 28_o day_n or_o in_o thirty_o at_o the_o far_a gander_n and_o goose_n engender_v together_o in_o the_o very_a water_n goose_n lay_v ordinary_o in_o the_o spring_n or_o if_o they_o be_v tread_v about_o midwinter_n than_o you_o shall_v have_v they_o lay_v after_o the_o winter_n sunne-stead_n some_o forty_o day_n or_o very_o near_o they_o have_v usual_o two_o laiter_n in_o the_o year_n namely_o if_o hen_n hatch_v their_o former_a egg_n the_o most_o that_o they_o hatch_v at_o one_o sit_v be_v sixteen_o and_o the_o few_o seven_o if_o a_o man_n steal_v their_o egg_n from_o they_o they_o lay_v still_o and_o never_o give_v over_o till_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o burst_v with_o lay_v no_o bird_n egg_n but_o their_o own_o will_v they_o hatch_v the_o most_o profitable_a way_n be_v to_o set_v they_o upon_o nine_o or_o eleven_o the_o female_n only_o sit_v and_o that_o for_o the_o space_n of_o 30_o day_n unless_o it_o be_v warm_a weather_n and_o then_o they_o will_v have_v do_v by_o 25._o if_o one_o of_o their_o gosling_n be_v sting_v never_o so_o little_a with_o a_o nettle_n it_o will_v die_v of_o it_o their_o own_o greedy_a feed_n also_o be_v their_o bane_n for_o one_o while_o they_o will_v eat_v until_o they_o burst_v again_o another_o while_o kill_v themselves_o with_o strain_v their_o own_o self_n for_o if_o they_o chance_v to_o catch_v hold_n of_o a_o root_n with_o their_o bill_n they_o will_v bite_v and_o pull_v so_o hard_o for_o to_o have_v it_o that_o many_o time_n they_o break_v their_o own_o neck_n withal_o before_o they_o leave_v their_o hold_n against_o the_o sting_a of_o nettle_n the_o remedy_n be_v that_o so_o soon_o as_o they_o be_v hathe_v there_o be_v some_o nettie_a root_n lay_v under_o their_o nest_n of_o straw_n chap._n lx._n ¶_o of_o heron_n and_o bittern_n and_o the_o best_a way_n to_o keep_v egâ—…_n long_o of_o heron_n be_v three_o sort_n heron._n leucon_n bittor_n asterias_n heron_n and_o pellon_n these_o last_o engender_v with_o much_o pain_n and_o difficulty_n as_o for_o the_o male_n very_o they_o cry_v again_o for_o anguish_n and_o the_o blood_n start_v out_o of_o their_o eye_n in_o the_o act_n of_o tread_v and_o with_o as_o much_o ado_n and_o trouble_n do_v the_o female_n lay_v after_o they_o be_v knit_v with_o egg_n the_o eagle_n and_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o great_a foul_n sit_v 30_o day_n whereas_o the_o less_o continue_v but_o 20_o as_o the_o kite_n and_o the_o hawk_n the_o kite_n usual_o hatch_v but_o one_o at_o a_o time_n and_o never_o above_o three_o but_o that_o kind_a call_v 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all_o for_o the_o most_o part_n which_o the_o roman_n ever_o so_o high_o honour_v and_o hold_v in_o best_a account_n chap._n iu._n ¶_o of_o the_o civicke_a garland_n and_o who_o be_v honour_v with_o chaplet_n of_o tree-leave_n from_o mast_n tree_n and_o the_o oak_n especial_o come_v the_o civicke_a coronet_n and_o in_o very_a truth_n these_o be_v the_o most_o honourable_a badge_n and_o ornament_n that_o can_v possible_o be_v give_v unto_o soldier_n and_o man_n of_o war_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o virtue_n and_o manhood_n yea_o and_o now_o for_o a_o good_a while_n our_o emperor_n have_v have_v this_o chaplet_n grant_v unto_o they_o in_o token_n and_o testimony_n of_o clemency_n ever_o
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so_o terrible_a to_o the_o offender_n as_o wherewith_o the_o magistrate_n rod_n be_v make_v for_o to_o execute_v justice_n and_o yet_o the_o wood_n of_o this_o tree_n be_v pass_o good_a for_o hoop_n so_o pliable_a it_o be_v and_o easy_a to_o bend_v the_o twig_n thereof_o serve_v also_o for_o to_o make_v panier_n and_o basket_n in_o france_n they_o use_v to_o boil_v the_o wood_n and_o thereof_o draw_v a_o glutinous_a and_o clammy_a slime_n in_o manner_n of_o bitumen_n in_o the_o same_o quarter_n there_o love_v to_o grow_v for_o company_n the_o white_a thorn_n which_o in_o old_a time_n they_o be_v wont_a to_o burn_v for_o torch_n at_o wedding_n and_o it_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o most_o fortunate_a and_o lucky_a light_n that_o can_v be_v devise_v because_o as_o massurius_n report_v the_o roman_a shepherd_n and_o herdsman_n who_o ravish_v the_o sabine_a maiden_n be_v furnish_v every_o one_o with_o a_o branch_n thereof_o to_o make_v they_o torch_n but_o now_o adays_o the_o carpine_n 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it_o carry_v be_v broad_a and_o black_a than_o the_o other_o and_o the_o straw_n be_v but_o short_a they_o use_v to_o cleanse_v and_o husk_n it_o by_o stamp_v or_o bray_a it_o together_o with_o sand_n and_o for_o all_o that_o devise_n much_o ado_n they_o have_v to_o fetch_v off_o the_o hul_n and_o husk_n wherein_o the_o grain_n lie_v enclose_v now_o when_o it_o be_v thus_o cleanse_v and_o naked_a it_o be_v not_o past_o half_a as_o much_o in_o measure_n as_o it_o be_v before_o which_o do_v there_o be_v a_o four_o part_n of_o plastre_n strew_v &_o mingle_v among_o and_o when_o all_o be_v together_o they_o sift_v it_o down_o through_o a_o meal_n sieve_n that_o which_o remain_v behind_o and_o pass_v not_o through_o be_v the_o gross_a part_n thereof_o and_o be_v call_v in_o latin_a exceptitia_n that_o which_o be_v thus_o sear_v be_v drive_v again_o through_o a_o narrow_a and_o fine_a sieve_n and_o those_o groat_n that_o tarry_v in_o the_o ranger_n the_o call_v secundaria_fw-la in_o like_a manner_n do_v they_o a_o three_o time_n searce_a it_o through_o so_o fine_a a_o sieve_n that_o nothing_o can_v pass_v but_o the_o very_a small_a sand_n and_o powder_n and_o this_o last_o kind_n of_o frumenty_a gurt_n they_o name_n cribraria_n another_o way_n there_o be_v beside_o in_o all_o place_n practise_v to_o sophisticat_v and_o counterfeit_v the_o right_n frumenty_a groat_n indeed_o they_o choose_v out_o of_o our_o common_a wheat_n the_o fair_a full_a and_o white_a grain_n which_o be_v half_o sod_v in_o a_o earthen_a pot_n they_o lay_v out_o afterward_o in_o the_o sun_n till_o they_o be_v as_o dry_a as_o they_o be_v at_o first_o which_o do_v they_o light_o sprinkle_v some_o water_n over_o &_o then_o bruise_v they_o in_o a_o quearn_v mill_n fair_a frumentie_n groat_n
b._n their_o bony_a substance_n or_o heart_n ibid._n their_o fat_a or_o flesh_n ibid._n i._n their_o marrow_n sinew_n blood_n and_o vein_n 487._o c._n d_o trees_n of_o what_o age_n best_o for_o timber_n 488._o g_o trees_n deliver_v of_o a_o birth_n of_o harness_n 489._o b_o trees_n grow_v in_o the_o sea_n 402._o g._n h_o tree_n overthrow_v by_o tide_n ibid._n tree_n male_a distinguish_v from_o the_o female_a by_o the_o axe_n 463._o c_o trees_n distinguish_v according_a to_o the_o place_n where_o they_o love_v to_o grow_v 468._o g._n h_o tree_n some_o savage_a other_o civil_a ibid._n m_o tree_n that_o lose_v not_o their_o leaf_n 469._o a_o tree_n green_a always_o in_o the_o head_n shed_v leaf_n in_o the_o water_n bough_n ibid._n no_o tree_n about_o memphis_n in_o egypt_n shed_v leaf_n 469._o e_o trees_n that_o bud_n though_o they_o blossom_v not_o 472._o g_o what_o tree_n have_v three_o spring_n or_o budding_n in_o the_o year_n ib._n i_o tree_n how_o they_o bud_v blossom_n and_o bear_v 472._o l._n 473._o a._n b_o trees_n bear_v no_o fruit_n at_o all_o ibid._n c_o trees_n unfortunate_a and_o accurse_a ibid._n f_o trees_n soon_o forego_v their_o blossom_n and_o shed_v their_o fruit_n 374._o g_o trees_n fruitless_a by_o occasion_n of_o the_o soil_n ibid._n ay_o tree_n male_a whether_o they_o bear_v not_o ibid._n tree_n of_o sborte_a life_n 495._o c_o a_o tree_n fish_n 236._o g_o trebius_n honour_v for_o bring_v down_o the_o corn_n market_n 551c_a trench_n and_o ditch_n for_o vine_n how_o to_o be_v make_v 529._o a_o tribe_n rustic_a in_o rome_n 550._o m_o tribe_n vrbanae_fw-la 551._o a_o trichna_n a_o fisb_n 244._o i_o trimenon_n wheat_n what_o it_o be_v 561._o b_o triticum_fw-la 563._o a_o trixis_n see_v ricinus_n tritanus_n a_o man_n of_o extraordinaris_fw-la strength_n 166._o k._n his_o son_n ibid._n triticum_fw-la 561_o b_o triton_n fish_n discover_v at_o lisbon_n 236._o h._n what_o they_o be_v ibid._n how_o they_o breed_v 241._o d_o troas_n 109._o c_o trochos_fw-la a_o fish_n 266._o i_o troglodyte_n people_n above_o aethiopia_n swift_a than_o horse_n 157._o b._n eight_o cubit_n high_a ibid._n troop_n of_o horseman_n hide_v under_o the_o bough_n of_o a_o figtree_n 