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DICTIONARIVM HISTORI∣cum & Poeticum propria locorum & Per∣sonarum vocabula breuiter complectens.

AAron,

Was sonne to Amram, and brother to Moi∣ses: the worde signifieth the Mountayne of For∣titude, or a strong hill. He was of the tribe of Leui, the fourth from him in lineal discent: in his pro∣per tongue very eloquent, elected of God to be the first Bishop of the Iewes. He liued .123. yeares, and dyed before the incarnation of Christ .1471. yeares.

A B

Aba,

A towne in Arabie, and a Citie of Phocis. Also an hill of Armenia, out of the which the Riuer Euphra∣tes springeth.

Abaae, arum,

A towne of Phocis.

Abacena,

A Citie of Mede, and also of Sicily.

Abacuk,

A Prophet of the tribe of Simeon: he prophe∣cied and lamented the taking of Ierusalem by Nabu∣godonosor. Afterwarde, as he caried meate and drinke to his haruest men, an Aungell tooke him vp by the heare of the heade, and caryed him to Babylon, into the Doungeon, where Daniell the Prophete was among Lyons. Who being fedde and relieued by him, was ca∣ryed home the same day. He dyed two yeares before the retourne of the Iewes from Babylon .600. yeares before the incarnation of Christ.

Abala,

A towne of Afrike.

Abali,

A people of India.

Abalites,

A bosome or goulfe in the sea, called Trogoniti∣cum.

Abalus,

An Ile in the Occean sea.

Abantes,

A people of Iones, among the Achiues.

Abantias, or abantis,

An Ile in the sea called Mediterra∣neum.

Abaortae,

A people about the riuer of Indus.

Abarea,

The institution of Dionysius.

Abarimon,

A Countrey in Tartary, where men haue féete turned backwarde, and be woonderfull swift and wylde.

Abaris, ris,

The proper name of a man. It is also he that dwelleth onely in the mayne lande.

Abas, antis,

The sonne of Liceus and Hipermestra, the twelfth king of Argiues, father of Pretus and Acrisi∣us, and Grandfather to Perseus. Of him the kinges of Argiues were called Abantiadae. An other Abas, was a noble Troyan, companion to Aeneas.

Abases,

A desert Countrie of Egypt.

Abaster, or abastrus,

One of the horses of Pluto king of Hell.

Abaton,

That which a man can not come vnto: where∣vpon the place at Rhodes made to defende the ymage of Artemisia, is called by that name.

Abanos, i,

foem. ge. An Ile of Egypt, in the Marishe of Memphis.

Abaucas,

The proper name of a man.

Abdêra, ae, or abdera, orum,

A citie in Spayne, now called Almeria. It is also an Ile, nigh vnto Samothrace, and a citie of Thrace, buylded by Abdera, sister to Di∣omedes: or as some write by Hercules, in remem∣braunce of his minion Abderitus, there eaten by the hor∣ses of Diomedes. In this citie were borne Democri∣tus the great Philosopher, and Prothagoras the fa∣mous Rhetorician. This citie was afterwarde called Clazomene.

Abderîta, or abderites, ae, mas. g.

A citizen of Abdera.

Abderitanus, vel Abderiticus, a, um,

Appertayning vnto that citie.

Abdias,

One of the twelue Prophetes, and is interpreted the seruant of the Lorde.

Abea,

A towne of the Messenians, and one of the seauen Cities that Homere feigneth Agamemnon to promise vnto Achilles.

Abeacus,

A king of Siraces.

Abeatae,

A people of Acaia.

Abededos,

A citie in Egypt, wherein was the pallace of Memnon, and the temple of Osiris.

Abel,

The seconde sonne of Adam, is interpreted breath, vapour, or vanitie. He was borne togither wyth hys sister Delbora xv▪ yeares after Cain. He is reputed to be the first Martyr, slayne by his sayde brother of en∣uie, for that God accepted his offering, and reiected Cains, when the sayde Abel was 100. yeares olde. He was from his childehoode of great vertue and fayth. He was slayne before the incarnation of Christ yeares.

Abella, or Auella,

A towne of Campania in Italy.

Abellinates,

A people of Italye, called before tyme Pro∣tropi.

Abellinum,

A towne in Italy now called Troy.

Aberdonia,

The citie Aberdeine in Scotlande.

Abessa,

The name of a iudge of Israell.

Abesamis,

A towne in Syria, buylded by Semiramis.

Abeste,

A towne nigh to the ryuer Hermandrus.

Abeston,

A stone of yron colour, founde in Arabia, which hath growing about it, a thing like vnto wooll, called the downe of Salamander. This stone made hote, can neuer be cooled.

Abi,

A great ryuer in England, called Humber.

Abij,

A people of Scythia.

Abila,

A towne in Decapoliton. It is also an hill in Afrike, looke Abyla.

Abilatae,

Men of the Citie of Abila.

Abis,

A riuer that runneth into the ryuer Danubie.

Abisari,

Otherwyse Biasari, A countrie of Iudie.

Abisontes,

A people of the Alpes.

Abissa, and Abissama,

A citie of Arabia.

Ablacus,

A riuer running into Danubius.

Ableti,

A people subiect to the Mysiens.

Abnoba, ae,

A Mountayne in Germany, out of the which springeth the riuer Danubie.

Abrobrica,

A famous towne in Spayne.

Aboecisis,

A towne of Ethiope.

Abolani,

A people of Latium.

Aboriense,

A towne in Affrike belonging to the Citizens of Rome.

Aborigines, or Aborigenes,

People which first helde the countrie about Rome, and lyued abroade, hauing no house. They may also be taken for any other people, whose beginning is not knowne.

Aborras,

A riuer in Asia, which runneth by the Citie Ar∣themusia.

Abraces,

One of Artaxerxes chiefe Capitaynes.

Abradatas,

A king of the people called Ciriens, who ac∣companyed Cyrus, when he fought against the Egyp∣tians.

Abraham,

An holy Patriarke, sonne to Thare, borne in Caldei, is interpreted the father of many Nations, or of people séeing. This man, as well in vertue and per∣fite fayth, as in sundrie and mysticall doctrines, was most excellent. He taught the Egyptians Astronomie, and Geometrie. He died before the incarnation of Christ .1838. yeares.

Abrettini,

People of Mysia.

Abrocomas,

One of Artaxerxes capitaines.

Abron, onis,

The name of a man, whose sensualitie and delicate life is growne to a Prouerbe.

Abroni menia,

A citie of Galatia.

Abroconion, or Abrotonium

. The name of a woman.

Abrotonum,

A towne of Affrike. It is also the name of an harlotte, which, as some saye, was Themistocles mother.

Absarus,

A ryuer of Iberia, which incloseth the lesse Ar∣menie.

Absil••e,

Certayne people.

Absorus,

An Ile in the sea Adriaticum, or after Heroidian, a citie in Illiria.

Ab••yrtides,

Be Ilandes in the Venetian sea.

Absyrtus,

The brother of Medea, whome shée dyd cut in poeces, and cast into the sea, when shée fled from hir father with Iason.

Abupus,

A ryuer in Englande called Humber.

Abydeni,

A people in Asia, which hauing their citie dis∣tressed with a long siege, fell into a furie or madnesse, and slue all their wyues, their children, and afterwarde themselues.

Abydeus,

A man borne in the yle of Abydus.

Abydus,

A citie in Asia, vppon the Sea side called Pro∣pontis, which deuyded Europa from Asia, where the passage ouer excéedeth not much .xxx. Furlonges, O∣uer agaynst that standeth another Towne, called Se∣stus.

Abyla,

An hyll in the Occean sea agaynst Spayne, which is called one of Hercules pillers.

A C

Aca.

The name of a citie in Phenicia, afterwarde called Ptholomais.

Acabene,

A mountayne in Egypt.

Acabis,

A village of Lybia.

Acabo,

A beast in the desert of Arabie.

Acacesum,

A citie of Arcadie, so called of Acacus, the sonne of Lycaon.

Acadinus,

A well in Sicilia wherein (as Aristotle saith) tables, conteyning the othe of one that hath sworne truelye, will swim: but if the othe bée false, they wyll sinke.

Acadra,

A towne of Arabie.

Acallis, lidis,

The Daughter of Minois, and mother of Oaxes.

Acamantium,

A towne in Phrygia, buylded by Acaman∣tis, to whome Theseus after the battayle of Troye, gaue that place, bycause he ayded him agaynst the peo∣ple called Solines.

Acamarchis,

A Nymph, the daughter of Oceanus.

Acanias,

An elbow of lande in the yle of Cypres, towards the East. Also a Prince of Thrace, which came to aide the Troyans. Also one of the same name was sonne to Anthenor.

Acanthide,

The olde name of the yle of Cypres.

Acanthus,

A boye which (as Poetes feygne) was trans∣formed into a floure of his name. It is also (as Ser∣uius sayth) a trée growing in Egypt, hauing alwayes gréene leaues. Also a citie in Egypt, nigh vnto Mem∣phis: another of Macedonia, and of Aetholia.

Acapis,

A riuer in Asia.

Acara,

A towne in the middle of Hungarie.

Acarnan, anis, or Acarnas,

A stonie hill in the countrie of Athens.

Acarnania,

A part of the realme of Grece, named Epyrus. It is also a little countrie in Egypt. Also a Cytie by Syracusis in the realme of Sicilie.

Arcananes,

The people of that countrey.

Arcananius, or Acarnanicus, a, um,

Of Acarnania.

Acasta,

A nymph or mayden of the fayry.

Acastus,

A king of Magnesia, of whom Peleus was pur∣ged, when he had murthered his brother.

Accaulaurētia,

The name of hir that nourished Romulus and Rhemus, the first buylders of Rome.

Accaron,

A citie of Palestine.

Acci,

A citie in Spaine, sometyme called Acti, nowe Gua∣dix.

Accius Pirausensis,

A famous Orator.

Accius Neuius.

The Augurian or soothsayer, which (at the commandement of Tarquinius) did cut a whetstone in two péeces with a rasour.

Accius,

The name of a Poet, a writer of Tragedies, who (as Cicero sayth) had a harde and crabbed stile.

Acco, cus,

A woman which was so foolishe, that she would speake and talke to hir owne ymage in a Glasse, wher∣of commeth Accissare, to play the ydiot: and such fooles be called Acci. This woman also would refuse earnest∣ly that she most desired. Wherefore such feygned refu∣sall, is called Accismus.

Acelum,

A towne in Lumbardie.

Acephali, or acephalitae

, Were heritikes, which denyed to be two natures in Christ, affirming the nature diuine to be in him onely. This heresie was condemned in the counsayle of Chalcedon.

Acerrae,

A citie by Naples.

Acerrani,

People of that citie.

Aceseus,

A cunning artificer.

Acesinus,

A great riuer in Persia, which runneth into the ryuer Indus, wherein doe growe canes of such great∣nesse, that they make thereof betwéene euery knot or ioynt, boates to rowe in.

Acessaeus,

A shipmans name, which being an vnlustie lubber, would deferre his vyage, and saye he taryed for a better moone.

Acesta,

A citie in Sicilie.

Acestes, ae,

The sonne of the riuer Crinisus in Sicilie, and the Troyane Ladie Segesta, which receyued Aeneas, & Anchises, when they sayled towarde Italy.

Acestium, tij,

f. g. The name of Xenoclis daughter.

Acestis,

A great riuer in India.

Aceum,

A citie in Colchis, on the banke of the riuer cal∣led Phasis.

Achaei,

People in Gréece: sometime they be taken for Gréekes generally.

Achaemenes,

was the first king of the Persians, or Par∣thians, of whome diuers kings of the Persians, were called Achaemenes, and the people Achaemenij.

Achaemenia,

A countrie in Persia.

Achaemenides,

One of Vlysses companions.

Achaia,

A part of Gréece, contayning these countries, At∣tica, Boeotia, Megaris, Aetholia, and Phocis. It hath on the West, Epyre, on the East, the sea Aegeum, on the North Macedonia, on the South the sea Creti∣cum. There is another Achaia, in Peloponnesus, now called Morea, where was the citie of Patras, in which saint Androwe the Apostle was martired.

Achais, idis, & idos,

Of Gréece.

Achar,

A citie in Syria, now called Nisibis.

Achedorus,

A ryuer of Macedonia, which deuideth A∣pollonia, and Thessalonica.

Acheloides, or Acheloiades,

Themere Maides, & daugh∣ters of Achelous.

Acheloius, a, um,

Of that riuer: sometime it is put for a∣queus, watrie or mixed with water.

Achelous,

A famous riuer in Gréece, which runneth out of Pindus, wherin is found the stone Galactides, which is blacke: but being broken it yéeldeth lycour as white as milke, hauing also the taste thereof.

Was the sonne of Oceanus and Tethis, of whome the foresayde ryuer (after the Poetes) was na∣med Achelous. In olde tyme it did signifie all maner water.

A mans name.

Achelous,

A famous riuer in Gréece, which runneth out of Pindus, wherin is found the stone Galactides, which is blacke: but being broken it yéeldeth lycour as white as milke, hauing also the taste thereof.

Was the sonne of Oceanus and Tethis, of whome the foresayde ryuer (after the Poetes) was na∣med Achelous. In olde tyme it did signifie all maner water.

A mans name.

Achelous,

A famous riuer in Gréece, which runneth out of Pindus, wherin is found the stone Galactides, which is blacke: but being broken it yéeldeth lycour as white as milke, hauing also the taste thereof.

Was the sonne of Oceanus and Tethis, of whome the foresayde ryuer (after the Poetes) was na∣med Achelous. In olde tyme it did signifie all maner water.

A mans name.

Acherosi, idis, and idos,

An epitheton of the white Popler trée, which the Poets feygne to grow on the bankes of Acheron, the ryuer of hell.

Acherontia,

A citie of Poe••e ioyning to Lucania.

Acheron, or Acherons, rontis,

and Acheruns, runtis, Is of Poets taken for the riuer of hell: in déede it is a riuer in a part of Italye; wherof the people be called Brutij. It is so enuironed with hilles, that the sunne commeth not to it, but onely in the middest of the day. It is like∣wyse a riuer of Lucania, of Epyre, and also of Pontus, nigh to Heraclia.

Acherontini,

People so called of the riuer Acheron,

Acherontinus, & acheronticus, a, um.

Of the riuer Acheron.

Acherusia,

A senne in the realme of Neples. It is also a poole or méere of Thesprotia in Epyre, out of which issueth the riuer Acheron, which runneth into the sea

Acherusis, idis, & idos,

foem. gen. idem quod Acherusia.

Acherusius, a, um,

Of hell.

Achilleides,

mascu. gen. The sonne of Achilles.

Achilleon,

A towne of Troye, buylded by the Tombe of Achilles.

Achilleus, lei, or Achilles, lis,

and li. One of the most valy∣aunt Capitaynes of the Gréekes agaynst Troye. He was sonne vnto Peleus. In his childehoode hée was instructed of Chiron in déedes of armes and surgerye. After he slue the noble Hector, & Troylus his brother, the one sodainly, the other cruelly. Wherefore after∣ward, he by the sleight of Quene Hecuba, was brought into the loue of Polixena, and vnder the colour of ma∣riage was slaine by Paris. He was in height, as (Li∣cophron writeth) seuen cubites.

Achilleus, a, um.

Of Achilles.

Achilleus cursus,

A countrey nere to Boristenes, whither Achilles pursued Iphigenia, whome Diana had taken away, and left an Hart in hir stéede.

Achilarmi,

A people of Afrike.

Achne,

The name of an Ilande.

Achola,

A citie of Afrike.

Acholius,

The name of an author.

Achrua,

A citie in Arabie.

Acibi, orum,

A people of Sarmatia in Europe.

Acidalia,

The surname of Venus, of a Fountayne in a citie of Boeotia called Orchomenum.

Acidalius,

A Well in Orchomenum, dedicated vnto Ve∣nus, and the Graces.

Acienses,

A people in Italy nere to the Albanoys.

Acila, ae,

A marte towne, from whence men sayle into India.

Acilius Buta,

A gentleman at Rome, which did ryotously consume all his goodes.

Acimbro, or Acinipo,

A citie of Spaine.

Acina, ae,

A towne in Arabia.

Acintani,

A people in Spaine, that worshipped the image of Mars.

Acjris,

A riuer in Italie.

Acis,

A riuer in Sicilye, which runneth from the hill A∣etna, as swift as an arrow out of a bowe. Acis, is also a fayre chylde the sonne of Faunus, and of the daugh∣ter of Simethus. It is more ouer one of the yles cal∣led Cyclades.

Acitauones,

A people of the Alpes.

Acithius,

A riuer in Sicilie, called also Acis, and Acilius.

Acitia,

An Iland, called also Melos and Siphnus, in the sea by Candie.

Aciton,

An Ilande nere to Candie.

Acmodes,

An Ilande in the Britaine sea.

Acmonenses,

A people so called of Acmonia, a Citie of Phrygia.

Acmonides,

One of the Cyclops.

Acoetes,

The name of a poore man.

Acone, nes,

foem. gen. A port of Bithinia, which hath such plentie of naughtie séedes, that all hurtfull herbes bée called Aconita.

Aconteus,

The name of a famous hunter.

Acontius,

A mountayne of Boeotia.

Acra iapygia,

An elbowe of lande in Italy.

Acradina,

The Citie of Siracusis.

Acraëa,

The surname of Iuno and Fortune.

Acragas,

A citie of Sicilie, called also Agrigentum.

Acragas mons,

looke Agragas.

Acragantinus, a, um,

Acragas.

Acridophagi,

The blacke Moores nigh vnto the desertes of Aethiope.

Acrio, onis,

A Philosopher of Pythagoras sect.

Acris,

A ryuer in Italye.

Acrisius,

A King of Argiues, the father of Danae, on whome Iupiter begat Perseus.

Acrisioneis, eidis,

f. g. Danae. The daughter of Acrisitis.

Acrisioneus, a, um.

Of Acrisius.

Acritas,

An elbowe of lande in Peloponnesus, néere vnto Malea and Tenarum.

Acroathon,

A towne in Thracia.

Acroceraunia,

Mountaines of wonderfull heigth, betwene Armenia and Hiberia, and also in Epire & other places.

Acroconia,

Certaine Thracians, hauing their heare ouer their foreheades womanlike.

Acrocorinthus,

An high Mountaine in Morea, betwéene the two seas Egeum and Ionium.

Acrolochias,

A Mountaine in Egypt, lying into the sea.

Acron, onis,

A king of the Ceninenses, whome Romulus siue hande to hande. There was also in Agrigentine a Phisition of the same name, and a Grammarian, which made commentaries vpon Horace.

Acropolis, ólios,

foem. g. A castell set on an hyll in Athens.

Acta, ae, or Acte, tes

. The country of Athens.

Acteon,

The name of a man, whome Diana turned into an Hart, bicause he saw hir naked: and thereby he was torne and slayne of his owne houndes.

Acteus,

The first king of Athens.

Actasta,

The daughter of Oceanus and Tethis.

Actisanes,

A king of Egypt, who expulsed Amasis, and reigned there with great iustice.

Actium,

A towne in Epyre, and an elbowe of lande lying into the sea, where Augustus ouercame Antonius and Cleopatra.

Actórides, dae,

mas. g. The sonne of Actor.

Acyphantes,

A citie in Thessaly, which is also called Pin∣dus.

A D

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.

AE A

Aea,

The name of a maiden, which (as the Poetsfeigne) flying from the ryuer Phasis, was turned into an I∣lande of the same name. It is also a citie in Colchis, another of Thessalia.

Aeacides, ácidae,

mas. gen. The sonne or Neuew of Aeacus.

Aeacideius, a, um,

of Aeacus.

Aeacus,

The sonne of Iupiter and Europa, or Aegina. Paynims supposed him to be of such iustice, that hée was appointed by Pluto God of hell, to be one of the iudges there with Minoes and Radamanthus, to dis∣cusse the transgressions of deade men: and to assigne to them punishment according to their merites.

Aeaee, es, or Aeaea, ae,

An Ilande, in which Vlysses ariued, when he retourned from hell.

Aeaeus, a, um,

Of that Ilande.

Aeanum,

A citie of Macedonie.

Aeantium,

A towne in the promontorie or hill of Troye called Sigeum. It is also a promontory of Magnesia, and a towne of Macedonie.

Aeas, antis,

A ryuer of a countrey called Epyrus, which runneth out of Macedonia, and falleth into the Sea Ionium.

Aeca, ae,

A citie in Italie, whereof the people bée called Aecani.

Aedepsum,

A towne in Locris.

Aedon,

An hill of Thrace.

Aedonis, idis,

foem. gen. A woman of Thrace.

Aedonus, and Aedonius, a, um,

One of Thrace.

Aeeta, ae, or Aeetes, ae,

A king of Colchis, which begat Medea and Calciope vpon Idyia.

Aeeteus, or Aeetius, a, um,

Pertaining to Aeeta.

Aeetias, and Aeetis,

Medea, the daughter of Aeeta.

Aega, ae, or Aex, aegos,

An hyll of Aeolis leaning vnto the Sea Aegeum.

Aege, arum,

A citie in Cilicia. Also a towne in Macedo∣nia, in Aeolis, and in Euboea.

Aegea, ae,

A citie of Emathia.

Aegaeon:

An huge and most cruell and terrible Gyant, sonne of Titan and Terra. Which is feigned at once to haue flung at Iupiter an hundred rockes: and after∣warde when he was ouercome, to haue béene bounden with an hundred chaynes to the rockes of the sea Ac∣gaeum. He was in deede a notable and cruell Pirate of great power, and therefore called Centum geminus, bi∣cause he had an hundred men seruing him in his ships. Statius. Ouid. Among men hée was called, Aegaeon, a∣mong the Gods Briareus.

Aegaleos,

An hyll, vnder which stoode Pylos a Citie of Messenia, which is a region in Achaia.

Aegates,

idem quod Aega.

Aegas,

A towne of Peloponesus.

Aegemon,

A certaine Poet.

Aegeria,

A nimph or Goddesse, with whom Numa Pom∣pilius, the second king of the Romaines, feigned, that he had familiar companie and communication, concer∣ning religion and worshypping of the Goddes: to the intent hée mought thereby wythdrawe the people from the appetyte of warres, wherewyth they were in∣flamed.

Aegistami,

A people of Sicilie, of some called Segestami.

Aegeum, mare,

The sea, which is from the mouth of the Gréeke sea, vp in Syria, and Ar••bia: wherin be many Ilandes, besides Creta, now called Candie, Rhodes, and Cypres.

*Aegeum scaphula transmittere,

A prouerbe spoken of them that attempt a daungerous enterprise, with small labour and diligence.

Aegeum nauigat,

Hée sayleth the Aegyptian sea, A pro∣uerbe applyed to them that refuse no perell for muche lucre or profite, for as much as the sayde sea is full of daungers.

Aegeus,

Neptunes sonne, was king of Athens, and had two wyues, Aethra, and Media. Vpon Aethra, he be∣got

Aegiale,

The wyfe of Diomedes, king of Aetolia, who vn∣derstanding that she had committed adultrie wyth Cyl∣labarus the sonne of Sthelenus, being therof ashamed, woulde not returne home to hir. It was also a citie in olde tyme buylded by Aegialeus. Some wryte that Peloponesus was sometyme called by this name.

Aegialeus,

The sonne of Adrastus: he was slayne in the seconde warres, that the Argiues made agaynst the Thebanes. There was another of the same name, the brother of Apis, and sonne of the first Iupiter.

Aegialia,

An Iland nere to Aetolia.

Aegialos,

A countrey in Gréece, called also Achaia.

Aegialus,

The brother of Medea. Also an hill in Athenes, and a promontorie of Paphlagonia.

Aegida, ae,

A towne of Istria.

Aegides,

Of Aegeus patronimicum.

Aegia, ae,

An Ilande, fiftene myles from Cythera.

Aegilades,

A goulfe of Laconia.

Aegilips, lipis,

A citie of Epyre, néere to Crocylea.

Aegilos,

An Ilande called also Capraria.

Aegimus,

The name of a man that liued. CC. yeares.

Aegimurus,

An Ile betwéene Sicilie and Affrike. xxx. myles from Carthage.

Aegina, ae,

The daughter of Asopus king of Boeotia, on whome Iupiter (in the likenesse of fire) begat Aeacus, and Radamanthus. It is also one of the chiefe Iles cal∣led Cyclades, which contended with the Athenienses, who shoulde be chiefe, when the Persians inuaded Gréece.

Aeginenses,

People of Aegina.

Aeginítae, arum,

People of the citie of Aegina.

Aegineticus, and Aegineus, a, um,

Of Aegina.

Aeginum,

A towne of Macedonie.

Aegiochus,

A name of Iupiter.

Aegion,

A citie betwene the Aetolians, & the Peloponen∣ses.

Aegira,

An Ilande: also a towne in Achaia.

Aegisthalos,

The name of a byrde.

Aegisthus,

vide Aegysthus.

Aegium,

A towne in Peloponneso, nowe called Morea, where they feygned that Iupiter was nourished with a Goate.

Aegle, gles,

A Nymph.

Aegles,

The name of a wrestler, who hauing wrong at a common game, spake sodainly, notwithstanding he had bene dumbe all his lyfe before.

Aegonensis,

A gate in Rome, called also Quirinalis.

Aegophagos,

The surname of Iuno among the Lacede∣monians.

Aegos,

A riuer in Thrace.

Aegosthenenses,

A people of Gréece.

Aegypsos,

A citie on the riuers side called Ister.

Aegyptij,

People of Aegypt, not those vagabunde Magi∣tians, which doe nowe runne into all countries, calling themselues Aegyptians, where as they be of an Ile farre from Aegypt. Reade the commentaries of Vola∣teranus.

Aegyptini,

People of Aethiope, marching on Aegypt.

Aegyptius, & Aegyptiacus, a, um.

Of or pertayning to Ae∣gypt.

Aegyptus, ti,

A countrie called Aegypt: on the west it is bounded with Lybia, and the countrey called Cyrenaica: on the north with the sea Meditarraneum. and part of Iudea. on the East with Arabia, and the Arabian sea: on the south with Aethiopia. This countrey although it rayne there but seldome or neuer, yet by the ouer∣flowing of the ryuer of Nilus, it is made so fertile, that it hath abundance of all things sauing Vines, and brin∣geth forth straunge beastes.

Of the great cities and other marueylous thinges in it, shall be remembred, where their names shall be rehear∣sed. This countrie tooke his name of Aegyptus, sonne to Belus king of Babilon.

*Aegypti nuptiae,

A prouerbe, spoken by vnluckie mary∣age, bycause the fyftie sonnes of Aegyptus, maryed to the fyftie daughters of his brother Danaus, were the first night, all sauing one, slayne of their wyues, by the counsayle of their father.

Aegysthus,

The sonne of Thyestes, by hys daughter Pe∣lopeia.

Aelana, orum,

neut. gen. A citie of Arabia,

Aelia,

A countrey of Asia, betweene Mysia and Ionia. Also a towne of Calabre.

Aelianus,

A learned Romaine, whose workes are extant, written in Gréeke in an elegant style.

Aelima,

vide Aelemon.

Aelius,

The proper name of a Romayne.

Aello, Aellus,

One of the three monsters and rauenous byrdes called Harpiae.

Aemathia,

A countrie in Gréece, after called Macedonia: The people whereof were first called Pelasgi. Reade more hereof in Macedonia.

Aemathius, a, um.

Of Macedonie.

Aemilia,

A countrie in Italye called Flaminia & Roman∣diola.

Aemilius,

m. g. The proper name of a Romayne.

Aemilius, or Aemilianus, a, um,

Pertaining to the familie of Aemilius.

Aeminium,

A towne in Spaine.

Aeminius,

A riuer in Spaine.

Aemochares,

The surname of Mars.

Aemon,

A man that for the vnlawfull loue towarde hys daughter, was turned into an hyll.

Aemonia,

A region of Gréece, called also Thessalia.

Aemonides,

The proper name of a man.

Aemonius, a, um,

Of Thessalia.

Aemus, or Haemus,

A kyng of Thrace, whom for his pride Iupiter turned into an hyll. It is also a great Moun∣tayne in Thrace, in height sixe myles.

Aenaria,

An Ile in the goulfe called Puteolanus.

Aenarius,

A wood dedicate to Iupiter.

Aenea,

A citie called after Ianiculum. Also another néere to Thessalonica, builded by Aeneas.

Aeneaticus, a, um,

Of that citie.

Aeneades,

People of that citie.

Aeneadae,

Troians: sometyme Romaynes, taking theyr beginning of Aeneas.

Aenêas, ae,

A noble man of Troye, sonne to Anchises and Venus: who after that Troye was destroyed, sayled into Italye, where Latinus was king, whose daugh∣ter Lauinia he maryed, and reygned in Italye after the death of Latinus.

Aeneobarbus,

The name of a Romayne so called, bicause

Aenna, or Enna,

A citie in the middest of Cilicia.

Aenos,

A towne of Thrace.

Aeolia,

Is a region of the Gréekes in Asia, betwéene Io∣nia and Troade. It is also a region conteyning seauen Iles, betwéene Italy and Sicilie.

Aeolicus, a, um,

Of Aeolia.

Aeolides,

The surname of Vlysses.

Aeolis idis,

The daughter or neece of Aeolus. Also a coun∣trey neere vnto Hellespont, called sometyme Mysia.

Aeolum mare,

The sea ioyning to Asia.

Aeolius, a, um,

Of Aeolis.

Aeolus, li,

The king of the wyndes.

Aequisilici,

A people of Spayne.

Aequi,

A people of Italy.

Aequiculani,

A people of Italy.

Aequimelium,

A place in Rome, where the house of Sp. Melis was ouerthrowne.

Aera,

Was also a citie of Macedonia, an other of Ionia, and also of Hellespont.

Aeria, rie,

A citie in Fraunce.

Aeropa, vel Aeropis,

The wyfe of Atreus, wyth whome Thiestes committed aduoutrie.

Aesacus, ci,

mascul. generis, The sonne of Priamus by the nymph Alyxothoë. Hée was by Thetis turned into a byrde called a Didoper. It was also a ryuer by Troy.

Aesapus, pi,

A Troyane. Also a riuer in Troye.

Aesar, aesaris,

A ryuer in Sicilie.

Asareus, a, um,

Of Aesar.

Aescernia, ae,

A citie in Italy.

Aeschilus Gnidius,

Ciceros maister.

Aeschylus, li,

A tragicall poet of Athens.

Aeschines, is,

An Oratour, enemie to Demosthenes. Diogenes Laertius rehearseth seauen other notable persons of the same name.

Aesculanus deus,

A God that had power to make men ryche.

Aesculapius, pij,

The sonne of Apollo and Coronis, and was called the God of Phisicke, and honoured in the fourme of a Serpent.

Aesis,

A riuer of Vmbria in Italy.

Aesisium,

A citie of Vmbria.

Aeson,

Was the father of the valiaunt Iason.

Aesonides,

Iason the sonne of Aeson.

Aesónius, a, um,

Of Aeson.

Aesopus, pi,

An auncient writer of fables. Also the name of a famous player in Tragedies.

Aesyrinus,

A citie of Thrace.

Aeta,

A king of Colcis, the father of Medea and Ab∣syrtus.

An hill in Thessaly.

Aeta,

A king of Colcis, the father of Medea and Ab∣syrtus.

An hill in Thessaly.

Aetalia,

An yle in the sea of Geane.

Aethalia▪

An ylande neere to Corsica and Sardinia, and an other in the sea of Geane.

Aethialis, vel Aethialides,

Preco, The sonne of Mercu∣rie.

Aetherea,

The countrey of Aethiope.

Aethices,

A people of Macedonie.

Aethici,

A people of Thessaly.

Aethiope,

An Iland of the Occean Sea, called before Ma∣caria.

Aethiopia.

A great countrey in Affrike, conteyning two regions: the hyther and the further Aethiope. The hyther that is aboue Aegypt, hath on the North Ae∣gypt, Marmarike, and Lybia: on the Weast, the in∣ner Lybia: on the South, the further Aethiope: on the East the redde Sea. In this countrey is the Ile Meroe, where Saint Mathewe is reported to haue preached the gospell. The further Aethiope hath on the North, the inner Lybia, and the hither Ae∣thiope: on the Weast and South the Occean sea: on the East, the goulfe called Barbaricum. In this countrey bée the Mountaynes out of which Nilus is∣sueth.

Aethiopicus, a, um,

Of Aethiope.

Aethiopissa,

A woman of Aethiope.

Aethiops,

The sonne of Vulcane, of whom Aethiopia was named.

Aethiops, pis, & Aethiopicus, ci, & Aethiopus, pi.

A Mooren.

*Aethiopem lauas,

Thou washest a Mooren or Moore. A prouerbe applyed to him that prayseth a thing that is naught, or teacheth a foole wysedome. This prouerbe grewe of one that bought a Mooren, and thinking that the blackenesse of his skinne happened by the negligence of his first mayster: he ceased not to washe the Mooren continually wyth such thinges as hée thought woulde make him whyte. By which labour and washing, he so vexed the poore slaue, that he brought him into a great sickenesse, his skinne remayning stil as blacke as it was before.

Aethlius,

The sonne of Iupiter, and father of Endimi∣on.

Aethon,

One of the horses of Phoebus.

Aethra, ae,

The daughter of Pitheus, and mother of The∣seus.

Aethraea,

An yle now called Rhodes.

Aethria, ae,

An yle in the sea Aegeum. Also a Citie called after Atria.

Aethrusci,

The olde inhabitants of the countrey in Italy, called now Tuscan.

Aethusa,

An yle in the Sea of Sicilie, of some called Ac∣gusa.

Aëtius,

The name of one of Alexandria, which was both a great Oratour, and a noble phisition. Also of an he∣reticke, which affirmed, that no sinne, were it neuer so great, should be reputed to him that had fayth. He suc∣céeded immediatly after Arius, the yeare after the incar∣nation of Christ .358.

Aetna,

Is a marueylous hyll in Sicilie, at the foote wher∣of is a little towne of the same name, and woodes and trées of dyuers kyndes planted. On the top thereof is a barrayne grounde, mixt with ashes, in the winter tyme couered with snowe. This conteyneth in circuite twentie furlonges, and is enuironned with a banke of ashes, of the height of a wall. In the middle is also a rounde hyll of the same colour and matter, wherein be two great holes, facioned lyke vnto two cuppes, which be called Crateres. Out of these doe ryse sometyme sun∣drie great flames of fire: sometyme horrible smoke: sometime are blowē out burning stones in infinite num∣bers. Moreouer, before that the sayde fyre appeareth, there is hearde within the grounde, terrible noyse and roaring. And also (which is more marueyle) whan the smoke and fyre is most abundant, and feruent, yet rounde about the top of the sayde hyll, are alwayes séene snowe and hoare frostes. Plynie wryteth, that the fire appeareth alway at night. This hill is nowe called Gi∣bello monte.

*Aetna athon,

A prouerbe, spoken of a thing very payne∣full and grieuous.

Aetus, ti,

mas. gen. A kinde of Egles.

Aetolia,

A region in Gréece betwene Acarnania, and Pho∣cis.

Aetolus, vel Aetolius,

A man of Aetolia.

Aetolicus, a, um,

Of Aetolia.

Aesanus,

The sonne of Tantalus.

Aex, aegos,

A rocke, whereof the sea Aegeum was na∣med.

Aexsones,

A people of Attica, notable for their rayling, and foule language.

A F

Afer,

A man borne in Afrike.

Affranius,

A Poet.

Affrica, ae,

The thirde part of the worlde, wherein is Car∣thage, Numidie, and all the countreis now called Bar∣barie: and also the great countrey called Aethiopia.

*Affrica semper aliquid noui apportat.

A prouerbe, applyed to inconstant & wauering persons, neuer content with one state, but alwayes desirous of nouelties.

Affricanae,

Alone is taken for Panthers.

Affricanus, i,

A man of Affrike. Also the most noble Ca∣pitayne Scipio was called Affricanus, because he sub∣dued

Affricus, & Affar, a, um,

Of Affrike, or of the Southerne wynde.

*Affra auis,

A byrde of Affrike. A prouerbe spoken ey∣ther of them, which be notable for theyr straunge appa∣rell, or else be verie fearefull and of faint courage.

A G

Aga,

An hyll, out of which issueth the ryuers Araxis and Euphrates.

Agag,

Is a worde of Hebrue, and may be interpreted a sol∣ler in the vppermost part of the house. Of that name was a king of Amelech, the fattest of all men, whome Saule king of Iewes, tooke in battayle and slue him not. For which cause God was grieuously displeased with him.

Agamantes,

People about Meotis.

Agamemnon,

Sonne of Atreus king of Myeene, in the preparation of the Gréekes agaynst the Troyans, for his wysedome and magnanimitie was by the consent of all the Gréekes chosen to be their generall Capitayne. And according to their expectation, hée most nobly gouer∣ned himselfe, and that most puissant armie, during the siege of Troye by the space of tenne yeares. But being returned to hys owne realme, and hauing wyth hym Cassandra, daughter to Priamus king of Troye: his wyfe Clitemnestra, conspiring with Aegistus, with whome she had lyued in aduoutrie, caused hir sayde no∣ble husbande to put on a garment, which had no issue out for his heade: and whyle he was struggling there∣with▪ Aegistus strake him through with his swoorde, and so slue him. Thus that noble Prince was shame∣fully murdered. He was before the incarnation about 1194. yeares.

*Agamemnonis hostia,

The Sacrifice of Agamemnon. A prouerbe applyed to them that be hardly perswaded to a thing, or else forced by violence.

Agamete, es,

A towne of the Ile Lesbos.

Agamnestor,

A king of Athenes.

Agamzua,

A towne of Mede.

Aganippe, es,

A Fountayne in the countrey of Gréece, cal∣led Aonia, which was dedicate vnto the Muses, wher∣of they be called Aganippides.

Agapius,

A Phisition of Alexandrie, and a Philosopher of Athens.

Agar,

The mayden of Sara, on whome Abraham begat Ismaell.

Agareni,

A people, which were all destroyed by Saule king of Iewes. Also a people of Affrike nowe called Sarasens.

Agarus,

A ryuer of Sarmatia. Also a promontorie, and a citie of the same country.

Agasicles,

A king of Lacedemon.

Agasus,

An hauen in Puell.

Agasyrtus,

The surname of Pittachus the Philoso∣pher.

Agatha,

A citie in Prouince, belonging sometyme to the Massilienses.

Agathaneus,

Father to the fayre Polyxenus.

Agatharchides,

The name of an Hystoriographer, and a Philosopher.

Agathirnum,

A towne of Sicilie.

Agatho,

The name of one of the sonnes of Priamus. Al∣so a boy, whom Plato loued. Also a Philosopher of Py∣thagoras sect.

Agathocles,

The sonne of a potter, which by subtyle wytte and boldenesse of courage, grewe by sundrye dig∣nities, at the last to be king of Sicilie. And then be∣came such a tyranne, that he slue all the Nobles, the counsaylours, and learned men of Sicilie, and dispoy∣led all the ryche men. Finally, being attached in all the partes of hys bodie wyth incredible torments, and a pestilentiall humour fretting all his sinewes, hée continuyng long tyme in suche paynes, at the last dyed.

Is also the name of a Gréeke Capitayne, the sonne of Lysimachus.

Agathocles,

The sonne of a potter, which by subtyle wytte and boldenesse of courage, grewe by sundrye dig∣nities, at the last to be king of Sicilie. And then be∣came such a tyranne, that he slue all the Nobles, the counsaylours, and learned men of Sicilie, and dispoy∣led all the ryche men. Finally, being attached in all the partes of hys bodie wyth incredible torments, and a pestilentiall humour fretting all his sinewes, hée continuyng long tyme in suche paynes, at the last dyed.

Is also the name of a Gréeke Capitayne, the sonne of Lysimachus.

Agathon,

A certayne mynstrell, which with his swéete songs exceedingly delyghted mens eares.

Agathopolis,

A citie in Fraunce called Montpel∣lier.

Agathusa,

An Ilande.

Agathyrsum,

A towne in Sicilie.

Agathyrsus,

One of Hercules sonnes, dwelling in a part of Scythia, who called the people after his name Agar∣thyrsi: which in such wyse paynted themselues, that the colour might not by any meanes be washed or put away. And therefore they were called Picti Agathyrsi. Some men suppose that the auncient inhabitauntes of the south part of Scotlande, ioyning to the marches of Englande, called Picti, were of the sayde people Aga∣thyrsi.

Agáue, es,

The daughter of Cadmus, which slue hir sonne Pentheus, bycause he contemned the drunken feastes called Bacchanalia.

Agauni,

A people of the North partes of the worlde.

Agauus,

One of the sonnes of Priamus.

Agbatana,

The citie commonly called Egbatana or Ecba∣tana.

Agdistis,

The Gréekes feygned to be a Deuill, commen of the séede of Iupiter, which fell from him when hée slept, who had the members both of man and wo∣man: of whome other Deuils being afearde, dyd cut of the mans instrument, and thrue it away. Where∣of dyd spring an Almonde trée, and brought forth Al∣mondes when tyme serued. It is also an hill, at the foote whereof standeth the citie Pessinus.

Agesidamus.

A famous wrestler.

Agedicum,

Otherwyse called Agendium, the citie of Sens in Fraunce.

Agenor, oris,

A king of Phoenicia, sonne of Belus, and fa∣ther of Europa (whome Iupiter rauished) and of Cad∣mus, who buylded the citie of Thebes. Also the sonne of Antenor.

Agenoreus, a, um,

Of Agenor.

Agenorides, Cadmus,

The sonne of Agenor.

Agerochus,

The sonne of Neleus.

Agerona,

The goddesse of industrie and diligence.

Agesias Cyrenaicus,

A Philosopher, whome Ptolomeus forbad to teache in any schoole, bycause that in perswa∣ding the immortalitie of the soule, hée caused manye to slea themselues.

Agesilaus,

King of Lacedemonie, from his childehoode was of excellent vertues, as in truth, iustice, tem∣peraunce, noble courage, liberalitie, and continencie. Wherfore hée was so much honoured, and prospered so well, that hée subdued to the Lacedemonians innu∣merable cities and countreys in Asia, and Greece. Whan one demaunded a thing of hym, which was vn∣iust, saying, that hée had promised it: he aunswered: If it were iust, I promysed: if it were vniust, I spake, but I promysed it not. Whan the Lacedemo∣nians had giuen vnto him the treasour of Agis, which was king before him, hée incontinent dyd distribute it to them, whome he knewe poorest. Whan it was demaunded, why hée laye no richlyer than a priuate personne, hée aunswered: a Prince ought to excell all other men in temperaunce, and moderate lyuing, and not in delicacie. He spake wyth no woman, ex∣cept hys wyfe, but eyther in the temple, or else be∣fore all men, thinking those two places to be voyde of suspition: the one for holynesse, the other for witnes∣ses.

Agesinates,

A people of Aquitayne.

Agesipholis,

A captayne of Lacedemonie.

Aggeus,

A worde of Hebrue, in Englishe merie, solemne▪ or compassing. It was the name of a Prophete, one of the twelue that prophecied in the tyme of Zorobabell, king of the Iewes about .550. yeares before the in∣carnation of Christ.

Aginnum,

The towne of Angolesme in Fraunce.

Agis,

The sonne of Eurystenes, and king of Lacedemo∣nians: whome they slue bycause he woulde haue resto∣red agayne the lawes of Lycurgus.

Agla,

A towne in Portugale.

Aglaia,

One of the thrée graces, which is interpreted brightnesse, cleerenesse, beautie, pleasure, or maie∣stie.

Aglais, idis,

The daughter of Megaclis, notable for hir gluttonie.

Aglaonice,

A womans name, the daughter of Aemon, a Sorceresse.

Aglaope,

One of the thrée Mermaidens.

Aglaophron,

A famous paynter.

Aglauros,

Was daughter to Erichtheus, king of Athens, whome Ouid feygneth to be turned (by Mercurie) in∣to a stone.

Aglaus Psophidius,

A man, which by the Oracle of Apol∣lo, was iudged more happie, than the great King Gyges.

Agni cornu,

A promontorie néere to the mouth of Nylus called Bolbiticum.

Agnicis,

A ryuer running into Tigris.

Agnites,

The surname of Aesculapius.

Agno,

One of Iupiters nources.

Agoce, ces,

The name of a Citie.

Agonax,

The mayster of Soroaster.

Agonensis porta,

A gate at Rome, called also Collina.

Agonis, idis,

A woman of Lilybeta.

Agonius,

Was named a God, which had preheminence ouer things to be done.

Agoracritus,

A famous caruer or ymage maker.

Agoraeus,

An ymage of Mercurie, which was in Pharis a citie of Achaia, set in the middle of the market place, out of which ydole the Deuill gaue answeres in forme following. Before the feete of the ydole was an aultar of sione, wherevnto were bounden wyth leade, certaine Lampes of Brasse. He that came for an aunswere, bur∣ned frankincēse on the aulter, and made his prayers, and after poured Oyle vpon the lampes, and dyd put into the Idols hande, a péece of brasse money of that coun∣trie, and then secretly whispered in the Images eare: whatsoeuer he woulde demande, and forthwith, stopping his owne eares, went out of the market place, and then opened his eares, and what voyce soeuer he heard first, he tooke it for a sure counsayle in all thinges that he woulde doe.

Agragatus,

A king of Persia, called after Cyrus.

Agrae,

A place without the citie of Athens, dedicate to Ce∣res. Also a kynde of Souldiours, and a Towne of Ar∣cadie.

Agragas,

An hyll in Sicilie compassed with a wall, in the top whereof standeth a Towne, called also Agrigen∣tum.

Agragantinus, a, um,

Of Agragas.

Agrani,

A great citie of Mesopotamia, destroyed by the Persians.

Agrigentinus, a, um,

Of the towne of Agrigentine.

Agrigentum, ti,

A Citie in Sicilie, which the Greekes doe call Acragaritem, and the countrie Acragen. The peo∣ple there buylded sumptuously, and fedde delicatly. And therefore Plato sayde of them in bourde: The Agri∣gentines did buylde as they shoulde lyue euer, and did eate as they shoulde alwaye dye. Of this citie was Prince Phalaris, the most cruell tyranne. Of whome shall be spoken in the letter P.

Agrij,

A people called also Cynamolgi.

Agriophagi,

A people in the Weast part of Ethiope, which lyue onelye by the fleshe of Panthers and Lyons.

Agripenses,

A people of Bythinia.

Agrippa, ae,

The name of sundrye kinges: of whome one most excellent, the sonne of Aristobolus, was by Tibe∣rius the Emperour, cast in pryson, and afterwarde deli∣uered by Caligula, who made him king of Iewes, set∣ting a crowne of Golde on his heade, and for his chayne of yron, gaue him a chayne of Golde of the same weight. And being retourned into his coūtrey, at the first he ly∣ued honourably, and did many good déedes: But at the last, being eleuate in pryde, and suffering himselfe to be honoured and woondered at as a God, he was sodenly stricken by an Aungell, in the presence of an infinite number of people: wherewith his bodye swelled, and wormes issued out thereof, wyth intollerable paynes, and horrible stenche. In the which torments he looked vpon his flattering Counsaylours and seruauntes, and sayde: Lo, I, whome you called a God, am now in the paynes of death. And in this wyse he dyed, being of age. lvij. yeares.

Agrippias, adis,

A citie called before Anthedon.

Agrippina,

Daughter of noble Germanicus, sister to Ca∣ligula (and by him abused) was first maryed to Domi∣tius, by whome she had Nero. After the death of Do∣mitius, she was maryed to Claudius, whome, with his sonne Britannicus, she poysoned, to the intent to make hir sonne Nero Emperour. But hir falshoode, abho∣mination, and crueltie, was not vnpunished. For some after, hir owne sonne Nero, notwithstanding that hée ioyned hir with him in equall authoritie, and (as some men supposed) abused hir carnally, hauing hir in most mortall hate, caused hir to be most cruelly slayne.

Mother to the sayde Agrippina, was daughter of M. Agrippa, and wife to Germanicus, whome Ti∣berius, by the commandement of Octauian, had declared to be his heyre apparant to the Empyre. And notwith∣standing, was after poysoned by consent of Tiberius. For whose death the sayde Agrippina tooke such heaui∣nesse, that she determined to dye by absteyning from meate. And although the Emperour caused meate to be put into hir throte, she would not receyue it, but in that voluntarie abstinence finally dyed.

Agrippina,

Daughter of noble Germanicus, sister to Ca∣ligula (and by him abused) was first maryed to Domi∣tius, by whome she had Nero. After the death of Do∣mitius, she was maryed to Claudius, whome, with his sonne Britannicus, she poysoned, to the intent to make hir sonne Nero Emperour. But hir falshoode, abho∣mination, and crueltie, was not vnpunished. For some after, hir owne sonne Nero, notwithstanding that hée ioyned hir with him in equall authoritie, and (as some men supposed) abused hir carnally, hauing hir in most mortall hate, caused hir to be most cruelly slayne.

Mother to the sayde Agrippina, was daughter of M. Agrippa, and wife to Germanicus, whome Ti∣berius, by the commandement of Octauian, had declared to be his heyre apparant to the Empyre. And notwith∣standing, was after poysoned by consent of Tiberius. For whose death the sayde Agrippina tooke such heaui∣nesse, that she determined to dye by absteyning from meate. And although the Emperour caused meate to be put into hir throte, she would not receyue it, but in that voluntarie abstinence finally dyed.

Agrippina Colonia,

The Citie of Coleyne in Germanie.

Agrius,

The neuew of Mars. Also the sonne of Vlysses by Circe.

Agron,

A king of Illiria, Also a famous Phisition of A∣thens.

Aguntisi,

People of Aguntum.

Aguntum,

A towne in Sicile.

Agurium,

looke Agyrini.

Agyeus,

The surname of Apollo.

Agylla,

A towne of Tuscane, called after Caere.

Agylleus,

A wrestler, excéeding great of bodie.

Agyrini, seu Agyrinenses,

People of the Citie in Sicilie called Agurium, seu Agyrium.

A H

Aherna,

A citie of Hertruria.

A I

Aiax,

(The sonne of Thelamon by Hesione, daughter of Laomedon king of Troy) was the strongest man of all the Gréekes next to Achilles: but after Achilles was slayne, Aiax contending with Vlysses for Achilles ar∣mour, and Vlysses by force of eloquence, obteyning sentence on his part, became madde. And in this furye slue many beastes, supposing them to bée Vlysses and his companie. There was also an other Aiax, sonne of Oileus, king of Locrenses in Gréece, woonderfull swift, and expert in handling a speare. This man when Troy was sacked, did violate the noble virgin Cassandra, in the temple of Pallas. Wherefore, as he returned home∣warde, on the sea, he and his shippes were burned wyth lyghtning. Hée was before the incarnation .1190. yeares.

Ailoth,

Was a Citie in Iudea, buylded by Ozias, king of Iewes.

Aioth,

The second Iudge of the Hebrues: A bigge man, and valiaunt of courage, and had equall strength and aptnesse in both handes: of this man reade in the booke of kings.

A L

Alaba, bae,

A Citie of Spaine.

Alabanda, dae,

A Citie in Gréece, in the Countrey of Ionia.

Alabandes, & Alabandici,

People of Alabanda.

Alabandicus, & Alabandiacus, a, um,

of the citie Alabanda.

Alabenses, vel Alabonenses,

People of the citie of Alaba.

Alabys,

One of the chiefest riuers of Sicilie.

Alachroae,

A people called also Lotophagi.

Alaci,

A towne of Affrike.

Alae, arum,

A citie of Cilicia.

Alaesa,

A towne of Sicilie.

Alalcomenium,

A towne of Boeotia.

Alalia,

A citie of the ylande of Cyrnus.

Alaniticus,

A goulfe of the red sea.

Alana,

A citie of Ethiope.

Alani,

People of Scithia, nigh to the ryuer Ister or Da∣nubius.

Alania,

A region of Scythia in Europe, which stretcheth to the great fennes of Meotis.

Alante,

A citie of Archadie, another of Macedonie.

Alanus,

The Riuer of Scithia, whereof the people called Alani, tooke their name.

Alapeni,

A people of Arabie.

Alaricus,

King of Gothes, besieged Rome, and burned it, in the yeare of our Lorde .408. In which siege such famine was in the eitie, that the mothers were cōstrei∣ned with hunger to eate their owne children. There was also another Alaricus, which was vanquished by Clodoueus king of Fraunce, the yeare of our Lord .510. In whose tyme the part of Fraunce, called Gallia Nar∣bonensis, and all Spayne, were in the possession of the Gothes.

Alastor,

One of the horses of Pluto. Also the name of a companion of Sarpedon, king of Lycia, whome Vlisses slue at the siege of Troye.

Alata, tae,

A citie of Arabie.

Alatium,

A towne of Hierapolis, called also Elatium.

Alatrium,

A citie of Campaine.

Alatrinates,

A people of Campaine.

Alâta castra,

A citie in Scotlande, called Edenburgh, or the castell of Maydens.

Alauna,

A towne in Brytaine.

Alauni,

Two ryuers in Brytaine.

Alaunij,

A people in Scythia.

Alauorsi,

People of the vttermost part of the North.

Alazon, onis,

A riuer that deuideth Albania from Iberia, and runneth into the ryuer Cyrus.

Alba, bae,

A citie nigh to Rome, which was builded by Ascaneus, sonne of Aeneas. There was another citie in Lumbardie called Alba. In Spayne an other called Virgao. Alba is also a ryuer in Spayne.

Alba Aemilius,

A mans name.

Alba Heluorum,

A citie of Narbon in Fraunce.

Albana,

A citie in Arabie.

Albanenses,

Were certayne heretikes, in the yeare of our Lorde .1120. This sect helde sundrye heresies. One was, that y^e soule of man after his death, was put into an other bodie. An other, y^t baptisme was of none effi∣cacie. The thirde, that there were two Gods, one good, and another euill. And that of the good God, proceeded good things, and of the euill God, euill thinges. The fourth, that in hell were none other paynes than bée in this worlde. The fift that the generall iudgement is past. The sixt, that it is not lawefull for anye man to sweare. The seuenth, that man hath no fréewill, called in latine Liberum arbitrium. The eight, that the matter whereof the worlde was made, was not made of God, but is coeternall with God. The ninth, that there is no originall sinne, and that children be not borne in origi∣nall sinne. Also that sinne commeth not of fréewill, but of the Deuill. The tenth, they denyed, that the bodye shoulde eftsoones arise at the daie of iudgement. The eleuenth, they abi••••ted all the olde testament as a vaine thing and of none authoritie.

Albani,

People of Alba in Italy.

Albania,

Is a country in Asia, hauing on the east the Sea Caspium: on the west Iberia: on the north the hilles Caucasus. The people there were first poore and sim∣ple and as shepeperdes: not hauing knowledge of mo∣ney, nor of any number aboue one hundred, liuing by ex∣chaunge, not knowing weight, measure nor husbandry, and yet ready in warres. They honoured for gods the Sunne and the Moone, hauing among them (as Stra∣bo wryteth) xxvj. languages, and as many kinges. Of these people are supposed to come the Albanoises, that dwell in Morea, sometime called Peloponesus, which be now vnder the Turkes, or vnder the great Cane.

Albanus,

A ryuer, and hyll not farre from the citie of Rome. Also the name of two cities, one in Macedonia, the other in Arinenia.

Albanus, a, um,

Of Albanie in Italy.

Albani partes,

The senatours of Alba.

Alba Pompeia,

A city in Italy.

Albatenius,

A learned man, that translated Galene into the Arabian tongue.

Albenses,

People of Alba in Lumbardie.

Albi montes,

A place in the yle of Candie, where it neuer rayneth.

Albia,

A riuer that passeth through the Realme of Boe∣mia.

Albici,

A people nere to Massilia.

Albigenses,

Were heretikes, which began by Tolouse in Fraunce, the yeare of our Lord, a hundred and twentie which held the herises of the Albanenses, touching the foule, Baptisme, God, and the generall resurrection. Moreouer, that it was not lawfull for Christian men to eate fleshe.

Albiminium,

A citie of Liguria, called now Vintimia.

Albinga,

A towne in Liguria, called in olde time Albi∣gaunum.

Albinus,

The name of an Emperour. Also the surname of dyuers Romaynes.

Albion, and Bergion,

Two Gyants, the sonnes of Nep∣tune, slaine by Hercules.

Albion,

(The most auncient name of this Ile) conteyneth Englande and Scotlande: of the beginning of which name hath bene sundrie opinions: one late reigned by him, which first printed the English Chronicle wherin is neyther similitude of troth, reason, nor honestie: I meane the fable of the fiftie daughters of one Diocle∣sian king of Syria, where neuer any other hystorie ma∣keth mention of a king of Syria, so named. Also that name is Gréeke, and no part of the language of Syria. Moreouer, the cōming of them from Syrya in a ship or boat without any mariners thorow the sea called Medi∣terraneum, into the Ocean, and so finally to finde thys Ile, and to inhabyte it, and haue generation by deuils, is both impossible, and much r••proche for thys nob••e Realme, to ascribe hir first name & habitation, to such inuentours. An other opinion is (which hath a more honest similitude) that it was named Albion, ab albis rupibus, of whyte rockes, bicause that vnto them, that come by sea, from the east or south, the banks and rocks of this Ile doe appeare whyte. Of this opinion haue I most meruayle, bicause it is written of great learned men. First Albion is no latin worde, nor hath the ana∣logie, that is to say, the proportion or similitude of la∣tin. For who hath founde this sillable, on, at the end of a latin worde? And if it shoulde haue bene so called for the whyte colour of the rockes, men woulde haue called it Alba, or Albus, or Album. In Italye were townes called Alba, and in Asia a country called Albania, and neyther of them tooke their beginning of whyte rockes or walles, as ye maye reade in b••••kes of Ecographye: nor the water of the ryuer called Albis, seemeth anye whyter than other water. But if where auncient re∣membrāce of the beginning of things lacketh, it may be leefull for men to vse their coniectures, than may mine be as well accepted as Plinies (although he incompa∣rably excelled me in wisedome and doctrine) speciallye if it maye appeare, that my coniecture shall approch more neare to the similitude of truth. Wherefore I will also set forth mine opinion, onely to the intent to exclude fa∣bles, lacking eyther honesty or reasonable similitudes. When the Gréekes beganne first to prosper, and their Cities became populous, and waxed puyssaunt, they which trauayled on the seas, and also the Isles in the seas, called Helespontus, Aegeum, and Creticum, after

Albis,

A riuer in Boemia, which commeth to the Citie of Prage. It is also a ryuer in Germany.

Albium,

A towne of Lumbardie.

Albius Tibullus,

A Poet.

Albocilla,

A womans name.

Albula.

The olde name of the ryuer Tyber. Also a water in the field Tiburtinus, which was medicinable for sore eyes.

Album,

A Promontorie of Phoenicia, And another of Affrike.

Albunea,

A wood and fountayne by the ryuer called Anio, in Italy. It is also the name of the tenth Sybill.

Alcaeus,

A famous Poet, of them, which are called Lyrici, (bicause they made songs to the Harpe.) He was before the incarnation of Christ, 646. yeares. In Athens was another Poet of the same name. Alcaeus was also the name of Alemenas sonne, called after, Hercules. Al∣so the father of Amphytri••. And furthermore, the sonne of Omphale and Hercules.

Alcamenes,

A famous caruer, or Image maker.

Alcander,

One of the compaignions of Serpedon king of Lycia, slayne by Vlysses at the siege of Troye.

Alcanor,

A mans name in Virgile.

Alcathoe,

The Citie called also Megara.

Alcathous,

The sonne of Pelops, who beyng suspected of the murther of his brother, fled to Megara.

Alce,

Is the name of a Citie in Spayne, of an harlot, and of one of the houndes of Acteon.

Alcenor,

A certayne Grecian.

Alces,

Is a ryuer in Bithinia.

Alceste, seu Alcestis,

vide Admetus.

Alcetas,

The sonne of Tharipus.

Alcetes,

The sonne of Arymba, and king of Epyre, which for his tyrannie was slayne, with all his children.

Alchidas,

One of the Rhodes, which was enamoured on the picture of Cupido, that was made by Praxiteles.

Alchione,

An hyll of Macedonie.

Alchippe,

A towne of the Mersiens.

Alcibiades,

vide Alcybiades.

Alcida,

Was a terrible monster, which was slayne by Pallas.

Alcidamas,

A famous wrestler. Also a Philosopher which wrote of musicke.

Alcidamus,

An auncient Oratour of the Gréekes.

Aldes,

idem quod Hercules, So called of his graundfather Alcaeus.

Alcimachus,

A famous paynter.

Alcimedi,

The daughter of Phylachus. Also the wyfe of Aeson, and mother of Iason.

Alcimedas,

A tragicall Poet of Megaris.

Alcimedon,

A cunning grauer.

Alcimus,

A famous orator of Grece. Also a king of Lydia, for his méekenesse and iustice greatly renowmed.

Alcinous,

A king of a people called Phaeaces, excellent in iustice, which had a fayre and magnifike Pallayce, with Orchardes that bare most plenteouslye fruites twyse in the yere. There was another of the same name, disci∣ple of Plato.

*Alcinoi apologus.

A prouerbe applyed to long foolyshe tales worthie no beliefe or credence.

Alcion,

A Phisition.

Alciphron,

A Philosopher.

Alcippe,

The daughter of Mars. Also another woman that brought forth an Oliphant. Also a woman men∣cioned in Theocritus.

Alcippus,

A noble man of Sparta, which through enuie of lewde persons was banished the Citie.

Alcisthene,

A woman very cunning in painting.

Alcithoë,

A woman of Thebes, which for contemning the feastes of Bacchus, with hir sisters and other may∣dens, was turned into Battes or Reremise.

Alcman,

A famous Poet.

Alcmenes,

A cunnyng grauer, or a maker of Images.

Alcmena,

The daughter of Electrio, and wife to Amphy∣trio, on whome Iupiter begat Hercules.

Alcmeon,

A Philosopher, scholer to Phithagoras, that first wrote of the nature of thinges. Also the sonne of Amphiaraus, and Eriphile, which slewe his mother, & therefore was vexed with Furies.

Alcon,

Was a good archer of Creta, which beholding a Dragon readie to deuoure his sonne, did shoote so craf∣tily, that as the Dragon was embracing the chylde, the arrowe passed into his heart, and hurted not the chylde, so that the Dragon imindediatly dyed. It was also the name of a Goldsmyth.

Alcybiades

(A noble man of Athens, commen of the bloud of Aiax Telamonius) in beauty, goodly personage, acti∣uitie, prowesse, eloquence, and sharpenesse of wit, excelled all men of his tyme. Insomuch, that into what country soeuer he came, hée so adapted himselfe to the maners thereof, that he was euerye where wonderfully beloued and honoured, specially of the wise man Socrates, who most entirely loued him. But with those most excellent qualities were ioyned sundry vices: That is to saye, vntemperate and dissolute liuing in lecherye and ryote, deceyt, and inconstancie: so that all men meruayled, that in one man mought be such diuers natures. He at∣chieued many great enterprises, as well for his coun∣trye, as against it. Finallye, he was banyshed by the meane of Lysander king of Lacedemonia. And being in Phrygia, the house wherein he laye, was of purpose set on fire, which he escaped: & being halfe naked, valiantly defending himselfe against his enimies, at the last was slayne, and his heade brought to Pharnabazus, capi∣taine of the Persians. He flourished before the incarna∣tion of Christ .428. yeares.

Alcyone,

The name of two Ladies, the one was wyfe to C••yx, who séeing the bodie of hir husband cast on land, threw hirselfe into the sea, whome the Poetes feigne to be turned into a byrde of that name. The other was daughter to Euene, called also Marpesia.

Alcyoneus,

The name of a gygant.

Aldara,

A citie in Spaine now called Almeria.

Alduasdubis,

A countrie in Fraunce called Leodoux.

Alea,

Is a citie of Arcadie.

Al••bas,

A king of Larissa in Thessaly, which for his ty∣rannie was slayne of the people.

Alebecerij,

People of Narhon in Fraunce.

Alectryon,

A capitayne of King Philips.

Alegenor,

One of the foure sonnes of Boethus.

Alele,

A citie of the Phazanians.

Alemanni,

People of Germanie, called Almaines.

Alemannia,

The countrie of Almaine.

Alemannus, ni,

a riuer in Germanie.

Alem••sij,

People of Attica.

Aleon,

A riuer.

Aleopetra,

An Ile in Meot••s.

Alesium,

A towne in Morea, buylded by Alesius. It is also a fielde in Epyre, and a sea, a riuer, and a Promon∣torie.

Alesius,

An hill of Arcadie.

Aletes,

A man of Corinth.

Alethes,

The name of a Troian.

Aletini,

The Salantines.

Aletrinates,

A people of Italy.

Aletum, ti,

A towne of the Salantines in Italy.

Aleus,

the sonne of Aphidas, which buylded the temple of Minerua at Tegea in Archadie.

Aleus, a, um,

The adiectiue.

Alexamenus,

The sleaer of Tabis the Tyraunt of Lace∣demonia.

Alexander,

The name of many noble princes, but among other, one most excellent, the sonne of Philip king of Macedonie, who in his childehoode was brought vp by Aristotle in learning, wherein he profited wonderfully, and was of such courage, that after the death of Philip his father, being but .xx. yeares olde, he enterprised to conquer all the worlde. And first gat Illyria, now cal∣led Slauonia: And after subuerted the citie of The∣bes, brought in subiection all Greece, entred into Asia, and vanquished the great and puissaunt Darius king of Persia, and had his mother, his wife, and daughter prisoners, and neuer would company with any of them, notwithstanding they were excéeding fayre and beauti∣full. Finally, he conquered India, and all the east part of the world. And all this did he in little more than xij. yeares. But when he had pacified the worlde from all rebellions, he fell into such crueltie & pride (sleying his most trustie counsaylours in his furie, and commaun∣ding himself to be called a God) that he became odious to his owne people: who desiring his destruction, at the last when he was in his most glory at the Citie of Ba∣bylon (where he aboade the Ambassadours from all realmes) at supper with one of his phisitions, was poysoned by drinking out of a cup, which was supposed to be made of an horses hoofe, and was thought to bée done by the deuice of Arystotle, sometyme his mayster, and Antipater his lieutenant in Macedonia, whome a little before he had grieuously threatned. Thus Alex∣ander, abounding in excellent vertues & notable vices, after most happie fortune, by his outragious pride and crueltie, shortned his life, being at his death little aboue xxxiij. yeares olde, which was afore the incarnation of Christ .322. yeares.

Alexander Seuerus,

Was emperour of Rome, the yeare of our Lord .224. A man from his childhoode of wonder∣full grauitie & prudence. For where the citie of Rome was before brought, by his cosin the monstruous Em∣perour Heliogabalus, into all abhomination of liuing and dissolution of maners: he by his vertue, prudence, and iustice, reduced it vnto a perfect publike weale, re∣formed the order of his armie, established lawes, resto∣red honestie, expelled vicious persons and bribours, ad∣uaunced men of vertue and learning to great offices and dignities, renued the Senate, prepared also a great and noble counsayle about his person, and so hated cor∣rupted iudges, that he did not onely put them to tor∣ments, but when any came in his presence, was readie wyth his two fingers to put out their eyes. And yet this noble and gentle prince, by the false treason of one Maximinus, whome of a muletter he had made a great captayne, was in a sodaine commotion slayne of his owne people at Maguntia in Germanie, with his mo∣ther Mammea, a wyse Ladye and a vertuous. Some suppose it was, bicause that by hir counsayle, he became auaritious, and was not so liberall as he and other Emperours had bene before.

Alexandra,

Called also Cassandra, the daughter of Pria∣mus. Also the wife of Alexander a king of the Iewes.

Alexandria,

The name of diuers Cities, one in Aegypt, buylded by the great Alexander, 320. yeares before the incarnation of Christ, in the space of .xvij. dayes, al∣though it conteyned within the walles sixe myles in length. It was made in the forme of a mantel, deuyded with two brode wayes, one crossing ouer the other for easie conueying of caryage euery way, being in breadth 100. foote. Which wayes laye in such wyse, that the wholesome windes blew abundantly in the citie. This citie was set betwene the fennes of Nilus, and the sea, nigh vnto the noble hauen Pharus. In this citie euery king of Aegypt after Alexander, buylded a royall pal∣lace, whereby it shewed so beautifull and magnificent, that the lyke was not in the worlde. Many excellent and learned men were borne, and brought vp in that citie, as Philo the Iewe, Origenes, Clemens, Anto∣nius, Didimus, Maximus, Theophilus, and Athana∣sius were there Bishops. S. Marke the Euangelist preached there, and was ordeyned byshop by the Apo∣stles. It was destroyed by the Romaines, and reedified by Traianus the Emperour. Afterwarde the yeare of our Lord .1230. Peter brother to the king of Cyprus, wyth certayne Frenchemen and Catalones, eftsones destroyed and robbed it, so that to this day it was ne∣uer reduced vnto the first estate. Nowe is it in subiec∣tion to the Turkes. There is an other Citie called A∣lexandria in Lumbardie, an other in Asia, and an other in Scythia.

Alexandrinus, a, um,

Of Alexandria.

Alexandrium,

A citie in Iurie.

Alexandropolis,

A Citie of Parthia, buylded by great A∣lexander.

Alexia,

A citie in Fraunce▪ now called Lauss••is in Bur∣goyn. Also the towne called Arras in the Countrye of Artoys.

Alexis,

A comicall Poet. Also a famous caruer. It was the name of Pollios seruaunt, of whome Vergue spea∣keth.

Alexius,

The name of two emperours of Constantinople. Also there was one Alexius, the sonne of Ephimianus a noble senatour of Rome, who hauing a wise of excel∣lent beautie for the loue of God left hir, and secretlye went sundrie pilgrimages in the habit of a poore man. And after much pacience and long pouertie, returned to his fathers house, being there vnknowne till after his death, that he was disclosed by a letter which was founde in his hand. At his burying God shewed many woonderfull myracles, than being present Ho••••rius and Arcadius, Emperours of Rome, the yeare of our Lorde .410.

Algarbe,

A part of the kingdome of Portugal, and is cal∣led Caput S. Vincentij, or Finster sterne, the vttermost part of all the lande: it was once called Colimbrica.

Algidensis, s••,

Of the citie called Algidum.

Algidum,

A citie in Italy situate on an high hill.

Algidus,

A mountayne xij. myles from Rome.

Algida silua,

A wood at the foote of that mountayne.

Alia, vel Allia,

A ryuer not farre from Rome▪ where the host of the Romaynes was vtterly destroied by Bre••∣nus,

Alieu,

Iles in the sea of Aethiope.

Aliartum,

A towne of Boeotia.

Alidra,

A towne called also Alindra.

Alifa,

A citie of the Samnites.

Aliphani, vel Alitani.

People of Aliphe.

Aliphe, es,

A citie of Campania and also of Acerra, which the ryuer Clanius oft endomageth.

Aliphirei,

People of Arcadia.

Alista,

A citie of the Ilande Corsica, called at this daye Amassa.

Allante, tes, vel Allas, lantis,

A towne of Macedonie, & of Arcadie, called also Alantium, and Allanteum, and the people Allantenses.

Allobroges,

People of Sauoy and Daulphiny.

Allotriges,

A people of Spayne.

Almedessos,

A towne of Thrace.

Almo, almonis,

mas. gener. A ryuer néere to Rome, where the priests of Cybele vsed to wash them, when they had done their bloudie sacrifice. It is also the name of a man, and of a towne in Thessaly.

Almopia,

Part of Macedonie.

Almops, opis,

A Gygant, the sonne of Neptune and Ada∣mantis: of whome the Countrey of Almopia was na∣med.

Almus, mi,

The sonne of Sisyphus.

Aloeus,

Was the name of a Gygant, sonne of Titan, on whose wyfe Neptune begat two sonnes Oetus and E∣phialtes, which were called also Aloidae, and were great gygants.

Alogiani,

Were heretikes, which denyed, that the sonne of God was Logos, which some doe interpreate into latin Verbum, some Sermo. And therefore they reiected the Gospell of Saint Iohn, and his Apocalipsis, say∣ing, that they were not his works.

Alonae,

A citie of Spaine, called commonly Alicante.

Alone,

An Ilande.

Alonesus,

The name of a Citie, and of an Ilande.

