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Vbij,

People in Germanie, dwelling in Colayne and the partes adioyning.

Vcalegon,

A certaine Troyans name.

Vcia,

A citie in Spayne: some write it Vria.

Vectis,

The name of an yle by Englande, called the yle of Wight.

Vectones,

People of Spayne.

Vedra,

The ryuer of were in Wales.

Vegeti,

People of Asia.

Vegetius,

A noble man that wrote of martiall doctrine.

Veia,

A certaine forceresse.

Veiens, entis,

Of Veios.

Veientanus, a, um,

Of the citie Veios.

Veientes,

People with whom the Romaines had long time warres.

Veij,

The people of Veios.

Veios,

A citie in Hetruria.

Veiouis,

A god, which had no power to doe good, but onely harme.

Velabrum, bri,

n. g. A certaine place in Rome.

Velauni,

Velay in Fraunce.

Velia,

A sen in Italie, in the countrey of Calabria.

Veliates,

People of Liguria.

Velina,

A streete in Rome, by the hyll called Mons Palati∣nus.

Velitrae, arum,

plu. A citie in Italie .xx. myles from Rome.

Vellocasses,

A people of the countrey of Lions in Fraunce.

Venafrum,

A citie of Campanie, where is great plentie of olyues.

Venafránus, a, um,

Of that citie.

Venaria,

An yle wherein be many veynes of metall.

Veneris portus,

A towne, in the mountaynes Pirenaei.

Venetiae, arum,

The citie of Venice.

Véneti,

Vanes in Brytayne: also the people of Venice.

Vénetus, a, um,

Of Venice: as

Venetus color,

the colour of light blew or blunket.

Venta,

An hauen in Englande called Bristowe.

Venulus,

The ambassadour that Turnus sent to Diome∣des.

Vénus, veneris,

The goddesse of loue.

Venusia,

A towne in Apulia.

Vercellae,

A citie in Liguria, nigh to the mountaines cal∣led Alpes.

Vergiliae,

The seuen starres, called also Pleiades.

Vergobretus, ti,

A magistrate among the people called He∣dui in Fraunce.

Vermis,

The name of a fish in the riuer of Ganges, which is in length .lx. cubites, and is blue in colour, whiche hath such strength, that when Olyphantes come to the water to drinke, he wyll take one of them by the nose, and plucke him in to him.

Vero,

A riuer in Byskay.

Veromandui,

Vermandoise in Fraunce.

Verona,

A noble citie in Italie, in the countrey called Marcia Taruisina, not farre from the mountaynes, where Catullus the poet, and Plinie were borne.

Verones,

People dwelling nigh to the riuer of Vero.

Veronensis, se, & Veroneus, a, um,

Of Verona.

Verpi,

The Iewes.

Verra,

An aulter at Rome, whereat they prayed that chil∣dren shoulde not be wrong borne.

Verrea, orum,

neut. gener. piur. Feastes ordayned by Ver∣res

Verres,

A Romayne whome Cicero accused.

Vertobrige,

A towne of Spayne.

Vertumnalia,

The solemnitie of Vertumnus, whiche was kept in October.

Vertumnus,

A god, supposed of the Painims to haue the gouernaunce of mens myndes, or after some, of bying and selling.

*Iniquo Vertumno natus,

He that knoweth not howe to gouerne or rule himselfe.

Verulani,

A people of Italie.

Veseuus,

An hill by Naples, out of the which issueth al∣wayes fire and smoke like Aetna.

Vaspasi••nus,

An emperour of Rome descended but of a base stocke, but in valiaunt prowes and knightly cou∣rage to be compared to the best: for his honestie and wisedome highly commended. He neuer bare grudge ne malice to any man, were he neuer so much his enimie. For onely auarice he was euill spoken of among hys subiectes. It is sayd he aduaunced to high promotions diuers in couetousnesse most notable, to the ende that when they had well gathered, hée might vse them as spunges, and by making some pretensed quarell against them, to wring from them that which by extorcion they had gotten. Hée ordeyned a tribute to be gathered on the quantitie of vrine made in euery house. For which, bycause he was euill spoken of, his sonne came to him and perswaded him to leaue it, as a thing very vile and dishonourable vnto him. Vespasian at that present sayde nothing, but, when the money of that taxe was next brought in, he taking his handefull of it, and cal∣ling his sonne to him, helde it to his nose, and asked him, whether the money sauoured well or no: he aunswered, it sauoureth well: why (sayde he) and this commeth of vrine, wherefore thou mayst sée, The sauour of gayne is sweete, whereof soeuer it commeth.

Vesperies,

A towne in Spayne.

Vessones,

People of Campaine in Fraunce.

Vesta,

The mother of Saturnus: also his daughter, which for hir chastitie was honoured for a goddesse.

Vestâlis, le,

Perteyning to Vesta.

Vestáles,

Were virgins that ministred to Vesta, whiche were chosen betwéene the age of .vj. and .x. yeares, and xxx. yeares they remayned virgins, afterwarde it was lawfull for them to marie.

Vestini,

People in Italie.

Vesulus,

A mountayne in Liguria by the Alpes, at the roote wherof the riuer called Padus or Po, springeth out.

Vesuuius, seu, Veseuus,

An hyll in Campania, foure myles from the citie of Naples, whereon groweth plentie of vines and olyues: but the toppe thereof was barraine, by reason of fire, which sometime riseth out of the earth. It is also called Vesuius.

Vetones,

People in Spayne, which first founde the herbe called Betonica.

Vetulonia,

A place in Tuscia, called also Viterbo.

Vfens, vfentis,

A riuer in Pontus.