155._o d._n t_o v_n tuberes_fw-la of_o two_o sort_n 438._o g_o tuberes_fw-la what_o fruit_n 437._o f._n when_o they_o and_o juiube_n be_v bring_v into_o italy_n 438._o g_o turnip_n how_o where_o and_o when_o to_o be_v sow_v 571._o a._n b_o tullus_n hostilius_n first_o ware_n therobe_v pretexta_fw-la 260._o h_o tullus_n hostilius_n kill_v with_o lightning_n and_o why_o 26._o k_o tunies_n their_o history_n 242._o m_o tunie_a fish_n ready_a to_o overturn_v a_o ship_n 235._o c_o turbo_n the_o name_n of_o a_o blast_n 25._o a_o turbot_n a_o kind_n of_o fish_n 247._o d_o tuscans_n their_o opinion_n of_o lightning_n 26._o g_o turner_n craft_n who_o invention_n 188._o l_o t_o w_n twin_n dangerous_a to_o the_o mother_n if_o they_o be_v of_o both_o sex_n 158._o i._n t_o y_o tympania_n a_o kind_n of_o pearl_n 255._o b_o typhe_n 563._o a_o tyriamethyst_n a_o double_a purple_a colour_n 261._o a_o tyrus_n the_o description_n thereof_o 102._o g_o typhon_n the_o name_n of_o a_o whirlepuffe_n 24._o l._n how_o mariner_n may_v prevent_v the_o danger_n thereof_o ibid._n tyrannical_a rule_n who_o first_o practise_v 189._o a_o v._o a_o valour_n sundry_a example_n thereof_o 170._o h_o ualerius_n antias_n a_o writer_n 48._o g_o valeria_n unfortunate_a to_o the_o place_n whither_o she_o be_v carry_v 164._o i._n variety_n of_o man_n speech_n and_o shape_n be_v wonderful_a 153._o d_o vappa_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 424._o k_o vari_n who_o they_o be_v call_v proper_o 350._o k_o varices_fw-la i._n swell_v vein_n more_o ordinary_a in_o man_n than_o in_o woman_n 350._o k_o v_o b_o vbians_n fat_a their_o ground_n with_o any_o kind_n of_o earth_n 506._o k_o v_o e_o vedius_n pollio_n his_o pastime_n to_o see_v lamprey_n devour_v man_n 248._o i_o of_o uein_n and_o artery_n 345._o c_o vein_n in_o timber_n call_v fertile_a 493._o c_o vein_n in_o tree_n what_o it_o be_v 486._o k_o vetovis_n in_o the_o capitol_n 491._o d_o venetian_n from_o whence_o 115._o d_o venus_n cluacina_n 451._o a._n venus_n murtea_n or_o myrtea_fw-la ibid._n c_o venus_n planet_n her_o nature_n motion_n excellency_n &_o name_n 6._o h._n ay_o her_o motion_n make_v two_o station_n 10._o i._n why_o she_o never_o depart_v from_o they_o sun_n more_o than_o 46_o degree_n 12._o h_o her_o colour_n 13._o c_o venerium_n cicer_n kind_n of_o pease_n 570_o g_o vergiliae_fw-la star_n in_o the_o tail_n of_o taurus_n 20._o k._n call_v the_o garment_n hang_v out_o at_o the_o broker_n shop_n 〈◊〉_d k_o vermin_n as_o lice_n etc._n etc._n in_o sea_n as_o well_o as_o in_o land_n 264_o g_o vermin_n hurtful_a to_o tree_n 5â—…0_n m_o veruectum_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 578_o m_o verulenus_fw-la aegialus_n a_o siâ—…gular_a good_a husband_n man_n 411._o c_o vespasian_n augustus_n his_o praise_n 4._o g._n in_o his_o corsuship_n either_o sun_n nor_o moon_n see_v in_o twelve_o day_n 9_o e_o vesper_n the_o star_n why_o venus_n so_o call_v 6._o i_o vespertinus_fw-la rise_v or_o set_v of_o fix_a star_n 587._o d_o vetch_n when_o to_o be_v sow_v 572._o i._n not_o chargeable_a ibid._n h_o v_o i_o viatores_fw-la what_o officer_n at_o rome_n 552._o h_o vinalia_fw-la a_o festival_n holiday_n 600._o g_o vine_n the_o nature_n thereof_o 530._o h_o vine_n plant_v and_o prune_v who_o first_o practise_v 188._o m_o vine-sets_a do_v temper_v the_o hot_a ground_n carbunculus_fw-la 503._o b_o vine_n have_v the_o sense_n of_o smell_v 542._o l_o vine_n turn_v away_o from_o the_o radish_n and_o laurel_n ibid._n vine_n of_o five_o sort_n 528._o i_o vine_n take_v most_o harm_n in_o bloum_a time_n by_o rain_n 540._o m_o erect_v upon_o tree_n bear_v late_a 536._o h._n wed_v to_o â—…rees_n when_o to_o be_v cui_fw-la 535._o b._n hoâ—…_n many_o may_v be_v rear_v to_o one_o tree_n ibid._n when_o such_o be_v to_o be_v cut_v 535._o b._n when_o vine_n be_v to_o be_v prune_v 533_o h_o vine_n leave_v to_o be_v cleanse_v once_o in_o the_o spring_n ibâ—…d_n vine_n frame_v and_o trail_v how_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v make_v 5â—…2_n k_o vine_n bear_v before_o the_o seven_o year_n die_v 531._o e_o vines_n to_o be_v repress_v und_fw-ge not_o cockered_a 531._o e_o vine_n frame_v of_o what_o best_o 530._o h_o vine_n to_o be_v set_v in_o a_o dry_a day_n 529._o b_o vine_n hate_v all_o potherb_n or_o woort_n ibid._n vine_n in_o what_o order_n to_o be_v plant_v 529._o c_o vine_n tree_n how_o they_o be_v kill_v ibid._n vine_n how_o many_o in_o a_o acre_n 530._o c._n aught_o to_o be_v prure_v once_o a_o year_n 546._o g_o vines_n full_a of_o cicatrice_n not_o to_o be_v trust_v 530_o h_o vine_n yield_v a_o double_a vintage_n yearly_a 581_o e_o they_o die_v with_o much_o bear_n 475._o d_o vines_n the_o elder_a bear_v the_o better_a wine_n but_o the_o young_a more_o plenty_n 47â—…_n c_o vines_n bear_v thrice_o a_o year_n ibid._n a_o vine_n their_o disease_n 540._o i_o vine_n in_o the_o forum_n at_o rome_n 444._o g_o vine_n heluenaca_n 408._o k._n of_o two_o kind_n ib._n very_o plentiful_a ib._n vine_n arca._n ibid._n it_o love_v not_o italy_n ib._n be_v never_o blast_v ib._n vine_n spionia_n or_o spinea_fw-la 408._o l_o vine_n basilica_n ibid._n h_o vine_n venicula_n ibid._n m_o vine_n apiana_n why_o so_o call_v 407._o 〈◊〉_d vine_n stacula_fw-la sirculus_fw-la numisiana_n 408._o m_o vine_n murgentina_fw-la 409._o a_o vine_n pompeiana_n ibid._n vine_n maerica_fw-la ibid._n vine_n tudernis_n 409._o b_o vine_n florentia_n ibid._n vine_n talpana_n ibid._n why_o so_o call_v 409._o c_o vine_n etesiaca_n 409._o b._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n c_o vine_n conseminia_n 409._o b_o vine_n irtiola_n 409._o c._n vine_n pumula_n ibid._n d_o vine_n bananica_fw-la 409._o d_o vine_n gaurania_n ibid._n vine_n falerna_n ibid._n vine_n tarentine_n ibid._n vine_n duracina_n 409._o f_o vine_n ambrosiaca_n ibid._n vine_n orthampelos_n ibid._n vine_n dactylides_fw-la 410._o g._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n vine_n columbine_n ibid._n vine_n tripedanea_n ibid._n vine_n rhetian_n ibid._n vine_n alexandrina_n 410._o k_o vine_n narbonica_fw-la ibid._n vine_n scantiana_n 411._o b_o vines_n fundane_a 414._o i_o vine_n taurominitane_n 414._o k_o vine_n theriace_n 423._o a_o vine_n libanios_n aspendros_n ibid._n vine_n compluviata_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 528._o l_o vine_n set_v how_o they_o may_v grow_v without_o their_o marrow_n or_o pith_n 528._o h._n how_o they_o bear_v grape_n without_o kernel_n ibid._n their_o distance_n one_o from_o another_o 527._o c._n full_a of_o joint_n fruitless_a 527._o b_o vintage_n time_n 605._o e_fw-la rule_n serve_v for_o vintage_n time_n ibid._n e._n f_o wild_a vine_n labrusca_n the_o root_n
b_o wine_n myrtidanum_n ibid._n wine_n of_o beterrae_fw-la 414._o l._n of_o tarentum_n 414._o l._n of_o servitium_n ibid._n of_o consentia_n ibid._n of_o tempsa_n ibid._n of_o bavia_n ibid._n of_o lucania_n ibid._n wine_n of_o thurium_n 415._o a_o wine_n of_o lagaria_n ib._n bring_v into_o credit_n by_o messala_n ibid._n wine_n of_o trebellia_n ibid._n of_o cauliâ—…_n ibid._n wine_n trebulane_n ibid._n trifoline_n ibid._n wine_n of_o pompeij_fw-la ibid._n wine_n of_o spain_n 415._o a_o wine_n of_o laletatane_n ibid._n of_o tarracon_n of_o arragon_n of_o laurâ—…ne_n ibid._n wine_n of_o the_o balear_n island_n ibid._n wine_n of_o thasos_n 415._o 〈◊〉_d of_o chios_n ibid._n wine_n ariusium_fw-la ibid._n wine_n of_o lesbos_n ibid._n of_o clazomene_n ibid._n of_o mount_n tmolus_n ibid._n of_o sicyone_n cypress_n telmessus_n tripoli_n berytus_n tyrus_n sebennys_n 415._o f_o wine_n hippodamantian_n ibid._n cantharites_n ibid._n gnidian_n ibid._n wine_n of_o catacecanment_n 416._o g._n of_o petra_n ibid._n of_o mycone_n ibid._n wine_n mesogites_n 416._o g_o of_o ephesus_z ibid._n of_o apamea_n ibid._n wine_n protagium_fw-la ibid._n wine_n of_o pontus_n naspercenites_n oroeoticke_a oeâ—…ates_n of_o leucas_n of_o ambracia_n of_o peparethus_n 416._o g._n h_o wine_n leucochrum_fw-la 416._o i_o wine_n tethalassomenum_fw-la ibid._n wine_n thalassite_n 416._o k._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n wine_n greekish_a 416._o k_o wine_n scyzinum_fw-la itaeomelis_fw-la lectispagite_n 422._o g_o wines_n of_o garden_n herb_n 421._o b_o of_o radish_n 421._o c._n of_o sparage_v ibid._n of_o savoury_a ibid._n of_o maioram_n ibid._n of_o origan_n ibid._n of_o smallach_n seed_n ibid._n of_o southernwood_n ibid._n of_o wild_a mint_n