Aloni,

A people of Asia, néere to whome the ryuer Zerbis, runneth into Tigris.

Alontigiceli,

A people of Spayne.

Alontium, or Aluntium,

A towne of Sicilie.

Alope,

The daughter of Cercion, after whome a Citie in Thessalie was so called.

Alopece,

An Ilande in Pontus Euxinus.

Alopeconesus,

A Citie in Asia, and after some an Ilande and a Citie of Hellesponte.

Aloros,

A citie of Macedonie.

Alostigi,

A people of Spayne.

Alpes, pium, pibus,

foe. gen. The Mountaynes, which de∣part Italy and Fraunce.

Alpesa,

A towne in Spayne.

Alphenus,

A Coblers name in Horace.

Alpheias,

The name of Arethusa, daughter of Alpheus.

Alphesibaea,

The daughter of the riuer Phlaegeus, whome Alemeon tooke to wyfe.

Alpheus,

A ryuer of Achaia, by the citie of Pisa. Also the name of a Mountayne.

Alpheus, a, um,

Of that ryuer.

Alphion,

A lake or méere in Pyrrhea.

Alphioniae,

The Temple ••f 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and a woode at the mouth of the ryuer Alpheus.

Alphito,

A womans ••••me.

Altellus,

The surname of Romulus, the first founder of Rome.

Althaea,

Is the daughter of Thestius, and wyfe of Oene∣us king of Calydonia▪ which repenting the slaughter of hir sonne Meleager, slue hir selfe.

Altilia,

A towne in Lumbardie, called at this day Alteiola.

Altinates,

People of Altinum.

Altinum,

An olde citie by the riuer of Venice, called nowe Torrello.

Aluerni,

A certayne people of Aquitaine, hauing their be∣ginning of the Troyans.

Alya••mon,

A riuer of Macedonie.

Alyattes,

The father of King Cresus.

Alyba,

A countrie not farre from Mysia, where (as Ho••••merus doth wryte) were mynes of siluer.

Alysius,

The name of Bacchus.

Alysonij,

A people of Scythia.

Alyssos, or Alyssus,

A well of Archadie, the water wherof healeth them that be bitten with mad dogges.

Alyxathoe,

The daughter of Dymas.

Alyzia,

A citie of Acarnania .xv. furlongs from the sea.

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Amadoca,

A Citie of Sarmatia in Europe.

Amadoci,

Certayn hilles. Also people of the same country.

Amaea,

A name of Ceres.

Amalchium,

A part of the Occean sea towarde the North.

Amelech,

A worde of Hebrue, which may be interpreted, a people lycking or striking. It was the name of a king of Siria, which resisted the people of Israell, when they came out of Egypt, and slue many of them. Wherfore he was afterwarde slayne by the commaundement of God. It is sometime taken for the Countrie, whereof Ama∣lec was king.

Amalecitae,

The people of Amalec, whom God commaun∣ded Saule to destroy vtterly. And bycause he did not, he was reeiected of God.

Amalthea,

A woman, which with hir sister called Melissa, nourished Iupiter with the milke of a Goate. It is al∣so the name of Prophetesse.

Aman,

A name of Hebrue, which signifieth troubling or murmuring. Of that name was one of the house of A∣gag, whome Assuerus king of Persia, and Medea, ex∣alted aboue all his lordes and counsaylers, and willed all thinges to be done as they woulde commaunde. Of whole pride and punishment ye may reade in the booke of Hester.

Amanicae pilae,

The streights or entries of the mountayne Amanus.

Amanoides,

A promontorie in Cilicia.

Amantes,

A people of Hungarie.

Amanthes,

After Calepine, but more verily Hammanien∣ses, People of Aphricke, in the furthermost part of Ae∣thiope, who haue such plentie of precious stones, and salt, that thereof they make great houses. Among them is founde the Carbuncle.

Amantia,

A citie of Macedonie.

Amanum,

An hauen in the higher Spayne.

Amanus,

A mans name. Also one of the Persians Gods, and a part of the mountayne Taurus, néere to Cilicia.

Amara,

A citie in Arabia foelix.

Amaracus,

Was the name of a yong man, which (as Poetes feygne) was turned into that herbe.

Amaramis,

The father of Moyses.

Amaranthi,

People of the countrie of Colchos, wherein was a shéepe that bare the golden fléece.

Amarbi,

People in the Occean sea by Scythia.

Amardi,

People of Hircania,

Amardus,

A riuer of Mede.

Amariacae,

A people néere to Hircania.

Amarispus,

A ryuer, reade Arispus.

Amarni,

People néere to the Hircanes.

Amarusia, ae,

foem. gen. The name of Diana among the A∣thenienses.

Amarynthus, thi,

m. gen. A riuer that boundeth vpon Ar∣chadie. Also a towne in Euboea.

Amasa,

A name of Hebrue, signifieth the people that spa∣reth, or lifting vp the people. It was the name of a noble man, sonne of Abigael, sister to Dauid. Also a Capitayne, whome Ioab slue, in kissing and saluting him, vnder the colour of friendship.

Amasenus, ni,

m. g. A riuer in Italie. An other in Sicilie.

Amasia,

A citie in Germanie called Marburge. Also a ri∣uer betwéene Rheine and Albis.

Amasias,

(A name of Hebrue) signifieth the strength of the Lorde. Of that name was one king of Iudea, sonne of Ioas .853. yeares before the incarnation of Christ, he reigned .29. yeares. A man very eloquent, and at the

Amasis,

A noble king of Egypt: he made a lawe, that eue∣rie yeare eche man should make a reckoning to the head officers of his realme, howe and by what occupation he lyued, and he that did not so, should be put to death.

Amasius, or Amisius,

The ryuer in Germanie commonlye called Entis.

Amassi,

People about Maeotis.

Amastris,

The principall citie of Paphlagonia. Also an other in Bithynia, called commonly Soyastro.

Amata,

The wyfe of a king of Latines, and sister of the Goddesse Venilia. Also the name of a virgin Vestale, when they were first admitted.

Amatae,

People of Indie.

Amataei,

People of Arabie.

Amath,

The sonne of Chanaan.

Amathuntaeus, and Amathusiacus, a, um,

Of or perteyning to the Citie Ama••hus.

Amathus, untis,

A citie in Cyprus dedicate to Venus, of the which that Ilande was called Amathusia.

Amathus, thi,

A ryuer running by the citie Pylos, where Nestor was borne. It is also the father of Aerias, which builded the temple of Venus in Cyprus.

Amathusia,

The Ile of Cyprus.

Amaxia,

A citie of Cilicia.

Amaxitos,

A citie of Doris.

Amaxitus,

A citie of Phrygia.

Amaxobij,

People of Sarmatia, so called of waines, which they vsed in stéede of houses.

Amazones,

Womē of Scythia, which wanne a great part of Asia. They slue all the men children, and kept the women children, of whome they burned the right pap, because it should not let them to throw their Iauelins, or to shoote. For their beginning and facions, reade Iustine. Amazones, be sometime taken for poore peo∣ple that liue barely.

Amazonicus, a, um,

Pertaining to the Amazones.

Amazonicus, ci,

A country called after Cesaria. It is al∣so the name of the mountaine Taurus.

Amazonides,

idem quod Amazones.

Amazonius, a, um,

idem quod Amazonicus.

Amazonius, nij,

An hill in Cappadocia, whereby runneth the ryuer Thermodoon.

Ambantae,

People of Asia.

Ambarri,

People of the country of Lyons in Fraunce.

Ambastae,

A people of Asia.

Ambastum,

A ryuer in Asia.

Ambe, es,

A citie in Arabie.

Ambiani, seu Ambienses,

People in Fraunce about Lan∣guedok called Amboise, some suppose it to be Amiens.

Ambigatus,

A king of the Galles, which sent his two ne∣phewes, Bellouesus and Sigouesus, to séeke aduentures in straunge Countryes.

Ambilates,

People in little Britaine, called Darenchis.

Ambratia,

A citie in Epyre, in a countrey, whereof the people be called Thesproti. This citie was first called Eponia, and Paralia. Of thys Citie was named a goulfe or bosome called Sinus Ambratiensis, which is as well by nature as by arte, made woonderfull strong, ha∣uing a double wall, and inclosed on both sides with fen∣nes, hauing none entrie, but one narrow way.

Ambratienses, and Ambratiotae,

, People of Ambratia.

Ambratius, a, um,

Of Ambratia.

Ambrosius, sij,

m. gen. The name of dyuers men: of which one most excellent, was bishop of Millaine, the yeare of our Lorde .373. a Romaine borne of a noble and aun∣cient house, and had béene Consull. As this man (being sent by Valentimanus the Emperour to Myllaine, to pacifie a sedition) perswaded the people to concorde: sodeinely the voyce of an infant was hearde of all men, which cryed: Ambrosius is worthy to be bishop: which voyce so feruently styrred the people, that they all con∣discended to make him their Bishop, notwithstanding he was not yet baptised, but newelye instructed in the faith. And though he instantly refused, they compelled him to take it vpon him. And forthwith all the people of Lumbardie agréed in one opinion of the fayth. Hée was of such holines, such gentlenes, such excellent wis∣dome and learning, that not onely in his lyfe, but also after his death, he was throughout the worlde, had in honour and reuerence. A rare forme of election, and as rare a thing it is to finde a byshop or priest of Am∣brosius qualities, although he were halfe a paynime, and a temporal man when he was chosen bishop: wher∣at they may be ashamed, that be chrystened in their in∣fancie, and xx. yeares or more priestes, ere they be By∣shops, and yet some not worthie to occupie that reue∣rende office.

Ambrysus,

The name of two cities, the one in Phocis, the other in Boeotia.

Ambuariti,

A people of a part of Braband.

Ambulatri,

A people of Guian in Fraunce.

Amelas,

A towne of Lycia.

Amelius,

A philosopher, the disciple of Plotine, and may∣ster of Porphyrius.

Ameria,

An olde citie in Italy.

America,

A countrye late founde in the west part of the worlde by Americus Vesputius, the yeare of oure Lorde .1477.

Amerinus, a, um,

Of Ameria.

Ameriola,

A city in Italy.

Amestratini,

People of Sicilie.

Amicena,

A country of Cappadotia.

Amilcar,

The name of two noble capitaines of Carthage▪ one in great Alexanders time, the other Annibals father.

Aminaeum,

Called also Salernum, a towne of Campaine in Italy.

Amipsias,

A comicall poet of Athens.

Amisus,

A towne of Galatia.

Amiternini,

The Sabines.

Amiternum, ni,

A towne in Campania, where Salust was borne, nowe called Aquila.

Amiternus, a, um,

Of that towne.

Amithaon,

The father of Melampus.

Amithoscuta,

A countrye in Arabie.

Amitinenses,

A people of Italy.

Ammanethus,

An Ilande of Arabie.

Aminienses,

People of Spaine.

Ammon,

An hebrue name, signifying, the sonne of my people. The sonne of Lot (whom he begat on his yong daughter, when he was drunke) was so called. Of this Ammon came the people in Syria, Ammonitae, whome Iosephus doth call Ammanitae. By thys name was Iupiter also worshipped in Egypt.

Ammonius,

The name of a philosopher, who was maister to Origine.

Amnus,

A ryuer in the Ilande Dolica in Arabic.

Amor,

The first sonne of Herebus and Nox, whome the poets feigne to be a God.

Amorgos,

An Ilande.

Amorrhaei,

A worde of hebrue, signifying, cruell rebelles or great bablars. Of that name was a people, which were

Amos,

Father of the prophet Esay, it signifyeth strong or puissaunt.

One of the twelue prophets: it signifieth burde∣ned or charged. The first hath in the beginning the let∣ter Aleph. The other hath the letter Aijn. This man (borne in the towne called Thieme) was a shepeheard, and sent by God into Samaria. And when he had there prophecied against tenne trybes, and somewhat spake of the other twoo, Amasias caused him oftentimes to bée beaten: but when hee coulde not resist the holy ghost, Ochozias, sonne of king Amasias, caused a great nayle to be thrust into his temples: and beyng halfe deade, was caryed into his owne countrye, where hée soone after dyed.

Amos,

Father of the prophet Esay, it signifyeth strong or puissaunt.

One of the twelue prophets: it signifieth burde∣ned or charged. The first hath in the beginning the let∣ter Aleph. The other hath the letter Aijn. This man (borne in the towne called Thieme) was a shepeheard, and sent by God into Samaria. And when he had there prophecied against tenne trybes, and somewhat spake of the other twoo, Amasias caused him oftentimes to bée beaten: but when hee coulde not resist the holy ghost, Ochozias, sonne of king Amasias, caused a great nayle to be thrust into his temples: and beyng halfe deade, was caryed into his owne countrye, where hée soone after dyed.

Ampeliotae,

A certaine nation in Affrike.

Ampeloesba,

A towne néere to Syria.

Ampelos,

A citie of Candie, and a towne of Macedonie. Also a childe, whome Bacchus loued, and after hys death, turned into a starre: also in Greeke it signi∣fieth a vine.

Ampelus,

An Ilande, or promontorie in Samos.

Ampelusia,

An Ile called nowe Tinge. Also a promon∣torie of Affrike.

Amphiaraus,

Sonne of Oileus, an Argiue borne, was a soothsayer, whome Adrasius, king of Argiues, woulde haue taken with him, when he made warre against the Thebanes: but knowing that he should not returne, he hyd himselfe. At the last being discouered by hys wife, he was compelled to go with the king. And the first day that he came to Thebes, the earth opened, and swa∣lowed him.

Amphictiones,

A noble counsayle in Gréece, assembled at a place called Thermopylae, wherein were the twelue sundrie people of Gréece, Iones, Dores, Perrhebi, Baeotij, Magnetes, Achaei, Phthiotae, Melienses, Dolopes, Aenia∣nes, Delphi, and Phocenses. Of this counsayle wrote Suidas, Strabo. lib. 9. Dionysius, 14.

Amphigenia,

A citie.

Amphilochus,

A philosopher.

Amphymedon,

One of the Centaures.

Amphinome,

A nymph.

Amphion,

A man which with natural eloquence, brought rude and wilde people to a ciuile forme of liuing. And (as some suppose) founde first harmonie.

Amphionius, a, um,

Of Amphion.

Amphipolis,

A citie nigh to Macedonie.

Amphiroe,

A nymph or mayden of the ryuers.

Amphisa,

A ryuer in Phocis, a country of Gréece.

Amphissa,

A citie of Locris in Gréece.

Amphistratus,

A certaine grauer or Image maker.

Amphitoe, es,

f. g. A nymph or mayden.

Amphitrio, onis,

The husbande of Alcmena, mother of Hercules.

Amphitrite, tes,

f. g. Was daughter to Nereus, and wyfe to Neptunus, God of the sea. And sometime it is ta∣ken for the sea.

Amphitus,

Castor and Pollux chariot man.

Amphrysus,

A ryuer in Thessaly, by which Apollo kept the shéepe of Admetus. Also a citie.

Ampycides, ae,

Mopsus, the sonne of Ampycus.

Amsanctus,

A well in Italy, which after some, issueth out of hell.

Amulius,

King of the Latines, sonne of Procas, great vncle of Romulus and Remus.

Amxyrus, quasi sine rasura,

The surname of Iupiter among the Campaynes.

Amycla,

One of Niobes daughters.

Amyclas,

The sonne of Lacedemon.

Amyclae,

A citie in Lacedemonia, where Castor and Pol∣lux were borne: an other in Italy.

Amycleus, a, um,

Of that citie.

Amycus,

The sonne of Neptune, and king of the Bebri∣tians, that was slaine of Pollux.

Amydon,

A citie of Peonia.

Amymone,

The daughter of king Danaus, on whome Neptune begat Nauplius. Also a Well in Argos, which hath the name of that woman.

Amyntas,

A shéepeherdes name in Virgill.

Amynthas,

Was the .xv. king of Macedonie.

Amyntor,

A gouernour of the people called Dolopes.

Amyson,

A citie in the realme of Pontus.

Amythaon,

The father of Melampus.

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Ana,

A ryuer in Spaine, which deuideth the Realme of Granato, from Portugall. It springeth in the hither∣most part of Spaine called Amytanus ager. And some∣time spreadeth it selfe into great pondes or méeres. Sometime scant appearing in little brookes, or else hidden vnder the grounde. At the last it falleth into the Spanishe sea. It is called Guadiana.

Anabaptistae,

A sect of heretikes, which began in Germany about the yeare of our Lorde .1524. whereof the first authour was Balthasar, which taught, that Baptisme dyd nothing profyte children, but that they ought eft∣soones to be baptised, when they come to yeares of dys∣cretion. Wherefore they be called Anabaptistae, which doth signifie rebaptisours.

Anachersis,

A philosopher of great wisedome, albeit hée was borne in the barbarous countrey of Scythia: hée (as Plinie supposeth) found first the Potters whéele. And being in the time that Solon made lawes to the Athenienses, saide: The lawes were lyke to cobwebs, which tyed fast little flyes, and the great brake, and went cleane thorowe them: In likewyse the poore and meane men, are fast wounden in the penalties and daū∣gers of lawes, but Lordes and men of great authority, dayly breake them, and are not corrected.

Anacreon,

An olde poet, which soong to the harpe: he was borne in the towne of Ionia, called Teum. This man being aged, was strangled with the kernell of a reysin, and so dyed.

Anadyomene,

A name of Venus.

Anaea,

A citye in Caria. Also one of the Amazones, after whome it was named.

Anaetis, ìdis,

A Goddesse that was worshypped in Lydia, and of the Armenians.

Anagnia,

A citie, wherein Anthonie caused money to bée coyned.

Anaitae,

The inhabitants of Anaitis.

Anaitis,

A countrey of Armenie.

Anandatus,

One of the Persians Goddys.

Ananias,

The cloude or diuination of the Lord. It was the name of one of the thrée hebrue children, which by the commaundement of Nabuchodonosor, were put in the fornayce of fyre, and came foorth wythoute da∣mage. Also it was the name of one of the Capitaines of king Ozias. Also of one of the disciples of the Apo∣stles, which with Sapphira his wife solde his lande and brought a portion thereof to the Apostles, and kept backe the residue. Wherefore beyng rebuked of saint Peter, they both fell downe deade, for that they woulde haue deceyued the holy ghost. Of that name was an other dysciple of Christ, which baptised saint Paule. Also a bishop that commaunded saint Paule to be stry∣ken on the mouth, when he preached.

Anaphe,

An Ilande.

Anapias,

A mans name.

Anâpis,

A ryuer in Sicilie, ten furlongs from the citie of Siracusis.

Anatiborum,

Prouance in Fraunce.

Anatolius,

Was bishop of Laodicea, the yeare of our Lord 278. A very holy man, and of great learning.

Anauros,

A ryuer in Thessalia.

Anausis,

One of Medeas wooers. Also the father of Aeetes.

Anax,

The sonne of Caelum and Terra.

Anaxagoras,

A famous philosopher, noble of bloude, but more noble in vertue and wisdome: which abandoning

Anaxarchus,

A philosopher, falling in the indignation of a tyrant, called Nicocreon, king of Cyprus, was by him apprehended, and put into a great morter of stone, where he was beaten or pounde wyth yron pestelles: which torment taking pacientlye, hée doubled these wordes worthie of remembraunce: Beate on, beate on Anaxarchus winde bag: for Anaxarchus thou beatest not: accounting his bodie but a bag full of winde.

Anaxilaus,

King of the Rhegines, which builded the city of Meisana in Sicilie.

Anaximander,

A philosopher, which first founde the dis∣cription of the compasse of the sea and lande, and made first the sphere.

Anaximenes,

A philosopher, disciple of Anaximander, who sayde, that the beginning of all thinges was the ayre. And that the starres did mooue infinitely, not ouer the earth, but about it.

Anaxylides,

A philosopher, which sayd, that Platos mo∣ther conceyued onely by a vision of Apollo, without carnall copulation.

Anazarba,

A towne in Cilicia, where Dioscorides the no∣ble Phisition was borne.

Ancaeus,

Neptunus sonne, and (as Hyginus saith) a com∣panion of the voyage to attaine the golden fléece. This man being greatly gyuen to husbandrie in planting a vineyarde, much ouercharged his seruauntes with la∣bour. Wherefore one of them, as an vnluckie prophete, sayde, he should neuer liue to drinke of the fruite of that vineyarde. When the grapes were rype, Ancaeus wyth much ioy gathered the fruite, and causing it to be pres∣sed, bad some of the wine forthwith to be brought vnto him. Then vpbrayding his stubborne seruaunt wyth his false prophecie, hee lyfted the cuppe towarde hys mouth. To whome the seruaunt aunswered, much mys∣hap may chaunce vpon a sodaine betwéene the cup and the lippe before a man can drinke. With those wordes, one commeth running in and crying, that a wilde bore was gotten into the vineyarde, and spoyled it. Ancaeus castyng a syde the cuppe before hée had druncke, made spéede to chase away the bore, of which immediately af∣ter he was slaine, and fulfilled his seruaunts prophecie.

The sonne of Neptune and Astypalaea.

Ancaeus,

Neptunus sonne, and (as Hyginus saith) a com∣panion of the voyage to attaine the golden fléece. This man being greatly gyuen to husbandrie in planting a vineyarde, much ouercharged his seruauntes with la∣bour. Wherefore one of them, as an vnluckie prophete, sayde, he should neuer liue to drinke of the fruite of that vineyarde. When the grapes were rype, Ancaeus wyth much ioy gathered the fruite, and causing it to be pres∣sed, bad some of the wine forthwith to be brought vnto him. Then vpbrayding his stubborne seruaunt wyth his false prophecie, hee lyfted the cuppe towarde hys mouth. To whome the seruaunt aunswered, much mys∣hap may chaunce vpon a sodaine betwéene the cup and the lippe before a man can drinke. With those wordes, one commeth running in and crying, that a wilde bore was gotten into the vineyarde, and spoyled it. Ancaeus castyng a syde the cuppe before hée had druncke, made spéede to chase away the bore, of which immediately af∣ter he was slaine, and fulfilled his seruaunts prophecie.

The sonne of Neptune and Astypalaea.

Anchaces,

The name of a capitaine in the host of Perseus against his brother Acaetes king of Colchis.

Anchemolus,

The Sonne of Retus King of the Mar∣rubiens.

Anchesmus,

An hyll in the country of Athens, whereon stoode an Image of Iupiter.

Anchiale,

A citye in Cilicia, buylded by Sardanapalus, where also was his sepulchre.

Anchisaeus, a, um,

Of Anchises.

Anchises,

The father of Aeneas.

Anchisiades, patronymicum,

The sonne of Anchises.

Anchurus,

The sonne Midas king of Phrygia, which willingly cast himselfe into a gaping of the earth, for the safegarde of hys countrey, as Curtius did after∣warde among the Romaines.

Anco,

A place at Sardis, appointed for the Ministers of voluptie, as vittaylers, common harlots, and such like. Anco, is also a déepe darcke prison at Athenes. The Lydians called their brothell houses Ancones.

Ancon,

Is a part of the ryuer of Nilus. Also a noble citie and hauen in Italy, in the countrey Picenum, which standeth vpon the sea Adriaticum: and was so called, because the sea bankes there, doe bend in fourme like to an arme with the elbow. It was first builded by people of Syracusis, afore the incarnation of Christ .179. yeares. And the hauen was augmented by the noble Traianus emperour of Rome. After it was destroyed by Sarasins, and eftsoones builded and inhabited, and is now a famous citie.

Ancus Martius,

The fourth king of Rome, sonne to the daughter of Numa Pompilius, and succéeded Tullus Hostilius, afore the incarnation of Christ .642. yeares. He as well in ciuile pollicie, as martiall prowesse, was equall to any before him. Also he enlarged the citie, and made a bridge ouer Tiberis, and a prison in the middes of the citie to the terrour of offenders, which did than daily encrease.

Ancyra,

The name of two cities, the one in Phrygia, the other in Galatia.

Ancyrus, a, um,

Of Ancyra.

Andegaui,

The people of Angewe.

Andegauia,

A country in Fraunce called Angewe.

Andera, rae,

The citie of Berwike.

Andes,

The sayde people of Angew in Fraunce. It was also a village by Mantua in Italy, where Virgill the poet was borne. Wherefore he is sometime called An∣dinus vates.

Andreas,

One of the .xij. Apostels, brother to Peter, prea∣ching at a citie called Patras, in the country of Achaia, was imprisoned, beaten, and at last, hanged on a crosse, whereon he preached two dayes, and then dyed.

Andricus,

An hill in Cilicia.

Androclides,

A man of base condicions.

Androdus, di,

The man that the Lion saued, for plucking the stubbe out of his foote.

Androgeoneus, a, um,

Of Androgeus.

Androgeus,

The sonne of Minos, king of Crete, which by enuie was slaine by the Athenienses. For the which certaine yeares after, the sonnes of the Athenienses were sent to Crete, to be deliuered to the monster Mi∣notaurus, which was afterwarde destroyed by The∣seus. It was also the name of a noble Briton, when Iulius Caesar came into this Realme of Britaine.

Androgynae, arum,

mas, gen. People in Affrike beyng of both kindes in one person, man and woman.

Andromache, ches,

foe. g. The wife of the valiaunt Hector.

Andromede, des,

foe. gen. The wife of Perses, whome hée saued from a monster of the sea, and was after (by Mi∣nerua) turned into a Starre.

Andromon,

He that buylded the citie Colophon.

Andros,

An Ile betwéene Gréece and Asia, directly against the citie Ephesus. Also a towne.

Anedius,

An Emperour.

Angerona, or Angeronia, ae, foe. g.

The goddesse of silence: the mouth of hir Image was stopped and sealed.

Angylae,

People of Affrike, of whome the women, the first night they be maryed, doe accompanie with all men that come to the wedding, but euer after they be chast.

Angleria,

Is nowe a castell in Lumbardie, which some∣time was a citie fourtie myles from Myllayne, set on a very high mountaine.

Anglia,

The Realme of England, part of the Ile called Britannia: the people are called Angli, of a people of Saxonie, which were at that time most of reputation, and therefore their name longest continued, as well in the people as in the countrey: reade more thereof in Britannia.

Anguitia,

The daughter of Aeeta, and sister of Circe, and Medea: she inuented remedies against poyson.

Ania,

A Romaine woman, which being faire and yoong, after hir husbande was deade, was counsayled to take another: but she woulde not consent therto. For if (saied shée) I shall hap to haue as good as I haue had, I will not be in feare to lose him: if I shall haue an euill hus∣bande, what shall I néede after a good man to suffer a shrewe?

Anien, enis, or Anio, vel Aniénus, ni, mas, gen.

A riuer in I∣talye, in the fielde called Tiburtinum.

Anienus, a, um.

of Anio.

Anigrus,

A ryuer in Thessalie, wherein the Centaures washed them when Hercules had wounded them.

Anius,

A king of Delos.

Anna,

A name of Hebrue, which signifieth gracious, pitti∣full, resting, or giuing. Of this name haue beene many noble womē. One was a Iewe, wife to Elcana, which being a long time barraine, by continuall prayer, at last obteyned of God to be fruitefull, and brought forth by hir husband, the good and holy prophete Samuell, who afterwarde was the chiefe priest and bishop of Israell. Another was an olde widowe and prophetesse in Hie∣rusalem, at the tyme when Christ was presented in the temple. Thys woman serued God daye and nyght in prayer and fasting: and beholding Christ, declared all that was prophecyed of him. An other Anna, was daughter to Isachar, of the trybe of Leui, or as Da∣mascene saith, of the tribe of Iuda, and was maryed to Ioachim of the same trybe, which beyng long barraine, at last brought forth the blessed virgin Marie. And af∣ter the death of Ioachim, she was maried to Cleophas, and after his death, to Solome.

Also the name of a Goddesse, the daughter of Be∣lus, and sister of Dido, Quéene of Carthage.

Anna,

A name of Hebrue, which signifieth gracious, pitti∣full, resting, or giuing. Of this name haue beene many noble womē. One was a Iewe, wife to Elcana, which being a long time barraine, by continuall prayer, at last obteyned of God to be fruitefull, and brought forth by hir husband, the good and holy prophete Samuell, who afterwarde was the chiefe priest and bishop of Israell. Another was an olde widowe and prophetesse in Hie∣rusalem, at the tyme when Christ was presented in the temple. Thys woman serued God daye and nyght in prayer and fasting: and beholding Christ, declared all that was prophecyed of him. An other Anna, was daughter to Isachar, of the trybe of Leui, or as Da∣mascene saith, of the tribe of Iuda, and was maryed to Ioachim of the same trybe, which beyng long barraine, at last brought forth the blessed virgin Marie. And af∣ter the death of Ioachim, she was maried to Cleophas, and after his death, to Solome.

Also the name of a Goddesse, the daughter of Be∣lus, and sister of Dido, Quéene of Carthage.

Annas,

Was bishop among the Iewes, when Christ be∣gan to preach.

Anniball,

looke Hanniball.

Annus,

Is the proper name of an Egiptian, that first in∣uented the Ouen to bake breade in.

Anser,

The name of a Poet.

Antacites,

A riuer in the side of Asia, néere to the towne Tyrambis.

Antaeus

looke Antheus.

Antalcides,

A Lacedemonian.

Antemne,

A city in Italy.

Antênor, ténoris,

mas. gen. Was of aliaunce to Pryamus: and after the destruction of Troye, he remained there with the Troyans, which were left on lyue: and being driuen thence by the sonnes of Hector, fled with .2000. Troyans, into the countrye called Venecia, where hée buylded the noble citie Patauium, called commonly Pa∣dua, and there reigned during his lyfe.

Antenorius, a, um,

Of Antênor.

Anteros, otis,

The sonne of Venus and Mars.

Anteuorta, tae,

foe. ge. A Goddesse of the Romaines, which foresawe things to come.

Anthemion,

A Troian, the father of Simoesius.

Anthenodorus,

A stoike Philosopher: he floryshed .xv. yeares before the incarnation of Christ. Of whom this wise sentence procéeded: Thou mayst thinke thou art frée from all couetousnesse, when thou art come to that poynt, that thou wilt desire nothing of God, but that thou mayst openly craue.

Antheus,

(The sonne of Neptunus and Terra,) a man in Mauritania, of merueylous strength, before the incar∣nation of Christ .1588. yeares, with whome Hercules wrastled: who perceyuing, that as often as he threwe him to the earth, hée eftsoones recouered his strength: he at the last tooke him in his armes, and lifted him a∣boue the grounde, and so helde him, till the soule went out of his bodie. Sabellicus writeth, that Sertorius founde the sepulchre of Antheus, in a citie called Tige∣na, in Barbarie, which was in length .xl. cubites.

Anthos,

One of Nestors sonnes.

Anthylla,

A citie in Egypt.

Antia,

The daughter of Amphionassa, and wife of Pretus king of the Argiues.

Antiates,

People of Antium.

Anticlea,

Vlysses mother.

Anticlus,

One of the Gréekes, which were inclosed in the brasen horse, whereby the city of Troie was betrayed. And when the fayre Helene, mistrusting that engine, came vnto it, and (feigning the voices of the Ladies of Gréece) did speake as euerye of them had spoken to theyr husbandes, none of them regarded hir: onely An∣ticlus, thinking he heard the voyce of his wife Laodo∣mia, would haue aunswered, had not Vlysses wyth his hande stopped his mouth, vntill Helene, commaunded by Pallas was departed: by occasion whereof Anti∣••lus was strangled.

Anticyra,

An Ile ouer against the mountaine Oeta, of The••salie, where the herbe Elleborus groweth, which purgeth melancholye: there it maye be taken without any daunger. Whereof grewe this prouerbe, spoken to men in their melancholy.

Is also a citie of Phocis.

*Nauiga ad Anticyras,

Go sayle to Anticyra, as who saith, pourge your Melancholy.

Anticyra,

An Ile ouer against the mountaine Oeta, of The••salie, where the herbe Elleborus groweth, which purgeth melancholye: there it maye be taken without any daunger. Whereof grewe this prouerbe, spoken to men in their melancholy.

Is also a citie of Phocis.

Antidalei,

A certaine people in Pli. li. 6. cap. 28.

Antidicomaritae,

A sect of heretikes, which affirmed, that the blessed Virgin Mary (after she had brought foorth Christ) was carnally knowen of Ioseph, and had other children by him. The author of this heresie was Hel∣uidius, about the yeare of our Lorde .406.

Antegenides,

The name of a certaine boye.

Antigenidas,

A minstrell of Thebes, the scholer of Phi∣loxenus. Pli. li. 16. ca. 36. Valer. lib. 3. ca. 7.

Antigone, es,

The daughter of Laomedon and Priamus sister, who beyng prowde of hir beautie, was of Iuno turned into a Storke. Also a daughter of Oedipus king of Thebes.

Antigonia,

A citie of Epyre, of Arcadie, of Macedonie, and of Bithinia.

Antigonus,

King of Macedonie, and brother to great A∣lexander. Also a king of Asia, an other of Iurie.

Antigoneles,

Certaine people.

Antigragus,

A certaine mountayne.

Antilochus,

Nestors sonne.

Antimachus,

A Gréeke Poet: of this name were diuers other.

Antinous,

A yong stripling of marueilous beautie, whome Adrianus the Emperour loued.

Antiochia,

A noble city in Syria, called first Epiphane, or Beblata: it was augmented by Seleuchus, sonne to An∣tiochus, one of the companions of great Alexander .330 yeares before the comming of Christ. He called it by his fathers name Antiochia. Through this citie run∣neth the ryuer Orontes. Of this citie was saint Peter the Apostle bishop seuen yeares. And after him saint Luke the Euangelist, other seauen yeares. There was the first counsayle celebrate, where the name of christen men first began. This citie was in the handes of chri∣sten men .1000. yeares. And there hath béene in suc∣cession. 153. bishops. It had within it .366. churches. Antiochia is also a part of Syria, and an Ile in the sea Miditerraneum. There is an other Antioch in the sea coast of Persia, an other in Lybia, in Pisidea, in Cili∣cia, in Pieria, an other by Taurus, and in diuers other places. Vide. Pli.

Antiochis, chidis,

A woman of Antioch.

Antiochus,

A king of Syria, the fourth of that name was called the great Antiochus, afore the comming of christ, 212 yeares. He was also called Hierax (which signi∣fieth a faulcon) for the rauenye he vsed in taking from euery man his possessions and goodes. To this king came Annibal, after Carthage was deliuered: to whom Antiochus shewed hys armie gathered against the Romaines, marueylous richly armed with golde and siluer. And he (reioycing therein) demaunded of An∣niball, if he thought it not ynough for the Romaynes, meaning the puissaunce of the armie. Anniball little estéeming the ryches, answered in scorne: yes, although the Romaines of all other were most couetous. Fynal∣ly, the Romaines vanquished both Antiochus and An∣niball, who fledde to Prusias king of Bithinia. Antio∣chus was constreyned to desire peace, to relinquishe to the Romaines all his interest in Europa and Asia, to leaue his sonne Antiochus in hostage, he himselfe to de∣part to the hill Taurus, and to bée content with the countrey thereabout. At last, being eftsoones styrred with a couetous minde, to haue a great treasure, sup∣posed to be in Perside, the chiefe citie of Persia, in the temple Nanea, or Fortuna, hée was deceyued by the priestes of the temple, and cut in small péeces, and cast out to be deuoured of byrdes. This was the end of that rauenous and couetous prince, when he had most glo∣riously

Antiochus illustris,

The noble Antiochus, sonne to great Antiochus (left in hostage in Rome by his father) gaue his sister in mariage to Ptolomeus king of Aegipt, that by pretence of familiarity, he myght take his Realme from him, which he did. For comming vnto him vnder the colour of aliaunce, he slue Ptholome sitting at sup∣per. He also subdued the Iewes in Ierusalem, and robbed the temple and citie, and did set vp Idols, and with sundry torments compelled the Iewes to breake the lawes of God, and commit Idolatrie. But he sca∣ped not vnpunished. For when he had reigned eleuen yeares, he fell into an horrible sicknesse and torment, so that wormes issued aboundauntlye out of his bodye, which so corrupted hys fleshe, that no man about hym might sustaine the sauor therof. At last he returning to the knowledge of god, died very contrite. Diuers other haue bene of that name, some kings, some philosophers.

Antiopa,

The daughter of Nycteus, and wyfe of Lycus king of Thebes in Aegypt.

Antipater,

The name of dyuers kings, as well of Mace∣donia, as of Iudea. Also a noble Capitaine, whome great Alexander made his Liuetenant of Macedonia, whiles hee was in his conquest: who did manye vali∣aunt actes in the absence of Alexander, and kept the Realmes and dominions of his mayster in good state through his wisedome and prowesse. But being at dis∣cention with Quéene Olympias, she wrote many great complaintes to hir sonne agaynst him. Finalye (drea∣ding the crueltie, as well of Alexander, as of hys mo∣ther) it is supposed, he consented to the poysoning of his mayster.

A philosopher, and poet of Sidone, instructour to Cato Vticēsis. This man what day he was borne, the same day yearely, had he an ague so long as he liued, and in the ende, the same day in course dyed of the same disease. There was a famous Poet, dyuers Philoso∣phers, and a sophister of this name.

Antipater,

The name of dyuers kings, as well of Mace∣donia, as of Iudea. Also a noble Capitaine, whome great Alexander made his Liuetenant of Macedonia, whiles hee was in his conquest: who did manye vali∣aunt actes in the absence of Alexander, and kept the Realmes and dominions of his mayster in good state through his wisedome and prowesse. But being at dis∣cention with Quéene Olympias, she wrote many great complaintes to hir sonne agaynst him. Finalye (drea∣ding the crueltie, as well of Alexander, as of hys mo∣ther) it is supposed, he consented to the poysoning of his mayster.

A philosopher, and poet of Sidone, instructour to Cato Vticēsis. This man what day he was borne, the same day yearely, had he an ague so long as he liued, and in the ende, the same day in course dyed of the same disease. There was a famous Poet, dyuers Philoso∣phers, and a sophister of this name.

Antiphates,

A king of the Laestrigones, Melampus sonne.

The bastard sonne of Sarpedon.

Antiphates,

A king of the Laestrigones, Melampus sonne.

The bastard sonne of Sarpedon.

Antiphellus,

A portion of Lycia.

Antiphon,

An auncient Poet of Ramnuse.

Antiphonus, & Antiphus,

The sonnes of Priamus by He∣cuba.

Antiphus,

Of this name were diuers.

Antipodes,

A people, the which doe inhabit the part of the worlde, in respect of the roundenesse thereof vnderneath vs, that their féete seeme to be agaynst oures.

Antipolis,

A citie of Narbon in Fraunce, called commonly Ragni.

Antipyrgus,

A citie of Marmarica, called commonly Luco.

Antissa,

A towne in Les••os. Also an yland ioyned to Les∣bos.

Antisthenes,

A Philosopher that taught Rhetorike, who, after that on a tyme by chaunce he had heard Socrates reade, sayde vnto his Disciples: Syrs, go your waye and séeke you an other mayster, for I haue founde one for my selfe. Foorthwyth hée solde all that euer hée had, and gaue it to the common weale, kéeping nothing to hymselfe but a simple garment. He went daylye to A∣thens to heare Socrates, out of the Hauen towne Pi∣raeus, which was .40. furlonges of. Hée was rather sharpe of wytte then déepely learned, a great louer of hardenesse and pacience: Diogenes hys mayster, and chiefe of the Cynikes secte.

Antitaurus,

An hill fore right against the moūtaine Tau∣rus.

Antium,

A citie in the part of Italy called Latium, by the sea side, the chiefe citie of the Volsciens.

Antoeci,

People that dwell in the Zone, contrary to An∣tichthones.

Antoninus,

The Emperours sonne Seuerus.

Antonius,

The name of an auncient familie in Rome, of which, was Antonius the Oratour, and Antonius tri∣umuir, which caused Cicero to be slayne. Of this name were dyuers Emperours, and one especiallye, called Antonitis Pius, which succéeded Hadriane, the yeare of our Lorde .1041. and reigned xxij. yeares, and thrée Monethes, with Aurelius, and Lucius. His progeni∣tours were Spanyardes, as Capitolinus sayth. Hée was a marueylous good man, for hée gouerned wyth such moderation and gentlenesse, that he was therefore called Pius, and father of the countrey. Hée was neuer cruell for any priuate or common cause. Hée vsed often this saying: He had leiffer saue one subiect, then destroy a thousand enimies. For his deuout liuing, swéetenesse of maners, mercye, iustice, and temperaunce, hée was compared to Numa. Wherefore many kings and Prin∣ces of dyuers nations, laying warre apart, by his com∣maundement, committed all their contentions vnto his iudgement, and held them therwith contented. Yet was he not so desirous of glorye or ryches, that hée woulde attaine thervnto by other mens domage. He died at the age of 70. yeares.

Antonius Musa,

Phisition to Octauian the Emperour, de∣lyuered him of a daungerous sickenesse, and therefore the Emperour caused his Image made of brasse to bee set vp by the Image of Esculapius. There is nowe lyuing a Phisition of that name in Ferrare, who is right likely to set forth a woonderful knowledge in phi∣sicke, if ambition or auarice let him not, as it doth other men of great learning.

Antor,

One of the Centaures.

Antronia,

A certaine citie in the countrie Peloponnesus.

Anthropomorphitae,

A sect of Heretikes, who affyrmed, that God had a body and members as a man had. This sect began in Aegipt about the yeare of our Lord .380.

Anubis, Anubis, vel anubidis,

Was a God of the Aegip∣tians, whome they honored for Mercurius, in figure of a Dogge.

Anulus,

A ryuer of Mauritania.

Anixus,

A ryuer in Asia, running out of the Mountaine Armeneus into Mesopotamia.

Anxur, tam,

mas, quam, neut. g. A citie called also Tarasina.

Anxurus,

The surname of Iupiter, because he was neuer shauen.

Anydrus,

An Ilande.

Anysis,

A king of Aegypt.

Anytus,

One of Athens, enemie to Socrates.

A O

Aon,

The sonne of Neptune.

Aonia,

A part of the country of Boeotia.

Aonius, a, um,

Of that country.

Aones,

An auncient people of Boeotia.

Aoris,

The sonne of Aras, a great hunter and warriour.

Aorus,

A Citie of Crete.

Aous,

A ryuer.

Aornos,

A citie of Epyre.

Aornus,

A ryuer that runneth through the citie Phene∣um, wherin is a fishe, called Poecilus, that hath a voyce lyke a Thrushe.

Aorsi,

People of Asia.

A P

Apaei,

People of Ethiope.

Apamea,

An yle in the ryuer Tygrys. Also a towne in Bithinia.

Apamia,

Was a citie in the lesse Asia, through the middle wherof ranne the riuer Marsia. It was also the name of a citie in Parthia, an other in Phrygia.

Apathes,

Philosophers, which helde opinion, that a wise man had none affections or passions.

Apauortene,

A countrye of Scithia, wherein is the Pro∣uince of Hercania.

Apella, lae,

mas, gen. A name wherby the Iewes were cal∣led in derision, as it were Sine pelle, bicause the skinne of their yarde was cut of, whan they were cyrcumcised.

Apelles,

An heretike in Gréece, the yeare of our Lorde 174. whose heresie was, that he knewe not the God, which he worshipped, and that Christ was not God in verie déede, but a fantasie appearing to men as a man.

Apelles,

An excellent paynter in the time of great Alex∣ander, borne in the yle of Cos, of whom onely Alexan∣der would be paynted. When he dyed, he left an Image of Venus vnperformed, which no man after him durst enterpryse to finishe, for the incomparable beautye thereof.

Apelleus, a, um,

Of Apelles.

Apeneste,

A citie of Puell, commonly called Manfredo∣nia.

Apesus, untis,

A mountayne in Gréece.

Apharetis,

The father of Lynceus.

Aphaesas,

idem quod Apesus.

Aphedóntes,

People of Epyre.

Aphidnae, a••••m,

A place in the country of Athens.

Aphrica, maior,

The thirde part of the worlde, which is seuered from Asia, on the east, by the ryuer Nylus, on the west from Europe, by the pyllers of Hercules. The hyther parte is nowe called Barbarie, the people Moores: The inner parte is called Libya, & Ethiopia.

Aphrica minor,

Is in this wise bounded, on the west with Mauritane and the riuer Ampsaga, on the north with the sea Aphrican, on the east with Gyrenaica, on the ••outh wyth the desertes of Libya. In this are the cities Carthage, Vtica, E••rtha, and the Prouince of Nu••e. This countrye and Mauritania, is nowe called Barbaria.

Aphricanus,

A name giuen to two noble Romaines, called Scipiones▪ bycause the one vanquished Anniball, and subdued Carthage: the other afterwarde vtterly sub∣uerted and destroyed it.

Aphrodisium,

An Image of Venus. Also a promonto••ie of Caria: an other of Spayne, called Labo de cruz, and a citie of Affrike.

Aphrodisius,

A prelate, the disciple of saint Peter.

Aphrodite, es,

The surname of Venus.

Aphthonius,

A Sophister, which wrote exercises for chil∣dren.

Apidanus,

A ryuer in Thessaly.

Apina, nae, or Apinae, arum,

A city of Puel, the name wher∣of is vsed as a prouerbe.

Apis,

Otherwise called Osiris, king of Argiues, and Iu∣piters sonne. He leauing the kingdome of Achaia to his brother Aegialeus, passed into Aegypt, where, when he had brought the rude people to a more ciuyle lyfe, and taught them the maner of planting vines to their great commoditie, with full consent of all, hée was chosen to be their king. When he had a long time gouerned that country with great wisedome and clemencie, and had wrought many excellent benefites to his subiectes: In the ende, after his death, he was worshipped as a God among them vnder the forme of an Oxe, hauing thys shape folowing: All the body black, the forehead white, a whyte marke on the back, double heared in the taile, and a knotte vnder the tongue. This Oxe might not lyue aboue a certayne number of yeares, which beyng finished, they drowned him in an holy Well, which they kept for that purpose. Then proclayming vacation from all workes, they tare theyr clothes, rent theyr heare, and pittifully bewayled the losse of theyr God: and when with great séeking they had founde an other of the same shape, they marueylously reioyced. Thys dumme God gaue signification of prophecye, not by Oracles of mouth as other did, but by taking or refu∣sing of his meate. For the taking signified good suc∣cesse in that was demaunded: the refusing, contrary∣wise.

Apitius,

A Romayne, which delighted in delicate meates, so much, that he professed cookerie, and infected Rome with gluttonie, which before was the myrrour of tem∣peraunce. And when he had consumed in gourmandise, Millies sestertium, which amounteth (after the compu∣tation of Senalis) to two myllyons, and 500000. crownes: which is after our rate .583054. li. When he grewe in debt, and made his reckning, there was left but Centies sestertium, which amounteth to this rate in our money .59505. li. 8. shyllings, fearing in that sub∣staunce to lyue in penurie, he willingly dranke poyson, and dyed.

Apoenninus,

An hyll that deuydeth all Italye into two partes. Vnde Apoenicola & Apoeninigena.

Apollinaris, re,

Of Apollo.

Apolinaris,

The name of diuers men: one was Byshop of Hierapolis, a citie in Asia, the yeare of our Lorde, 1045. a great learned man. He wrate a booke of the fayth of Christ: an other worke against the gentiles, dedicated vnto Antonius the Emperour. Also agaynst the heretikes called Cataphrigae. An other of the same name was Byshop of Laodicea, which also was a no∣ble learned man, and wrate. xxx. bookes for our fayth against Porphyrius: notwithstanding he fell into he∣resie saying, that Christ receiued not fleshe of the Vyr∣gin Marie: but that in the acte of his incarnation, some parte of the worde was conuerted into fleshe. He sayde that Christes soule was not of that parte, which kept the bodye lyuing, and therefore in his incarnation, hee tooke onely the body, and not the soule.

Apollinea,

A citie in Lumbardie, nowe called Vercellae.

Apollineus, a, um,

Of Apollo.

Apollo,

called also Phoebus, and Sol, The sonne of Iupi∣ter, and Latona, borne at one birth with his sister Dia∣na. When he came to age, hée kylled wyth his bowe the Serpent Pytho, and afterwarde the Cyclops, for that they had made the lightning wherewith his sonne Aesculapius, was cast into hel. For which acte, he beyng for a time by Iupiter depriued of his deytie, kept the beastes of Admetus king of Thessalie, by the ryuer Amphrysus. He first inuented the vse of phisicke, and thereby deserued the name of a God. He ouercame the cunning Minstrell Marsyas that prouoked him in con∣tention of musicke: and when he had gotten the victory, fleaed him, and for his prowde attempt pulled of hys skinne. He is counted God of musicke, phisicke, poetry, and shooting: and hath by Poets giuen him a tryple name and power. In heauen he is called Sol, in earth Liber pater, in hell Apollo. He flourisheth alway with perpetuall youth, and therefore is described without a bearde.

Apollonia,

A virgin, borne in Alexandria, who, for con∣fessing the faith of Christ, the yeare of our Lorde .265. had all hir téeth pulled out of hir heade. And after, when the tyraunt menaced hir, except shée woulde blas∣pheme Christ, shée shoulde be burned in a great fyre therefore prepared: after she had aduised hirselfe, shée brake from the ministers, and willingly leapt into the fyre.

Is also the name of a citie in Epyre, nowe cal∣led Valonia. An other in Creta. An other in Syria. Also a towne in Thracia.

Apollonia,

A virgin, borne in Alexandria, who, for con∣fessing the faith of Christ, the yeare of our Lorde .265. had all hir téeth pulled out of hir heade. And after, when the tyraunt menaced hir, except shée woulde blas∣pheme Christ, shée shoulde be burned in a great fyre therefore prepared: after she had aduised hirselfe, shée brake from the ministers, and willingly leapt into the fyre.

Is also the name of a citie in Epyre, nowe cal∣led Valonia. An other in Creta. An other in Syria. Also a towne in Thracia.

Appolloniatae,

People of Apollonia.

Appolloniensis, se,

Of Apollonia.

Apollonius,

The name of diuers learned men, one borne in Gréece, about the yeare of our Lorde, 90. in his infan∣cie so profited in learning, that being but a childe, hée was a great Phylosopher, and followed the sect of Py∣thagoras, going alway in linnen, and neuer eating anye thing that had lyfe. And notwithstanding he was ex∣cellentlye learned in the misticall knowledge of Philo∣sophie and naturall magike, yet to haue more know∣ledge, he went into Aegypt, Persia, Ethiope, and In∣dia, to learne of the Bragmanes, and Gymnosophistes, and retourned into Gréece and Rome, where he was had in great admiration, for the meruayles that hée shewed. And at last, being aboue the age of 80. yeares, in a great assemblie of people, was sodeinly conueighed away, no man knoweth howe nor whether, as Philo∣stratus, who writeth his life, saith. Also saint Hierome maketh abundantly mencion of him in his prologue to the olde testament. There were of this name thrée great Phisitions: One called Apollonius Memphi∣tes, the disciple of Erasistratus: he first of any Phisi∣tion wrate of the partes of mans body. The other two were of Antioche, the father and the sonne.

Aponus,

A place in Italy, néere to Pauy, where be hoate bathes, holesome for many diseases.

Apoxyómenus, ni,

mas, gen. The name of a picture or table in Rome.

Appias, appiadis, patronimicum,

foe, gen. Of Appius.

Appiodes,

Were among the Paynims these Goddesses, Venus, Pallas, Pax, Concordia, Vesta. Of these doe make mention, Ouidius de arte amandi .2. & de remedio amo∣ris, Et Tullius, 3. fami. epistolarum.

Appia via,

The name of an high way or causey, from Rome to Campaine.

Appianus,

A noble Hystorian, borne in Alexandria, wrote most excellent workes of the Romaines ciuile warres, which bookes I counsayle all them that be studious in Tullius workes, to reade dilygentlye, whereby they shall vnderstande many thinges, that else they can not well vnderstande.

Appion,

A famous Grammarian, borne in Aegypt, against whome Iosephus wrote his worke, De antiquitate Iu∣deorum.

Appius Claudius Caecus,

An oratour of Rome.

Appoenninus,

The part of the Mountaines of Alpes, which begin at Geane, and deuide Italy, and extendeth vnto the sea betwene Naples and Sicilie.

Appulia,

Looke Apulia.

Appulus,

Looke Apulus.

Aprutium,

A part of Italy, the people wherof were some∣time called Samnites, against whome the auncyent Romaines had warres long tyme. In it be these cities, Aquileia, Adria, Sulmo, Ortona, Arpinum, Aquinum, and other.

Apsorus,

An Ile in the Venetian sea, and a citie in Ponte, nowe called Archaui.

Aptera, orum,

A citie in the country of Lycia, and a towne in Crete.

Apuani,

People of Liguria.

Apuchi,

A temple in the country Cyrenaica.

Apuleius,

A philosopher borne in Affrike, flourished in Athens, and wrote in Latin diuers workes, as De vita & moribus Platonis, & de deo socratis, in a right eloquent and temperate stile. In his booke called Floridorum, & de Asino aureo, he wrote so affectately and flourishingly, that he is more to be mocked then praysed. He made also a ryght commendable booke of the names and ver∣tues of herbes. He was aboute the yeare of our Lorde, thrée hundred.

Apulia,

Puell, a part of Italy, bordering on the sea Adria∣ticum, a country populous, and hath in it many townes and castelies, aboundance of corne, wine, vyle, and good coursers for the warre. The chiefe Citie thereof is Brund••sium. There is also the mount of saint My∣chaell, called Garganus. This country is called by o∣ther names, as Iapygia, Messapia, Calabria, & Salentina. The people are called Apuli.

Apulus, a, um,

Of that country.

A Q

Aquae Augustae,

A towne in Gascoyne, called Baiona.

Aquae calidae,

A citie in England called Bathe. An other in Spayne called Vich.

Aquae Sexiae,

A towne in Prouance, now called Aquēsis.

Aquila,

The name of one borne in the country of Ponte, of a Gentile becomen a Iewe, which translated the olde testament the second time out of Ebrewe into Gréeke.

A citie of the Brutians, buylded by the Lum∣bardes.

Aquila,

The name of one borne in the country of Ponte, of a Gentile becomen a Iewe, which translated the olde testament the second time out of Ebrewe into Gréeke.

A citie of the Brutians, buylded by the Lum∣bardes.

Aquileia, vel Aquilegia,

An auncient citie in the part of I∣talie called Forum Iulij, or Fricul: sometime of such esti∣mation: that therein was kept the great Mart of all Europe: And the Emperour Octauian, delighted prin∣cipally to repaire thithes often. Afterwarde it was de∣stroyed by the Hunnes, and the inhabitauntes fledde thence, and were the first that began to builde the citye of Venice. But nowe it is so simple, that none dwell there but fishers, and a fewe shepeheardes, and is cal∣led Algar.

Aquinum, ni,

A towne in Italy.

Aquisgranum,

A towne in Germanie, called Aquisgrane or Aix.

Aquitania,

Guyan, accounted to bée the thirde part of Fraunce, hath on the west, the Ocean sea: on the north the ryuer of Loyre, or (as Caesar wryteth) the ryuer of Gerond: on the east, the part of Fraunce called Lug∣dunensis: on the South: the Mountaines Pyrenci, which deuide Fraunce from Spayne. Albeit a part thereof conteyneth Gascoyne, Foix, Bygor, and a fewe countryes more.

Aquitanus, or Aquitanicus, a, um,

Of Guyan.

Aquites,

The name of a priest.

Aquula,

A towne in Hetruria.

A R

Arabarches,

A Lorde in Arabie.

Arabia,

In Hebrue Saba, is a countrye in Asia, deuyded into three regions, Petrea Deserta, and Foelix. Petrea (sig∣nifying stony) marcheth on Aegypt, and Iudea. Plinie ca••••eth it Nabathea. The chiefe city therof is Petra, now called Arach▪ In holy scripture it is called Petra Deser∣ti. By this countrey the childrē of Israell passed out of Aegypt. It is (as Strabo writeth) plaine, enuironed with rockes of a great height, wherein be many springs of freshe water. Without that circuite, towarde Iudea, the more part of the countrey is desert without water. There is the great Mountaine Sina, called of Ptho∣lome Melanes, where the olde law was giuen to Moy∣ses, and where the bodie of the holye virgin Katherine is buryed. Also another Mountayne called Casius, where the great Pompeius is buried. Arabia deserta, of Strabo called Saenetis, hath on the south, the moun∣taines of Arabia foelix: on the north, Mesopotamia: on the west, Petrea. The people of thys countrey haue no certaine habitation, but dwell in tents. Arabia foelix, on the south, lyeth betwéene the two seas Arabicum, and Persicum, which is so plentyfull, that it bringeth foorth corne and fruites twise in the yeare. They haue plentie of all fruire and cattell, except Horses, Mules, and Swine: Of all Foules, except géese, cockes, and hennes. Also there groweth all kinde of spices and swéete gummes. The townes are vnwalled, bycause the people doe liue alwaye in peace.

Arabicus, and Arabius, a, um,

Of Arabie.

Arabis, or Arbis,

A ryuer.

Arábrica,

A towne in Portugall.

Arabs, bis,

One that dwelleth in Arabie.

Aráchne,

The name of a woman, which first inuented spinning of lynnen, and making of Nettes.

Arachosia,

A country in Asia.

Aracthus,

A great Ryuer in the vttermoste borders of Epyre.

Aracynthus,

A mountaine in Boeotia in Gréece, or after other, in Athens, in Arcadie, or Acarname, where Mi∣nerua was specially honored.

Araduca.

A citye in Sayne, called commonly Arzua.

Aradus,

A citie in the Ile Tripolis, towarde Syria, where (as Possidonius writeth) was seene a Serpent lying deade, in length 125. paces, and of such greatnesse, that he might deuoure a man on horsebacke, and euery scale of his skinne was greater than any shielde.

Arae,

Certaine Rockes in the Sea betwene Affrike and Sardinia, where the Affricanes and the Romaines made a league.

Arae flauiae,

A ryuer in Germanie called Nordlingen.

Aragus,

A riuer néere to the Massage••ae.

Aram,

Was brother to Abraham.

Aramaei,

The Scythians.

Arar, or Araris,

A ryuer in Fraunce, called nowe Sagona, which is so quyet, that vnneath it may bée perceyued which way it runneth. Not farre from Lions: it fal∣leth into the ryuer Rhone. Ouer thys ryuer Iulius Caesar made a bridge in one day.

Ararus,

A ryuer in Scythia, which runneth through the realme of Armenie.

Arath,

A country in Armenie, woonderfull fertile.

Arâtus,

A poet in Asia, before the incarnation .246. yeres, among diuers other workes, wrote certeine veries of Astrologie, which were translated by Tullie, and also by Germanicus, the sonne adoptiue of Tiberius the Emperour.

Araurius,

A ryuer of Fraunce called also Rauraris.

Arausio,

A citie called commonly Aurenge.

Araxes,

A riuer in Armenia, ouer which great Alexander made a bridge: and likewise did Augustus the Em∣perour.

Arba,

A citie and an Ilande of Illiria.

Arbea,

A citie in Iudea, where Adam and other thrée pa∣triarkes were buried.

Arbela,

A countrye in Persia. Q. Curtius sayth, it is a citie of Mesopotamie, where great Alexander vanqui∣shed the power of Darius king of Persia.

Arbies;

A people of Indie.

Arbúscula, lae,

The proper name of a woman.

Arca,

A citie in Syria.

Arcadia,

A country in Gréece, set in the middle of Pelo∣ponnesus, or Morea, so called of Arcas, the sonne of Iu∣piter, who reigned there. It was also called Pelasgia, Parrhasia, and Lycaonia. There was the Bagpype first inuented. Also the great fenne Lernea, where Hercules slue the monster Hydra, is there, with the riuer Ery∣manthus, and a mountaine of the same name. There is also founde the stone Asbeston, which being once hote, may neuer be quenched, and is of the colour of Iron.

Archadicus, or Archadius, a, um,

Of Arcadie.

Archas, adis, or chados,

One of Arcadie.

Archas,

The sonne of Iupiter and Calisto, daughter of Lycaon, (before the incarnation, 1470. yeares) hearing that his mother (being a virgin consecrate) was de∣floured by Iupiter, when he was begotten, and there∣fore expelled of the other virgins, woulde haue slayne hir: who being afearde of him, fledde into wildernesse, and hid hir, tyll shée and hir sonne were reconcyled by Iupiter. Afterwarde, they both being dead, the Pai∣nyms feygned, that they were translated among the starres, set nighe to the pole artike, and the mother cal∣led Vrsa minor, and the sonne Visa maior.

Arcésilas,

A philosopher, the scholer of Polaemon.

There was also of that name a cunning keruer of I∣mages, specially the Image of Diana.

Arcesilâus,

One of the siue Capitaines of Boeotia, that came to Troy. Also a Philosopher of the sect of the Academikes, and scholar to Crantor.

Archander,

Danaus wyues father.

Archédicus,

A comicall Poet.

Archelaus,

The name of dyuers famous men. One a phi∣losopher, the disciple of Anaxagoras, borne at Mile∣tum, mayster to Socrates, brought first naturall phi∣losophie out of Ionia to Athens. Of this name were dyuers kings: One of Macedonia (whome Plato called a Tyranne) slaine by Cratena his minion. Whan he hyred the famous painter Zeusis to paint his pal∣lace: Socrates sayde merily, he did it to prouoke men to resort vnto him: though they would not come for his sake, yet at the least they should gladly come to beholde his faire house. Also when he had with him at supper dyuers learned men, a Poet desyred of him a summe of money, which he caused to be brought, and foorth∣wyth gaue it to Euripides, who did not aske it, saying, thou art worthy to haue it, and he to desire it.

Archemorus,

Sonne of Lycurgus king of Nemaea, was slayne by an Adder, as his Nourse layde him in the grasse by a ryuers side. For whose sake were made certayne playes, called Nemêi. He was also called O∣pheltes.

Archeptólemus,

Was Charyot man to Hector of Troy.

Archias,

Called also A. Licinius, A Poet of Antioch, much fauoured and honoured of the noble men of Rome, es∣pecially of Lucullus and Tullie, who defended hym in a noble oration, wherein he speaketh much to the com∣mendation of Poetrie. It was also the name of hym that buylded Syracusis.

Archibius,

A Grammarian of Alexandria.

Archidamus,

(A noble man of Sparta) being demaun∣ded, how much money would serue to the warre of Pe∣loponnesus: aunswered, that warre sought for no cer∣tainetie.

Archidemus,

A mans name. Aristoph, in ranis.

Archigenes,

The name of a famous phisition.

Archilochus,

A Poet of Lacedemonia, that wrate in the kinde of verses, lambici, wherein he was so vehement, that where Licambes, his wyues father, tooke from him his wife, and marryed hir to another man, he so rated him with verses, that he compelled him for so∣rowe and indignation, to hang himselfe. He was before the incarnation .650. yeares.

Archimedes,

A famous Geometrician of Syracusis, in Sicilie, who by his Arte did long time resist Marcel∣lus, Captaine of the Romaines, that besieged the ci∣tie. Finally the citie being wonne, he, sent for by Mar∣cellus, was founde drawing figures of Geometrie in the grounde, wherunto he was so attentiue, that when he was boden to come to Marcellus, hée aunswered: whan he had finished the figure, he woulde come. At which aunswere, the messenger disdayning, slue him. For which déede, Marcellus was excéeding sorye. Some suppose, he first inuented the making of mate∣riall spheres and globes. He made a Dooue of woode, which had in it such equall poyse, that it woulde hang in the ayre by a long space. He made also an horologe, wherein might be séene the true course of the heauens and Spheres. He was afore the incarnation .192. yeares.

Architas,

A noble Philosopher of Tarentum, the disciple of Pythagoras, and Capitaine of the inuincible armie of the Tarentines. He was mayster to Plato in Geo∣metrie, whome hée also deliuered from Dionysius the tyrant of Sicilie. He was before the incarnation of Christ about .370. yeres. There was a cunning Car∣penter of the same name.

Arcitenens, éntis,

The surname of Apollo, which is alway painted with a bow in his hande.

Ardalides,

The surname of the Muses, after Ardalus the sonne of Vulcan.

Ardea, ardeae,

A citie in Latio, being from Rome about xviij. myles. In it was the palaice of Turnus, whome Aeneas vanquished: and the people there were called Rutili.

Ardeas, atis, and Ardeatinus, a, um,

Of the citie Ardea.

Ardis,

The sonne of Gyges king of Lidia.

Ardiscos,

A ryuer of Scythia.

Arduenna,

A great wood in Gallia Belgica, which was in length .500. myles, comming from the riuer of Rheme, through the lande of Luke, vnto the citie of Tourney.

Arecomici,

People of Narbone in Fraunce.

Arelate,

A citie in Fraunce, called Orleance. Also an other in Norica, called Lynze.

Aremórica,

The countrie of Aquitaine in Fraunce.

Arêna,

A citie in Peloponnesus.

Areopagitae,

Iudges, which sate in a place by Athens, to iudge causes of murder, and weighty thinges, concer∣ning the common weale. It is vsed sometime for other seuere and vncorrupted iudges.

Areopagus,

The Village of Mars, where the saide iud∣ges did sit in iudgement.

Areopolis,

A citie in Arabie, called also Aloab.

Ariopolitae,

The inhabitants of Areopolis.

Areta,

The daughter of Aristippus, the Philosopher, which succéeded him in hys schoole. She taught, that the pleasure, which most delighted the bodye, was the chiefe goodnesse.

Arete,

in latine, Virtus, in Englishe, vertue. It was also the name of the wyfe of Alcinous, king of Phaeacis, of whome Homere writeth in Odyssea.

Arethûsa,

The companion of Diana. It is also the name of a Fountaine in Sicilie, and of an other in Metia. Also a towne in Gréece, a citie in E••boea, and an other

Arethusis,

The name of the citie Syracusis, neare to the Fountayne Arethusa.

Arethyssa, & Arethusa,

A ryuer in the great Armenie.

Aretinus, a, um,

Of the citie Aretium.

Arétium,

A citie in Tuscan, called Arezo .50. myles from Peruse.

Aretus,

The sonne of Nestor and Euridices.

Arganthonius,

An hyll nyghe to Bithynia, by the citie of Brusias: nyghe therunto is a Well, where Hylas the companion of Hercules was sodainely taken awaye by the Nymphes, when hée was at that Well to fetche water.

A king of a citie in Boeotia. Also another in Spaine, which lyued 120. yeres, or after some .300. yeares.

Arganthonius,

An hyll nyghe to Bithynia, by the citie of Brusias: nyghe therunto is a Well, where Hylas the companion of Hercules was sodainely taken awaye by the Nymphes, when hée was at that Well to fetche water.

A king of a citie in Boeotia. Also another in Spaine, which lyued 120. yeres, or after some .300. yeares.

Argentina,

A fayre citie in Germany, on the west side of the ryuer of Rhene, called Strausbrough. It was also called Argentoratum.

Argaea,

Places in Rome, where certaine auncient Gréekes were buryed.

Argaeus,

A verye high hill, on the top whereof is alwaye Snowe.

Argeus, a, um,

Of the citie of Argos.

Argi,

Grecians.

A citie of Italy buylded by Diomedes, called after Argiripa.

Argi,

Grecians.

A citie of Italy buylded by Diomedes, called after Argiripa.

Argia,

Daughter to Adrastus king of Argiues, and wife of Polynices. This woman was of so louing affecti∣on towarde hir husbande, that, when he togither wyth his brother Eteocles was slayne in battayle, she doub∣ted not euen in the night tyme among great heapes of dead men, to séeke out hir husbandes bodye to burye it, being accompanied onely with hir husbands sister An∣tigone: who of lyke affection towarde hir brethren, stole priuily in the night out of Thebes, to bring theyr dead bodies to interrement, contrary to the cruell com∣maundement of the tyran Creon. For which acte, not long after, both of them were put to death of the sayde Creon. Wherefore in reuengement of his wycked crueltie, Theseus made sharpe warre vpon the The∣banes, and punished Creon with iust and worthy death for his impietie.

Argiae, plu.

A citie in Laconia.

Argiphontes,

The name of Mercurius, bycause hée slue Argus.

Argilétum,

The sepulchre of Argus. It is also a stréete in Rome, where booke sellers dwelled.

Argilus,

A citie of Emathia, neare to the mouth of the ryuer Strymon.

Arginusae,

Thrée little yles in Asia, by the yles of Mitele and Lesbos.

Argiripa,

Looke Argi.

Argis, aduer.

At the citie of Argos.

Argissa,

A citie of Thessaly, neare to Peneum.

Argiuus,

A Grecian.

Argólicus, a, um,

Of Argos.

Argonautae,

Were the companions of Iason, which say∣led wyth him vnto Colchos, as Castor, Pollux, Her∣cules, Telamon, Orpheus, Zetus, Calais, and manye other noble men, as well of bloude, as in prowesse. This voyage was before the incarnation, 1254. yeres.

Argopelasgus,

One of Thessaly.

Argos,

A country and citie in Thessalia, where Inachus reigned. In this country be the famous Mountaines of Olympus and Ossa. Also Argos was a citye not farre from Athens, another in Achaia. It was also the name of Vlysses dogge.

Argulus,

The sonne of Amyclas.

Argûra,

A citie of Thessalia.

Argus,

The sonne of Aristor, the fift king of Argiues, which made the ship, wherein Iason and other sayled to Colchos. The Poets feigne, that he had an hun∣dred eies, signifying thereby his wisedome and circum∣spection. Moreouer that Iuno appointed him to kéepe Io, whome she had transformed into a Cowe. But Mercurius (beyng sent by Iupiter) with his swéete harmony brought Argus on sléepe, slue him, tooke Io from him, and brought hir into Egypt. Than Iuno tooke Argus eyes, and set them in the Pecocks tayle, wherefore the Pecocke is called Auis Iunonia.

Argyra,

A citie in Sicilie, where Diodorus Siculus was borne.

Argyraspidae,

mas. ge. Men bearing shyeldes of Syluer. These were great Alexanders souldiours, which were after his death, retayned of dyuers Prynces, as the Launce knightes be.

Argyríni,

A certaine people in Epyre.

Argyríppa,

A city of Puell, buylded by Diomedes.

Argyróndes,

A ryuer in Etolia, in colour lyke Syluer.

Aria,

A country in Asia, bounded on the north with Mar∣giana, and a part of Bactria. Thrace was once called by this name.

Ariabignes,

The sonne of Darius by the daughter of Go∣brias, one of the Admirals of Xerxes nauie.

Ariadne, nes,

foem. gen. A Ladye the wyfe of Theseus whome he forsooke, notwithstanding she had saued hys lyfe.

Ariadneus, a, um,

Of Ariadne.

Ariannes,

A famous citie in Armenie.

Ariapythes,

A king of Scythia.

Ariarathes,

A king of Capadocia, vnder whom that coun∣trie was first allyed with the Romaines.

Ariathes,

A mans name.

Aricandos,

A ryuer of Lycia, whereof a citie there is cal∣led Aricanda.

Aricia,

A citie in Italy, ten myles from Rome, called now Ricia castellum. Also the wyfe of Hyppolitus.

Aricinus, a, um,

Of Aricia.

Aricinum nemus,

A wood by the sayde citie, where Numa, the king of Romaines, feigned to speake with Ege∣ria the Fayry.

Aricînus lacus,

A brooke by Aricia, called Speculum Dianae.

Aricomissi,

A people of Fraunce néere to the riuer Rhone, called also Arecomici, and Volcae.

Arij,

A people of Scythia.

Arimaspi,

People of Scythia, which haue but one eye, and that in their forehead. They fight continually with Griphons, or Gripes. Herodotus saith, they haue two eies, but they vse to winke with the one, that they may haue the other more stedfast, when they shoote.

Ariminensis,

One of Ariminum.

Ariminum,

An olde citie in Flaminia, a country of Italy by the ryuer of Rubucion, called now Rimino.

Arimpaei,

People vnder the dominion of Muscouites, which lyue alwaye in woodes, and be gentle and iust in maners. They eate nothing but berries and mast.

Arimus,

A king of Mysia, or Meonia.

Ariobárzanes,

A king of Cappadocia, who aided Pompey in his last battayle against Caesar.

Arion,

A famous harper, whom the mariners would haue cast into the sea to haue hys money: but hée desiring them to let him playe a song on his harpe ere he dyed, afterwarde leapt into the water, and a Dolphin recey∣uing him on his backe, brought him to land aliue. It is also one Adrastus Chariot horses.

