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Phabiranum,

A citie in Germany called Bremen.

Phaeaces,

People of the yle of Corcyra, vnder the dominion of Alcinous.

Phaeacus, a, um, and Phaeacius, a, um,

Of the people Phaeaces.

Phaedimus,

One of the sonnes of Amphion, and Niobe. Al∣so a Poets name of Bizaunce.

Phaedon,

A noble man of Athens, slayne by the thirtie ty∣rannes. An other was a Philosopher, in whose name Plato made his booke of the immortalitie of the soule.

Phaedra,

The wife of Theseus, and stepmother to Hppo∣lytus, daughter of Minos king of Creta.

Phaedrus,

One of Platos schollers.

Phaeniana,

A citie of Rhetia, called nowe Behenhusium.

Phaestum,

A citie of Crete.

Phaestus,

the sonne of Borus, slayne at Troy. Also an hyll of Crete.

Phaëton, tontis,

A worde of thrée syllables, the sonne of Phoebus and Clymene, who with long desire, obteyned at the last of his father, that hée myght one day gouerne or leade the Chariot of the Sunne: but being vnable to that office, the horses ouerthrewe the Chariot, and burned all the worlde. Whereof Iupiter being afrayde, least he also shoulde be burned, stryking Phaeton wyth lyghtning, threwe him into the ryuer called Padus, and Eridanus.

Phaētontiades,

The sisters of Phaeton. Looke Heliades.

Phaetóntius, or Phaëtonteus, a, um,

Of Phaeton.

Phaēthusa,

The sister of Lampetia and Lampetusa: these thrée were sisters of Phaeton, and daughters of Phoe∣bus and Clymene. But Homer sayth, that Phaethusa and Lampetia were the daughters of Phoebus and Neaera.

Phago,

A mans name, which was an excéeding glutton, and did eate in one day a whole bore, an hundred loues of breade, a shéepe and a pygge, and dranke thereto the vessell of wyne called Orca, a butte or other lyke ••••ssell.

Phalacrus,

The sonne of Aeolus.

Phalantus,

The chiefe capitaine of the bastardes that were exyled and put out of their countrey Lacedemonia.

Phalara,

A towne in Attica.

Phalaris,

A cruell tyranne of Agrigentine, who maruey∣lously delighted in the deuyse of newe and straunge pu∣nishmentes. Wherefore one Perillus, a cunning worke∣man thinking to haue great thanks and a large reward, inuented a bull of brasse, into the which if one were put, and a fyre made vnderneath, the voyce of hys crying shoulde be lyke the bellowing of a bull. The tyranne in stéede of rewarde, to trie this newe deuyse, first burned in it Perillus himselfe, and after him many other. But in the ende▪ when his tyrannie became so outragious, as no longer might be suffered, his owne citizens fell vpon him, and putting him in the same brasen bull, with lyke torment as he had vexed other, made him to ende hys lyfe.

Phalera,

An hauen in Attica.

Phalereus Demetrius,

A Philosopher and gouernour of Athens.

Phalerium,

A citie in Tuscane.

Phalernus,

Reade before in Falernus.

Phalisci,

A certaine people in Italy on the highest part of Tuscan, called nowe Mount Flascon.

Phalora,

A citie of Thessalie.

Phaneus,

An hill of Chios, whereon vines are set.

Phanes,

A mans name of Halicarnassus, which conducted Cambyses into Aegypt.

Phaneta, ae,

One of the names of Bacchus.

Phanus, ni,

A mans name.

Phaon,

The name of a fayre yoong man.

Phare,

A citie in Crete.

Pharao, onis,

The name of all kinges in Aegypt vntyll the tyme of Salomon. In the Aegyptian tongue Pharao signifieth a king.

Pharia,

An yle called nowe Lisna. Also a citie, whereof the people be called Pharienses.