ibid._n of_o rue_n ibid._n of_o nep_n or_o calaminth_n ibid._n of_o run_v thyme_n ibid._n of_o horehound_n ibid._n wine_n of_o navews_n 421._o c_o wine_n squilliticke_a ibid._n wine_n of_o flower_n 421_o c_o wine_n rosat_n how_o it_o be_v make_v 421._o d_o wine_n of_o celticke_a spikenard_n ibid._n wine_n ipocras_n or_o aromatize_v ibid._n after_o what_o sort_n ibid._n wine_n condite_fw-la or_o pepper_n wine_n 421._o e_o wine_n nectarites_n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n how_o it_o be_v make_v of_o elecampane_n ibid._n wormwood_n wine_n ibid._n hyssop_n wine_n 421._o f_o ellebore_n wine_n ibid._n scammonite_n wine_n ibid._n winkles_n or_o sea-snaile_n what_o fish_n 253._o c._n of_o sundry_a sort_n ibid._n e._n what_o winter_n we_o shall_v have_v know_v by_o bruma_n according_a to_o democritus_n 589._o f_o witchcraft_n by_o praise_v and_o eyebiting_a 155._o a_o wiâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d example_n thereof_o 171._o b_o 〈◊〉_d tree_n call_v spilfruit_n 474._o h._n it_o grow_v quick_o if_o it_o be_v prick_v only_o into_o the_o ground_n ibid._n withies_n or_o willow_n where_o they_o love_v to_o grow_v 484._o l_o exceed_v commodious_a ibid._n compare_v with_o popler_n and_o â—…lders_n ibid._n w_n o_o woman_n bear_v but_o once_o in_o their_o life_n time_n 156._o m_o woman_n seldom_o leave_v hand_v 165._o e_fw-la woman_n with_o a_o double_a apple_n in_o their_o eye_n witch_n 155._o b_o bearing_n child_n at_o seven_o year_n of_o age_n 157._o a._n at_o five_o year_n ibid._n how_o many_o they_o may_v bear_v at_o one_o burden_n natural_o 157._o d_o woman_n in_o egypt_n more_o fruitful_a than_o other_o and_o the_o reason_n ibid._n woman_n monthly_a sickness_n 163._o c._n the_o strange_a effect_n thereof_o ibid._n d._n e._n they_o stay_v common_o at_o forty_o year_n of_o age_n 163._o a_o a_o woman_n deliver_v at_o once_o of_o two_o boy_n and_o two_o girl_n 157._o d._n it_o presage_v famine_n ibid._n woman_n many_o time_n lie_v for_o dead_a and_o whereupon_o 184._o k_o a_o woman_n deliver_v of_o twenty_o child_n at_o four_o birth_n 157._o e_o wood_n most_o massy_a and_o which_o swim_v not_o 490._o g_o wood_n serve_v to_o strike_v fire_n ibid._n k_o wood_n of_o sundry_a nature_n and_o for_o diverse_a use_n 490._o k._n l._n &_o 493._o d._n e._n f._n wood-worm_n four_o sort_n 492._o h_o wood_n breed_v no_o worm_n 492._o i_o wood_n how_o it_o be_v preserve_v from_o cleave_v 492._o l_o wood_n of_o diverse_a nature_n ibid._n world_n what_o it_o be_v 1._o c._n everlasting_a and_o infinite_a 1._o c._n unmeasurable_a 1._o d_o world_n not_o innumerable_a 1._o d._n of_o a_o round_a form_n 1._o f_o world_n visible_a a_o haemisphere_n 2._o g_o it_o turn_v round_o in_o four_o and_o twenty_o hour_n 2._o g_o whither_o in_o turn_v it_o make_v a_o audable_a sound_n or_o harmony_n 2._o h._n whether_o the_o body_n thereof_o be_v all_o smooth_a 2._o h_o world_n certain_a and_o yet_o uncertain_a 1._o c._n contain_v all_o thing_n within_o itself_o ibid._n world_n and_o heaven_n all_o one_o 1._o b_o world_n why_o call_v in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o mundus_n in_o latin_a 2._o k._n the_o geometrical_a dimension_n 14._o l_o worm_n hurtful_a to_o stand_v corn_n 544._o k_o x_o xenophilus_n live_v a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n without_o sickness_n 183._o b_o xiphiae_n a_o kind_n of_o comet_n â—…5_n 〈◊〉_d xylocinnamon_n 373._o a_o xylobalsamum_n 377._o b._n the_o price_n of_o it_o 378._o h_o y_o yeel_v the_o manner_n of_o their_o engender_v 265._o d_o yeel_n their_o nature_n 247._o f._n their_o life_n ibid._n how_o they_o be_v take_v in_o benacus_n 248._o g_o of_o great_a length_n 235._o c_o yeeles-skin_n use_v to_o jerk_v boy_n 249._o k_o yeele_v dead_a only_o float_v not_o above_o the_o water_n 247._o f_o year_n diverse_o reckon_v 181._o a_o year_n divide_v into_o twelve_o month_n 7._o b_o yoke_a ox_n who_o first_o begin_v 189._o a_o iron_n and_o steel_n who_o find_v first_o 188._o k_o yron-smith_n forge_v who_o first_o use_v 188._o l_o z_o zoroastres_n laugh_v the_o first_o day_n that_o he_o be_v bear_v he_o live_v in_o a_o wilderness_n 20_o year_n with_o cheese_n 349._o b_o zodiac_n a_o circle_n in_o heaven_n 2._o k._n the_o deviser_n of_o all_o the_o part_n thereof_o 5._o 〈◊〉_d the_o history_n of_o the_o world_n common_o call_v the_o natural_a history_n of_o c._n plinius_n secundus_fw-la translate_v into_o english_a by_o philemon_z holland_z doctor_n of_o physic_n the_o second_o tomb_n plinius_n pingit_fw-la utrumque_fw-la tibi_fw-la μακÏοκοσμος_n μικÏοκοσμος_n london_n print_v by_o adam_n islip_n 1634._o to_o the_o reader_n for_o as_o much_o as_o this_o second_o tome_n treat_v most_o of_o physic_n and_o the_o term_n belong_v thereto_o as_o well_o concern_v disease_n as_o medicine_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n either_o borrow_v from_o the_o greek_a or_o such_o as_o the_o unlearned_a be_v not_o acquaint_v with_o which_o partly_o upon_o ne_fw-fr cessity_n i_o be_v force_v and_o partly_o for_o variety_n induce_v to_o use_v i_o can_v not_o content_v myself_o to_o let_v they_o pass_v without_o some_o explanation_n for_o since_o my_o purpose_n especial_o be_v to_o profit_n and_o pleasure_v the_o most_o ignorant_a for_o who_o sake_n pliny_n also_o himself_o as_o he_o profess_v compile_v this_o 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thus_o temper_v and_o lay_v it_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o fast_o whitening_a that_o can_v be_v devise_v and_o in_o hardness_n to_o exceed_v a_o stone_n but_o look_v whatsoever_o be_v to_o beparget_v with_o this_o maltha_n or_o mortar_n thus_o prepare_v ought_v first_o to_o be_v rub_v thorough_o with_o a_o size_n of_o oil_n of_o near_a affinity_n to_o lime_n be_v plastre_n whereof_o be_v many_o kind_n for_o there_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o plastre_n artificial_a and_o namely_o in_o syria_n and_o about_o thurium_n make_v of_o stone_n calcine_v in_o manner_n of_o lime_n and_o there_o be_v of_o it_o that_o be_v dig_v out_o of_o the_o ground_n natural_o as_o namely_o in_o the_o isle_n cyprus_n and_o about_o the_o perrhoebian_n near_a thymphaea_n a_o city_n in_o aetolia_n it_o lie_v very_a ebb_n and_o as_o it_o be_v even_o with_o the_o ground_n as_o for_o the_o stone_n that_o be_v to_o be_v burn_v for_o it_o the_o same_o aught_o to_o be_v not_o unlike_a to_o the_o stone_n alabastrites_n or_o at_o leastwise_o to_o that_o which_o stand_v much_o upon_o marble_n in_o syria_n they_o choose_v for_o this_o purpose_n the_o hard_a and_o they_o burn_v the_o same_o with_o cow_n dung_n that_o it_o may_v the_o soon_o be_v calcine_v but_o the_o best_a plastre_n of_o all_o other_o be_v know_v by_o experience_n to_o be_v make_v of_o the_o talc_n or_o the_o glass_n stone_n aforesaid_a or_o at_o leastwise_o of_o such_o as_o have_v the_o like_a flake_n as_o talc_n plastre_n must_v be_v wrought_v and_o drive_v present_o while_o it_o be_v wet_a and_o will_v run_v for_o nothing_o in_o the_o world_n will_v so_o soon_o thicken_v and_o dry_v and_o yet_o when_o it_o have_v be_v use_v already_o it_o may_v be_v beat_v again_o to_o powder_n &_o serve_v the_o turn_n in_o new_a work_n plaster_n serve_v pass_v well_o to_o white_a wall_n or_o ceiling_n also_o for_o to_o make_v little_a image_n in_o fretwork_n to_o set_v forth_o house_n yea_o and_o the_o brow_n of_o pillar_n and_o wall_n to_o cast_v off_o rain_n to_o conclude_v i_o may_v not_o forget_v that_o which_o befall_v to_o c._n proculeius_n a_o great_a favourite_n and_o follower_n of_o augustus_n caesar_n who_o in_o a_o extreme_a fit_n of_o the_o pain_n of_o the_o stomach_n drink_v plastre_n and_o so_o kill_v himself_o wilful_o chap._n xxv_o ¶_o sundry_a kind_n of_o pave_a floor_n and_o when_o at_o first_o they_o begin_v to_o be_v use_v at_o rome_n of_o open_a terrace_n pave_v of_o greekish_a pavement_n and_o the_o first_o invention_n of_o arch_a or_o embow_v roof_n the_o devise_n of_o pave_a floor_n arise_v first_o from_o the_o greek_n who_o make_v they_o with_o great_a art_n and_o curious_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o paint_n in_o sundry_a colour_n which_o they_o bestow_v
