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- FAbaris,
- A ryuer in Italy, running by the Sabines.
- Fabianus,
- The proper name of a man.
- Fabius,
- The surname of a noble house of the Romaynes, which had first that name of sowing or selling of beanes, as Cicero, of the graine called Cicer, Piso, of peason, Por∣cius, of swyne. Of this name were diuers valiant ca∣pytaines, and wise counsaylours: of whome, one was called Fabius Maximus, who in his youth exercised both eloquence and prowesse: and therefore he after became, as well in armes as in counsayle, a capitaine most ex∣cellent: and subduing many countreyes to the Romay∣nes, he triumphed fiue times. Beyng made Dictatour against Anniball, he so tempered prudence wyth man∣hoode or prowesse, that by detracting of battayle, and trayning Anniball from place to place, and at sundrye aduantages skirmyshing wyth hym, hee mynished hys puyssaunce, and preserued the publyke weale of hys countrey, where Minutius (enuying him) in fighting with Anniball, was vanquished, and had béene slayne wyth all his armie had not Fabius come to his succour and rescous, who deliuered his aduersarye and all hys trayne, and caused Anniball to retyre: who sayde then to his host: Did not I tell you before that this clowde woulde at the last bring vs a storme? calling Fabius a clowde, bycause of hys houeryng on the hylles. Thys man was before the incarnation of Christ .200. yeares and somewhat more.
- Fabius Quintilianus,
- Reade after in Quintilianus.
- Frabrateria,
- A towne of Campaine.
- Fabritianus,
- A mans name.
- Fabritius,
- A noble Romayne, who being woonderful poore, refused a great summe of money sent to hym by kyng Pyrrhus, touching with his handes all his members, and ••aying vnto the kinges messengers: As long as he mought rule all that, which he touched, he could lacke nothing. This man was a paterne and example of no∣table pouertie, in them that in Rome were of greatest authoritie and estimation. He had but one dishe and a saltseller of siluer, that to the honour of the goddes, hée vsed in sacrifice, and yet the dishe had a foote made of horne▪ His daughters for pouertie of their father, had their dowrie of the common treasure: and so went they to maryage, bearing with them the honour of their pry∣uate family, but the rychesse of the common weale.
- Fabulinus,
- Was supposed of the paynims to be a god, which had the rule ouer children when they beganne to speake.
- Fagutal,
- A chappell in Rome, wherein was a béeche trée consecrated to Iupiter.
- Falacrium,
- A promontory of Sicilie, called now•• Melazo.
- Falernus,
- A countrey in campaine, nowe in the Realme of Naples, wherein grewe the best wines of Italy, cal∣led Falernum Mountflascon.
- Falisci,
- An auncient people of Hetruria, which when they were once besieged of Camillus the Romaine, a schoole∣mayster that had the instruction of the noble mens chyl∣dren, vnder pretence of walking, went out of the citie, and by litle and litle trayned the yoong gentlemen into the Romayne campe, and there yeelded them to the Capitaine Camillus, thinking thereby to haue gotten both great thanke, and a large rewarde: But the noble Camillus, detesting the mans falsehoode and vntruth towarde the nobilitie of hys Countrey, caused hym to be stripped naked, and with roddes to be beaten home into the citie by his owne schollers, that he woulde haue betrayed and deliuered as captiues. Wyth which ex∣ample of iustice and honour, hée easilye wrought that which with force of armes he coulde not bring to passe. For the Faliscians mooued wyth the admyration of that noble act, forthwyth did yéelde themselues, and be∣came subiect to the Romaynes.
- Fanenses, and Fanestres,
- People of a towne called Fana, in a countrey of Italy called Marca Anchonitana, in latine Picenum.
- Fanesij,
- People in the North part of the worlde, whose eares be so great, that wyth them they couer all theyr bodyes.
- Fanestris,
- A towne not farre from the ryuer Metaneus.
- Fannius,
- The name of dyuers oratours and noble men of Rome.
- Fanum fortunae,
- A citie of Italy.
- Farfarus, or farfar,
- A ryuer of Syria.
- Fascelis,
- A name of Diana.