Pharisaei,

Were among the Iewes certain men which pro∣fessed a forme of liuing more streight and deuout than other of that people, and were therefore called by that name. For Phares in the Hebrue tongue signifieth deui∣ded. They professed continence, virginitie, fasting, and abstayning from meate twyse in the wéeke. They slept onely vpon bourdes, some vpon stones or else on thor∣nes, to kéepe them from styrring of fleshlye appetyte. They ware on their foreheades scrowles of parchment: wherein were wrytten the .x. commaundements gyuen by God to Moyses, which they call Phylacteria. They had in great reuerence their elders, insomuch that they woulde not with a worde displease them. Notwithstan∣ding they beléeued, that all things happened by constel∣lation, and yet tooke they not away free wyll from man. They affirmed, that soules are immortall, and that God shall come in iudgement. Hereby they came in woonder∣full credence wyth people, whereby they drewe to them great multitudes, and of them were dyuers good men, among whome was saint Paule, Nicodemus, and other which afterwarde were Christes disciples, although the multitude, taking that profession only for vaine glo∣rie▪ peruerted that honest fourme of lyuing into hypo∣crisie, deceyuing the people, whome Christ sharpely re∣buked, and declared their folly. And yet wyth some of them (which by lykelyhoode were good men) hée dyned, and otherwyse vsed them familiarly.

Pharius, a, um,

Is put for Aegyptius.

Pharius, and Phariachus, cha, chum,

Of Pharos.

Pharmacusae,

Two yles by Attica.

Pharnaces, or Pharnax, pharnacis,

King Mithridates sonne whome Caesar vanquished.

Pharos,

A little yle in Aegypt against the mouth of Nilus, by the Citie Alexandria. In this yle was set a verye highe tower, wherein were great lyghtes all the night long, for the comfort and suretie of them, which were in voyage, eyther on the sea, or on the lande. Whereof all other towers made for such purpose, are called Phari.

Pharphariades,

Part of the mountaine Taurus.

Pharsalia,

A countrey in Thessalia, where the battaile was betwéene Caesar and Pompey.

Pharsalos,

A citie in Thessalie, nigh to the which was the great and sharpe battayle betwéene Caesar and Pompe∣ius, where Pompeius was vanquished, and fledde. It is also called of Lucanus Pharsália.

Pharusij, or Pharusi,

People of Libya, which are nowe ex∣céeding poore.

Phase,

A worde of Hebrue, which signifieth passing ouer. It is commonly called Pascha, Easter.

Phaselis,

A citie of Pamphilia, which was a refuge for Pi∣rates.

Phasis, sis, or sidis,

A great riuer in the countrey of Colchis, whereof (Erasmus sayth) the byrde Itys is called Phasi∣anus. Phasis is also a citie there.

Phauorinus,

Looke Fauorinus.

Phayllus,

A mans name, that woulde leape .55. foote.

Phegeius, a, um,

Of Phegeus.

Phegeus,

The father of Alphesiboea, Themon, and Axion, of whome Alcmaeon was purged for sleaing his mother Eriphyle.

Phemonoë,

A mayden, prophetesse of Apollo in Delphos.

Pheneum,

A towne of Arcadie.

Pheneatae,

People of that towne.

Pherae,

A citie of Thessalie. Also a place and towne of Achaia, and a towne of Attica, betwéene Megara and Thebes.

Pherecides,

A famous Philosopher and writer of Tragi∣dies, which dyed of the lousie sicknesse: he was Pytha∣goras mayster. There was an other of that name before his tyme.

Phereclus,

The sonne of Hermonides, which made the shippes wherein Paris sayled into Gréece, when hée stale away Helen.

Pherecrates,

A poet of Athens.

Pherenice,

A womans name.

Pheretrius,

A name of Iupiter.

Phiala,

One of Dianas companions.

Phidias,

An excellent workeman in making great Images of golde or Iuorie.

Phidiacus, a, um,

Of Phidias.

Phila, ae,

f. g. An yle of the French sea.

Philadelphia,

A citie in Mysia ioyning to Lydia.

Philadelphus,

called Ptolomeus, king of Aegypt, who made a Librarie, wherein were fiftie thousand bookes. He also

Phylae, arum,

An yle by Aegypt.