thereupon_o but_o these_o brave_a paint_a floor_n be_v put_v down_o when_o pavement_n make_v of_o stone_n and_o quarrel_n come_v in_o place_n the_o most_o famous_a workman_n in_o this_o kind_n be_v one_o sosus_n who_o at_o pergamus_n wrought_v that_o rich_a pavement_n in_o the_o common_a hall_n which_o they_o call_v asaroton_fw-la oecon_fw-mi garnish_v with_o brick_n or_o small_a tile_n eneal_v with_o sundry_a colour_n and_o he_o devise_v that_o the_o work_n upon_o this_o pavement_n shall_v resemble_v the_o crumb_n and_o scrap_n that_o fall_v from_o the_o table_n and_o such_o like_a stuff_n as_o common_o be_v sweep_v away_o as_o if_o they_o be_v leave_v still_o by_o negligence_n upon_o the_o pavement_n among_o the_o rest_n wonderful_a be_v his_o handiwork_n there_o in_o pourtray_v a_o dove_n drink_v which_o be_v so_o lively_o express_v as_o if_o the_o shadow_n of_o her_o head_n have_v dim_v the_o brightness_n of_o the_o water_n there_o shall_v a_o man_n have_v see_v other_o pigeon_n 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lucilius_n the_o poet_n ante_fw-la pavimenta_fw-la aeta_fw-la emblemata_fw-la vermiculata_fw-la etc._n etc._n before_o the_o pavement_n checker-wrought_a in_o paint_a marquettry_n etc._n etc._n as_o touch_v open_a gallery_n and_o terrace_n they_o be_v devise_v by_o the_o greek_n who_o be_v wont_a to_o cover_v their_o house_n with_o such_o and_o in_o truth_n where_o the_o country_n be_v warm_a such_o device_n do_v well_o howbeit_o they_o be_v dangerous_a and_o deceitful_a where_o there_o be_v store_n of_o rain_n and_o frost_n but_o for_o to_o make_v a_o terrace_n so_o pave_v necessary_a it_o be_v first_o to_o lay_v two_o course_n of_o board_n or_o plank_n underneath_o and_o those_o cross_n and_o overthwart_a one_o the_o other_o the_o end_n of_o which_o plank_n or_o board_n ought_v to_o be_v nail_v to_o the_o end_n they_o shall_v not_o twine_v or_o cast_v atoside_o which_o do_v take_v of_o new_a rubbish_n two_o three_o part_n and_o put_v thereto_o one_o three_o part_n of_o shard_n stamp_v to_o powder_n then_o with_o other_o old_a rubbish_n mix_v two_o five_o part_n of_o lime_n and_o herewith_o lie_v a_o couch_n of_o a_o foot_n thickness_n and_o be_v sure_a to_o ram_v it_o hard_o together_o over_o which_o there_o must_v be_v lay_v a_o coator_n course_n of_o mortar_n six_o finger_n breadth_n thick_a and_o upon_o this_o middle_n couch_v broad_a square_a pave_v tile_n or_o quarrel_n and_o the_o same_o aught_o to_o enter_v at_o least_o two_o finger_n deep_a into_o the_o say_a bed_n of_o mortar_n now_o for_o that_o this_o floor_n or_o pavement_n must_v rise_v high_a in_o the_o top_n this_o proportion_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o in_o every_o ten_o foot_n it_o gain_v a_o inch_n and_o a_o half_a after_o which_o the_o pavement_n thus_o lay_v be_v to_o be_v plain_v and_o polish_v diligent_o with_o some_o hard_a stone_n and_o above_o all_o regard_n will_v be_v have_v that_o the_o plank_n or_o board_v floor_n be_v make_v of_o oak_n as_o for_o such_o as_o do_v cast_v 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stuff_n to_o the_o thickness_n of_o half_a a_o foot_n but_o so_o even_o as_o the_o rule_n and_o sovare_n will_v give_v it_o and_o this_o be_v think_v to_o be_v a_o true_a earthen_a pave_a floor_n of_o the_o best_a make_v but_o if_o the_o same_o be_v smooth_v also_o with_o a_o hard_a slick_a stone_n the_o whole_a pavement_n will_v seem_v all_o black_a as_o for_o those_o pavement_n call_v lithostrata_n which_o be_v make_v of_o diverse_a colour_a square_n couch_v in_o work_n the_o invention_n begin_v by_o sulla_n time_n who_o use_v thereto_o small_a quarrel_n or_o tile_n at_o preneste_n within_o the_o temple_n of_o fortune_n which_o pavement_n remain_v to_o be_v see_v at_o this_o day_n but_o in_o process_n of_o time_n pavement_n be_v drive_v out_o of_o ground-floore_n and_o pass_v up_o into_o chamber_n and_o those_o be_v seel_a over_o head_n with_o glass_n which_o also_o be_v but_o a_o new_a invention_n of_o late_o devise_v for_o agrippa_n very_o in_o those_o banns_n which_o he_o cause_v to_o be_v make_v at_o rome_n anneal_v all_o the_o potterie_n work_n that_o there_o be_v and_o enamel_v the_o same_o with_o diverse_a colour_n whereas_o all_o other_o be_v adorn_v only_o with_o whiting_n &_o no_o doubt_n he_o will_v never_o have_v forget_v to_o have_v arch_v they_o over_o with_o glass_n if_o the_o invention_n have_v be_v practise_v before_o or_o if_o from_o the_o wall_n &_o partition_n of_o glass_n which_o scaurus_n make_v upon_o his_o stage_n as_o i_o say_v before_o any_o one_o have_v proceed_v also_o to_o roof_n chamber_n therewith_o but_o since_o i_o be_o fall_v upon_o the_o mention_n of_o glass_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v impertinent_a to_o discourse_v somewhat_o of_o the_o nature_n thereof_o chap._n xxvi_o ¶_o the_o first_o invention_n of_o glass_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o make_v it_o of_o a_o kind_n of_o glass_n call_v obsidianum_fw-la also_o of_o sundry_a kind_n of_o glass_n and_o those_o of_o many_o form_n there_o be_v one_o part_n of_o syria_n call_v phoenicia_n border_v upon_o jury_n which_o at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o mount_n carmell_n have_v a_o mere_a name_v cendevia_n out_o of_o which_o the_o river_n belus_n be_v think_v to_o spring_n and_o within_o five_o mile_n space_n fall_v into_o the_o sea_n near_o unto_o the_o colony_n ptolemais_n this_o river_n run_v but_o slow_o and_o seem_v a_o dead_a or_o dormant_a water_n unwholesome_a for_o drink_v howbeit_o use_v in_o many_o sacred_a ceremony_n with_o great_a devotion_n full_a of_o mud_n it_o be_v and_o the_o same_o very_a deep_a ere_o a_o man_n shall_v meet_v with_o the_o firm_a ground_n and_o unless_o it_o be_v at_o some_o spring_n tide_n when_o the_o sea_n flow_v up_o high_a into_o the_o river_n it_o never_o show_v sand_n in_o the_o bottom_n but_o then_o by_o occasion_n of_o the_o surge_a wave_n which_o not_o only_o stir_v the_o water_n but_o also_o cast_v up_o &_o scour_v away_o the_o gross_a mud_n the_o sand_n be_v roll_v too_o and_o fro_o and_o be_v cast_v up_o show_v very_o bright_a and_o clear_a as_o if_o it_o be_v purify_v by_o the_o wave_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o in_o truth_n man_n hold_v opinion_n that_o by_o the_o mordacity_n and_o astringent_a quality_n of_o the_o salt_n water_n the_o sand_n become_v good_a which_o before_o serve_v to_o no_o purpose_n the_o coast_n along_o this_o river_n which_o show_v this_o kind_n of_o sand_n be_v not_o above_o half_a a_o mile_n in_o all_o and_o yet_o for_o many_o a_o hundred_o year_n it_o have_v furnish_v all_o place_n with_o matter_n sufficient_a to_o make_v glass_n as_o touch_v which_o devise_n the_o common_a voice_n and_o fame_n rnn_v that_o there_o arrive_v sometime_o certain_a merchant_n in_o a_o ship_n lade_v with_o nitre_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o this_o river_n &_o be_v land_v mind_a to_o seethe_v their_o
engraver_n 483_o e._n sundry_a piece_n of_o his_o handiwork_n ibid._n acro_fw-la who_o be_v the_o first_o empiric_n physician_n that_o ever_o be_v 344._o h_o acrocorios_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o bulbe_n 19_o a_o act_n of_o generation_n how_o it_o be_v help_v 130_o h._n 131_o a_o 132_o g._n see_v more_o in_o venus_n how_o it_o be_v hinder_v 58._o k_o 59_o d._n 187_o a._n 190_o h._n 221_o d._n 256_o l._n see_v more_o in_o venus_n l._n actius_n the_o poet._n 490._o l_o l._n actius_n be_v of_o low_a stature_n cause_v his_o statue_n to_o be_v make_v tall_a ibid._n actius_n navius_n the_o augur_n 491_o b_o actius_n navius_n his_o statue_n erect_v upon_o a_o column_n at_o rome_n ibid._n a_o d_o adad_fw-la the_o assyrian_a god_n 630._o h_o adad-nephros_a a_o precious_a stone_n ibid._n adamantis_n a_o magical_a herb_n 203._o c._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n the_o strange_a virtue_n and_o property_n thereof_o ibid._n a_o arca_fw-la see_v calamochnus_n adarce_o what_o it_o be_v 74_o l._n the_o virtue_n and_o property_n that_o it_o have_v ibid._n adder_n tongue_n see_v lingulaca_n aditiales_n epulae_fw-la or_o adijciales_n what_o feast_v they_o be_v 355._o c_o admiranda_fw-la the_o title_n to_o a_o book_n of_o m._n cicero_n 403._o b_o adonis_n garden_n 91._o c_o adonium_n a_o flower_n ibid._n in_o adoration_n of_o the_o god_n what_o gesture_n observe_v 297._o e_o adultery_n how_o a_o woman_n shall_v loathe_v and_o detest_v 434._o k_o a_o e_o aegilops_n a_o kind_n of_o bulbe_n 19_o b_o aegilops_n a_o herb_n 235._o a._n the_o quality_n that_o the_o seed_n have_v 99_o c._n aegilops_n what_o ulcer_n ibid._n