Arionius, a, um,

Of Arion.

Arisbe,

or after some Arisba, A citie in the Countrey of Troy, and also in Lesbos.

Aristarchus,

A Grammarian vnder Ptolomie, surnamed Philometer, whose sonne he instructed. He wrote aboue 1000. workes, and died, being of the age of .72. yeares, killing himselfe with ouermuch abstinence to cure the dropsie. Of him Aelianus writeth, that he was of so exact iudgement, that no verse was estéemed to bée Ho∣mers, but that he had allowed.

Aristaeus,

Apollos sonne by Cyrene the nymph. He first inuented the vse of Bées, honie, rennette to make chéese with, pasturing, hunting, and many other things, as Iustine writeth. The Poets deuised that fable: that Aristaeus, was in loue with Eurydice Orpheus hys daughter, who running from him, chaunced to be slaine

Aristaeas,

A Poet in the time of Cyrus of Persia.

Aristídes,

A noble man of Athens, in wisedome, iustice & temperaunce, excellent. He in the gouernaunce of the cōmon weale of Athens, was ioyned with Themisto∣cles, a man of great prowesse and ryches, who saide in the counsayle, he knewe a thing, which was expedient to the common weale, but not necessary to be openlye knowne, and desired to haue one appointed, to whome he should disclose it. The counsayle appointed Aristi∣des: to whome he shewed, that the nauie of the Lace∣demonians mought be shortly set on fire, and so shoulde their puissaunce be abated. This hearde, Aristides re∣tourned to the counsayle, and sayde: The aduise of Themistocles is profitable, but not honest. The Athe∣nienses hearing it was not honest, iudged it mought not be profitable, and would not haue it than disclosed. Such credence had they in Aristides. Also notwyth∣standing the Athenien••es had exiled him, onely bicause he excelled in iustice, yet at his departing he prayed to God, that whatsoeuer they desired, mought come to good effect and conclusion. And called againe from ex∣yle, hée neuer remembred anye olde displeasure, in so∣much that he alwaye honoured Themistocles, wyth whome he euer contended in the weale publike. Of his temperaunce this is a great token, that though he had béene in the greatest dignity and offices in the com∣mon weale, yet died he so poore, that he left not to burye him worshipfully. And his daughters were maryed at the charge of the citie. And to his sonne Lisymachus was giuen by the people one hundred Minae, which a∣mounteth of our money, to 239. pound .xj. shillings .viij. pence. Oh, howe maye christen men be ashamed, when they reade this storye, beholding in his temperaunce, iustice and charitie, a more resemblaunce of Christes doctrine, than is in them that wil doe nothing vnhyred, and measure iustice by their affections? Of this name were foure other. He was afore the incarnation .474. yeares.

Aristides,

A christian philosopher in Athens, the yeare of our Lorde .132. made an elegant defence for chrystes Religion, and deliuered it to Arian the Emperour, wherewith he was so perswaded, that he gaue com∣maundement to the proconsull of Asia, that he shoulde put no christen man to death, except he were conuict of some notable cryme.

Aristippus,

Disciple to Socrates, put the chiefe goodnesse in voluptie or pleasure: Wherefore Diogenes calleth him the royall dogge, because he alway followed them that were riche, and taught for money. On a tyme, be∣ing on the sea in a storme, and the shippe in perill, hée was sore afearde. After the perill was past, men asked of him, why he feared so much, sence he was a philoso∣pher. The perill sayde he, in losse of an ignorant knaue, and of a noble philosopher is not of lyke estimation. His followers were called Cirenaici. His sect by other disciples of Socrates, and noble philosophers, was vt∣terly exterminate. He had a daughter called Arete, ex∣cellently learned. He was afore Christ .366. yeares.

Aristo, onis,

Platos father. Also a philosopher, disciple of Zeno.

Aristóbolus,

Sonne of Hircanus, captaine and chiefe by∣shop of the Iewes, was .92. yeares afore the comming of Christ. This man attempted to translate the digni∣tie of a byshop, into the dignitie of a king: and he first, after the retourning from the captiuitie of Babylon, tooke on him to weare a crowne. He subdued the people called Iturei in Syria, and compelled them to be cir∣cumcised: But by the yll counsayle of his brother An∣tigonus, he put his mother and yonger brethren in pri∣son, and after slue his saide brother ••ntigonus, in fa∣mishing him. For which crueltie God so strake hym, that his bowels were rent in his belly, and he vomited vp all the bloude in his bodie, and so dyed. Also Aristo∣bulus was one of the seuenty, that translated the Bible into Gréeke. An other was an hystoriographer, in the time of great Alexander.

Aristocles,

The name of diuers philosophers.

Aristoclides,

A tyranne of Orchomenon. Also a famous paynter.

Aristodemus,

The name of sundry learned men: of which one instructed Pompeys children.

Aristogenes,

A phisition of Thrace. Also another of the same science, seruant to Chrysyppus, the philosopher.

Aristogiton,

An oratour of Athens, which for his lewde behauiour was called dogge. Also one of the slears of Pisistratus.

Aristolaus,

A certaine painter, scholer to Pausias.

Aristómache, es,

The wife of Dionisius the tyrant. Also the wyfe of Dion.

Aristomachus,

A man that was all his life time in loue with Bées. Another of that name wrote of the making of wine.

Aristomenes,

A most iust capitaine of Athens. Hée (as Hierome wryteth) on a time espying the Lacedemoni∣ans his enimyes celebrating a solemne feast or wake in the night, by force tooke away .xij. beautifull may∣dens as a pray, with all haste that night making spéede out of the Lacedemonians boundes. In the way, when certaine of his company, would haue rauished the may∣dens, he first, so much as he coulde, aduertised them not to worke that villannie: but when their rage woulde not be stayed by any counsayle, he killed certain of them, and by that terrour repressed the other. Not long af∣ter, when the maydens were raunsomed and sent for home, they perceyuing Aristomenes to bée accused for the death of those, that in their defence hée had slaine, would not in any wise retourne to their countrye, but continuallye laye prostrate at the Iudges féete, vntyll they had obteyned pardon for the defender and preser∣uer of their chastitie. This Aristomenes was of witte so subtile and craftie, that sundry times he entered as a spie into the citie of Lacedemon, and beyng once or twise taken and cast in prison, escaped the daunger. At the last being put to death, and his bodie opened, hys heart was found to be hearie.

Ariston, onis,

A certaine grauer of Images. Also a fa∣mous lawyer.

Aristonicus,

A Grammarian of Alexandria, and an Eu∣nuke of Ptholomeus, which was a valiaunt capitaine.

Aristónimus,

A comicall poet, ouerséer of Phylodelphus librarie.

Aristophanes,

A poet most eloquent in the tongue of the Atheniens, although he was borne at the Rhodes. He wrote 54. comedies, wherein he spared not them, which then lyued. He was in displeasure with Socrates, and therefore he reprehendeth him in his Comedie called the Clowdes. It was also a Grammarian of Byzance.

Aristophon,

A painters name.

Aristorides,

Argus the sonne of Aristor.

Aristóteles,

Sonne of Nicomachus the phisition, borne in Stragera, in Gréece, consumed his youth riottously. He was after scholer to the noble Plato .xx. yeares con∣tinually. He excelled all men in sharpenesse of witte and knowledge in dyuers sciences: wherfore kyng Philip of Macedonie sent him his sonne Alexander to teache, saying: He thanked God, that he had a sonne borne in his time. This man began a sect, the followers where∣of were called Peripatetici. Hée taught after Platos death .xxiiij. yeares. He was banished out of Athens, bycause it was supposed, hée déemed not well of theyr goddes. It is written that he died by this occasion. As he went by the sea side, hée perceyued fishermen sitting and dooing of somewhat. And when hée asked what

Aristotelicus, and Aristotelius, a, um,

Or Aristotle.

Aristoxenus,

A famous Philosopher and Phisition, the scholar of Aristotle, and dyuers other learned men. An∣other of that name was in Cyrena, so curious in gar∣deyning, that euery night hee vsed to cast mulse on hys learuse, to make them sauour more pleasantly.

Aritissa,

A lake in Armenia the greater.

Arius,

A ryuer in Aria, néere to Baetria.

Armalcar,

The ryuer Euphrates.

Arménia,

The name of two regions: Maior and Minor, Arménia maior, hath on the north, Colchis, Iberia, and Albania: on the weast, part of Cappadocia: on the east, part of the Hircane sea: on the south, Mesopota∣mia, and the mountaine Taurus. Arménia minor, hath on the north and weast part Cappadocia: on the east the noble ryuer Euphrates, and Armenia maior: on the south part, the mountaine Taurus.

Armeni,

People of Armenia, which were christened of late yeares, but nowe they be subiectes to the Turkes. They in some things varyed from the Church of the Latines and Gréekes. They haue one great Byshop, whome they call Catholicum. They kéepe holy neyther the natiuitie of Christ, nor his baptisme, saying. Hée needed not to be pourged or clensed of sinne. Also they take from all sacraments the vertue to conferre grace. They eftsoones baptise those that come from the church of the latines to them, saying, that they be not of the ca∣tholyke fayth. They say that no man may be christened, vnlesse hée receyue the sacrament of the aultare: and that infantes neede not to be baptised, affirming that in them is no originall sinne. That the holye ghost procée∣deth of the father and not of the sonne. That the sa∣crament of the aultare may not be consecrate of breade cleane without leauen. Also in the consecration they put no water to the wine. Moreouer they say, that the receyuing of the sacrament profiteth onely to the bodye. That when Christ descended into hell, he ledde wyth him all the soules that were there. That matrimonye is no sacrament, and may be dissolued at the will of the man or woman. That Christ did rise the Saterday af∣ter good Friday. All these are sayde to be their opini∣ons, and are condemned as errours by sundry counsels.

Armon,

A riuer that commeth from the hilles of Arabie, and deuideth Moabitide, from Amonitide, after Ca∣lepine.

Armorica,

The auncyent name of Brytaine in Fraunce.

Arnates,

A people of Italy.

Arna,

A countrey where the Boeotians inhabited.

Arne,

A citie néere to the goulfe called Maliacum.

Arnobius,

A noble Rhetorician of Affrike, mayster to Lactantius. He wrate against the Gentyles, the yeare of our Lorde .305. whose exposition we haue vpon the Psalter.

Arnus,

A swift ryuer in Italy, which runneth by the city of Florence, called vulgarly Arno.

Arôma,

The name of a citie.

Arpandes.

A Lieuetenant of Aegypt vnder Cambyses.

Arpinâs, âtis,

A man or woman of Arpinum.

Arpinum,

An auncient towne in Italy, famous and noble by the byrth of Plautus, Tullius, and Marius.

Arrianus,

A poet in the time of Tiberius. Also an hysto∣riographer, which wrate the gestes of Alexander the great.

Ariminensis synodus,

A generall counsayle kept at Arimi∣num, in Italy, the yere of our Lorde .360. the 22. yeare of the reigne of the Emperour Constantius: where the Gréekes assayed by their subtil wittes to condemne the noble counsayle of Nice: but by the wisedome of the Latines, that disputation was deferred, and at a ge∣nerall counsayle at Rome, the opinions of the Arri∣ans were condemned.

Arrius,

An heretike, a Priest in the church of Alexandria, the yere of our Lorde, 320. He was a fayre personage, had a verie sharpe witte, and was greatlye esteemed. But falling into pride and ambition of honour, he pur∣posed and helde this heresie, that the sonne was not equall to the father in deitie, nor of the same substance, but was a méere creature. Vnto this errour he indu∣ced a great part of the worlde than christened, as well noble Clearkes as other. For the which was called the great counsayle of Nice, the Emperour Constan∣tinus magnus, being present, with .318. Bishops: where it was (after long disputation) determined, that the sonne is equall, and of one substance with the father, as touching the diuinitie. Which decrée was approoued by the Emperour. And Arrius, wyth sixe Byshops, which obstinately perseuered in their heresie, were ba∣nished. Afterward Arrius finished his life with an hor∣rible death. For as he was disputing, being prouoked to the stoole, in exonerating nature, he poured out all his bowels, and so dyed.

or rather Arrianus, an hystorian, borne in Nicome∣dia: among other workes he wrate in Gréeke the lyfe of great Alexander. This man for his learning and vertue obteyned great honours at Rome of the Em∣perours Hadrian and Antonine, in so much that he was once Consull. There was one Arrius a philosopher in Alexandria, in the time of Augustus: and an other verye familier with Cicero.

Arrius,

An heretike, a Priest in the church of Alexandria, the yere of our Lorde, 320. He was a fayre personage, had a verie sharpe witte, and was greatlye esteemed. But falling into pride and ambition of honour, he pur∣posed and helde this heresie, that the sonne was not equall to the father in deitie, nor of the same substance, but was a méere creature. Vnto this errour he indu∣ced a great part of the worlde than christened, as well noble Clearkes as other. For the which was called the great counsayle of Nice, the Emperour Constan∣tinus magnus, being present, with .318. Bishops: where it was (after long disputation) determined, that the sonne is equall, and of one substance with the father, as touching the diuinitie. Which decrée was approoued by the Emperour. And Arrius, wyth sixe Byshops, which obstinately perseuered in their heresie, were ba∣nished. Afterward Arrius finished his life with an hor∣rible death. For as he was disputing, being prouoked to the stoole, in exonerating nature, he poured out all his bowels, and so dyed.

or rather Arrianus, an hystorian, borne in Nicome∣dia: among other workes he wrate in Gréeke the lyfe of great Alexander. This man for his learning and vertue obteyned great honours at Rome of the Em∣perours Hadrian and Antonine, in so much that he was once Consull. There was one Arrius a philosopher in Alexandria, in the time of Augustus: and an other verye familier with Cicero.

Arsaces,

Was the generall name of the kings of Parthia.

Arsácia,

The name of a citie of Mede.

Arsanca,

A citie of Germanie called Cleppern.

Arsenária,

A citie of Mauritania, called Arze.

Arsichina,

A citie in Germanie, now called Bromp.

Arsichoras,

A king of Sardis in the time of Anniball.

Arsinoë,

The wyfe of Lysimachus, king of Macedonie. Also a citie in Cyrene, called commonly Trochara.

Arsonium,

A citie of Germanie, called Prinsintza.

Artabanus,

A king of Parthia, the last of Arsaces stock, whome Artaxerxes slue, and restored the kingdome to the Persians .538. yeares, after Darius was subdued by Alexander.

Artabazes, vel Artabasdes,

A king of Armenie, Sonne of Mithridates, a man excellently learned.

Artabicia,

One of the yles of Propontis.

Artabri,

A people by the Promontory called Artabrum.

Artabrum,

A promontorye in Spayne.

Artace,

A citie of the Milesians in Asia. Also a towne of Bithynia, called Carpi.

Artacena,

A country of Syria.

Artacha,

An hyll full of trées, in the yle of the Cyziceni∣ens.

Artachaeas,

A capitaine in the armie of Xerxes.

Artanes,

A king of Armenie, surnamed Sophenus. Also a ryuer running into Ister.

Artaphernes,

One of Darius Capitaines, vanquished of the Gréekes néere to Marathon.

Artanum,

A citie of Germany, called Herbipolis. Wirtz∣bourg.

Artaxa,

A king of Armenie, of whome Tigranes descended.

Artàxata, orum.

n. g. The chiefe citie of Armenie the great, at the ryuer Araxis.

Artaxerxes,

A name whereby many kings of Persia were called: Of whom one is named in the byble Assuerus: An other, which was his sonne by Hester, called also Ochus: An other called Longimanus, bycause hys armes and handes were so long, that standing vpryght, he mought touch his knées with his handes. He was benigne and loued peace, and therefore was he well be∣loued of all his people. He was before the incarnation 485. yeares, and had to surname Memnon.

Artaxiasata,

A citie of Armenie.

Arteatae,

People of Persia.

Artembares,

A noble man of the Medes.

Artimidorus,

A learned man, very familiar with Brutus, which deliuered a booke to Caesar, of the conspiracie a∣gainst him, the same daye that he was slayne, willyng him to reade it foorthwith: but he neglected it, to hys owne confusion.

Artemis, idis,

Is a name of Diana.

Artemisia,

The name of a noble Princesse, wyfe to Mau∣solus, king of Caria, of a notable chastitie, and excel∣led so in loue towarde hir husbande, that when he was deade, she caused his heart to be dryed in a vessell of gold into poulder, & by little and litle she dranke it vp, saying: Their two hearts should neuer depart a sun∣der, and that she thought there might be no worthy se∣pulchre made for it, but hir owne bodie. Notwythstan∣ding she made for his bodie such a sepulchre, that for the excellent workmanship beautie, and costlynesse, it was taken for one of the marueyles of the worlde: and for the noble fame thereof, all sumptuous and great se∣pulchres, were afterwarde called Mausolaea. Shée founde also the herbe Artemisia, called in Latine Dama∣sonium, of great vertue in womens diseases.

Artemisium,

A promontorie of Euboea, and an ymage of Diana.

Artemisius,

The moneth of May among the Macedoni∣ans. Also an hyll in Arcadie.

Artemita,

A famous citie .500. furlongs from Seleucia.

Artemius,

A mountaine of Achaia in Argo.

Artemon,

The proper name of dyuers men.

An heretike, which affyrmed, that Christ was but pure man, taking hys begynning in the Virgin Marie. This heresie, being once condemned, was eft∣soones reuyued, by Palus Samosatenus.

Artemon,

The proper name of dyuers men.

An heretike, which affyrmed, that Christ was but pure man, taking hys begynning in the Virgin Marie. This heresie, being once condemned, was eft∣soones reuyued, by Palus Samosatenus.

Arthurus,

A king of England when it was called Britan∣nia, a man of excellent prowesse, who, in xv. great bat∣tailes against the Saxons, vanquished them, and final∣ly draue the most part of them out of this Realme. He subdued Scotland and Ireland, at that time being wel inhabited, and in culture. And after kept an honorable house of valiant and noble personages, wherein was such magnificence, that it gaue occasion to Frenchmen and Spaniardes, to exercise their wittes in auauncing of Arthurs maiestie with incredible fables: which is no more to be marueiled at, than the semblabe inuentions and fantasies of the Gréekes. Albeit thys Arthur was a verye noble and famous prince, yet of them, which wrate hystories about hys tyme, he was vnre∣membred. He flourished about the yeare of our Lorde. 510.

Artigis,

A citie in Spaine called also Alhama.

Artómici,

People of a countrye in Fraunce called Armi∣nake.

Artotyrítae,

People, which did offer to theyr God, breade and chéese.

Aruales fratres,

Were supposed to be the foster brethren of Romulus, to whome he gaue the dignitie of priesthoode, to make sacrifice for growing and increase of corne, and preseruation of the corne fieldes.

Aruerni,

People of Fraunce néere to the ryuer of Leyre.

Aruisium,

An hill on the sea coast, of the yle called Chium, where growe the wines called Aruisia vina, nowe Mar∣uisia vina, Malmesey.

Arúnca,

A towne in Italy.

Arupenum,

A towne in Fraunce.

Arupinus,

A citie in Pannonie.

Arxata,

A citie of Armenie.

A S

Asa,

In the language of Syria, signifieth a phisition, or a healer of sicknesses. Of that name was the fifth king of Iuda, the sonne of Abia, who reigned .41. yeares. He honored God, destroyed Idols, and was fortunate in battayle, so that he is compared to king Dauid, for his personage and vertuous qualities. He slue the king of Aethyope, wyth an infinite number of hys people. He was before the incarnation .973. yeares.

Asachae,

A people in the mountaines of Aethiope fiue daies iourney from the sea, who lyue onely by the hun∣ting of Elephantes.

Asachus,

A ryuer in Macedonie, running by Heraclia, at the foote of the mountaine Oete.

Asae,

A towne or people of Peloponnesus.

Asaea,

A certaine hill.

Asaeus,

A Gréeke that was slaine of Hercules.

Asaph,

An hebrue word, signifying gathering or finishing. Of this name was a singing man in the house of God, to whome king Dauid assygned certayne tytles of hys Psalmes.

Asbestae,

A people of Lybia, where was an Oracle of Ammon.

Asbolus,

The name of an hounde in Ouid.

Asbotus,

A citie in Thessaly.

Asca, àlias, Ascu,

A citie in Sicilie, buylded by Elymu, as prince of Troy.

Ascaláphus,

The sonne of Mars and Astiocles. Also the sonne of Acheron, and the Nymph Orphnes, which was tourned into an Owle.

Ascalíngium,

The citie of Hilderhem.

Ascalon,

An hebrue worde signifying a poysing or a bal∣lance or fire of infamie. And it is the name of a citie in the higher Idumea, from Hierusalem .90. myles, as Egesippus saith. The people of this citie were called Ascalonitae.

Ascalus,

The brother of Tantalus, and sonne of Hyme∣naeus.

Ascancalis,

The citie of Swetz in Germanie.

Ascania,

One of the yles called Cyclades. Also a country in Asia, and a citie, and a méere or marishe in Troas.

Ascanius,

The sonne of Aeneas the Troian, and Creusa hys wyfe, daughter to king Pryamus of Troy: who comming into Italy with his father, sustayned sundrye labours: And finally, after hys father, reigned ouer the Latines, with Syluius Posthumus, hys brother in lawe, and buylded the citie of Alba Longa. He was also called Iulus: he reigned .xviij. yeares. Of thys name was a ryuer in Phrygia, of the which Ascanius was named.

Asciburgium,

The cytie of Emeriche in Germanie.

Ascytae,

Arabyans.

Asclepiades,

A famous phisition. Also a philosopher, which beyng blind, was demaunded in scorne, what his blind∣nesse profited him? he aunswered, that he had the more companie by one boy that led him. It is also the name of an hystoriographer of Cypres, and dyuers other men.

Asclepiodorus,

A paynter in the tyme of Apelles. Also one of Alexandria, which was excellent in the mathemati∣calles, and knowledge of herbes and stones.

Asconius Pedianus,

The excellent expositour of the Ora∣tions of Tullie, when he was .73. yeares olde, became blinde, and lyued afterward .12. yeares in the great esti∣mation and honour. He flourished about the time of Nero the Emperour.

Ascra,

A towne in Boeotia, by the mountaine Helicon. In this towne was borne Hesiodus the famous poet: and therefore he is sometime called Ascraeus.

Ascruium,

Called also Ascriuium, A citie in Liburnia.

Asculum,

A citie in Puell in Italy, where Curius and Fabritius discomfited Pyrrhus.

Asdrubal,

A name of dyuers noble men in Carthage, of which, one maryed the sister of Anniball: He ruled the citie of Carthage, and sent Anniball into Spaine, and there exercised him in continuall labours. At the last, in the middle of his friendes and seruauntes, hée was slaine by a Mooraine slaue, whose mayster he had slaine a little before. This slaue feared death so little, that when he was put vnto most horrible tormentes, he be∣ing in them, shewed alway a laughing countenaunce.

Aséllius Sempronius,

An hystoriographer in the tyme of Scipio Aemilianus.

Asia,

ae, foe. gen. The thirde part of the worlde, deuyded from Europa by the sea called Bosphorus Thracius,

Asiáticus, Asiacus, Asiânus, & Asius, a, um,

Of or pertaining to Asia.

Asiáticus,

A surname giuen to one of the Scipions, because he subdued the lesse Asia.

Asine, vel Asina:

A citie of Peloponnesus, néere to Mes∣senia. Asine, Is also one of the Iles called Sporades, in the sea Adriaticum.

Asinius Pollio,

A Noble senatour and oratour Romayne, whom the emperour Octauian specially fauoured: He was very eloquent, but noted of too much affectation, which tooke away the grace of his orations. He was in iudgement very exquisite, and vsed to reprooue other, much better learned then himselfe: as Tullie, Caesar, Salust, and Liuie. He made the first common librarie, wherein he set the Image of Varro, and had victorie ouer the people of Dalmatia. To his honour the Poet Virgill made one of his Egloges. He liued .80. yeares.

Asinius Gallus,

Sonne of Pollio, a man of great learning: he wrote a booke, wherein he compared and preferred his father to Tullie: Thys booke was afterwarde aunswered by Claudius the Emperour. Tiberius the Emperor commaunded him to be slaine, for what cause it doth not appeare.

Asis,

A mountaine in Vmbria.

Asis terra,

Is vsed for Asia.

Asisium,

A towne, whereof the people be called Asisinates.

Asius,

The sonne of Dymas. Also a ryuer in Italy called Esino.

Asmodeus,

The name of a Deuill, and signifyeth a de∣stroyer, or abundance of sinne, or measuring fire.

Asophis,

A country in the prouince of Achaia.

Asopis, idis,

The daughter of Asopus.

Asopus,

A ryuer in Sicyonia, that runneth out of Phry∣gia. An other in Peloponnesus, néere to Corinthe.

Asorus,

A ryuer running by the citie Heraclea.

Aspasia,

A woman of Miletum in Gréece, notably learned in Rhetorike: she loued and taught the eloquent Peri∣cles Duke of Athens. Wherefore, notwithstandyng, she was a captiue, he tooke hir to his wife. It is writ∣ten, that she was one of the concubines of Cyrus kyng of Persia. And afterwarde by hir procurement, for dis∣pleasure that she bare to them, she caused the Athenien∣ses to make warre against the Peloponnenses.

Aspasius,

The name of diuers learned men.

Aspendius,

A certaine Harper.

Aspendus,

A citie of Pamphilia.

Asphaltîtes, or Asphaltum,

A lake of Syria, called Mare Mortuum: therein is the lyme myxte wyth brimstone, called Bitumen, or Asphaltum, wherein no lyuely thyng can drowne. Some suppose, that in that place stoode the cities of Sodoma and Gomorrha.

Asplendon,

A citie of Phocis.

Asporenus,

An hyll in Asia, néere to Pergamus.

Assabinus,

A God among the Aethiopians.

Assacani,

A country of India, wherein is the city Ma∣gosa.

Assaracus,

The sonne of Tros, king of Troyans.

Assísia,

One of the names of Pallas, and Minerua.

Assuêrus,

A king of Persians, who is also called Artax∣erxes and Memnon.

Assur,

A citie in Iudea, buylded by king Salomon.

Assyria,

A region in Asia, called nowe Syria, in English Surry, which marcheth on the East, vpon Indie: on the West, vppon the noble Ryuer of Tygris: on the south, it hath the countrey Media: on the north the hill Caucasus.

Assyrius, a, um,

Of Assyria.

Asta,

A towne in Spaine. Also an olde towne in Liguria.

Astaboras,

A ryuer in Aegypt.

Astaces,

A ryuer running into Ponte.

Astacoeni,

People of India.

Astacus,

A citie of Asia, so named of Astacus, the sonne of Neptunus and Olbia. Also a towne of Megaris, and a citie in Acarnania.

Astapus,

A ryuer in Asia, by which the people Rizophagi dwelled.

Astaroth,

A name of Hebrue which signifieth rychesse or flockes. Also making search, or the mouth of the law. It was the name of an ydol, which the Iewes honou∣red. Also the name of a citie in Syria, which was giuen to the children of Gerson, of the kindred of Manasses. Also of a countrey, whereof mencion is made. Gene∣seos. 14.

Astarte,

A Goddesse of the Assyrians, which (after Cice∣ro) was the fourth Venus, that was maryed to Ado∣nis, to whome Salomon, to please his concubyne, ray∣sed an Aultar.

Aster, Astri,

mas. gen. Platos seruaunt.

Astéria, ae,

foem. gen. The name of the Iles of Delos and Rhodes.

Asterie,

Was daughter to Caeus, and sister to Latona, of whome Iupiter in likenesse of an Eagle begat Her∣cules: she was tourned into a Quayle, and after into a stone.

Asterion,

A citie of Thessalie: an other of Surrye. Also a ryuer of Achaia, running into the wood Nemaea. It was also the sonne of Cometa, that followed Iason in∣to Colchis.

Asteris, or Asteria,

An yle betwéene Samos and Ithaca. It is also a citie in Spaine, and the name of Titans daughter, the sister of Latona.

Asterusia,

An hill in the south part of Crete.

Astice,

A countrey of Thrace.

Astícla,

idem quod Astypalea.

Astigi,

A citie of Spaine.

Astinome,

The daughter of Chryses, which Homer cal∣leth Chryseis.

Astióchia,

The mother of Tlepolemus.

Astomi,

People in the furthermost partes of Indie to∣ward the East, which haue no mouthes, all their bodye hearie, and are arrayed wyth cotten gathered on the leaues of trées. They eate no meate, but lyue onelye with swéete sauours of rootes, herbes, and fruites, and are quickly killed with any yll sauour. Plin.

Astraea,

The daughter of Astraeus and Aurora, or after some, of Iupiter and Themis. It is taken for iustice, as the worde doth signifie. She detesting the naughtie and vniust liuing of men, flewe to heauen, and was tur∣ned into the signe called Libra.

Astraeus,

One of the gygantes that rebelled against the Goddes.

Astrophe,

One of the starres called Pleiades.

Astur, uris,

A nowne possessiue, and signifieth, of Asturia: as Astur homo, a man of Asturia.

Astura,

A towne and ryuer in Italy.

Asturia,

A country in Spaine betweene Galicia and Por∣tugal, which sometime was famous for mines of gold, and ambling hackneyes called Asturcónes.

Asturica Augusta,

A citie in Spayne called Astorga.

Astúricus, a, um,

Of Asturia.

Astyages,

The last king of Medes, father to Mandana, the mother of noble king Cyrus, who was .597. yeares before the incarnation, reigned .38. yeares, and at last was deposed by Cyrus. An other Astyages was by the Gorgons heade of Perseus tourned into a marble stone.

Astyalus,

A Troyan slaine by Neoptolemus.

Astyanax, actis,

Was sonne of Hector, by Andromache, whome after the winning of Troy, the Gréekes cruel∣ly threwe downe from a towre, so that his braynes clea∣ued to the walles.

Astycratia,

The daughter of Eolus.

Astydamas,

The name of two tragicall poets of Athens,

Astynous,

A Troyan slaine by Diomedes.

Astyochia,

The daughter of Actor, which was rauyshed by Mars.

Astypalea,

An yle in the Sea Aegeum. It is also a moun∣tayne in Creta, an other by Athens.

Astypaleius, a, um,

Of that yle.

Asychis,

A king of Aegipt.

Asylas,

The name of a soothsayer.

Asylus,

An Image, wherevnto men were woont to runne for succour, as to a sanctuary.

A T

Ata, tae, or Ate, tes,

in latine Noxa detrimentum, the name of a hurtfull spirite, alway working yll to men.

Atabyria,

The auncient name of the Rhodes.

Atabyris,

A very highe Mountaine in Rhodes.

Ataceni,

People of Arabia.

Atacini,

People of Narbone in Fraunce.

Atalànta,

A mayden (daughter to Iasius a prince of Ar∣cadia) came with diuers noble men of Greece into Eto∣lia, to slea the great Boare which destroyed that coun∣trey: the same Boare did shée first strike and wounde. But afterwarde he was slaine by Meleager, sonne of the king of Aetolia, who loued Atalanta, and tooke hir to his wife, and had by hir a sonne called Parthenopaeus, which was slayne at the battayle of Thebes. An other Atalanta, daughter of Caen••us, king of the yle Scy∣rus, contended in running wyth them that came to wooe hir. When shee had vanquished and put manye to death (for that was the wager, or else to haue hir) at last a noble yong man ca••led Hippomenes, (whiles they were running) threwe at sundrye times thrée apples of Golde from him, in taking vp whereof, she was taryed, and so ouerrunne. Ouid writeth, that as they two med∣led togyther in the temple of Cybele, the Goddesse ha∣uyng thereat indignation, transformed them both into Lyons.

Atalantaeus, a, um,

Of Atalanta.

Atargata,

Called also Atergatis, A Goddesse of the Syri∣ans.

Atarna,

A citie of Mysia in Asia.

Atarnes,

The brother of king Darius.

Atax,

A famous ryuer in Narbone. Also one that inhabi∣teth about that ryuer.

Atella,

Looke Attella.

Atergaris,

Called also Athara Derceto, and Dagon. A mon∣struous Goddesse of the Sidoniens, whose Image in the vpper part represented a woman, in the neather part like a fishe. This was the mother of Quéene Se∣miramis, who tooke the losse of hir chastitie so grée∣uously, that she cast hir selfe headlong into a poole. And because hir body could not be founde, they beleeued that she was transfourmed into a fishe. Wherefore the peo∣ple of that countrey woulde not eate any fishe.

Aternus,

A ryuer in Italy.

Atesis,

idem quod Athesis.

Ateste,

A citie in the country of Venice.

Athalia,

Daughter of cursed Quéene Iesabell, and mo∣ther to king Acab, being also mischieuous, hearing that hir sonne Ochozias was slayne, and Ioram (with all his housholde) destroyed, shée being inflamed with de∣sire to reigne, laying apart all womanly pittie, determi∣ned to destroy vtterly, all the posteritie of Dauid. But through the goodnesse of God, Ioas, the sonne of O∣chozias, an infant, was vnwares to hir conueyed awaye by Iosabeth his aunt, and hid in the house of Ioiades the byshop, and there kept sixe yeares. After this cur∣sed woman Athalia, had reigned ouer Ierusalem sea∣uen yeares, Ioas (which was supposed to be slayne) was by Ioiades made king: whereof she being aduer∣tised, and crying to the people to slea Ioas, was taken of the men of warre, and shamefully drawne vnto the gate of the citie, called Mularia, and there slayne. Shée was before the incarnation .900. yeares.

Athamanes,

People of Aetolia.

Athamas, Aeolus

his sonne, and king of Thebes, maryed Nepheles, and on hir begat Helles and Phryxus. But when Nepheles was by Liber pater cast in furie, and ranne into the woodes, Athamas maryed Ino the daughter of Cadmus: who as a cruel stepmother with so many and grieuous complaints brought Helles and Phrixus in hatred of their father, that for safegarde of themselues, they tooke the Ramme with the golden fléese. And sitting on his backe, swamme ouer the sea at Helesponte, where Helles was drowned, & gaue name vnto the sea. Wherfore Iuno being angry with Ino the stepmother, cast Athamas into a furie or madnesse: who in his rage séeing Ino his wife comming towarde him with hir two children, thought it had béene a Lionesse & hir whelpes, & therfore caught fiercely Learchus one of the children, and dashed him against the stones: which thing Ino séeing, fled away with Melicertus hir other sonne, and cast hir selfe downe of an huge rocke, and so the cruell stepmother ended hir lyfe.

Athamanteus, a, um,

Of Athamas.

Athamanticus, a, um,

idem.

Athamantis, idos,

foe. gen. Ino, or Leucothea, wyfe of A∣thamas.

Athanasius,

The Byshop of Alexandria, the yeare of our Lorde .348. A man of holy life, and great learning, sus∣tayned manye and great persecutions of the Arrians. For whan in the counsayle (holden at Laodicia) hée had confounded them with most puissaunt arguments, he stirred almost all the worlde against him, wherefore he fled. And sixe yeares continually he abode hyd in a drye Cesterne, where he neuer sawe the sunne shyne. Then was he discouered by a Mayden, and fled eft∣soones by the helpe of God, wandring about the world, notwithstanding Princes, their people and hostes, did continually persecute him, so that he might scace finde anye plaee to abyde in. Also a common harlot was brought against him, which affirmed, that he had ac∣companyed with hir. But hée alwaye sustayning all thinges with a woonderfull pacience, at last dyed, the yeare of our Lorde .379.

Athara,

looke Atergatis.

Athenae,

The famous citie of Athens, betwéene Macedo∣nia, and Achaia in the sea coast, that once was called Actae, and after Attica. This (as Hyginus sayth) was first buylded by Cecrops, and called Cecropia, after∣warde by Mopsus, Mopsopia, and last of all, Athenes of Minerua, whome the Gréekes call Athenam. For they report, when Neptune and Minerua contended for the name, that it was agréed betwéene them, that he shoulde haue the name, that gaue vnto mankind the worthiest and most profitable gift. Whereupon Nep∣tune brought foorth an horse, and Minerua an Oliue trée. The matter beyng put to voyces, which was the most profitable. Neptune was cast by one voyce, and gaue place vnto Minerua. This Vniuersitie was the inuentour and deuisour of all liberall artes and Sci∣ences, and the mother or nourse of al auncient Philoso∣phers, Oratours, and Poets, and therefore was cal∣led, as it were, the marte towne of all good learning, whether they resorted to studie out of all partes of the worlde.

Athaeneon,

A famous painter, that learned of Glaucion of Corynth.

Athaeneum,

A place in Rome, where all sciences were read.

Athenaeus,

A learned philosopher in y^e time of Augustus, borne at Seleucia in Cilicia. An other was a Gram∣marian vnder M. Antonius, which wrote a booke de Dipnosophistis.

Athene, nes,

The name of Minerua.

Athenodôrus,

A philosopher, which left with Octauian the Emperour this lesson, when he tooke his leaue of him: Noble prince, when you be wroth, neyther saye nor doe anye thing, vntill you haue perused the .xxiiij. Gréeke letters, and remembred the order of their pla∣ces, where they stand: that the passion of yre, by with∣drawing

Athenopolis,

A towne of the Mas••ilians.

Athesinus,

A ryuer running out of the lake Apennium, and falling into Ister.

Athesis,

A ryuer in the country of Venice, running by the citie of Trent, and through Verona, and so passeth into the sea Adriaticum.

Athlochari,

People of Scythia in Asia.

Athos, or Athon,

An hyll of Thrace, of a woonderfull height.

Athrax,

The father of Hippodamia: also a ryuer of Eto∣lia, and a citie in Thessalia.

Atina,

A towne of the Lucans in Italy, the people wher∣of be called Atinates.

Atlantes,

Moores dwelling about the hyll Atlas.

Atlanteus, and Atlanticus, a, um,

Of Atlas.

Atlanticae ínsulae,

Two Ilandes, in the borders of Lybia, which they call the fortunate yles. Seldome raine is in them, and very temperate, sweete windes, and bring∣ing pleasaunt and holesome dewes: the grounde battle and fertile of it selfe without mans trauayle, bringeth forth swéete and delectable fruits vnto the ydle people. The ayre holesome and temperate, without verye great chaunge in the times of the yeare. For the Northren windes passing through the desertes of Lybia, before they come to those yles, are much broken and abated in their sharpenesse. Those wyndes that come from the sea coast, are seldome, and bring temperate showers.

Atlantides,

The seauen daughters of Atlas. Also certaine starres.

Atlantis,

An Iland fiue dayes sayling from the hill Atlas, after which it is named.

Atlas, antis,

Of this name were thrée. One king of Italy, and father of Electra. An other of Arcadia, father of Maia. The thirde of Mauritania, called the greatest, the brother of Prometheus, who, as the Gréekes sup∣pose, dyd first finde out the course of the starres, by an excellent imagination. Wherefore the Poetes feyg∣ned, that he sustayned the firmament with his shoul∣ders. It is supposed he was about .1599. yeares afore the incarnation. It is also the name of an hill in Bar∣baria, high and small, which pearceth the clowdes. At∣las is also a great ryuer in the north part of the worlde, running into Ister.

Atlantis nepos,

Mercurie.

Atlantiades

idem.

Atossa,

The daughter of king Cyrus.

Atracius, a, um,

The adiectiue of Atrax.

Atricia, ars,

Arte magike.

Atramitae,

People of Arabia foelix.

Atrani,

People of Italy, mencioned of Plato.

Atrax, acis,

A ryuer of Aetolia, whereof a certaine people are called Atraces.

Atrebates,

A people of a country in Fraunce called Artois.

Atreus,

The sonne of Pelops and Hippodamia, king of Mycene, founde first the Eclipse of the Sunne: and because his brother Thiestes had lyen wyth his wyfe, hée slue and rosted his sayd brothers children, and made him to eate them: who knowing it, and asking therfore vengeaunce, had aunswere made by the God Apollo, that if he did carnally knowe his owne daughter Pelo∣pia, he should get on hir a sonne, which shoulde reuenge him. So begat he Egisthus, who afterwarde slue hys vncle Atreus, and in lykewyse hys eldest sonne Aga∣memnon. This was before the incarnation .1258. yeares.

Atreus, a, um,

The adiectiue of Atreus.

Atria,

A towne in the country of Venice, called also Adria, whereof the sea Adriaticum was named.

Atridae,

In the plurall number: Agamemnon and Mene∣laus.

Atrydes, ae,

patronymicum. Of Atreus.

Atropatus,

A capitaine of the Medes, after whom a part of the country was called Atropatia.

Atropos,

One of the fatall Ladyes, which is feigned to breake the threade of lyfe.

Atta,

A poet. Also a Citie in Arabia foelix.

Attacum,

A towne of Spaine.

Attalia,

A citie of Pamphilia.

Attalus,

A king in the lesse Asia, marueylous ryche, of whome all magnifike and stately thinges are called At∣talica.

Atteius Philologus,

A learned mā very familier first with Salust, and after with Pollio.

Attella, or Atella,

A towne in Italy, where was a great and famous theatre.

Atellanus, a, um, and Atellanius,

of Atella.

Atthis, idis.

foe. gen. Was daughter of Cran••us, whome some suppose to haue giuen the name to the countrey called Attica.

Attica,

A countrey in Gréece, wherein stoode the famous citie of Athens, the nource of all sciences.

Atticé,

An aduerbe signifying in the eloquence of speach, of Athens.

Atticismos,

A peculiar phrase or elegancie of the Athens tongue.

Atticisso,

To speake in the Athens tongue.

Atticus, áttica, um,

Of Athens.

Attila,

looke Attyla.

Attilius Regulus,

A noble Consull of Rome, vanquished oftentimes the Carthaginenses, was at last taken by a sleight, and being bounden was sent to Rome, that for him they might exchaunge a great number of prisoners of theyr people. But at hys comming, he exhorted the Romaines, not to make such exchaunge, consideryng his age and debilitie. And so with a g••ad will hée re∣turned to his enimies, knowing that he shoulde be cru∣elly put to death. So much loued he hys countrey. Wherefore at hys returne, the Carthaginenses cau∣sed his eye lyddes to be cut of, that he mought neuer sleepe, and then to be put in an hollowe tree, beeyng stycked full of nayles, the poynts inwarde, where hee continued till he dyed.

Attis,

looke Atthis.

Attrebates,

looke Atrebates.

Attropatia, or Atropatia,

A part of the countrey of Media.

Attyla,

of some called Athyla, A valiant Scythian prince, after he had subdued Pannonia, entered into Italy, de∣stroyed y^e citie Aquilea, & came towarde Rome. Whereof the Emperour Valentinianus being afearde, sent vn∣to him Leo the byshop of Rome, with the Consuls and certaine Senatours, who submitted themselues vnto him. And when his host supposed, he would haue them in contempt, and continue his iourney to destroy Rome, he pardoning them, departed: whereat all men mar∣ueyled. But he being demaunded why he had so done, aunswered, that whiles the Byshop and Senatours spake vnto him, he behelde standing on eyther hande of him, a man of armes of excellent personage, euerye of them holding a naked swearde ouer him, manacing to slea him, if he spake any vnsitting worde, or did make anye further attemptate. Wherefore he discharged the Romaines with gentle language, perswading his host to holde them content. Afterwarde he entred into Ger∣manie, wasting the countrey: and in his returne to∣warde Hungarie, he maryed a wyfe. In which mary∣age he so excessiuelye fylled himselfe with meates and wynes, that thereby he fell in a bleeding, and so dyed, af∣ter the incarnation .401. yeares. And at the beginning he called him selfe the scourge of God.

Atuacutum,

The towne of Antwarpe in Brabant.

Atura,

A towne of Aquitaine.

Aturius,

A ryuer in Fraunce, called vulgarly, Ledou.

Atys,

A childe of woonderfull beautie, beloued of Cybele the mother of Goddes, & was turned into a pyne tree. It was also a king of Lydia, descending liniallye from Hercules, and Omphale. Also a ryuer of Sicilie.

A V

Auantici,

A people of Fraunce.

Auáricum,

Vierron in Berry, in the royalme of Fraunce.

Auctolicus,

A théefe that transformed himselfe into dy∣uers shapes.

Auctonus,

The sonne of Apollo and Cyrene.

Aucula, or Aquilae,

A towne in Thuscane, called Aqua∣pendens.

Auella, or Auellinum,

A towne of Campaine in Italy.

Auentinus,

An hyll at Rome.

Auentinus, a, um,

Of that hyll.

Auenuiorum colonia, or Auenio,

Auenion, a citie in Pro∣uaunce.

Auerni,

People of the countrey in Fraunce called A∣uergne.

Au••rnus, ni,

mas, gen. and in the plurall number, Auerna, orum, neut. gen. A lake in Campaine, which was dedi∣cate vnto Pluto king of hell, where men suppose to bée an entrie or passage to hell.

Auernus, a, um, and Auernalis, le,

Of Auernus: sometime of hell.

Auerrois,

A great philosopher, and phisition, enimie to Auicen, and also to Christ. And for hys great com∣menes wri••ten vpon Aristotle, he named Commenta∣tor. He was aboute the yeare of our Lorde .1145.

Aufidena, ae,

A towne of Italy.

Aufidius,

A mans name.

Aufidus,

A ryuer in the country of Naples in Italy.

Auga, vel Auge, es,

The mother o•• Telephus by Hercules. Shee, when hir father vnderstoode that shee was with childe, was gyuen to a shipman to be cast into the sea. But before it was done, shee was deliuered of a chylde, which was hidden in the bushes, and afterwarde found by shepeheardes, and brought to Corithus, who kept it as his owne, and named it Telephus, because it was founde ••ucking an hinde. Auga hir selfe was giuen to certaine merchauntes that brought hir into Caria, and presented hir to king Theuthras, which had hyr in great estimation, and tooke hir to his wife.

Augea,

A citie of Locris: An other in Laconia.

King of Elis one of Iasons companions to at∣taine the golden fliece. He had an oxe stalle that woulde receyue 3000. oxen, and had not beene clensed or rydde in 30. yeares. Wherefore he thinking it a matter vn∣possible, hired Hercules to clense it: who conueying in∣to it the ryuer Alpheus, with the water thereof did ea∣sily ridde away the dung gathered by so many oxen .30. yeares space, which otherwyse vneath wyth any labour he coulde haue atchieued. In the ende, when he requi∣red the rewarde that was couenaunted, Augea began to haft and finde quarrels, takyng Phileus hys owne sonne to be arbiter or vmpier betweene them. Phileus gaue iudgement wyth Hercules against his father: for which dooyng hée chased hym out of hys realme into Du••y••hium. Hercules thereat sore displeased, gathe∣ring a power, spoyled and sacked the citie Elis, kylled Augea, and bringing Phyleus, out of banishment, made him king in his fathers rowme.

Augea,

A citie of Locris: An other in Laconia.

King of Elis one of Iasons companions to at∣taine the golden fliece. He had an oxe stalle that woulde receyue 3000. oxen, and had not beene clensed or rydde in 30. yeares. Wherefore he thinking it a matter vn∣possible, hired Hercules to clense it: who conueying in∣to it the ryuer Alpheus, with the water thereof did ea∣sily ridde away the dung gathered by so many oxen .30. yeares space, which otherwyse vneath wyth any labour he coulde haue atchieued. In the ende, when he requi∣red the rewarde that was couenaunted, Augea began to haft and finde quarrels, takyng Phileus hys owne sonne to be arbiter or vmpier betweene them. Phileus gaue iudgement wyth Hercules against his father: for which dooyng hée chased hym out of hys realme into Du••y••hium. Hercules thereat sore displeased, gathe∣ring a power, spoyled and sacked the citie Elis, kylled Augea, and bringing Phyleus, out of banishment, made him king in his fathers rowme.

Augias,

the sonne of Phorbas, or after some of Nycteus, or Epochus: out of his eyes appeared as it were sunne beames. Other affirme that this Augias was king of Epites, or Elidenses, & that Euristeus caused Hercules to make cleane his stable, wherein was an huge heape of dung.

Augusta Caesarea,

A city in Spayne, vpon the riuer Ibe∣rus.

Augusta Emerita,

A citie in Portugall.

Augusta Taurinorum,

Turine.

Augusta Treuirorum,

The citie of Trier, or Treues.

Augusta Rauricum,

A citie in Almaine, called Basile, or Basilaea.

Augusta Vindelicorum,

A goodly and beautifull citye in Germanie, called Ausbourgh.

Augusta Vestonum,

Soysson in Campaine.

Augusta Gemella,

A citie in Spaine.

Augustae,

The surname of diuers Empresses of Rome.

Augustinus,

The famous Doctor in Chrystes Church, borne in Affrike, in a towne called Gathensis, was of such excellent witte, that in his childehoode he learned all the seuen liberall sciences, without an instructor. He was woonderfully learned, specially in the doctryne of Plato: whereby he was the rather induced to imbrace the Chrystian fayth. He fauoured the errours of the Manichées: but by the continuall prayer of hys good mother Monica, and the perswasion of saint Ambrose, he was at last conuerted to the true fayth. They both replenished with the holye Ghost, dyd sing togither the Psalme Te deum, aunswering mutually the one to the other. Afterwarde in prayer, wryting, and preachyng, he so much profited, that he was had in great reuerence of all men, and wrote moe bookes than euer did anye in the Church of the Latines. He liued .76. yeares, & was bishop .40. yeres, & died in the yeare of our Lorde .437.

Augustodunum,

The citie of Auston in Fraunce.

Augustonemetum,

Neuers in Fraunce.

Augustoritum,

The citie of Po••cters.

Augustus,

The seconde Emperour of Rome, sonne of Octauius a Senatour, and nephew to Iulius Caesar, whome he succeeded. This man was wise, curteous, liberall, and of much moderation and clemencie. When he had ouercome Alexandria, and the Citizens, for that they had stubburnelye rebelled, did looke for nothing but extremity, he, taking with him his friende Arius of the same citie, went vp into an high place, and sayde vnto them: friendes, I pardon your offence and spare your citie, first, for the greatnesse and noblenesse of it: se∣condly for Alexanders sake that founded it, and third∣lye at the contemplacion of this my friende Arius, your countreyman. Whereby he both shewed a singular ex∣ample of clemencie, and to his friende got great loue and estimation. Hearing on a time that great Alexan∣der (after that hée had conquered the most part of the worlde, before he was .33. yeres of age) did doubt wyth himselfe what he might doe all the residue of hys lyfe: he greatelye marueyled that so noble a prince dyd not count it a farre harder matter well to gouerne that hee had gotten, then by might and force still to increase hys dominion. In the .42. yere of this Emperours reygne, our sauiour Christ was borne, when that Augustus had confirmed such a generall peace in the worlde, as neuer was but once before, from the beginning of the Romaine Empyre.

Auia,

or rather Liuia, A citie in Spaine, called Villalon.

Auicenna, or Abicena,

A famous phisition, whome some suppose to bée of a citie in Spaine called Hispalis, or Ciuile. Some name hym prince of Aboalim. Some say he was king of Bithynia. He was excellently lear∣ned, and wrote in the Arabike tongue manye noble workes of Philosophie naturall and metaphisike. Hée comprehended phisicke in fiue volumes, wherein hée calleth himselfe the interpretour of Galene. He was about the yeare of our Lorde .1151. And was (as some suppose) poysoned by Auerro••s, whome he s••ue before he dyed.

Auidienus,

A mans name in Horace, which was rych, and yet a very niggarde.

Aulerci,

People of a citie in Normandie, called Roane.

Aulercij,

People of Orlyaunce in Fraunce.

Aulis, lis, or lidis,

A little countrey or shire in Boeotia, in Gréece. It was also a great citie and hauen, where the princes of Gréece assembled togither, and conspired the destruction of Troy.

Aulocrene, nes,

A countrey wherein was the plaine trée, on which Marsya, being vanquished of Apollo, was hanged.

Aulon,

The name of a mountaine and citie in Calabria, where groweth excellent good wynes. Also of two o∣ther Cities, the one in Macedonia, the other in Ci∣licia.

Aulus,

A name vsed among the Romaines.

Auo, or Auus,

A ryuer in the hither Spaine.

Auras,

A great ryuer in Europe, falling into Ister.

Aurélia,

A family in Rome.

Auriga, ae,

A signe in the firmament vpon the hornes of the Bull, that hath ioyned to it one cléere starre. In the

Aurigda,

A cytie of Cyrene, called Zodra.

Aurora,

The daughter of Titan, and Terra.

Aurúnca,

A citie buylded by Auson.

Aurunci, or Arunci,

An auncient people in Italy.

Ausa,

A citie of Spaine.

Ausci,

People of the citie Aux, in Guyan.

Auselij,

idem quod Aurelij.

Auser, or Auseris,

A riuer in Italy, néere the citie Luca.

Ausitis, itidis,

The countrey called Hus, where Iob dwelled.

Ausones,

Were the auncyent kings of Italy.

Ausónia,

The part of Italy, wherein standeth Beneuent. and Cales, so called of Auson, the sonne of Vlysses and Calypso. Afterwarde all Italy was called Ausonia, and the people Ausonij.

Ausonius, a, um, and Auson,

Of Ausonia.

Ausonius,

A Sophister. Also a Poet of Burdeux in Gascoyne.

Austrâuia,

An yle in the Occean Sea, towarde the north part of the worlde, called Glessaria.

Austria,

Is a great countrey, on the vttermost east part of Germanie, sometime called Pannonia superior. It boun∣deth Eastwarde vpon the realme of Hungarie: West∣warde, vpon the countrey called Noricum, and Taurisi∣um: Southwarde, vpon Italy: Northwarde, it is in∣closed wyth the great ryuer Danubius or Ister, in Dutche Donow. In it is the noble citie Vienna, sette vpon the sayde ryuer. There is also a famous vniuer∣sitie, where especiallye the mathematicall sciences are most exactly taught.

Authe,

One of the seuen daughters of the Gyaunt Alcyo∣neus, whome Hercules slue.

Autini,

or rather Auteri, The Irishe men.

Autócthones,

People which began in the countrey where they inhabit: which name was giuen to thē of Athens.

Autololes,

A people of Mauritania.

Autólycus,

The sonne of Mercurie or Deucalion, and Graundfather to Vlysses by the mother side: famous for his theft. There was one Autolycus felowe to Iason, an other was a noble wrestler.

Automala, vel Automalax,

A citie of Cyrene, called also Pentapolis.

Automedon, ontis,

Achilles Chariot man.

Autômolae,

A people which came out of Egypt into Ethi∣ope. Among the Gréekes it doth signifie runnagates, or runnawayes.

Autonoë, es,

The daughter of Cadmus and Hermione▪ wife of Aristeus, and mother of Acteon, which after hir is called Autonoëius.

Autricum,

The citie of Charters in Fraunce.

Auximum,

A citie of Picenum in Italy, called commonlye Osinum.

A X

Axantos,

An yle in the Occean sea beneath Englande and Irelande. Plin. li. 4. ca. 16.

Axiaces,

A ryuer called also Hypanis.

Axiocus,

A philosopher, to whome Plato wrote a booke of death.

Axion,

The brother of Alphesiboea.

Axium,

A citie of Mysia, called commonly Chilia.

Axius,

A ryuer in Macedonia.

Axon,

A ryuer of the Iones in Asia.

Axona,

A ryuer in Fraunce, in the borders of Reynes, called Desne.

Axones,

People of Fraunce.

Axos,

A citie in Thrace.

Axus,

idem quod Axius.

Axylus,

A man of Phrygia, verye happie in all thinges pertayning to the lyfe of man, who vsed great humani∣tie towarde straungers.

A Z

Azan,

An hill in Arcadie, where Cybele the mother of the Goddes was honored.

Azana,

A country of Ethyope towarde the red sea.

Azanes,

People of Archadie.

Azanaea,

A region of Archadie, barraine and vnable to be tilled: looke the prouerbe, Azanaea mala.

Azania, Azanium, or Azeanum,

A citie of the lesse Asia.

Azanium,

A Well, the water whereof being drunke, cau∣seth men to hate the sauour and taste of wine.

Azesia,

A name of Proserpina.

Aziris,

A citie in the lesse Armenie, néere to Euphrates.

Azotus,

A citie in Syria. Also an other of Achaia.

B A

BAal,

In the tongue of Syria, signifieth Lorde, and is attributed to Iupiter. After some interpretation it signifieth, hauing dominions, subiection, or possession. It was an ydoll, that the Samaritanes and Moa∣bites worshipped

Babba,

A towne of Mauritania, called Iulia Campestris.

Babactes,

One of the names of Bacchus.

Babel,

Signifieth confusion or mixture. It was the name of a ••ower buylded by Nemroth, before the incarnation 274. yeares. At the buylding hereof was the first con∣fusion of tongues. This was done in the land of Sen∣naar, in the country of Chaldea.

Babylas,

A famous Bishop of Antioche.

Babylon,

A great citie in Chaldie and signifieth confusion, or translatiō, where was a tower buylded by Nemroth, in height fiue myles .170. paces. Afterwarde being en∣larged by Semiramis, it conteyned in compasse .60. myles. The walles were in height .300 féete, in thyck∣nesse of breadth .75. féete, and had .100. gates of brasse. There ranne through the middle of it, the famous ry∣uer Euphrates. It is also a towne, or rather a great citie in Aegypt.

Babylonia,

The country where y^e citie of Babylon stood: on the north it is bounded with Mesopotamia▪ on the west with Arabic the desert: on the east, with Sus••an: on the south, with the red sea. In this country is Chaldea.

Babylónycus, and Babylonius, a, um,

Of or perteyning to Babylon.

Babyrsa,

A strong towne of Asia, in the countrey Atropa∣tia, néere to the citie Artaxata.

Babys,

A foolysh minstrell, Marsyas brother.

Bacales,

People in the sea coastes of Lybia.

Bacchae, arum,

Women which sacrificed to Bacchus.

Bacchaemon,

The sonne of Perseus and Andromede.

Bacchânal, or Bacchanâle, lis, neu. ge.

The place where the solemnitie of Bacchus was kept.

Baccheis, idis,

A woman belonging to Bacchus.

Bacchíadae,

People which came out of Corinth into Sici∣lie, and had their first beginning of Bacchia, the daugh∣ter of Dyonisius.

Bácchicus, or Bacchiéius, a, um,

Of Bacchus.

Bácchides,

A capitaine that betrayed the citie Sinopis to Lucullus.

Bacchius,

A sworde player. Also a Corinthian, who ma∣ryed the daughter of Clythius, the king of Megarence.

Bacchius, a, um,

Of Bacchus.

Bacchus, chi,

called also Liber, Dionysius, Osiris, Priapus, Le∣noeus, Bromius, and Brotinus, The sonne of Iupiter, by Semele. The poets feigne, that after Iupiter had gotten Semele with chylde, shée desired him to com∣panie with hir, like as he did with Iuno, in his diuine maiestie: wherefore he bringing with him his thunder and lightning, came to hir, but shée not able to susteine his presence, fell in trauayle, was deliuered long before hir time, and dyed. Iupiter tooke and deliuered the childe to Mercurius, who by his commaundement caryed it vnto Nysa, where he was nourished vp by the Nymphes. Lyke foolishely other imagined▪ that Iu∣piter made an hole in hys thygh to put in the chylde, where it remayned vntyll the full tyme of hys byrth, This man among the Gréekes did set vines and make wyne. Also he first yoked oxen in the plough, and gathe∣ring

Bactes,

A name of Bacchus.

Bactra, ••rum,

A citie in the furthest part of Persia, the people wherof are called Bactri & Bactriani: in whom is such inhumanity, that when their parents be very sicke or olde, they throwe them vnto fierce dogges, which doe rent them in pieces, and deuoure them. The women of that countrey vse passing gorgeous apparel, with swete oyntments and other ryche attyre, and are of the ser∣uantes farre more obeyed and reuerenced than the men are. They neuer come abroade but on horsebacke, with riche ornamentes of precyous stones and Iewelles. Chastitie they regarde not, but make themselues com∣mon, both to their seruauntes and to straungers, theyr husbandes finding no fault thereat, ouer whome they séeme to haue dominion.

Bactriani,

The people of that countrey.

Bactriâna,

A countrey wherin were sometime a thousand cities. It is bounded on the West, with Margiane: on the North, with Sogdione, deuyded from it wyth the ryuer Oxo: on the South with Aria, and Paro∣panisade.

Báctros,

A ryuer of the Bactrians, whereof a citie is cal∣led Bactrum.

Badacum,

A citie of Norice, or of Bauarie, named at thys day Salizaburgensis, Of the ryuer Saliza.

Badas,

A ryuer of Surry, néere whervnto Memnon was buryed.

Baelon,

A citie of Spaine, nowe called Tarissa.

Baenecus,

looke Benacus.

Baenis,

A great ryuer in Portugall.

Baet••cae,

A countrey in Spaine, which taketh his name of the ryuer Baetis, running through it. It was also cal∣led Turdetania, and is the South parte of Spayne, where be nowe the cities of Cybile and Corduba, and the realme of Granado, and extendeth to the pillers of Hercules. It hath on the North, Portugall, beyng deuyded from it wyth the ryuer Guadiada: on the West, the maine Occean Sea: on the South, the streightes of Marroke, and the middle sea: on the east, as it were a lyne drawne from the citie Balearia, vnto Ana.

Baeticola,

A dweller by the ryuer Baetis.

Baetirae,

A citie of Narbon in Fraunce, called Besiers, some wryte Baeterrae, some Bliterrae, other Blitera.

Baetis,

A ryuer in Spaine by Granado, called now Gua∣dalqueuer.

Baetulon,

A ryuer in Spayne called also Bethalon, com∣monly Beson.

Baganum,

The city of Turney.

Bagoas,

An Eunuche, whome great Alexander fylthilye loued.

Bagrada, Bagradas, or Bengrada,

A ryuer in Affryke, by the citie called Vtica, where Attilius Regulus, and the host of the Romaynes, slue a serpent, which was in length .120. féete.

Bahal, or Baal,

The ydoll of Tyre.

Baiae, ârum,

A towne in Campania, on the sea side, be∣twéene Puteolus, and Misenum, for temperatenesse of ayre, and fayrenesse of buylding, much haunted of the auncient Romaynes. There are hote waters naturall, both pleasaunt and wholesome. Therefore it is suppo∣sed all other hote Bathes naturall were called Baiae.

Bairon,

An historiographer, which wrote an abridge∣ment of the gestes of great Alexander.

Baius,

The companion of Vlysses, buried in Campania: after whome the towne Baiae was named.

Bal,

idem quod Baal.

Balaam,

Signifieth the age of the people, the deuouring or destruction of them. It was the name of a sooth∣sayer, whome Balac the king of Moabites, desired to curse the Israelites, who by the waye was lette by an aungell, that the Asse whereon he rode, did beholde, and asked why he did beate him. And then he himselfe per∣ceyued the Aungell, who bade him go to Balac, and speake nothing, but that he commaunded hym. And so finally, he blessed the Israelites, contrary to the expec∣tation of Balac.

Balanaea,

A towne not farre from Laodicia.

Balbina,

A virgin in Rome, martyred vnder Traiane.

Baldraca,

A poore mayde, that woulde in no wise be cor∣rupt by Otho the Emperour, notwithstanding all hys great offers and promises.

Beleardus,

A christen philosopher in Fraunce, disagréeing in some pointes from the Church of the Latines.

Baleares,

Two ylandes in the Spanish sea, thirty myles dystaunt one from the other: the one called Maiorica, towarde the East, ten myles in length: the other named Minorica, onely sixe myles. Florus wryteth, that the custome is in those ylandes, that when the children are hungrye, their mothers set vp their breakefast on the ende of an high beame or pole, so that they cannot come vnto it vntill they strike it downe with their slinges: by which practise the people of those countryes be∣come verye cunning in that feate. There was in those ylandes so great store of Cunnyes, that, as Plinie wryteth, they were fayne to desire ayde of men of Au∣gustus the Emperour to destroy them, for feare they woulde haue vtterly vndermined their landes.

Baleâris, re, and Beleáricus, a, um,

Of or belonging to those yles.

Balesium,

A towne on the sea coast in Italy, not farre frō Brundyse.

Balinienses,

People of Latium, called also Trebulani.

Ballio, onis,

The name of a Bawde in Plautus, of whom other Bawdes be called Balliones.

Ballienus,

Catilines Vncle.

Ballonoti, or Bellonoti,

People of Scythia in Europe.

Balsa,

A citie in Portugall, called also Tauila.

Baltia,

An yle in the Germaine sea.

Bambotum,

A ryuer of Mauritania.

Bambyca,

A citie of Mesopotamia, called also Edesa and Sacra.

Bambyce,

A citie in Syria.

Banasa,

A towne in Affrike, called also Valentia.

Bannomanna,

An yle, a dayes iourney from Scythia.

Banurri,

Inhabitaunts of the countrey called Tingitana.

Bara,

An yle not farre from Brundise.

Barachum,

A towne in Cyrene.

Baracura,

A port towne in India, called also Bangella.

Baragasa,

A towne in Ethiope.

Baramalacum,

A towne of the people called Nabathei, in Affrike.

Bárathrum, thri,

A place in hel. Also a dungeon in Athens, where prisoners were kept.

Barbaria,

A countrey, where dwelleth people rude and beastly: sometyme euery countrey, except Gréece and Italy.

Barbésula,

A towne in Spaine called Barbesul. Also a ry∣uer that runneth by that towne.

Barcei,

People néere to Carthage.

Barce,

A citie in Affrike called also Ptolomais. It was the name of Sichaeus nurse, and a Quéene of Lybia. Also a promontorie.

Barcenis,

A wood in Germanie, beyonde the ryuer Rhene, called Sylua nigra, which deuideth the swaues from the Cheruscians.

Barcha,

The surname of Amilcar, Anniballes father.

Barcino,

A citie in Spaine, called commonly Barcelona.

Bardasanes,

A bishop of Mesopotamia, which wrot against Marcion in the Syrian tongue.

Barderate,

A citie in Fraunce.

Bardesanes,

An excellent Astronomer.

Bardi,

Were certaine witches or prophetes in Gallia.

Barduli,

People of Biscaie in Spaine, called also Tur∣duli, and Tapari.

Barea,

A towne in Spaine.

Bargeni,

People of Affrike.

Bargus,

A ryuer of Thrace.

Bargylia, orum,

A citie in Caria.

Bargylus,

An hill in Asia.

Baria,

A place among the Sabines.

Bariona,

Iohnson, or the son of Iohn, as Barptholomeus, Ptolomeus sonne, whereby it séemeth, that Bar, in the tongue of Syria or Hebrue, signifieth a sonne.

Barium,

A town of Puel in Italy, called cōmonly Barry.

Barnichius,

A ryuer in Peloponnesus.

Barnus, untis,

A towne in Macedonia, néere to Heraclea.

Barra,

A towne of the Orobians in Italy.

Barrus,

A mans name in Horace, which was an excéeding great detractour.

Barum,

A certaine citie.

Barutis, or Barutum,

looke Beritos.

Basabocatis,

People of Aquitaine in Fraunce.

Basan,

A countrey beyonde the ryuer of Iordan in Iudea, which was deuyded to two of the trybes. It may be in∣terpreted, most fertile and fatte.

Bascropeda,

A countrey of the Medes, néere Marmonia.

Basilaea,

A citie in Germanie, called Basile.

Basilei,

People of Sarmatia, surnamed Iasiges, and Vrgi.

Basilia,

An yle in the North Occean sea.

Basilicus sinus,

A bosome of the sea néere Ionia.

Basilidae,

A people of Scythia in Europe, hauing theyr beginning of Hercules and Echidna.

Basilides,

An heretike, which affirmed that Christ was not crucified, but Symon Cyrenus: who (as the Euan∣gelistes wryte) was constrayned to beare the crosse, when our Sauiour waxed faynt through effusion of bloud by his scourging. He sayde it was none offence to denie Christ in the time of persecution. Hée denyed the last resurrection. Against whose heresies a lear∣ned man, named Agrippa Castor wrote certaine books, which were after in great prince among the Christians. He was about the yeare of our Lorde .110.

Basilidiani.

The followers of Basilides.

Basilius,

A man of incomparable vertue and learning, borne in Capadocia, of a noble house. His parents (as Gregorius Nazianzenus, writeth) were christians: & his father was named Basilius Magnus, by which name hée was also called. His father taught him aswell Gram∣mer, as other learnings called Quadriuiales. After hée went to Cesaria, and from thence to Constantinople, where he learned Rhetorike, Logike, and philosophie more perfectly. From thence he came to Athens, where he disputing with diuers great learned men, finally vā∣quished them. But whiles he exactly studied in philoso∣phie, Gregorie Nazianzene, being then wholly dedicate to the study of scripture, & seruice of God, louing Basil intirely, came into the schoole where he read in a chaire, and taking him by the hande, brought him to a mona∣stery, where laying apart all bookes of philosophie, hée onely intended to the reading of holy scripture. At the last, being led by the spirite of God, they deuided them∣selues. Basile going about the countrey Pontus, taught the people the true fayth. After he was Bishop of Caesaria, and exiled by Valens the Emperour, who fauoured the Arrians heresie. He was of such a reue∣rent grauitie, with humblenesse, that the people loued him, the Emperour and men in authoritie feared him, so that hée was eftsoones reuoked from exile. When other of the true fayth were put out of the countrey, Basile onely for feare was reserued. He was about the yeare of our Lorde .367. There were two other By∣shops of the same name, one of Ancyra, in the tyme of Constantine: he wrote against Marcellus: An other of Cilicia, vnder Anastasius.

Is also a ryuer in Asia.

Basilius,

A man of incomparable vertue and learning, borne in Capadocia, of a noble house. His parents (as Gregorius Nazianzenus, writeth) were christians: & his father was named Basilius Magnus, by which name hée was also called. His father taught him aswell Gram∣mer, as other learnings called Quadriuiales. After hée went to Cesaria, and from thence to Constantinople, where he learned Rhetorike, Logike, and philosophie more perfectly. From thence he came to Athens, where he disputing with diuers great learned men, finally vā∣quished them. But whiles he exactly studied in philoso∣phie, Gregorie Nazianzene, being then wholly dedicate to the study of scripture, & seruice of God, louing Basil intirely, came into the schoole where he read in a chaire, and taking him by the hande, brought him to a mona∣stery, where laying apart all bookes of philosophie, hée onely intended to the reading of holy scripture. At the last, being led by the spirite of God, they deuided them∣selues. Basile going about the countrey Pontus, taught the people the true fayth. After he was Bishop of Caesaria, and exiled by Valens the Emperour, who fauoured the Arrians heresie. He was of such a reue∣rent grauitie, with humblenesse, that the people loued him, the Emperour and men in authoritie feared him, so that hée was eftsoones reuoked from exile. When other of the true fayth were put out of the countrey, Basile onely for feare was reserued. He was about the yeare of our Lorde .367. There were two other By∣shops of the same name, one of Ancyra, in the tyme of Constantine: he wrote against Marcellus: An other of Cilicia, vnder Anastasius.

Is also a ryuer in Asia.

Basilus,

One of the slears of Caesar. Also a notable pyrate.

Basistani,

People of Spaine, called also Bastuli.

Bassareus,

A name of Bacchus.

Bassaricus, a, um,

Of Bacchus.

Bassaris, idis,

A priest of Bacchus.

Bassianus,

A byshop in the tyme of Ambrose, borne a•• Syracusa.

Bassus,

The name of diuers learned men.

Basternae, or Bastarnae,

People on the north side of Thrace, about the ryuer of Ister or Danubius.

Bastuli,

People of Spaine, ne••re to the Turdulians.

Bata,

A towne, and an hauen in Asia.

Batala,

An auncient citie in Italy.

Batalus,

A certaine effeminate person. The name of a ry∣baude poet. Also the surname of Demosthenes, gyuen to him of his foes, when he was a childe.

Batauia,

A countrey in lowe Germanie, called Holland.

Batauus, a, um,

Of Hollande.

Batea,

The daughter of Teucrus, and wife of Dardanus

Bathyllus,

A yong man of Samos, beloued of Anacreon the poet. Also a famous scoffer and dauncer.

Batia,

The tumbe of Ilus in Troie.

Batina,

after some Bantina, A towne of Puell in Italy.

Battalus,

The name of an effeminate and wanton Myn∣strell.

Batton,

A comicall poet.

Battus,

His name that builded Cyrene, of whome the wo∣men of Cyrene be called Battiadae. Herodotus wryteth, that the Libians call a king Battus.