Philagrus,

A philosopher of Cilicia.

Philemon,

A comicall poet.

Phileni,

Were two bre••hren of Carthage of whome it is wrytten that where they of Carthage, and they of Cy∣rene did striue for their boundes, it was agréed, that of eche citie two men should issue, and where as they mette shoulde be the boundes: then the sayde brethren being sent, went a great way into the boundes of the other, ere they myght returne. And when they of Cyrene did sée that they were preuented, they tooke it displeasauntly, and menaced the two brethen, that if they woulde not go back, they shoulde be put quicke into the earth: but they notwithstanding woulde not depart. Wherefore they be∣ing buryed on lyue, theyr countreymen made ouer them two aulters, which at this day be called Arae Phileno∣rum, which are nowe within the realme of Tunise.

Philesia,

Temples dedicate to Apollo.

Philesius,

A name of Apollo.

Philetas,

A Grammarian in the time of Philip and Alex∣ander, instructour to Ptolomaeus Philadelphus.

Phileum,

A citie in Friseland called commonly Groningen.

Philippi,

A citie in Thessaly.

Philippicae,

Demosthenes Orations agaynst Philip, and Ciceros against Antonie.

Philippides,

A comicall Poet.

Philippopolis,

A citie of Macedonie.

Philippenses,

Men of that citie.

Philippus, i,

A king of Macedonie, sonne of Amyntas, father of great Alexander: A prince from hys chyldehoode of excellent wit and power, of whome these notable things be remembred. After hée had vanquished the Atheni∣ans at Chaeronea, he beganne to reioyce of his felicitie. But to the intent that he therefore shoulde not be the more prone to iniuryes towarde hys subiectes, nor to haue indignation at them, whom he vanquished: he then and euer after caused a chylde to come to his chamber doore in the morning▪ and to say alowde, Philip, thou art a man mortall. Which hée obserued so constantlye, that hée neuer went out of his chamber, or receyued any counsaylours or suters, tyll the chylde had thrise spo∣ken these wordes, notwithstanding that he was a Pay∣nime. Also where one named Machaetas, had a mat∣ter in varyance before him, Philip taking lyttle héede, what was spoken, and sometyme sléeping, at the last gaue iudgement agaynst Machaetas: who crying out wyth a lowde voyce, appealed. wherewith Philip be∣ing sore mooued, wyth a grieuous looke, sayde: to whome doest thou appeale? I appeale (sayde Machae∣tas) vnto your selfe, but being better awaked, and ta∣king héede what is spoken. Philip being throughly a∣waked, and hearing eftsoones the matter, perceyued that Machaetas had wrong, and woulde not reuerse the iudgement, but the summe of money, wherein Machae∣tas was condemned, he payde of his owne treasure. In this man it is notable howe sundrie vertues were tem∣pered wyth dyuers vices. He was a prince more giuen to costly prouision of warrefare, then sumptuousnesse in banketting: and therefore his greatest rychesse was in the furniture and habiliments of warre. Hée was more cunning to get rychesse, then circumspect to kéepe them: and therefore, notwithstanding his continuall spoyles, hée was alwaye néedie. Mercy and treacherie in lyke maner hée estéemed. No way séemed to him dis∣honourable, whereby he myght attaine victorie. Fayre language he would vse, where occasion serued, and like∣wyse pretende displeasure, where he hated not. In talke and conference craftie, & more would promise in wordes then in déede perfourme. Verye skylfull both in plea∣saunt ieasting, and also earnest debating of weightie af∣fayres. Friendship he measured more by profite, then by fa••thfull dealing. To pretend fauour where he hated, and to set hatred betwéene friendes, séeking for fauour on both sides, was his common custome. Wyth these things, was ioyned so excellent language and vtterance, as neyther readynesse of tongue wanted fine ornaments of eloquence, neyther flowing speache, sharpe inuention of wittie matter. In warrefare subtill and guylefull, wyse in counsayle, desirous to be loued, and well able to represse his anger: somewhat to much gyuen to drin∣king, and vpon the heate thereof diuers tymes in warre woulde fiercely set vpon his enimies, and offer himselfe to more daunger then néeded. Whereby hée was often wounded, and in perill of his lyfe. By these properties, hée layde the foundation of that Empyre of the worlde, which afterwarde was made perfite by hys famous sonne Alexander: who was both in vertues and vices more notable then euer his father was. Hée was afore the incarnation of Christ .358. yeares.