aegina_n a_o island_n famous_a for_o brass_n founder_v 488._o h_o in_o great_a name_n for_o the_o branchworke_n of_o brazen_a candlestick_n there_o make_v ibid._n k_o egypt_n store_v with_o good_a herb_n 96._o l._n what_o they_o be_v ib._n 97._o b_o egypt_n famous_a for_o singular_a herb_n and_o commend_v therefore_o by_o homer_n 210._o l_o egyptian_a bean_n 111._o c._n the_o virtue_n ibid._n aegiptilla_n a_o precious_a stone_n 625._o a._n the_o description_n ib._n aegle_n why_o they_o hatch_v but_o two_o at_o one_o airy_a 590._o k_o aegle_n stone_n see_v aëtites_n aegophthalmus_fw-la a_o precious_a stone_n 630._o i_o aegolethron_n a_o herb_n 94_o h._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n aegonichon_n see_v greimile_n aegypio_n a_o kind_n of_o vulture_n or_o gear_n 365._o d_o aera_fw-la militum_fw-la what_o 486._o i_o aerarium_fw-la the_o treasury_n of_o rome_n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n l_o aerarij_fw-la tribuni_fw-la what_o officer_n in_o rome_n ibid._n aëroïde_n a_o kind_n of_o berill_n 613._o d_o aerosum_fw-la what_o gold_n 472._o g_o aechines_n a_o physician_n of_o athens_n 301._o e_fw-la aeschynomene_fw-la a_o magical_a herb_n 204._o i._n why_o so_o call_v ib._n the_o strange_a quality_n that_o it_o have_v ibid._n aesop_n the_o player_n his_o earthen_a platter_n 554._o g_o aesop_n the_o philosopher_n 578_o g._n a_o bondslave_n together_o with_o rhodope_n the_o harlot_n ibid._n aeëtite_n a_o precious_a stone_n why_o so_o call_v 396._o l._n 590._o k._n four_o kind_n thereof_o ibid._n male_a and_o female_a ibid._n their_o description_n ibid._n the_o virtue_n of_o they_o all_o ibid._n m_o aeëtites_n a_o precious_a stone_n 630._o i_o aethiopis_n a_o magical_a herb_n 244_o g._n the_o incredible_a effect_n thereof_o ibid._n from_o whence_o we_o have_v it_o 269._o d_o the_o description_n of_o it_o 271._o c._n the_o root_n medicinable_a ibid._n d_o a_o f_o africa_n the_o word_n be_v a_o spell_n in_o africa_n 297._o d_o a_o g_o agaricke_n what_o it_o be_v 227_o d._n male_a and_o female_a ibid._n d_o e_o the_o ill_a quality_n that_o the_o male_a have_v ibid._n agath_fw-mi a_o precious_a stone_n 623_o d._n why_o call_v achates_n ibid._n the_o sundry_a name_n that_o it_o have_v ibid._n indian_a agath_n represent_v the_o form_n of_o many_o thing_n within_o they_o 623_o f_z the_o agath_fw-mi serve_v well_o to_o grind_v droug_n into_o fine_a powder_n 623_o f._n diverse_a kind_n of_o agath_n 624._o g_o the_o chief_a grace_n of_o a_o agath_fw-mi ibid._n incredible_a wonder_n report_v of_o the_o agath_fw-mi by_o magician_n 623_o h._n agath_fw-mi of_o king_n pyrrhus_n with_o the_o nine_o muse_n and_o apollo_n therein_o natural_o 601_o a_o b_o agathocles_n a_o physician_n and_o writer_n 131._o e_o agelades_n a_o famous_a imageur_n in_o brass_n 497_o e._n he_o teach_v polycletus_n ibid._n his_o work_n ibid._n he_o teach_v myro_n 498._o h_o ageraton_fw-la a_o herb_n 271._o d._n the_o description_n ibid._n why_o so_o call_v and_o the_o virtue_n ibid._n aglaophotis_n a_o magical_a herb_n 203_o a._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n why_o name_v marmaritis_n ibid._n use_v in_o conjure_v and_o raise_v spirit_n ibid._n b_o agnel_n how_o to_o be_v cure_v 38_o i_o see_v more_o in_o corn_n agnus_n castus_n a_o tree_n 257._o c_o agogae_fw-la what_o conduit_n they_o be_v 468._o m_o agoracritus_n a_o imageur_n in_o marble_n 565_o d._n belove_a exceed_o by_o his_o master_n phidias_n ibid._n agrimonie_n a_o herb_n 220_o k._n why_o call_v eupatoria_n ibid._n the_o description_n ibid._n the_o virtue_n ibid._n l_o agrion_n a_o kind_n of_o nitre_n 420._o h_o agrippa_n menenius_n inter_v at_o the_o common_a charge_n of_o the_o roman_a citizen_n 480._o i_o m._n agrippa_n how_o he_o cure_v the_o gout_n with_o vinegar_n 156._o k_o his_o admirable_a work_n during_o the_o year_n of_o his_o aedileship_n 585_o e._n how_o he_o convey_v seven_o river_n under_o rome_n 582._o h_o ague_n what_o medicine_n they_o do_v require_v 137._o a._n see_v more_o in_o fever_n a_o i_o air_n of_o sea_n water_n wherefore_o good_a 412._o k_o aire_n which_o be_v good_a to_o recover_v strength_n after_o long_a sickness_n 181._o d._n change_v of_o air_n for_o what_o disease_n good_a 303._o c_o a_o l_o alabastrum_fw-la see_v stimmi_n alabastrites_n what_o kind_n of_o stone_n 574._o g._n what_o use_v it_o serve_v for_o ibid._n the_o degree_n thereof_o in_o goodness_n ibid._n h_o alabastrites_n a_o precious_a stone_n 624_o i_o the_o place_n where_o it_o be_v find_v ibid._n the_o description_n and_o virtue_n ibid._n alabastrites_n a_o kind_n of_o emeraud_n 613._o a_o albicratense_n a_o goldmine_n in_o france_n yield_v the_o best_a ore_n with_o a_o 36_o part_n of_o silver_n and_o no_o more_o 469._o c_o albi_fw-la hill_n in_o candie_n 408._o k_o albucum_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 100_o g_o albulae_n what_o water_n about_o rome_n 402._o m_o alcamenes_n a_o fine_a imageur_n and_o engrave_a in_o brass_n and_o marble_n 501_o a._n his_o work_n ibid._n 565._o d_o alcaea_n a_o herb_n 249._o b_o alcaea_n a_o herb_n 272_o k._n the_o description_n ibid._n l_o alcaeus_n a_o poet_n and_o writer_n 131._o a_o alcibiades_n honour_v with_o a_o statue_n at_o rome_n 492._o i_o repute_v the_o hard_a wariour_n ibid._n alcibiades_z most_o beautiful_a in_o his_o youth_n &_o childhood_n 568._o g_o alcibion_n a_o herb_n 275._o e._n the_o virtue_n ibid._n alcimachus_n a_o feat_n painter_n 549_o c._n his_o workmanship_n ibid._n alcisthene_n a_o woman_n and_o a_o paintresse_n 551._o a_o alcmene_n hardly_o deliver_v of_o hercules_n 304_o m._n the_o cause_n thereof_o ibid._n alcon_n the_o imageur_n 514._o g._n he_o make_v hercules_n of_o iron_n and_o steel_n ibid._n alcontes_n a_o rich_a chirurgeon_n 348._o g._n well_o fleece_v by_o claudius_n caesar_n ibid._n alder_a tree_n what_o virtue_n it_o have_v in_o physic_n 189._o â—_o alectoriae_fw-la precious_a stone_n 624._o i._n why_o so_o call_v ib._n the_o virtue_n ib._n why_o milo_n the_o wrestler_n carry_v it_o about_o he_o ibid._n ale_n a_o old_a drink_n 145_o b._n what_o nourishment_n it_o yield_v 152._o g_o alectorolophos_n a_o herb_n 275._o c._n the_o description_n and_o virtue_n ibid._n alâ—…x_n wâ—…at_a kind_n of_o sauce_n 418_o g._n how_o make_v ibid._n the_o virtue_n and_o use_n thereof_o in_o physic_n ibid._n i_o aleos_n a_o riâ—…er_n of_o a_o strange_a nature_n 403._o d_o alexander_n otherwise_o call_v paris_n excellent_o wrought_v in_o brass_n by_o euphraner_n resemble_v a_o judge_n a_o lover_n and_o a_o murderer_n 502._o g_o k._n alexander_n the_o great_a use_v to_o visit_v apelles_n the_o painter_n his_o shop_n 538._o m._n he_o give_v away_o his_o concubine_n fair_a campaspe_n to_o apelles_n 539._o a._n a_o conqueror_n of_o his_o own_o affection_n ib._n b_o alexipharmaca_fw-la what_o medicine_n they_o be_v 106._o h_o aliacmon_n a_o river_n 403._o d_o alica_n what_o it_o be_v 139._o c._n compare_v with_o ptisane_n 140._o k_o see_v frumentâ—…e_n alincon_n describe_v 128._o l._n m._n two_o kind_n thereof_o and_o their_o virtue_n 129._o ah_o alisanders_n a_o bearbe_n 24._o g._n how_o strange_o it_o grow_v 30._o g_o the_o virtue_n thereof_o 54._o i._n see_v hipposelinum_n alisma_n what_o herb_n 231._o a._n the_o name_n that_o it_o have_v ibid._n the_o description_n ibid._n the_o