The name of a certaine heardman, that Mercurie turned into a touchstone, called Index. For, when Apol∣lo kept king Admetus his cattell, Mercurie stole away certaine of them, that wandered somewhat farre from the residue of the heard, no man espying him but onelye this Battus, that then was in the fielde. Wherefore Mercurie wylled him to kéepe his counsayle, and the sooner to doe it, gaue him a fayre cowe. But after hée was departed, mistrusting that he would bewray him, Mercurie to trie and prooue him, chaunged his shape, and returning to Battus, inquired for such cattell, pro∣mising to his rewarde, if he could tell, a faire bull and a cowe. He for couetousnesse of the double rewarde tolde him, and poynted with his finger where they were. Wherefore Mercurie, to punnishe his vnfaythfulnesse in bewraying, turned him into the stone Index.

Battus,

His name that builded Cyrene, of whome the wo∣men of Cyrene be called Battiadae. Herodotus wryteth, that the Libians call a king Battus.

The name of a certaine heardman, that Mercurie turned into a touchstone, called Index. For, when Apol∣lo kept king Admetus his cattell, Mercurie stole away certaine of them, that wandered somewhat farre from the residue of the heard, no man espying him but onelye this Battus, that then was in the fielde. Wherefore Mercurie wylled him to kéepe his counsayle, and the sooner to doe it, gaue him a fayre cowe. But after hée was departed, mistrusting that he would bewray him, Mercurie to trie and prooue him, chaunged his shape, and returning to Battus, inquired for such cattell, pro∣mising to his rewarde, if he could tell, a faire bull and a cowe. He for couetousnesse of the double rewarde tolde him, and poynted with his finger where they were. Wherefore Mercurie, to punnishe his vnfaythfulnesse in bewraying, turned him into the stone Index.

Batulus,

A towne in Campaine.

Bauaria,

Called also Baloaria, in Dutch, Berne: in French Bauiere, a countrey in highe Germanie, lying in the East: on the south it boundeth on the Mountaines of Alpes, which deuide Germany from Italy: On the west, lieth the country called Sueuia, in Dutch Swaue: On the east Austria, called in Dutche Owstrike: On the North, the realme of Boheme.

Bauari, vel Baioarij,

People of Bauiere.

Baucis,

An olde poore woman, wife to Philemon, who on∣ly, when Iupiter and Mercurie trauayled through the countrey of Phrygia, did vouchsafe to entertaine them in their house. Wherefore, bicause Iupiter for the vn∣curtesie of that lande, had determyned to destroy it, and let it bée swallowed by an earthquake, hée aduertised Philemon and Baucis, if they would saue themselues, to followe him. They following Iupiters aduice, when they came to the toppe of an hill not farre of, looked backe and sawe all the countrey drowned in a marice, sauing their owne cottage: which in their séeing was turned into a temple. Then they beyng willed by Iu∣piter, in rewarde of their courtesie in entertainement, to desire what rewarde they woulde, requested onely to be made ministers in that newe erected temple, and that the one of them might not die before the other, but both to ende their liues togither. Which thing he graunting, sent them to their countrey againe, where after they had passed the residue of their liues a good time, in the ende they were turned into two trees. Ouid.

Bauius, and Meuius,

Twoo foolyshe Poets which enuyed Virgile.

Bauli,

A towne in Italy, betwéene Baiae, and Messenum.

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Bebeus,

A notable backbiter, or tale bearer.

Bebryces,

People of Asia, which tooke their beginning of

Bebrycium, or Bebryacum,

A towne in Italy, betwéene Cremona and Verona.

Bebrytia,

A country called the great Phrygia.

Bebrytius, a, um, & Bebryx, icis,

Of the countrey of great Phrygia.

Bebryx,

An auncient king of the mountaynes called Py∣renaei.

Becher,

A countrey of Scythia, after Calepyne.

Beda,

A famous learned man of this realme: for his mo∣destie, vertuous lyfe, and learning, surnamed worship∣full Bede.

Beduini,

Certaine heretikes among the Sarasins, which worship the sunne at his rysing, and they affirme all things to chaunce by destinie. Wherefore they vse to fight in battayle vnarmed, saying, that death can not bée eschewed.

Beelphegor,

A gaping ydoll.

Beelsabub,

An ydoll called God of flies.

Beelsephon,

Lorde of the North, an ydoll set vp in the places of espiall.

Beemoth,

The deuill, and signifieth a beast.

Beergios,

One of the sonnes of Neptunus, whome Her∣cules vanquished.

Bela,

A king of Hungarie.

Belbina,

An yle in the goulfe, called Argolicum.

Belerium, or Bolorium promontorium,

Is a place in Cornewall, called saint Burien.

Belga,

One of the countrey Belgica.

Belgae,

The people that inhabit•• the countryes and townes, inclosed with the Occean sea, and the ryuers of Rhene, Marne, and Seyne, wherein be the Cyties of Tryre, Coleyne, Magunce, and Reynes. Also the countryes of Flaunders, Hollande, Gelder, Iuliers, Cleues, Hennawe, part of Friselande, Picardie, the greatest part of Campaine, and all the forrest of Ar∣derne. It was sometime called Gallia Belgica.

Belgicus, a, um,

Of that Countrey.

Belgium,

The towne of Beauuoisine.

Belial,

The deuill, which is interpreted Apostata, without yoke.

Bélides, patronymicum, foemi,

The Néeces of Belus, and daughters of Danaus, beeyng fiftie in number, which Aegyptus Danaus his brother, required to be maryed to his fiftie sonnes. But Danaus refused it, because he vnderstoode by Oracle, that he should be slaine of hys daughters husband. Afterwarde being constrayned by his brother, he cōdiscended to his request. And the very night that they were maryed, counsayled hys daugh∣ters, that they shoulde arme themselues priuily wyth kniues, and euery one of them in the night, kyll theyr newe maryed husbandes. The maydens espying conue∣nient tyme, followed theyr fathers counsayle, sauyng onely Hypermnestra, that saued and let scape hir hus∣bande Lynceus. This Lynceus (not long after) to re∣uenge his brethrens death, killed Danaus, and in hys place reygned king of Argiues. In punishment of this cruell murdur, the Poets feigne that the daughters of Danaus were put to this continual labour, to fill with water a great tunne full of holes, so that it ranne out faster than they coulde poure it in. Whereof ryseth this prouerbe, Danaidum dolium, spoken of an vnsa∣tiable man, whose gréedie desire is neuer satisfied.

Belisarius,

A famous and noble capitaine vnder the Em∣perour Iustinian. He ouerthrewe the Persians in the cast, vanquished the Vandalles in Affrike, subdued the Gothes in Italy, and the seconde tyme, in Affrike re∣pressed the Vandalles, killing their king Guntarith. This man for the great successe of his noble prowesse, beyng suspected of Iustinian to affect the Empyre, was cruelly bereft of both his eyes. Wherefore when hée coulde not any waye reuenge the Emperours crueltye and vnkindenesse, he buylded himselfe a little cottage without the citie, where euer after he begged his liuing of wayfayring men that passed by: oftentymes saying, O gentle friende, giue one halfepenie to poore Belisa∣rius, whome cruell enuie and not iust desert hath bereft of his sight.

Bella,

A towne in Campaine.

Bellerophontes, seu Bellerophon,

The sonne of Glaucus king of Ephyra, a man of much beautie and prowesse, was ardently beloued of Sthenoboea, the wy••e of Proetus king of Ephyra, next after Glaucus. When she desired him to commit aduoutrie with hir, hée fea∣ring the vengeance of Iupiter, God of hospitalitye, and remembring the friendship hir husband had shewed him, refused, and put hir away from him: which she dis∣dayning, and being in a wood rage, accused him to hyr husbande, that he had rauished hir: but he lyke a sober man, woulde not slea him in his owne house, but deli∣uering him letters to his wyues father, sent hym into Lycia. Who perceyuing the minde of Proetus, encou∣raged, and sent Bellerophon to destroye the two mon∣sters, Solymos, and Chymaera, that he mought be slaine vnder the coulour of a valiaunt enterpryse. But he, at∣chieued it nobly, retourned with honour.

*Belerephontis literas, affert.

A prouerbe, when one bringeth letters against himselfe.

Bellerophonteus, a, um,

Of Belerophon.

Bellica,

A pyller in the temple of Bellona, called Goddesse of battayle, whereat they vsed, when warres were pro∣claymed, to cast a Iauelin.

Bello,

A citie in Spayne.

Bellocassij,

A countrey in Fraunce, nowe called Bayeux.

Bellôna,

The Goddesse of Battayle.

Bellonarij,

The priestes of Bellona.

Bellóuacum,

A citie in Fraunce, nowe named Beauuoys, the people whereof be called Bellouaci.

Bellon,

A towne, and a ryuer in Spaine.

Belides,

The sonne or Nephewe of Belus.

Belis, Bélidis,

The daughter or néece of Belus.

Belunum,

A towne in the countrey of Venice in Italy.

Belus,

An auncyent king of Assyria, to whome the first y∣mage or ydoll to be honoured, was made. There was an other Belus of Aegypt: An other the father of Di∣do. It is also a ryuer in Syria, which hath sande of the nature of glasse, and turneth all other mettall that com∣meth into it, into Glasse.

Bemarchius,

A learned man of Cappadocia, which wrote the gestes of Constantine.

Bembina,

A towne of Nemaea.

Bembinadia,

The country called Nemaea.

Bembinus, a, um,

Of Nemaea.

Benacus, lacus,

A lake in Italy called Garde.

Berecynthia,

The mother of the Gods, called also Cybele.

Berecynthius, a, um,

Of Phrygia, or of Cybele.

Berecynthium, cornu,

An horne wherewith the priestes of Cybele were sturred to a rage or furye.

Berecynthia tibia,

A pype vsed in the sacrifice of Cybele.

Berecynthus,

A mountaine and towne in Phrygia, where Cybele was worshipped, whereof she was named Be∣recynthia.

Berengarius,

A French man, which affyrmed, that in the sacrament of the aultar was not the very body of christ in the substaunce of fleshe and bloud. Afterward he was forced to recant. And in the counsayle of Laterane, hys opinion, as an errour was condemned, the yeare of our Lorde .1082.

Berenici, or Beronice, es,

A woman of excellent beauty wife to Ptolomeus Lagus. Of that name were dyuers o∣ther women. It is also a towne of Affrike.

Berenices crines,

Scauen starres lyke a tryangle, at the tayle of the Lyon.

Bergidum,

A citie of Spaine called Vrgell.

Bergion,

A gygant, the sonne of Neptune, slaine by Her∣cules.

Bergomum,

The citie Bergomo in Italy.

Berillus,

A bishop of Bosterna in Affrike, which erred in certaine poyntes, and w••s reduced to the Church by Origine.

Beritos,

A famous citie of Phoenicia, called now Barutus.

Bernaba,

A citie in Spaine called Benauarie.

Beroa,

A citie in Thessalie.

Beroë,

The nurse of Semele, the mother of Bacchus.

Beronice,

looke Berenice.

Berosus,

A cunning Astronomer of Chaldeie.

Barsabe,

A citie in Iudea, called also Puteus iuramenti, the pitie of the othe, where Abraham dwelled. It is the confines of the lande of beheste.

Bessa,

A citie in Phocis, an other in Peloponnesus.

Bessara,

A citie of Assyria.

Bessi,

People of Thrace, famous for their theft and rob∣bery.

Bessippo,

An hauen in Spaine.

Bessyga,

An hauen or Marte towne in India, wherof the people are called Bessygitae. There is also a ryuer called Bessygas.

Bethania,

A towne, two myles from Hierusalem, on the syde of the mounte Oliuer.

Bethasij,

People dwelling about the towne of Mastreight within the diocesse of Luke in Germanie.

Bethdagon,

The temple of Dagon.

Bethel,

A citie in Samaria, where the people dwelled, which were called Iebusaei.

Bethleem,

The citie where Dauid the prophet was borne and dyed. Our Sauiour also was borne there. There died Rachell the wyfe of Iacob the patriarche. It was assigned to the tribe of Iuda being distaunt from Hie∣rusalem sixe myles, and was first called Euphrata, and signifieth in the Hebrue tongue, the house of breade.

Bethsaida, or Bethesda,

A great ponde in Hierusalē, wher∣in the priestes washed the shéepe which shoulde be sacri∣ficed, and may be interpreted, the house of cattle. Also the name of a towne, where Peter & Philip, the Apo∣stles were borne.

Bethsamis,

A citie in Galilie, where Christ did many my∣racles.

Bethsamitae,

People of Bethsamis.

Bethsura, & Bethsurae,

A strong fortresse of the Iewes.

Betica, Betis, Beticus, Beticula,

looke Baetica.

Betica,

The thirde part of Spayne, called now Granate, looke Baetica.

Bethphage,

A towne in Iudea, & may be interpreted the house of a mouth or a Iawe.

Betere,

A towne called Besies in Guyen.

Betulo,

A towne in Spayne called Beson. Also a ryuer.

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Bianor, oris,

A man surnamed Ocnus, who buylded Mantua.

Bias, Prienaeus,

One of the seauen wise men of Gréece, be∣holding his countrey taken by enemies fled: other men carying with them such goodes as they might beare, he was demaunded whye hée tooke nothing with hym: whereto he aunswered: Truely I carie all my goodes with me: meanyng vertue and doctrine, reputing the goodes of fortune none of his.

Biatia,

A citie in Spayne, called nowe Baesa.

Bibaga,

An yle in India, where is great plentie of Oy∣sters, and Muscles.

Biblia,

The wife of Duillius the Romaine, which was of su••h chastitie, that shée was at that time an example, when it was a thing monstruous to heare of vncha∣stitie.

Bibracte,

People of the countrey called Beuraye Dau∣tume.

Bibractae,

A towne in Fraunce, called Beaulme.

Bibrax, acis,

A towne in Fraunce, in the county of Rochel, called Braie.

Bibulus,

A Romaine that was Consull with Caesar.

Bicurgium,

A citie in Almaine, called Herforde.

Bidéntal,

A place where they vsed to sacrifice shéepe, when any house was burned with lightning.

Biducenses,

People of Normandie.

Biendium,

An hauen in Spaine.

Bigargitani,

People of Spaine.

Bigerones,

People of Guian in Fraunce.

Bigerra,

A citie in Spaine, called commonly Beiar.

Bilbilis,

A towne in Spaine.

Bilia,

A noble woman in Rome, and wyfe of one Hiero▪ When an enimie of hir husbands falling out with hym, vpbrayded him that his breath stanke, and had an yll sauour: he beyng therewith abashed, because he neuer perceyued it hymselfe, when he came home, quarelled and chidde with his wife, for that shée neuer tolde him therof. Syr sayde shée, I had thought all mens breathes had so sauoured. Thereby giuing him to vnderstande, that she neuer came so nighe to anye other man, as to discerne whether hys breath were otherwyse then hyr husbandes was.

Billis,

A ryuer in Asia, not farre from Heraclea.

Bimémbres,

Substantiuely, is taken for the Centaures.

Bion,

The name of a Philosopher.

Bipedimui,

People of Guyan in Fraunce.

Bisaltae,

A people in Scythia.

Bisaltis, or Bisalpis,

The mayden, whome Neptune ra∣uished, turning himselfe into a Ramme.

Biscargis,

A citie in Spaine.

Biston,

The sonne of Mars, which buylded Bistonia, a ci∣tie in Thrace, whereof the Thracians were called Bi∣stonij, or Bristones, and their country Bistonia.

Bistonis,

A citie, and also a great meere or poole in the country of Thrace.

Bistónius, a, um,

Of Thrace.

Bisultor,

The surname of Mars, bicause he taketh double reuengement.

Bisurgis,

A ryuer in Germanie.

Bithus,

The name of a sworde player.

Bithynia,

A realme in Asia, which nowe the Turke hath. On the north, it hath the sea called Ponticum: on the south, Mysia, and Phrygia: it was called also Bebrytia, and Mygdonia.

Bithynicus, and Bithynus, a, um,

Of Bithynia.

Bithynium,

A citie in Bithynia.

Biton,

Brother to Cleobis, and sonne of Argia. Of these two brethren, this hystorie is tolde: when there moo∣ther beyng mynistresse in the temple of a Goddesse, should with great spéede go to the temple in a Chariot, (as the maner was) and hir horses could not be found, hir two sonnes of childely pittie vouched safe them∣selues to annoynt their bodies, and drawe their mother to the temple. For which gentle affection, the mother desired of the Goddesse which shee serued, to gyue hyr children the greatest benefite that God might gyue to man. After the feast when the mother with hir children in the night did take their rest, in the morning hir twoo sonnes were founde dead. Whereby it was gathered that the greatest benefite that man coulde haue, was, in the myddes of his glory and prayse to ende thys frayle lyfe: that the vnconstancie of fickle fortune might not distaine any part of that before he had gotten.

Bituitus,

Was a king of the Aluernes in Fraunce.

Biturges,

Bourges in Fraunce.

Bitúrgia,

A city of the Thuscanes, called now Mallianum.

Bizia,

A strong holde or fortresse of the kings of Thrace.

Bizon.

A citie of Thrace.

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Blanda,

A citie in Italy.

Blandae,

A towne in Spaine called Blanes.

Blandutia,

A countrey in Italy, where Horace the poet had lande.

Blasgon,

An yle in the mouth of the ryuer Rhone.

Blemmiae, or Blemmyes,

Monstrous people in Ethiope to∣warde the south, which haue no heade, but their eyes and mouth be in their breastes.

Bleptae,

A people in Affrike, which haue their vysages in their breastes.

Blerani,

A people in Italy.

Bliterae,

A citie of Narbon, called sometyme Septumano∣rum colonia.

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Boa, ae,

A serpent in Italy, so great and large, that on a

Boágrius,

A ryuer of Locris.

Bobium,

A towne on the cliffe of the mountaine Appoen∣runus.

Bocalium,

A towne of Arcadie.

Bocatius.

A learned man.

Bocchus,

A king of Mauritania and Getulia, which deli∣uered Iugurtha bounde, to Sylia.

Bocchoria,

called also Concordienses, People of Portugal.

Bocchyris,

A kynges name of Aegypt famous for hys iustice.

Bocenses,

People of Sardinia.

Bochiana,

A towne of the Troglodites.

Boderia,

Called of Tacitus Bodotria, A créeke of the Bry∣taine sea.

Bodin comagum,

A towne in Italy, called also Industria.

Bodincas,

The ryuer Poo in Italy.

Boca,

A towne of Peloponnesus, in the goulfe Argolicum.

Boebe, es,

A citie and lake of Thessaly.

Boebéis, éidos,

A lake of Thessaly, and a place by it na∣med after Boebus, the sonne of Glaphyrus.

Boëmia,

A realme called Beme, inclosed with the bounds of Germanie, hauing on the east, Hungary: on the south Bauier: on the west, the countrey Noricum: on the northeast Polonia. It is equall in length and breadth, eche of them being about thrée dayes iourney. It is en∣uironed with y^e famous forest Sylua Hercynia. Through the middle thereof passeth the great ryuer Albis, and the riuer Multania. Vpon the ryuage whereof is sette the chiefe citie Braga or Praga. The language there is the Slauoyne tongue. Notwithstanding in the chur∣ches the people are taught in the dutche tongue, in the churchyardes they are taught in the Beame tongue. They vary from the Romaine Church in the sundrye opi∣nions, and doe scorne all ceremonies. In some places it is sayde, they priuily obserue the sect of the Adamites and Waldenses in the acte of lecherye: whereof it is wrytten in the worde Adamitae.

Boeodurum,

A citie in Almaine, nowe called Patauia, or Passawe.

Boeótia,

Is a country in Gréece, wherein was the city of Thebes: now it is called Vandalia. It was sometime called Aonia, Mesapia, Ogygia, Cadmeis, and Hyantis.

Boeôtus, or Boeótius, a, um,

Of Boeotia.

Boëtius,

A learned man and Senatour of Rome, in the time of Theodoricus.

Boetus,

A ryuer in Spaine.

Bogadium,

A citie in Germanie, called vulgarly Forst∣leysz.

Boges,

A Persian, which being besieged of the Atheni∣enses, slue first his wife and children, and after hym∣selfe.

Bogudiana,

A part of the prouynce in Affrike, called Tin∣gitana.

Bogus,

A king of the Mauritaynes, which was with Antonie at the battayle of Actium.

Bohemia,

looke Boëmia.

Bohilla,

A towne in Italy.

Boianum,

A citie of the Samnites in Italy, called nowe Bouianum.

Boij,

People of Burbon in Fraunce, and Bauer in Al∣maine.

Boin,

A towne in Cyrene.

Boion,

A towne of Doris in Gréece.

Bola,

A towne of Campaine in Italy.

Bolbitinum,

One of the mouthes of Nylus.

Bolbulae,

A towne and an Iland in the sea Mediterraneum.

Bolentium,

A towne in Hungarie, called Rachell spurge.

Bolingae,

People of Asia.

Bomarei,

Also people of Asia.

Bombos,

A countrey of Cilicia.

Bombus, i,

m, g. The name of a certaine deuinour.

Bomilcar,

The sonne of Anulcar, a Duke of Carthage, which was hanged on a Gibbet in the middest of Car∣thage.

Bona, dea,

Was she that some called Batua, Fauna, or Senta, of whome Varro wryteth, that neuer man did sée hyr, nor heare hir named but onely hir husbande.

Bonni,

Certaine hilles in Aetolia.

Bon••nia,

A towne of Hetruria.

Bononiénsis, se,

Of Bononia.

Bonosus,

An Emperour of Rome, & sonne of a scholemay∣ster. He was so great a drinker and quaffer, as neuer any was knowne but he. Of him Aurelius writeth, that he was borne not to lead a lyfe, but to lyft a pot. When straunge ambassadours came vnto him, of purpose hee woulde drinke and quaffe vnto them, to make them drunke: to the ende that then he might the sooner cause them to vtter secretes. When hée was ouercome by Probus his successor, hée hanged himselfe, whereat men scoffed and sayde: it was a tankerde and no man that hung there.

Booscoetae,

A citie of Hellesponte.

Boosura,

A citie of Cypres.

Boótes, tis, and tae,

also Boòtus, ti, A starre that followeth Charles wayne.

Borama.

A citie of Phenicia.

Borbetomagus, or Vormatia,

A towne in Almaine, called Wormes.

Borcani,

People of Italy.

Borcobe,

A citie of Thrace.

Boreostoma, matis,

One of the mouthes of Danubius.

Borion,

A promontorie of Affrike.

Boron,

A towne of Troglodites.

Borsippa,

A towne of Babylon, where is much wooll wrought.

Borysthenes,

A great ryuer in the countrey of Scythia. Also a towne.

Borysthenides,

People dwellyng by Borysthenes.

Bosphoranus, or Bosphorius, a, um,

Of Bosphorus.

Bosphorus,

The name of a part of the sea, which lyeth in twoo sundrye coastes. One by Constantinople, an other more northwarde.

Bosra, Botzra, or Bozra,

A citie of Idumea.

Botrys,

A towne of Syria.

Botiaei.

People of Thrace.

Bouianum,

An olde towne in Italy.

Bouillae, arum,

A towne not farre from Rome.

B R

Brabasthenes,

An hill, tenne myles from Lacedemonia.

Brachara,

A citie in Spaine, nowe called Bracha.

Brachata Gallia,

Narbon in Fraunce.

Brachodes,

A city in Affrike, called Monexi.

Brachmanes,

Philosophers of India.

Bractia,

An yle of Illyricum.

Bragada,

A ryuer néere to Vtica in Affrike.

Bragae,

Certaine desert ylandes.

Brana,

A towne of the Turdulians in Spayne.

Branchidae,

Certaine priestes of Apollo, in Posideum, a towne in Ionia.

Branchosi,

People of Asia.

Brannouites,

People of a countrey in Fraunce, called Le vale de Moriane.

Brasidas,

A capitaine of Lacedemonia.

Brattia,

An yle in the prouince of Maesia.

Brauron, or Brauion,

A towne in the countrey of Athens, where was a chappell of Diana.

Brauum,

The citie of Burgus in Spaine.

Breges, Briges, and Phryges, idem

.

Brigmenteni,

People of Troas.

Brenda,

A towne of Brunduse in Italy.

Brennus,

A capitaine of the Galles, that buylded the citie Brennon by Venice, which afterward was called Ve∣rone. This man breaking into Italy with a mightie armie, ouerthrewe the Romaynes a•• the ryuer Allia, and afterwarde pressing on to the citie, tooke it and bur∣ned it all sauing the capitol or castell▪ whether the youth of the nobilitie fledde for succour. When they assaulted that also, the Romaynes agréed with them, that for a certaine number of talents in golde, they shoulde rayse

Brepium,

A promontorie of Achaia.

Breetna,

Called nowe Brintum, the citie Brindes in Italy.

Bretoleum,

A towne of Portugall now called Britium.

Breuci,

A people of Hungarie, by the ryuer Sause.

Breuni,

People of the Alpes.

Briareus,

A gyant, which was of an excéeding greatnesse, and had an hundred armes. He was also called Aegeon.

Brias, adis,

A citie of the country Pisidia, in Asia.

Brigantes,

Were auncient people in the North part of Englande.

Brigantium,

A citie in Galitia, called Compostella.

Brigetium,

A citie of Spaine, nowe called Oniodo.

Brigiani,

People of the Alpes.

Brilessus,

An hill in the country of Athens.

Briletum,

A mountaine in Athens.

Brisabritae,

People of Asia.

Briseis, eidis,

A faire damosell that was giuen to Achilles, and taken from hym by Agamemnon: wherevpon grewe great trouble in the Greekes boste, at the siege of Troy.

Brisseus, a, um,

Of Brisa the surname of Bacchus.

Britannia,

The most noble yle of the worlde, wherein be conteyned England and Scotland. It lyeth from Ger∣many, west: from Fraunce and Spaine, west north∣west. The forme thereof is like a triangle, and (as some haue written) like the blade of a gleyue. The length is extended into the North to the furthermost part of Scotlande, called Calidonia, which Plinius, Solinus, and Martianus, doe agrée to be .800. myles. The bredth of it (after Martianus) is .300. Italyan myles. The narrowest distaunce betwéene thys Ile and Caleyes sandes (called of Plinie Gessoriacum in Gallia) is 50. Italyan myles. It is nowe gessed to be 30. englyshe myles. Of the first naming of this Ile, is yet no certaine determination, for asmuch as there re∣mayneth no auncyent hystorie, making thereof remem∣braunce, the olde Britons bookes (such as were) being all destroyed by the Saxons: who endeuoured them∣selues to extinct vtterly the honorable renowne wyth the name of Brytons, like as the Gothes delt with the Romaines. Also the part of Titus Liuius, where the conquest of Brytaine is remembred, with the histo∣ries of Iulius Rusticus, and dyuers other noble wry∣ters, that wrote specially of this countrey, are vtterly perished. Such as remaine, as the Comentaries of Iulius Caesar, Cornelius Tacitus, Diodorus Sicu∣lus, and they that wrote of Cosmographie, haue omit∣ted the orignall begynning of the name. The hystorye of Eyldas the Bryton cannot be founde, who was after the Saxons, had inuaded thys Realme: and therefore mought lacke such bookes as shoulde best instruct hym, As for Beda séemeth to haue séene nothing wrytten of that matter. For where he sayth, that this Ile tooke the name Britannia, of the inhabytants of Brytaine in Fraunce, it is nothing lyke to be true. For that coun∣try was (not long before the time of Beda) named Armorica & Armoricus tractus, when this Ile was cal∣led of most auncient wryters Britannia, and (as Soli∣nus writeth) séemed to be an other worlde, for as much as the west part of Gallia, was thought to be the vtter∣most part of this worlde. Also Iulius Caesar wryteth that the places of thys Ile, were vnknowne to French men sauing to a fewe marchauntes: and yet they knew no farther, then the sea coast towarde Fraunce. More∣ouer the same Brytons affyrme, that it was left among them in remembraunce, that the innermost part of the countrey, was inhabited of them, which had their first beginning in the same Ile. This well considered, with the authoritie of the wryter, both an excellent Prince and also a great learned man, and was himselfe in thys Ile, it is not to be doubted, but that he most diligently searched for the true knowledge of the auncientie ther∣of. And if he mought haue founden, that the inhaby∣taunts had come of the stocke of Eneas, of whose pro∣genie he himselfe came, he woulde haue reioyced much, for the prowesse and valiant courage, which he com∣mended in them. Moreouer, that the name came of Brutus (whome our wryters ymagined to discende of Eneas the Troyan) is no more lykely, than that thys Ile was called Albion of Dioclesians daughter, or of white rockes. All the olde Latin hystorians agrée, that the sonne of Syluius, the seconde in succession from Eneas, and of them named the sonne of Ascanius, was Eneas, called also Siluius, wherevnto the Greekes doe also accorde: but they name Syluius to be brother to Ascanius, and borne after the death of Eneas, and was therefore called Posthumus. But neyther the Romaynes nor the Gréekes doe write of any man cal∣led Brutus, before Iulius Brutus, which expelled Tarquinius out of Rome. Which name was also gy∣uen to him (by the sonnes of Tarquine) in derision, be∣cause they tooke him to bée foolishe and dull witted. Moreouer there is so much diuersitie betéewne Bri∣tannia, and Brutus, that it séemeth against reason, that the one should procéede of the other. For if Brutus had béene the giuer of the first name to this Ile, he woulde haue called it Brutia, or Brutica, rather then Britannia, which hath no maner proportion or analogie with Bru∣tus. But nowe will I (as I haue done in the worde Albion) declare a resonable cause of coniecture, why this Ile was named Britannia. About .30. yeares since, it happened in Wilshire, at Iuy Church, about twoo miles from Sarisbury, as men digged to make a foun∣dation, they found an hollowe stone couered with an o∣ther stone, wherein they founde a booke, hauing in it little aboue .xx. leaues (as they sayde) of verye thicke v••lume, wherein was something wrytten. But when it was shewed to priestes and Chanons, which were there, they coulde not reade it. Wherefore after they had tossed it from one to another (by the meanes whereof it was torne) they did neglect and cast it aside. Long after, a piece thereof happened to come to my handes: which notwithstanding it was all to rent and defaced, I shewed to mayster Richarde Pace, then chiefe Secretarie to the kynges most royall Maiestie, whereof he excéedingly reioyced. But bycause it was partely rent, partly defaced and blourred with wette which had fallen on it, he could not find any one sentence perfite. Notwithstanding, after long beholding, hée shewed mée, it séemed that the sayde booke conteyned some auncient monument of this Ile, and that he per∣ceyued thys worde Prytania, to bée put for Britannia. But at that tyme he sayde no more to me. Afterwarde▪ I giuing much studie and diligence to the reading of hystoryes, considering whereof thys worde Britannia first came, finding that all the Iles in this part of the Occean, were called Britanniae, after my first coniecture of Albion, remembring the said writing, and by chaunce finding in Suidas, that Prytania in Gréeke, with a cir∣cumflexed aspiration, doth signifie mettalles, fayres, and markets, also reuenues belonging to the common treasure: I then conceyued this opinion, that the Gréekes flourishing in wisedome, prowesse, and expe∣rience of sayling, beyng entered into the Occean sea, founde in the Iles great plentye of tynne, leade, yron, brasse, and in dyuers places golde and siluer in great

Britannicus, a, um,

Of Brytaine.

Britannus, ni, & Brito, onis,

A man of that countrye: an Englishe man.

Britona,

A nimph of Crete, which fearing to be rauished of Minos, cast hir selfe into the water.

Brixellum,

A towne in Italy, betwéene Mantua & Cre∣mona.

Brixia, or Bressa,

A citie in Italy. Also a ryuer in Asia.

Brixillum,

A towne by Mutina.

Bromius, mij,

One of the names of Bacchus.

Bromus,

One of the Centaures.

Brontes,

A Cyclop, one of Vulcanes seruauntes, and is interpreted thunder.

Bronteus,

The surname of Iupiter.

Broteas,

One of the Lapithes.

Brotheus,

The sonne of Vulcane, who beyng mocked for his ylfauourdnesse, burned himselfe in the fire.

Brullitae,

People of Ephesus.

Brundulum,

An hauen of the ryuer Atesis.

Brundusium,

A citie in the realme of Naples.

Brusa,

A citie of Bythinia, buylded by Anniball.

Brutij,

A people in the extréeme borders of Italy. They once were the shepeheardes and heardmen of the Lu∣canes, whose yoke of bondage they shooke of, and tooke their place of habitation on the further side of the ryuer Laus. These people were therefore called of the Ro∣maines Brutij, bicause they were of Brutish and beast∣ly heart and courage. Which name was giuen them in time of the seconde warre of Carthage, when they for∣sooke the Romaines, and submytted themselues to Anniball. For thys theyr trayterous and vnfaythfull dealing, they were neuer after in estimation and dig∣nitie, but alway forced to such toyle as was méete for slaues and drudges.

People of the realme of Naples ioyning to Si∣cilie.

Brutius, a, um,

Of the Brutians.

Brutij,

A people in the extréeme borders of Italy. They once were the shepeheardes and heardmen of the Lu∣canes, whose yoke of bondage they shooke of, and tooke their place of habitation on the further side of the ryuer Laus. These people were therefore called of the Ro∣maines Brutij, bicause they were of Brutish and beast∣ly heart and courage. Which name was giuen them in time of the seconde warre of Carthage, when they for∣sooke the Romaines, and submytted themselues to Anniball. For thys theyr trayterous and vnfaythfull dealing, they were neuer after in estimation and dig∣nitie, but alway forced to such toyle as was méete for slaues and drudges.

People of the realme of Naples ioyning to Si∣cilie.

Brutus,

The name of a family in Rome, whereof were di∣uers verie notable men.

Bryazon,

A ryuer in Bythynia.

Brygion,

A citie of Macedonie.

Brysae,

People of Thrace.

Brysani,

People of Scythia.

Brysca,

A citie of Laconia.

Bryseus,

A name of Bacchus.

B V

Búbalus,

A painter of Clazomene.

Bubastis,

A citie in Aegypt, wherein was a temple of Diana.

Bubasus,

A country of Caria.

Bubeium,

A countrye of Cyrene.

Bubessus,

A goulfe of the sea in Caria.

Bubitani,

A people of Campaine.

Bubinda,

A ryuer in Irelande.

Bubo,

A citie in Lycia.

Bubôna, or Bubónia,

The Goddesse of Oxen.

Buca,

A towne in Italy.

Bucillarij, orum,

Were certaine souldiours of the Ro∣maines in the east parts, which after they were dimis∣sed, liued by robbing and stealing.

Bucellarius, rij,

m. gen. One of Gallograecia.

Bucéphalus, céphali.

m. gen. An horse, which woulde suffer no man to come on his backe, but onely great king A∣lexander: who sitting on him, did marueylous bat∣tayles, and escaped woonderfull daungers. Finallye be∣ing xxx. yeares olde, he dyed, not of any wounde, but onely by extréeme labours and sundry bruyses. Ouer whom Alexander buylded the citie called Bucephala, af∣ter the horses name. This citie is in India, where A∣lexander vanquished Porus.

Buchia,

A place of Ionia.

Bucia,

A citie in Sicilie called now Butera.

Bucinna,

A little yle in the Sicilian sea.

Bucolion,

The sonne of Laomedon.

Buda,

A notable city in Hungary, now called Osen, which vnder the walles of it towarde the northwest side hath two fountaines or springes, running out of a meane hill: the one of the which is passing colde and sauou∣reth of Brimstone, the other so hote, that one cānot suf∣fer his finger in it. In the hote bath are great store of fishes an handfull long, which when they are sodde, haue no taste at all.

Budêa,

A citie in Magnesia, an other in Phrygia.

Budore,

Twoo Ilandes by Candie.

Budorgis,

The citie Breszlan in Germanie.

Budoris,

A city in Almaine called Heidelbergh, belonging to the Palsgraue, or Countie Palatine.

Buges,

A ryuer of Scythia in Europe.

Bulgari,

A people in the country of Moesia, towarde Da∣nubius.

Bulis,

The name of a citie.

Bulla regia,

A towne in Affrike.

Bullenses,

A towne and people of Locris.

Bullêum,

A towne in England called Witlan.

Bullidensis,

A towne of Macedonie.

Bulua,

A citie of Liburnia, now called Budaea.

Bunitium,

A towne in Germanie called Sund.

Bura,

A citie in the goulfe by Corinth, which was swallo∣wed of the sea.

Burchana,

A famous yle in Pontus.

Burdegala, vel Burdigala,

Burdeux in Gascoyne.

Burgundia,

Burgoyne.

Burgundiones,

Burgonions.

Buris,

A citie of Achaia.

Looke Bura.

Buris,

A citie of Achaia.

Looke Bura.

Bursaonenses,

People of Spayne.

Burtina,

A towne of Spaine, called also Burbastro.

Busîris,

A citie of Aegypt, in the dominion of Busiris: the Aegyptians call it Solis vrbs, the Gréekes call it Thaebe.

Busîris, siris, or siridis

, The sonne of Neptunus, which he begot on Liby the daughter of Epaphus, who fedde his horses with mens fleshe, and was slaine at last by Her∣cules, as he woulde haue slaine him.

Butes,

The sonne of Amycus king of Bebritia, who for the crueltie of his father, béeyng expelled oute of the realme, came into Sicilie, and was with great fauour entertayned of the famous strumpet Lycaste. By hir afterwarde he had a sonne called Eryx. Thys Lycaste

Buthos,

A towne of Aegypt.

Buthrotum, or Buthrotium,

A towne in Epyre.

Buthus,

A certaine wrestler.

But••a,

An yle néere to Candie.

Butua,

A citie in Liburnia.

Bituntinenses,

People of Calabre in Italy.

Buxentum,

A towne that the Gréekes call Pyxonta.

Buzae,

People of Indie.

Buzeri,

People of the countrey Themiscyra in Asia.

Buzigêus,

An hill of Thessalie.

B Y

Byblesia,

A citie of Asia.

Byblis,

A little rounde yle in the sea Mediterraneum. Also the daughter of Miletus, who being inamoured on hir owne brother Caunus, and of him neglected, died for sorrowe.

Byblus,

A citie of Phoenicia, called nowe Gaeta.

Bycus,

A ryuer of Sarmatia, called nowe Buges.

Byrsa,

A castell in the middes of the citie of Carthage, in the toppe whereof was Aesculapius his temple. Of the beginning of this castell it is thus written. Dido arriuing first on the coastes of Lybia, was forbidden there to rest by Hyarbas king of that countrey, fearing least she with hir company woulde occupie some great part of his dominion. Shée therefore craftily desyred to buy of him onely so much ground as might be com∣passed with a beastes hyde. Which thing when shee had obteyned, shée did cut the beasts hyde into small thongs, and therewithall compassed .xxij. furlongs called Stadia, on the which shée buylded the citie after named Car∣thage. The Castell she called, after the beastes hyde Byrsa.

Byzacium,

A countrey of Affrike.

Byzantium,

A citie of Thrace, now called Constantinople sometime builded by Pausanias Duke of Spartanes, the inhabitantes whereof were called Byzantij. After∣warde it was augmented by Constantyne the Empe∣rour, and was the chiefe and heade of all the Empyre orientall. It is nowe vnder the Turke, who wanne it in the yea••e .1453.

Byzenus,

The sonne of Neptunus, who vsed such a liber∣tie in speach, that thereof grewe this prouerbe, Byzeni lybertas.

Byzeri, or Byzeres

, Looke Buzeri.

C A

CAbala,

A tradition of the Iewes, left among them by Moyses without wryting, but from the father to the sonne, and so continually in their generations, wherein is concluded the vnderstanding as well of the secretes of nature, as the misticall sense included in the wordes of holy scrypture.

Cabalaca,

A towne of Albania in Asia.

Cabalia,

A countrey of the lesse Asia, the people wherof be called Cabalij.

Cabalînus sons,

The Well called also Hellicon, aboute which was the most haunt of the nyne Muses.

Cabellio,

The towne of Cauaillon in Narbon.

Cabera,

The daughter of Protheus, which had thrée sonnes by Vulcane, called Caberi, or Cabiri, and as ma∣ny daughters, called Caberidae.

Caberon,

A ryuer in Asia.

Cabiri,

The sonnes of Cabera.

Cabullinum,

A citie in Fraunce.

Cabyle,

A citie in Thrace.

Cabyria,

A citie in the lower Asia, although Cabyrij bée people in India.

Cacidini,

People of Scythia.

Cacirini,

People of Sicilie.

Cacus,

A famous shepheard of great and mighty strength, who, beside other notable robberies, stole some of the Oxen that Hercules brought in hys hearde oute of Spaine, after he had slaine the cruell tyranne Geryon▪ ••t which time, that the tracke of the beastes might not be espyed, this Cacus drew the Oxen backwarde by the tayles into hys caue. Hercules therefore missyng some of the number of his beastes, went towarde the nexte denne to seeke them. But, bicause he sawe all the steps fromwarde, he mistrusted not the place. Afterwarde passing by the same denne wyth hys droue of beastes, those that Cacus had stollen wanting their company, as the nature of them is, did bellow: which thing Hercules perceyuing made towarde the caue, and when Cacus woulde haue stopped him from entrance, with his club slue him. This Cacus of Poetes is imagined to bee Vulcanes sonne, and to cast fire and smoke ou•• of hys mouth, of personage bigge, and of strength mightye and terryble, which happily they feigned, bycause hee was dreadfull to the countrey where he abode, and spoyled all places with sworde and fire.

Cadducij,

People of Media.

Cadi,

A citie of Phrygia.

Cadiscus,

An hill in Candie.

Cadmea,

The citie of Thebes.

Cadmeides,

patronimicum.

Cadmeius, a, um, & Cadmeus, a, um,

Of Cadmus.

*Cadmea victoria,

A prouerbe applyed to that victorye, whereof commeth more harme then good, or that it were better to loose then to get. Reade hereof in Chil. Erasmi.

Cadmus,

A prince, the sonne of Agenor, and brother to Europa: who buylded Thebes, and brought out of Phoenicia into Greece, sixteene letters, and founde out the fusing and casting of mettalles. Thys man (as Poe••s feygne) was sent by his father Agenor to seeke his sister Europa, whom Iupiter vnder the fourme of a whyte Bull, had stollen away and caryed into Crete. When he coulde not finde his sister, nor durst for feare of hys fathers displeasure returne home into his coun∣trey, he stayed in Boetia, not farre from the Moun∣tayne Parnasus. In that place certaine of his compa∣nie, that he sent for water, were slayne of a Serpent: which Serpent Cadmus afterwarde did slea, and so∣wed his teeth in the earth, whereof sodainely rose vp a number of armed men. They all immediately fyghting one with another, kylled themselues, sauing fyue that accompanyed Cadmus in buylding hys newe citie of Thebes. In the ende Cadmus being driuen out of his kingdome by Amphion and Zethus, fledde to the Illy∣rians: where, by the power of the Gods, he was tur∣ned into a serpent. There was an other Cadmus, the first that euer wrote in prose. Also an hyll in Asia.

Cadueni,

People of Caria.

Cadurci,

Cahors in Fraunce.

Cadytis,

A great citie Syria.

Caea, or Caeos,

and after some Cea, An yle in the Sea called Aegeum, where sylke wormes were first founde. It is the countrey of Hippocrates, the prince of phisitions.

Caecilius,

The name of dyuers notable men: one was so ryche, that notwithstanding a great part of his goodes was destroyed with ciuil warre, yet he had left .4116. seruants .360. yoke of Oxen: of other cattell .257000. in money .600. HS.

Caecinos,

An hill in Sicilie.

Caecubum,

A towne of Campaine in Italy, where is made good wine.

Caecubus, a, um,

The adiectiue.

Caeculus,

Was counted Vulcanes son. As his mother sat by the fire, a sparke hapened to light into hir lappe: by which (she sayde) she was conceyued with chyld. When hir full time was come, shée was delyuered of a sonne: whom, because he had verye small eyes, shée called Cae∣culus. Of him the family of Caecilians in Rome, would séeme to haue their beginning.

Caedicus,

The name of an exceeding ryche man.

Caeditiae,

Certaine houses or tauernes, buylded by one

Caeix,

vide Caeyx.

Caele••••m,

People of Vmbria.

Cael••••er,

The surname of Atlas, whome Poets feigne to beare vp heauen.

Caelicu••um,

A place where was a temple of Diana.

Caelimontanus, a, um,

Of the hill Caelius.

Caelius,

The name of dyuers notable men: of which one was an Oratour, an other a Pretor of Rome.

Caelius mons,

One of the seauen hilles that Romulus en∣closed.

Caelos,

An hauen in Thrace.

Caelus,

The father of Saturnus and Titan.

Caene,

A citie about the goulfe of Laconia, and a little yle in the Sicilian sea.

Caeneus,

A very expert warriour of Thessalie.

Caenica,

A countrey of Thrace.

Caenina,

A towne of Latium.

Caenis,

A promontory of Italy.

The daughter of Elatheus, one of the Lapithes, who beyng rauished of Neptune, obteyned to be turned into a man, and had the gyft, that no weapon coulde wounde hir.

Caenis,

A promontory of Italy.

The daughter of Elatheus, one of the Lapithes, who beyng rauished of Neptune, obteyned to be turned into a man, and had the gyft, that no weapon coulde wounde hir.

Caenites,

An hauen of Achaia.

Caepori,

People of Spayne.

Caere,

vndeclined, and Caerête, tis, n. g. Was an auncient citie of Tuscia.

Caeretanus amnis,

A ryuer that ranne by the city called Caere.

Caeretum,

A towne of Vmbria.

Caerites,

People of the citie Caere.

Caesar,

The surname of the house of the Iulians in Rome, eyther bycause the first of that stocke was cutte out of his mothers wombe, or for that he had Caesios, oculos, terrible glistering eyes, or (as some wyll) gray eyes. Of this name most notable was Iulius Caesar, Con∣sull and companion in office with Bibulus, in the 695. yeare after Rome was buylded. In nineteene yeares space this man conquered and subdued to the Romaine Empyre all the countrey of Fraunce, bounded within the mountaynes Pyrenei, and the Alpes, with the ry∣uers Rhodanus & Rhyne. First of all the Romaines, he making a bridge ouer Rhyne, assaulted the Ger∣maines, and put them to much scathe. He entered thys countrey of Britayne also, and made a part of it tribu∣tarie. In the ende, when he coulde not obteyne of the Senate, in consideration of his valiaunt actes, to bée chosen Consull in his absence, he tourned his power a∣gaynst hys countrey, by force intending to winne that, which by fayre meanes he coulde not obtayne: therfore he comming vppon a sodaine without resistance, gotre into his handes Lumbardie, Pice, Vmbria, and Tus∣kane, and caused Pompey to flye out of Italye into Gréece. Then, he striking backe into Spaine, ouer∣came there the great army that Pompey had left in the guyding of thrée Capitaines, Petreius, Afranius, and Varro. This thing beyng atchieued with such pros∣perous successe, he went into Gréece against Pompei, whom in a great battayle in the fields of Pharsalia hée ouerthrew. Afterward he vanquished king Ptolomie in Aegipt, Scipio and Iuba in Affrike, and Pompeies sonne in Spaine, and for his victories triumphed fyue tymes. Of this man and Pompe•• it was sayd, that they were of so haute courages, that the one coulde not abide an equall, the other a superiour: which their immode∣rate affections and desire of superioritie, brake out in the ende, to a most dreadfull ciuill warre, wherewyth all the worlde almost was vexed and troubled, not one∣ly with the losse of many thousand souldiours, but also of a great number of worthye and noble men of great fame and renoume.

Caesar Augusta,

A citye in the realme of Arragon, called also Sarragossa. It was first called Numantia. Ptolome∣us and Strabo call it Augusta Caesarea.

Caesarea,

A citye of the countrey of Palestin•• 〈…〉〈…〉 of Mauritania. An other of Cappad••••cia, an other 〈◊〉〈◊〉 A∣pamia.

Caesarius, a, um, and Caesariânus, a, um,

Pertayning to Cae∣sar.

Caesarienses,

People of Ionia. Plin. lib. 5. cap. 25.

Caesarium,

A mart towne in Aegypt.

Caesarobrisenses,

People of Portugall.

Caesenna,

A city in Italie, the people whereof bée called Caesennâtes.

Cae••obrix,

A citie of Portugall, called also Cezimbra.

Caeus, a, um,

Of the yle called Caea.

Caeyx, caeycis,

A king of Thrace. vide Halcyon.

Caff••ani,

Idolatours dwelling in Indie the more, which worship Deu••s in most terrible figure, beleeuing, that they are permitted of God, to punishe or spare men at theyr pleasure, wherefore vnto them they sacrifice their children, and sometime themselues. They haue manye wyues, but they company not with them, vntil they be defloured by other hyred for that purpose. Also they suffer their priestes to haue carnall company with their wyues in their absence. They haue bulles and kyne in great reuerence, but they neuer eate fleshe, their su∣stinaunce is rice, suger, and diuers swéete rootes, they drinke the lycour that commeth of rype dates.

Caiani,

Heretikes that worship Caine, saying that he was made of the one vertue or power, that is, of the deuill, and Abell of the other, and that the vertue of Caine preuayled so, that he slue Abell. They saye Iudas was a godly man, and his acte a benefite to mankinde: for he perceyuing how much the passion of Christ should pre∣uayle, deliuered him to the Iewes, that by hys death man might be redéemed. They affirme that the olde lawe was naught, and denie the generall resurrection.

Caianus, a, um,

Of Caius.

Caici,

People of Germanie, dwelling by the Rheyne.

Caicus,

A riuer of Phrygia, which runneth out of Mysia. Also one of the companions of Aeneas.

Caieta,

A citie and hauen in Campaine. Seruius in .10. Aenëidos.

Cain,

The first sonne of Adam, who had to wyfe his owne sister, which of Philo is named Themech: hée first buylded cities. And for enuie he slue his brother Abell: wherefore beyng in desperation, he continually wan∣dered, and his bodie trembled. Finally hée was slaine by Lamech, when he was of the age of 730. yeares, af∣ter Philo.

Cainas,

A ryuer in Scythia, which runneth into Ganges.

Caius,

A proper name of a man.

Caius Caesar Octauianus,

looke in Augustus.

Cálaber, a, um,

Of Calabre.

*Calabri hospitis xenia,

A prouerbe spoken of small try∣fling giftes, more troublesome than pleasant.

Calabra,

A conuocation place, where matters concerning deuotion were treated.

Calabria,

A countrey ioyning to Naples, called before Magna Graecia. The inhabitaunts of this countrey are reported to haue so great plentye of fruites, that they cannot well tell what to doe wyth them. Wherefore when their friendes & straungers come to their houses, vnder colour of gentlenesse they will presse vpon them verye earnestly to take some with them. Hereof ryseth the prouerbe. Calabri hospitis munera, for tryfling pre∣sentes of gifts, and such as be rather a burthen, than a pleasure to him that taketh them. Also an ylande cal∣led before Messapia.

Calabris, calabre, vel Calabricus, ca, cum.

Of Calaber.

Calae, arum,

A citie in India.

Calenum,

vide Callenum.

Calagurium,

A towne in Biskay.

Caleguritani,

People of Calagurium.

Calais,

The sonne of Boreas by his wife Orithya, whome poets feigne to haue winges. He, togither wyth hys brother Zethus that in lyke maner had wings, accom∣panyed the Argonautes to attaine the golden fléete. In thys voyage, forsomuch as they were very courte∣ously interteyned of kyng Phineus: in recompence of his bountie and gentlenesse, they appointed to dryue

Calamis, idis,

A famous ingrauer. Plinius. libro, 34. cap. 7. But Ouid calleth him Calais.

Calanusus,

A towne in Locris.

Calamos,

A towne in Asia, by the hyll Lybanus. Plin. lib. 5. cap. 20.

Calanus,

A philosopher of Indie, who beyng of the age of 71. yeares, did in the presence of great Alexander, make a great bonefyre, and feelyng himselfe sicke, went into the toppe thereof, and burned himselfe. Quint. Curtius. lib. 10. Strabo. lib. 15.

Calapis,

A notable ryuer in Hungarie.

Calaris,

A citie in Sardinia.

Calathis,

The name of a citie.

Calathusa,

An yle betweene Chersonnesus, and Samo∣thrace.

Calatiae,

A citye of Italy.

Calatis,

A citie of Thrace.

Calatus,

The sonne of Iupiter and Antiope.

Calaurea, or Calauria,

An yland in the sea Mediterrane∣um, where Demosthenes poysoned himselfe.

Calbis,

A ryuer of Caria.

Calchas,

A Greeke soothsayer, the sonne of Thestor, who went to Troy with the Graecians, and taught them by ••is cunning many thinges to come. When their nauie at the first was stayed in Aulis, he instructed Agamem∣non howe Diana hir wrath might be appeased. And af∣terwarde by seeing a Serpent clymbe into a tree, and eate xij. yong sparrowes togither with their damme, he declared that Troy shoulde be tenne yeres in taking. When Troy was destroyed, as he returned homewarde by lande with Amphilocus, at the citie Colophon, hée happened into the companie of the excellent soothsayer Mopsus. Of whome bicause he was passed in his s••y∣ence he dyed for sorrow.

Calce,

A citie of Campaine.

Calciope,

The sister of Absyrtus, and daughter of Aëta king of Colchos.

Cale, es,

A citie in Campaine.

Calecut,

A famous citie in Indie the more, ioyning to the Indian sea, where is the greatest marte and recourse of marchauntes in all Indie, not onely from the countreis adioyning, but also out of Araby, Syria, Ethiope, Ly∣bya, and Egypt, for to sell and buy all maner of spyces, swéete gummes, muske, ambregrice, and myrobalanes. The king of that countrey hys rychesse is inestimable: and although he weareth no garmentes, yet his necke, armes, and legges be adorned with diamonds, saphirs, rubies, emeraudes, and balayses, woonderfull great and fayre. The king and people be Idolatours, called Caffrani, looke there.

Caledon,

vide Calydon.

Calegia,

The citie wittenberg in Germanie.

Calena, nae.

foe. gen, A towne in Englande called Oxford: wherein is the first and chiefe vniuersitie of christen∣dome, flourishing in all kinde of learning.

Calendaris,

The surname of Iuno, to whom all Calendes were dedicated.

Caleni,

People of Campaine.

Calenum,

A citie in the countrey of Naples.

Cales,

A towne or people in Campaine, where is verye good wyne, called Calenum vinum.

Calestra,

A citie in the sea coast of Italy.

Caletae,

The towne of Calice. Also an ylande by Samo∣thrace.

Caletranus ager,

A place in Italy.

Calicadnus,

A ryuer of Cilicia.

Calicula,

A towne in Spaine.

Caligula,

An Emperour called also Caius, who succéeded Tyberius, and was sonne of the noble Germanicus, and had the name Caligula giuen to him by the men of warre which were with his father, bicause he being a childe in the campe, did weare little greaues, or harnesse bootes, called Caligae. For his life looke Suetonius & Sabellicus.

Calingae,

mas. gen. A people of India, where women bryng foorth children at v. yeares of age, and lyu•• not past viij. yeares.

Calingij,

People of Asia.

Calingon.

n. ge. A promontorie of India.

Calinipaxa,

f. g. A citie in Scythia.

Calinus,

m. g. A certaine Image maker.

Caliphus, phi,

mas. gen. Was the name of dignitie of the king of Aegypt, from the yeare of our Lorde .704. vntill the yeare .1050. that Almericus king of Hieru∣salem, made warre on Aegypt: and the Calife sent to the Souldan of Babylon for succour▪ which sent an ar∣mie with one Sarraco, who first expelled the christen men, and afterwarde did cast the Calife in prison, and taking on him the rule, caused himselfe to be called the Souldan of Aegypt. Caliphus is also the dignitie of him, that is the chiefe bishop of Machomets lawe.

Calipolis, or Callipolis,

A citye of Thrace by Hellespont: an other in Macedonie. Also one of the yles called Aeolidae.

Calirho••,

or rather Callirhoë, The name of twoo foun∣taynes: The one by Hierusalem, the water whereof is medicinable, and healeth manye sicknesse: the other is by Athens, and hath ix. heades. Also the name of a citie, and the daughter of Lycus.

Calisthenes,

or rather Callisthenes. A philosopher▪ disciple to Aristotle, whome great Alexander tooke wyth hym in his conquest, for his excellent learning and wysdome, and had him in great honour. But afterwarde Alex∣ander imbracing the pryde of the Persians, and com∣maunding the Macedons to honour him prostrate, (after the maner of the Persians) and to call him the sonne of Iupiter, Calisthenes rebuked and disswaded him from that folly. Wherefore Alexander commaun∣ded his armes and legges to bee cutte of, and lykewise his eares, nose, and lippes, and to bée throwne into a dungeon: whose grieuous paynes and deformitie, one Lysimachus, a noble man, pitying, gaue to him poyson, whereof he dyed.

Calisto,

The daughter of Lycaon, and mother of Archas, which gaue the name to the country of Archadia, whom poets feigned to be transformed into a Beare by Iu∣no, after that Iupiter had defloured hir.

Calithoë,

The name of a fountaine.

Callaici,

People of Portugall.

Callaicus, a, um,

Of that people.

Callet,

A towne in Spaine.

Callias,

A poet of Athens, the sonne of Lysimachus, which made ropes to get his liuing. It was also a noble ca∣pitaine of the Atheniens, sent against Artaxerxes.

Callicles,

A certaine Image maker.

Callicrates,

m. g. A keruer, which in yuory carued Emo∣tes, and other small beastes so finelye, that the partes might scantly be seene. Also the name of a great ryche man, and of a iudge in Athens.

Callidromus,

A mountayne in Gréece.

Callimachus,

The name of a poet of Cyrene, the sonne of Battus, one of the ouerséers of Ptolomeus librarye. Also the name of a cunning grauer.

Callinicus,

A sophister of Syria, which wrote the gestes of Alexander.

Calliope, pes,

f. g. One of the nine Muses▪ which excelled all the other in swéetenesse of voyce. Of some shee is ta∣ken for the Goddesse of Rhetorike: of other for the Goddesse of Poetrie.

Callipide,

People of Scythia in Europe, by the ryuer

Callipo,

A philosopher, which in his teaching ioyned vo∣luptie with honestie.

Callipolis,

vide Calipolis.

Callippus,

One of Athens, which was slaine of the Syracusans of Sicilie, because he attempted tyrannie, after Dionysius.

Callirhoë,

The daughter of Lycus, a cruell tyranne, that vsed to sacryfice his guestes. Looke more in Calirhoë.

Callisthenes,

vide Calistenes.

Callistratus,

A certaine ymage maker.

Callon,

An other ymage maker.

Calostoma,

One of the mouthes of the ryuer Danubius.

Calpas,

An hauen in Bythinia, or after Strabo, a ryuer.

Calpe,

One of the mountaynes called Hercules pillers, by which is the passage out of the Spanishe sea, into the sea Miditerraneum. Also the name of a citie in Gra∣nado.

Calphurnia,

A stoute and boulde gentlewoman of Rome, Shée so farre passed the boundes of womanly modera∣tion and modestie, that shee came into the open courtes of iudgement, and there in pleading hir owne cause, was so importune and vnreasonable vpon the Iudges, as she gaue thereby occasion of a lawe to be made, that neuer woman after shoulde openlye pleade cause in courtes of iudgement.

Calpurni,

People that had their beginning of Calpo the sonne of Numa.

Caluaria, ae,

foem. gen. A common place of buriall. Some men suppose that it was the place where Adam the first man was buryed.

Caluisius Sabinus,

A very ryche man in Rome, which had so small remembraunce, that sometime he forgat the name of Vlysses, sometime of Achilles, sometime of Priemus, which before he knewe as perfectlye as chil∣dren doe their tutours. And because he woulde be séene to be learned, he founde this readie waye. He bought diuers slaues, of which, one had the workes of Homere by heart: an other Hes••odus: likewise to euery of the ix. Poetes called Lyrici, hée appoynted a seruaunt to learne by heart. When he had gotten this companie, at supper they should sitte vnder the bourd at his féete. Of whom he receyuing verses, would appose them that sat with him. Yet sometime he forgat the middle of the verse. Notwithstanding he thought he knewe as much as any in his house. A mery fellowe, called Satellius perceyuing his folly, exhorted him to wrastle, béeyng leane, sicke, and pale. Then sayde Ca••uisius, howe should I wrastle, since vnneth I maye lyue for féeble∣nesse? Oh say not so (quoth Satellius) I pray you, see you not what a sort of tall fellowes you haue to your seruaunts?

Caluus,

An auncient poet.

Calyba.

A citie of Thrace.

Calycadnus,

vide Calicadnus.

Calydium,

A towne in Italy, in the way called Appia.

Calydne, or Calydna,

A towne of Caria. Also one of the yles called Sporades.

Cálydon,

A citie of Aetolia in Gréece.

Calydonia sylua,

A great forest in Scotland, wherin were white bulles and kine, which had manes lyke to Ly∣ons.

Calypso,

The daughter of Atlas, or after some, of Ocea∣nus, and Tethys, a nymph or woman of the sea, which reigned in the yle Ogygia, and receyued Vlysses when he escaped drowning.

Camacae,

A people of Scythia.

Camae,

An other people of Scythia.

Camalodunum.

A citie of Brytaine.

Camara,

A citie of Candie.

Camarica,

A towne of Spaine, called also Victoria.

Camarina,

A marrice or fenne in Sicilie, by a citie of the same name, the stinking waters whereof, when they en∣gendered a plague, the inhabitantes consulted with Apollo, whether it should be profitable for them to drie that marrice or no: to whome the Oracle aunswered, that it woulde not be good for them. Notwythstanding the counsayle of the Oracle, they by trenches founde meanes to drie the marrice, by which place not long af∣ter their enimies entered and spoyled their citie. Wher∣of rose this prouerbe. Camarinam ne moueas, that is, Be not cause of more mischiefe to thy selfe.

Cambala, orum,

A place in Asia, where be golde mynes.

Cambalidus mons,

A part of the mountaine Caucasus.

Cambalu,

A great citie in the countrey of Cathay, which is in circuite .xl. miles, strongly walled, and hath twelue gates. In the middle thereof is the palaice of the great Cham or Cane of Cathay, called the palaice of iustice, which conteyneth in circuite foure myles, and in it bée foure great pillers of fine golde.

Cambodunum,

A citie in Westphalia, called Monachum, and Munchen, which late was destroyed, bicause the people maintained the heresie of the Anabaptistes.

Cambolectri,

People of Narbon in Fraunce.

Cambusis,

A citie of Ethiope.

Cambyses,

A king of Persia, the sonne of Cyrus. It is also the name of a ryuer in the countrey of Hircania.

Camelani,

People of Italy.

Camer••na,

idem quod Camarina.

Camerinum,

A towne of Italy, in the countrey of Pice∣num.

Camers,

An adiectiue of Camerinum.

Camertes,

The inhabitaunts of Camerinum.

Camertinus, a, um,

idem quod Camers.

Cameses,

The companion of Ianus.

Camilla,

A woman of the Volscians, which ayded Tur∣nus against Eneas and the Latines.

Camillus,

The surname of a noble Romayne, which was Dictatour fiue times, and triumphed foure times, who was of so gentill a courage towarde his countrey, that notwithstanding the people of Rome had expelled him, yet when the Galles had taken the citie of Rome, and compelled the Romaines to redéeme their heades with golde, he perswading the people, called Ardeates, wyth whome he lyued in exyle, to succour the citie, entred with them ere any man was ware of his comming, and slue and discomfited the Galles, and saued or rather re∣stored the citie from bondage. Hée was before the in∣carnation .350. yeres. Of his actes read Val. Max. lib. 1. c. 5. li. 2. c. 4 li. 5. ca. 3. Liuium, Decad. 1. li. 5.6. et. 7.

Camîrus,

A citie in Rhodes.

Camoena, nae,

foe, gen. One of the ix. Muses.

Camoenae, arum,

foe, gen. The ix. Muses.

Campania,

A countrey in the realme of Naples: Which was accounted the most fertyle and pleasaunt countrey of all the worlde.

Campanus, a, um,

Of Campania.

Camponi,

People of Aquitaine.

Campsiani,

People of Germanie.

Campus Martius,

A fielde nighe Rome, and ioyning to the ryuer of Tyber, where the Romaynes not onely exerci∣sed themselues in running, leaping, wrastling, and swimming, but also had their assemblies for the election of great officers in the common weale.

Cana,

A certaine promontorie.

Canaan,

The sonne of Cam, the sonne of Noe, of whome commeth Cananaeus.

Canace,

The daughter of Aeolus, and sister of Macare∣us. When hir father vnderstoode that shée was dely∣uered of a chylde, begotten by inceste of hir owne bro∣ther, he cast the babe to be deuoured of Dogges, and by his garde sent his daughter a sword to kill hir selfe, what shée did, it is not written. But fearing extremi∣tie, Machareus fledde to Delphos, and there became Apollos priest.

Canaius,

A ryuer of Aeolis.

Canan,

The countrey called Arabia.

Cananaea,

A part of Syria, now called Iudea.

Cananîtis regio,

idem.

Canariae insulae,

Iles in the great Occean .400. miles from Spaine, which some suppose to be those that of the olde wryters are called Insulae fortunatae: the newe names of

Canarij,

People of Afrike.

Canas,

A towne of Lycia.

Canastraeum,

A promontorie of Macedonie, by the goulfe Thermaicus.

Canatha,

A towne in the region of Decapolis, in Syria.

Cancer,

One of the twelue signes, so called bicause in Iune when the sunne is in that signe, it begynneth by little and little to go barckewarde from vs, in maner of the Crabbe fishe. This (saith Hyginus) was the terrible Crabbe that Iuno sette vpon Hercules, as hee was fighting with the monster Hydra. Which, for so much as it did byte hym by the foote, Hercules killed, and Iuno after placed it among the signes.

Canchlei,

People of Arabie.

Candace, ces, and Candax, acis,

A Quéene of Aethiope.

Candaria,

A promontorie in the yle of Cos.

Candauiae,

Mountaines in Macedonie.

Candaules,

A tyran of Sardis, which by foolishe dottage, thinking his wife the fayrest woman in the worlde, shewed hir naked to his familiar friende Gyges: for which cause he was afterwarde murdered by the same Gyges, through the counsell of his wife.

Candeboea,

A fen at the foote of the mountaine Carmelus.

Candei,

People of Arabie, which vse to eate serpentes: and therefore be called Ophiophagi.

Candidum,

A promontorye of the countrey Zeugitana in Afrike.

Candyba,

A citie in Lycia.

Cane,

A towne of A••o••is.

Canicula, lae,

foe, gen. A starre whereof the Canicular and dogge dayes be named Dies caniculares.

Canidia,

A woman of Naples, whome Horace rateth as a witch or sorceresse.

Caninius,

One that was Consull of Rome onely seauen houres.

Canis,

A starre in the firmament, rysing the .xvij. Ca∣lendes of August, and going downe within .40. dayes after. In which time, being called the Dogge dayes, this starre ioyning with the sunne in the myost of the firmament, doubleth the heate. Whereof it taketh the name, bicause the heate so parcheth as it may seeme, as a Dggge to byte. Poetes feigne that thys was the Dogge that Iupiter appointed to watch Europa, and afterwarde for his diligent ministerie, set him in heauen as a starre.

Cannacas,

A king of Phrygia, who foreséeing the deluge, made great lamentation.

Cannae, arum,

A towne in the country of Apul••a in Italy, where a great hoste of the Romaynes was slayne by Anniball.

Cannenses,

Men of the sayde towne.

Cannius,

A poet in the tyme of Martiall, which was so merie of nature, that he laughed alwaye.

Canobus,

The maister of Menelaus ship. Looke Canopus.

Canopus,

A marueylous bright starre. Also hys name that was mayster of Menelaus shippes, which bée∣ing dead in an yle, at the entre of Nilus, caused that yle to be called by hys name, and was there honored for a God. Of whome this pretie hystorie is remembred of Suidas. The people of dyuers countryes contending for the préeminence of their Goddis, agréed, that those ydols, which were vanquished by anye notable experi∣ence, shoulde giue place to the vanquisher. A priest of Canopus, a wittie fellow, gat a water pot full of small holes, and stopping the holes with waxe, fylled it full of water, paynted it, made it in fourme of an ydoll, and did craftily set it on the olde ymage, knowing that the Chaldeies honoring the fyre for God, did carie it a∣bout into all countreyes, and consumed therewith al o∣ther ydols, made of mettall and other matter. But when they came to Canopus, and did set the fire about him, the waxe melted quickely, and the water distilling into the fyre, quenched it. Wherefore Canopus was deemed vanquisher and chiefe of the Goddis.

Cantabri,

People of a countrey in Spayne, called nowe Biscay.

Cantábricus, a, um,

Of Biskay.

Cantarus,

A comicall poet of Athens.

Cántharus,

A signe in the firmament, cōteining thre stars.

Canthus,

The sonne of Abas, and companyon of Iason.

Cantioebis,

The citie of Amberg in Germany.

Cantium,

The countrey of Kent.

Canuleius,

A tribune of the Romaines.

Canusinâtus, a, um,

Arrayed with the cloth made of the wooll of Canusium.

Canusinus, a, um,

Of Canusium.

Canusium,

A town in the country of Apulia, where is ve∣rie fine wooll, called Canusina lana, & is ruddy of colour.

Capancus,

Three syllables, the husbande of Euadne, and one of the seauen Capitaines that besieged Thebes, where he first inuented scaling with ladders, and was there slaine with stones cast from the wall.

Capaneus, and Capanëius,

The adiectiue.

Capara,

A towne of Portugall, called commonly Caparea

Capélla, lae,

foe, ge. A certaine starre.

Capéna,

A to towne by Rome, by the Fountaine Aegeria. Also a gate in Rome, otherwyse called Appia porta, where is a water consecrated to Mercury, vsed in dy∣uers ceremonies.

Capenâtes,

People of Capena.

Caper, and Caprus, pri. mas. gen.

The name of an olde Grammarian. Also a ryuer running by Laodicia.

Capetus.

The name of a king of Alba.

Caphareus,

Thrée syllables, a mountaine in Gréece, by which the Gréekes name was sore afflicted, for the death of Palamedes.

Caphareus, a, um,

Of Caphareus.

Capharnaum,

The chiefe citie in Galilée.

Capheris,

An yle by Samothrace.

Capilláti,

People of the Alpes.

Capissenae,

People of Asia, dwelling in the citie Capissa.

Capitália,

An highe hill in Indie.

Cápito, ónis,

mas, gen. A learned man that translated the Epitome of Liuie an Eutropius into Gréeke.

Capitolinus,

The surname of him that founde the heade when the Capitoll shoulde be buylded.

Capitolinus, a, um,

Of the pallaice of the citie of Rome.

Capitólium, lij.

n. g. The pallaice of the citie of Rome, cal∣led the Capitoll.

Capitulum,

A towne in Italy.

Capnobatae,

People called Mysi.

Capotae,

A mountayne in Asia.

Cappadocia,

A countrey of Asia, hauing on the south Cili∣cia, and the mountaine Taurus: On the east, Armeny, and diuers other nations: On the north, the sea Euxi∣num: On the west, Galatia: and is deuided from Armeny the more, with the famous ryuer Euphrates. In this countrey are bredde plentie of excellent good horses. It was sometime called Alba Syria, bycause the people there be whyter than in the other Syria. The people thereof are called Cappádoces, whose con∣ditions were reputed so yll, that among the common people, if one had béene séene to be of yll facion, they woulde say he was of Cappadocia. In that countrey were borne, Basilius Magnus, and Gregorius Nazi∣anzenus, two holy Bishops and excellent doctors.

Cappagum,

A towne in Spaine.

Cáppadox, ocis, and Cappadocus,

A man of the country of Capadocia.

Capparus,

A dogges name notable, bicause he bewrayed the théefe, that robbed Aesculapius temple.

Capra, ae,

foe, ge. A signe in the firmament.

Capraria,

An yle in the sea▪ called Ligusticum.

Caprasia,

The mouth of the ryuer Poo.

Capreae,

Certaine ylandes by Naples.

Capria,

A fenne in Pamphilia.

Capricórnus, ni,

mas, gen. A signe in heauen, conteyning twentie starres.