Philistae,

Certaine robbers among the Aegyptians, which embrace a man to the ende to strangle him.

Philistus,

An historiographer.

Philo,

A Philosopher of the sect Academike, and a Iewe, borne at Alexandria, a man of great eloquence and wis∣dome.

Philocles,

A tragicall poet of Athens.

Philoctétes,

The sonne of Paean, was Hercules compani∣on, and buried him, and had his arrowes that were poy∣soned wyth the gall of Hydra. Wherefore when it was declared afterwarde to the Gréecians by the oracle of Apollo that Troy coulde not be taken, vnlesse they had the arrowes of Hercules, this Philoctetes, being found out, and asked where Hercules was, made aunswere, that he coulde not tell what was become of him. But when the Graecians were earnest on hym, he confessed that he was dead. Then was he himselfe caused to go to Troy, bycause hée onely knewe the vse of those poy∣soned arrowes, and by misfortune did let fall one of the arrowes on his foote. Wherewith it so rankled, that a great part of his lyfe after he coulde not be cured of it: vntill at the the last he was holpen by the Phisition Ma∣chaon Aesculapius his sonne.

Philódamus,

A noble man of the people called Lampsaceni.

Philolaus,

One of Corinth, which gaue lawes to the The∣banes.

Philomêla, ae,

foe. gen. King Pandions daughter of Athens whome Tereus king of Thrace, that had maryed hir sister Progne, did rauishe, and that shée myght not dis∣close his villanie, cut out hir tongue, and cast hir in pry∣son. But she being very cunning in working and imbro∣dering, did in such sort set out the whole matter in a garment, that any man might vnderstand it, and sent the same by a seruaunt to hir sister Progne, Tereus his wyfe. Who, although she were greatly mooued with the matter, yet she did deferre the reuengement, vntill the solemne sacrifices of Bacchus. At which tyme, being accompanied, as the maner was, with a great number of other women, she taketh hir sister out of prison, & brin∣geth hir into the palayce. Where by hir counsayle she kil∣led hir yong sonne Itys, and serued hir husbande wyth it at supper, and when he had therewith filled himselfe, in the ende, brought in the childes heade in a dishe. With sight whereof Tereus being in a great furie, ranne af∣ter his wife to haue slaine hir: but she with spéede esca∣ped from him, and as Poets feigne, was turned into a swallowe, and he into a lapwing, Plilomela into a nigh∣tengale, and Itys into a pheasaunt.

Philonides,

A great bigge lubber of Melite, so vtterly vn∣wyse and vnlearned, that of him grewe a prouerbe, In∣doctior Philonide.

Philopoemenes,

A famous capitaine of the people Achaei, which vanquished the Lacedemonians and Messenians in diuers battayles.

Philóstratus,

A learned man in the tyme of Seuerus the Emperour.

Philóxenus,

The name of a Grammarian, of a Poet, of a famous paynter, and of a Parasite, which wished him∣selfe to haue a necke as long as a Crane, that he myght haue more delectation in swéete meates and drinkes.

Philyra, ae,

A nymph, on whome Saturnus begat Chiron,

Phineus,

A king of Arcadie, who by the intisement of his second wife, put out the eies of his sonnes, which he had by his first wife. But by the iust vengeaunce of God, he was also made blinde, and the foule rauenous birdes cal∣led Harpyiae, defiled and deuoured the meate that was prepared for him. But those byrdes were at the last dry∣uen away by Zetus and Calais, whome hée had curte∣ously enterteyned. An other Phineus was brother of Cepheus, that was turned into a stone by Perseus. An other of that name an Athenian, was turned into a bird.