and_o vine_n can_v agree_v together_o 176._o g._n coulewort_n may_v not_o abide_v either_o origan_n or_o cyclamine_n ib._n countercharme_n or_o preseruative_n against_o sorcery_n witchcraft_n enchantment_n and_o magic_a 149_o c._n 195_o e._n 229_o d_o 300_o k._n 306_o m._n 310_o h._n 313_o b._n f._n 320_o k._n 322_o m._n 357_o a_o 364_o g._n 387_o a_o b._n 430_o g._n 431_o e._n 433_o f._n 370_o i_o 515_o e_fw-it f_z 589_o a._n 609_o a._n 619_o e._n counterpoison_n 38_o k._n 39_o a_o c._n 45_o e._n 56_o l._n 59_o b._n 71_o e._n 107_o c_o 144_o i_o 160_o k._n 164_o i_o 169_o c._n 172_o h_z k._n 174_o m._n 186_o i_o 190_o m._n 192_o g._n 193_o c._n 200_o l._n 202_o l._n 215_o c._n 227_o b_o 233_o b._n 246_o g._n 270_o i_o k_o 288_o i_o 306_o m._n 314_o g._n 316_o l._n 321_o c_o 323_o a_o b_o c_o d._n 356_o g._n 364._o g._n 631_o a_o c_o e._n 433_o e._n 434_o g_o i_o l_o 435_o b._n 437_o d._n 529_o b._n 610_o m._n poison_v how_o they_o become_v counterpoison_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o work_n 270._o h_o c_o r_o crabfish_n 435_o d._n their_o virtue_n medicinable_a ibid._n enemy_n they_o be_v to_o serpent_n 435_o e._n 436_o i_z crambe_z the_o best_a kind_n of_o coulewort_n 48_o k_o for_o cramp_n in_o foot_n or_o leg_n a_o remedy_n 305_o b_o for_o cramp_n in_o general_a convenient_a medicine_n 40_o k._n 41._o d._n e_o 44_o k._n 46_o i_o 48_o g._n 49_o e._n 50_o h_z k._n 52_o k._n 50_o e._n 60_o l._n 61_o a_o 63_o a._n 64_o k._n 67_o d._n 72_o l._n 74_o i_o 75_o b._n 77_o 〈◊〉_d 102_o g._n 104_o h_o 108_o k._n 119_o d._n 123_o a._n 128_o i_fw-it m._n 129_o b_o c_o f._n 134_o l._n 150_o g_o 154_o g._n 191_o c._n 162_o h._n 167_o f._n 168_o g._n 179_o f._n 180_o g._n 182_o l_o 183_o e._n 186_o k._n 191_o c._n 193_o c._n 194_o k._n 198_o i_o 199_o c._n 219_o d_o 226_o l._n 248_o h._n 259_o c._n 262_o l._n 264_o g._n 275_o e._n 283_o a_o e_fw-la 289_o c_o e._n 290_o i_o 312_o i_o 313_o c._n 320_o g._n 354_o l._n 422_o m._n 431_o a_o 432_o i_o 442_o g._n 599_o c._n crapula_n a_o mixture_n in_o heady_a wine_n 153._o f._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n m._n crassus_n the_o rich_a roman_a that_o ever_o be_v but_o only_o sylla_n dictatour_n 479_o d._n his_o apothâ—…gme_n ibid._n his_o land_n what_o they_o be_v ibid._n surname_v optimus_fw-la for_o his_o wealth_n 479_o e._n his_o covetousness_n ibid._n crataegon_fw-la a_o herb_n 279._o e_fw-la crataeogonum_fw-la what_o herb_n 257._o d_o crataeogonos_n a_o herb_n 279._o b._n the_o description_n and_o virtue_n ibid._n e_o second_v kind_n caell_v thelygonos_n ibid._n craterite_n a_o precious_a stone_n 625._o d_o craterus_n a_o cunning_a painter_n and_o comedian_n both_o 549._o e_o cratevas_n a_o renown_a physician_n 129_o b._n he_o write_v of_o herb_n and_o set_v they_o forth_o in_o colour_n 210._o g_o crathis_n a_o river_n 403_o c._n the_o water_n of_o strange_a operation_n ibid._n creifish_n of_o the_o river_n how_o medicinable_a they_o be_v 435._o c_o creifish_n head_n dry_v vermin_n out_o of_o a_o garden_n 32._o l_o cress_n a_o herb_n 29._o a._n why_o call_v nasturtium_n ibid._n it_o help_v the_o wit_n and_o understanding_n ibid._n 56._o g._n two_o kind_n of_o it_o and_o their_o property_n ibid._n which_o be_v best_a ibid._n k_o crestmarine_n a_o herb_n see_v sampire_n cricket_n much_o esteem_v by_o magician_n 370_o h._n the_o reason_n wherefore_o ibid._n the_o manner_n of_o hunt_v and_o catch_v they_o ibid._n cricke_n in_o the_o nape_n or_o pole_n of_o the_o neck_n how_o to_o be_v ease_v 70._o g_o see_v more_o in_o cramp_n crier_n public_a at_o rome_n warerich_v coat_n embroider_v and_o stud_v with_o purple_a like_o as_o senator_n 459._o d_o crinas_n of_o marsiles_n a_o famous_a physician_n 345._o a._n by_o what_o mean_v he_o win_v credit_n 345._o a._n b._n a_o great_a mathematician_n and_o astrologer_n ibid._n a_o ceremonious_a observer_n of_o day_n and_o hour_n 345_o b._n a_o man_n of_o exceed_a wealth_n ibid._n crista_n galli_n what_o herb_n 275._o c_o crocallis_fw-la a_o precious_a stone_n 625._o d_o crocias_n a_o precious_a stone_n 630._o m_o crocinum_fw-la a_o sweet_a ointment_n 105._o b_o crocis_n a_o magical_a herb_n 204._o k._n the_o strange_a quality_n thereof_o ibid._n crocodile_n skare_v away_o by_o the_o voice_n only_o of_o the_o tentyrians_n 299._o a_o against_o the_o crocodile_n bit_n what_o remedy_n 158_o h._n 315._o a_o 418_o k._n 419_o e._n 434_o h._n crocodile_n afford_v medicine_n from_o sundry_a part_n of_o their_o body_n ibid._n two_o kind_n of_o they_o ibid._n one_o kind_a live_a both_o in_o land_n and_o water_n ibid._n a_o second_o live_v only_o upon_o the_o land_n ibid._n i._n his_o dung_n be_v sweet_a and_o medicinable_a ibid._n the_o reason_n why_o ibid._n crocodile_n good_a meat_n all_o save_o head_n and_o foot_n ibid._n m_o crocodilea_n what_o it_o be_v ibid._n k_o how_o to_o be_v choose_v ibid._n how_o it_o be_v sopâ—…isticated_a ibid._n l._n the_o virtue_n thereof_o ibid._n k._n l_o crocodilian_n a_o herb_n 279_o c._n the_o description_n and_o virtue_n ibid._n crocomagma_n what_o it_o be_v and_o the_o use_n thereof_o 105_o b_o crâ—…sus_n rich_a in_o gold_n 464._o h_o cronius_n a_o cutter_n in_o precious_a stone_n 501._o d_o crowfoot_n what_o herb_n 239._o c._n the_o sundry_a kind_n ib._n their_o description_n ibid._n d._n why_o it_o be_v call_v sâ—…rumea_n ibid._n e_o crudana_n what_o vein_n it_o be_v of_o silver_n 472._o m_o crudity_n in_o the_o stomach_n how_o to_o be_v digest_v 64_o h._n 66_o i_o 67_o e_o see_v indigistion_n and_o digestion_n crush_v how_o to_o be_v cure_v 350._o i._n see_v bruise_n crystal_n 454._o i._n how_o it_o be_v engender_v 604_o i._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n whereupon_o find_v ibid._n how_o to_o be_v use_v ibid._n l._n it_o grow_v natural_o six_o corner_a ibid._n one_o piece_n of_o crystal_n weigh_v fifty_o pound_n 604._o l_o crystal_n vessel_n of_o what_o capacity_n ibid._n m_o the_o imperfâ—…ctions_n and_o blemish_n in_o crystal_n 605._o a_o a_o crystal_n glass_n once_o break_v can_v be_v reunite_v ibid._n c_o crystall_n without_o fault_n and_o blemish_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d ib._n b_o crystallion_fw-la see_v 〈◊〉_d c_o t_n ctesias_n a_o writer_n 404._o i._n his_o opinion_n as_o touch_v amber_n 906._o l_o ctesidamus_fw-la a_o painter_n 549._o d_o ctesilas_n a_o fine_a imageur_n 501._o c._n his_o curious_a workmanship_n ibid._n ctesilaus_n a_o famous_a imageur_n 501._o e._n his_o work_n ibid._n ctesilochus_n a_o painter_n 549._o d._n his_o picture_n of_o jupiter_n in_o travel_n with_o bacchus_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n c_o five_o cuckoo_n meat_n a_o herb_n see_v oxys_n cucubalum_fw-la a_o herb_n 280._o g._n sundry_a name_n that_o it_o have_v ibid._n the_o virtue_n ibid._n cucumber_n of_o the_o garden_n a_o commendable_a meat_n 13._o d_o much_o affect_v by_o tiberius_n the_o emperor_n 14._o g._n how_o preserve_v grow_v upon_o the_o ground_n all_o winter_n ibid._n cucumber_n without_o seed_n 14._o l._n how_o to_o be_v preserve_v 15._o f_o cucumber_n seed_n how_o to_o be_v prepare_v and_o set_v in_o the_o ground_n 14._o h._n when_o to_o be_v sow_v or_o set_v 15._o a_o cucumber_n how_o they_o grow_v and_o in_o what_o form_n 14._o h._n they_o love_v water_n and_o hate_v oil_n ibid._n h._n i_o how_o cucumber_v plant_n may_v be_v keep_v fresh_a all_o the_o year_n long_o 14._o l._n cucumber_n a_o delicate_a salad_n 37._o d_o of_o cucumber_n three_o kind_n 14_o l._n how_o they_o bloume_n or_o flower_n 15._o c_o cucumber_n wild_a 35._o e._n f._n the_o fruit_n ibid._n where_o they_o best_o do_v grow_v 36._o k_o root_n of_o wild_a cucumber_n for_o what_o it_o be_v good_a ibid._n g_o cucumber_n serpentine_a or_o wander_a cucumber_n 36_o m._n the_o decoction_n thereof_o and_o the_o virtue_n ibid._n cudwort_n a_o herb_n 258._o l._n 283._o b_o cuit_n what_o medicinable_a property_n it_o have_v 148._o k_o cuit_n call_v sapa_fw-la the_o nature_n thereof_o 157._o c_o cumfrie_n of_o the_o rook_n a_o herb_n 275._o d_o cumin_n a_o herb_n 61._o c._n the_o description_n and_o virtue_n ibid._n where_o it_o love_v to_o grow_v and_o when_o to_o be_v sow_v 29._o f._n good_a to_o procure_v appetite_n ibid._n cumin_fw-la seed_n how_o to_o be_v sow_v 23._o d_o what_o cumin_n be_v best_a 30._o g_o cumin_n cause_v paleness_n of_o colour_n 61._o d_o cumin_n ethiopicke_n ibid._n f._n the_o property_n of_o it_o ibid._n cumin_fw-la of_o africa_n 62._o g._n the_o virtue_n thereof_o ibid._n cumin_fw-la wild_a and_o the_o virtue_n 248._o h_o cunila_n what_o herb_n 30._o i_o cunila_n bubula_fw-la 63._o b._n why_o call_v panax_fw-la ibid._n c_o use_v by_o tortoise_n as_o a_o defensitive_a against_o