Caprotina,

The surname of Iuno, vpon occasion of thys ••••orie. After the citie of Rome had beene taken and spoyled by the Galles, and theyr power, thereby much broken, their neighbors and borderers, thinking them∣selues to haue a good occasion to represse that newe ry∣sen citie, chose to their capitaine one Liuius Postlimi∣mus Dictatour of the citie Fidenae. Hee, gathering a mightie armie, sent an harrald to the Senate of Rome, charging them (if they woulde not haue the residue of their citie destroyed) to deliuer into their hands al their wyues and daughters. While this matter was doubt∣fully debated of the counsaylours, an handmayd named Philotis wyth all the residue of the bonde maydens of the citie araying themselues in their maistresses appa∣rell, tooke vpon them to goe to their enimies in place and person of their Ladyes and maystresses, if it might be, that way to saue theyr worship, and the good estate of their countrey.

Caprullon,

An hauen by the mountaine Athos.

Capsitani,

People of Zeugitana, in Afrike.

Capua,

A citie in the realme of Naples.

Caput virid e,

A place in Aethiope, called there Mandanga.

Capys,

A mans name that buylded Capua.

Carabis,

A ryuer of Scythia.

Caracra,

A citie in Spaine, called Guadalayra.

Caralitanum,

A promontorie of Sardinia.

Carambis,

A great promontorie towarde the North part of the sea Euxinus.

Carambusis,

A ryuer of Scythia, by the mountaines cal∣led Riphaei.

Carana,

A towne of Ponte.

Caranus,

A king of Macedonie. Also an hauen in Phoe∣nicia.

Caraseni,

People of the countrey Tauria.

Caraxus,

The brother of Sappho.

Carbánia,

A little ylande by Italy.

Carbilesi,

People of Thrace.

Carbilius,

A man that among the Romaynes did first re∣pudiate his wife for barrennesse. An other of the same name, which had béene his seruaunt, was the first that did teach Grammer openly in Rome.

Carbo, ônis,

mas. gen. The name of a Romaine.

Carbulo,

A towne in Spaine.

Carcasum,

A towne of Narbon in Fraunce.

Carcathiocherta,

A towne of the greater Armenie.

Carchêdon,

The citie of Carthage, and Carchedonij, the people thereof.

Carcina,

A certaine citie.

Carcinites,

A goulfe in Scythia of Europe.

Cárcinus, ni,

mas. gen. A signe in the firmament. Also the name of a poet.

Cardamyla,

A citie in Argos, néere to Pylos.

Cárdia,

A towne of Thrace.

Cardinea dea

idem quod Carna.

Carenses,

People of Spaine.

Carentani,

People of Italy.

Cares,

The name of a keruer, the scholer of Lysippus.

People of Phrygia, of barbarous and seruile ma∣ners and fashion.

Cares,

The name of a keruer, the scholer of Lysippus.

People of Phrygia, of barbarous and seruile ma∣ners and fashion.

Car••sus,

A ryuer of Troy. Homere. 12. Iliados.

Caretha,

An yle, called also Dionysia.

Caria,

A region in Asia, hauing on the north side, the great ryuer Meander: On the west, the great sea I••arium: on the east. Licia, and dyuers other countreyes: To∣warde the south, the mountaine Taurus. The people thereof called Cares, were good men of warre, and there∣fore euery where retayned for souldiours, as Suizars, or Suycheners be nowe.

Cariatis, idis,

A woman of Caria. Also the name of a citie of Peloponnesus.

Caricus, or Carius, a, um,

Of the countrey of Caria.

Carillae,

A towne of Picenum, destroyed by Anniball.

Carinae, arum,

Certayne houses within the temple of Tel∣lus, made like the bottomes of shippes.

A stréete in Rome, wherein Pompeie dwelled.

Carinae, arum,

Certayne houses within the temple of Tel∣lus, made like the bottomes of shippes.

A stréete in Rome, wherein Pompeie dwelled.

Carini,

People of Germanie.

Carinthia,

A countrey by Ous••ryke, ioyning on the south to the mountaines Alpes and Italy: On the east and north to Stiria. The election of a newe prince or go∣uernour there, is very straunge. Pius writeth in hys Cosmographie, that in the towne called Sancti viti, is a great valley, where, in a medowe is set a stone of mar∣ble, of a good height, wherevpon ascendeth an husband∣man, vnto whome that office by enheritance belongeth: On his right hande standeth a blacke cowe: on his left hande an yll fauoured mare. About him standeth a great multitude of carles. On the other side of the me∣dow commeth the Duke, accompanyed with his noble men in their robes of estate. Before him goeth the earle of Goritia, the great mayster of his house, betweene .xij. banners, bearing the princes standerd. The other noble men followe with the prince, clad lyke an husband man, with a shepecrooke in his hand, as he were a shepeherd. As soone as the Carle on the marble stone, perceyueth him comming, he asketh a loude in the Slauoyn tongue, who is this, that commeth with so proud a gate? They that stande about, aunswere: It is the prince of thys countrey. Then sayth he eftsoones: Is he a righteous Iudge, seeking for the weale of the countrey, a free man borne, and worthie to haue ho••our? Is he a true chry∣stian man, and defender of Chrystes fayth? They all aunswere, yea, he is and shall be. Then saith the carle. By what right may he put me from this place? Then aunswereth the Earle of Goritia: Thou shalt haue for thy place .lx. grotes, these twoo beastes, (the cowe and the mare) and the princes apparaile, which he did late put of. Also thy familie or kinne shall be frée from all maner of tribute. Then the earle, giuing the prince a little blowe on his chéeke, biddeth him be a good iudge, and comming downe from the stone gyueth him place, and so departeth, takyng with him the cowe and the mare. Then the prince goeth vp on the stone, and hol∣ding a naked sworde in his hande, brandishing it tur∣neth to euery part of the stone, promising equall iudge∣ment to all the people. Then is there brought to him colde water in an husbandmans cappe, which hée drinketh, signifying that hee condemneth drinking of wine. Then goeth he to a Church thereby: where, af∣ter he hath heard deuine seruice, he putteth of his rusti∣call rayment, and putteth on apparell of honour. And dining with his nobilitie sumptuously, he commeth eft∣soones to the medowe, where he heareth matters, and ministreth iustice. The Duke of this countrey, is as it were chiefe mayster of the game to the imperiall ma∣iestie.

Cariosuelites,

People of the country of Lions in Fraunce.

Carisa,

A towne in Spaine called also Aurelia.

Carius,

The sonne of Iupiter and Dana••.

Carmacae,

People of Asia, néere Maeotis.

Carmani,

People of Carmania.

Carmánia,

A countrey in India, which is after Ptolome, deuided in two partes: one is verye fertile, the other is verye barraine. Carmania the desert, hath on the west, Persis: on the east, Aria: on the north Parthia: on the south, the other Carmania. The fertile Carmania, hath on the north, the desert: on the east, Gedrosia: on the west, Persis: on the south, the Indian sea. Of this countrey I finde one thing worthie of remembraunce: who so euer will marry, must first bring to the king there, the heade of an enimie: which he setteth vp in his palaice, but first he taketh out the tongue, and causeth it to be cut in pieces, and mingled with breade, and gy∣ueth part thereof to him that brought the heade. And if there be manye heades, hée deuydeth the tongues a∣mong his gentlemen, as most delicate meate.

Carmélus, or Carmêlum,

The name of two sundrie hilles in Iudea.

Carmenta, & Carmentis,

The name of a Ladie, which had the spirite of prophecie, and gaue aunswere in verses.

Carmon,

A place in Messenia: the temple of Apollo in Laconia: a ryuer in Achaia: and a mountaine in Pe∣loponnesus.

Carna, ae,

f. g. Was supposed to be the Goddesse of mans lyfe: of hir they desired the heart, lyuer, and intrayles to be preserued.

Carnapae,

People about Moeotis.

Carne,

A towne of Phoenicia.

Carneades,

A philosopher, the follower of Chrisippus, and chiefe of the sect called Noui Academici. Of him Plinie and other wryte, that, when he went about to confute Zenoes bookes, he purged his bodie with Helleborus, that the corrupt humors shoulde not ascende vnto his heade to trouble hys wytte and memorie. So care∣fully did this wise philosopher prepare himselfe to con∣founde the writings of that sect, that in his opinion hée iudged erronius. He on a time was sent with other as Ambassadour to Rome, and for his subtiltie and elo∣quence made the whole message suspected: for M. Ca∣to, openly in the Senate aduertised men to take héede to him, who was of so excellent eloquence and skill in reasoning, that he was able to perswade, whatsoeuer he tooke in hande.

Carni,

The people of the countrey in Almaine called Ca∣rinthia, belonging to the Duke of Austrike. It is also the name of an other people in Italy, in the countrey called Marca Taruisia.

Carnotum,

The midd••e region of all Fraunce.

Carnutum,

A towne in the border of Germany.

Carnutes,

People of a countrey in Fraunce, called Char∣ters.

Carnuti,

People of Germanie.

Carodunum,

The citie Cracau in Polonia, called also Cracouia.

Carolus,

Surnamed the great, sonne of king Pipine of Fraunce, and afterward Emperour of Rome. In sun∣drie great battayles he ouerthrewe the Hunnes, Saxo∣nes, Lumbardes, and Bauarians. He subdued Bry∣taine, Gascoyne, and Guyan. Hée spoyled and wasted Pannonie, and in Spaine fought manye notable bat∣tayles. Finally, both in peace and warre a very noble prince, had not the admiration of the sea of Rome ouer∣much amazed him.

Caronium,

A citie in Spaine, called Cheroga.

Carpanetum,

A place of Athens.

Carpasium,

A towne of the ylande Cypres.

Carpathium, mare,

The sea ioyning to Egypt, wherein be the yles called Sporades.

Cárpathos, or Cárpathus,

An yle agaynst Aegypt, the middest betwéene Rhodes and Candie.

Carpatus,

A mountaine of Sarmacia, called commonly Crapalz.

Carpentoracte,

The citie of Carpentias in Narbone.

Carpetani,

A people of Spaine.

Carpi,

A people of Zeugitana, in Afrike.

Carpis,

A ryuer in Scythia.

Carpócrates,

An heretike, which denied Christ to be God, affirming that he was pure man, whose sect were na∣med Carpocratitae, or Carpocratiani. They affirmed the worlde to be made by aungelles. They reiected the olde testament, and denied the generall resurrection. They denyed that Christ was borne of the virgin Mary, say∣ing, that he was gotten of the ••eede of Ioseph. Also that his bodie suffered, and that his soule onely was re∣ceyued into heauen. Hée lyued about the yeare of our Lorde .142.

Carra, rae,

A citie in Arabia.

Carraca,

A citie in Italy, vnder the dominion of Venice, called commonly Caranas.

Carrae, arum,

A citie of Mesopotamia, where Crassus the senatour and Caracalla the Emperour was slaine.

Carrodunum,

Looke Carodunum,

Carseolanus, a, um,

Of the towne or people called Carseoli.

Carseoli,

That towne and people.

Carteia,

A towne in Spaine.

Cartenna,

A towne in the prouince Tingitana.

Carthea, or Carthaeia,

A citie in the yle Ceos.

Carthaginiensis,

or after Priscian, Carthaginiensis, se, Of, or pertayning to Carthage.

Carthágo, tháginis,

f. gen. A famous citie in Afrike called Carthage, almost enuyroned with the sea: which citie was in compasse about the walles .360. furlongs, which are .45. Italyan myles: whereof vij. myles and an halfe ran in length on the ridge of an hyll, which went from sea to sea, where were set the stables of Oly∣phantes, a verye large place. Almost in the myddle of the citie was a castle or tower called Byrsa, on the toppe whereof stoode Aes••ulapius temple: vnderneath were hauens or keyes of the Castell, and a little rounde yle called Cothon, standing as it were in a great ponde, a∣bout which were set the houses that serued for the Na∣uie of Carthage. This citie continued warres wyth the Romaines▪ xl. yeares, and had many excellent men of warre, of whome Anniball was the most noble and famous. That citie had in subiection a great part of Afrike, Sicilie, the more part of Spayne, and the yles of the myddle Sea. It was at last destroyed by Scipio, before the incarnation of Christ .144. yeares. The countrey where it stoode, is nowe called Tunyse.

Cartheus, and Cartheius, a, um,

The adiectiue of Carthaea.

Carthumandua,

A Quéene in this Britaine, of the people called Brigantes.

Cartris,

A place of the Cymbrians.

Carusij,

People of Afrike by Ethiope,

Carya,

The name of a citie in Greece.

Caryanda,

A fenne and yle in Caria.

Carystaeus, and Carystius, a, um,

Of the yle Caryste.

Caryste, tes, and Carystos, ti,

An yle in the sea called Euboi∣cum, wherein is plentie of Marble of diuers colours. There groweth also a kynde of stones, whereof they make fine cloth, which beyng foule is purged by fyre.

Casandra,

An yle ouer against Persis.

Cascandrus,

An yle by India.

Cascatentes,

People of Spayne.

Casilini,

A people, which being besieged of the Carthagi∣nenses, sustained their hunger a great space with small nuttes.

Casilinum,

A citie of Campaine in Italy.

Casina,

A Commodie of Plautus.

Casinum,

A towne in Italy.

Casius,

An hill in the borders of Aegypt: an other in Se∣leucia.

Casmonates,

People of Liguria.

Casos,

An yle by the sea Carpathium. Also one of those yles that be called Cyclades.

Casperia,

A citie in Italy. Also a womans name.

Casperula,

A towne of the Sabines.

Caspij,

A people nowe in Tartaria, ioyning to the Sea Caspium, so inhumayne (as Strabo wryteth) that when their parentes exceede the age of .lxx. yeares, they in a close place famishe them, and then they lay them in a desert, beholding them a farre of. If byrdes plucke them out of theyr clothes, and deuoure them, they ac∣count them blessed. If Dogges or wylde beastes doe it, they account it not so happy. But if both doe it, they estéeme those men vnhappy. Other write that they nou∣rishe Dogges of purpose to deuoure them.

Caspius,

A part of the mountaine Taurus.

Caspius, and Caspiacus, a, um,

Of Caspius.

Caspiae portae,

Are broken places in the rocks of the moū∣taynes of Caucasus, towarde Hyrcania and Persia, in length, as Plinius wryteth .vij. myles, as Solinus wryteth, eyght myles: In breadth so narow, that a carte may hardly passe through them. Martianus wryteth that those gates were fast shut with great yron beames, that no man shoulde passe. In the spring time and som∣mer, all serpents doe repayre thither from all coun∣tries about, wherefore the passage that way is peryl∣lous.

Cassandane,

The daughter of Pharnaspis, and mother of

Cassandra,

Daughter of king Pryamus and Hecuba: who for his excellent fauour and beautie, was beloued of Apollo, and willed by him, in recompence of hir virgi∣nitie, it shee woulde yeelde vnto his pleasure, to wishe whatsoeuer shee woulde desire. Shee therefore reques∣ted the gift of prophecie: which when Apollo had giuen hir, she reuolted from hir promise, and woulde not con∣discende to his desire. Wherefore Apollo, for so much as he could not fordoe that he had giuen, annexed to hir thys propertye, that, sayde shee in prophecie neuer so truely, yet no man shoulde beleeue hir. Wherefore when she disclosed the treason of the tymber horse at the siege of Troy, and cryed, that the receyuing of it woulde bee the destruction of the citie, yet hir countrey men did not credite hir, vntill the euent of their owne miserye pro∣ued hyr sayinges true. In the ende of the Troiane warre, she was taken by ••iax and rauished in the tem∣ple of Minerua. In the parting of the praye, shee fell by iotte to Agamemnon, whome sundrye times shée ad∣uertised before hande to take heede of the treason of hys wyfe Clytemnestra: but hee esteem••d hir wordes as tryfling fantasies of a doting woman, vntill both hée and Cassandra also, was slaine by the conspiracie of Clytemnestra and the aduouterer Aegisthus.

Cassera,

A towne of Macedonie.

Cassia via,

A waye or caus••y made by Cassius the Ro∣mayne.

Cassina,

Looke Casina.

Cassinum,

A towne of the Sabines. Also an olde market place in that towne.

Cassiodorus,

A learned man, teacher of Theodoricus king of Gothes.

Cassiopa,

An hauen on the south part of Sicilie.

Cassiope,

Called also Cassiope••a, The wife of Cepheius, and mother of Andromada, which contended in beauty with the Nymphes of the sea, called Nereides, and was therfore turned into a signe in heauē, that hath twelue starres and is figured like a woman sitting in a chaire.

Cassiterides,

Be tenne yles in the Spanishe sea, wherein was digged much tinne, and they be not farre from the west part of Spaine.

Cassius,

The proper name of diuers men. It is also the name of a mountaine, and of a citie in Egypt néere to Pel••usium. Looke the prouerbe Cassioticus nodus.

Castalides,

The surname of the Muses.

Castalius,

A fountaine in the foote of the hill Parnassus, dedicated to the Muses.

Castéllum, li,

The name of a countrey called Iuliers, or Gulike.

Castenes,

A gulfe in the sea by Constantinople.

Castianira,

One of Pryamus wyues.

Castologi,

People of Fraunce.

Castor, and Pollux,

Two twinnes begotten on Leda by Iupiter (as poets feigne) in the fourme of a swanne. And therefore those children were hatched in egges. When they came to age, they deliuered the seas from pyrates and rouers, and therefore being counted Gods of the sea, were called on by maryners in time of daun∣ger and tempest. Afterwarde they went with Iason to Colchos to winne the golden fleece: in which voyage Pollux killed Amicus king of Bebritia, that in y^e night trayterously woulde haue slaine him. At their returne, besieging the citie Aphidna, in the absence of Hercules, they wanne againe their sister Helena that in time of their voyage he had stollen awaye, beyng then a verye yong mayden. In the ende when Castor (who is sayde to bée mortall, because he was not hatched of the same Egge that Pollux was) ended hys lyfe and dyed: Pollux béeyng immortall, desired of his Father Iu∣piter, that hée myght part hys immortall state with hys brother Castor. Which thing Iupiter graunted, and the two brothers lyued and dyed by course. Occa∣sion of this fable was taken of the starres called Gemi∣ni, into the which it is feigned, those two brothers were turned. For the nature of them is, that when the one ryseth the other goeth downe.

Castor,

A phisition, who taught that the herbe Piperitis, was good to drinke for the falling sicknesse.

Castrimonienses,

People of Italy.

Castrítius,

A noble man in the tyme of Sylla. And an O∣ratour vnder Adrian the Emperour.

Castrum nouum,

A towne in Italy, by the mouth of Ty∣ber.

Castulonenses,

People of the towne Castulon in Spaine, called commonly Castona.

Casuentillani,

People of Italy.

Casuentum,

A ryuer néere to the bosome of the sea, called Tarentinum.

Casurgis,

A citie in Boeme, nowe called Praga.

Catabanes,

People of Arabia deserta.

Catebathmus,

A place in Affrike ioyning to Aegipt, so na∣med of the stipenesse or descendyng.

Catadupa,

A place by Nylus.

Catadupi,

A place in Ethiope.

Catana,

A towne of Sicilie, the people whereof were cal∣led Catanei.

Cataphryges,

Heretikes, which tooke that name of one Montanus of Phrygia, an Archeheretike. Who affyr∣med that the holy Ghost was giuen to them, and not to the Apostles. They baptised not in the name of the Trinitie, and vsed to baptise men after they were dead. They condemned the second maryage. This sect began in the yeare of our Lorde .170.

Catari,

People of Hungarie.

Catarnia,

A countrey of Asia.

Catarrhactes,

A ryuer of Pamphilia.

Cathalanum,

A towne in Fraunce called Chalon.

Cathari,

Were Heretykes, which affirmed, that it was not léefull for a christen man to sweare, for any cause, or at any tyme. They did also denie all the sacraments of the church.

Cathay,

A great region in the east part of the worlde, ex∣tending to the east Occean sea: on the south to the ouer India: and is also called Sinarum regio. It is deuided into nine Realmes: all be vnder the great Cham. This Countrey is woonderful rych in golde and silke, aboun∣ding in grayne, wynes, and al other things necessary for mannes sustenaunce. The people for the more part, honour Christ as God, but they are not baptised. They are curteous and reasonable, & very cunning artificers.

Cathi,

Looke Chatti.

Cathólicus,

A name whereby the byshop of the Armeni∣ans was called.

Cathon,

One of the yles called Cyclades.

Cati,

A well in Italy, by Tyber.

Catilina,

A Romaine, notable for his conspiracie.

Catillus,

The sonne of Amphiaraus, and brother of Ty∣burtus, in memorie of whome he buylded the citie of Tybur.

Catina, ae, or Catine, es,

A citie of Sicilie. Some called it Catana.

Catizi,

The people called Pygmaei.

Cato, onis,

Was not first a surname, but a name of me∣ryte. For the auncyent Romaynes called him Cato, that was wise by much experience. Of this name, two were most excellent: Marcus Cato Censorius, by∣cause he alwaies vsed the grauitie and rygour that was woont to be in the correctours of maners, called Censo∣res. Also he himselfe being Censor, was aboue all other most sharpe and rygorus. Valerius, Max. wryteth, that he was almost an olde man ere he learned latin letters, and than it séemeth he was olde ere he learned gréeke. Yet notwithstanding by gathering abridgementes out of Thucydides, and Demosthenes workes, he became the greatest Oratour of hys time, and was called the Romaine Demosthenes. He being made Consull, wan mo cities in Spayne, then he had aboden dayes in that countrey. In which iourney hée reteyned to hym∣selfe, nothing of all that was founde there, but meate and drynke onely. Hée made hys Souldiours ryche, gyuing to euerye of them a pounde weight of siluer,

Cato Vticensis.

(so called because he slue himselfe in the towne Vtica, to whome the other Cato Censorius, was great grandfather) shewed a woonderfull constance and grauitie, euen in his childehoode. Seldome merye or séene to laugh, and if he did, it was a very little smiling: not lightly angrie, but if he were, he was not soone ap∣peased. Hée was verye studious in all morall philoso∣phie, practising in his actes and liuing, that which hée read of vertue and honestie: and studyed eloquence one∣lye to the intent, that in counsayling and reasoning, he mought adde vnto philosophie more force and orna∣ment, and yet woulde he not practise it openly. When one sayde to him, men disprayse thyne obstinate silence, he aunswered: I force not, so they disprayse not my ly∣uing: but I will breake out of this silence, when I can speake that is worthie to be spoken. Beyng Tribunus militum, he was sent into Macedonie, wherewith hys marueylous grauitie, prudence, and painefulnesse, he made all that were vnder him fierce and hardie against their enimies gentle to their fellowes, fearefull to doe iniurie, prompt to get prayses, and himselfe labouring with them, vsing his apparrell▪ féeding, and going like vnto them: he contrary to mens expectations (notwith∣standing his seueritie) wanne the heartes of them, go∣ing on foote and talking with euery man. He was of such constancie, and so farre from ambition and flattery, that neyther Pompey nor Caesar, in their chiefe pryde, when all men, eyther for dread or fauor, inclined to theyr desires, could perswade him to agrée to their mindes, in cases where it séemed to be agaynst the weale publike: neyther mought any maner menasing or dreadfull to∣kens moone him from that constancye. In so much, that when hée heard that Caesar had vanquished Pompey, and that his friendes woulde haue sent to Caesar to de∣sire his fauour, he aunswered: they which are vanqui∣shed, or haue any wise trespassed, ought to make sute, but he in all his life was neuer vanquished, and in innocen∣cie surmounted Caesar, who in making warre agaynst his owne countrey, had condemned himselfe to haue done that thing, which hée had often denyed. Finally, not for malice of Caesar, but bycause he woulde not be∣holde the weale publike destroyed, hée slue himselfe at Vtica, hauing with him at supper, the euening before, the greatest officers of that Citie, and manye of his friends. Also this sentence being spoken amongst other. Onely a good man is a frée man, all yll men are bonde: when one happened to reason against it, Cato béeyng therwith chaufed, disputed with the other so vehement∣lye and long, that all men suspected that he woulde not long liue. He dyed before the incarnation 44. yeares.

Catoni,

People of Scythia about Maeotis.

Catti,

Looke Chatti.

Catulária, ae,

f. gen. One of the gates of Rome.

Catullus,

The name of a Poet.

Catulus,

A Romaine capitaine in the first warres of Car∣thage. Also an oratour that was consull wyth Mari∣us.

Conturactorium,

A citie called Carlile in England.

Caturiges,

People of Italy.

Catus,

The name of a noble and wise family in Rome.

Cauares,

People of Narbon in Fraunce.

Cauca,

A citie in Spaine, called commonly Quenca.

Cáucasus,

An hill, one of the highest in all Asia, situate a∣boue Iberia and Albania on the north part, and is a part of the mountaine Taurus: one of the partes of this hill deuiding India and Medea, stretcheth toward the redde sea. Philostratus.

Cauche,

Certaine fieldes by the ryuer Tygris.

Caudînus, a, um,

Of Caudis.

Caudinae furcae,

A place in Italy, where the Romaines were discomfited by the Samnites.

Caudis, or Caudium,

A towne of the Samnites.

Caulum, or Caulon,

A towne, which (as Plinie writeth) is scituate in the first region of Italy.

Caumas,

A Centaure the sonne of Ixion.

Caunus,

A citie in Caria, by the ryuer Calbis. This city is very queisie and daungerous to dwell in, both at o∣ther times of the yeare, and especially•• in summer and Autumne, aswel for the vntemperate heate of the ayre, as for the great abundance of fruites. Therefore it is reported that the scituation is very vnholesom, and the ayre contagious. When Stratonicus a pleasaunt Mu∣sitian and mery conceyted man beheld the inhabitaunts thereof so wanne and yll coloured, he scoffed at them with this sentence of Homere, Tale quidem genus est hominum, quale est foliorum. The men and the leaues of this countrey looke very lyke: that is, both wanne and pale without liuely colour. For which scoffe, when the people were much grieued, and bitterly rayled at hym: why (sayth he) may I not iustly call this a sickelye and queisie citie, where deade men walke? with which aun∣swere he farre more sharpely nipped their deadelye co∣lours and wearishe lookes than he had done before.

Caurium,

A towne of Portugall, called also Caura, com∣monly Corra.

Cauros,

An yle, which was afterwarde called Andros.

Caycus,

A ryuer in Phrygia.

Cayster, or Caystrus,

A ryuer of Asia.

Caystrius, a, um,

Of Cayster.

Caystros,

A famous ryuer of Ionia, by the citie Ephesus.

C E

Cea,

Looke Caea.

Ceadus.

A Thracian which ayded the Troyans.

Céebes, êtis,

A philosopher of Thebes.

Cebrenia,

A place of Troy, called of some Cebrinia.

Cebrenij,

People of that countrey, and also of Asia.

Cebrenis, idis

patronymicum foemininum.

Cebriones,

The bastarde sonne of king Pryamus.

Cecinna,

A ryuer by Volaterie. Also the name of a Ro∣maine which fauoured the quarell of Pompey in the ciuile warre.

Cecropia,

A towne that Cecrops buylded, which was af∣ter the castell of Athens.

Cecropidae,

Men of Athens.

Cecropis, idis,

A woman comming of Cecrops.

Cecropius, a, um,

Of Cecrops.

Cecrops, opis,

ma. ge. An auncient king of Athens, whose

Cecryphalea,

A promontorie of Peloponnesus.

Cedar,

A region in Arabia.

Ceditiae tabernae,

Looke Caeditiae.

Cedras,

A towne of Caria.

Ced••ópolis,

An other towne in Caria.

Cedros,

An ylande in the coastes of Germanie.

Celadon,

One of them that was slayne at the maryage of Perseus and Andromeda. Also a ryuer.

Celadusa,

A little yle in the sea Adriaticum.

Celaeno,

One of the rauening byrdes, called Harpyiae.

Cel••ia,

A towne of Norice, called commonly Cilia.

Cel••na, ae,

A place in Campayne dedicate to Iuno.

Celenae, arum,

Sometime the chiefe citie of Phrygia.

Celendris,

A towne in Cilicia.

Celer,

A mans name.

Cele••ini,

People in the higher Spaine.

Celeus,

Two syllables, a mans name.

Celmus,

A man that nourished vp Iupiter, whom he tur∣ned afterwarde into a Diamonde, because he affyrmed him to be mortall.

Celom,

Rauening people.

Cel••enies,

People of Spaine.

Celsus,

A noble Romaine, which wrote of Phisicke and husbandrie, in most eloquent latine.

Celtae,

Frenchmen.

Celtiaca,

A citie in Spaine, in the countrey of Hispalis.

Celtiberi,

People of that part of Spaine, which is called Biskaie.

Celtiberia,

Biskaie.

Celtiberius, and Celtibericus, a, um,

Of Biscaie.

Celtica,

The country of Lyons in Fraunce.

Celtici,

People of Spaine, which tooke their beginning of the Frenchmen called Celtae.

Celticum,

A promontorie of Spaine.

Celtogallia,

Is that part of Fraunce, which conteyneth Aquitaine▪ Lyons, Belgica, and Narbon: whereof the French king hath three partes whole. Belgica for the more part is in the handes of the Emperour that nowe is. ••eade of eueryche of them in their letters.

Cemelleo,

A towne in Liguria.

Cemeneleum,

A citie in the Alpes.

Cenchreae,

A towne of Peloponnesus by Corinth.

C••nchris, idis,

foem. gen. The name of a towne or country of Greece.

Cenchrius,

A ryuer in Ionia, by the woode Ortygia, where the poets feygne that Latona was washed of hir nourse Ortygia, after she had traueyled with child.

Ceneia,

Called also Atalanta, the daughter of Cenaeus.

Ceneum,

A promontorie in Euboea, where Hercules erec∣ted an Aultar to Iupiter.

Ceneus,

Looke Caeneus.

Cenina,

A citie of Italy néere to Rome.

Cenites,

His name that buylded Cenina.

Cenomanni,

People of Lumbardy. Also a people in Fraunce of a countrey called Maine.

Cent••urius, and Centáuricus, a, um,

Of the Centaures.

Centauri,

People of Thessalie by the mounte Pelion, which first deuised to breake horses and make them for warre and other vses: wherof it came to passe that they beyng seene on horsebacke by their borderers, were thought to haue the vpper partes of theyr bodyes lyke men, and the neather lyke horses, and therefore of their beginning poets fable in this wise. Ixion by the fa∣uour of Iupiter being admitted to be at a banket in the presence of the Gods, was enamoured on Iuno, and mooued hir to aduoutrie. Shée disclosed the thing to hir husbande: who causing the time to be appointed, in place of Iuno, suborned a clowde facioned to hir fa∣uour and figure. Ixion accompanying with that clowd, on it begat y^e Centaures: which therof were after called Nubigenae, The most notable of the Centaures were these, Chiron, Eurytus, Amycus, Gryneus, Rhaetus, At∣neus, Lycidas, Medon, Pisenor, &c. Also certaine great ships are called Centauri.

Centáurus, ri,

A ryuer first called Euenus.

Centinum,

A towne of Vmbria in Italy.

Centrones,

Mount Sineis, going into Lumbardie.

Centum peranea insula,

A little towne in Italy.

Centuripe, or Centurupe,

Sicilie.

Centuripini,

People of Sicilie.

Ceos,

Looke, Coea.

Cephalatomi,

People of Colchis.

Cephalenia,

An yle beyonde Corcyra, in the middle Sea, which is also called Vlysses yle, commonly Cephalonie.

Cephaloedis,

A ryuer of Sicilie.

Cephalus,

Aeolus son, that maryed Procris Erechtheus daughter. The Goddesse Aurora being rauished wyth the loue of this yong mans beautie, when shee coulde not eyther by fayre meanes or violence withdrawe him from the loue of his wife to followe hir appetite, shee sent him home againe to his wife in the fourme of a Marchaunt, assuring him that he shoulde not finde hir in lyke maner faithfull and true to him. Wherefore at his comming he began to trye hir, and with great gifts and liberall promyses, assaulted hir chastitie. Procris beyng ouercome with riche rewards condiscended vnto his request. Then Cephalus taking againe hys owne shape and figure, greatly blamed hir lightnesse and vn∣faythfulnesse. Wherewith she beyng much ashamed and not able to cléere hir selfe, forsooke hir husbande & lyued solitarie in the woodes. At the length shée beyng recon∣ciled to hir husbande, gaue to him the Dogge Laelapa, and a darte that shoulde neuer mysse thing that it was hurled at. Cephalus hauing those so fit instruments, began to haunt the woodes, and gaue himselfe much to hunting more then he was woont: In so much that ve∣rye earely in the morning hée woulde leaue his wyues company and go into the woodes. This vnwoonted ex∣ercise Procris much began to suspect, and thought hir husbande to be in loue with some Nymphe, whose company to attayne, he pretended that great delight of hunting. Wherfore to try this matter, she followed him into the woodes. And Cephalus as fortune was, for heate and labour, lay vnder a trée to refreshe himselfe. She therefore thinking to espie him in his imbrasings, mooued hir selfe behinde a bushe where she was. Whome Cephalus fearing to be some wylde beast, cast his vne∣uitable darte and kylled hys dearelye belooued wyfe. Which after turned him to great sorowe and heauinesse of minde.

An oratour of Athens.

Cephalus,

Aeolus son, that maryed Procris Erechtheus daughter. The Goddesse Aurora being rauished wyth the loue of this yong mans beautie, when shee coulde not eyther by fayre meanes or violence withdrawe him from the loue of his wife to followe hir appetite, shee sent him home againe to his wife in the fourme of a Marchaunt, assuring him that he shoulde not finde hir in lyke maner faithfull and true to him. Wherefore at his comming he began to trye hir, and with great gifts and liberall promyses, assaulted hir chastitie. Procris beyng ouercome with riche rewards condiscended vnto his request. Then Cephalus taking againe hys owne shape and figure, greatly blamed hir lightnesse and vn∣faythfulnesse. Wherewith she beyng much ashamed and not able to cléere hir selfe, forsooke hir husbande & lyued solitarie in the woodes. At the length shée beyng recon∣ciled to hir husbande, gaue to him the Dogge Laelapa, and a darte that shoulde neuer mysse thing that it was hurled at. Cephalus hauing those so fit instruments, began to haunt the woodes, and gaue himselfe much to hunting more then he was woont: In so much that ve∣rye earely in the morning hée woulde leaue his wyues company and go into the woodes. This vnwoonted ex∣ercise Procris much began to suspect, and thought hir husbande to be in loue with some Nymphe, whose company to attayne, he pretended that great delight of hunting. Wherfore to try this matter, she followed him into the woodes. And Cephalus as fortune was, for heate and labour, lay vnder a trée to refreshe himselfe. She therefore thinking to espie him in his imbrasings, mooued hir selfe behinde a bushe where she was. Whome Cephalus fearing to be some wylde beast, cast his vne∣uitable darte and kylled hys dearelye belooued wyfe. Which after turned him to great sorowe and heauinesse of minde.

An oratour of Athens.

Cephènes, num,

Was sometime the name of Perseans, as Herodotus wryteth.

Cepheus,

Two syllables, the name of a king of Aethiope, the sonne of Phoenix, and father to Andromeda.

Cephis,

A famous ymage maker.

Cephisia,

A fountaine in the region Attica.

Cephisis,

A lake néere to the sea Atlanticum.

Cephisodòrus,

A tragicall poet of Athens. Also a pain∣ter. An other an ymage maker, the sonne of Praxiteles.

Cephisus,

A ryuer of Boeotia, where the temple of The∣mis stoode, to which Deucalion & Pyrrha came to con∣sult howe to restore mankinde.

Cepio,

A Consull of Rome, who tooke by assault a city in Fraunce called Tolouse, where was found in the tem∣ple great plentie of Golde: which being taken away, both he and all other that had anye part thereof, dyed miserably. Whereof grewe this prouerbe. Aurum To∣losanum habet, spoken when anye man had finished his lyfe in great miserie.

Cepoe,

A towne of Bosphorus.

Cerabaroa,

A countrey late founde by the Spaniardes in the west Occean, where all the men go naked, and haue their bodies painted with diuers figures, wearing on∣ly garlandes made of sundrie flowers, mixt with the cleyes of Lyons and Tygres. In that countrey hath beene founde plentie of golde.

Ceramicus,

A place in Athens, where men beyng slaine in battaile, were buryed. Also an other place where com∣mon women dwelled: and a goulfe in the sea, not farre from Halycarnassus.

Ceramium,

A place in Rome, where Cicero and Milo had houses.

Cerastae,

Certaine yles by Aethiope.

Cerastis,

The auncient name of the yle of Cypres.

Cerasus, untis,

A towne of Cappadocia, called commonly Zephano.

Ceratus,

A citie in Candie.

Ceraunij, and Ceraunia,

Hilles in Epyre, by the citie Am∣bracia. Also hilles in Armenie, about Moeotis.

Ceraunus,

The surname of one of the Ptolomes. Also a ryuer in Cappadocia.

C••rbalus,

A ryuer of Apulia.

Cerbereus, a, um,

Of Cerberus.

Cérberus,

A dogge with three heades, which (as poets feigne) was porter of hell, whome Hercules drewe out from thence.

Cercaphus,

A mans name.

Cercasorum,

A towne in Aegypt.

Cerceis,

The name of a Nymph, daughter of Oceanus, and Thetis.

Cercetae,

People of the lesse Asia, called of Pomponius, Cercetici.

Cerceti,

Hilles of Thessaly.

Cercina,

An yle in the middle sea, and a citye of the same name.

Cercinitis,

A very little yle by Carthage.

Cercion,

A king of Thessaly.

Cercius

idem quod Circius.

Cercopeni,

A certaine people.

Cercyon,

A famous robber and théefe in the countrey of Athens, of such might and strength of bodie, that hée would bende downe great bigge trees, and to the same binding wayfayring men that he robbed, with extréeme torment rent them in péeces. He had a daughter named Alope, who being rauished by Neptune, brought forth a sonne called Hippoch••s. Which thing when hir fa∣ther Cercyon vnderstoode by the telling of the nourse, he tooke the ma••ter so grieuously, that he left the chylde in the wooddes to be deuoured of wilde beastes, and fa∣mished hys daughter to death in pryson. Thys cruell Cercyon in the ende was ouercome by Theseus, who tyed him to two trées which were bended, and rented him in peeces, as he was woont to vse other.

Cercyrae,

People oft grieued with sedicions: of whome grewe this prouerbe Cercirea scutica.

Cerdo, onis,

An heretike, which affirmed that Christ was neuer borne of a woman, and that he had no fleshe, nor suffered any passion, but feygned to suffer. Also hée taught, that the God, which was declared by the lawe and prophetes to be God, was not the father of our sa∣uiour Christ: for he was knowne, the other was vn∣knowne: the one was iust, the other was good. Also hée sayde the olde testament was naught: that some crea∣tures are yll of themselfe, and that they were not made by that God, that was the chiefe goodnesse, but of an o∣ther, the beginning of all yll, whome he named the prin∣cipall mischiefe. He was about the yeare of our Lorde, 144. whose heresies be all condemned by the generall consent of all Christendome.

Cerdonia,

A citie in Italy.

Cerealis,

A towne in Spaine called also Ebura.

Cereâlis, le,

Perteyning to Ceres the Goddesse.

Cerealia, orum,

n. gen. Solemne feastes and sacrifices de∣dicated to Ceres by Tri••to••emus.

Ceres, cereris,

The daughter of Saturnus, and Ops, cal∣led also Isis, was wife of Osyris king of Aegypt, who (as the Gréekes suppose) dyd first inuent the sowyng of wheate and barley, which before did growe wilde a∣mong other herb••s. Also that she did first make lawes, whereby iustice should be equally ministred to all men, vyolence and wrong being by feare taken awaye. Hero∣dotus wryteth, that the Aegiptians affirme Ceres and Bacchus to beare the chiefe rule in hell. This Ceres as poets feigne, had a daughter by Iupiter named Pro••e••pina, whom Pluto God of hell caryed awaye by stealth as she was walking. Wherefore Ceres in great sorrow lighting torches at the Mount Aetna, traueyled ouer all the worlde almost to seeke hir daughter. At the length she was tolde by Arethusa the Nymph, that hir daughter was in hell, and stolne away by Pluto: She therefore going to Iupiter complayned of the vniust dealing of his brother Pluto, and at the length obtey∣ned that hir daughter shoulde returne againe on thys condition, that while she was in hell she tasted of no fruite. In the ende when Ceres hoped well to recouer hir daughter, one Ascalaphus bewrayed that while Proserpina walked in Plutos Orcharde, she plucked a pomgranate, and tasted one grame of it, vpon which detection it coulde not be that Proserpina shoulde re∣turne. Wherefore Ceres in reuengement of his blab∣blishe tongue, turned Ascalaphus into an Owle. But Iupiter to quiet his sisters minde, graunted that hyr daughter halfe the yeares space shoulde be in heauen with the Goddes, the other halfe yeare in hell with hir husbande.

Ceretani, and Cerretani,

A people in Spaine.

Cerinthes, thi,

A towne in the ylande Eubaea. Also an he∣retyk which liued in the Apostles time: Looke Che∣rinthus.

Cerites,

A people, which the Romaines vanquished, and ordeyned that they should make no lawes among them▪

Cermorum,

A towne of Macedonie.

Cerna, or Cerne,

An yle in the sea of Aethiope.

Cernetani,

A people of Italy, called also Mariani.

Ceruaria,

A place in Aquitaine.

Cescus,

A citie in Pamphilia, or in Cilicia.

Cesena,

A towne in Italy.

Cessero,

The citie Castres in Narbon.

Cessa,

I towne in Iberia.

Cestria,

A towne of Epyre.

Cestrus,

A ryuer of Pamphilia.

Cethegus,

A name of certaine Romaines, wherof one con∣spired with Catiline to destroy his countrey.

Cetij,

People in Asia.

Cetius,

A mountaine in Noricum, called commonly Ka∣lenberge, or Calembrig.

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Chaa,

A citie of Peloponnesus by the fielde called Epha∣sius.

Chaam,

Called also Gog Chaam, is the name of dignitie of the great Emperour of Tartarians, called the great Chane of Cathay, or Cambalu, whose dominion exten∣deth from the furthest part of the east, vnto the coun∣trey of Russy northwest, and so vnto the north sea: on the southeast, vnto the south or Indian sea: on the southwest, vnto Persia: so that by the charte appea∣reth, there is vnder him as much mayne lande within little, as is the residue of all Asia, Europa, and Affrica.

Chabrias,

A noble capitaine and Philosopher of the Athe∣nienses.

Chaeremon,

A Gréeke poet.

Chaerephon,

A philosopher of Athens, the disciple of So∣crates.

Chaeris,

A foolyshe mynstrell.

Chaeronea,

A towne of Boeotia.

Chala,

A towne of Aegypt.

Chalaeon,

An hauen of Locris.

Chalame,

A citie of Persie, which nowe is called Aetisi∣phon.

Chalastra,

A citie by the bosome of the sea called Termeum,

Chalce,

An yle and a towne by Rhodes.

Chalcedon,

A citie in Asia, against Constantinople.

Chalceritis,

An yle in Pontus.

Chalcia,

One of the ylandes called Cyclades.

Chalcidicus, a, um,

Of Chalcis.

Chalciope,

The wise of Phryxus, and sister to Medca▪

Chalcis, idis,

foem. gen. The name of a citie in Greece. Al∣so

Chalcitis, is,

foe, gen. An ylande by the mouth of the ryuer Rhynoacus in Asia.

Chal••aea,

A countrey which (as Strabo wryteth) ioy∣neth to Arabia, and to the s••a Persicum. Solinus and Plinius name that countrey Chaldea, where the great citie of Babylon stoode. In the newe chartes, it is set in this wise: on the west, it ioyneth on Mesapotamia: on the north, vpon Assyria, and Media: on the east, vppon Persia: on the south vpon Arabia Deserta, and so it is farre from Iudea. They haue a proper language, somewhat lyke to Hebrue, but their letters are vnlyke to any other. Strabo nameth the countrey, where the people Chalybes dwell, Chaldaea.

Chaldaei,

Be taken for great Astronomers, of the coun∣trey of Assyria.

Chalestra,

A citie in Thessaly, on the sea coast.

Chalybes,

A people in the lesse Asia, in the countrey called Pontus, which digge great plentie of Iron, and go na∣ked. It is also the name of a ryuer in Spaine.

Chaones,

People of the countrey of Epyre in Gréece: the countrey is called Chaonia.

Chaos,

neut. gen. Vndeclyned, a confuse matter without forme, made first of nothing, whereof poets supposed all other things to proceede. Sometime it is taken for hell.

Charadrus,

A méere or poole by Cilicia, néere to the ryuer Charadrus.

Charax, âcis,

mas. gen. A place where the Carthaginenses kept their Marte.

Charaxes,

The brother of Sappho.

Chares, retis,

A capitaine in Athens. Also a caruer, the scholer of Lysippus.

Charetes,

A duke of Athens, which would promise euery thing, and naught perfourme.

Charillus,

A capitaine of Lacedemonia.

Charisins,

An oratour of Athens.

Ch••rites,

The graces, which were supposed to bée the daughters of Iupiter, thrée in number, whose names were Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne. And where in speaking or wryting appeared to be a marueylous de∣lectation or sweetenesse, it was sayde, that therein was a grace, in Gréeke, Charis. Some men suppose that there were thrée Graces, deuised to signifie that men ought to be both bountifull and gracious to other, and secondly to take benefites at other mens handes, and thirdely, thankefullye to requyte benefites receyued: which are thrée sundrie actes in the vse of lyberalitye. Other say they imagined thrée graces to signifie liberal thankefulnesse, and that wée shoulde plentifully requite benefite with vantage more than we receyued. Where∣fore they paynt the Graces in this maner, that the ones backe shoulde be towarde vs, and hir face fromwarde, as procéeding from vs, the other two towarde vs: no∣ting double thanke to bée due for the benefite we haue done. They were also painted naked, to doe men to witte, that pleasures shoulde be done vnfaynedly wyth∣out cloke or dissimulation: they were made yong, to note that the memorie of a benefite shoulde in no tyme weare away and decaye: they were discriued laughing, because pleasures ought to be done with a chéerefull and glad minde: finally their armes were painted as it were linked one within an other, to teach that kindnes shoulde be vndissoluble, and one benefite so to prouoke an other, as it may make the league of loue and friende∣ship sure and perpetuall.

Charmione,

The handmayde of Cleopatra, that willing∣ly dyed with hir maystresse.

Charmonia,

A citie of Spaine.

Charon, tis,

Was named of the Paynims, the boateman that caryed soules ouer the thrée ryuers of hell, Ache∣ron▪ Sty••, and Cocytus. It is also the name of thrée historiographers.

Charonia,

A countrey by Hierapolis.

Charonium,

A certaine denne, consecrate to Pluto and Iuno.

Charopes,

A Troyan, the sonne of Hippasus.

Charundas,

The name of a man, which gaue lawes to the Atheniens.

Charybdis,

A goulfe of the sea by S••cilie, wherin is daun∣gerous sayling, by reason of streames flowing contrarye eche against other, whereby ships be therein deuoured.

Chatti,

called also Cathi, and Catti, People of Germanie.

Chelidoniae,

Two ylandes ouer against the mountayne Taurus

Chelidonium, nij.

neut. gen. An elbowe of the mountayne Taurus, lying into the sea.

Chelonates,

A promontorie of Achaia.

Chelonóphagi,

A people of Carmania, which lyue by eating Torteyses, where are founde so great that they couer their caues with the shel••es.

Chemmis,

An ylande in Aegypt, which swimmeth and is dryuen hyther and thither with the windes, notwith∣standing that in it are woodes and an huge temple of Apollo. Pomponius Mela. lib. 2. Herodotus calleth it Eche••imis.

Cheops,

A king of Aegypt, which made the great stéeple at Memphis, whereon were so many men workyng, that he spent onely in persely, onyons and garlike .1060. talents, which (if it were the great talent) amounted of our money to 250550. poundes.

Chephren,

The brother of Cheops, and reigned after him.

Cherilus,

An vnlearned poet, that wrote the Atheniens victorye against Zerxes, and the gestes of great Alex∣ander. And of all his great worke there were but .vij. verses allowed. For the which he was rewarded with seuen péeces of golde: and for eche other verse he had a good buffet. He dyed in prison for hungar.

Cherinthus,

An heretyke, which affyrmed, that Christ shoulde come and reigne in the worlde the space of 1000. yeares, and during that time men shoulde liue in all car∣nall delytes, and afterwarde come vp to heauen, where they shoulde euer liue in the pleasures of gluttonie, and leacherie. Hée denyed Christ to bée any other than pure man. He receyued onely the gospell of Saint Mathew, and reiected the other Euangelistes, and the actes of the Apostles. He was about the yeare of our Lorde .88.

Chernitus,

A childe of excellent fauour, who abandoned himselfe to the filthie imbracing of men.

Cherronêsus idem quod Peninsula,

The part of Gréece nowe called Morea. It is sometime taken for the north part of the great Asia. It is also called Chersonnésus.

Chersidamas,

A Troyan.

Cherubin,

One of the holy orders of aungels, wherein is the science diuine and mysticall.

Cherusci,

A people of Germanie.

Chia,

A maydens name in Horace, and a certaine ylande.

Chidnaei,

People about Pontus.

Chidorus,

A ryuer of Macedonie.

Chiliastae,

Were chrysten men, which helde this opinion, that Christ shoulde come personally, and reigne as a king in this worlde, a thousande yeares: of which opi∣nion was Lactantius.

Chilo, ónis,

mas. gen. One of the seuen wise men of Gréece. Hée lyued in Lacedoemon, and dyed for ioy: for whose death all Gréece mourned.

Ghimaera, rae,

foem. gen. A mountaine in Lycia, out of the which issueth fire. It is also a monster hauing thrée heads, one like a Lyon, an other lyke a Goate, the third like a Dragon. After Homere, it is a beast inuincible.

Chimaerij,

A people bordering on the Amazones: and all people dwelling in colde countreyes are called Chi∣maerij.

Chimerium,

An hill in Thessaly.

Chione, es,

A famous harlotte.

Chios,

Looke Chius.

Chirocrates,

The name of a famous Carpenter.

Chirogylium,

An ylande.

Chiron, ônis,

The name of a man, who did first finde the vertues of herbes: He taught Aesculapius phisicke, A∣pollo to harpe, and Hercules astronomie. He was may∣ster

Chius,

An yle by Gréece in the sea Aegeum, which (as Strabo writeth) is in compasse .900. furlongs, which is an hundred Italyan myles. In this yle doe growe verye good malme••eyes, and other hote wynes. Some Greeke authours wryte, that it cannot be remembred, that within that countrey, was any auoutrye commit∣ted, or vnlawfull companying of women among them∣selues.

(after some) is a citie of Caria, an other of Eu∣boea, an other of Rhodes by Triopia.

*Chius ad Coum,

A prouerbe, noting a very vnequal com∣parison, as an ase to a syse.

Chius,

An yle by Gréece in the sea Aegeum, which (as Strabo writeth) is in compasse .900. furlongs, which is an hundred Italyan myles. In this yle doe growe verye good malme••eyes, and other hote wynes. Some Greeke authours wryte, that it cannot be remembred, that within that countrey, was any auoutrye commit∣ted, or vnlawfull companying of women among them∣selues.

(after some) is a citie of Caria, an other of Eu∣boea, an other of Rhodes by Triopia.

Chius, a, um,

Of Chius.

Chloris, Chlóridis,

foe. gen. The daughter of Amphion, wyfe of Neleus, and mother of Nestor. Also the God∣desse of flowers, otherwise called Flora.

Choaspes,

A famous ryuer in Asia, which runneth into the great ryuer Tygris.

Choatrae,

A people about Maeotis.

Chobar,

Signifieth all the great flouddes that are in the region of Chaldea.

Choerilus,

Looke Cherilus.

Choralistria, Phyllis,

A woman that Propertius loued, which daunced finely.

Chorannei,

Certaine men that liue in woodes in Persia, which are so swift that they take Hartes with running.

Chorineus,

A mans name which was a good Archer.

Choroebus,

Was one of Athens, which did first inuent the making of earthen vessell. Also the name of a yong man mencioned of Virgill.

Chosroes,

A king of the Persians, excellently wel learned.

Chrestus,

The name of a noble Sophyster of Bizance.

Christodórus,

A poet of Aegypt, in the time of Anastasius the Emperour: an other of Thebes.

Chromis,

The sonne of Hercules. Also a boy mencioned of Virgill.

Chromius,

One of Argos, of whome Herodotus wry∣teth.

Chrysa,

A citie of Phrygia, and an ylande of Indie. Also a ryuer in the countrey of Syracuse.

Chrysaor,

The sonne of Neptune, begotten of the heade of Medusa.

Chrysas,

A ryuer, that the Paganes worshipped for a God.

Chryse,

An yle which Plinie and Solinus doe set out in the mouth of the famous ryuer Indus, where (as Martianus wryteth) is such abundaunce of fine golde, that thereof the yle tooke his name. For Chrysos, is in Englishe golde. It is also a citie in Lemnus.

Chryses,

A prophete among the Gentiles. Also a may∣den giuen by the Greekes to Agamemnon at the bat∣tayle of Troy.

Chrysippus,

A noble philosopher, borne in Cilicia, in the towne Solae, as Solinus wryteth, but Laertius wri∣teth, that he was borne in Tarsus: he was of the secte called Stoici.

Chrysoceras,

A promontorie of Thrace by Byzance.

Chrysógonus,

One whome Sylla the Romaine of a bond∣man made frée. Also a gentleman of Rome martyred vnder the Emperour Dioclesian.

Chrysopolis,

A citie of Bithynia.

Chrysorrhoas,

A ryuer that runneth by Damascus in Syria.

Chrysóthemis,

The daughter of Agamemnon and Cly∣temnestra.

Chrysostomus,

The name of a famous bishop of Constan∣tinople, and also of an hystorian, which were so called for their eloquence. For Chrysostomus is in Englishe, a golden mouth.

Chryxus,

The nephewe of Brennus, vnder whome the Galles inuaded Rome.

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Cibarci,

People of Spaine.

Cibéle,

or rather Cybéle, es, and after some Cybelle, The daughter of Minos, king of Creta: shee was cast out into the desert, nourished with beastes, and founde by a woman that kept shéepe, and by hir nourished, after she became marueylous fayre and wyse: she founde first the pype and tabour, and cimbals among the Greekes: moreouer the education of children, all which shee so tenderly loued, that for the death of a child, called Atis, she became madde. She was wyfe to Saturne, and na∣med of Paynims the mother of the Gods, and after hyr death was honoured for a Goddesse. She was also called Rhea, Vesta, Pessinuncia, Berecynthia, Ops, & Ter∣ra. Hir ymage beyng speciallye honoured in a citie of Phrygia called Pessinus, was by the counsell of Sybil∣la, fetched thence by Scipio Nasica, and brought to Rome, and had there in great reuerence.

Cibotus,

A citie of Asia, called also Apamia.

Cibyra,

A citie of Phrygia.

Cibyratae,

People of that citie.

Cicero, ônis,

mas. gen. The surname of Marcus Tullius: whose diuine eloquence, abundant learning, sharpenesse of witte, dexteritie in actes, and most ardent loue to the common weale of hys countrey, cannot bee sufficiently expressed by a mortall mans tongue or penne. He li••e∣ally descended from the auncient kinges of the Vol••ci∣ans: albeit time and occasion wearing out dignities in bloud, his name continued long in the state of worship. His auncestours were called Ciceornes, bicause Tulli∣us Appius, a noble king of the Volscians, had on hys nose, a marke lyke a chiche pease, called Cicer. In hys childehoode, hee so excelled all other children in wytte, that their fathers mooued with thys fame, went pur∣posely to the schoole to behold and heare him. He so pro∣fited in the eloquence of Gréeke and Latin, that not one∣lye his companyons were in a merueylous admiration of him, but also Appolonius (the most excellent ora∣tour at that time) hearing him, and not speaking a great space, sayd at the last: Truely Cicero, I prayse thee, and marueyle at thée: but I lament the fortune of the Greekes, when I consider, that by thée, learning and eloquence, which were left vnto vs onely, are euen nowe translated vnto the Romaynes: which saying was af∣terwarde founde true. For looke what subtiltie was in Logike, what commoditie in morall Philosophye, what secrete knowledge in Philosophie naturall, hée knewe it (as Tacitus writeth) and declared it in La∣tine most eloquently. And hee beyng but a verye yonge man, came to practise in Rome, studyed abundantlye the ciuile lawes, was marueylouslye occupyed in greate weightie causes. And after hée was Senatour, was continually (as it séemed) most busie about the weale publike. Yet he that exactly readeth his workes, shall thynke he neuer did any thing but read great authours, and wryte bookes. For there was no philosopher, no oratour, no poet before his time that escaped him, as doth in his bookes sufficiently appeare. And yet howe manye bookes made he? since wée haue not the thirde part of them, yet such as we haue, if any man nowe did wryte so much, and so well, we shoulde thinke hym to haue spent the more part of his time in writing. And noble Cicero, 〈…〉〈…〉, howe manye thinges dyd hee exploite by his wisedome and diligence, in most weigh∣tie affayres, as well in warre as peace? howe did he by his dexteritie and prudence saue the citie and people of Rome from the most pernicious confederacie and rebel∣lion of Catiline, and other of the nobilitie, which went about to destroy the weale publike, and robbe the citie? howe preserued he the same citie and people, after the death of Caesar, that they were not oppressed by Mar∣cus Antonius? For his incomparable actes, the whole Senate and people gaue to him, first before anye, the name of father of the countrey. What trouble and my∣serie susteyned he, beyng exyled by the procurement of Clodius only for y^e putting of the said rebelles to deth? Such is the rewarde of people vnstable. Likewise for dryuing Antonius out of Rome, and by his sharpe ora∣tions,

Ciceroniânus, a, um,

Of Cicero, or that studyeth to followe Cicero.

Cicheus,

A ryuer.

Cicimeni,

People about Moeotis.

Cicones,

A people of Thrace, dwelling by the ryuer He∣brus.

Ciconius,

The name of him that buylded Brixia.

Cicuta,

The name of a notable vsurer.

Cilicia,

A countrey in Asia, partly inclosed with the highest part of the mountaine Taurus, and hardest to passe by. Strabo deuideth Cilicia into two partes, one called Teacher, that is to say, rough or rockie: the other Cam∣pestris, that is to say, plaine. Iosephus writeth, that it was of olde time caue•• Tarsus, of Tarsis one of the sonnes of Iaphet, the yongest sonne of Noe. Herodotus saith, the people were called Cilices of Cilix, the sonne of Agenor king of Phoenicia, where before it was called Hyppateus. Saint Hierome interpreteth Cilicia, a con∣gregation, a lamentation, an assumption, a lamentable cal••ing or vomite. The people were by nature inclyned to lying and stealing, whereof grewe this prouerbe.

*Cilix non facile verum dicit,

The Cicilian not lyghtly sayth truth. A prouerbe applyed to a couetous man, which alwaye lyeth for his particuler aduauntage, as nowe a dayes most men doe which lyue onely by selling.

Cilicensis, se,

Of Cilicia.

Cilissus, a, um,

Idem.

Cilix, icis,

An inhabitaunt of Cilicia. Also the sonne of Phoenix.

Cilla,

A citie néere to Thebes.

Cillicon, contis,

A traytours name.

Cimas,

An yle by the ryuer Ister.

Cimbri,

People that inhabited Denmarke, and Norwaie, who had a marueylous custome: Their wiues folowed them in warres, women cunning in diuination, whose heares were white, and likewise their gownes, vnder the which they had launde clothes, made fast wyth pinnes and taches, being gyrt with girdelles of brasse, and went bare footed. Alwayes as prisoners were ta∣ken, they with naked swordes beate them to the ground, and drewe them to a brasen cauldron, which conteyned fiftie amphoras, and hauing an haulte place made for the purpose, went vp quickly, and lyfting vp on highe the men that were taken, did cut their throates ouer the Cauldror, and by the dropping of the bloude declared their prophecies. Some other opening mens bellyes, searched their bowels, and prophecied victorie vnto the people.

Cimbria,

The countrey nowe called Denmarke.

Cimbricus, a, um,

Of Cimbria.

Cimmerij,

People inhabiting the furthest part of Europe, not farre from the fennes called Paludes Meotidis, about the sea Bosphorus Cimmerius, northeast from Graecia. Plinie and other affirme, that by the farre distaunce of the sunne from it, that countrey is alway verye darke: whereof happened this prouerbe.

Were also people of Italy, in the countrey be∣tweene Baiae, and Cumae, which was so inuironed wyth hilles, that the sunne came not to it, neyther in the mor∣ning, nor at night. There was supposed to be a descence into hell. And the people dwelled onely in Caues.

Cimmerijs tenebris attior,

Blacker than the darkenesse of Cunmeria: applyed to much darkenesse, dulnesse of witte, or lacke of wisedome.

Cimmerij,

People inhabiting the furthest part of Europe, not farre from the fennes called Paludes Meotidis, about the sea Bosphorus Cimmerius, northeast from Graecia. Plinie and other affirme, that by the farre distaunce of the sunne from it, that countrey is alway verye darke: whereof happened this prouerbe.

Were also people of Italy, in the countrey be∣tweene Baiae, and Cumae, which was so inuironed wyth hilles, that the sunne came not to it, neyther in the mor∣ning, nor at night. There was supposed to be a descence into hell. And the people dwelled onely in Caues.

Cimmeris,

A citie of the countrey of Troy.

Cimolis,

A citie of Paphlagonia. Also of Galatia, called commonly Quinoli.

Cimolius, a, um,

Of the citie Cimolis.

Cimon,

A noble man of Athens, Miltiades sonne.

Cincia,

A place in Rome.

Cincinnâtus,

The name of a Senatour in Rome, which being called from the plough, was made Dictatour.

Cincius,

The name of certaine Senatours of Rome.

Cineas.

A man of Thessaly, whome Pyrrhus entirely lo∣ued.

Cinesias,

A learned man of Thebes.

Cinga,

A Ryuer that runneth out of the Mountaynes Pirenei.

Cingulum,

A citie of Picene in Italy, from whence the Moyles come, which are called Cingulani.

Cinna,

A citie of Spaine. Also the name of a Romaine, which excéeded in crueltie, and was in the ciuile warre ioyned with Marius.

Cinxia,

A surname of Iuno.

Cinyphius, a, um,

Of or by the ryuer called Cinyps.

Cinyps nyphis,

A ryuer of Lybia.

Cinyras,

A king of Phoenicia: an other of Cypres, which vnwares had to doe with his daughter Myrrha, which is called after him, Cinyreia.

Cios,

An hauen or port towne of Phrygia, and a ryuer of the same name.

Cirannus,

A man of Lycia, the companion of Sarpedon.

Circe,

The daughter of Sol, by Persis the daughter of Oceanus: She knewe the marueylous operations of sundrie herbes, and howe to cure all poysons. At the last shée slue hir husband, king of Scythes, with poyson, and vexed the people with much tyrannie: wherefore shée was expelled the countrey, and fledde into a desert yle in the Occean sea. Homere nameth hir the sister of Aeta, and sheweth howe diuers of Vlisses companions, arryuing in the yle where Circe dwelled, were by hyr transformed into swine. And after by the intercession of Vlysses, shée restored them to their pristinate fourme, more beautifull and yong in sight, than they were be∣fore.

Circes domus,

A towne of Campaine, called also Circeum.

Circeienses,

The inhabitaunts of Circeum.

Circeium iugum,

A mountaine of Campaine.

Circéus, a, um,

Of Circe.

Circius, cij,

An ylande in Mysia.

Circumpadanus, a, um,

That dwelleth about the riuer Poo in Italy.

Circus, i,

mas. gen. A place in Rome walled about, wherin was fighting with the fistes, & running with horses. A∣bout it were sundrie galleryes, where the senatours and gentlemen behelde the pastime. The playes vsed there, were called Circenses Iudi, as it were among swordes, for as much as before there were any such places made as Circus was, the homely antiquitie vsed those games in the open fielde, enuyroned with ryuers and swordes, the poyntes vpwarde, that on euery part a coward was in daunger.

Diris, ris,

f. gen. The name of Scylla, the daughter of king Nisus.

Cirrha,

A citie of Phocis.

Cirrhaeus,

The surname of Apollo, so named after that citie.

Cirta,

A citie of Numidia.

Cirtiscus,

A famous ryuer of Scythia.

Cisalpina Gallia,

called also Gallia Togata, & Citerior Gal∣lia, Was sometime y^e country, which is from the moun∣taines Alpes, vnto the ryuer Rubicon: nowe called

Cisamus,

A citie of Candie, called nowe Ephitisa.

Cisapennina,

A part of Italy.

Cisianthi,

A people of Scythia.

Cispius,

A mountaine in Rome.

Cissa,

A ryuer of Pontus, called Quisa.

Cisseus,

A king of Thrace, father of Hecuba Quéene of Troy, of whome shée is called Cisseis.

Cistena,

A citie of Aeolis.

Citanos,

One of the yles called Cyclades.

Citarij,

People of Sicilie.

Citarista, or Citaristes

, Looke Citharista.

Citerior Gallia,

Looke Cisalpina Gallia.

Cithaeron, onis,

A king of Plataeae in Gréece, who aduised Iupiter (when Iuno in an anger was gone from him into Boeotia) to make an ymage of woodde, and clad rychly in the apparayle of a bryde, to be set in a chariot, and to publishe among the people, that Iupiter was de∣termined to mary Platea, the daughter of Asopus. As thys ymage was solemnelye caryed. Iuno inflamed with ielousie, mette the chariote, and entering thereinto, did rent the clothes and apparayle about the ymage, and finding an ymage of tree, and no bryde, delyted at the inuention wherewith shée was beguyled. And tour∣ning hir anger into laughing, was forthwith reconciled vnto Iupiter.

Citheron,

Is also an hill in Thessaly, dedicated to Bac∣chus.

Citharista, tae,

An angle of Narbon in Fraunce by Marsi∣les, lying out into the sea.

Citium,

A towne of Cypres.

Citorus,

A mountaine of Paphlagonia, where groweth plenty of boxe trées.

Cittium,

A towne of Cypres.

Cius,

A ryuer in Thrace. Also a citie of the same name.

Cizicus,

A citie in Asia the lesse.

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Claeon,

A ryuer in Phrygia.

Clampetiae,

A place in Italy.

Clanius,

A ryuer of Campayne, néere to a citie called A∣cerrae.

Clariae,

People of Thrace.

Clarium,

A towne in Greece, where Apollo was honou∣red, and thereof called Clarius. There was an hole in the grounde, out of which ranne a little brooke, whereof he that dranke, gaue marueylous aunsweres, but hée liued not long after.

Claros,

A citie in Gréece, where was an Oracle of Apollo.

Clarus, ri,

m. gen. A ryuer which runneth from the moun∣taine Alpes into the ryuer Danubius.

Claterna,

A citie in Italy.

Claudia,

A gentlewoman of Rome, which for hir curious appareyle, was infamed to be vnchaste. But when the ymage of Cyb••l••, called mother of the Goddes, was brought out of Phrygia to Rome, in a Barge by the ryuer of Tyber, it happened to sticke so fast in a shal∣lowe place, that it might not bée remooued wyth anye force. This mayden, knéeling downe, desired the God∣desse, that as she being a cleane virgin, and falslye slaun∣dered, the sayde ymage woulde vouchsafe to followe hyr to the citie. And then she onely tying hir girdell to the Barge, easily drewe it to the lande, which all the youth of the citie were not able to doe.

Is also a towne of Noricum, called also Claudi∣uium.

Claudia,

A gentlewoman of Rome, which for hir curious appareyle, was infamed to be vnchaste. But when the ymage of Cyb••l••, called mother of the Goddes, was brought out of Phrygia to Rome, in a Barge by the ryuer of Tyber, it happened to sticke so fast in a shal∣lowe place, that it might not bée remooued wyth anye force. This mayden, knéeling downe, desired the God∣desse, that as she being a cleane virgin, and falslye slaun∣dered, the sayde ymage woulde vouchsafe to followe hyr to the citie. And then she onely tying hir girdell to the Barge, easily drewe it to the lande, which all the youth of the citie were not able to doe.

Is also a towne of Noricum, called also Claudi∣uium.

Claudianus,

A famous poet.

Claudiòpolis,

A citie of Cappadocia.

Claudiuium,

A citie in Norice, called commonly Closter∣newburge.

Claudius,

The proper name of dyuers Romaynes, and al∣so the surname of a noble familye in Rome, which were euer repugnant to the actes of the common people.

Clauena,

The duchie of Cleues.

Clazomenae,

A citie of Ionie, which Paralus buylded, called before Geyma.

Clazomenia,

An ylande, which is called Marathusa.

Cleanthes,

The name of a noble philosopher: which was so poore, that in the night tyme he gat his liuing by ca∣rying of water, and in the day, studyed philosophie. Hee succeeded Zeno in his schoole.

Clearchus,

The name of a Philosopher. There was a no∣ble capitaine of the same name, of whome Zenophon wryteth in the expedition of Cyrus the lesse: he wrote those thinges, which hee learned of Zeno, in oxe bones, and ty••e sheardes, for lacke of money to buy paper.

Cleobis, and Biton

, The sonnes of Argia, which drewe their mother to the temple in a wayne.

Cleobulus.

One of the seauen sages of Gréece, whose daughter called Cleobulina, was an excellent poetrice, and made a booke of riddelles, conteyned in three thou∣sande verses.

Cleódamas,

The name of a Geometrician in the tyme of Plato, and of an other of Thessaly, which wrote of hors∣kéeping.

Cleombrotus,

The sonne of Pausanias, capitaine of the Lacedemonians. Also a yong man which after he had read Plato his workes, conceyued such an hope of im∣mortalitie of the soule, that he leapt into the sea, not∣withstanding he had no misfortune in all his life.

Cleomédes,

A wrastler of exceeding strength and great∣nesse of bodie, who, beeing put beside the pryse at the games of Olympus, fell mad. Afterwarde, comming into a schoole where children were, he plucked downe a pyller that stayed vp the house, and killed the children. And when men sought for him to be punished, he fledde into a sepulchre, & on the inside helde a thing so strong∣ly against the mouth of it, that a great number were not able by force to breake it open: wherefore they dygged the place about, and when they came on the inside, Cleo∣medes was vanyshed awaye, and neuer after coulde be seene, eyther alyue or d••ade.

Cleomenes,

A capitaine of the Lacedemonians, and a riot∣tous person in the time of Cicero and Verres.

Cleon,

A capitaine of the Atheniens, enimie to Nicias. Also a poet and oratour of the same name.

Cleonae, arum, Plu. & Cleone, es,

foe. gen. sing. A towne in Grée••e, betweene Argos and Corinth, where Hercules slue a Lyon.

Cleonaeus, a, um,

Of Cleonae.

Cleopâtra,

The name of diuers great Ladyes, speciallye Quéenes of Aegypt. Of whome one excelling in plea∣santnesse and sharpenesse of witte, first allured vnto hir Iulius Caesar, afterwarde Marcus Antonius, com∣panion in the Empyre wyth Augustus, whome shée brought into such dotage, that in following hir appetite, he aspyred vnto the whole Empyre: wherefore he was afterwarde destroyed by Augustus. This woman so excéeded in sumptuous gluttonie, that shee putting an excellent pearle into tarre vineger (wherin being resol∣ued) receyued it into hir bodie, beeyng estéemed at Cén∣ties, HS. which is of our money .50000. lj. This Lady after the death of Antonie, inclosed hir selfe in a tombe, and hauing twoo serpentes sucking at hir pappes so dyed.

Cleopatrus,

A capitaine of Corynth.

Cleophantus,

A famous phisition. Also a cunning pain∣ter of Corynthe.

Cleophon,

A tragicall poet of Athens.

Cleostratus,

An auncient philosopher, which was the first that wrote of the celestiall figures.

Clépsydra, ae,

The name of a fountaine in Athens.

Clima, atis,

neu. gen. Is a portion of the worlde betwéene South and North, wherein is varyation of tyme in length of the day the space of halfe an houre, which is set out in tables and chartes of Cosmogrophie.

Clinias,

A certaine philosopher of Pithagoras sect. Also a Musitian.

Clio,

The name of one of the Muses.

Clipea,

A towne in the lesse Affrike, called also Clupea, and Clypea, commonly Quipia.

Clitarchus,

An historiographer, that was with great A¦lexander,

Clitellae, arum,

foe. gen. plu. The name of a place in Rome.