Phison,

One of the ryuers of Paradyse, which some call Ganges, some Nilus.

Phlanates,

People of Illyria.

Phlégeton, ontis,

A ryuer in hell, which alway burneth.

Phlegetontaeus, a, um,

Of Phlegeton.

Phlegias,

The sonne of Mars, a kyng of Thessalie, and fa∣ther of Ixion.

Phlegon,

One of the horses of the Sunne.

Phlegra, grae, or Phlegre, gres,

A citie of Macedonie.

Phlegraeus campus,

After some a fielde in Thessalie, after some in Macedonie, after Plinie and Strabo in Cam∣payne, by the citie Cumae, where the gygants were ouer∣come by Hercules.

Phlegyas,

Looke Phlegias.

Phlegyae,

People of Thessalie, named of Phlegias Ixions father, which were dispisers of God and man, and ther∣fore destroyed with a deluge by Neptune.

Phlias,

The sonne of Bacchus, that sayled into Colchis with Iason.

Phliasius, a, um,

Phlius.

Phlius, untis,

A place in Gréece where Hebe was worship∣ped.

Phloxenus,

A Gréeke Poet.

Phlobêtor, oris,

The sonne of Somnus.

Phocae, arum,

Iles néere to Crete.

Phocaea,

A citie of the lesse Phrygia, belonging to Athens, the people whereof buylded Massilia in Prouance.

Phocais, caidis,

patronymicum foem. Of Phoceae.

Phoce, es,

A citie of Boeotia.

Phocides, and Phôcei,

They that buylded the citie of Mas∣silia.

Phocenses,

People of Phocis.

Phocëus, & Phocaicus, a, um,

Perteyning to Phocaea.

Phocion,

Disciple to Plato & Xenocrates, one of the chiefe gouernours of the citie of Athens, a man of such woon∣derfull grauitie and constancie, that hée was not lyghtly séene to chaunge his countenaunce, eyther to laughe or to mourne, nor to haue his handes out of his habyte, except in warre: and when he was in the countrey, hée went alway barefooted, except it were in the colde win∣ter, wherof there was no better token, than to sée Pho∣cion go shodde. His speach was short, graue, vehement, and full of quicke sentences: and therefore the most elo∣quent Oratour Demosthenes called hym the hatchet that did cut of his wordes. He was of such a constancie, that where Apollo at Delphos made aunswere, that one man in Athens was of a contrarie opinion to all the citie: when that was reported, Phocion rose vp and sayde: Leaue countreymen to search whome your God meaneth: for I am that one man, whom nothing liketh, which is nowe done in the common weale of this citie. When hée had made an oration to the people, and they praysing him consented to him, hée turned to them that were next him, and sayde: Alas what haue I done, I feare least some foolish worde hath escaped me vnwares: signifiyng, that the people seldome allowed anye thing that was good, or not foolishe. On a tyme when hée reaso∣ned contrarie to the minde of the people, wherefore they murmured, and would haue let him: It is at your plea∣sure countreimen, sayd he, to compell me to doe that that I woulde not, but to speake otherwise then I thinke, that no man lyuing cancause me. He was so reuerend a personage, that the great king Alexander, in the begin∣ning of his letters after he had vanquished Darius sa∣luted no man but him, and Antipater. He refused infi∣nite treasure vnto him by Alexander, & although he had béene the generall capitayne of the Athenians in sundry warres, and honourably atchieued his enterprises, yet was he best content to lyue poorely. Finally he was of his vnkinde countreymen condemned to death, whereto he went wyth the same countenaunce that he had in au∣thoritie. When one, which was condemned wyth him, lamented and feared to dye, Phocion turning to him, sayde: why, art thou not glad, that thou shalt wyth Phocion? And when one of his friendes asked hym, if he woulde any thing to his sonne: I would (sayde hée) that such wrong as the Athenians doe to me, he shoulde not remember. What a woonderfull worde of a Pay∣nim was this? Who followed Christes doctrine ere Christ was borne .333. yeares.

Phocusa,

One of the yles called Sporades.

Phoebas, adis,

f. g. The name of a Prophetesse.

