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Ada, ae.

The daughter of Hecatomnus, king of Caria, who being driuen out of hir kingdome by hir brother Pyxodorus, was restored by great Alexander.

Adad, or Adadus,

The great God of the Assirians, whome they interpretate to be the sunne: the word signifieth one or onely.

Adae, arum.

A citie of Asia.

Adei,

Arabians nere to Aegypt.

Adam,

The first man that was created, and doth signifie man, or redde earth, or a dweller. He liued .930. yeres, In the Byble is mencion made but of thrée sonnes & one daughter, that he begat Cain, Abell, Seth, and Delbora: whome Philo calleth Noaba. And the same Philo reherseth, xij. sonnes, and eyght daughters borne after Seth.

Adamantius,

The surname of Didimus the Grammari∣an, which was afterwarde attributed vnto Origen.

Adamastor,

A Gyaunt, which was of incredible greatnes.

Adamitae, vel Adamitani,

were heretiks, which tooke their beginning of a Pycarde, who came into the lande of Bohemia, and sayde, that hée was the sonne of God, and named himselfe Adam. And hée commaunded all men and women to go naked. And that who soeuer de∣sired to companie carnallye with any woman, shoulde take hir by the hande, and bring hir to him, and say, that he feruently desired hir company. And then woulde A∣dam say: Go togither, and increase and multiply. This heresie was begonne the yeare of our Lorde .1412. in the time Sigismundus the Emperour. And men sup∣pose that it endureth yet, not onely in Bohemia, but in other places also.

Adani,

Two cities in Arabia.

Addua, ae,

A ryuer running into the poole or méere called Larius.

Ader,

A place by Bethléem, where Aungels did sing at the birth of Christ, and Iacob kept there his shéepe.

Adiabarae,

A people of Ethiopia.

Adiabene,

A country beyonde Armenia.

Adimanthus,

The brother of Plato.

Admete, tes,

Oceanus and Tethis daughter.

*Admeti naenia,

A prouerbe, which signifieth an heauie or sorowfull song, or a lamentable complaint.

Admetus,

Was king of a people called Pherei, vnto whome Apollo beyng exiled out of heauen by Iupyter, came for reliefe, and kept his cattell, and by his craft caused euery Cowe to bring forth two Calues: which thing Admetus thankfully taking, entertained him ho∣norably. That being well considered of Apollo, he ob∣teined of the destenies, called Parcae, that when the day of the death of Admetus should be wounde vppon their spyndels, if he coulde fynde anye other that woulde willinglye die for him, he himselfe shoulde escape death at that time. When the day was come, that Admetus shoulde finishe his life, all men and women, yea father and mother refused to die: onely Alceste his wife, pre∣ferred the lyfe of hir husband before hir owne: who be∣ing dead, there was in the pallace of Admetus, conty∣nuall wayling and heauinesse, vntill Proserpina, moo∣ued with compassion, sent Alceste agayne out of hell vnto hir husbande. Of thys fable came the prouerbe, Admeti, naenia.

Adonis,

The name of a chylde, which was sonne of Cy∣nare king of Cypres, whome Venus had for hir der∣lyng, which was slayne with a Bore: whome the Po∣ets ••eigned, that Venus turned into a purple flowre: some saye into a Rose.

Adra, ae,

A citie in Arabia petrea. Also a towne of Surie, and a towne of Liburnia.

Adramelech,

An Idoll of Siria, whom the Samaritans honored.

Adramittium, tij,

A towne of Aeolis.

Adramittis,

An Ilande in Lycia.

Adrana, ae,

A ryuer in Germanie.

Adrapsa, orum,

neut, gen. A citie of Bactria.

Adrasteus, a, um,

Of Adrastus.

Adrastia, ae,

A countrye not farre from Troye. Also the name of a citie there. It was also called a Goddesse, which tooke from man both memory and wyt.

Adrastus,

A king of Argiues, whose daughter Argia was wedded to Polynices, the seconde sonne of Oedipus. And his other daughter called Deiphile, was wedded to Tydeus, sonne to the king of Aetolia. This Adras∣tus, raysed all the Gréekes against the citie of The∣bes, for to restore againe his Sonne in lawe Poly∣nyces to the Kingdome. But after that Polynices and E••eocles, (being brothers) had slayne one the o∣ther, after many conflictes, the Thebanes slue downe right the Argiues, and did put to flight Adrastus, and slue his people. After that the Argiues had neuer vic∣torye in any battell: whereof came this prouerbe.

*Adrastia nemesis,

The euill lucke of Adrastus: which may be vsed where prowde men be beaten, and as wee say in Englishe, Pryde will haue a fall.

Adrianus,

A noble Emperour of Rome, about the yeare of our Lorde .119. He was Traianus sister Sonne, a man of excellent wytte, and dyuers in manners, mer∣ueylous in learning, specially in Mathematicalles. Al∣so in Musicke, caruing and grauyng. In déedes of armes, cunning and valiant. A great fauourer of lear∣ned men, and lyberall towards them. He was so great a trauayler, that there were fewe countryes, but that he went through them. He liued .62. yeares, and reig∣ned. 210. And dyed with torment of the bowels.

Adriaticum, Adriacum, and Adrianum, mare,

The sea that deuideth Italy frō Dalmatia, wherein standeth y^e noble citie of Venetia. Some doe call it the goulfe of Venice.

Adrinus,

An hyll that deuideth Dalmatia.

Adrobicum,

A citie of Spayne.

Adrumetum, or Adrumetium,

A citie of Mysia.

Adrumes, etis,

A citie in Afrike.

Aduallas, antis,

A mountayne from which the great ryuer called Rhene, runneth Northwarde.

Aduatici,

People of the countrye of Fraunce called Bo∣sleduck.

Adubanus,

The famous ryuer called also Danubius and Ister.

Adulas, antis,

An hill called saynt Gotharde, entring into Lumbardie.

Adyas,

The hyll called also Adulas.