Cliternia, or Cliternum.

A towne in Italy, by the moun∣taine Garganus, called commonly Celano.

Clitomachus,

A philosopher borne at Carthage, and dys∣ciple of Carneades. Also a notable wrastler, which was so chaste, that if he hearde in company any filthie worde spoken, he woulde forthwith ryse from the table and depart.

Clitoris, vel Clitorium,

A citie of Arcadie, by the which is a denne, from whence springeth out a water, of the which who so drinketh, doth euer after hate wine.

Clitumnus, ni,

A ryuer in Italy, of which if beasts drinke, the yong that they bring foorth are white.

Cloanthus,

A Troyan, the company of Aeneas.

Clodia,

A noble woman of Rome.

Clodij ••orum,

A towne in Italy.

Clodius,

The name of diuers Romaines, whereof two by theyr yll actes gat specyall remembraunce. One was sonne to Esopus, the player in Tragedyes, vnto whom his father left marueylous great ryches, which he short∣ly consumed in banketting, wherein he was so sumptu∣ous, that vnto them which supped with him, he woulde giue pearles of great value, relented in vineger to eate. An other Clodius, of a noble house of the Romaynes so hated Tullie, for bearing witnesse against him, when hée was accused for committing adulterye with Pom∣peia the wife of Iulius Caesar, that afterwarde, beyng Tribune of the people, hée neuer ceassed to styrre the people against Tullie, vntyll hée compelled hym to goe into exile.

Cloelia,

A mayden in Rome, which being in hostage wyth other to the king Porsena, deceyued hyr kéepers, and swamme ouer the riuer Tyber to the citie.

Clonius,

A captayne of the Boeotians, which came to ayde the Troyans.

Cloris, or Chloris,

A mayden or nymph, which was maryed to Zephyrus, vnto whome was assygned for hir dowrye, to haue the rule ouer flowers.

Clota,

A créeke in the Britaine sea.

Clotho,

One of the fatall Ladyes, hauyng power ouer mans lyfe, in dissoluing thereof. An other the daughter of Nereus, and Goddesse of the sea.

Cluentius,

A Romaine, whome Cicero defended in an clo∣quent oration.

Clunia,

A towne in Spayne.

Cluniensis,

A countie in Spayne.

Clúpea, ae,

f. g. or Clypea, A citie of Affrike, néere to Car∣thage.

Clusíni,

People of Hetruria.

Clusînus,

The surname of Ianus, bicause that in the time of peace, the gates of his temple were shutte.

Clusiolum,

Was an olde towne of Vmbria.

Clusium,

A citie in the middle of Tuscia, in the whych Porsena was buried.

Clymene,

The mother of Prometheus, daughter of Oce∣anus and Tethys.

Clymen••ides,

The sisters of Phaeton, named after theyr mother Clymene.

Clypea,

vide Clipea.

Clytemnestra,

The wife of Agamemnon, the daughter of Tyndarus and Leda.

Clytia, vel Clitie,

A mayden which Apollo loued.

Clytius,

A yong man loued of Sydon. Also the sonne of Laomedon, and brother to Priamus.

C N

Cn. vel Cneus,

The surname of diuers Romaynes.

Cnemides,

A place in Thrace.

Cnidos, or Gnidos,

A citie of Caria, where Venus was worshipped. Also a promontorie in the same place.

C O

Coa,

A towne in Arabía foelix.

Coaspis,

A riuer of y^e Medes, which runneth into Tygris.

Coastrae,

People of India, where bée trées so high that a man can not shoote to the toppe.

Cocalus,

A king of Sicilie, to whome Dedalus sled out of Creta, when Minos pursued him.

Cocanicus,

A ryuer in Sicilie, whereof a certayne kinde of salt is called Cocanicus.

Cocles,

A Romayne, which at the siege of Rome, kept backe Porsena and all his armie, till the brydge was broken behinde him. Liu. Decad. 1. li. 2.

Cocnithum,

A great promontorie in Italy.

Coctiae,

A part of the mountaines Alpes.

Cocytia,

Sacrifices that were done in honour of Proser∣pina Queene of hell.

Cocytus,

A ryuer of hell.

Codanonia,

An yle of Germanie.

Codanus,

A goulfe in Germanie, aboue the ryuer Albis, hauing many ylandes in it.

Codera,

A fielde by Tyber.

Codrus dri,

The proper name of a king of Athens, who to saue his countrey, willingly lost his lyfe. Also a verye poore man, whose name is growne to a prouerbe.

*Codro pauperior,

Poorer than Codrus.

Coea,

Of Politian is vsed for Coa, Of the yle of Cos.

Coele,

A name of Syria.

Coelos,

An hauen in Thracia.

Coemba,

A citie of Gedrosia, called nowe Cambaia.

Coenoeum,

The citie of Lubembergh in Germanie.

Coenôsus,

The name of an hauen.

Coeos,

vide Caea.

Coeus,

The name of a gigant, sonne of Titan and Terra.

Colaicum,

A promontorie of the ylande Taprobana.

Colapiani,

People of Pannonie.

Colassis,

The scholer of Lysippus, which made the y∣mage called Collossus at Rhodes .70. cubites high.

Colaxes,

The sonne of Iupiter and Ora, which was slaine by Iason.

Colchi,

People of Asia, wherof the countrey is of Stra∣bo, called Colchis, by the sea side called Pontus, where the toppe of an hill Caucasus turneth to the Moun∣taines Riphei, the one side bending to the sea Euxinum. and the fenne called Maeotis, the other side towarde the sea Caspyum. In this Cuntrey is the famous ryuer Phasis. And it was the countrey of Medea wife to Ia∣son.

Colchis,

Is sometyme a woman borne in that countrey.

Colchiacus, & Colchicus, a, um

Of Colchis.

Colchus, a, um,

idem quod Colchiacus.

Colidos,

An ylande in the Occean of Indie, consecrate to Venus, which was so high, that no birde flew vp to it.

Collatia,

A towne by Rome, whereof one of the gates of the citie was called Colatîna.

Collatina dea,

Was supposed to bée the Goddesse ouer small hilles.

Collat••na porta,

The name of a gate in Rome.

Collatinus,

The name of a noble Romaine, which was husbande to the chaste Lucres.

Collina porta,

A gate at Rome.

Collonaeus,

A place where Sophocles the poet was born.

Colônus, ni.

m. ge. An high place in Athens, where Nep∣tune was worshipped.

Cólophon, ônis,

A citie of Ionia in Gréece, where was the temple of Apollo called Clarius, and Homere the fa∣mous poet was borne.

Colophonij,

People of Colophon.

Colórbasus,

The name of an heretike, which taught that all mans lyfe was gouerned by the seauen Planets.

Colosse,

A citie of Phrygia, whych in the time of Nero was ouerthrowne with an earthquake.

Colotes,

The name of a painter.

Colpe,

A citie in Ionia.

Colube,

A citie of India.

Colubraria,

An yle in the middle sea.

Columella,

The name of one that wrote of husbandrie most eloquently, in the daies of the emperour Claudius.

Columna, ae,

A citie in Brutium.

Columnae Herculis,

Two mountaines, one at the vtter∣most part of Spaine, the other in the vttermost west

Colúri,

Are two great circles in the Sphere, which doe declare the tyme called Aequinoctia, & Solstitia, that is to say, when the day and night be equall in length: also when the day is longest and the night at most length.

Comagene,

A part of Syria.

Comana,

A citie in the greater Cappadocia, an other in Pontus. The people are called Comani.

Comari,

A people of Asia, beyonde the Scythes.

Comata,

A shepeheardes name in Theocrite.

Combe,

A mayden that inuented the armour of Aeneas.

Comenses,

People of Comum in Fraunce.

Cométes,

The father of Asterion, one of the Argonautes.

Commorientes,

The name of a comodie in Plautus.

Comum, mi,

neu. gen. A citie in Fraunce on this side the mountaines, the inhabytauntes whereof are called Comenses.

Comus,

The God of banketting or rere suppers.

Concana,

A citie in Spaine, the people whereof be called Concani.

Concilium Antiochenum,

The generall councel holden at Antioche in Syria, in the yeare of our Lorde 346.

Concilium Ariminense,

A general councell holden at Ari∣minum in Italy, the yeare of our Lorde .361. In the which, the articles of the counsell of Nice were con∣firmed.

Concilium Arelatense,

A generall councell holden at Or∣leance, the yeare of our Lorde .814.

Concilium Basiliense,

A generall councel holden at Basile, the yeare of our Lorde .1345.

Consilíum Calcedonense,

A generall councell holden at Calcedon in Bithynia, the yeare of our Lord .453. In the which counsell the heresies of Nestorius, and Euti∣ches, were condemned, and all the kookes of the Mane∣chées heresies were burned.

Concilium Carthaginense,

A generall councell holden at Carthage in Affrike, the yeare of our Lorde .419.

Concilium Constantiae,

A generall councel holden at Con∣stance in Heluecia, the yeare of our Lorde, 1414. and endured thrée yeares and more.

Concilium Constantinopolitanum,

A councell holden at Constantinople, the yeare of our Lorde, 869.

Concilium Ferrariense,

A generall councell holden at the citie in Ferraria in Italy, where the Churches of the Latines and Gréekes, became one Church, in the yeare of our Lorde .1438.

Concilium Lateranense,

A generall counsell holden at Rome, in the palaice of the Bishop of Rome, called La∣teranum, the yeare of our Lorde .1215.

Concilium Lugdunense,

A generall councell holden at Li∣ons in Fraunce, in the yeare of our Lorde, 1273. where the Gréekes accorded with the Latines, in procéeding of the holy Ghost, from the father and the sonne in dy∣uinitie.

Concilium Nicenum,

The first generall councell, which was holden at Nicea, a citie in Bythima, the yeare of our Lorde .327.

Concordia,

A citie in Italy, an other in Spaine. Also a Goddesse of the Romaines.

Condalus,

A Lieuetenant of king Mausolus of Caria, was a marueylous deuisour to wrest money from men by craftie meanes. For he perceyuing that the people of Lysia (where he was Liuetenant) did much delight in kéeping their heare and trimme bushes, on a time fey∣ned that he had receyued letters from king Mausolus, that all the people of Lysia shoulde cutte off their heare and sende to him. Wherewith perceyuing that, they were astonied, he sayde, if they woulde charge themsel∣ues with a peece of money, that he would finde meanes, that mens heare shoulde be brought in Gréece, and sent to the king to satisfie his minde, and they should keepe & weare styll theyr trymme bushes. By thys meanes he wreasted from them a marueylous summe of money, which they were content to paye, rather then to poll their heades.

Condatae,

The citie of Rhenes in Britaine.

Condigramma,

A towne of Carmania.

Condiuincum,

Nauntes in Fraunce.

Congedus,

A ryuer in Spayne, néere to the towne called Bilbilis.

Connas,

A drunken minstrell, that after was a great doer in the playes of Olympus in Greece: hee was oft vic∣tour, and yet very poore.

Connus,

Socrates mayster in Musicke.

Conon, onis,

A famous capitaine of Athens.

Cononienses,

People of Narbone in Fraunce.

Consaburenses,

People of Spayne.

Consentia,

A citie of the Brutians.

Consentini,

People of that citie.

Consilinum,

A towne of Italy néere to Tarentum.

Consoranni,

People of Aquitaine in Fraunce.

Constantinopolis,

A citie in Thrace, sometime called By∣zantium, and afore that, Lygos. It ioyneth to the Sea Pontus Euxinus, on the narrowest part betweene Euro∣pa and Asia. It was sometime the chiefe pallaice of the most christen Emperour Constantine, and is nowe the pompeous denne of the great Turke, enemie to Chrystes faith. It was taken of the Turkes the yeare of our Lorde .1452. Mahumetes being great Turke, and Constantine Emperour of Gréece.

Constantinus,

The name of dyuers Emperours: The most excellent was sonne of Constantius, (a noble and valiaunt prince, felowe in the Empyre with Maximi∣nus) and of Helene, a woman borne in Englande, then called Britaine. After he had attained the Monarchie, he daily most studiously laboured to augment the fayth of Christ: notwithstanding in his time were dyuers heresies, and horrible contentions among the Byshops, which he did either dissolue, or at the least waye, reue∣rently moderate with a woonderfull temperaunce. Hée reygned .xxx. yeares, and was buryed in Constantino∣ple. He dyed in the yeare of our Lorde .330.

Consualia, orum,

n. g. Places dedicated to Consus, the God of counsayle.

Consuanetes,

People of the Alpes.

Consus, î,

m. gen. The God of counsayle.

Coon,

The eldest sonne of Antenor.

Coos, vel Cos, vel, Co, vel Coum,

The name of an yle nigh to the Rhodes.

Copae, arum,

A citie of the Boeotians.

Cophantus,

An hill of Bactria, in India, which euer bur∣neth.

Cophes,

A ryuer in India.

Cora,

A citie that Dardanus buylded, of the which the in∣habitaunts are called Corani.

Coracesius,

A part of the hill Taurus.

Corasini,

People of Asia.

Corax,

A learned man of Sicilie, who wrote first of Rhe∣torike. He couenaunted with Lysias to teach him hys science▪ vnder this condition, to haue halfe his money before hande, and the residue, when he first by pleadyng ouercame and obteyned any cause in iudgement. Lysias in processe of time profyted much in eloquence, and yet woulde not take vpon hym any cause to pleade. Which thing when he was thought to do of purpose to defeate hys mayster of the residue of his money, Corax sued him in the lawe, and concluded the summe of his accu∣sation in this subtile argument: Learne thou, foolishe yong man that thou art, that which waye soeuer the matter nowe falleth out in iudgement, thou must paye me my money: For if thou ouercome and cast me, then is my money due, by the bargaine that was betwéene

Coraxi,

People of Colchis.

Coraxicus,

A part of the hill Taurus.

Corcyra, rae.

f. gen. An yle in Greece.

Corcyreus, a, um,

One of that yle.

Cordilio,

A stoyke philosopher, so seuere, that he contem∣ned the acquaintaince and friendshippe of kinges and great princes.

Cordistae,

A certaine nation, that abhorreth golde, neyther will they bring it into their region, nor suffer other to be spoyled of it.

Corduba,

A citie in Spaine, where Lucan the poet, and both the Senecaes were borne.

Cordus,

One of the maysters of Alexander Seuerus: Al∣so an historiographer.

Coresa,

An ylande in Gréece.

Coricae,

Two ylandes by Peloponnesus.

Corinium,

A towne of Dalmatia, called nowe Corninium. Also a towne in Englande, otherwyse called Claudiana castra, & Claudiocestria, Glocester.

Corinnus,

A poet, which wrote of Troy before Homere.

Corinthius, and Corinthiacus, a, um,

That which is of the Citie of Corinth.

Corinthus,

A famous, riche and great citie in Achaia, sci∣tuate in the narrow stre••••t entering into Peloponnesus nowe called Morea. By reason of the commodious sci∣tuation for resort of marchaundize out of all countreyes, it was the greatest marte towne in all the worlde, and thereby rose to so great wealth and power, that the Ro∣maynes began to suspect and feare them. Wherefore on a tyme, when with prowde wordes they abused the Ro∣maine Ambassadours, or (as Strabo writeth) cast v∣ryne on their heades as they passed through the city, the Romaines taking therewyth great dyspleasure, sent their capitaine Mummius against them, who besieged the city, & within short space so destroyed it, that scant∣ly and token of so noble a citie wythin fewe yeares re∣mayned. In the burning of it, so many riche and costly ymages, of sundrie sortes of Mettall were melted, that thereof after was founde a kinde of precious brasse cal∣led Aes Corinthium, which long time after was had in great estimation.

Coriolanus,

A noble man of Rome.

Corioli,

A towne of Latium.

Coritus,

An hill of Thessaly: and a king, on whose wyfe Iupiter begat Dardanus.

Corna, nae,

The name of two cities.

Cornelia,

The proper name of dyuers noble women: Of which, one was sister to Scipio, mother of Tyberius Gracchus, and Caius Grac••hus, who beyng men of excellent eloquence in the latine tong, were taught one∣ly of theyr sayde mother. Thys woman was of a mar∣ueylous temperaunce. For on a tyme beyng in compa∣nie with other Ladyes of Rome, (beholding hir meane apparayle) was demaunded, if shée had no better ray∣ment: Shée, pointing to hyr twoo sonnes, which then went before hyr, aunswered: Loe here is my freshe ap∣parayle, wherein I delyte.

Cornelius,

The proper name of diuers noble Romaines, of whome mention shall be made in their surnames.

Cornículum,

Was sometyme a towne in Italy.

Cornificius,

A learned man in the time of Salust.

Cornucopiae,

A horne that Hercules plucked from Ache∣lous which horne the nymphes or immortall▪ Ladyes filled with sweete flowers and fruites. There is ano∣ther opinion thereof, which is this: It was the horne of a Goat, with whose mylke Iupiter was nourished in Creta of two maidens, Adralica, & Ida, otherwise cal∣led Amalthea, & Melissa, daughters of Melissus king of Creta: which horne Iupiter gaue to his nurses for a rewarde, hauing therewith thys commoditie, that whatsouer thing they wished for, it shoulde abundantly come out of that horne: whereof came a prouerbe, when men would declare plenty of any thing, they signifie it in these two wordes Copiae cornu.

Cornûtus,

The name of a learned man in the time of Ne∣ro, of whom, togither with Musonius the philosopher, he was slaine.

Coroebus,

Looke Choroebus.

Corona,

The signe of Ariadne in the firmament, which hath .ix. starres in forme of a crowne.

Corone,

A towne in Gréece in the partes nowe named Morea.

Coronea,

A citie in Boeotia, where no moles bréede, if any be brought thither, he dyeth.

Corònis,

The daughter of Leusippus, of whome Apollo begat Aesculapius.

Corsica,

An yle in the middle sea, betwéene Gean and the yle of Sardinia called Cors: It is now vnder the citie of Gean.

Corsicum mare,

The sea about the yle of Cors.

Cortina,

A citie of Creta.

Cortona,

A citie in Tuscane.

Cortyna, or Gortyna,

A citie in the yle of Candie.

Coruncanus,

A Romayne, which first of any of the common people was made their high bishop.

Coruinus,

The name of a noble oratour. Reade more of him in Messala.

Coruis,

A place in Thessaly, into the which transgessours were hurled downe headlong.

Corybantes,

The priestes of the ydole Cybéle, which as madde men, wagging their heads and daunsing, playing on Cymballes, ranne about the stréetes, prouoking o∣ther to doe the lyke. They first inhabited the mounte Ida in Phrygia, and afterwarde passing into Crete, tooke for their abyding an hill, which of their olde habi∣tation they called also Ida: where (as poets feigne) they priuily nourished Iupiter, when his father Sa∣turne commaunded hym to be slaine, and continually played on tymbrelles and drumslades, that the noyse of the chylde crying might not be heard.

Coribântius, a, um,

Pertayning to the sacrifices of those priestes.

Corybas, antis,

The sonne of Iason and Cybele.

Corycia,

A promontorie of Crete, and an hauen in Ae∣thiope.

Corycides,

The surname of the Muses, of an hil or denne in Parnassus by Delphi, called Corycius.

Córicon,

A promontorie or elbowe of Pamphilia, vnder the which, the citie Atalia is scituate.

Corycos, or Corycus,

The name of a mountaine and citye in Sicilie, by the which is a caue called Corycius.

Corycus,

A mountaine and hauen of Pamphilia, of the which certaine rouers on the sea, were named Corycaei, whose falsehoode in beguilyng the marchauntes resor∣ting thither, is growne to a prouerbe: and of them, all craftie and wily spyes, and searchers out of matters are called Corycaei.

*Corycaeus, auscultauit,

A prouerbe, spoken when a thing greatly dissembled and kept secrete, is by some spie dis∣closed.

Corydon,

A shéepeheardes name in Theocrite and Vir∣gile.

Corydus,

The name of a Parasite.

Corythus,

A towne in Tuscane, néere to Aretium.

Cos,

Looke Coos.

Cosmus, mi,

A proper name.

Cossa,

A towne of Vmbria.

Cossus,

The name of a certaine Romayne.

Cosyra, or Cosura,

An yle of the middle sea by Affrike.

Cotiae,

The Alpes.

Cotiso,

A king of the Danes.

Coton,

An hauen made with stone. Also a towne in Siria, of the which a certaine kinde of small fygges are called plurally, Cotona, Coctona, or Cottona.

Cotta,

An oratour of Rome, greatly commended of Ci∣cero.

Cotylum,

A place in the Mountaine of Ida, out of the which runne thrée great ryuers, Scamander, Granicus, and Aesopus.

Cotys,

A king of Thrace, which in the ciuile warre fa∣uoured the part of Pompey.

Couinum,

A towne in Dorser shire, called Dorchester.

Counos,

The yle of Shepey in Kent.

Cous, a, um,

Of the yle of Cos.

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Cragus,

A mountaine of Lycia dedicate to Apollo.

Cranaus,

A king of Athens, who succeeded Cecrops.

Craneum,

A place of exercise at Corinth.

Craneus,

The first king of Macedon: betwéene him and Alexander Magnus reigned .xxxvij. kinges, about the space of .500. yeares.

Crantor, oris,

The name of a philosopher.

Crassus,

The surname of diuers noble Romaines. One, named Lucius Crassus (next to Tullie) was the most excellent oratour among the Romaines: of whome, and Quintus Scaeuola, Tully writeth in this wise: Think not (I say) Brutus, that in this citie were euer twoo more excellent persons. For where it is well knowne, that of all counsaylours, the one (Scaeuola) was most eloquent: the other, (Crassus) was in counsayling most excellent. Likewise in all other thinges they were vn∣like one to another: but so as yée coulde not tell, vnto which of them yée woulde wishe to be lyke. For Cras∣sus of all delicate and ioly, was the most sober: Scae∣uola of all that were sober, was the most freshe and plea∣sant. Crassus with gentlenesse had sufficient seuerity, in the great seuerity of Scaeuola lacked no gentlenesse.

ca••led Marcus, was the richest priuate person of the Romaines: he had in his treasure .7100. talents, which amounteth of our money to, 1100350. li. or more truely after the computacion and valuation of Tonstal, to .852000. li. sterling, besides that he had giuen the x. part of his mooueables to Hercules in offering, and had made a feast to all the people of Rome, appointing to euery man the rate of thrée Minas. He woulde saye, he ought not to be called a riche man, except he coulde with his yearely rent maintaine a legion, which commonly conteyned .6000. footemen, and 500. men of armes. By which wordes it may be well supposed, that where Plinie estéemeth the rychesse of Crassus to be .20000. Sestertia, which in the rate of our money is .131065. li. the same summe was the yearely reuenues of Marcus Crassus, euerye Sestertium, beeyng vj.li.xj.s.ix.d. ob. which reuenues were not onelye of hys possessions, graine, fruite, and cattaile, but also of the labours of bondmen, which he did let to hyre, they being instructed in all maner sciences and artes: of whome were .500. Carpenters, of all the other a much greater number. All that they gayned came to his coffers. Moreouer hée practised vsurie, lending lightly to all men that would borowe, but if they breake promise with him, he was in exacting therof extréeme and rigorous. He gotte infinite substance by men attainted in y^e time of Sylla. He was excéeding couetous & vnstable, but vsing much liberali∣ty and affability towarde the people: he was alwaye in great estimatiō among them: he was eloquent, & woulde pleade in euery common cause. Finallye, being stirred with couetousnesse and enuie, at the great honours that Caesar and Pompey had obteyned, hée procured warre against the Parthians, by whom both he and his sonne with 30000. Romaynes were slayne, many also were taken, which as Plutarch writeth, happened by hys negligence, beeing more industrious about the gathe∣ring of money, than in gouerning his armie. He died be∣fore the incarnation of Christ .51. yeares.

Crassus,

The surname of diuers noble Romaines. One, named Lucius Crassus (next to Tullie) was the most excellent oratour among the Romaines: of whome, and Quintus Scaeuola, Tully writeth in this wise: Think not (I say) Brutus, that in this citie were euer twoo more excellent persons. For where it is well knowne, that of all counsaylours, the one (Scaeuola) was most eloquent: the other, (Crassus) was in counsayling most excellent. Likewise in all other thinges they were vn∣like one to another: but so as yée coulde not tell, vnto which of them yée woulde wishe to be lyke. For Cras∣sus of all delicate and ioly, was the most sober: Scae∣uola of all that were sober, was the most freshe and plea∣sant. Crassus with gentlenesse had sufficient seuerity, in the great seuerity of Scaeuola lacked no gentlenesse.

ca••led Marcus, was the richest priuate person of the Romaines: he had in his treasure .7100. talents, which amounteth of our money to, 1100350. li. or more truely after the computacion and valuation of Tonstal, to .852000. li. sterling, besides that he had giuen the x. part of his mooueables to Hercules in offering, and had made a feast to all the people of Rome, appointing to euery man the rate of thrée Minas. He woulde saye, he ought not to be called a riche man, except he coulde with his yearely rent maintaine a legion, which commonly conteyned .6000. footemen, and 500. men of armes. By which wordes it may be well supposed, that where Plinie estéemeth the rychesse of Crassus to be .20000. Sestertia, which in the rate of our money is .131065. li. the same summe was the yearely reuenues of Marcus Crassus, euerye Sestertium, beeyng vj.li.xj.s.ix.d. ob. which reuenues were not onelye of hys possessions, graine, fruite, and cattaile, but also of the labours of bondmen, which he did let to hyre, they being instructed in all maner sciences and artes: of whome were .500. Carpenters, of all the other a much greater number. All that they gayned came to his coffers. Moreouer hée practised vsurie, lending lightly to all men that would borowe, but if they breake promise with him, he was in exacting therof extréeme and rigorous. He gotte infinite substance by men attainted in y^e time of Sylla. He was excéeding couetous & vnstable, but vsing much liberali∣ty and affability towarde the people: he was alwaye in great estimatiō among them: he was eloquent, & woulde pleade in euery common cause. Finallye, being stirred with couetousnesse and enuie, at the great honours that Caesar and Pompey had obteyned, hée procured warre against the Parthians, by whom both he and his sonne with 30000. Romaynes were slayne, many also were taken, which as Plutarch writeth, happened by hys negligence, beeing more industrious about the gathe∣ring of money, than in gouerning his armie. He died be∣fore the incarnation of Christ .51. yeares.

Cratéra, rae, or Crater, téris,

A great hole on the top of the marueylous hill Aetna in Sicilie, out of the which, issue flames of fire.

Craterus,

One of great Alexanders companions.

Crates,

A philosopher, which, to the intent he might more quietly studie philosophie, threwe all his goodes into the sea, saying: Hence with a mischiefe, yée vngracious appetytes, I had leeuer drowne you, than you shoulde drowne me: supposing he mought not haue vertue and ryches togyther. Suidas and Laertius wryte that he made money of all the substaunce that he had, and put it in the handes of a banker, willing him, if his children prooued to bee philosophers, to giue the money to hys poore countreymen: saying, that philosophers hauing wit and learning did neede no rychesse: but if they pro∣ued vnlearned, then to deliuer them the stocke of money that he left behinde him, for their reliefe.

Crathis,

The name of two ryuers, the one in Gréece, the o∣ther in Calaber.

Cratilus,

The name of a philosopher, to whome Plato wrate a booke.

Cratinas,

A ryuer in Affrike.

Cratinus,

A poet which wrote comedies.

Cratippus,

The name of a philosopher.

Cremera,

A ryuer of Tuscia.

Cremôna,

A towne of Italy.

Creon,

The sonne of Menoetius, and father to Iocasta, who, after that Oedipus had vnwittingly killed hys father, did take vppon him the kingdome of Thebes. But forsomuch as the monster Spinx did with great crueltie spoyle all the countrey about, nor any other re∣medie could be found of that great miserie, but that one must dissolue the doubtfull ryddle that Spinx propo∣sed. This Creon caused proclamation to be made ouer all Greece, that whosoeuer could doe it, shoulde haue the olde Queene Iocasta to hys wyfe, and that hée woulde willingly also yeelde vp the kingdome of Thebes vnto him. This large offer caused many to attempt the thing, but when they could not rightly doe it, they were cruelly slaine by the monster. At the last Oedipus the vn∣knowne sonne of Iocasta, mooued with the fame hereof commeth from Corinthe thyther, and by his wisedme dissolued the ryddle: which thing Spinx tooke so grie∣uously, that he cast himselfe downe an hill, and brake his necke. By this meanes Oedipus gat the kingdome of Thebes, and vnwittingly maryed his owne mother Iocasta. whereas he had not long before also ignorantly killed his father Laius. Which thinges when hee dyd afterwarde vnderstande, hee conceyued so great sor∣rowe, that he pulled out his owne eyes, and woulde also often tymes haue slaine himselfe, had not his daughter Antigone kept him. Wherefore hee willinglye went in banishment to Athens, leauing his kingdome to Eteo∣cles and Polymces his two sonnes, to occupie the same by course. But when Eteocles being the elder, after the first yeare woulde not admit his brother Polym∣ces to reigne, vpon that occasion great and cruell warre was raysed betwéene the Thebanes and the Argiues. In which, when it happened both the brothers, méeting in the battayle, to be slaine eche of other, Creon tooke on him the kingdome againe. Finally for his outragious crueltie, as well in other things, as in murdering An∣tigone and Argia, Theseus of Athens made warre vp∣pon him, and slue him. An other of the same name was king of Corinthe, whose daughter Creusa Iason ma∣ryed when he forsooke Medea. Also a mountaine of the yle of Lesbos.

Creontiades,

The sonne of Hercules, by Megara the daughter of Creon of Thebes.

Creophilus,

The name of a poet, whome some affirme to

Crepsa,

A citie of Liburnia, called also Crexa.

Cres, cretis,

One of Creta.

Cresseis,

A nymph of the sea.

Cressa,

A woman of Creta. Also an hauen of Caria, ouer against Rhodes.

Creta, ae,

foe. g. and Crete, tes, An yle lying betwéene Pelo∣ponnesus and the Rhodes. It hath on the north, part of the sea Aegeum, and Cretense: on the south, the sea of Aegypt and Affrike. It is nowe called Candie. In thys yle was Iupiter nourished, whome the painyms named their chiefe God. There Minos reygned, and Radamanthus gouerned vnder him with most exqui∣site iustice: of whose lawes other countreyes tooke their first paterne: yet notwithstanding the people of that countrey were noted to be vicious, and shamefull lyers, as Epimenides wrote in a verse, recyted by saint Paule, in his Epistle to Titus, saying: Cretes alway bene lyers, vngracious beastes, and slouthfull panches. This is nowe vnder the Turke.

Cretéus, Cressius, & Créticus, a, um,

Of Creta.

Cretheus,

The sonne of Aeolus, which begat Aeson, Alci∣medon, and Amythaon, on Tyros, the daughter of hys brother Salmoneus.

Crethon,

The sonne of Diocles.

*Cretizare cum Cretensibus,

A prouerbe vsed where a craftie man will deceyue him that is craftie, a théefe steale from a théefe, or a lyer before them that vse to make leasings.

Creusa,

The daughter of Creon king of Corinth, whom Iason maryed. Shée was afterwarde burned in hir palaice by the wylde fyre that Medea in maner of a pre∣sent did sende hir inclosed in a Casket, because Iason had forsaken hyr, to marry this Creusa. It is also the wife of Aeneas, daughter of Pryamus and Hecuba, whome (as Virgile sayth) Aeneas lost in the stréetes of Troye as hee scaped with his father and hys sonne. Other write, that he killed hir by couenant made wyth the Grecians, that none of Priamus his stocke myght remaine aliue.

Creusis,

A towne of Boeotia.

Crimissa,

A citie mencioned of Strabo.

Crimissus,

A ryuer of Gréece.

Crissa,

A towne buylded by Crissus the sonne of Phocus.

Crispus,

The name of Salust

Critheis,

The daughter of Attellis, the mother of Homer.

Critias,

One of the thirtie tyraunts of Athens.

Crito,

A philosopher of Athens, familier with Socrates.

Critobulus,

A phisition, of whome Plinie speaketh Lib. 7.

Critolaus,

A philosopher of Athens, and a Capitaine of Achaia, which destroyed the citie of Corinth.

Crobialon,

A towne in Paphlagonia, whereby runneth the ryuer Parthenius.

Crobylus,

A ruffian baude, so naughtie, that of him grewe a prouerbe, Crobyli iugum.

Crocodilon,

A towne of Phoenicia.

Crocodilus,

An hill of Cilicia.

Crocus,

The sonne of Eumenes, the nourse of the Muses, who was turned by Iupiter into the signe called Sagit∣tarius. Some write his name Crotus, or Croton.

Croesus,

A king of Lydia, sonne of Halyattes, who subdued many great countreyes in Asia and Gréece, and gathe∣red innumerable rychesse. He on a tyme demaunded of Solon, who was the happiest man that euer he did sée. He sayde, Tellus, a man of Athens, who had honest and good sonnes: and they also had likewyse good children: all which he sawe in his life: and when he had lyued a good time honestly, at the last, fighting against and van∣quishing the enemies of his countrey, hée dyed a fayre death, and was in the fame place honourably buryed of the Atheniens. When Croesus asked, who was most happye next Tellus, hée sayde, Cleobis and Biton, which were Argiues, and had a competent liuing, and in all games, in proouing of strength, they obteyned the price. Croesus, being abashed, sayde vnto Solon: My friende of Athens, fettest thou so little by our felicitye. that thou preferrest before vs these priuate persons? Solon aunswered: Truely Croesus, in processe of time, many thinges are seene, which men would not see: & many things be suffered, that men would not suffer. And speaking much of mans calamitie, at the last hee concluded, saying: The ende of euerye thing is to bée looked on, whereto it shall come. For God plucketh vp by the rootes many men, vnto whome hée gaue all fortune at pleasure. Croesus made hereto no counte∣naunce, but estéeming Solon for a foole, considering hée passed so light vppon thinges, which appeared good, let him depart. A good space after, Croesus by the com∣fort of Apolloes aunswere at Delphos, attemptyng warre agaynst Cyrus king of Persia, was at the last taken of him: who caused a great pyle of woode to bée made readie, and Croesus gyued, to be set on the toppe thereof: Then foorthwith Croesus remembring the wordes of Solon: that no man liuing was blessed, or on all partes happye, lamenting, cryed: O Solon, So∣lon, Solon: which Cyrus hearing, caused to bée de∣maunded of him, who it was that he named. Croesus with much difficultie tolde what he was, and declared all that before is rehearsed. Which when Cyrus had hearde••, recognising himselfe to be also a man, sore re∣pented that he went about to burne him, which was e∣quall to hymselfe in honor and rychesse: and commaun∣ded him to be taken from the fire, which then began to flame: and so with great difficultie hée was deliuered. Afterwarde Cyrus entertayned him honorablye, and vsed his counsayle, which in many thinges hée founde very profitable.

Cromis,

He to whome Hercules gaue the horses of Dio∣medes, which woulde eate men.

Cromna,

A citie of Paphlagonia.

Cronciades,

One of Hercules sonnes, by Megara the daughter of Creon.

Cronia, orum,

neu. gen. plu. num. The feastes dedicate to Saturnus, which were also called Saturnalia, in the which, little presentes and gyftes were sent from one to another.

Crónium,

Is the north sea, called Mare concretum, or Gla∣ciale, the frozen sea.

Cronius,

One of the Centaures.

Cronos,

Saturnus.

Croto, or Croton, foem. gen.

An auncient citie in Italy, in the goulfe called Tarentinum, the countrey of Milo the famous wrastler.

Crotus,

Looke Crocus.

Crunos,

An hauen of Thrace.

Crustumînum,

A towne in Italy.

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Cteatus,

The father of Amphimachus, one of the Capi∣taines of the Gréekes at the siege of Troy.

Ctesias,

An oratour of Sicilie.

Ctesiphon,

The name of a workeman, which made the great temple of Diana at Ephesus, a worke woonder∣full and renowmed through the world, which was after burned by one Herostratus, onely because he would for some déede be spoken of. It is also the name of him that perswaded the Atheniens to crowne Demosthenes in the Theater.

Is also a towne in Parthia.

Ctesiphon,

The name of a workeman, which made the great temple of Diana at Ephesus, a worke woonder∣full and renowmed through the world, which was after burned by one Herostratus, onely because he would for some déede be spoken of. It is also the name of him that perswaded the Atheniens to crowne Demosthenes in the Theater.

Is also a towne in Parthia.

Ctesippus,

The sonne of Chabrias.

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Cuma, or Come, es,

A towne of Ionia, in the lesse Asia whereof Sybilla Cumaea was named.

Cumae, arum,

A citie in Campania.

Cumani,

Are also a people in Acolis, about Lesbos, of whom the prouerbe goeth. Sero sapiunt Cumani.

Cumanus, or Cumaeus,

A man of that citie.

Cumueni,

Bygore in Fraunce.

Cunctâtor, ôris,

mas. gen. The surname of the worthie Ro∣maine capitaine Fabius Maximus, giuen to him be∣cause that by long delayes, and skirmishing onely nowe

Cuneus ager,

A promontorie of Portugall.

Cuniculariae,

Little yles in the middle sea.

Cunina,

The Goddesse of Infantes.

Cupra,

A towne in Italy.

Curcura,

An ylande in the sea Adryatike.

Cures curium, plu.

A citie of the Sabynes.

Curetes,

The priestes of Cybele, which first inhabited I∣talye. They were also called Corybantes. There were other people ••o called, which were next to Aetolia. Also other in Dalmatia, now called Sclauonia Curêtes called also Idei dactili, were sixe brethren in Creta, vnto whom Rhea caused hir sonne Iupiter to be brought, fearing the yre of Saturne hir husbande: theyr names were these, Hercules, Iolaeus, Paeonius, Epimedes, Iasius, and Idas.

Curetis,

Was the olde name of an yle called Creta.

Curia hostilia,

Was a place buylded by Tullus Hostilius, king of Romaines, where the Senate did sitte aboute the affayres of the citie of Rome.

Curiâlis, le,

Of that court or counsayle house.

Curiatus, a, um,

The adiectiue.

Curio, ••nis,

Of Varro, is taken for the place where priests consulted concerning diuine ceremonies. Also it was the surname of a familie in Rome, whereof were many excellent oratours.

Curius,

The surname of diuers noble Romayns: one was called Marcus Curius, a man of marueylous honestye, constancie and grauitie. He, after many great victories, (beyng capitaine) against the Samni••es, Sabynes, and the noble king Pyrrhus, deuided among the peo∣ple the fieldes, appointing to euery man xl. acres, and receyued by their consentes, as much to himselfe. And when they would haue giuen to him more, he refused it saying: He was an yll Citizen, that thought it not y∣nough for him, that was ynough for other. When the Ambassadours of the Samnites brought him a great summe of golde, he sitting by the fire, boyling of rapes, sayde vnto them: I had rather eate in mine earthen dyshe, and to haue dominion ouer them that haue so much golde, than to be ryche my selfe. When hee was accused of withholding of money, hee brought foorth a tréen barrell, which he occupyed when hee did sacrifice, and tooke a solemne othe, that of all the pray that was gotten of them, whome he vanquished, hee kept no more but that barrell to his owne vse.

Curtius,

A famous Romayne, which, for the weale of hys Countrey, cast hymselfe into a gaping Caue of the earth.

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Cyane, es,

A mayden of Syracusa, who being rauished of hir owne father, drewe him afterwarde by the heare to be sacrificed: and was hir selfe killed vpon his bodie, to cease the pestilence that Bacchus had sent for that ab∣hominable acte.

Cyaneae,

Ilandes or rather rockes vnder Bosphorus Thracius.

Cyaneae, or Cyanea,

A nymph, the daughter of the ryuer Maeander.

Cyanippus,

One of Syracuse, who, bicause he contemned the ceremonies of Bacchus, was cast into such a drun∣kennesse, that in the darke by violence he rauished hys owne daughter Cyane. She, by a ring that (in strug∣ling with him) shee pulled of his finger, vnderstandyng the authour of that déede to bée hir owne father, for the tyme dissimuled hir griefe. But after, when in a great plague, the people of the citie asked Apollo which way that terrible plague might be stayed, he aunswered, if they did take punishment on so foule a villanie, as not long before was among them committed. All men mar∣ueyling who or what thing that might bée, then Cyane vnderstanding onely what the God did meane, first layd hande on hir father Cyanippus, and by the heare drewe him to the aultare to be sacrificed, and afterwarde also in their presence killed hir selfe.

Cyaraxes,

The sonne of Phraortes, king of Persia and Media, and father to Astyages.

Cybéle, les, or Cybéles, lis,

or after some Cybelle, Looke Cybele.

Cyclades,

The fiftie yles in the sea called Aegeum.

Cycloborus,

A ryuer of Attica swift and violent.

Cyclops, ••pis,

mas. gen. A Cyclope. These Cyclops were an auncient people inhabiting the yle of Sycilie, which were lyke gygantes, hauing but one eye in their fore∣heades.

Cyclus, cli,

mas. gen. A rounde place in Athens, where things were solde.

Cycnus,

A capitaine of the Ligurians, who bewailing the death of Phaeton, was turned into a swanne.

Cydias,

A painter which painted the Argonautes.

Cydippe,

A mayden whome a yong man called Acontius loued, and signified the same vnto hir by wryting on a fayre Apple, which he sent to hir.

Cydnus,

A ryuer in Cilicia, which runneth from the great mountaine Taurus, and passeth through the citie Tharsos: which ryuer is so colde, that when the great Alexander in his iourney against Darius went into it to refreshe him, he was so mortified with cold in all hys bodie, that he shoulde haue dyed, had not that excellent and faithfull phisition Philip recouered him.

Cydon,

One of the notable townes of Candie. Also a man of Corinthe, which kept so great ho••pitalitie, that ther∣of grewe a prouerbe.

Cydonea,

An yle by Lesbos.

Cyleno,

The daughter of Atlas, and mother of Nycteus.

Cylicrani,

A people of Spayne.

Cyllarus,

The horse of Castor.

Cylleborus,

The sonne Sthelenus.

Cyllene,

An hill of Archadie, where they say Mercurius was nouryshed.

Cyllenius,

One of the names of Mercurie.

Cymbrica Chersonesus,

The countrey of Denmarke.

Cyme,

A citie of Aeolis.

Cymes,

Sybel, called Cumaea.

Cyminus,

A lake in Italy.

Cymodoce,

The daughter of Oceanus and Tethis.

Cymothoe,

The daughter of Nereus, and wyfe to Nep∣tune.

Cynaethium,

A citie in Archadie.

Cyneas,

An excellent wise man, who beyng sent from king Pyrrhus ambassadour to Rome, the next day after he came thither, he saluted the whole Senate and gentle∣men by their names. Seneca in prologo libri. 1. Decla. sayth, that hée saluted the Senate, and all the people standing about to beholde him by their names.

Cynegirus,

A capitaine of Athens.

Cynice, es,

f. g. The sect of philosophers, called Cynici.

Cynici,

Were a sect of Philosophers, which signifieth dog∣gishe, for the similitude of their condicions. For they barked at all men, and occupyed women openly, and ly∣ued without any prouision. The first authour thereof was Antisthenes, and next him followed Diogenes.

Cyniphis, or Cyniphos,

A ryuer of Affrike, by the which are bredde great Goates.

Cyniphius, a, um,

Of that ryuer.

Cynocéphali,

People vnder the great Chane, hauing heades like dogges.

Cynopolis,

A citie, where Anubis was honoured.

Cynos,

A citie in Locris.

Cynosarges,

A place in Athens, where children which were bastardes were exercised.

Cinthia,

One of the names of Diana.

Cynthus,

An hyll of the ylande Delos, where Apollo and Diana were borne.

Cyparissa,

A citie of Achaia.

Cyparissus,

The sonne of Telephus, which bewayling the death of a tame Hynde, slaine by his louer Syluanus, was turned into a Cypres trée.

Cypria,

Was one of the names of Venus.

Cyprius, a, um,

Of the yle of Cypres.

Cyprus,

An yle in the sea called Carpathium, against the countrey called Syria: on the north, it hath Cilicia: on the south, and the east, Aegypt. It is in length, after the description of Strabo .175. myles, after .viij. furlongs to the myle: Some suppose it was at the first a portion of Syria, deuided by earthquakes. This countrey a∣boundeth in wyne, oyle, mettall, vitriole, and canes, whereof suger is made. Also Venus was there had in great reuerence, in so much that men before they did set forth their daughters in maryage, offered them to such straungers as came into the countrey, to be by them de∣floured, and afterwarde maryed them to husbandes.

Cypsella,

A towne of Thrace.

Cypselus,

A king of Corinthes, father of Periander, one of the seauen sages of Greece.

Cyptasia,

A citie in Galatia, called Carosa.

Cyrcilus,

A man of Athens, who was stoned to death, for perswading them to yéelde the citie of Xerxes.

Cyrenaica,

A country in Affrike, called also Pentapolitana. It hath on the west, the great Sertis, and the lesse Af∣frike: on the north, the part of the middle sea called Ly∣bicum: on the cast, Marmarike: on the south, the de∣sertes of Lybia. In this were the notable cities, Bero∣nice, Arsinoe, Ptolomais. &c.

Cyrenaica secta,

A sect of Philosophers, who affirmed the chiefe felicitie to be in carnall delectation, of whome A∣ristippus was chiefe.

Cyrene, es, or Cyrenae, arum,

A famous citie in Libia. Also a citie in the yle o•• Cypres.

Cyreneus,

A man of that citie.

Cyrillus,

The name of dyuers learned byshops, of the which one wrote against Nestorius.

Cyr••us,

The yle, which is called Corsica, or Corse, the people whereof are called Cirnij.

The name of two ryuers, the one in Armenia, the other in Media.

A noble king of Persia, the sonne of Cambyses and Mandanes, the daughter of Astyages, king of Media. This man excelled all men of his time in goodly perso∣nage, gentlenesse, prowesse, liberalitie, wisedome and me∣morie. Solinus writeth, that of the excéeding multi∣tude of men which were in his host, hée so retayned the names, that he called euery man by his proper name, when he spake vnto them. The residue of his woonder∣full vertues be written by Xenophon most eloquentlye in Gréeke. At the last beeyng insaciable in couetyng countreyes, he was slaine by Tomyris, Quéene of Sci∣thia, with 200000. Persians: Of him reade Iustine, Lib. 1. Herod. lib. 1. and Solin. Valer. Max. lib. 8. cap. 7.

Cyrrestis,

A Goddesse, worshipped in the countrey called Cyrrestica.

Cyrrha,

A towne of Phocis, by the which be the fieldes, called Cyrrhaei campi.

Cyrrhea,

A citie in the mountaine of Helicon.

Cyrus,

The yle, which is called Corsica, or Corse, the people whereof are called Cirnij.

The name of two ryuers, the one in Armenia, the other in Media.

A noble king of Persia, the sonne of Cambyses and Mandanes, the daughter of Astyages, king of Media. This man excelled all men of his time in goodly perso∣nage, gentlenesse, prowesse, liberalitie, wisedome and me∣morie. Solinus writeth, that of the excéeding multi∣tude of men which were in his host, hée so retayned the names, that he called euery man by his proper name, when he spake vnto them. The residue of his woonder∣full vertues be written by Xenophon most eloquentlye in Gréeke. At the last beeyng insaciable in couetyng countreyes, he was slaine by Tomyris, Quéene of Sci∣thia, with 200000. Persians: Of him reade Iustine, Lib. 1. Herod. lib. 1. and Solin. Valer. Max. lib. 8. cap. 7.

Cyrus,

The yle, which is called Corsica, or Corse, the people whereof are called Cirnij.

The name of two ryuers, the one in Armenia, the other in Media.

A noble king of Persia, the sonne of Cambyses and Mandanes, the daughter of Astyages, king of Media. This man excelled all men of his time in goodly perso∣nage, gentlenesse, prowesse, liberalitie, wisedome and me∣morie. Solinus writeth, that of the excéeding multi∣tude of men which were in his host, hée so retayned the names, that he called euery man by his proper name, when he spake vnto them. The residue of his woonder∣full vertues be written by Xenophon most eloquentlye in Gréeke. At the last beeyng insaciable in couetyng countreyes, he was slaine by Tomyris, Quéene of Sci∣thia, with 200000. Persians: Of him reade Iustine, Lib. 1. Herod. lib. 1. and Solin. Valer. Max. lib. 8. cap. 7.

Cyssus, vel Cysthus,

The name of a ryuer.

Cyte, es,

A towne of Colchis.

Cyteus, or Cyteius, a, um,

Of Colchis, or of Medea.

Cyteorum,

A towne of Cappadocia.

Cythêra, orum,

neu. gen. An yle against Candie, and a citie in the same, dedicated to Venus.

Cythére, es, and Cytherea, ae,

One of the names of Ve∣nus.

Cytheris,

An Harlottte, looued of Cornelius Gallus the Poet.

Cythaeron,

A Forrest or wood in Boeotia, consecrated to the Muses.

Cythnos,

One of the yles called Cyclades.

Cytorus,

Looke Citorus.

Cyzicenus,

A philosopher of Athens, excellent in Geo∣metrie.

Cyzicum,

A famous citie of Bithinia, so named of the kyng Cyzicus.

Cyzicus.

The name of an yle by Gréece. Also a citie of Propontis.

D A

DAae, arum,

People of Scythia.

Dacia,

A countrey beyonde Hungarie, it hath on the north, Sarmatia of Europe: on the west, the Iazigi∣ans of Metanest: on the south, Mysiam superiorem, and Dunaw: on the east, the lower Mysiam, and Dunaw: they call it nowe Transyluaniam. They doe not well, which call Denmarke by this name, which is Dania.

Dácicus, a, um,

Pertayning to the countrey called Dacia.

Dacus ci,

One of the countrey of Dacia.

Dacus, and Dacius, a, um,

idem quod Dacicus.

Daedala,

neut. gen. Were feastes celebrated yearely in the honour of the reconcyling of Iuno to Iupiter: Reade before in Citheron. Also Daedala, was the generall de∣nomination of ymages wrought, of whome it seemeth to some, that Daedalus tooke his name. Also it is a town of Lycia, where Daedalus was buryed.

Daedalus,

The name of an excellent Carpenter of Athens, which first founde the Saw, the Twibile, and the Au∣gour, and made the place in Crete, called Labyrinthus.

Daedalus, la, lum, and Daedaleus, a, um,

Of Daedalus.

Daedicae,

A certaine people of Scythia, on the part of Asia.

Demogorgon, onis,

Whome paynims called the God of the earth, first creatour of the earth.

Daemon, monis,

Is one of the names of Saturne.

Daetor,

A Troyan mencyoned in Homere.

Dai,

People of Persia, which were all shepeheardes and grasiers.

Daliae,

People of Scythia, valiaunt and cruell in battaile.

Dalida, vel Dalila,

An harlotte dwelling in Gaza, in the countrey of the Philistians, which deceyued the strong Sampson.

Dalmatia,

A part of the great countrey called Illiria or Sclauonia. It hath on the west, Croatia: on the east, Bossina: on the north, the great Mountaine Albanus mons, and the countrey called Seruia: on the south the sea Adriaticum, or the goulfe of Venice.

Dalmata, ae,

A man of that countrey.

Dalmaticus, a, um,

Of Dalmatia.

Damascene,

A part of Syria, called also Mesopotamia.

Damascénus, a, um,

Of Damascus.

Damascius,

An hystoryographer, which in the time of He∣rodotus, wrote of things done before the warre of Pe∣loponnesus.

Damascus,

A famous citie in Syria, supposed to bée the first that euer was inhabited.

Damasithymus,

One of Xerxes capitaines.

Damatris,

The Priest of the Temple of the Goddesse Damia.

Damia,

One of the names of the Goddesse Cybele.

Damianus,

A sophister of Ephesus.

Damocles,

One of the flatterers of Dionysius.

Damoetas,

A shepeheardes name in Virgile.

Democrates,

A Phisition.

Damocrita,

A matrone of Rome, wyfe to a noble Citizen called Alcippus. This woman, whē hir husband was ex∣pelled the city by certain of the cōtrary faction, was not onely forbidden to followe him into banishment, whome shée loued most entirely: but hir daughters also were restrayned from maryage, that no issue myght discende of them to reuenge the crueltye shewed to Alcippus. Wherefore Damocrita thinking some way to be reuen∣ged, on a tyme when all the noble women according to their custome, should come togither into an house to so∣lemnise a sacrifice, Damocrita wyth hir daughters, minding to burne all that were within, locked the doore, and with the wood prepared for the sacrifice, began to sette the house on fire. But when a multitude of men came to quench the fire, Damocrita to preuent the cru∣eltie of hir enimies, first killed hir daughters, and after∣warde hir selfe.

Damon,

& Pythias, Two philosophers of Pythagoras his sect, in the league of friendship beyng eche to other most

Damophila,

A woman of Greece, excellently well lear∣ned.

Damostratus,

A philosopher that wrote of fishes.

Damoxenus,

A poet of Athens.

Dan,

A towne, which is in the boundes of Iudea, on the north part.

Danaë,

The daughter of Acrisius, king of Argiues, vnto whome (beyng closed in a strong tower) Iupiter came in the forme of a shower of golden raine in at the house top, and gat on hir Perseus, who was afterward a va∣liaunt knight. Hee gaue the name first to the countrey and people of Persia. By this fable is signified, that Iupiter sent treasure priuily vnto Danae, and also to them that had the keeping of hir, wherewith they being corrupted, suffered Iupiter to enter into the tower, and accomplish his pleasure. The fable declareth the force of money, and gyftes in assaulting of chastitie.

Danaides,

The daughters of Danaus.

Danaus,

King of Argiues, of whome the countrey of A∣chaia, was after named Danaa, and all the Grecians Da∣nai. He begat fiftie daughters: which of their graundfa∣thers name was called Belides, and of their father Da∣naides. They all in one night killed their husbandes, the sonnes of their vncle Aegyptus, sauyng onely Hy∣permnestra, which saued hir husbande Lynceus. Vide Belides.

Dandarica,

The countrey of the people called Dandaridae.

Dani,

People of Germanie, called now Daci.

Daniel, elis,

An holy prophet of the trybe of Iuda, a noble man borne, being a yong childe, was brought to Babi∣lon, and became a man of such temperance, that among the Iewes, he was taken to bée Enuchus, or a man gel∣ded. Hée continually bewayled Hierusalem, and in fa∣stings refrayned all maner concupiscence. In forme of bodie, he was drie and leane, but in the fauour of God he was beautifull. By hys prayer he restored Nabu∣chodonosor to his first figure, where he was transfor∣med of God into a monstruous beast, notwithstanding, that a little before, hée by the same Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, was throwne into a dungeon among hungrie Lions, which neuer woulde touche him to hurt him. He being afterwarde deliuere••, prophecyed both of the comming of Christ, and of the Empyres of Babi∣lon, Media, Persia, Gréece, and Romaynes: And fi∣nally dyed at Babylon, and there was buryed: he liued before the incarnation of Christ .619. yeares.

Dantes,

A poet of Florence.

Dantiscum,

A towne of Polonia.

Danubius,

A famous ryuer called Dunowe (after the de∣scription of Plinie) hath his beginning in Germanie, out of an hill called Arnoba, and passing by countreyes innumerable, retayneth his name: but as soone as hée entereth into Illiria, hee is called Ister, and receyueth into him lx. other ryuers, well nighe the halfe of them beyng nauigable. Finally, being in sixe wonderful great armes, he falleth into the sea called Pontus. The same is affirmed by Tacitus, sauing that he calleth the hyll, where Dunow springeth, Arbona, and not Arnoba.

Daphnis, idis,

The sonne of Mercurie. Also a delectable place without the citie of Antioche: and the name of a portion of Lycia by the sea side.

Daphnites,

One of the names of Apollo.

Daradus,

A ruyer of Lybia, nowe called Darat.

Dardania,

The countrey where Troy stoode, or the towne of Troy.

Dardánides, dae,

One of the stocke of Dardanus.

Dardanis, idis,

A woman of Troy.

Dardanius, a, um,

Of Troy.

Dárdanus,

The name of a prince, reigning in that part of Phrygia, where Troy stoode, which was of him called Dardania.

Dares,

An hystoriographer of Phrygia, which wrote of the battayle of Troy.

Daridaeus,

The name of a king of Persia, in the time of Tyberius, Caius, and Claudius, the Emperours.

Dariorigum,

Vannes in Britaine.

Darius,

The name of dyuers kinges of Persia.

Daruernum,

Douer.

Darus,

A ryuer of Hungarie, called Mora.

Daschylos,

A towne in Bithynia.

Dassaretae,

People of Thrace.

Dastylus,

The name of king Gyges.

Datarius, a, um,

An officer in Rome, which subscribed the date of letters.

Dates,

One of Darius Capitaines.

Dathus,

A place in Thessaly, néere to Strymon, where plentie of golde is founde.

Datylus,

A right honourable man of Athens.

Daulia, or Daulis,

A towne of Phocis, vnder the dominion of king Tereus.

Daunia,

A part of Italy, nowe called Apulia.

Dauni,

A people of Italy.

Daunifer,

A capitaine of Darius.

D E

Debae,

People of Arabia foelix.

Debris,

A towne in Aethiopia, where are the people called Garamantes, in the which towne is a well, wherof the water is in the day time as colde as yee, and in the night boyling hote, the countrey being the hotest part of all Aethiope.

Decápolis,

A country in Iudea, beyond the riuer of Flome Iordane, conteyning ten cityes.

Decelia,

One of the twelue cities ordeyned and disposed by Cecrops.

Deceij,

Were men of a noble house of the Romaynes, of whome two dyed willingly for their countrey.

Decoontes,

The sonne of Hercules, by Megara, the daugh∣ter of Creon.

Deianira,

Daughter of Oeneus king of Aetolia, and wyfe to Hercules. On a time when Hercules shoulde passe the riuer Euenus in Aetolia, which at that time was ex∣ceedingly risen, Nessus the Centaure beyng in companie, vndertooke safelye to conuey ouer Deianira. Wherefore Hercules committing his wife to Nessus, sloutly aduen∣tured himself to swim ouer the ryuer: but when he was on the other side, perceyuing that the false Centaure would haue rauished his wife, he shotte at him one of his arrowes that were poysoned with the bloud of Hy∣dra. Then Nessus, beyng wounded to death, and desiring to be reuenged on Hercules, gaue to Deianira, his gar∣ment imbrued with his owne bloud, falsely perswadyng hyr, that it had the strength to allure one to loue: and if hir husbande shoulde giue himselfe to the loue of any o∣ther woman, that it woulde withdrawe him from hir. The woman ouer light of credite receyued the gift, and afterwarde when shée heard that hir husbande being in Eubaea, was intangled in the loue of Iole, daughter of Eurytus, she sent to him the garment imbrewed with the bloud of Nessus, by hir seruant Lycha. Hercules thin∣king no yll, intending to doe sacrifice, put on the gar∣ment: but shortly after he was so extréemely tormen∣ted, that he fell madde▪ and in the mountaine Oeta, in a great fire burned himselfe. Which when Deianira dyd heare to haue happened so much contrarye to hir ex∣pectation, conceyuing extréeme sorrowe, shee killed hir selfe with Hercules his Clubbe.

Deidamia,

The concubine of Achilles, on whome he begat Pyrrhus.

Deioces,

A king of the Medes, the sonne of Phraortes.

Deiopeia,

A nymph mencioned of Virgill.

Deiotarus,

A king of Galatia.

Deiphobe,

A nymph the daughter of Glaucus a God of the sea

Deiphobus,

The sonne of Priamus and Hecuba.

Deiphyle,

The mother of Diomedes, wyfe of Tydeus, and daughter of Adrastus.

Deiphylus,

The sonne of Polymnestor, a king of Thrace. Also the sonne of Sthencius.

Delia,

One of the names of Diana.

Deliacus, a, um,

Of the yle of Delos.

Delius, a, um,

Idem.

* Delius natator,

Was one perfite in swimming. Where∣of came a prouerbe, that when a thing was spoken or written, harde to be vnderstande, and required a cun∣ning expositor, they woulde saye. Delio natatore egit, it requireth a cunning or subtill expositor.

Delminium,

A towne of Dalmatia, nowe called Demna.

Delos,

An yle by Greece, where Apollo and Diana were borne, and is one of the yles called Cyclades.

Delphi,

A citie and people in Greece, where was the ora∣cle of Apollo.

Delphicus, a, um,

Of that citie, or of Apollo.

Delphicum oraculum,

The aunswere made at the temple of Apollo in Delphos.

Delphos,

A citie in the countrey called Phocis, on a moun∣taine in Gréece called Parnassus: there was the great and famous temple of Apollo called Delphicus, where the deuill gaue aunsweres by women, which there ser∣ued for the purpose.

Delta,

Is the letter D, in Gréeke. It also signifyeth the number of foure, as in the letters it signified .v. hun∣dred. Also at Memphis, the most famous citie of Ae∣gypt, the ryuer called Nylus, maketh a place in the fourme of this letter, which is this Δ. wherefore that place is called Delta.

Demades,

A great Oratour in Athens, which in sodayne orations without any studie, excelled Demosthenes: in∣so much (as Plutarche writeth) when Demosthenes, was constrayned to speake to the people vnprouided beyng tymorous, sometime stayed in the middle of hys oration, Demades would arise out of his place and fi∣nyshe that oration, which Demosthenes had begunne. He was of so corrupt maners, y^t Antipater was woont to say of him, when he was olde and decrepite, he was lyke to beastes offered in sacrifice, of whome remayned but their tongues and bellyes. Finally, the ende of hys auarice, prodigalitie, flattery, and falsehoode was thys: comming vnder colour of friendship into Macedonie, where in déede he had secretly conspired with Antigo∣nus, enimie to Antipater king of that countrey, he and his sonne were taken by Cassander (chiefe capitaine of Antipaters armie) and first his sonne Demea was slayne in his armes, that the bloud sprang into his face, and then himselfe (after many reproches, touching hys treason and vnkindenesse) was cruelly kilde.

Demaratus,

A capitaine of the Lacedemonians. Also the father of Tarquine the prowde.

Demeter,

The name of Ceres.

Demetrias,

A towne of Thessaly.

Demetrius,

The proper name of dyuers Gréekes: one, a king of Macedonie, was of so goodly stature, excellent fauour and beautie, that no painter or caruer mought truely counterfeyte him. For it séemed, there were in his visage both terriblenesse and mercye, grauitie and gentlenesse, wherewith was ioyned a princely maiestie. He was in tyme of creation of all kinges most plea∣saunt: when great affayres were in hand, he surmoun∣ted all other in studie, diligence, and wisedome. He had his father and mother in woonderfull reuerence. Not∣withstanding he was much noted of incontinencie, hée was full of prowesse and valiaunt: he deliuered Greece from Ptholomeus tyrannie, and vanquished him on the sea. Hée also subdued Athens, and all the countrey of Boeotia, with the citie of Thebes. He had warre at one time with Ptholomeus king of Aegypt, Lysimachus king of Asia▪ Seleuchus king of Syria, and Pyrrhus the king of Epyrus, and oftentimes vanquished theyr armyes: But in conclusion, being vanquished by Se∣leuchus, hee was also by him committed to an honou∣rable pryson, that is to saye, kept in a towne of Syria, called Cherone••us, where he had appointed vnto him fayre pa••ayces, pleasaunt Orchardes, and gardeynes, and the companye of such as he listed: where, with ydle∣nesse and excesse of voluptuous pleasure, hee fell sicke, and dyed, of the age of .lxiiij. yeares.

Demetrius Phalerius,

A noble philosopher and oratour, disciple to Theophrastus, of whome Tullie sayth: hee was a subtile disputer, but no vehement oratour, yet was he sweete and delectable. For his excellent vertues he gouerned the Atheniens tenne yeares. And by∣cause he had greatlye enryched the citie of Athens in yearely reuenues, and adourned it with commodious buylding, the people in the honour of him did set vp 300. and .60. of his ymages, made in mettall. But af∣terward being absent, by the meanes of certaine enui∣ous persons, the people condemned him to die, and also pulled downe his ymages, some they broke, some they folde, onelye one was kept whole in the Castell, whereof Demetrius hearing, sayde: yet haue they not plucked downe the vertue, for which they did set vp these ymages. This man caused Ptholomeus king of Aegypt, to make his great librarie, and to sende to the Iewes to haue their lawes and prophecyes translated into Greeke, who sent vnto him of euery trybe, twelue great learned men, who did accomplishe his desire and are called Septuaginta interpretes, although there were of them .lxxiiij. persons. He was afore the incarnation of Christ .277. yeares.

Democedes,

A notable p••isition, in the tyme of king Da∣rius.

Demochares,

An oratour of Athens, nephew to Demost∣henes. He beeing sent to king Philip in ambassade, af∣ter he had declared his message, and the king had asked wherein they thought he might most pleasure the Athe∣niens, forsooth sir sayth he, if it will please you to hang your selfe. This vncourteous aunswere when other were much grieued with it, the wyse Prince tooke in good part, and willed them to returne to the Atheniens, and to aske of them, whether they thought more noble those that vsed so vncourteous and vnséemely language, or those, that paciently coulde heare it, and let the spea∣kers returne without punishment.

Democides,

A phisition belonging to Polycrates, the ti∣ranne of Samiens. He wrote a booke of Phisicke.

Democles,

A notable flatterer, in the time of Dionysius the tyranne. This flatterer when he would oftentymes extoll beyonde measure the kinges felicitie, Dyonise willing to giue him a tryall and proofe of it, caused him to be arrayed in princely robes, and so did set him at a table to be serued like a king. But iust ouer his heade in the place where he should sitte, he caused a sworde to be hanged by a small thréede: which when Democles perceyued, hée coulde not for feare eyther taste of his pleasaunt meates, or take any comfort in his royall ser∣uice. Whereby Dionysius did him to wit, that the lyfe of a tyrant in myddes of all princely pompe and royaltie, is continually in feare and daunger of death and extre∣mitie.

Democoon,

The bastarde sonne of Priamus.

Democrates,

The name of a Carpenter, of a notable wrest∣ler, and of a phisition.

Democritus,

An excelent philosopher, being a chylde, lear∣ned of the wise men of Chaldea astronomie and theyr diuinitie: afterwarde he went into Persia, to learne Geometry. After he returned to Athens, where he gaue his possessions & rychesse innumerable vnto the weale publike, reseruing a litle a gardeyne, wherin he mought at more libertie searche out the secretes of nature. Hée wrote many wonderfull workes in naturall philosophie and phisicke. When he behelde the citie of Athens, hée continuallye laughed at their foolishe dyligence, which spared no paines to get authoritie and ryches, that they were not sure to kéepe: which laboured to get theyr

Demodocus,

The name of an Harper, of whome Homere maketh mention.

Demogorgus,

An inchaunter, which was supposed to bée of such excellencie, that hee had authoritie ouer all spi∣rites that made men afearde.

Demolchus,

A poet of Syracusae.

Demonax,

A philosopher in the tyme of Adrian the Em∣perour. He contrary to all other philosophers, eschewed solitarinesse, and desired the company and friendship of men.

Demonica,

A woman which for money betrayed Ephesus to Brennus.

Demopósis,

The sonne of Themistocles.

Démophon, or Demophoon

, The sonne of Theseus and Phedr .1, king of Athens.

Demósthenes,

The most excellent oratour of the Gréekes, was first disciple of Plato, after he folowed Eubulides an oratour: and vsed such wonderfull diligence and la∣boure, to attaine to the perfection of eloquence, that where he had an impediment in his pronunciation, hee by putting small stones in his mouth, and inforcyng to speake treatably, at last attained to most perfite forme of speaking. When king Philip besieged Athens, and sore distressed it, vpon certaine treatise offered them, hee required to haue deliuered vnto hym tenne Oratours, of whome Demosthenes was one, and then woulde hee rayse his siege. Demosthenes hearing thys, and com∣ming into the common counsayle, rehearsed this fable: On a time the Wolues exhorted the shéepeheardes to be in league with them: wherevnto the shéepeheardes accorded: then the wolues required to haue delyuered vnto them their Mastyues, which were the cause of de∣bate betwéene them. The shéepeheards graunted there∣vnto, and deliuered vnto the wolues their dogges, the most vigilant keepers of their flockes. Afterwarde the wolues being without any feare, did not onely now and then eate a shéepe, to allay their hunger, but did also for theyr pleasure rent and teare other in pieces. In lyke¦wyse (sayde Demosthenes) king Philip, after hée hath taken from you your Oratours, which by theyr wyse aduertisementes haue hytherto preserued you from hys tyrannie, he will doe the semblable. Which the Atheni∣ens hearing, agréed to hys counsalye, and valiauntly defended the citie. Hée was afore the incarnation of Christ .345. yeares.

Deo,

The name of Ceres.

Derbices,

People of Asia, about the sea called Mare Cas∣pium, which haue this custome, that when their friends come to the age of lxx. yeares, they slea them, and eate them, calling all theyr neighbours to the feast. Olde women they sley not, but doe onely strangle them, and afterward bury them. Semblably, if men die before the sayde age, they also doe burie them. They punishe euery offence, (be it neuer so little) with death.

Derce,

A well, most colde in summer, betwéene Bisbilis, and Sepobriga.

Derceto,

A Goddesse name of the Assyrians.

Dercyllus,

One of the Capitaynes of Pyrrhus.

Dersaei,

People of Gréece in the borders of Thrace.

Deua,

A ryuer in Scotland called Dée: and the towne cal∣led Dondée, is also Deua.

Deuana,

Called also Duana castra, a towne in the north part of England called Dancaster.

Deucalion,

The sonne of Prometheus, a man of great wisedome and vertue, who saued much of the people of Gréece in the time of an vniuersall floude, whereby the more part of Gréece was drowned. The poets feigne that after the floud, he asked counsayle of the Goddesse Themis, howe mankynde myght bee restored: and it was aunswered, if he and his wife Pyrrha, did cast the bones of their mother behinde them. Deucalion (bee∣yng very wittie) perceyued that the earth was mother of all things, and the stones the bones thereof. There∣fore he threw stones behinde him, and they became men: and his wyfe dyd likewise, and they became women. But in deede he saued the people by bringing them to the hill called Parnasus. Hee was before the comming of Christ .1534. yeares.

Deuona,

A towne in Almaine called Newemarke, betwene Nuremburg and Rentzburg.

Dexamene,

A nymph of the sea.

Dexippus,

A phisition, the scholer of Hippocrates.

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Dia,

An yle by Gréece called Naxus.

Diagoras,

A philosopher of Miletus, who had thrée sonnes notable in sundrie feates of actiuitie, all which in one day at the solemne games of Olympus with great glo∣ry wan their pryces. And when they imbraced their fa∣ther there present, setting their Garlands on his head, and the people with ioyfull acclamations cast flowers on him, as the maner was, for exceeding ioy that he con∣ceyued, euen in his sonnes armes he ended his lyfe. An other of the same name was a famous poet.

Diâna,

The daughter of Iupiter, which fléeyng the com∣panie of men, to the intent that she would not be moued with carnall lustes, did continuallye exercise hir selfe in hunting wilde beastes, and for hir chaste lyfe was ho∣noured of the Paynims for a Goddesse: she is also taken for the moone.

Diáponi,

Certaine dogges in Créete.

Dias,

A philosopher of Ephesus, in the time of Philip king of Macedonie.

Diaula,

One of the foure notable porches in Rome.

Dibutades,

A porter of Corinthe, which taught first to make vessels of Chalke.

Dicaea,

A citie in the goulfe called Thermaicus.

Dicaearchia, ae,

foem. gen. The citie called Puteoli.

Dichaeárchus, chi.

mas. gen. The name of a philosopher.

Dicaeogenes,

A certaine poet.

Dicaeus,

A mans name.

Dicte, es,

An hyll in the yle of Candie, where Iupiter was nourished.

Dictynna,

One of the names of Diana. Also a citie of Gréece.

Dictynneus,

An hyll wherein the temple of Diana was scituate.

Dictys,

One of the Centaures. Also an historiographer of Candie, which wrote the battayle of Troy.

Is also a fisher, which nouryshed Perseus.

Dictys,

One of the Centaures. Also an historiographer of Candie, which wrote the battayle of Troy.

Is also a fisher, which nouryshed Perseus.