law_n in_o rome_n to_o repress_v that_o excess_n 563_o b_o d._n gravers_n cutter_n and_o carver_n in_o marble_n who_o be_v the_o first_o 564_o h._n grave_v in_o marble_n as_o ancient_a as_o the_o reckon_n of_o year_n by_o olympiades_n ibid._n l_o marble_n of_o paros_n white_a 565_o b_o marble_n spot_v 571._o b._n of_o sundry_a sort_n ibid._n marble_n pillar_n and_o column_n in_o building_n of_o temple_n why_o at_o first_o use_v ibid._n man_n of_o chios_n build_v therewith_o the_o wall_n of_o their_o city_n 571._o c._n the_o scoff_n of_o m._n cicero_n unto_o they_o by_o that_o occasion_n ibid._n d_o marble_n slit_v into_o thin_a plate_n who_o invention_n 571._o d_o who_o seel_a the_o wall_n of_o his_o house_n first_o with_o marble_n at_o rome_n 571._o e._n who_o build_v his_o house_n first_o at_o rome_n upon_o marble_n pillar_n ibid._n f_o k._n mausolus_n first_o garnish_v his_o palace_n with_o marble_n of_o proconnesus_n 571._o d_o marble_n lucullian_n whereupon_o it_o take_v the_o name_n 572._o g._n it_o be_v black_a ibid._n where_o it_o grow_v ibid._n marble_n stone_n slit_v and_o saw_v after_o what_o manner_n ibid._n h_o marble_n of_o sundry_a kind_n 573._o a_o marble_n of_o lacedaemon_n esteem_v best_o ibid._n marble_n augustum_fw-la and_o tiberium_fw-la why_o so_o call_v 573._o b_o how_o they_o differ_v ibid._n marble_n serpentine_a ibid._n the_o medicinable_a virtue_n thereof_o ib._n marble_n of_o memphis_n with_o the_o medicinable_a property_n 573_o c_o marble_n coraliticum_fw-la where_o it_o be_v find_v and_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o 574._o i._n marble_n alabandicum_fw-la why_o so_o call_v ibid._n it_o will_v melt_v and_o drink_v glass_n be_v make_v thereof_o ibid._n marble_n thebaicke_n 574_o i_o the_o virtue_n that_o it_o have_v ibid._n k_o marble_n syenites_n why_o so_o call_v 574_o k._n it_o be_v name_v also_o pyrrhopoecilos_n ibid._n it_o serve_v for_o long_a obeliske_n ibid._n marble_n gray_a or_o sinadian_n marble_n 522._o i_o marble_n do_v live_v and_o grow_v in_o the_o quarry_n 586._o i_o marchesin_n or_o marquesit_fw-la stone_n see_v cadmia_n and_o pyrite_n martion_n of_o smyrna_n a_o writer_n of_o herb_n 300._o k_o marcipores_fw-la what_o they_o be_v 459_o a_o c._n marius_n censorinus_n how_o rich_a he_o die_v 479_o e._n f_o q_n marcius_n tremellius_n his_o statue_n in_o a_o gown_n for_o what_o desert_n 491._o e_fw-la marigold_n and_o their_o flower_n compare_v with_o violet_n 85._o e_o mariscon_n a_o kind_n of_o rishi_n 106._o k_o c._n marius_n drink_v ordinary_o out_o of_o a_o wooden_a tankard_n after_o the_o example_n of_o bacchus_n 482._o l_o mark_v remain_v after_o the_o cautery_n or_o searing-yron_n how_o to_o be_v take_v away_o 377._o f_o marmaridius_n a_o magician_n 372._o i_o marrow_n of_o what_o virtue_n it_o be_v 320._o m_o what_o marrow_n be_v best_a ib._n how_o to_o be_v order_v and_o prepare_v ib._n marsian_o people_n resist_v all_o poison_n 95._o a._n b_o marsian_n descend_v from_o circe_n 210._o l._n they_o cure_v the_o sting_n of_o serpent_n by_o touch_v or_o suck_v only_o ibid._n martia_n a_o water_n serve_v rome_n 408._o g._n most_o cold_a and_o wholesome_a ibid._n from_o whence_o it_o come_v ibid._n who_o convey_v it_o to_o rome_n and_o maintain_v it_o ibid._n how_o it_o take_v that_o name_n 585._o d_o q._n martius_n rex_fw-la his_o wonderful_a work_n perform_v during_o his_o pretourship_n 585._o d_o mascellin_n mettle_n of_o gold_n silver_n and_o brass_n 487._o q._n c_o maspetum_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 8._o l_o massaris_n 146_o g._n a_o wild_a vine_n ibid._n 147._o c._n how_o employ_v ibid._n massurius_n a_o writer_n of_o history_n 320._o k_o thistle-masticke_n what_o it_o be_v 98._o i_o mastic_n the_o gum_n of_o the_o lentisk_a tree_n and_o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n 182._o l._n 184._o h_o matrice_n pain_v and_o vex_v with_o throw_n what_o remedy_n for_o it_o 39_o f._n 53_o b_o 66_o k._n 106._o ay_o m._n 121._o f._n 186_o k._n 198_o m_o 207_o d._n 266_o l._n 267_o b._n f._n 268_o g._n 279_o a._n 283_o a._n 308_o g._n 339_o c_o 340._o g._n matrice_n puff_v up_o swell_v and_o hard_a how_o to_o be_v assuage_v and_o mollify_v 72_o l._n 103_o c._n 111_o c._n f._n 162_o k._n 180_o l._n 183._o d_o 186_o g._n 339_o c._n f._n 340_o g._n 352_o i_o 396_o h._n 397_o a._n matrice_n inflame_a and_o impostumat_v how_o to_o be_v cure_v 55_o e_fw-la 59_o d._n 71_o b._n 267_o d._n 303_o a._n 350_o g._n 351_o a._n matrice_n sore_a and_o exulcerat_a how_o to_o be_v heal_v 140_o i_o 159._o d_o 161_o c._n 175_o a._n 267_o d._n 340_o g_o m._n matrice_n overmoist_a and_o slippery_a how_o to_o be_v help_v 340_o l_o matrice_n draw_v in_o and_o contract_v how_o to_o be_v remedy_v 303._o a._n matrice_n pervert_v fall_v down_o or_o displace_v how_o to_o be_v reduce_v and_o settle_v again_o 303_o a._n 339_o b._n 340_o h._n 396._o h_o 557_o f._n 591_o b._n see_v more_o in_o mother_n matrice_n obstruct_v and_o unclean_a how_o to_o be_v open_v cleanse_v and_o mundify_v 43._o b._n c._n 55._o d._n 57_o c._n 62._o k._n 77._o b._n 101._o d_o 168._o i_o 180._o l._n 268._o g._n 340._o k._n 104._o i._n 121._o f._n 133._o e._n 158._o h_o 175._o b._n 182._o g._n 187._o d._n 192._o l._n 266._o l_o 267._o c._n d._n 271._o d._n for_o the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o matrice_n in_o general_a comfortable_a medicine_n 102._o h._n k._n 108._o k._n 109._o b._n c._n 111._o d._n 119._o d_o 121._o e._n 154._o g._n 173._o a._n 175._o a._n 179._o f._n 181._o b._n 183._o e._n 193._o b_o 196._o g._n 207._o c._n 267._o f._n 271._o d._n 313._o c._n 318._o h._n 339._o d._n 340._o i._n l_o 395._o c._n 448._o i._n 449._o b._n 589._o b._n maturative_a medicine_n 76._o k._n 103._o c._n 139._o a._n 183._o d._n 303._o a_o 556._o l._n mattiaci_n what_o spring_v 404._o h_o maur-hil_n corrupt_o call_v moulhil_n what_o they_o be_v 397._o d_o mausoleum_n the_o renown_a tomb_n erect_v by_o queen_n artemisia_n for_o king_n mausolus_n her_o husband_n 568._o i_o the_o description_n thereof_o and_o the_o workman_n ibid._n m_o e_o mead_n or_o honey_a water_n see_v hydromell_n one_o meal_n a_o day_n no_o good_a diet_n 304._o h_o mechopane_n a_o painter_n full_a of_o curious_a workmanship_n 548._o m_o maecenas_n messius_n hold_v his_o peace_n voluntary_o for_o three_o year_n space_n 305._o d_o maecenas_n sign_v with_o the_o print_n of_o a_o frog_n 601._o f_o mecon_n a_o kind_n of_o wild_a poppy_n 69._o c_o meconis_n a_o lectuce_n why_o so_o call_v 24._o i_o meconite_n a_o precious_a stone_n 628._o i_o meconium_n whaet_fw-la it_o be_v 68_o i_o remedy_n against_o meconium_n 160_o k_o meconium_n aphrode_v a_o herb_n 257_o f_o mecontum_fw-la what_o kind_n of_o medicine_n to_o make_v a_o woman_n fruitful_a 303._o b_o medea_n a_o precious_a stone_n 628._o i_o by_o who_o find_v ibid._n medea_n queen_n of_o colchis_n a_o famous_a witch_n 210._o k_o medion_n a_o herb_n with_o the_o description_n 285._o e_o medius_n a_o writer_n in_o physic_n 39_o e_fw-la meddler_n the_o fruit_n and_o their_o medicinable_a virtue_n 171._o b_o megabizus_n what_o he_o be_v 548._o i_o meges_n a_o chirurgeon_n 439._o c_o melfrugum_a see_v panic_n melamphyllon_n what_o herb_n 129._o c_o melampodium_fw-la what_o herb_n and_o of_o who_o it_o take_v that_o name_n 217._o b_o melamprasium_fw-la 278._o g_o melampus_n a_o famous_a divinor_fw-la or_o prophet_n 217._o a_o melancholy_a the_o disease_n what_o remedy_n be_v appropriate_a for_o it_o 46._o i_o 50._o l._n 72._o k._n 107._o e._n 140._o h._n 157._o a._n 219._o d._n 283._o a_o 304._o l._n 316_o g._n 318._o g._n 336._o h._n melancholy_n the_o humour_n what_o medicine_n do_v purge_v 111._o f_z 188._o g._n 235_o f._n 412._o m._n melandrium_fw-la what_o herb_n 248._o g_o melanthemon_n what_o herb_n 125._o d_o melas_n a_o fountain_n the_o water_n whereof_o make_v sheep_n white_a 403._o c._n melas_n a_o cutter_n in_o marble_n of_o great_a antiquity_n 564._o k_o melichloros_n a_o precious_a stone_n 630._o m_o melichrus_n a_o precious_a stone_n ibid._n mililot_n a_o herb_n 90_o g._n why_o call_v sertula-campana_n the_o description_n thereof_o ibid._n the_o virtue_n medicinable_a 106._o l_o melinum_n a_o painter_n white_a colour_n 528._o k._n why_o so_o call_v 529._o d._n how_o it_o be_v get_v ibid._n the_o use_n in_o physic_n and_o the_o price_n ibid._n melitaei_n what_o dog_n 380._o h_o melite_n a_o precious_a stone_n 630._o m_o melity_n a_o kind_n of_o honey_a wine_n 136._o m._n the_o property_n it_o have_v 137._o a_o melitite_n a_o stone_n why_o so_o call_v 589._o b._n the_o virtue_n that_o it_o have_v ibid._n melon_n their_o meat_n and_o medicinable_a property_n 37._o c_o melopepone_n what_o they_o be_v 14._o k_o melothron_n what_o plant_n 149._o c_o membrane_n wounded_z