Phoebe, bes,

foe. gen. The Goddesse Diana, and is taken for the moone.

Phoebēus, and Phoebeius, a, um,

Of Apollo.

Phoebus, bi,

m. g. Apollo the sonne of Iupiter and Latona, and is taken for the Sunne.

Phoemon,

A poole in Arcadie.

Phoemonoē,

The daughter of Phoebus, which first inuen∣ted the méeter called Heroicum.

Phoenîces,

People in Syria.

Phoenicia, or Phoenice,

A region in Syria, next to Iudaea.

Phoeniceus, a, um, and Phoenissus, a, um,

Of Phoenicia.

Phoenissa,

A woman of Phoenicia.

Phoenix, nicis,

A little riuer in Gréece. It was also the brother of Cadmus, or after some Agenors father, after whome Phoenicia was named, where hee reygned. Also one which was tutour to Achilles.

Pholoë,

A mountayne in Arcadia, full of woodde.

Pholus,

One of the Centaures, the sonne of Ixion.

Phorbas, bantis,

A shéepehearde that founde Oedipus after that he was hanged vp by the féete.

Phorcus,

One of the sonnes of Neptunus, which was ta∣ken for a God of the sea.

Phorcys,

Medusas father, of whome she was called Phor∣cynis.

Phorcys, phorcydos,

patrony. Of Phorcis.

Phormio,

A capitaine of Athens, in the warre of Pelopon∣nesus. Also a philosopher in the time of Anniball.

Phorinus,

A comicall poet of Syracuse in Sicilie.

Phoroneus,

The most auncient king of Gréece.

Phoroneus, a, um,

Of Phoroneus.

Phoronides,

patrony. mas. gen.

Phoronis, nidos,

patrony. foem. gen.

Phósphorus, ri,

m. g. The day starre called Lucipher.

Phragmon,

The name of an Image maker and painter.

Phraortes,

A king of India, a man of great temperaunce. An other Phraortes was king of Persia, who slue his owne father Herode.

Phregenia,

A citie in Hetruria: an other in Latium.

Phrygia,

A realme in Asia the lesse, hauing on the east▪ Cappadocia: on the south, Lycaonia: on the west, Tro∣as: on the north, Galatia.

Phrygius, a, um,

Of Phrygia.

Phrygium melos,

A melodie or tune in instruments, wher∣in séemed to be (as Lucianus sayth) a maner of diuyne furie, albeit Porphyrius calleth it barbarous. Cassia∣dorus sayth that the melodie, called Dorium, giueth wis∣dome, and chastitie: Phrygium, styrreth to battayle, and inflameth the desire of furie: Aeolium, appeaseth the tempestes of the minde, and bringeth in sléepe, Lydium, quickneth vnderstanding in them that be dull, and indu∣ceth appetite of celestiall things.

Phryne,

A famous harlotte at Athens.

Phrynichus,

An Athenian wryter of Tragidyes.

Phrynondas,

A man so double, so deceytfull and yll, that of him rose a prouerbe.

Phryx, gis,

A man of Phrygia.

Phryxus,

The sonne of Athamas king of Thebes.

Phthia,

A citie in Thessaly, Achilles countrey.

Phthiota,

One that dwelleth in Phthia.

Phthiothia,

One of the foure partes of Thessaly.

Phthiróphagi,

People dwelling nighe to the Gréeke sea, which lyued onely by fishe.

Phycus, untis,

A promontorie of Cyrene.

Phylace,

A citie of Thessalie.

Phyleus,

One of the Greeke capitaines that came to Troy.

Phyllis, lidis,

The daughter of Lycurgus king of Thrace, which hung hir selfe, dispayring of the comming of De∣mophoon: whome Poetes feigned to be turned into an Almon trée, whereof that trée is called Phylla. Phyllis is also a riuer of Bithynia.

Phyllus,

A citie of Thessaly.

Phylodoce,

A nymph.

Phytecusa,

An yle in the sea Tyrrhenum.

Phython, or Phyton,

Look Python.