Dido, or Elisa

, Daughter of Belus, king of Tyre, shée was first maryed to Sichaeus Hercules his priest, whome, for couetousnesse of hys great rychesse, when hir brother Pygmalion had cruelly slaine, shée, with certaine that shee knewe to hate the couetous tyranne, fledde out of hir owne countrey into Affrike. Where to buylde hir a castell, she bought as much lande as she coulde compasse with an Oxe hyde, as is before declared in Byrsa. After∣warde when ••arbas king of Getulia, profered hir mary∣age, and shée for tender loue of hir first husbande, refused to mary any other, the barbarous prince with force and warre woulde haue constrayned hir vnto it. But the noble gentlewoman, rather choosing valiauntlye to dye, than to appeare to forget the loue of hir first husbande, killed hirselfe. Yet Virgill and other poets feigne that shée was enamoured on Aeneas, fléeing out of his coun∣try: and by aduenture arriuing at hir city of Carthage, and afterwarde when shée perceyued▪ that he would for∣sake hir and depart into Italy, that for sorrow thereof she killed hirselfe. But by the credite of most certaine historyes▪ that is conuinced to be false. For Carthage began to bée buylded by Dido, 70. yeares after Rome, and Aeneas came into Italy before Rome was builded.

Didymae, arum,

Ilandes of Affrike, that bounded vpon Aegypt.

Didymaon,

A famous maker of harneys.

Didyme, es,

An Ile in the Sicilian Sea.

Didymeus,

One of the names of Apollo.

Didymi,

Certayne hilles in Arabia foelix.

Didymus, a, um,

Is in Latin Geminus, in Hebrue Thomas, in English, a twinne in birth, or double a man. It is also the name of diuers learned men, of which one being a Grammarian, wrote .3500. bookes.

Diéspiter,

One of the names of Iupiter, quasi diei pater.

Diiouis,

Iupiter.

Dindymene, and Dindyme

, One of the names of Cybele, called the mother of the Gods.

Dindymus,

The ridge of the hill of Ida in Phrigia.

Dinocrates,

A philosopher.

Diocles,

A poet of Athens. Also a phisition in the time of Darius Histaspis.

Diocleus,

The sonne of Orsilochus.

Diodorus,

A philosopher of Socrates sect, and Diodorus Siculus a storye wryter, and an other Diodorus a s••o••ke philosopher, of whome Cicero wryteth.

Diogenes,

A famous philosopher of their sect, y^t for their vncurteous demeanour were called Cinike or doggish. He liued without any maner of prouision, from daye to day begging his meate and drinke. In the nightes he lay in the common porches and gallereyes of the citie, in the day time he vsed for his house a tunne, which he cō∣tinually sate in. And when hée turned his tunne which waye hys pleasure was, hée merily made his aduaunt, that his house woulde turne with euery time. For in the winter he did set the mouth toward the south, in the summer towarde the north, and which way soeuer the sun did bende, Diogenes his tumbling palaice did turne it selfe. Great king Alexander on a time mooued wyth the fame of this philosopher, came to him as hée was sitting in his tunne, and beyng in admiration of that contempt of the worlde, that in him appeared, lyke a noble Prince, bade him aske at his hande what so∣euer he woulde desyre. Syr quoth hée, then I praye you stande a syde, and take not from me, that you can not giue: meaning the warmenesse of the Sunne, to∣warde which at that time hée had tourned his Tunne. Alexander was not onelye nothynge dyspleased wyth the vncurteous aunswere of thys currysh Phi∣losopher, but also sayde openlye that if he were not Alexander, hée coulde fynde in hys heart to be Dio∣genes. He dyed beyng 90. yeares of age, and beyng at the poynt of death, willed his body to be left vnburyed: and when his frinds asked him whyther he woulde lye aboue the grounde to be deuoured of byrds and beasts, no friendes saith he, but laye you by me a little staffe, that I may feare them awaye: therein deryding theyr curiositie, that séemed to be so carefull for burying the dead carkasse, as though there had béene great diffe∣rence, whether it were deuoured of beastes, or eaten and consumed of wormes in the grounde.

Diogenianus,

A gramarian of Heracle••.

Diognetus,

A learned man, which wrate the expedition of Alexander.

Diomeda,

The daughter of Phorbas.

Diomedea,

An yle, wherein Diomedes was buryed.

Diomedes,

King of Aetolia, Tydeus his sonne, who with the residue of the Grecians went to Troy, and there so manfullye behaued himselfe, that next to Achilles and Aiax hée was counted the moste valyaunt. For beside that he slue in battayle sundry famous kings, & fought hand to hand with Hector, and with Aeneas, he woun∣ded the God Mars, and the Goddes Venus, comming to rescue hir sonne, wherewyth shée takyng great dis∣pleasure, incensed his wife Aegiala with so outragy∣ous letcherie▪ that she made hirselfe common to all yong men that would offer hir dishonestie. For shame wher∣of Diomedes after the warre ended would not returne home into his country, but sayled into the part of Ita∣ly called Apulia, where one Daunus gaue him the one halfe of his kingdome. An other Diomedes was Kyng of Thrace, which féeding his horses with mens fleshe, was afterwarde by Hercules cast to them to bée deuou∣red.

Dion Syracusanus,

A noble mans sonne of Sicilie, called Hipparinus, brother to Aristomacha, wyfe to the el∣der Dionyse. Wherefore hée was long tyme in fa∣uour wyth hym, in so much that Dionyse commaun∣ded hys offycers, that they shoulde gyue to Dion all that he woulde aske. Reade this Dions lyfe and actes in Plutarke.

Dion Prusieus,

A Phylosopher surnamed Chrysostomus, who vsed to go abroade, beyng cladde wyth a Lyons skinne. Traian the Emperour vsed him familiarlye, wyth whome he most commonlye aboade. He wrote in defence of Homere against Plato foure bookes, and o∣ther things besides.

Dionaeus, naea, naeum,

Perteyning vnto Venus.

Dione,

A Goddesse of the sea, the mother of Venus.

Dionysiópolis,

A citie of Thrace.

Dionysius,

Reade in Bacchus. It is also the name of two kings of Sicilie, which for their crueltie and auarice were called tyrannes: the first was sonne of Hermocra∣tes, a riche man of Sicilie, whome for hys valiaunt∣nesse in armes, the Sicilians ordayned to be their Ca∣pitaine agaynst the Carthaginiens, which inuaded them, and menaced to destroye theyr countrey, and take from them their libertie. But after the enimies were vanquished, Dionyse, which preserued his countrey from bondage, of a benefactour became a cruell tyran. The other Dionyse was sonne vnto thys, like in con∣ditions, but beter learned. He also made meanes to haue Plato come vnto him, & a good space had him in much reuerence, and hearde hys Lessons in philosophie. Fy∣nallye, suspecting that he conspired against him wyth Dion and other, whome he had expelled, vnneth at the desire of Architas Prince of Tarentum, and other, he suffred him to returne to Athens. Of both these ye may read in Plutarke in the life of Dion, also in Iust. lib. 21 and many thinges notable in Erasmi. Apoph.

Dionysius Areopagita,

A famous philosopher of Athens, disciple to saint Paule. He onely of all the Phyloso∣phers beléeued Paule preaching of Christ. And before whē he was in Aegypt, whither he went for learnings sake, and there togither with Apollophanes his instruc∣ter, beyonde all compasse of reason, did sée the Eclipse, that was at the death of Christ: Eyther, sayde he, the God of nature suffereth vyolence, or else the frame of thys world will be nowe dissolued. He wrate to Timo∣theus Byshop of Ephesus twelue bookes, De diuinis nominibus, of the heauenly Hierarchie, and many other workes, as Suidas witnesseth.

Diophanes,

A Rethoritian, the mayster of Gracchus.

Diores,

A mans name in Virgile.

Dioscorides,

called also Pedacius, and Phacas, a worshipful knight of Aegypt: who ioynyng learning with chyual∣ry, being in the Romaines hoste in diuers countreyes, in tymes vacant from battayle, made diligent search for the fygures and vertues of dyuers herbes, and other things necessarie for medicine, and wrate most truely of them in Gréeke, as Galene testifieth. He lyued vnder Cleopatra and Antonius.

Dioscoron,

An ylande within the borders of Italy.

Dioscippus,

A notable wrestlar. Also a souldiour of Alex∣ander the great.

Dioscurias,

A citie of Colchis, in the which were sometime people of thrée hundred diuers nations.

Diospolis,

A citie of Aegypt. There be foure other of the same name in Aegypt, but very small Cities in com∣parison of this.

Dipoenus,

The brother of Scyllys, which two were the first inuenters of grauing in marble.

Dirce,

A womans name, the wyfe of Lycus king of The∣bans. Also an other of Babilon, which for speakyng

Dir••s,

An highe hi••l of Mauritania, nowe called Atlas.

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Doclea,

A citie of Liburnia.

Dodona,

A citie in Gréece, whereby was a woode, in the which men thought that trées spake.

Dodone,

The daughter of Iupiter and Europa.

Dodoneus, a, um,

Of Dodona.

Dodonis, idis,

One of Dodona.

Dodonides,

Certayne Nymphes, the Nourses of Liber pater.

Dolabella,

A Romayne, Ciceroes sonne in law.

Doliche,

An ylande called before Icaris.

Dolichi••te,

An other ylande.

Dolon,

The proper name of a man of Troy, that was verie swift on foote.

Dolopëius, a, um,

Of the people called Dolopes.

Dolopes,

People of Thessalie.

Domitianus,

An Emperour of Rome, by nature brother vnto the gentle prince Titus, but in conditions and maners farre vnlike. When he was first admitted to the Empyre, he vsed much to be in a secret place alone, and there dyd nothyng but take flyes, and pricke them through with an néedle. Wherefore, when it was de∣maunded of one Crispus, who was with the Emperor, he pretily aunswered, not so much as a flye. At the be∣ginning he séemed so much to abhorre murder, that hée myght scantly suffer an Oxe to be kylled for sacrifice: but in the ende, folowing the steps of Nero, and Cali∣gula, he became a most detestable and cruell tyranne, as well towarde all other, as towarde them that professed the name of Christ.

Domitius,

The name of dyuers Romaynes.

Domnonij,

A people of the countrey in Englande, called Deuonshyre.

Donatistae,

Heretikes that affirmed the congregation of Christian people to be no where but wyth them, and that they onely perteyned to the Church. Wherefore those that came from the catholike part to them, they dyd eftsoones baptise. Also they affirmed, that in the church were no ill people, but onely good. The authour of this heresie was Donatus, a Numidian, about the yeare of our Lorde .353.

Donâtus, i,

mas. gen. A Grammarian, mayster to Saynt Hierom.

Donysa,

An yle in the sea Aegeum.

Doria, and Dorica

, Names of the countryes ioyning to A∣thens.

Doricus, a, um,

Of Doria, or Dorica: as,

Dorica lingua,

The language of the people called Dores, the fift tongue of the Gréekes.

Dorij, Dorienses, or Dores

, A people in Gréece, so called of a people inhabiting by the mountayne Oeta, which wandering lyke to the Gothes, by force wanne cer∣tayne Countryes, and finally subdued the olde inhabi∣tauntes.

Dorion,

A towne of Achaia.

Doris, idis,

The countrey by the hyll Oeta.

Doris,

A nymph of the Sea, and is interpreted bytter∣nesse.

Doriscus,

A place in Thrace, which conteyneth iuste 120000. men, by the which Xerxes numbred hys great armie.

Dorius,

A ryuer of Portugall.

Dorius, a, um,

idem quod Doricus, a, um.

Dorpia,

Were certaine dayes, which the Atheniens kept solemne, in open feasting and banketting.

Dorticum,

A citie in Mysia, by the ryuer Danubie.

Dorus,

The sonne of Neptune, which reigned in a part of Gréece.

Doryclus,

The Bastarde sonne of Priamus.

Dorylaeum, or Dorylaum

, A great citie of Phrygia.

Dorylus,

One of the Centaures.

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Dracus,

A capitaine of Achaia, vanquished by Lucius Mummius the Romaine.

Draco, onis,

ma. ge. One that first gaue lawes to the Athe∣niens, wherein hee appoynted death for euery small faulte. Wherefore it was sayde, hée wrate his lawes with the bloud of men.

Draconígena,

Of Poets was called the citie of Boeotia▪ bycause it was buylded by Cadmus, and the fiue men that sprang of the Dragons téeth.

Drangiana,

A prouince in Asia the more.

Drausi,

A people of Thrace, which at the birth of children make great lamentation, & at the death make great ioy.

Drepanum,

A citie in Italy, called nowe Trapani.

Drilon,

A ryuer of Dalmatia, called commonly Drino.

Druides, dum, or Druidae, arum

, Were sometime in fraunce called Gallia, one of the two estates, of like condition as the spiritualtie is nowe among vs. They had in great estimation woodes of great Okes, and in marueylous reuerence all thynges that grewe on Okes, speciallye Misselden, affyrming that it was sent from Heauen. Their sacrifice was in thys fourme: Vnder an Oke, wheron grewe Misselden, they caused meate to be pre∣pared and set, and two white Bulles to be brought foorth, whose hornes were then first bounden, that is to say, were set first in the Ploughe or Wayne. Then the priest (being clad in white) clambe vp to the trée, and hauing a Byll of Golde in hys hande, did shredde or cut of the Messelden: then offered they the sacrifice, praying, that the gyft that shoulde bée giuen, might bée to them that shoulde receyue it, prosperous and fortu∣nate, supposing that the beast which was barren, if hée dranke of the Misselden, shoulde be fruitefull, and that it was a sure remedie against all poyson. It is suppo∣sed, that their supersticyon came first out of this yle called Brytaine.

Drusomagus,

A city of Rhetia, called commonly Rempten.

Drusus,

The name of a Romayne, of right noble lynage and eloquence, but he was prowde and ambicious.

Dryas,

The proper name of a man of Thessaly, friende of Nestor.

Dryades,

Were fayries of woodes.

Dryidae,

idem quod Druidae.

Drylon,

Looke Drylon.

Drymodis,

Afterward Pelasgus, is nowe called Archa••••e.

Dryopes,

People of Epirus.

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Dubis,

A ryuer in Fraunce, called Le doux.

Ducona,

The citie of Caors in Fraunce.

Duellôna, ae,

foem. gen. In olde time called Bellona.

Duillius,

A noble man of Rome that first in that citie try∣umphed for a victorie gotten in a battayle on the sea. When he was an olde man, in chyding wyth his enimie it was cast in his téeth that hée had an yll sauouryng breath. Wherewyth he beyng somewhat abashed, went home to his wyfe and chidde wyth hyr that she neuer tolde him of it, Syr sayde shée, so woulde I haue done, had I not thought that all mennes breathes had sauoured in lyke maner. So farre were honest ma∣trones in those dayes from clypping, kissing, and wan∣ton daliaunce with straungers.

Dulichium,

An Ile in the sea Maliake, or (as some saye) Ionium.

Dulópolis,

A citie of Aethiope, called by an other name, Acanthus.

Dunium,

The towne of Dorchester.

Dunum,

A countrey in Englande called Durham.

Duram,

Some thinke to be the name of a ryuer néere vnto which the Gygantes made the tower Babell. Some will it to be a fielde, as in Daniel.

Durias, or Turia

, The name of a ryuer néere to Valentia, called commonly Duero.

Durocottorum,

The citie of Rheynes in Fraunce.

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Dynamene,

A certaine nymph.

Dyrrhachium,

A citie in Sicilio, which was first called E∣pidamnus. It is nowe called Durazo.

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EAnus,

the God of the yeare, whome the Phoenicians paynted, a serpent with his tayle in his mouth.

Eantes,

The name of a story wryter, that was in that age that Pigmalion reigned in the east part.

Easo,

The citie called saint Sebastian, in Spaine.

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Ebionitae,

Heretykes, which denyed Christ to be God, and affirmed, that all partes of the olde lawe, ought to bée kept with the newe lawe. They receyued onely the gos∣pell of saint Mathew, and reiected the other, and also all the epistles of saint Paule. The authour of that secte was one Ebion, about the yeare of our Lorde .88.

Eblana,

A citie in Irelande, called Dublin, or Deuelin.

Eborácum, or Eburacum, ci

, A Citie in Englande called Yorke.

Ebosus,

An yle betwéene Sardinia and Affrike, the earth whereof, will suffer no venemous thing to lyue: where is such bréede of Conies, that they destroy the Iles next adioyning.

Ebron,

A mountaine in Palestina.

Ebrus, or Hebrus

, A ryuer of Thrace, running from the mountaine Rhodope, in the grauell whereof are founde little rayes or péeces of golde.

Ebudes,

Iles in the sea about Englande, I suppose nighe Wales and the west countrey, where the people lyue by white meate and fishe.

Ebuleus,

The sonne of Iupiter and Proserpina.

Ebura,

A citie of Portugall, nowe called Ebora.

Eburini,

People of Lucania.

Eburones,

People of the countrey called Liege or Luke, beyonde Brabant.

Eburonices,

A people of Fraunce.

Eburum,

A citie of Germany, called commonly Olmuntz.

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Ecameda,

The daughter of the valiaunt Arsinous, which at the battaile of Troy was giuen to Nestor.

Ecbatana,

The chiefe citie of the realme of Media. There is a citie in Syria of the same name, sometime called Epiphania, and may be written Egbatana.

Echemon,

Priamus sonne, slaine by Diomedes.

Echeneus,

A very courteous and gentle person, of the peo∣ple called Phaeaces.

Echinades,

Béene ylandes in a ryuer in Gréece, called A∣chelous, which deuideth Aetolia, from Acarnania.

Echíneis,

An yle in the sea Aegeum.

Echinon,

A citie of Thrace.

Echioni,

Thebanes so called of Echion, one of the fiue that holpe Cadmus to buylde Thebes.

E D

Edessa,

A citie beyonde the ryuer of Euphrates.

Edom,

Esau was so called, and the countrey where he reigned.

Edomus,

An hyll next vnto Pangeum, in the borders of Thessalie.

Edon, onis,

mas. gen. A mountaine of Thrace.

Edones,

A people of Scythia.

Edoni, or Edonij

, People of Thrace, or in the borders of Macedonie, néere to Thrace.

Edonides,

Were women, which being stirred with a diuine furour, did celebrate the mysteries of Bacchus.

Edonis, idis,

A citie of Aeolis, and a countrey of Thrace.

Edonius, a, um,

Of Edonis.

Edonus,

idem quod Edon.

Edonus, a, um,

Of Thrace.

Edri,

An yle on the east part of Irelande, which Plinie calleth Andros.

Edyia,

A nymph, the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.

Eetion,

Andromaches father▪ that reigned at Thebes in Cilicia.

E G

Egelaste,

A towne in the higher Spaine.

Egeria,

An ydoll, to whome women with childe did offer, supposing that thereby they shoulde traueile easily.

Egesinus,

A philosopher, the scholer of Euander.

Egesta,

A citie in Sicilie, which Aeneas buylded. Also the daughter of Hippotes the Troyan, mother of A∣testes.

Eioneus,

One of the Princes of Gréece, which came to Troy: mother of Thrace, which ayded the Troyanes.

E L

Elaea,

A citie of Asia, an other of Italy: the people wher∣of be called Eletae, or Elitae. It is also a citie of Phoeni∣cia, an other of Bithynia.

Elamitae,

Be called the princes of the Persians, of Elam the sonne of Sem, as Iosephus sayth.

Eleebus,

A citie in Fraunce, called commonly Schelestade.

Eldana,

A citie in Spaine, called Duennes.

Elea,

A citie in the countrey of Lucania.

Eleates,

A man of that citie.

Electra,

The daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She had a daughter of the same name, on whome Iupiter begat Dardanus.

Electrion,

The father of Amphytrio, and sonne of Alceus.

Electrites,

Certaine yles in the sea Adriaticum.

Eléctrius, a, um,

Of Electra.

Elei,

People in Gréece, in the Countrey sometime called Peloponnesus, nowe Morea.

Eleleus,

One of the names of Bacchus.

Elephántina,

A citie of Aegypt.

Elephantis,

An ylande in the ryuer Nilus.

Eleus, untis,

A citie of Thrace.

Eleus,

One of the names of Bacchus.

Eleusinus, a, um,

Of the citie Eleusis.

Mater Eleusma,

Ceres.

Eleusina, sacra,

Ceremonies of Ceres the goddesse.

Eleusis,

A citie in Gréece, not farre from Athens, where Eleusius reigned.

Eleutherius,

The name of a man. It signifieth, frée gen∣till.

Eleutheros,

A ryuer by the towne of Orthosia.

Elicius, a, um,

That draweth or allureth out, the surname of Iupiter.

Elis,

A citie of Peloponnesus: an other of Achaia.

Elisa,

One of the names of Dido.

Elops,

One of the names of Dido.

One of the Centaures.

Elops,

One of the names of Dido.

One of the Centaures.

Elorus,

A citie of Sicilie.

Elpenor,

A companion of Vlisses, which with other, Circe turned into hogges.

Elpes,

The wife of Boetius.

Elusa,

An yle against Cypres.

Elusis & Elusin,

A citie in the prouince of Attica, not farre from Athens.

Elymais,

A countrey néere Persia.

Elisij campi,

The same place that is called Elysium.

Elysium,

A place of pleasure, where poetes did suppose the soules of good men to dwell.

Elysius, a, um,

The Adiectiue.

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Emath,

A citie that is nowe called Antioche.

Emathia,

A part of the realme of Macedonie.

Emathius, a, um,

Of Amathia.

Emaus,

A noble citie of Palestine, which is nowe called Nicopolis.

Emerita Augusta,

A citie of Portugall, called now Merida.

Emmanuel,

An hebrue name, and is interpreted, God is with vs.

Emmaus,

Looke Emaus.

Emodus,

An hill, which about the borders of Indie, is de∣uided

Empedocles,

A poet of Agrigentum, that wrote of natural philosophie in verses. He was of that minde and opy∣nion, that no liuing thing ought to bée eaten: that all things had their beginning of amitie and discorde: that the soule was not in the heade or heart, but dyspersed throughout al the bloude: and that men were most sen∣sible in those partes, where the soule was most. The report is that, to the ende he might be counted by hys sodaine departure a God immortall, he stole priuily in the nyght from hys company, and cast himselfe into the burning mouth of the mountaine Aetna, but his yron patennes or pantofles being cast vp againe by veheme∣cie of the flame, bewrayed which way he was become.

Empanda,

A Goddesse that had tuition of those thinges that are abroade.

Emporiae,

A citie of Spaine, called commonlye Castellon Dempurias.

Empusa,

A certayne ghost, which in variable formes ap∣peared. Demosthenes sayth, that Aeschines mother was called Empusa.

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Encaenia,

Was among the Iewes, the feast of dedication of their temple.

Enceladus,

A gigant, the sonne of Terra, which was stry∣ken wyth the lyghtning of Iupiter, and buryed vnder the hill Aetna.

Endymion,

The name of a man, which found the course of the Moone: wherefore the Poetes feygned that the Moone loued him, and discended downe to kisse hym while he slept.

Engaddi,

A citie in Iudea, from whence the precyous baulme commeth.

Emochi, or Hemochi

, A fierce and wylde people of Sar∣ma••ia, neere to Pontus, which had their beginning of Rhecas, and Amphistratus, the Chariot men of Castor and Pollux.

Eniopeus,

Hectors Chariot man, whome Diomedes slue.

Enipeus,

A ryuer of Thessaly, neere to the which the bat∣tayle was fought betwéene Caesar and Pompey.

Enna,

A citie of Sicilie, scituate in an high place, and is counted to be the very middle of that countrey.

Enneacrunos,

A fountaine in Athens, made by Pisistra∣tus.

Ennius,

An olde Latine Poet, borne at Tarentum, a city nowe in the Realme of Naples, as some suppose in a towne called Rudiae in Italy, and was brought to the citie of Rome by Cato the Censour. For hys learning and most honest conditions, he was entirely beloued of Scipio Affrican: wherefore he caused his Image to be set on his sepulchre. He made manye bookes in sun∣drie kinds of verses, but the stile that he vsed was very auncient and homely, but they contained graue and sub∣stanciall sentences of great wisedome. He dyed at the age of lxx. yeares.

Ennosigeus,

The surname of Neptunus.

Enoch,

A mans name in holy Scripture.

Enoma, or Ennona

, A citie of Dalmatia.

Enope,

A citye néere to Pylos.

Enos,

A great citie, nyghe to the Mountayne Lybanus, before Noes floude, wherein dwelled Gygants, which had dominion ouer all the worlde, from the sunne go∣yng downe, to the sunne rysing. They trusted in the greatnesse of their bodies, and strength, inuented ar∣mour and weapons, oppressed all men, and giuyng themselues to all bodily lustes, found pauilions, instru∣ments of musike, and all wanton pleasures. They did also eate men, procured deliueraunce of children before the tyme, and prepared them vnto delicate meates. They companied carnallye wyth their owne mothers, sisters, daughters, men and beastes: and all myschyefe they did commytte, despysers of GOD and all rely∣gyon.

Enyo, enyus,

The name of Bellona.

Enyalius,

The sonne of Bellona.

Eon, onis,

The trée whereof the ship Argo was made for Iason.

Eóus, i,

m. g. One of the horses of the sunne. It is vsed for the day starre.

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Epagris,

One of the yles called Cyclades.

Epaminondas,

A Theban borne, (sonne of an honest gen∣tleman called Polymnus) in sundry qualities excellent, as well of the bodie as of the minde, in all kindes of musicke perfitely instructed, & daunced exceedingly wel. He wrastled, & ranne no man better. In armes strong, hardie and valyaunt. In martiall pollicie, equall to any then lyuing: woonderfull well learned in Philoso∣phie, especiallye in that Pythagoras taught, the most diffuse and pure doctrine, conteyning most secret and diuine mysteries, wherevnto he added most noble ver∣tues. For he was temperate, wise, of great grauitie, vsing time wisely, of courage inuincible, so diligent in obseruing truth, that hée woulde at no tyme lye, neither in earnest nor in game. Hée was contynent, mercyfull, woonderfull pacyent, suffering wrongs both of the peo∣ple, and of his friendes. He was secret and trustie, so faithfull and louing to his friendes, that when any of them were taken in warres, or any of their daughters ready to be maryed, and they not able to set them ••oorth, according to their degrées: he woulde assemble the resi∣due of his friendes, and exhort them to giue vnto him that lacked, according to their powers. Hee himselfe would liberally giue to the quantity of his substaunce, which was but little, although he were in great autho∣ritie (for he refused all rewardes sauing thankes only) and when hee had made a good summe of that which was graunted, before hée receyued it, hée brought him that should haue it, vnto the gyuers, that hee mought receyue it of them, and know how much he was bound vnto euery of them. He oftentimes refused great sums of money and ryche presentes sent to him by Princes, (although he were poore) saying: If the thing were honest which he was required to doe, he woulde doe it bycause it was good, without any rewarde. If it were yll, or not honest, all the goodes of the worlde shoulde not make him doe it: If it were profitable to his coun∣trie, he was bounden and ready to doe it fréely. If it were otherwise, all the ryches in the worlde mought not counterueyle the loue that hée bare to hys common weale. In eloquence no Thebane mought bée compa∣red vnto him, and his sentences were graue, and very compendious, whereby in counsailes he vanquyshed and put to rebuke great and famous orators. In bat∣taile he ouercame the Atheniens, and the Lacedemoni∣ans, and in one day had the victorie of all Gréece. At the last in the battaile of Mantinea, betwéene the The∣bans, and the Lacedemonians, he was striken & woun∣ded to death wyth a long speare, the heade remayning still in his bodye: yet reteyned hée lyfe, vntill it was tolde him that his hoste had the victorie. Then sayde he, I haue liued long ynough, for I die vnuanquished. The yron being drawne out of his body, he died, before the incarnation of Christ .372. yeare. This one thyng is well to be considered (as Probus saith) the citie of Thebes, before Epammondas was borne, and also af∣ter he was dead, was vnder the rule and subiection of other people. But during the time that he was a go∣uernour in the weale publike, the citie was head & go∣uernour of all Gréece: whereby it maye bee well per∣ceyued, that one such noble man is more than a whole citie.

Epaphus,

The sonne of Iupiter and Io, or Isis, that buyl∣ded Memphis in Aegypt.

Epeirus,

A countrey, which hath on the north Macedonie: on the west and south, the Adriatike and Ionike Sea: on the east Achaia. In this reigned the famous Pyrr∣hus. It hath lying to it the yles Corfun Ithaca, and Zacynthus. &c. Thys Countrey is nowe vnder the Turke.

Epeus,

The sonne of Endymion, which made the horse that was conueyghed into Troy.

Ephestiades,

Certayne yles called of the latines Vulcaniae, and Aeoliae.

Ephesus, éphesi,

A noble auncient city in Asia the lesse. It is interpreted by saint Hierome, my will. There run∣neth by it a great ryuer called Caystros, out of which be deryued many other ryuers. In thys citie was the fa∣mous temple of Diana, numbred among the seauen woonders of the worlde, edifyed by all Asia, in an hun∣dred and twentie yeares, and was set in a Fenne or Marshe grounde, the foundation being first layde with coales, troaden or rammed harde, then fléeces of wooll layde thereon: and all this was to saue it from earth∣quakes. The Temple was in length .425. foote, in breadth .220. In it were .127. pi••••ours, euery of them lx. foote high, made by kinges: the roofe was of Ceder trees, and the doores of Cypres. A lewde person, of purpose to get a renoume in historyes, (being couetous of glorie, and hauing none excellent qualitie to atteyne therevnto) puttyng wilde fire into the roose, did burne this temple. His name was Herostratus (as Strabo wryteth) whereof procéeded a prouerbe.

* Herostrati gloria,

Applyed vnto them that séeke for a re∣noume or prayse of a mischeuous acte.

Ephialtes▪ and Oetus

. Two sonnes of Neptune, which as Poetes doe feigne, did growe euery Moneth, nine yn∣ches, and trusting to theyr length, intended to ouer∣throwe heauen.

Ephorus,

The name of a wryter of hystories, Scholar to Aristotle.

Ephyra, ae, or Ephire, es,

A towne of Achaia, which now is called Corinthus. Also a Nymph, the daughter of O∣ceanus and Tethys.

Ephyreias, adis,

A woman of Corynthe.

Ephyris,

A citie of Laconia.

Epia, ae,

A towne of Achaia, the people whereof were cal∣led Epij.

Epicharmus,

The name of an excellent Phylosopher of Syracuse.

Epictetus,

The name of a Stoike philosopher.

Epicuréus, and Epicúrius, a, um,

Pertayning to the Epi∣cures.

Epicurus,

The chiefe of that sect, that of his name were called Epicurei. He esteemed the chiefe felicitie and ende of all perfitnesse to consist in pleasure, not of the body as Aristippus did, but of the soule and minde. Lucre∣cius, affirmeth that as the sunne in bryghtnesse passeth al other starres, so did Epicurus in worthinesse excel al other philosophers. His life is reported to be of maruei∣lous sobrietie and continencie: but that name of plea∣sure, wherein he placed felicitie, caused all volouptuous and sensuall Phylosophers, of hym to be called Epicu∣reos.

Epidamnus,

A towne in the southwest part of Gréece, on the sea side, called afterwarde Dyrrachium.

Epidaurus, or Epidaurium,

A citie in Gréece, in the coun∣trey called Achaia, wherein was a famous temple de∣dicated vnto Aesculapius, to the which a great multi∣tude of sicke people did resorte, and some in their sléepe had shewed vnto them that Medicine whereby they shoulde be cured of their sickenesse.

Epigenes,

A Phylosopher of Byzance.

Epigoni,

The surname of them that were the causers of the seconde warre of Thebes.

Epij,

Certaine people called afterwardr Elidenses.

Epimachus,

A mans name.

Epimenides,

A Noble Phylosopher in the yle of Creta: who beyng a yong man, and sent by his father to séeke a shéepe, for wearinesse and heate of the day, went into a denne or hollowe place in an hyll to rest hym: where he slept continually .47. yeares: and then beyng awa∣ked, went foorth to séeke his shéepe, and not fynding him, retourned home. And finding an other man dwel∣ling in the house, which was his fathers, and beholding euery thing altered, he went into the citie, where at the last he founde his yonger brother, being a man of great yeares, of whome he knew all that was happened, and after became a marueylous Philosopher, and wrate of the nature of things, and of the diuine generation, and had the gift of prophecie, as some suppose. He lyued (as Laertius wryteth) 179. yeares, after other mens say∣ings .194. yeares. And was before the incarnation of Christ .147. yeares.

Epimetheus,

The sonne of Iapetus, and brother of Pro∣metheus.

Epiphanes,

Notable or famous: It was the surname of Antiochus the most cruell tyranne.

Epiróta, ae,

One of Epyre.

Epiróticus, a, um,

Of the countrey called Epirus.

Epîrus,

A regyon in the southwest part of Greece, looke Epeirus.

Epistrophus,

A king of Phocis.

Epopos,

The name of a Mountaine.

Eporedia,

A citie of the Salatiens.

E Q

Equestris,

Newcastell in Fraunce.

Equitius,

The proper name of a man, and surname of a familie in Rome.

E R

Erasinus,

The name of a ryuer in Achaia.

Erasistratus,

A noble Phisition of the house of Aristotle: who for healing king Antiochus, receyued of Ptolo∣meus his sonne .100. talentes, which doe amount of our money, to 14000.375. li. He was before the incar∣nation of Christ .243. yeares.

Erate, es,

A nymph, the daughter of Oceanus and Te∣thys.

Erato,

The name of one of the Muses, which had prehe∣minence ouer louers. It is sometime taken for Cal∣liope.

Eratosthenes,

The name of a philosopher.

Ercinia, or Hercynia,

A woonderfull great woode in Ger∣many, looke Hercinia.

Ercius,

One of the names of Iupiter.

Erebeus, a, um,

Of Erebus.

Erebus, bi,

mas. gen. A part of hell, or one of the riuers of hell.

Erectheus,

A king of Athens.

Erembi,

People in Arabia, which go naked.

Eresichthon,

One of Thessaly, which for contemning Ce∣res, was made so hungrye, that he dyd eate the parts of his owne body.

Eretria,

A famous citie of the yle Euboea.

Eretum, ti,

A streete in the Sabines towne.

Ereuthalion,

A man of huge greatnesse, which was slaine by Nestor.

Ergácylus,

The proper name of a man.

Erganica,

A towne of Spaine.

Erginus,

A tyranne, whome Hercules subdued and slue. Also a ryuer of Thrace.

Eriboea,

Iuno the stepmother of Mercurie. Also a citie of Macedonie.

Ericates,

A mans name.

Ericis portus,

A towne of Lyguria, called also Delphini portus.

Erictho,

A woman of Thessaly.

Ericthonius,

& Erictheus, The first king of Athens, which inuented a Chariot.

Eridanus, ni,

A ryuer in Italy, nowe called Padus, in Ita∣lian Po, nighe to the citie called Patauium, so named of Eridanus, called also Phaëton, which was drowned in the same.

Erigone,

The daughter of Icarus, sister of Penelope, which was turned by the goddes into the signe called Virgo.

Erimanthus,

Looke Erymanthus.

Erineon,

A citie in Doris.

Erinnys, nyos, or nyis, foe. ge.

The name of one of the furyes of hell.

Eriphia, ae,

fem. gen. A certaine witche.

Eriphyle,

The wife of Amphiaraus, and sister of Adras∣tus, which betrayed hir husbande for an ouche of golde, at the siege of Thebes.

Eriphysa,

The name of an Ilande.

Erisichthon,

Looke Eresichthon.

Ero,

A mayde of Sestus, who séeyng Leander of Abydus hir louer drowned, in swimming ouer the sea of Hel∣le••ponte to come to hir, cast hir selfe downe from an highe tower into the same water, and so dyed the same death.

Eropia,

One of the yles Cyclades, called also Asis, and af∣terwarde Syphnus.

Eros, otis,

A mans name.

Erychus,

A mountaine in Sicilie, where was a temple of Venus, of the which she was called Ericyna.

Erymantheus, and Erymanthius, a, um,

Of Erymanthus.

Erimanthis, idos,

Arcadie.

Erimanthis, vrsa,

The daughter of Lycaon, which was tur∣ned into a Beare.

Erymanthus,

A mountaine in Arcadie, where Hercules ouercame a Boare that destroyed the fieldes. There are also a wood and a ryuer of the same name.

Erythea,

An yle in the sea Gaditanum, where is such tem∣peratenesse of ayre, that men liue exceedingly long.

Erytheus,

A king of Athens.

Erythra,

A citie of Asia.

Erythrea,

One of the Sybilles. Also the countrey out of the which Hercules droue his hearde of beastes.

Erythraeum mare,

The red sea, so called of the king Ery∣thra, which in Englyshe signifieth red. For in deede the water of that sea is of the colour of water, as dyuers great authours, and also experience doth affirme.

Erythrys,

A ryuer, the water whereof maketh heare to growe.

Eryx, cis,

The name of a mountaine in Sicilie, and of a citie thereon buylded, wherein was edified a temple to Venus, whereof Venus is called Erycina.

Eryx,

Was also the sonnes of Butes and Venus: or after some, of Neptunus and Venus, which was slaine by Hercules, and gaue name to the aforesayde hyll, in the which he was buryed.

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Esaias,

A Prophete of the trybe of Iuda, in whome was such aboundaunce of the spirite of prophecie, that hée prophecied so much of Christ, that he seemed rather to be an Euangelist than a prophete. He was of such ho∣lynesse, that (in the time of kyng Ezechias, when a city was besieged) by his prayer he obteyned of God, that water sprang vp in little quantitie, so that the people did not perishe for lacke of water. And when the eny∣myes had wonne the citie▪ and besieged Seloum, as often as the Iewes came for water, the water ranne out of the earth aboundantly, and they tooke water: but the straungers when they came, coulde not finde it. Thys holy man, for his liberty of speach, in rebuking the sinne of the princes and the people, and prophecying of the vengeaunce of God vpon that country and people, was cut in two partes with a sawe, and buryed vnder an Oke: but afterwarde he was translated and layde by the sepulchre of kinges. He was before the incarnation of Christ, 800. yeares.

Esau,

The sonne of Isaac, and brother of Iacob.

Esis,

A ryuer in Italy not farre from Rauenna.

Esquiliae,

Looke Exquiliae.

Essedones,

A people, which doe eate their friendes when they be deade, and drinke in the skulles of their heades.

Esseni, or Essei,

People inhabiting in Iudea towarde the west, which doe lyue wythout women, and contemne golde, siluer, and all other ryches. They liue by eatyng of Dates. There resort continually vnto them, by the prouidence of God, men from diuers partes, so that their companie neuer fayleth. But none is receyued, vnlesse the merite of his vertue and chastitie doe ad∣uaunce him.

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Etearchus,

A king of Oaxus, a citie of Crete.

Eteocles,

The elder sonne of Oedipus, by his owne mo∣ther Iocasta. Betwéene whome and his brother Poli∣nices this agreement was made, that after the depar∣ture of their father, they should reigne yerely by course. But Eteocles, after his yeare was ended, woulde not suffer his brother to succeede. Wherefore Poly••••ces, beyng ayded of Tydeus, & his wiues father ••drastus, made cruell warre vppon hys brother, in which▪ they both méeting in the fielde, were eche of other staine. Af∣terwarde, when both their bodyes were burned in the fire, the report goeth, that the flame parted it selfe, and went a sunder, as a signe of such deadly hatred betwene the two brothers, that as their mindes being aliue, so their bodyes being deade, coulde neuer agree. Of thys hatred such steppes remayned in the posteritie, that the warre was aftercontinued most deadly by the chyldren of them, which at thys first war were slaine. A notable example was this of such mischiefe, as commonly by diuine prouidence followeth them that are begotten in incest, against the course of nature.

Etésiae, ârum,

f. ge. Windes which doe commonly blowe in sommer, about the caniculer dayes.

Etésius, a, um,

Perteyning to those windes.

Ethalia,

An yle in the sea called Mare Ligusticum, which is by Geane.

Ethálion,

A mans name, which was turned into a Dol∣phin.

Etheocles,

Looke Eteocles.

Ethruria,

Looke Hetruria.

Ethruscus,

Looke Hetruscus.

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Euadne,

The daughter of Thebe, and the wife of Capa∣neus: which loued hir husband so feruently, that when she heard that he was taken at Thebes, shee fell neere deade in a sowne, and after when his funerall was celebrated, she leapt into the fire.

Euaemon,

The father of Eurypylus, which came with the Greekes to Troy.

Euaenetus,

Looke Euenetus.

Euan,

The name of Bacchus.

Euander, or Euandrus,

The proper name of Carmentis sonne, who by his mothers counsayle slewe his father, and leauing his owne countrey Archadia, came into I∣taly, and entering into the mouth of Tyber, and expel∣ling the inhabitaunts, rested on the hill Palatine, where he began to buylde the towne, Palantèum.

Euandrius, a, um,

Of Euander.

Euarchus,

A ryuer of Scythia in Europe.

Euboea,

An yle in the Greeke sea, and the name of the ci∣••ie scituated in the same. It is nowe called Nigro pont: in that is the citie Chalcis, where Aristotle dyed.

Euboeus, and Euboicus, a, um,

Of Euboea.

Eubulus,

The name of an hystorie wryter, and is interpre∣te•• prudent. Also a Citizen of Athens, who was eni∣mie to Demosthenes.

Eucarpia,

A citie of Phrygia, where growe great plentie of very fayre grapes.

Euchion,

The name of Bacchus.

Euclides,

The name of a famous Geometrician, scholer to Socrates.

Eucrates,

A wily Milners name.

Eudemon,

The countrey of Arabia foelix.

Eudamidas,

The sonne of Archidamus, and brother of Alces.

Eudora,

A nymph, Oceanus and Tethys daughter.

Eudorus,

The sonne of Mercurie and Polymela.

Eudoxus,

The sonne of Aeschines, an excellent Geome∣trician, Astronomer, and Phisition, scholler to Socra∣tes and Plato.

Euemenius,

A mans name, who was very famyliar with Philip, and his sonne great Alexander.

Euenetus, or Euaenetus,

A capitaine of y^e Lacedemonians,

Euênus,

A ryuer descending from Thrace, and deuiding Calydon. Also a philosopher, which affirmed fire to be the best sause for all meates.

Euerg••tes,

The surname of one of the Ptolomées.

Euganei,

People sometime of Venice.

Euganei montes,

Mountaines in Italy by Padowe.

Euganeus, a, um,

Of those hilles.

Euhyas, ádis,

f. g. A woman priest of Bacchus.

Euhyus,

The name of Bacchus.

Euilla, or Heuilath

. A Countrey in the Orient, about the which the ryuer Phison, which we call Ganges, that commeth out of Paradise, doth runne.

Eumaeus,

The swinehearde which conducted Vlysses to his house, when he returned to his countrey.

Eumelis,

A notable Augurian or soothsayer.

Eumelus,

The sonne of Admetus, king of Thessaly, got∣ten on Alceste his wife. Also the name of a Troyan.

Eumenides,

Furyes of hell.

Eumilus,

A capitaine of the Gréekes that went to the siege of Troy.

Eumolpidae,

Were certaine priestes or magistrates of A∣thens, ordayned in the honour of king Eumolpus.

Eumolpus,

A man of Athens, whome Suidas wryteth to be the sonne of Musaeus the Poet.

Eumónides,

A mans name of Thebes.

Euneus,

The sonne of Iason by Hypsyphyle.

Euníca,

A maydens name in Theocritus.

Eunóninus,

A great heretike, of Arius sect, wherevnto he added of his owne malice, that the sonne was in euery thing vnlike vnto the father, and that the holy ghost had no medling with the father nor the sonne. Moreouer he affyrmed, that all that kept the fayth that hée taught, shoulde be saued, had they committed neuer so great a sinne, and continued therein. He was about the yeare of our Lorde .353.

Euonymos,

One of the yles called Aeoliae.

Eupalia,

A towne in Locris, which some call Eupalion, and some Eupolion.

Euphorbus,

A Troyan, the sonne of Panthus, which wounded Patroclus, and was slaine by Achilles. Also a shepeheardes name.

Euphotion,

A poets name of Chalcedon, whome Gallus did translate.

Euphratés,

One of the ryuers that come out of Paradyse, which passeth through the citie of Babylon. Also a phi∣losophers name.

Euphrósyne,

The proper name of a woman. Also the name of one of the three Graces, called Charites.

Eupilis,

A lake in Lumbardie.

Eupolis,

An auncient poet, which in his comedies sharply taxed the vices of the people.

Eupompus,

A very cunning man in Arithmetike & Geo∣metre. Also a famous painter, which taught Pamphi∣lus Apelles mayster.

Euporus,

Caius Gracchus seruant, which at his bidding did slea him, and after killed himselfe.

Euprosopon,

A promontorie in Phoenicia.

Euripides,

A famous poet, that lyued in the tyme of Ar∣chelaus kyng of Macedonie, who had him in passing great estimation. He wrote .75. comedyes, and was of so chaste lyfe, and so much abhorryng the companye of women, that he was of that occasion surnamed Myso∣gynes, that is, enimie to womankind. He was by misfor∣tune slaine of Archelaus hys dogges: for which thing the king was very sorye, and commaunded his bones to be gathered togither, and honourablye to be interred in the citie Pella, repelling the Ambassadours of the A∣theniens, which (for honours sake) made great sute to haue his bones translated to hys natiue Citie of A∣thens.

Euripus,

A part of the sea, betwéene Aulis, an Hauen of Boeotia, and the yle Euboea, which ebbeth and floweth seuen tymes in a day, wyth so swift a streame, that it ca∣ryeth wyth it shippes with full sayle against the winde: and yet thrée dayes euery Moneth stoode styll, and mooued not.

Euronotus,

A northeast winde.

Eurôpa,

The thirde part of the worlde, deuided from Asia with the great seas Hellespontus, Propontis, Bosphorus, Thracius, and Pontus Euxinus, and hath the vttermost boundes, in the northeast, the ryuer Tanais. And from Affrike it is deuided by the middle sea. It was al∣so the name of a faire mayden, daughter of Agenor king of Phoenicia, whome Iupiter (transforming himselfe into the forme of a Bull,) did rauishe, as Poets write: which of some in interpreted, that Iupiter caryed hyr away by force in a shippe, in the decke or maste where∣of was a Banner or Streamer, wherein was painted a Bull.

Eurotas,

A ryuer that runneth before the towne of Lace∣demonia.

Eurus,

The east winde.

Euryale,

The daughter of king Minos. There was an other of that name, the daughter of Praetus, king of Ar∣giues. An other was one of the Gorgons.

Euryalus,

The name of one of the princes of Peloponne∣sus. Virgill feigneth a Troyan to be so called.

Eurybates,

A man of Ithaca, Agamemnons seruant.

Eurybatus,

The name of dyuers men: one was a famous robber and théefe, of whome commeth this worde Eu∣rybatizare, to steale away priuilye from them that haue him in kéeping.

Eurybia,

A nymphe.

Eurybiades,

One of Xerxes Capitaines.

Eurycles,

A soothsayer or diuinour.

Euryclea,

A mayden, the daughter of Pisenoris.

Eurycrátides,

One of the Lacedemonians.

Eurycyon,

A certaine goldesmythes name.

Eurydamas,

A Troyan, an interpreter of dreames.

Eurydame,

Was the wyfe of Leutychides king of Spar∣tanes.

Eurydêmus,

The father of Pebrioea.

Eurydice,

The wife of Orpheus.

Eurydomene,

A nymph of the sea.

Eurylochus,

The king of Phlegya, which destroyed The∣bes before Cadmus buylded it.

Eurymachus,

One of Penelopes wooers.

Eurymedon,

The sonne of Faunus. Also a riuer of Pam∣phylia.

Eurymides,

A soothsayer among the Cyclops, which tolde to Polyphemus all that to him happened afterwardes by Vlysses.

Eurynome,

The wyfe of Orchamus, and also the daugh∣ter of Apollo.

Eurynomus,

A deuill, who (as the auncient Gréekes sup∣posed) did eate and consume the fleshe of deade men, leauing the bones bare: whome they painted in a ter∣ryble figure, hauing long téeth or tuskes, sitting in the skinne of a Vulture, of colour betwéene blacke and blewe.

Euryon,

The daughter of Amyntas king of Macedonie.

Eurypylus,

One of the sonnes of Hercules, that reigned in the yle of Cous, an other the sonne of Euaemon, which both were at the siege of Troy.

Eurystheus,

A king of Gréece, enimie to Hercules, which commaunded him to doe many of his enterpryses.

Eurythus,

A king of Oechalia, which denyed to giue his daughter to Hercules.

Eurytion,

One of the Argonautes: an other was the sonne of Lycaon.

Eustachius,

A martyr, famous in the time of Traiane the Emperour, & one of his court. As he was passing the time in hunting and chasing of an Harte, he sawe be∣twéene the heartes hornes, the signe of the Crosse, and hearde the voyce of the beast crying vnto hym, Cur me persequeris, which thing he comming home declared to his wife and children, and turned them to the fayth of Christ. Both he and his wife Theophila were burned in a brasen Bull, in the reigne of Adriane the Empe∣rour.

Eustathius,

A learned man which wrote a Chronicle from the time of Aeneas, to Anastasius the Emperour. An other was a learned bishop of Antioche, which wrote against Ae••ius. An other of the same name wrote com∣mentaryes on Homere and Dionysius.

Eustephius,

A sophister of Aphrodisia.

Eustratius,

A philosopher, which wrote Commentaryes vpon Aristotles Ethikes.

Euterpe,

One of the Muses, and is interpreted iocund or pleasant.

Euthydemus,

A philosopher of Massilia, Apollonius mayster.

Euthimus,

A famous capitaine, or mightie champion.

Eutices, or Eutiches,

An heretike, an abbot of a Monaste∣rie in Constantinople, about the yeare of our Lorde. 450. He affirmed that Christ had but one onely nature, that is to say, diuine, or of God like as he was one per∣son. This heresie was condemned in the counsaile of Ephesus, and Eutices sent into exile.

Eutichydes,

A famous ymage maker.

Eutrápelus,

A mans name, and is interpreted gentle and pleasant.

Eutropius,

A mans name, who perswaded Caesar to make a lawe, wherby he himselfe perished.

Ecclesi. histor.

There was an other Eutropius Saint Augustines scholer.

Eutyches,

Looke Eutices.

Euxinus pontus,

A part of the sea, which deuideth Euro∣pa from Asia.

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Exampeus,

A fountaine in Scithia.

Excétra, ae,

f. g. A serpent, of whome the head being cut of, thrée came vp for it. It was also called Hydra.

Execestides,

One of whome for his immoderate going on pilgrymage, grewe a prouerbe.

Exquiliae quiliarum,

A mountaine in Rome, where watche was kept.

Exquilius, or Equilius mons, idem

.

Exquilius, or Exquilinus, a, um,

Of the hyll Exquiliae.

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Ezechiel,

(A prophete of the countrey Sa••era in Syria, of the lyne of byshoppes) had mar••••ylous reuelations and visions, and by him God shewed many great myra∣cles. For in the time of a great scarcitie, he by prayer obteyned of God abundance of fishe, wherby the people were sufficiently refreshed. Also when the people were oppressed, he stoode and made theyr enimyes so abashed with miracles and woonderfull sightes, that they ceassed of their enterprise. Being in the countrey of Chaldeie, he tolde the people of many thinges done in the temple of Ierusalem. He brought the people out of Chaldeie to Ierusalem, to the reproch of the Infidelles. He be∣yng in Babylon, iudged the trybe of Dan and Gad, for that they had wickedly done against the Lorde, in per∣secuting them, which beléeued in the law. And he shew∣ed vnto them a terrible token: For Adders deuoured their children, and all their cattell. At the last, he was slaine at Babilon by the Duke of the people, bicause he reproued him of Idolotrie. He was buryed in the fielde Maur, in the Monument of Sem and Arphaxad, pro∣genitours of Abraham. He prophecied of the returne of the children of Israell, and also of the commyng of Christ. He liued before the incarnation of Christ .617. yeares.

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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.

Fa••••ade••,

called also Bona dea, The name of the earth, so called, bycause children when they be borne, doe not vt∣ter any voyce, before they haue touched the earth.

Fauentia,

A citie in Italy, called commonly Faenza. An other of Spaine.

Fauentinus,

A man of Fauentia.

Fauiani,

A certaine people.

Fauij,

People which discended of Hercules.

Fauilcae,

Certaine cellers in the court of the Capitoll at Rome, where were woont to be layde the banners of the Romaynes, which were borne in warres. Also therin was layde the treasure and money, which the priestes of the Temples in the Capitoll did employe aboute thinges necessary to their superstition and ceremonyes.

Fauna,

idem quod Fatua.

Fauni,

Were named of the Poetes, rusticall Goddes, and monstruous beastes like vnto men.

Faunus,

An auncient kyng of the olde Latines, sonne of Picus. He was also called Fatuelus, and was father of Latinus, which reigned in Latium, whose wyfe was cal∣led Fatua, or Fauna.

Fauorinus,

A notable philosopher, in the tyme of Adriane the Emperour, who did hate him extréemely. Where∣fore he was woont to say of himselfe, there were in him thrée great woonders: One, that he being a frenchman borne, spake the Gréeke tongue well: the seconde, that being an Eunuke or Gelding, he was suspected of ad∣uoutry: and thirdly, that he did liue, being the Empe∣rours extréeme enimie.

Faustulus,

A shepehearde, which was the fosterfather of Romulus, and Remus.

Faustus,

The sonne of Sylla.

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Februus,

A name of Pluto called God of hell.

Felsina, ae,

A citie in Italy, nowe called Bononia.

Feltrum,

A towne in Italy in the countrey called Marchia Taruisina.

Fenestella, lae,

mas. gen. The proper name of a storye wry∣ter, which flouryshed in the dayes of Tiberius Caesar: But Eusebius affirmeth that he dyed in the time of Augustus.

Feralia, orum,

neu. gen. plu. A day dedicate to the infernall gods, to pacifie them towarde the soules departed. They were also sacrifices made for soules.

Ferentinum,

A citie which (after Plinie) standeth in the first region of Italy.

Ferentum,

A citie in Apulia.

Feretrius,

The name of Iupiter, giuen by Romulus for carying of spoyles. For when he had ouercome his eni∣mies the Ceninenses, he tooke theyr spoyles, and in a solemne pageant caryed them vp to the Capitoll, where he dedicated them to Iupiter Feretrius, and afterward buylded a temple in the same place.

Feretrus,

A mountaine, of the which the house of Phere∣tre was named.

Feronia,

The goddesse of woods. It was also the god∣desse of seruauntes, in whose temple (the heade beyng shauen) they were woont to receyue a copped cappe, in token that they were infranchised. It is also a Citie vnder the hill Soracte.

Ferraria,

Ferrer, a citie in Italy. Also a promontorye in Spaine.

Fescenninum,

A towne of Campaine, where verses sung at maryages were first inuented.

Festus,

A mans name, familiar with Domitian.

Fesulae, arum,

f. g. plu. An olde citie in Tuscane, not farre from Florence.

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Fidena, ae, or Fidenae, arum,

A towne of the Sabines in Italy.

Fidenátes,

People of that towne.

Fidiculanus,

A noble senatour of Rome.

Fidius deus,

A God among the Romaines, sonne of Iu∣piter.

Filistim,

A countrey that is nowe called Ascalon.

Fimbria,

The name of a Romaine, which was very prowd and seditious.

Firmum castellum,

A citie of Italy.

Fiscellus, li,

A little hill in Italy, not farre from Tyber.

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Flaminia,

A countrey in Italy, called also Aemilia, and commonly Romandiola: in which are the cities of Bo∣nonia, Fauentia, Imola, Rauenna, and Ariminum.

Flaminia via,

The high way from the citie of Rome vnto the citie of Ariminum.

Flaminius,

The name of dyuers Romaines, of which one beyng Consull, was ouerthrowne by Anniball at Tra∣simenus.

Flandria,

A country called Flaunders.

Flauinium,

A place in Italy.

Flauius, uij,

The name of a familie in Rome, of the which were Vespasianus, Titus, and Domitian.

Fleuo, vel Fleuus,

One of the mouthes of the ryuer Rhine. Also a towne by the same ryuer.

Flora,

A notable harlotte, which with the abuse of hyr bo∣die, hauing gotten exceeding great ryches, at hir death left the people of Rome hyr heyre, and appointed a great summe of money to lye in a stocke, wyth the vsu∣ry whereof yearely to hir remembraunce should be kept certayne playes called Floralia. Thys bycause in pro∣cesse of tyme it séemed to the Senate a foule matter, they cloked it with this deuise, feigning that Flora was a Goddosse that had the tuition of flowers, and that she with such games must be worshipped, for the better proofe of flowers, fruites and hearbes. These playes were set foorth with all tokens of dishonestie both in wordes and gestures by common harlots goyng in the stréete, in such sort as they might worthily séeme to bée kept in remembraunce of hir that they had theyr first beginning of.

Florentia,

A citie in Italy called Florence, sometime cal∣led Fluentia.

Florianus,

An Emperour of Rome.

Florius,

A ryuer in Spaine.

Fluentia,

The auncient name of the citie called Florence in Italy.

Fluonia,

The name of Iuno.

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Fobij,

idem quod Fabij, verbum obsoletum.

Focunates,

People of the Alpes.

Fons solis,

A fountaine in Cyrenaica, which in the daye tyme is colde, and in the night hote.

Fonteia,

A Virgine Vestall, sister of Fonteius, the Ro∣maine.

Forcus,

The proper name of a man.

Fori, ôrum,

m. g. plur. Stages or Galleryes, from whence the noble men of Rome behelde the playes called Cir∣censes.

Forículus,

A God among the Romaynes.

Formiae,

A towne in Campaine, now called Nola.

Formio,

A ryuer of Istria, called commonly Cesano.

Fornices,

Arches in Rome, made in the memorie of anye noble victorie or triumph.

Fortunatae insulae,

The fortunate Iles, which were in the great Occean sea and of Plinie are named to be sixe, of Solinus thrée, of Ptolomie twoo, which he calleth also the Iles of the Gods, for the holesomnesse of the ayre, and windes blowing there: also the plentie of good fruites and fertilitie of the grounde. It is thought of some men to be those Iles which are now called Cana∣ria, distant from Spaine, toward the west .1200. miles. after the account of Petrus Martir. Of these Iles are founden to be seuen in number. First, about the yeare of our Lorde .1405. a French man called Betanhor, at the cōmaundement of Catherine, then Quéene of Ca∣stell, found two of them, and called the one Launcelot, and the other Forte ventum. Soone after one Fernan∣dus Peraria and his wife founde other two, and called

Forule,

A citie of Italy.

Forum Liuij,

A citie of Italy called Forli.

Forum Cornelij,

A towne in Italy called Imola.

Forum Iulij,

A regyon or countrey of Italy, which was sometime called Lapidea, nowe it is called Frioll.

Forum Claudij,

Tarentasia in Italy.

Fossae Marianae,

A citie in the prouince of Narbon.

Fossae Papyrianae,

A citie in Italy called Fosso nouum.

Fossum Sempronij,

A towne in Italy called Fossenborne. Also Fauentia.

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Francones,

People of Germanie.

Fratres Aruales,

Reade before in Aruales.

Fregellae,

A little towne in Italy, sometime a noble citie.

Frentani,

People of Italy.

Fretum Herculeum.

A narrow sea betwéene Spaine and the countrey of Moores, called the straytes of Mar∣rocke.

Frisij,

People of Hollande, whereof the countrey is called Friselande.

Fronto,

A learned man, instructour of M. Antonius.

Frusino,

A citie of Campaine.

Frusinum,

A citie of Campaine called Frusinona.

Frutinal,

A temple of Venus.

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Fucinus,

A lake in Italy.

Fugalia, orum,

n. g. plu. A feast among the Romaines, in remembraunce of dryuing out of the kinges, and ex∣pelling of Tarquinius, solemnised in the Moneth of Fe∣bruarie.

Fulco,

A Duke of Angewe, the fifth king of Hierusalem.

Fulginates,

A people of Italy.

Fulsinates,

People of Illyria.

Fuluiaster,

He that imitateth the maners of Fuluius.

Fuluius,

The name of a Romaine.

Furiae,

Goddesses of furie, and the daughters of Nox, and Acheron. There were of them three: Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megera. Poetes feigned that these furies dwelled in hell: but the meaning of olde writers was, that they were nothing but the wringings, torments, and gnaw∣ings of yll consciences that vexed naughtie men.

Furiâlis, le,

Of, or pertaining to the furies.

Furnianus, a, um,

Of Furnius.

Furnius,

One that inuented certaine vessels, which were therefore called Furniana vasa.

Fusidius,

The name of an oratour.

G A

GAba,

A towne in Galilée.

Gabaa,

A citie of Syria,

Gabales,

A people of Aquitaine in Fraunce.

Gabalum,

A towne in Fraunce nighe to Narbone, where very good chéese was made.

Gabalus,

The name of Heliogabalus, before he was Em∣perour.

Gabaon,

A citie in the holy lande, nighe to Rama, where Salomon doing sacrifice, spake with God.

Gabaonitae,

Men of that Citie.

Gabba,

A citie in Syria.

Gabij, orum,

A Citie in Italy, which the Romaines de∣stroyed.

Gabinensis, & Gabínus, a, um,

Of the people called Gabij.

Gabinius,

A Romaine Ambassadour, which restored Pto∣lome to his kingdome.

Gabriel,

The name of an Aungell: It signifieth the puis∣saunce or might of God.

Gaddir,

A citie of Spayne.

Gades, dium,

foe. gen. plu. Twoo Iles in the further part of Spaine beyonde Granate, which in worthinesse of men, before tyme haue excelled. For at one tyme there were in Rome .500. men of this countrey citizens of the order and state of gentlemen. In the lesse of those two Ilandes, it is reported that Grasse is so battle, as the milke of the Beastes doth cast no whey, nor can haue any chéese made of it, vnlesse it be mixed with much water. It is written moreouer, that vnlesse the beastes there feeding be often let bloude, they will within .xxx. dayes be styfled, and dye with fatte. Which fertilitie maye séeme to gyue occasion of the fable of Geryons beastes that Hercules droue away.

Gaderes,

A citie of Syria, not farre from Ascalon.

Gadira,

A place néere to the vttermost bounds of Spayne: to which when Hercules came, and coulde passe no fur∣ther, he set vp there his pillours.

Gaditânus, a, um,

Of, or belonging to the Iles Gades.

Gaditanum fretum,

The entrie out of the Occean sea, into the sea called Mediterraneum, hauing Spaine on the northside, and the Moores on the south.

Geon, or Githon,

A great ryuer, which runneth through Aethiope and Aegipt, and is nowe called Nylus.

Gagátes, or Gages,

A ryuer in Lycia where the stone Ieate was first founde.

Galanthis,

The handmayde of Alemena, by whose craft she brought forth Hercules, when she was let by Iuno and Lucina: in despite whereof, she was turned into a Wéefill, called in Gréeke Gale.

Galata,

An Ile not farre from Melita.

Galatae, or Gallogreci,

People of Galacia.

Galataea,

A nymph or mayden of the sea, and was daugh∣ter of Nereus and Doris.

Galatia, or Gallograecia,

A countrey in the lesse Asia, ioy∣ning to Phrygia and Lidia.

Galba,

A Romayne, which in his time was verye elo∣quent.

Galenus,

The sonne of Nicon, a famous Geometrician. In phisicke he was so excellent, as he may iustly séeme to be raysed by diuine prouidence, at that time to make perfite that noble arte, and to confounde the manyfolde sectes and errours, with which as then it was defaced. Vntill he was, xv. yeares of age, he was brought vppe by his father in Grammer, Logike, and Arithmetike. Afterwarde he gaue himselfe to more graue studyes of philosophie, and therein marueylouslye profyted. So soone as he was .xvij. yeares olde, his father was by a dreame admonished to set his sonne to the study of phi∣sicke: in which arte within fewe yeares he so notablye preuayled, that he not onelye passed all his equalles in learning, but with the admiration of all men, his mai∣sters also that taught him. When that in Gréece none coulde bée founde at whose hande he might further learne, he traueyled ouer many countreyes to learne and vnderstande the nature of simples, and other mat∣ter perteining to the science that he professed. After his sundrie traueyles, by that he was .xxviij. yeares of age, beyng well furnished with many profitable simples, hée returned to his countrey Pergamus, alwaye endeuou∣ring to make other pertakers of those thinges, that by his great labours he himselfe had learned. By occasion of a sedition raysed in his countrey, after few yeares hée went to Rome, where, by his great learning and mar∣ueylous cures that he wrought, he procured fauour and loue of good men, spite and enuie of the malycious, but the admiration of all that knewe hym, both good and euill. Vntill he was xxviij. yeares olde, he was of body much in daunger to sickenesse. All the residue of his life, by good order and dyet▪ he continued in most perfite health, vnlesse it were sometime the grudging of a Fe∣uer for a dayes space. In witte and reasoning he was sharpe, earnest, and subtile. In maners so curteous,

Galesus,

A ryuer of Calaber, by the citie Tarentum.

Galilaea,

A countrey which marcheth on Syria, Arabia, and Egypt.

Gallecia,

A region in Spaine.

Gallia,

A noble region, set betwene Spayne and Germany, and on the east, bordereth on the mountaynes Alpes. That which ioyneth to Germany, was called Belgica, and was conteyned betwéene the ryuers Scalde, and Sequana, or S••yne. That part, which marcheth to the mountaynes, was called Celtica, or Lugdunensis, and was conteyned betwéene the Ryuers Seyne and Ga∣rumna, or Geronde. That which bordereth on Spaine, called Aquitania, was bounded wyth the mountaynes Pyrenaei. Caesar boundeth the part called Celtica, with the ryuers Rhene, and Geronde: and Aquitania, with the hilles Pyrenaei, and the ryuer of Geronde. Agrippa describeth Gallia betwéene the ryuer Rhene, the moun∣taines Pyrenaei, the Occean sea, and the mountaynes Gebenna, and Iura. Moreouer, that which is now called Lumbardie, was called Gallia Cisalpina.

Gallicânus, a, um, Gallicus, a, um, and Gallus, a, um

. Of Fraunce.

Gallograecia,

A countrey in Asia, called also Galatia, the people thereof be called Gallograeci.

Gallonius,

A sumptuous and a voluptuous person, of whome Cicero maketh mencion.

Gallus, li.

m. g. A French man. A priest of Cybele. Also a ryuer in Phrygia, the water wherof if it be drunke vn∣moderately, maketh one madde.

Gallus, a, um,

Of Fraunce.

Gamale,

A towne in Iudaea.

Gamphasantes,

A wylde people of Aethiope, which can handle no maner of weapon.

Gandari,

People in the east part of Asia, by the Ryuer Indus.

Gangabae,

Slaues and Porters that cary burdens among the Persians.

Gangaridae,

People betwéene Assyria and India, not farre from the ryuer Ganges.

Ganges,

A great ryuer that deuideth India, called in holy Scripture Phison, one of the foure ryuers which come out of Paradice. Iosephus, doth interprete it Inun∣dation. The breadth thereof (as Solinus writeth) is in the narowest place viij. myles, in the brodest .xx. myles. Arrianus wryteth, that where it is narowest, it is in breadth .100. furlongs, which is .viij. myles. In many places it spreadeth so wyde, that where the grounde is most playne, nor any highe place appeareth, no man may descerne any thing on the other side. In the shalowest place it is .100. foote déepe. There runneth into it .xvij. great ryuers, euery of them able to beare a shippe. In this ryuer of Ganges is an Ile, and there∣in a great citie, called Palybotra, the country is named Phrasia, the king whereof, as Plinie writeth. lib. 6. cap. 19. hath alwayes in wages .600000. footemenne. 30000. horsemen, and 9000. Olyphantes.

Gangéticus, a, um,

Of that ryuer.

Gangética tellus,

India.

Ganyctor,

A mans name.

Ganymédes,

A Troyane childe, which was feigned to bee rauished of Iupiter, and made his butler.

Garamantes,

People of Affrike, in the middle of Libya, which are blacke Moores.

A certaine king, whose daughter Garaman∣tis, Iupiter rauished, and on hir begot Hiarbas.

Garamanticus, a, um,

Of the people Garamantes.

Garamantes,

People of Affrike, in the middle of Libya, which are blacke Moores.

A certaine king, whose daughter Garaman∣tis, Iupiter rauished, and on hir begot Hiarbas.

Garganus,

An hyll in Apulia, called nowe Mons sancti Angeli.

Gárgarus, ri,

m. g. and Gargara, orum, neu. gen. The top of the mountayne Ida. Also a lake of Phrygia, out of the which issueth the ryuers Scamander and Simois.

Gargittius,

The dogge, which kept the oxen of Geryon, whome Hercules slue when he stole them.

Garumna, ae,

f. g. A ryuer in Fraunce called Geronde.

Gaurus,

An hyll in Campania.

Gaza, ae,

foem. gen. A citie in Palestine.

G E

Gebbanitae,

A people dwelling in Arabia deserta, by the redde sea.

Gebenna,

A citie in Sauoy, called also Geneua, where a∣mong the women speciallye, reigneth a disease called Bronchocaele, which is a bolning or swellyng vnder their chinnes. Also Solinus nameth the part of Alpes, ioyning to Sauoy, Gebenna.

Gebuseus,

The sonne of Canaan, of whom the olde inha∣bitaunts of Hierusalem were called Gebusei.

Gedanum,

A towne of Germany in the mouth of the riuer Vrsula, called nowe Dantz.

Gedeon,

The name of a Iudge in Israell.

Gedrosia,

A countrey in Asia.

Gehenna,

A name in the Scripture giuen to hell, vppon this occasion. At the roote of the mountayne Mora by Hierusalem, is a valley and small plaine fielde, fertile and pleasaunt, and in it a groue dedicated to the ydoll Bahal. In this groue or woode, the p••••ple of Israell fallen to Idolatrie, became so foolish, that they burned theyr children, or dedicated and consecrated them to the deuyll. The place it selfe was called Gehennon, that is, the valley of Hennon, and for the wickednesse therein vsed, God threatned that he woulde fyll the place with dead mens carkasses, so that it shoulde no more be cal∣led Tophet and Baal, but Polyandrium. Wherefore the euerlasting punishmentes appointed for euill men, are noted by the name of that place.

Gela,

A citie in Sicilie.

Gellius,

A learned man, whose workes remayne at thys day.

Gello,

A maydens name.

Geloi, or Gelones,

A people nowe called Tartarians.

Gelon,

One that attempted to poyson king Pyrrhus.

Gelos,

A port or hauen of Caria.

Gemellipera,

The name of Latona.

Geminus,

The name of a man, which in Hebrue and eng∣lishe is Thomas.

Gemini,

A signe in the firmament, of Castor and Pollux.

Gemoniae scalae,

A place from whence the bodyes of per∣sons condemned were throwne downe at Rome.

Genetum, ti,

A promontory, wherin is a temple dedicated vnto Iupiter.

Geneua,

Looke Gebenna.

Genezareth,

A great méere or ponde in the lande of pro∣mission, called also Mare Tyberiadis.

Gens Aelia,

A kinred compact of many families.

Gentis, idis,

A king of Illyria, called now Slauony, which was the first finder of the hearbe called Gentian.

Genua,

A great citie called Geane.

Georgi,

People of Asia, hauing that name of tylling the earth.

Geraea,

A citie of Portugall, called Caceres.

Gergonia,

A towne in Guyen, standing on an high hill.

Germania,

A countrey called of some Duchelande, of some

Germâni,

People of Germany, or Germaines.

Germánicus, ci,

m. gene. A noble man of Rome, father to Caligula the Emperour.

Germânicus, a, um,

Of Germany.

Gerra, ae,

foe. gene. The name of thrée cities: One in Sy∣ria, another néere to Thrachonitis, the thirde in Arabia foelix.

Gerrus,

A ryuer in Scythia.

Gerunda,

A citie in Spayne called Girona.

Gerúsa,

A citie of Sarmatia, called now saint Georges.

Gerúsia, ae,

foem. gen. A place where the counsell was as∣sembled at Lacedemonia, like as the Senate house was at Rome.

Geryon, or Geryones,

A king of Spayne, whome Hercu∣les did slea, and tooke from hym certayne bulles & kyne of notable greatnesse.

Gesodumum,

A citie of Norrice, called Saltzbourg,

Gessoriacum,

As some suppose, was the towne, which is now named Calais: Layland sayth Boloigne.

