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NAaera,

The handemayde of Cleopatra, that wyllingly dyed with hir maystresse.

Nabathaea,

A part of Arabia foelix▪ lying betwene the Per∣sian sea, and the redde sea.

Nabathaei,

People inhabiting the countrey called Arabia foelix, very continent, and in preparing and keeping their commodities, right, prudent, as Strabo writeth: in whome ye may reade more abundantly of their maners, not much expedient to be declared in this place.

Nabius,

A riuer in Spaine.

Nabriassa,

Or after some Nabrissa, A citie in Spayne. It is nowe called Veneria.

Mabuchodonosor,

The ninth king of Babilon, or the thirde king of Chaldeys, named of Berosus, Nabugo∣drosus, of the Hebrues Nabuchadnezzar. He by the oc∣casion of his great and woonderfull dominions, fell into such pride, that he woulde haue his Image honoured for God. Wherefore Almightye God, sodeynly trans∣formed him into an horrible Monster, hauing the heade of an Oxe, the féete of a Beare, the tayle of a Lyon, and did eate haye as a beast. And after he had in that forme done penaunce, by the continuall prayers of Daniell the prophete, God being mooued with mercie, restored hym to his pristinate fourme, and afterwarde hee ly∣ued well, and commaunded that the verye God of hea∣uen shoulde be onely honoured. Hée was before the in∣carnation of Christ .633. yeares. Hée reygned .xliiij. yeares.

Naeera,

The proper name of a woman.

Naenia,

A Goddesse.

Naeuius,

The name of a Poet.

Naeuianus, a, um,

Of Naeuius.

Nagnia,

called nowe Narnia, A citie in Italy.

Nagnata,

A citie in Irelande.

Naides,

Elfes or fayries, haunting ryuers and foun∣taynes.

Naim,

A citie of Galilie.

Nais, naidis,

A riuer in the east, which runneth out of the mountayne Taurus, into the sea called Pontus. Also a nymph of the water.

Namnitae,

People of Nauntes.

Nannetes,

A towne in little Britaine, called Nauntes.

Napataei,

People in Aethiope.

Napaei,

People of the yle of Lesbos.

Napeae,

Goddesses of flowers, and wooddes, or rather Elfes haunting wooddes.

Napitae,

People of Scythia.

Nar,

A riuer which runneth into Tyber. There is an o∣ther ryuer of that name in Germanie, which commeth out of the great ryuer Danubius, or Donow.

Narane,

A ryuer in Dalmatia, about an hundred myles from Epidaurus.

Narbasis,

A towne in Spaine.

Narbo Martius,

Called commonlye Narbona, a Citie in Fraunce.

Narbonensis prouincia,

A part of Gallia, hauing on the east, the mountaynes Alpes: on the south, Mare Galli∣cum: on the west, the Mountaynes Pyrenaei: on the north, the Mountayne Iura. It conteyneth the coun∣treyes called Sauoy, Dolphyny, Prouance, and Lan∣guedocke. It was in the olde tyme called Gallia Brac∣chata.

Narcissinus, a, um,

Of Narcissus.

Narcissus,

The sonne of the ryuer Cephisus, which was turned into the flower called Narcissus. It is also a cer∣taine riuer.

Naritia,

An yle in the sea Aegeum.

Narius,

A riuer in Vmbria.

Narna, or Narnia,

A towne in Italy. Also a citie of Vm∣bria.

Narniae, or Narnienses,

People of Narnia.

Narniensis ager,

The countrey about Narnia, where the grounde with rayne waxeth duitie, and in drie weather durtie.

Narona,

A riuer of Dalmatia, called nowe Narenta.

Narses,

A mans name, an Eunuch of the Emperour Iu∣stiman, which was a valiant and prudent capitaine.

Nartes,

People of Italy, called also Interamnates.

Narytium,

A towne of the people called Locrenses, where is plentie of excellent and good pitch.

Nasamones,

People dwelling in the myddle of the sandes of Libya. Among whome is founden the precious stone called a Carbuncle.

Nasamorrius, and Nasamoniacus, a, um,

Of the people Nasa∣mones.

Nasica,

The surname of a noble Romaine called Scipio.

Nasium,

A citie in Fraunce called Nanse.

Nastes,

The brother of Amphimachus, which came to help the Troyans.

Natio,

The name of a Goddesse.

Matiso,

A riuer in the countrey of Venice.

Naualia,

A citie in Germanie.

Naucratis,

A citie in Aegypt, the inhabitaunts whereof be called Naucratitae.

Naulium,

A towne in Liguria.

Naupactus,

A towne of Achaia, taken from the Venetians by the Turkes, called nowe Lepanthum.

Nauplius,

A king of Euboea, and father to Palamedes, who vnderstanding that by Vlysses craftie meanes, his sonne was falsely condemned ot treason, and stoned to death of the whole armie, desirous to be reuenged on that crueltie, he went ouer all Gréece alluring the wy∣ues of all those princes that were in warfare at Troy, to committe aduoutrie wyth other yoong Gentlemen. Thinking by that meanes to set them togither by the eares, & make them to worke confusion to themselues. Afterwarde when Troy was ouercome, and the Grae∣cians nauie on the sea returning home, in a great tem∣pest and darke night, on the toppe of the mount Capha∣reus he made shewe of a fire to them, to allure them to come that way, by which meanes hée brought a great part of the nauie vpon daungerous rockes, and pitiful∣ly drowned them. But when hée vnderstoode that Vlis∣ses and Diomedes had scaped the daunger, for whose cause he chiefly vsed that deuise, for sorrowe he cast him∣selfe headlong into the sea.

Naupliades,

The sonne or nephewe of Nauplius.

Naupontus,

A riuer in Slauonie.

Nausicaë, es, and Nausicaā, ae, f. gen.

The daughter of Alci∣nous king of Phaeaces, who finding Vlisses, after that hée had escaped drowning, brought him to hir fathers palayce.

Nausithous,

The sonne of Neptunus, and father of Alci∣nous.

Naxius, a, um,

Of Naxos.

Naxos,

An yle in the sea called Aegeum, one of the Cy∣clades, not farre from Paros, renowmed for the whyte Marble there growing.

Nazaraeus, a, um,

Of Nazareth. It signifieth a man dedi∣cate onely to the seruice of God, or that had a speciall vowe for a tyme.

Nazareth,

A little towne in Galilea.

Nazara,

A citie in Cappadocia, called also Caesarea.