by_o vespasian_n the_o emperor_n a_o stately_a piece_n of_o work_n 581._o f_o temple_n of_o fortuna_n sera_n build_v by_o nero_n the_o emperor_n all_o of_o phengites_n stone_n 592._o m_o tephria_n what_o kind_n of_o marble_n 573_o c_o tephritis_n a_o precious_a stone_n 629._o f._n the_o description_n ibid._n tepula_n a_o water_n serve_v rome_n 585._o d_o terebinth_n or_o terpontine_n tree_n what_o medicinable_a virtue_n it_o have_v 181._o c_o terpentine_n rosin_n be_v the_o best_a 182._o k._n good_a to_o nourish_v the_o body_n and_o make_v it_o fat_a ibid._n l_o terra_fw-la sigillata_fw-la or_o lemnia_n 529_o a._n it_o be_v seal_v in_o old_a time_n and_o thereupon_o call_v sphragis_n ib._n the_o medicinable_a virtue_n thereof_o 529._o a_o terrace_n who_o invention_n 596._o i_o for_o tertian_n ague_n what_o remedy_n be_v convenient_a 70._o l_o 112_o g._n 122._o k._n 125_o a._n 126._o k._n l._n 205._o b._n 223._o d._n 260._o h._n k_o 287._o c._n d._n 302._o h._n 309._o e._n 310._o i._n 391._o c._n 403._o b._n 424._o i_o 446._o i._n testiculus_fw-la canis_fw-la a_o herb_n 279._o d._n the_o description_n ib._n a_o double_a root_n it_o have_v like_a to_o dog_v stone_n ib._n the_o different_a virtue_n and_o operation_n of_o these_o root_n ib._n tetheae_fw-la what_o fish_n 442._o k._n their_o description_n and_o virtue_n medicinable_a 443._o c._n d_o tetradoron_n what_o kind_n of_o brick_n 555._o d_o tetragnathium_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o phalangium_n or_o venomous_a spider_n 360._o k._n the_o manner_n of_o their_o prick_n and_o the_o accident_n ensue_v thereupon_o ibid._n tetter_n call_v lichenes_n disfigure_v the_o face_n how_o cure_v 156._o g._n 173._o a._n 183._o c._n 192._o 〈◊〉_d 244._o l_o m._n 245_o a._n b._n 377._o c._n e_o 556._o l._n 557._o d._n 560_o h._n for_o other_o tetter_n meet_v remedy_n 36._o g._n 45_o c._n 49._o e._n 52._o i._n 56._o k_o 72._o g._n 75._o b._n 103._o b._n 124._o h._n 128._o k._n 142._o l._n 143._o c._n 144._o l_o 146._o i_o 157._o c._n 166_o l._n m._n 168._o k._n 169_o a._n 172_o i_o 187_o e_fw-la 252._o h._n 300._o i._n 413._o b._n 419._o b._n teuca_n queen_n of_o the_o illyrian_n put_v roman_a ambassador_n to_o death_n 491._o f_o teucer_n a_o famous_a grave_a 484_o g_o teucria_n a_o herb_n 247._o b._n a_o special_a herb_n for_o the_o liver_n ib._n teucrion_n a_o herb_n why_o so_o call_v 216._o l._n the_o description_n and_o virtue_n ibid._n m_o t_o h_o thalassegle_n what_o herb_n 203._o e._n why_o call_v potamantis_n ib._n the_o strange_a effect_n thereof_o ibid._n thalassomeli_fw-la a_o syrup_n how_o to_o be_v make_v 413._o d._n e._n the_o singular_a virtue_n thereof_o ibid._n thalietrum_n or_o thalictrum_n a_o herb_n 291._o a._n the_o description_n and_o virtue_n ibid._n thapsia_n a_o herb_n the_o root_n whereof_o be_v medicinable_a 245._o b._n theamide_n contrary_a in_o nature_n to_o the_o loadstone_n and_o reiet_v iron_n 587._o c_o theangelis_n a_o magical_a herb_n and_o the_o virtue_n thereof_o 203._o f._n theatre_n of_o m._n scaurus_n a_o most_o wonderful_a and_o sumptuous_a piece_n of_o work_n 583._o e._n with_o the_o description_n thereof_o ib._n thebais_n salt_n for_o what_o infirmity_n good_a 419._o b_o thebes_n a_o city_n in_o egypt_n build_v hollow_a upon_o vault_n 580._o h_o it_o have_v about_o it_o a_o hundred_o gate_n ibid._n thelygonum_fw-la what_o herb_n 257._o d._n the_o virtue_n that_o it_o have_v 268._o h_o thelyphonon_n what_o herb_n 230._o l._n the_o description_n ib._n l._n m_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o name_n ib._n thelypteris_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o fearne_n 281._o d_o themison_n a_o professor_n in_o physic_n 344._o i._n he_o write_v a_o treatise_n in_o praise_n of_o plantain_n 223._o b_o scholar_n to_o asclepiades_n ib._n he_o reject_v his_o master_n physic_n and_o bring_v in_o new_a 344._o i_o theodorus_n a_o writer_n in_o physic_n 52._o i_o theodorus_n a_o most_o curious_a and_o fine_a imageur_n and_o grave_a in_o brass_n 503._o a._n he_o cast_v his_o own_o image_n and_o a_o coach_n etc._n etc._n most_o artificial_o ibid._n theodorus_n one_o of_o the_o architect_n that_o build_v the_o labyrinth_n in_o lemnos_n 579._o c_o theodorus_n a_o painter_n for_o what_o picture_n he_o be_v famous_a 550._o h._n i_o theombrotion_n a_o magical_a herb_n describe_v 203._o c_o the_o nature_n thereof_o ibid._n theomenes_n his_o opinion_n as_o touch_v amber_n 606._o l_o theon_n a_o painter_n and_o his_o work_n 550._o i_o theophrastus_n his_o opinion_n of_o amber_n 606._o k_o theophrastus_n write_v of_o flower_n and_o herb_n 82._o l_o theriace_n a_o kind_n of_o grape_n 148._o i_o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n thereof_o ibid._n theriaci_n what_o trosche_n 397._o e._n f._n how_o they_o be_v make_v ib._n their_o use_n in_o preseruative_n antidote_n ib._n therionarca_n a_o magical_a herb_n the_o strange_a effect_n thereof_o 203._o d._n therionarca_n another_o herb_n describe_v 229._o c_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o name_n and_o the_o effect_n that_o it_o have_v ib._n theseus_n a_o picture_n of_o euphranor_n his_o do_v compare_v with_o another_o that_o parasius_n make_v 547._o d_o thesium_fw-la what_o herb_n 127._o e_o thesmophoria_n what_o feast_n 187._o b_o thespiades_n the_o nine_o muse_n wrought_v in_o brass_n by_o euthicratis_n 500_o g_o thespiades_n also_o engrave_v in_o marble_n 570._o g_o thessaly_n practise_v magic_a whereupon_o magician_n be_v call_v thessalian_n 377._o i_o thessalica_n a_o comedy_n of_o menander_n detect_v the_o vanity_n of_o magic_n 372._o m_o thessalus_n a_o physician_n 344._o l_o when_o he_o flourish_v ibid._n he_o alter_v the_o physic_n of_o his_o predecessor_n 344._o m_o he_o inveâ—…ghed_v open_o against_o they_o ib._n he_o entitle_v himself_o upon_o his_o tomb_n jatronice_n 345._o a_o theudactylos_n a_o precious_a stone_n 930._o h_o theutalis_fw-la a_o herb_n 287._o a_o thiatis_n what_o month_n in_o egypt_n 286._o g_o against_o thirstinesse_n appropriate_a remedy_n 43._o b._n 51._o e._n 60._o h._n i_o 67._o b._n 70._o g._n 73._o a._n 120._o h._n 129._o b._n 171._o c._n 275._o e_fw-la 624._o g._n tâ—…laspi_n or_o thlaspe_v what_o herb_n 291_o a_o of_o two_o kind_n ibid._n their_o description_n ib._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n thorn_n arabian_n the_o medicinable_a virtue_n that_o it_o have_v 194._o i._n thracia_n a_o precious_a stone_n of_o three_o kind_n 629._o f_o thracian_n stone_n soon_o burn_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o water_n 472._o h._n thrasillus_n a_o writer_n in_o physic_n 435._o d_o three-leafe_n grass_n see_v trefoil_n and_o claver_n a_o fish_n bene_fw-la slick_v in_o the_o throat_n how_o to_o be_v remove_v 302._o l_o 328._o k._n throat_n swell_v how_o to_o be_v assuage_v 158._o i_o throat_n sore_a and_o exulcerat_a how_o to_o be_v heal_v 418._o h._n 328._o i_o 378._o g._n 589._o b._n 609._o b._n for_o throat_n infirmity_n general_a remedy_n 41._o f._n 59_o e._n 74._o k_o 120._o h._n 123._o c._n 157._o b._n 180._o l._n 245._o b._n 246_o i_o 317._o a_o 328._o i._n thryallis_n what_o herb_n 230._o k_o thumb_n of_o of_o k._n pyrrhus_n medicinable_a 295._o f_o thumb_n hend_v downward_o a_o sign_n of_o approbation_n 297._o d_o thurtanus_fw-la a_o famous_a potter_n 553_o a_o he_o make_v the_o image_n in_o the_o capitol_n of_o jupiter_n in_o clay_n ib._n thunderbolt_n do_v send_v or_o smell_v of_o brimstone_n 557._o a_o thuscanica_n what_o petty_a image_n 494._o g_o rome_n full_a of_o they_o ibid._n h._n ay_o thyme_n of_o attica_n be_v best_a and_o therefore_o the_o honey_n from_o thence_o be_v chief_a 90._o k._n l_o thyme_n of_o two_o kind_n ibid._n k_o when_o it_o flour_v and_o how_o ib._n 107._o c._n d_o by_o it_o be_v know_v what_o a_o year_n will_v be_v of_o honey_n ibid._n the_o description_n and_o nature_n of_o thyme_n 90._o k_o the_o virtue_n 107._o d_o run_v thyme_n 75._o d_o why_o it_o be_v call_v serpyllum_n ib._n wild_a thyme_n where_o and_o how_o it_o grow_v 31._o c._n d_o the_o property_n that_o it_o have_v 75._o d_o thymbraeum_n what_o herb_n 233._o e._n the_o virtue_n ibid._n thysselium_n what_o herb_n 233._o e._n the_o virtue_n ibid._n thistle_n and_o their_o sundry_a kind_n 98._o g._n h_o thistle_n wild_a of_o two_o sort_n 78._o l_o thistle_n forbid_v to_o be_v eat_v by_o roman_a commoner_n 11._o d_o t_o i_o tiberius_n caesar_n a_o grim_a sir_n yet_o delight_v in_o picture_n 527._o f_o see_n tiberius_n tiâ—…r_o of_o flax_n 4._o i._n k_o tikes_n in_o dog_n how_o to_o be_v kill_v 124._o i_o tike_n high_o esteem_v by_o magician_n 387._o b._n c_o their_o foolery_n in_o the_o use_n of_o tike_n ibid._n timagoras_n a_o ancient_a painter_n 537._o d_o timaeus_n a_o natural_a philosopher_n 666._o i_o timanthes_n a_o excellent_a painter_n 536._o k._n famous_a for_o the_o picture_n of_o iphigenia_n in_o aulide_n ib._n a_o man_n of_o fine_a conceit_n ib._n timarete_n a_o