Gessus,

A ryuer of Ionia.

Getae,

People which some suppose to be those, which are in Norwaye and Gothia. Some saye that they be more in the Northeast in Scythia pertayning to Europa: some thinke that it is the people of the countreis Valachia and Transyluania.

Get••li,

A people of Afrike.

Getûlus, a, um, and Getúlicus, a, um,

Of the people Getûli.

G I

Giarus,

A little yle in the sea Ionium, whervnto men con∣demned were exiled.

Giganteus, a, um,

Of, or belonging to Gigantes.

Gigantomachia,

A battayle which Gigantes prepared a∣gaynst the Goddes, as Poets feigned.

Gigas, antis,

masculin. gener. A gyaunt, a man or woman farre exceeding the common stature of men, of whome as well holye Scripture, as other credible writers doe make mention. Plutarchus wryteth, that Sertorius, a Romayne captayne, being in Mauritania, brake downe the sepulchre of Antheus, and therin was found the body of a man, of such monstruous greatnesse, that the same capitayne méeued with a reuerent feare, caused the monument to be réedified. Plinie writeth, that in Creta, an hyll fell downe, and there was founde the bo∣die of a man, in length xlvj. cubites, which was suppo∣sed of some to be the bodie of Orion, of some the bodie of Etion. Sabellicus affirme that was reported to him of a credible person, that in the south part of Candie, was founde vnder a great trée, the heade of a man as great as a wine vessell called Dolium. Howe great that vessell is at Venice, where Sabellicus wra••e, I can not tell: with vs it is taken to be the greatest vessell, which was sometime a tunne. But he sayth, one of the téeth of that heade remayneth at Venice, of woonderfull great∣nesse, by the which, they that sée it may make some gesse to the greatnesse of the head. Solinus remembreth, that in the warres, which the Romaynes had in Candie, in a gre••t rage of water, the grounde being broken vp, there was founde the bodye of a man, in length .xxxiij. cubites: which Flaccus & Metellus (then captaynes of the Romaynes hoste) beholding, woondered, which they before woulde not beléeue, whan they onely hearde it reported. And here in Englande at a monasterie of regular chanons▪ called Iuy Church, two myles from the citie of Sarisburie, were séene the bones of a dead man, founde déepe in the grounde where they digged stone, which being ioyned togither, was in length .xiij. foote and x. ynches. Whereof one of the téeth was in quantitie of a great Walnut.

Gilo,

A citie, the people where of be called Gilonites.

Gillus,

A certayne man of Tarentum.

Gion,

A great riuer in Aegipt, otherwise called Nilus.

G L

Glasialis Polus,

The northerne pole in the firmament.

Glandomyrum,

A citie in Spayne, called nowe Mondaue∣do.

Glaucus,

The sonne of Hippolochus, which came to Troy to ayde king Pryamus. He was so foolish, that he made chaunge with Diomedes, and for his brasen harneyse, gaue to him his harneyse of golde: whereof ryseth this prouerbe, Glauci & Diomedis permutatio: whereby we note passing great oddes in exchaunge. It is also the name of a fisher, who taking fishe and casting them downe on the banke, perceyued that so soone as they had tasted of a certayne hearbe that there dyd growe, they leapt from him agayne into the sea: whereat he greatly marueyling, tasted himselfe of the sayde hearbe, and foorthwith leapt also into the sea, where, as Poetes feigne, he became one of the sea gods.

Glessátia,

An yle in the North sea called Mare Germani∣cum.

Glycerium, rij,

f, g. A womans name in Terence.

Glycon,

A mans name in Horace. Also the phisition of Pansa the Romayne, which was suspected to haue poy∣soned his maister.

G N

Gneus,

The name of certayne noble Romaynes.

Gnidius, a, um,

Of the citie Gnidus.

Gnidus,

A citie of Lycia.

Gnosis, gnosidos,

A woman of the citie Gnosos.

Gnosius, Gnosus, & Gnosiacus, a, um,

Of the citie Gnosos.

Gnosos,

A citie in Candie.

Gnostici,

Detestable heretiques, who on good Fryday, a∣bout the sunne sette, assembled men and young women togither, not sparing daughters nor sisters. After nyne monethes passed, they met agayne in the same place, and then they plucked the children newly borne from theyr mothers, & cutting them in péeces, and receyuing theyr bloud in pots and cuppes, they burned the bodye into ashes, which they did mixe with the bloud, and preser∣ued it to put into their meates and drinkes. They also affirmed, that neyther the lawe of nature, nor lawes made by men, were good, and that the vertues were no∣thing.

G O

Gobeum,

A towne in Fraunce, called Le four.

Gobrias,

A noble Persian in the time of Darius.

Golias,

A puissaunt king of the Philistians, whome Da∣uid, being yet a childe, slewe, when the Iewes were a∣frayde to fight with him man for man. His stature was (as the Byble rehearseth) vj. cubites, and a spanne, which was x. féete, lacking thrée ynches, accompting it with the féete of men liuing at that tyme, which vn∣doubtedly were more than they be nowe. His Haber∣geon weyghed fiue thousande ••ycles, which is 2000. and 500. ounces. And the yron of his speare, weyghed 600. sycles, which is 300. ounces: wherby his great∣nesse and strength may be coniected, to exceede any man liuing in this time.

Gomorrha, & Gomorrhum,

A citie in Iudaea, which was consumed for horrible sinne agaynst nature.

Gonnus,

A citie in the vpper part of Thessaly.

Gordianus,

The name of three Emperours, the father, the sonne, and the Nephewe.

Gordium,

The principall citie of Phrygia.

Gordius,

A poore husbandman of Phrygia, (hauing but two yoke of Oxen) in the tyme of a sedition in the coun∣trey▪ was by aunswere made of an Idolle▪ chosen king there. When he came with his wayne, where the coun∣sayle was kept, and being made king, and causi••g the

Gorgias,

A famous Rhetorician in the tyme of Socrates, who inuented the craft to dispute and aunswere sodain∣ly to euerye question or matter that was preposed in a continuall oration: And by teaching Rhetorike, became so riche, that he was the first that dyd set an ymage of golde in the temple of Appollo at Delphos. He being of age 108. yeares, surmounted almost all men of his time in bodily strength, perfectnesse of senses, quicknesse of wit, and stablenesse of memorie.

Gorgones,

Monstruous women, which were vanquished by Perscus.

Gorgóneus, a, um,

Pertayning to Gorgones.

Gorgónius,

The name of a na••••y felow in Horace.

Gorgóphorus, a, um,

That beareth the Gorgons: the sur∣n••me of Pallas, bycause she had the heade of Medusa painted in hir shielde.

Gorgythion,

A Troyane sonne of Pryamus and Castia∣nira.

Gortyna, or Gortys,

A citie of Candie.

Gortynius, a, um,

Of that citie.

Gothia, or Gotthia,

An yle by Denmarke called Gutland, not farre from Norway.

Gothi, and Gotthi,

People, of whome the first came out of Gutlande, vnto whome resorted a great multitude of o∣ther people, as well out of the countreys nowe called Prussia, Liuonia, Russia, and Tartaria, as diuers other partes, called sometyme Scithia: and making sundry kinges, did depopulate and bring in subiection the more part of Europa, and finally destroyed Rome, and inha∣bited the part of Italy now called Lumbardie: & like∣wyse subdued the realmes of Castile and Arragon.

G R

Gracchanus, a, um,

Of Gracchus.

Gracchuris,

A citie of Italy.

Gracchus Sempronius,

The father of Caius & Tiberius, who being sent as Proconsull into Spaine, subdued the C••••tiberians, and to the remembrance of his noble acte, repayred agayne their towne Ilurcis, and called it of hys name Cracchuris. His wife was the noble woman Cor∣nelia, for hir chastitie, learning, and sober womanheade famous through all the world. On whom he begat Ti∣berius and Catus, yong gentlemen of excellent witte, and passing eloquence, but in their tyme so much gi∣uen to maintayne the Commons of Rome agaynst the Noble, that to the great vnquietnesse of all the Em∣pyre, they published the sedicious lawes of distributing of landes from the nobles, portionmeale among the cō∣moners: whereby they raysed the Nobilitie agaynst them, and wrought in the ende theyr owne confusion. For Tiberius was first slayne in a commotion within the citie, by the noble man Publius Nasica, and hys brother Ca••us two yeares after him, by the commaun∣dement of the Con••ell Opimus. These two gentle men, were brought vp and instructed in learning and eloquence by theyr owne mother Cornelia, and therein became so excellent, that in that age was none lyke to them.

Gradiuícola,

One that worshippeth Mars.

Gradiuus,

One of the names of Mars.

Graecanicus, a, um,

Come out of Greece.

Grecia, ae,

foem. gen. (The fountayne of prowesse and doc∣trine, and nourse of eloquence) a great and famous coū∣trey, contayning these noble regions, Epirus, Acarnania, Aetolia, Phocis, Locris, Achaia, Messenia, Laconia, Ar∣gos, Megaris Attica, Boeotia, Do••is, Phthiotia, Thessalia, Magnesia, Macedonia, and Thracia: All the which of late yeares were vnder the yoke of Christes religion, and now alas, to the great discomfort of all perfit Chri∣sten men, are vnder the most cruell subiection and serui∣tude of the great tyranne the Turke, and become bar∣barous, liuing in the beastly superstitiō of the false pro∣phete Mahom••t.

Graeciensis, ciense,

Of Gréece, or comming out of Gréece.

Graeculus, a, um,

A diminutiue of Graecus.

Graecus, ci,

m. g. A man borne in Gréece.

Graecus, a, um,

Of Gréece.

Graiúgena, ae,

com. gen. A Gréeke.

Granata,

A realme and citie in Spaine, ioyning to the sea called Mare Mediterraneum, which was vnder the sub∣iection of the Moores eyght hundred yeares. At the last, by the great wisedome, pollicie, and prowesse of Fer∣nanoo, and Elizabeth, of famous memorie, late King Quéene of Spaine, was eftsoones restored vnto Chri- and stendome, and the Moores expelled.

Granicus, ci,

mas. gen. A ryuer of Bithynia, at the which great Alexander ouerthrew and put to flight the power of Darius.

Gratiae,

The Graces: looke Charites.

Gratidia,

The name of a woman of Naples in Horace, whome he calleth Canidia.

Grauionarium,

A citie in Almayne, called Banbergh.

Grauiscae,

A castell of the Tuscanes.

Gronij,

People of Spayne.

Gryllus, li,

m. g. Xenophons sonne.

Gryneus, a, um,

Of Grynia.

Grynia,

A towne of Aeto••ia, in the borders of Ionia.

G Y

Gyarus, i, or Gyra, ae.

Looke Giarus.

Gyas,

The name of a Troyane.

Gygeus,

A lake of Lydia.

Gygemorus,

A little hill not farre from Thessaly.

Gyges,

The sonne of Daseylus, one of the seruauntes of Candaules, king of Lydia (as Herodotus wryteth) or his companion (as Trogus rehearseth) was also king of Lydia, by this meanes: Cādaules had a wy••e, whom for the inordinate loue he bare to hir, he supposed to be the fayrest woman liuing. On a tyme he praysed his wyues beautie vnto Gyges, adding thereto, that he might the better beléeue him, he woulde cause him to sée hir naked. But Gyges refused, disswading as much as he coulde Candaules from that folly, with ryght wyse exhortations. But Candaules obstinately persisting in his foolish fantasie, dyd sette Gyges in a secrete place, where he behelde his wyfe naked, going to bed. And as Gyges departed, the Ladie behelde him. And finally the matter disclosed vnto hir by hir husbande, she intended to be reuenged. For in that countrey it was an intolle∣rable reproche to a man or woman, to be séene naked. Wherefore calling vnto hir such of hyr seruauntes, as she speciallye trusted, she sent for Gyges: who beyng come, she proposed vnto him this election, eyther he him∣selfe to be slayne, or else to promise to slea Candaules, and take hir to his wyfe, and the realme with hir: which he abhorring, and a good whyle resisting with sundrye perswasions, at the last he chose, rather than to die him∣selfe, to slea Candaules, as he did lying in his bedde, by the meanes of the Quéene, whome he tooke to his wife, and was king of Lydia. Plato libro. 2. de iusto, telleth that Gyges had a ring, of such vertue, that when the broder parte thereof was tourned to the palme of hys hande, he was séene of no man, but he might sée all thinges: and when he tourned the ring on the contrarye part, he was himselfe séene openly: by meanes whereof he slue Candaules, and committed adultery wyth hys wife. There was also an other Gyges, a great gyaunt, and brother of Briareus.

Gymnosophistae,

Philosophers of Indie, which went al∣wayes naked.

Gyndes,

A great ryuer of Assyria, which Cyrus caused be deuided into xlvj. channelles or streames.

Gytheum,

A towne which Hercules and Appollo buyl∣ded togither, and the inhabitaunts of the same towne be called Gytheares.

H A

HAbessus,

A citie of Lycia.

Habraham,

A noble Patriarke, and i•• interpreted fa∣ther

Hadramitani,

People of Sicilie.

Hadria, ae,

foem. gen. A citie of Italy on the sea side, by the which the sea betwéene Italy and Slauonie, was na∣med Mare Hadriaticum.

mas. gen. A bosome or goulfe of the sea, or the sea it selfe, called Hadriaticum.

Hadria, ae,

foem. gen. A citie of Italy on the sea side, by the which the sea betwéene Italy and Slauonie, was na∣med Mare Hadriaticum.

mas. gen. A bosome or goulfe of the sea, or the sea it selfe, called Hadriaticum.

Hadriónopolis,

A citie of Thrace.

Hadriánus,

A noble Emperour, in all sciences excellently learned. Hée was after Christes incarnation .109. yeares, and reigned .xxj. yeares.

Haebudes,

Are .v. yles beyond Scotland two daies sayling.

Haedui,

People of Fraunce, which be nowe called Burgo∣nions, and Burgonoises.

Haedi,

Certaine starres.

Haemodes,

An hill of Lycia.

Haemon,

A Thebane, which loued Antigone.

Haemonia,

The countrey called Thessaly.

Haemus,

Looke Aemus.

Halalcómene, or Halalcomenae,

A towne of Boeotia.

Halcyon graece,

and (as Varro saith) Halcedo Latinè, The daughter of Neptunus, and wife of Ceyx, whome shée beholding to be drowned, for sorrow drowned hir selfe. wherefore the Poets write, that they were both trans∣formed into birdes, and called Halcyones.

Halcyóneus, a, um,

Of Halcyon.

Halesina,

A citie of Sicilie.

Halesina regio,

A countrey wherein is a Well, the water whereof being alwayes quiet and plaine, if one standing by it doe play on a shaulme, or other lyke Pype, the wa∣ter in the well wyll rise as it daunced, insomuch, that at the last it will mount and runne ouer the brim of the well: and the pype ceassing, the water will foorthwith fall and become quiet.

Halesus,

A ryuer and hill not farre from Aetna.

Halia,

A nymph of the sea.

Haliacmon,

A riuer of Macedonie.

Halicarnassus,

A citie of Caria, whiche was sometyme chiefe of all the countrey.

Halizones,

People of Paphlagonie, so called bicause they are enuironed about with the sea.

Halonesos,

An yle in the sea Aegeum, néere to Thrace.

Halycarnasus,

Looke Halicarnassus.

Halys,

A great ryuer of Paphlagonia.

Hamadriades,

Nymphes or fayries of the wooddes.

Hamaxa, ae,

f g. A planet called the seuen starres.

Hamaxampeus,

Part of the ryuer Hypanis.

Hamaxobij, or Hamaxobitae,

A people of Sarmatia, so cal∣led, for that they vse cartes in the stéede of houses.

Hamilcar,

Looke Amilcar.

Hammon, mônis,

m. g. Iupiter in the Aegyptian tongue.

Hanapis,

A ryuer of Scythia.

Hannibal,

The sonne of Hamilcar, the most noble and va∣liaunt capitaine of the Carthaginenses, who making warre with the Romaines .xvj. yeares, contended with them in prowesse and pollicie, winning from them their dominions in Spaine and Italy. Finally, being van∣quished by Scipio▪ he fledde to Antiochus king of Asia, afterwarde to Prusias king of Bythinia, of whome vnder the colour of amitie, he was betrayed, and should haue béene deliuered to Flaminius, that tyme Ambassa∣dour to Prusias: but Hanniball perceiuing it, choosing rather to die, than to come into the handes of the Ro∣maines, tooke poyson, which he kept for that purpose, saying, let vs deliuer the Romaines from the care and feare which they haue of vs, with a fewe more wordes of indignation, and so dyed, before he might be deliuered. Some write this name without H.

Hanno,

A noble man of Carthage, which perswaded them to make peace with the Romaines, but he coulde not be heard.

Harma,

A village in Boeotia vnfrequented: the worde signifieth a Cart or Chariote. Looke the prouerbe, Vbi per Harma fulgurauit.

Harmodius,

& Aristogiton, Two noble citizens of Athens.

Harmodotus,

The name of a poet.

Harmonides,

A Troian Carpenter, which made the ships that brought Paris into Gréece.

Harmosini,

Certaine magistrates in Sparta which cha∣stised the frowardnesse of women towarde their hus∣bandes.

Harpagium,

The towne, where (as the gréekes feigne) Ganymedes was taken away.

Harpalice,

A womans name, the daughter of Harpalus king of Thrace, and Queene of Amazones.

Harpalus,

A traytour, which forsooke Alexander, and fled to Athens.

Harpasa,

A towne of Asia.

Harpocrates,

The God of silence.

Harpyiae,

Monstruous byrdes, hauing maydens vysages, and talons of a marueylous capacitie. Wherefore men that be rauenous and great gatherers of goodes, be na∣med sometime Harpyiae.

Hasdrubal,

A noble captayne of Carthage.

H E

Heautontimorúmenos,

The name of one of the comedies of Terence, which is as much to say, as tormenting him∣selfe.

Hebe, hebes,

The daughter of Iuno, who was butlar to Iupiter before the rauishing of Ganyme;des, and shee was called of the paynims the goddesse of youth. Of hir beginning poetes deuised this ••able. Apollo on a tyme bade his stepmother Iuno to a banquet, where a∣mong other meates she was serued with wylde lettuces of which after she had eaten very gréedily, (where be∣fore she was euer barraine) sodainly she became fertile, and brought foorth to hir husbande a daughter called Hebe, whom Iupiter for hir excellent fauour and beau∣tie, made his cuppe bearer. But on a time when he was at a feast in Aethiope, and Hebe bringing his cup in a slipperie place chaunced to fall, and disclosed further of hir neather partes, then comlinesse woulde haue to be shewen. Iupiter, to the great displeasure of his wife Iuno, remooued hir from that office, and appointed Ga∣nymedes, to serue him at his cuppe,

Hebraei,

Iewes which came of Abraham.

Hebráicus, a, um,

An Hebritian, or of Hebrue.

Hebron,

A village by Hierusalem.

Hebrus,

A riuer in Thrace, into the which Orpheus head was cast: It is nowe called Ma••iza.

Hecale,

The name of a very poore woman.

Hecameda,

The daughter of Arsinous, which was giuen to Nestor by the Greekes.

Hecate,

A name of Diana, Iuno, or Proserpina. It is also the name of the daughter of Perses, a woman of notable cruelnesse, which poysoned hir owne father. An other Hecate, was daughter to Perseus and Asteria.

Hecatompylos,

The chiefe citie of Parthia, which had an hundred gates.

Hector,

King Priamus his sonne by Hecuba, the most va∣liaunt of all the Troianes, and the terrour of the Gre∣cians besieging his countrey. For so long as hée liued, Troy coulde neuer be taken. In the ende he was slaine by Achilles, and by a chariote drawne on the grounde about the walles of the citie in the sight of his misera∣ble father and mother. After, his body through the great wrath and displeasure of Achilles, for the death of his deare friende Patroclus, was left vnburied .xij. dayes: at the length it was graunted to his father to be buried, but so that he payed a great summe of money for the same.

Hecuba,

The wyfe of Priamus king of Troy, daughter of Cysseus, king of Thracia, a woman of noble courage, and most vnhappie fortune. For hauing all hir sonnes and husbande slaine▪ hir faire daughter Polyxena killed vpon the graue of Achilles, hir other daughter Cas∣sandra taken prisoner, beholding the noble citie of Troy burned, hir selfe in captiuitie, hir yongest sonne Po••ydo∣rus killed: shée finally waxed madde, and did bite and strike all men that she mette, wherefore she was called dogge, and at the last was hir selfe killed with stones by

Hecubae sepulchrum,

A promontorie of Thrace.

Hecyra,

The name of a comedie in Terence.

Hedui,

People in Fraunce, now called Burgonions, looke Haedui.

Hegesias,

A philosopher of the sect called Cyrenaica, who with his eloquence did so vehemently set foorth the in∣commodities of mans life, that many which heard him, killed themselues.

Hegesiphyle,

The daughter of Olorus king of Thrace.

Hegesippus,

A storie writer.

Hegesistratus,

One of Ephesus.

Hegetinatia,

A citie of Germany called Gnitz.

Helei,

A famous people of Peloponnesus, which had the rule of the plaies called Olympici.

Hélena, ae, or Helene, es,

(The daughter of Iupiter, and Leda wife to Tyndarus king of Lacedemonie) for hir woonderfull beautie, was twise rauished. First at the age of nine yeres by Theseus: afterwarde by Paris the Troiane, then being wife vnto Menelaus, which was the onely occasion of the tenne yeres siege, and finall de∣struction of the most famous citie of Troye, with the death and losse of most noble princes, and of people in∣numerable. Looke more in Troia.

Hélenus,

The sonne of king Priamus, excellent in the gift of prophecie, whom some report to haue bene saued of the Grecians, bicause he tolde them in what places they might most easily winne the citie. Afterwarde also when other Grecians departed from Troie after it was taken, this Helenus prophesiyng of their ship∣wracke, perswaded Pyrrhus not to take the sea, where∣fore he was not onely saued by him, but also brought in∣to Gréece, and vsed very nobly. For after that Pyrrhus had taken Hermione from Orestes, he maried Andro∣mache Hectors wife vnto this Helenus, and gaue him a part of his kingdome also, which he afterward named Chaonia.

Heliades,

The sisters of Phaeton, and daughters of Phoe∣bus and Clymene, that is to saie Phaaethusa, Lampetia, and Lampetusa: which lamented so much the death of their brother Phaeton, that therewith they died and were transfourmed (as poets feigne) into trées, out of the which runneth the gumme called Electrum, in Eng∣lishe, ambre, whereof beades were made.

Helias,

The prophete of Thesbis of the countrey of Ara∣bie, a Leuite of the tribe of Aaron. He dwelt in Giliad: for Thesbis was an habitacion dedicated vnto priests. In the time of his birth, his father Sobac did sée in a vision, that men apparelled in white did call the childe, threwe him into the fire, and gaue to him a flame of fire to eate. The father rising vp, went to Hierusalem, and shewed his vision to the priestes: and he that gaue aunswere, saide vnto him: beware thou disclose it not. The habitacion of this childe shall be light, and his worde a demonstration, and shall iudge Israell in the sworde and fire. This is that Elias, that brought fire thrise out of heauen, and bare raine in his tongue, and was taken vp into heauen in a fierie storme. That which is written more of Elias in the Byble, maye be there read.

Helice,

A citie of Achaia, swallowed vp of the sea.

Helicon,

A mountaine of Boeotia, dedicate to the Muses.

Heliócopis,

The name of a Nymph.

Heliodorus,

A famous Rhetoritian among the Gréekes.

Hell••gabalus,

Supposed to be the bastarde sonne of An∣tonius Caracalla Emperour of Rome, and (as Lam∣pridius writeth in his life) of Semiamitra: or (as Egna∣tius writeth) of Scenides, his cosen: he was made Em∣perour after Macrinus, and Diadumenus, being but a boy of .xvj. yeres olde. He so much excéeded in detestable leacherie and promoting of vile persons, and rybaldes, that finally he was hated of all men, and at last slayne and drawne through the citie of Rome, and throwen in∣to the riuer of Tyber. Albeit he was warned afore of Astronomers, that he shoulde dye a violent death: and therefore had prouided ropes of silke (if néede were) to hang himselfe, swords of golde to kill himselfe, strong poisons in Iacinctes and Emerauldes, to poyson him∣selfe, if he were inforced. Moreouer, he made a very high towre, hauing the floore of boardes couered with plates of golde, and bordered with precious stones, from the which he woulde throwe himselfe downe, when he were pursued. But all this nothing auayled, for he was slain by knaues.

Heliópolis,

A citie in Gréece called also Corinthus. An o∣ther in Aegipt: an other in Sicilie, where Chrysippus was borne.

Helis,

Looke Elis.

Helissaeus,

The prophete of Abelmuth, of the lande of Ru∣bim: when he was borne in Galgalis, the Cowe of golde in Selom cryed so lowde, that she was hearde at Hierusalem. And the priest sayde, that it signified, that a prophete was borne that day, which shoulde dissolue and breake in péeces Images kerued and cast of metall. Many marueyles almightie God shewed by him, which ye may reade in the Bible.

Helius,

A mans name.

Hellas, adis,

A riuer and countrey of Achaia: Gréece was so called of Hellen, Deucalions sonne.

Helle,

The daughter of Athamas king of Thebans, which was drowned with hir brother Phryxus in the sea by Byzance.

Hellen,

The sonne of Deucalion, of whome the Gréekes were named Hellenes.

Hellespontus,

Is the first part of the sea, which deuideth Europa from Asia, and is in breadth but .vij. fur∣longes, which lacketh one furlong of a myle. It is nowe called Brachium sancti Georgij.

Heloi,

In Hebrue signifieth God almightie.

Helôrus,

A riuer in Sicilie. Also the sonne of the ryuer Ister, slaine by Aiax.

Heluetij,

People called Swicers, or Suyches by desire of warres, enimies to all mankind, subiects neither to God nor to Prince, and readie for money, to serue as well Turkes as christian princes.

Helymus, and Panopes,

The companions of Acestes King of Sicilie.

Hemeresios,

A table, which Pamphilus, Apelles maister, paincted in one day.

Hemisphérium, ij,

n. gen. Halfe the compasse of the visible heauen or firmament.

Hemodes,

Certaine yles in the Douche sea.

Hemus,

A great mountaine in Thrace, nigh to the sea Propontis, which is .vj. myles in height.

Henetia,

Was sometime vsed for Venetia.

Heniochi,

Looke Eniochi.

Heptagoniae,

The name of a place.

Heptaphônes,

A certaine hauen, or rather a walking place, or place of exercise at Olympia.

Heptápolis, lis,

Was sometyme the name of Aegipt, by rea∣son of seuen cities that were first in it.

Heptáporus,

A riuer by Troie.

Hera, rae,

foe. ge. The name of Iuno.

Heraclea,

A towne in the confines of Europe, an other in Italy, an other in Sicilie: an other of Pontus, called now Naxioportus. It is also a citie of Lydia, wherof the touchestone is called Heraclius lapis.

Heracleo,

A notable thiefe or robber.

Heracleon,

A Grammarian of Aegipt, which wrate com∣mentaries vpon Homere and other.

Heracleópolis,

The name of thrée cities, one in Aegypt, an other not farre from Pelusium, the thirde not farre from the mouth of Nylus.

Heracleotes, ae,

One of Heraclea.

Heracleoticus and Heraclius, a, um,

Of Heraclea.

Heracleus,

The name of diuers Emperours of Rome.

Heraclides,

The name of a philosopher of Pontus, a so∣phister of Lycia, a grammarian of Sicilie, and a famous paincter of Macedonie.

Heraclitus,

A philosopher, which alwayes wept when he behelde the people, considering howe busie they were to gather treasure, and howe negligent in the well bring∣yng

Herbita,

A citie of Sicilie, called saint Nicolas.

Hercaeus, a, um,

One of the surnames of Iupiter.

Hercinia,

A great woodde in Germanye, the which is in breadth nyne dayes iourney, and in length fortie dayes iourney, as Caesar wryteth, Pomponius Mela af∣firmeth it to be fortie dayes iourney in length.

Herculanium,

A towne of Campayne.

Herculânus,

or Herc••leus, a, um, Of Hercules.

Herculanus nodus,

A certayne knotte harde to be vndone, whereby a subtill question or syllogismus may be signi∣fied. Festus Pompeius writeth that in olde tyme the custome was, that when the newe maryed bryde went to bed, she shoulde be gyrt with a woollen gyrdell, knitte with Hercules knotte, which the husbande for good lucke shoulde vndoe in the bed, that he might be fortu∣nate in getting of children. For Hercules is reported to haue .72. sonnes, and one daughter, as Aristotle wri∣teth. De natura animalium. lib. 7. cap. 6.

Herculana pars, and Herculeus quaestus,

Hercules his part: it was the custome of men in olde tyme, to auowe the tenth part of their goodes vnto Hercules, and that tenth part was called Herculana pars.

Herculeè,

Lyke Hercules.

Herculeius,

A Romayne, whiche fauoured the part of Marius.

Hercules,

Séemeth to be a generall name giuen to men ex∣celling in strength all other of their time. Cicero de na∣tura deorum wryteth, that amongest auncient wryters were found sixe Hercules. Varro affirmeth, there were thrée and fortie. Finally, there is no notable mention made but of two, the one called Hercules Aegyptius, or Libycus, which is supposed to be Osyris, of whome is written hereafter. The other (long after him) was sonne of Iupiter and Alcmena, called Alcides by hys proper name. And for his incomparable strength and laboures (taken for the common profite of mankinde) hee was named also Hercules. Albeit Berosus affir∣meth Hercules to be the sonne of Osyris, and king of Aegypt, and was called Hercules Libycus, bicause hée conquered Libya. Saynt Hierome on the tenth chapi∣ter of Genesis wryteth, that this Hercules perfourmed the twelue notable labours, which poetes wryte of, and not Alcides, sonne of Alcmena. The first labour (as Diodorus writeth) was the sleayng of a Lyon in the woode Nemea, that farre excéeded all other Lyons in greatnesse, which mought not be slayne with mettall, nor stone: wherefore he was constrayned to slea hym w••th his handes. The second labour was the killing of Hydra the monster, in the fennes of Lerna, which had an hundred neckes w••th serpentine heades, and when one was stricken of, there did aryse eftsoones two other heades. The thirde labour was the taking of the great wilde Bore of Erymanthus, which wasted the coun∣trey of Archadia, and all people drad him. But finally Hercules tooke hym alyue, and bearing hym on hys shoulders, brought him vnto king Euristheus. The fourth labour was the battayle which hée had alone wyth the great number of men called Centauri, that were of great strength and swift as horses: all them hée slue, when they assaulted hym. The fift was the taking of the great harte in running, which for hys swiftnesse had his hornes gylted. The sixt was the de∣struction of the byrdes Stymphalides, which consumed the fruites and grayne of the countreys adioyning. The seuenth was the making cleane of the Oxe stall of Au∣gea king of Elis, which would receyue .3000. oxen at once, and had not beene clensed or ridde in 30. yeares: so that it might séeme vnpossible to haue it clensed: the which notwithstanding Hercules perfourmed by wise∣dome, conueying into it the ryuer Alpheus: which by the swift course of the streame, in one day caryed away the dung, wythout any reproche vnto Hercules. The eyght was the brynging of a Bull from Creta into Gréece, drawing him a long the sea. The ninth was the taking of Diomedes king of Thracia, and calling him to his horses, who féeding them with mans fleshe, was himself of them deuoured. And after Hercules breaking those wylde horses, and making them gentle, brought them to Euristheus. The tenth labour was his voiage into Spayne, and sleayng of Geryon and his sonnes, and taking the great kine, which he gaue to a kyng in that countrey, who continually afterwarde, did yearely offer in sacrifice, to the honour of Hercules one of the Bulles, that came of those kyne. The eleuenth was his goyng into hell, and fetching thence Theseus and Piri∣thous, and bringing with him in a chaine Cerberus, the dogge of hell, hauing thrée heades. The twelfth and last labour was the taking of the golden Apples, out of the gardeynes Hesperides, and sleaing the terrible Dra∣gon, which continually watching kept those Apples, which were called golden for the beautie of them. Some say they were shéepe, whose fléeces were of the colour of golde, and the dragon signifieth the diligence and strength of the shéepehearde, which kept them. These were the twelue labours of Hercules, whereof grewe this prouerbe.

*Herculei labores,

where the labours doe séeme impos∣sible to be atchieued.

*Herculis cothurnos,

was vsed for a prouerbe, wherin a thing of little importaunce was set foorth wyth great eloquence or other thing solemne, more apt for a greater matter, as one shoulde put Hercules hosen on a childes legges. Wherewith accorded the saying of the wyse king Agesilaus, when one commended to him a Rheto∣rician, which by his craftie eloquence made trifles and small things to séeme great. The king aunswered: that sowter deserueth no prayse, which putteth a great shooe on a very little foote: meaning thereby, that the wordes should as well accorde with the matter, as the garment wyth the person. This is so common a vice nowe a dayes among studentes of eloquence, that in wryting and speaking, they seeme to prepare the hose before they knowe the measure of the legge, whereon they will put it.

Hercules Gallus,

As Lucianus wryteth, was in the olde tyme in Fraunce, an Image made lyke an olde man, with a balde heade, and vnkempt, his heare very white, the skinne of his face ryuelled, and as it were burned with the sunne, wearing on him a Lyons skinne, and bearing in his right hande a great clubbe, in his lefte hande a bowe, a quiuer at his backe, drawing after him a multitude of people, tyed by their cares with a little chayne wrought with Ambre and golde, but they were so easily tyed, that laughing and with good chéere they willingly folowed, and as it séemed, would not be loosed: and the other ende of the chayne was tyed at Hercules tong, who looked towardes them with a laughing coun∣tenaunce. This Image signified eloquence, which for the puissaunce thereof, resembled rather Hercules then Mercurie. And hys age betokened, that for the most part eloquence is substantiall and vehement. That Hercules, or rather eloquence draweth men by the eares tyed to his tongue, signifieth the affinitie betwéene the tongue and the eare: and their glad and voluntarie fol∣lowing, signifieth with what delectation eloquence draweth men vnto hir perswasions and exhortations.

Herculis Portus,

A citie of the Massilians, called now Villa Franca.

Herculis turris,

A citie of Cyrene, called Ziuayra.

Hercynia,

Looke Hercinia.

Herebus,

The déepest place in hell. Looke Erebus.

Herillus,

A Philosopher of Chalcedonie, the scholler of Zeno, which did put the chiefe goodnesse in science and knowledge.

Herlinus,

One of the Centaures.

Herma, ae,

An Image of Mercurius.

Hermaea,

After Ptolomie, the vttermost citie of the lesse Affrike. After Mela, a promontorie of Mercurie, called Cabo de Nubia.

Hermaphrodîtus,

The sonne of Mercurie and Venus.

Hermagoras,

A famous Rhetorician of Aetolia.

Hermathena,

Two Images togyther of Mercurie and Minerua.

Hermeas,

A famous capitayne vnder Antiochus magnus.

Hermenij,

A people by Colchos.

Hermes, mis, or mêtis,

Mercurie.

Hermes trismegistus,

The name of a famous Philosopher of Aegypt.

Hermiona,

A towne of Gréece.

Hermione,

The daughter of Menelaus and Helene, being a childe, was by Tyndarus, the father of Menelaus, in his absence affiaunced to Orestes, the sonne of A∣gamemnon: but afterwarde she was maryed by hir fa∣ther vnto Pyrrhus, sonne of Achilles, whome Orestes did slea, wedded Hermione, and had by hir thrée sonnes, Tessamenes, Corinthus, and Orestes the yoonger. There was an other, Hermione, daughter of Mars and Venus, and wyfe of Cadmus, whome the Poets feigned to be (with hir husbande) tourned into a ser∣pent.

Hermiones,

People in the vttermost borders of Germany, called nowe Pomerani.

Hermippus,

A poet of Athens. Also a philosopher in the tyme of Adryan.

Hermocrates,

A famous Sophister vnder the Emperour Seuerus.

Hermodorus,

A philosopher of Ephesus, which caused the twelue tables to be made. Also a philosopher of Sici∣lie, the scholler of Plato.

Hermogenes,

The proper name of a famous Rhetorici∣an.

Hermolaus,

A Grammarian of Constantinople. An other of the same name, conspired agaynst Alexander.

Hermon,

A little hill that standeth on Iordan.

Hermópolis,

The name of a citie that Hercules buylded.

Hermus,

A ryuer, which in the middes parteth the fieldes of Smirne, and falleth from the hyll Dorylao, and de∣uideth Phrygia from Caria, wherein Virgile suppo∣sed to be golden sande.

Hernici,

People of Campaine.

Hero,

Looke Ero.

Herodes,

The sonne of Antipater, which in the tenth yeare of Augustus, was of the Romaynes declared king of the Iewes: and he reigned .37. yeares. To winne the fa∣uour of the Iewes, he pulled downe the temple that af∣ter the captiuitie was builded by Zorababell, Iehosua. and Esdra, and wyth excéeding great charges buylded an other to the figure and paterne of that which Sa∣lomon erected. That yeare that Christ was borne, hée both killed all his wiues kindred, and his owne two sonnes Aristobolus, and Alexander, and also put to death the Phariseys that prophecied to him that hys kingdome shoulde not long continue. Of that name were diuers other kinges, of whome Iosephus writeth abundantly.

Herodianus,

A noble historian, whiche in Gréeke wrote most eloquently and truly the lyues of the Emperours, from Marcus Autonius philosophus, to Gordianus the yonger, which booke is most eloquently translated into Latine by Angelus Politianus.

Heródotus,

Was a noble historian, borne in the citie of Ha∣licarnassus in Asia. Hée wrote most eloquently a gene∣rall historie of the actes done in Europa and Asia, by the space of two hundred and fortie yeares, vntill the warres among the Gréekes, called Bellum Peloponnesi∣acum, which Thucidides, with an equal stile wrote and perfourmed. Hée flourished before the incarnation of Christ two hundred yeares.

Hieron,

An oratour of Athens.

Heróstratus,

A poore foolishe man, who to haue a perpe∣tuall fame, burned the most famous temple of Diana at Ephesus, and after detected hymselfe and was put to death.

Hersilia,

The wyfe of Romulus the first kinge of Ro∣maines.

Hesichius,

A learned man in the time of Anastasius the em∣perour, which wrate an historie, as wel of the Romaine Emperours, as of other nations.

Hesíone,

Was daughter of Lacedemon king of Troy, and sister to Pryamus, whom Hercules at the first destruc∣tion of Troye gaue in mariage to Telamon, a noble prince of the Gréekes.

Hesíodus,

An auncient poete of the Gréekes, which first wrate of husbandrie, whome Virgile followed in hys Georgikes.

Hesperia,

Italy.

Hesperia vltima,

Spayne.

Hesperides,

The thrée daughters of Atlas, which kept the gardens, wherein grewe the golden Apples, that were taken away by Hercules.

Hesperidum horti,

The gardens wherein were the golden apples, now called Orenges.

Hésperum,

A promontorie in Affrike.

Hésperus, i,

m. g. The west starre, that followeth the sunne going downe: the euening starre.

Hesseni,

called also Esseni, & Essei, People of Palestine, which woulde neuer eate Pigeous, and lyued wythout the companie of women.

Hestiaea,

Is a part of Thessaly, sayth Strabo and Ptho∣lome, and in Homere it is a towne of Euboea. Ste∣phanus sayeth, it is a citie in Acarnania.

Hetruria,

The countrey of Tuscane, wherein is the citie of Florence.

Hethburgum, gi,

Edenburgh in Scotlande.

Hetruscus, a, um,

Of the countrey called Hetruria: as He∣trusca disciplina, A certayne doctrine taught in Tuscan, concerning the interpretation of lightninges, tokens in the firmament, and thinges monstruous, which was of such estimation among auncient Romaynes, that it was decréed by an ordinaunce of the Senate, that into sixe partes of that countrey shoulde be sent sixe sonnes of noble men to learne that arte.

Heuilath,

Looke Euilla.

H I

Hiarbas,

The sonne of Iupiter, which was king of the Getulyans, and made warre against Dido quéene of Carthage.

Hiberia, and Hiberus,

Looke Iberia.

Hibernia,

The yle called Irelande, betwéene Englande and Spayne, in the Occean sea. On the East, it hath Englande wythin one dayes sayling: on the south, it hath Fraunce: Spayne on the west, distaunt thrée dayes sayling: on the north, the maine occean sea. It is not farre from Scotlande.

Hibla,

Looke Hybla.

Hidruntum,

A towne of Calaber, called commonlye O∣tronto.

Hiera,

An yle betwéene Sicilie and Liparis, dedicated to Vulcane. Also the name of a way, and of a woman, the wife of Telephus kyng of Mysia, which in beautie was supposed to excée••e Helena.

Hierapolis,

A citie of Asia, ouer against Laodicea, where were certayne bathes, the water whereof woulde soone harden and congeale into the stone called Tophus. There is also a certayne caue in the earth, into which if any liuing creture doe enter, immediatly it dyeth. Be∣fore the mouth of it, is a little valley of halfe an akers compasse▪ so darke, that scantly the ground may be séene. Strabo writeth, that for experience he did let into this Caue certayne sparrowes, which foorthwith dyd fall downe dead. About that citie also is a water that dieth wooll of a purple colour.

Hieremias,

A Prophete borne (as Epiphanius wryteth) at Anatho••stis, and slayne by his people at Taphnas in Aegypt. But afterwarde the Aegyptians had hym in great honour, and buryed him in the place where Pha∣raos palaice stoode. For he draue thence serpentes and Crocodiles. This prophete before the alteration of the temple, tooke the arke or holye coffer, and that which was in it, and caused a stone to swalowe it vp▪ saying to the Priestes and auncient men that were present, our Lorde is departed from Sina to heauen, and shall re∣turne with an holy puissaunce, and this shal be the signe of his comming, when all people shall honour a trée. He sayde moreouer vnto them: Neuer man shall open this arke, neyther Priest nor prophete, except Moyses the elect of God. The tables within it, no man shall vn∣folde, except Aaron. And at the resurrection first this arke shall rise, and shall come out of the stone, and shall be set in Mount Sina, and all saintes shall resort ther∣vnto, there to receyue the Lorde, and shall flée from the enimie which woulde haue destroyed them. And he sea∣led the stone, wryting thereon the name of our Lorde. The signe was lyke as it were grauen in yron, and a cloude then couered the stone, but no man knoweth that place.

Hieri,

People beyonde those which are called Sauromatae, which be balde and flat nosed, euen from the natiuitie, They are very iust people, and neuer warre one on an other.

Hiero, onis,

A king of Sicilie, which was lyke a priuate person, very rude and homely, and of his nature intrac∣table and fierse. But after he became sicke, and ceassed from businesse, (the feuer nowe and then taking hym) he became a man of good maners and honourable. And in the meane tyme that he was not vexed wyth the fe∣uer, he fell to learning. Wherefore being recouered, hée vsed the companie of Simonides, Pindarus, and Bac∣cilides, most excellent poetes at that tyme lyuing: who in their wrytinges brought his name in an honourable remembraunce. An other of that name of Athens, was familiar friende and scholar with Nicias.

Hierocops,

An yle in Cypres néere to Paphus.

Hieronymus,

The most noble and famous interpretour of holy scripture. He was after the incarnation of Christ about .387. yeares, as he himselfe wryteth. Hee was borne in a towne called Strido, which was in the con∣fines of Hungarie, and Dalmatia. Hys fathers name was Eusebius. There was an Historiographer, and a philosopher of Rhodes of thys name. Also a tyran of Sicilie, the sonne of Hiero.

Hiaerosolyma, ae, and Hierosolyma, orum,

Or after the He∣brues Hierusalem, the chiefe citie of Iudaea (as Eusebius writeth) in compasse about sixe myles and an halfe. And as the same aucthour sayeth, lib. 9. Preparationis euan∣gelicae, cap, vltimo, it was called Hieron Salomonis, that is to say, Salomons temple. And after, by corrup∣tion of speache, was called Hierusalem and Hierosoly∣ma. But Lyranus, on the .xxviij. chap. of Genesis, wri∣teth, that it was first built by Melchisedech, and by him called Salem, that is to say, peaceable: For so much as he was king of peace and iustice. Also that it was cal∣led Solyma, Luza, also Bethel, Hierus, Hierosolyma, & Aelia. Albeit Iosephus de bello Iudaico, lib. 7. cap. 26. affirmeth, that the first buylder thereof was Chanam which made there a temple, and called it Hierosolyma, where before it was called Solyma. Saint Hierome De locis Actorum apostolorum, sayeth, that the citie was called Aelia of Aelius Adrianus the Emperour, which eftsoones repayred it, after that it was destroyed by Titus, and made it larger. It was fiue tymes wasted, and at the last destroyed by Titus, after the incarnati∣on of Christ .71. yeares.

Hierosolymarius,

The surname of Pompey, for conque∣ring of Hierusalem.

Hierotheus,

The proper name of a man.

Hilaria, plur.

The eyght calendes of Aprill, when the day and night haue equall houres, and the day beginneth to increase.

Hilarius,

The proper name of a man.

Hillus,

The sonne of Hercules by Deianyra.

Himera,

A ryuer in Sicilie, diuided into two partes, the one fresh water, the other salt.

Hipparchus,

A notable Astronomer that wrote agaynst Plato. Also a comicall poet. It is also the sonne of Pisi∣stratus the tyranne.

Hippasus,

A philosopher, the scholar of Pythagoras.

Hippe,

The daughter of Chiron the Centaure.

Hipperides,

An oratour of Athens, enimie to Demosthe∣nes.

Hippias,

A Rhetorician (as Apuleius saith Floridorum .2.) excelled all men in the multitude of craftes, and was equall to any man in eloquence. Hée came on a tyme to Pisa, to the great triumph called Olympicum, and euery thing that he did weare vpon him, was of his owne making, his shoes, patents, and coate wrought of the fi∣nest thréede, with thrée thréede stitches▪ a baudrike of baudken, wyth chaungeable colours and sundrye pic∣tures, a mantell of white ouer all, a ryng on his finger wyth a stone, where was a signet most perfectly wrou∣ght. All this did he worke with his owne handes. Also he caryed with him a little oyle bottell with a narrowe mouth, and the residue rounde and flat, with a little in∣strument to strike sweate from his body hanging there∣at. He played excellently on euery instrument, and sang his owne verses in all kindes, which no man coulde a∣mende. In all parts of Logike, Rhetorike, and Philo∣sophie, hée vanquished manye, and was vanquished of none. He ranne, wrestled, and did other feates of actiui∣tie, that all men beholding him were therwith abashed. Finallye, he séemed not to be ignoraunt, weake, or vn∣able in any thing. Notwithstanding Plato in two dia∣logues bringeth in Socrates disputing wyth him. In the one in searching what beautie is, in the other what a lye is, He concludeth and prooueth Hippias to be an arrogant and ignorant foole, for as much as prays••ng beautie, he wy••••e not what beautie was, and boas••ing that he before any other man coulde discerne a lie•• from a true man, he coulde not make of them a definition. By this it appeareth howe much the common iudgement of men varyeth, and is inferiour to the iudgement of a per∣fite wise man, as Socrates was.

Hippius Tyrius,

Was he that first made shippes, whiche serue onely for burdeynes, called in Latine Naues one∣rariae.

Hippo,

m. g. The name of two cities in Affrike: of one of them saint Augustine was Bishop.

Hippocentáuri,

Were a people in Thessalia by the mount Pelius, which were also called Centauri, the whiche were the first that were séene in Gréece ryding vppon horses: wherof came the fable, that Centauri were halfe men and halfe horses.

Hippocrates,

The name of a most excellent phisition scho∣lar to Democrates, and lyued in the time of Perdic••as king of Macedonie in hys court. Artaxerxes king of Persia, wrate of this Hippocrates in this maner to Hystanes his lieuetenaunt of Hellespont, as Suidas witnesseth. The great king Artaxerxes to his lieuete∣naunt Hystanes, sendeth gréeting. I haue hearde of the fame of the notable phisition Hippocrates. Sée therefore that thou giue him as much money as he will desire, with all other things necessarie, and sende him to me. He shalbe in as great honour with me, as the best in all Persia. &c. He dyed being .104. yeares of age, there were also of the same name and stocke fiue other, all notable and famous in phisicke, but this, farre pas∣sed them all.

Hippocréne,

A fountayne in Boeotia, dedicated to Apol∣lo, and the nine Muses.

Hippodamia, or Hippodame,

The daughter of Oenomaus, king of Arcadia, vnto whome it was tolde by the sooth∣sayer, that when his daughter did marry, he should dye. Therefore when she came to the yeares of maryage: he ordeyned a pryce of running with Chariots, and caused

Hippódamus, mi,

mas. gen. A learned man of Miletus▪ which wrote first of the good state and gouernaunce of a citie.

Hippodorus,

A prince of Athens, which to séeme gentle to the people, vsed great seueritie towards his owne chil∣dren and kinsfolke.

Hippolochus,

Bellerophons sonne, father of Glaucus. An other of the same name, was the sonne of Antimachus the Troyan.

Hippolyte,

The wyfe of Acastus king of Magnesia. An o∣ther was Quéene of Amazones, whom Hercules van∣quished, and gaue hir to Theseus.

Hippolytus,

The sonne of Theseus, who at the complaint of Phaedra his stepmother, was pursued with his fa∣ther, and he in a Chariote, fléeing, was ouerthrowne among the sharpe stones, and rent all to péeces. After∣warde Aesculapius reuiued and restored hym to lyfe. Wherefore hée woulde be called Virbius, that is to say, twise a man, for as much as he had twise liued.

Hippómachus,

The name of a famous Mynstrell.

Hippomenes,

The nephewe of Neptune, which ouercame Atalanta in running. Looke Atalanta.

Hippona,

A Goddesse, whome Horsekéepers did woor∣shippe.

Hipponax,

A gréeke poete borne in Ephesus, who was deformed in visage, but in style sharpe and vehement: in so much as when a cunning paynter, named Buba∣lus, had paynted his yll fauoured face, to make men laugh at it: Hipponax made against him such vengeable verses, that for anger and shame he caused hym to hang himselfe in his house.

Hippopodes,

People in the Scythicke Ocean, which haue féete lyke horses.

Hippus,

A ryuer in Asia running into Phasis.

Hipsicratea,

The wyfe of Mithridates.

Híra,

A citie by the sea side, not farre from Pylos.

Hirpiae,

Certaine families not farre from Rome, whiche doing sacrifice to Apollo, went vpon the fyre, and were not hurt therewith.

Hircius,

A consull of Rome, which was vanquished in bat∣tayle by Antonie.

Hismaëlita,

A Sarasin.

Híspalis, vel Hispalum,

A citie in Spayne, nowe called Sibi∣lia, or Siu••••e.

Hispánia,

A countrey in the west part of Europa, called Spayne, sometyme called Iberia, and Hesperia. It is inuironed on the south part with the sea Mare Mediter∣raneum, which deuideth Europe from Affrike: on the north part, with the sea Mare Cantabricum: on the west, with the great Ocean sea: on the east with the moun∣taines Pyrenaei, and the part of the realme of Fraunce called Aquitania, & Narbonensis. This countrey is deuyded by Ptholomée into thrée Regions: Bethica, wherein is Granado, Siuill, Corduba, &c. Lusitania, wherein is Portugall, Gallecia, &c. Tarrhaconensis, wherein is Castile, Lions and Aragon. At this tyme it conteyneth fiue Realmes. Granado on the south part towarde Affrike: Portugall on the west: Gallecia, and Biskaie on the north: Arregon on the ••ast: C••stile and Lions in the myddle. Much of the west part by reason of rockes, forrestes, and for lacke of water, is not fertile nor we••l inhabited. The north part by reason of much colde is not plenteous. The south part is won∣derfull fruytfull. It is in length (as Strabo writeth) 6000. furlongs, which is .850. myles. In breadth 5000. furlongs, which is .625. myles. Plinius (next vnto Italy) extolleth it in fertilitie, aboue all other countreys. Solinus compareth it with the best coun∣treyes in plentie of grayne, wynes, oyle, syluer, golde and yron. Statius and Claudius doe no lesse com∣mende it.

Hispaniēsis, se,

That was borne or bred in other countries, and lyueth in Spayne.

Hispânus, a, um,

That is borne or bred in Spayne.

Histiaea,

A citie in Euboea.

Histiaeus,

A tyranne of Miletus. Erasmus sayth, it was a very wily and subtile man of the yle of Samos, a friend of Darius, of whose newe inuention of letters sending, Au. gell. writeth. lib. 17. cap. 9. Noct. Attic.

Histonium,

A towne in Italie, not farre from the mounte Garganus.

H O

Hoetychius,

A Gréeke very cunning in Image making.

Holus, alias, Homolus,

An hyll of Thessaly.

Homericus, a, um,

Of Homere.

Homeromastix, tigis,

mas. gen. The reprocher of Homere. Generally Homeromastices, be taken for all reprochers and false detractours of learned men.

Homêrus,

The chiefe of all poetes, whose proper name was Melesigenes. But bycause he was blinde, he was called Homêrus, which in the tongue called Ionica, signi∣fieth blinde. Cicero Tuscul. 5. sayth, it is written that Homere was blinde, yet sée we his picture and not hys poeme. For what countrey, what marches, what hoste, what nauie, what motions of mindes, as well of men as of beastes, are expressed in such wyse, that he maketh vs to sée that he saw not? Plutarchus in the booke which he wrote of him sayth, that in his two workes he com∣prehendeth both the partes of man. For in Ilias he de∣scribeth strength and valiantnesse of y^e body, in Odyssea hée doth set foorth a perfite paterne of the mynde. Not∣withstanding for his vndiscrete fabling of Goddes and Goddesses, Plato excluded him out of his weale pub∣lyke.

Homole,

An hyll of Magnesia.

Homolium,

A towne of Magnesia.

Homolotti,

A certayne people.

Homonaea,

The proper name of a woman.

Honoraria,

Playes made at Rome to the honour of Bac∣chus.

Horatius,

A famous poete, borne at Venusium, a man ex∣cellent in sharpenesse of wit, and quicknesse of sentence: he was addict to Epicures sect, somewhat wanton in maners, though he with great libertie of speache noted the vices of other men in his verses called Satyrae. In balades to sing to the harpe (which were in .xviij. sun∣drie kindes of verses) he passed all other that wrote in Latine. Hée was in good fauour wyth the Emperour Augustus, by the meanes of Mecoenas the Emperors minion, who tooke in him for his myrth and witte much delectation: to whome, and to Augustus, he wrote dy∣uers Epistles in verse, comprehending great wisedome in compendious sentences: and dyed when he was .57. yeares olde, as Eusebius wryteth. He was after the incarnation of Christ about tenne yeares. Of his name were dyuers notable Romaynes.

Horatius Cocles,

A valiaunt R••mayne in that tyme that Porsenna in the quarell of the Tarquines besieged the citie. When the citie was almost taken, and all other did flie away, this Horatius accompanyed onely wyth two other, at a bridge that entered into Rome did kéepe backe the whole armie of Porsenna, vntill the bridge was broken downe behynde him: and then inspyte of

Horîzon, zóntis,

neu. g. A circle deuiding the halfe sphere or ouer part of the firmament, from the other halfe, where to our sight, it séemeth that the heauen toucheth the earth.

Horomasdes,

Among the Chaldées was named the good God.

Horontes,

Looke Orontes.

Horóscopus, pi,

mas. gen. That part of the firmament, which euery houre ryseth from the east: Astronomers call it the ascendent.

Horténsia, ae,

foem. gen. The daughter of Hortensius, a wo∣man most eloquent.

Hortensius,

An excellent oratour of Rome, of a wonderfull memorie.

Horus,

An Aegyptian, which wrate and declared the secret maner of writing, which Aegyptians vsed, called Hie∣roglyphica. Horus was also the sonne of Isis.

Hosa,

A ryuer of Tuscan▪ called nowe Martha.

Hospitalis Iupiter,

The God of hospitalitie or entertaine∣ment, so called bicause straungers or guestes when they were yll intreated in their lodginges, called him to wit∣nesse, desiring him to reuenge them.

H V

Hungaria,

Reade after in Pannonia.

Hunni,

People which came out of Scythia, and inhabited Hungarie.

H Y

Hyacinthia festa,

Were solemne ceremonies done in the night.

Hyacinthus,

A boy that Apollo loued, whome by misfor∣tune he slewe, wherefore he turned him into a flowre of his owne name.

Hyades,

Ace seuen starres, whose names are Ambrosia, Eudôra, Pasithoe, Coronis, Plexaura, Pytho, & Tythe, they be troublous, and rayse stormes and windes. They goe downe the fourtenth Calendes of May. Poetes name them the daughters of Atlas, and Aetheria, wherefore they beene also called Atlantides. But bicause in lamen∣ting their brother Hyas (slaine by a Lionesse, they wor∣ned away and dyed, and therefore were translated by Iupiter into the Firmament: They were afterwarde called Hyades, by the name of their brother. Some say, that they were the nourices of Bacchus, and were cal∣led Dodonides nymphae, of a towne and forest called Do∣dona. The Romaynes called them Suculae.

Hyale,

A nymph, one of the companions of Diana.

Hyantius, and Hyanteus, a, um.

Of Boeotia.

Hyas, ántis,

One that was gouernour of Boeotia, of whome they were called Hyantes.

Hyas, hyadis,

Looke Hyades.

Hyarbas,

Looke Hiarbas.

Hyberia,

A region in Asia, ioyning to Armenia, enuyroned with the mountaine Caucasus. It is also the olde name of Spaine.

Hybernia, ae,

foem. gen. Irelande.

Hybérnicus, a, um,

of Irelande.

Hyberus,

A great ryuer in Spaine, nigh to Tarrhacon.

Hyblaeus, a, um,

Of the mountaine or citie Hyble.

Hyble, es, or Hybla, ae,

A citie in Sicile, and a mountaine nigh to it, whereon groweth plentie of Thyme. And therefore the honie that is there, is of all other most pleasaunt.

Hybraeas,

A certaine oratour of the citie Nylasis, in Caria, whose father being a poore man, at his death left him nothing but one mule to car••e woode. This man after∣warde gyuing himselfe to the gouernment of the com∣mon weale▪ became of great estimation, and in authori∣tie next vnto Enthydamus. Whome, being otherwise a wittie man, when he sawe to bende himselfe to tirannie ouer his countrey men, he sayde openly and stoutely to him: Enthydamus, thou art in this citie a necessarie yll. For neyther can we lacke thée, nor very well lyue with thée.

Hydarnes, or Hydarnus,

A noble man of Persia.

Hydaspes,

A great riuer in Indie. Looke Idaspes.

Hydra, drae,

foem. gen. A monster, with whome Hercules fought, and as soone as he had stricken of one head of the monster, an other sprang vp immediately.

*Hydram secare,

To meddle with an endelesse matter, or where one mischiefe happeneth after another.

Hydrus, druntis, or Hydruntum, i,

A citie in Calabria, by the sea side.

Hydrusa,

A citie in the countrey of Athens. Also an yland•• called Andros.

Hyela,

A citie in the countrey of Oenotria.

Hygris,

A citie of Sarmatia, called commonly Cabardy.

Hyla, ae, or Hylas, lae,

The companion of Hercules, whom he lost in the borders of Ionia. For when Hercules fled out of Calidonia, and came with his wife Deianira, and his sonne Hyllus to the Dryopians, he desired of The∣odamus some meat & drinke to refresh his yong sonne, being then verye hungrye. But the vncurteous man denied it, and woulde giue him none. Wherefore Her∣cules by violence tooke one of his oxen, and kylling it caused the same to be dressed. In the meane tyme The∣odamas raysed the people, and with such a power came against him, that Hercules was almoste put to the woorste. But in the ende he got the victorie, slue Theo∣damas, and tooke with him his companion Hylas, whome euer after he fauoured and loued as his owne. In sayling to Colchos for the golden fléece, when Her∣cules had broke his Oare, he went to lande wyth his derlyng Hylas, in the woodes of Mysia to get him an other Oare. And with the great heate being very thir∣stie, he sent Hylas to the riuer Ascanius, thereby to fetch him some water. Where, bicause the banke was high∣er, then that he coulde well reache the water, he laye downe vpon the grounde, and with his arme and body strayned so farre, that he fell into the ryuer, and there was drowned. Whose losse Hercules tooke so gréeuously▪ that not knowing the misaduenture, he left the Argo∣nautes, and went ouer all Mysia séeking and crying for Hylas.

Hylaea,

A countrey, after which a part of the sea is called Hylaeum.

Hylaeus,

A Centaure, whose incontinence was cause of the warres betwéene the Lapithes and the Centaures.

Hylas,

A lake of Bithynia, in the which (as some suppose) Hyla Hercules companion was drowned.

Hyllus,

The sonne of Hercules by Deianira.

Hylonome,

A woman of the Centaures, which after hir husbande Cyllarus was dead, slewe hir selfe with his sworde.

Hymantopodes,

A lame people in Aethiope, which haue clubbed or crooked féete.

Hymella,

A certaine riuer.

Hymenaeus, aei,

mas. gen. The God of mariage.

Hymera,

The name of a riuer.

Hymettus,

An hill by Athens, where was hony of all other most precious.

Hymettius, a, um,

Of the hyll Hymettus.

Hypacaris,

A riuer of Scythia.

Hypaepa,

A citie where were marueylous faire women.

Hypanis,

A ryuer in Scythia. Vitruuius saieth, lib. 8. cap. 3. it is in Pontus. M. Tull. Tusc. quest. lib. 1. sayeth, that Hyppanis, from a part of Europe runneth into Pontus.

Hypparchus,

A philosopher that wrote of the planets and tymes of the yeare.

Hypasis,

Or as some doe write. Hypanis, Arianus calleth it Hyphasis, a great riuer, which runneth out of the moun∣taynes of Scythya, into Indie, and commeth into the famous riuer of Ganges: and is in breadth seuen fur∣longes, as Diodorus writeth, lib. 17. The streame thereof is so swift, that no man may passe ouer it by the space of fiue dayes sayling. The water is fresh: After that it commeth within foure dayes sayling of the sea, it is woonderfull bitter, by reason of a bitter fountayne,

Hypata,

A citie of Thessaly.

Hypatia,

A woman of Alexandria, excellently learned in Astronomie, and diuers other sciences.

Hypatos,

A riuer of Phoenicia.

Hypenor,

A Troian, whome Diomedes slewe.

Hyperborei,

People dwelling in the furthest part of the north, and, as some suppose, vnder the north pole called Polus Arcticus. Pomponius Mela writeth, that the coun∣trey is but little, hauing the sunne ouer them, and is fer∣tile of it self, the people very iust, liuing longer and more pleasantly than other men, alwaye without businesse or labour, knowing neither warre nore debate. Like to this doth Plinie write, lib 4. cap. 12. Solinus saieth, that some men doe appoint them rather to Asia, then to Europa. Other doe set them meane betwéene the Sun going downe with the Antipodes (which are people ha∣uing their féete against ours) & the sun rysing with vs. Finally, he saieth they be in Europa, where they haue sixe monethes continually day, and sixe other monethes continually night: the windes there be alwaies hol∣some. They know neither sickenesse nor vnquietnesse. Wherefore Strabo writeth, lib. 15. that some men af∣firme, that they did liue a thousande yeares. Festus Pompeius wrate, that they excéeded the life of man, li∣uing aboue an hundred yeares. And therfore were they called Hyperborei, as it were excéeding the common terme of mans life, and when they be wearie and tedi∣ous of their life (as Mela and Solinus write) making good cheare with their neighbours, and hauing gar∣landes on their heades, they throwe themselues from a certaine rocke into the déepe sea, estéeming that to be the best death and forme of burying.

Hyperechius,

A grammarian of Alexandria.

Hyperides,

One of the tenne oratours of Athens, whose tongue was cut out by Antipater.

Hyperion,

Some call the brother of Saturne, which go∣uerneth the course of the planets, and therefore is na∣med father of the Sunne, the Moone, and the morowe. Sometime it is put for Phoebus.

Hypermnestra,

One of the fiftie daughters of Danaus, which saued hir husbande Linus or Lynceus.

Hypsa,

A riuer of Sicilie.

Hypsea,

A blinde womans name in Horace.

Hypsenor,

The sonne of Dolopion, which was slaine by Eurypylus at the siege of Troye.

Hypsicratea,

The wife of king Mithridates, which follow∣ed him in all his warres, being armed like a knight.

Hypsiphyle,

The daughter of Thoas king of Lemnos.

Hyrcania,

A countrey in Asia.

Hyrcanus, a, um,

Of Hircania.

Hyrcanum mare,

The sea now called Mare abacuk, or Mare de Sala.

Hyrium,

A citie of Apulia, called commonly Lesina.

Hyrtacus,

A Troiane, father of Nisus, Aeneas compa∣nion.

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IA,

Was the yonger daughter of Atlas.

Iacchus,

One of the names of Bacchus, called god of wines.

Iacob,

A patriarke sonne to Isaac.

Iac••bus,

A proper name, in Englishe Iames.

Iadera,

A towne of Illyricum.

Ialysos,

A citie of Rhodes.

Iamblicus,

A philosopher of Pythagoras sect, scholler of Porphyrius.

Iamesa,

A créeke of the Britaine sea.

Iamno,

A towne of the people called Baleares.

Iana,

the name of Diana.

Ianassa,

A certaine nimphe.

Ianiculum, li,

neu. gen. A part of Rome, and a mountaine in it. Also a gate of the same name.

Ianira,

The daughter of Oceanus and Tethis.

Iantha,

The sister of Ianira.

Ianalis, le,

Of Ianus.

Ianus,

Some suppose to be Saturne: some to be Iaphet, one of the sonnes of Noe. Ianus was also a place in Rome, whither vsurers resorted.

Iāpetus,

The father of Prometheus, sonne of Coelum and Terra.

Iapigia,

A countrey in the realme of Naples, called Cala∣bria.

Iapigium,

A promontorie in Iapigia.

Iapis,

The proper name of Aetolus.

Iāpix, Iap••gis,

The sonne of Dedalus, king of Calabria, which of him was called Iāpigia. Also a westerne wind, which commeth out of the partes of Apulia.

Iārbas,

Looke Hiarbas.

Iārchas,

The chiefe of the philosophers of Indie.

Iasiades,

The sonne or nephewe of Iasius.

Iasis, Atalanta,

The daughter of Iasius.

Iāsius,

The brother of Dardanus, and sonne of Electra. Also Iasius is the father of Palinurus.

Iasonium,

A promontorie of Cappadocia, called Saint Thomas.

Iasum,

An yle of Caria, lying towarde the maine lande.

Iaua,

A citie in Spaine called Lara.

Iaxamathae,

People about Maeotis.

Iaxartes,

A riuer of Scythia in Asia.

Iaxes,

A riuer of Scythia.

Iazyges,

People of Metanasta in Europe, on the South part of Germany, called nowe S••ptem castra, commonly Sibenburgh: it hath on the north, Armatia: on the west and south, Germany and Pannonie inferiour: on the east, Dacia.

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Ibernia,

Looke Hibernia.

Ibéria,

The auncient name of Spaine. Also an other countrey nigh to Armeny. It is of some writtē with H.

Iberi, and Ibres,

Spaniardes, or men of the other Iberia.

Ibéricus, a, um,

Of Iberia.

Iberus,

A riuer in Spaine.

Ibycus,

A poetes name of Rhegium in Italy.

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Icadius,

A notable robber.

Icaria,

An yle in the sea Icarium, which is also called Icaros.

Icaris patronymicum,

Of Icarus.

Icarus, or Icarius,

The father of the chast Penelope. There was an other Icarus, the sonne of Daedalus, who hauing winges, with his father flewe out of the yle of Crete: but when he flew higher than his father commaunded: the waxe wherewith the feathers of his winges were glewed, melted with the heate of the Sunne. And the feathers falling of, Icarus was constrayned to fall into the sea, afterwarde called Mare Icarium. Also Icarus is a mountaine in the region of Athens.

Ichthicusa,

The yle called Icaros.

Ichthióphagi,

People by south Indie, which doe eate onely fishe, and also their cattell is fed therewith. They weare garments of fishe skinnes▪ Also (as Strabo writeth) Their houses be made with whales bones and oyster shelles. The ribbes of the fishes make the beames and rafters, of the iawes are made the doores, of the backe bones are made morters, wherein the fishe is pounded, and dryed at the Sunne, and thereof they make breade mingled with a little wheate. Arrianus lib. 8. wryteth, that the ribbes of whales, (séene there, by the capi∣taines of king Alexander) were about .xxxvij. foote and a halfe long, wherewith their houses were buylded.

Ichthis,

A promontorie in Achaia.

Iconium,

A towne in the countrey of Cilicia: an other in Asia the lesse.

Icosium,

A towne in Mauritania Caesariensis, buylded by the companions of Hercules.

Ictus,

A famous wrastler of Tarentum, which to be the

• stronger, abstayned from women all his lyfe.

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Ida, ae,

f. g. A mountayne which lyeth nigh Troy.

Idaei dactili,

People called also Corybantes.

Idaeus, a, um,

Of the mountayne Ida.

Id••lium,

A mountayne and citie in the Ile of Cypres, de∣dicated vnto Venus.

Idálius, a, um,

Of that mountayne, or of Venus.

Idanthyrsus,

A famous King of Scithia, which subdued a great part of Asia.

Idas, ae,

The husbande of Marpissa, a man of excellent fa∣uour and beautie.

Idaspes,

A ryuer running by Parthia and Indie, and at last falleth into the great riuer called Indus. In this ry∣uer is founde much golde and precious stones.

Idicus, a, um,

Of the mountayne Ida.

Idmon,

A soothsayer, the sonne of Apollo and Asteria.

Idomeneus,

A king of Candie, which came with the Gréekes to Troy. In his returne being troubled with tempestes, he vowed, that if he returned safe into hys realme, he woulde offer whatsoeuer he met first. Wher∣fore when he woulde haue offered his sonne, who first mette him at his landing: the people arose agaynst him, and draue him out of the countrey. Then sayled he into Apulia, and buylded a citie, which he called Petilia, on the mountayne Salentinum in Calabre.

Idothea,

The daughter of Proetus king of Argyues.

Idumaea,

A region in Syria ioyning to Aegipt, and bor∣dering vpon Palestine.

Idume,

A citie in the countrey called Idumaea, about the which is great aboundaunce of Palme or Date trees.

Idyia,

The wyfe of Aeta king of Colchis.

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Iërna,

A ryuer of Spaine.

Ierusalem,

The chiefe citie of Iudea, looke Hierosolyma.

Iës, etis,

A citie of Achaia, scituate vpon a promontorie of the same name.

Iësus,

The sonne of God, and of the most pure virgin Ma∣rye. Although in the common translation of the Byble in latine, it seemeth there were dyuers other Iewes so named: yet in the Hebrue tongue, as Reucime writeth in his booke De verbo mirifico, there was some diuersi∣tie in the letters of the name of our Sauiour, from them that were in the other called Iesus. For in his glorious and woonderfull name, were the vowels called Tetra∣grammaton, with one consonant, called Schin, which is one S. of the Hebrues, wherein was a mysticall or hyd signification of his diuinitie, although the whole name be interpreted Sauiour: who being equall in diuinitie with God the father, begotten of him before the world was created, and without tyme, willingly for the re∣demption of man descended into the bodye of the blessed virgin▪ and was conceyued in hir by the holy Ghost, the thirde person in Godhead, and of hir borne the 3962. yeare after the creation of the worlde: and being God and man, lyued here xxxij. yeares in forme of pouertie, and then being betrayed by his owne disciple, was by the Iewes (his owne people) most cruelly nayled on the crosse, the yeare after the creatiō of the world .3994.

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Ignatius,

An holy bishop of Antioche, the thirde after saint Peter, disciple to saint Iohn the Euangelist. In the time of Traian he was condemned to be deuoured of beastes, and as he was ledde towarde Rome with tenne men of warre, whome for their crueltie he called Leo∣pardos, he by the way confirmed all Chris••en men in the fayth, as will by pr••yers as by letters, s••ying in thys wyse: so that I may finde Christ and imbrace him. I woulde there shoulde come vnto me 〈◊〉〈◊〉, g••bbets, beasts, crasshing of bones, renting of all the bodye▪ and all the torments of the deuill. When he hearde the roaring of Lyons▪ which shoulde deuour him, he ioyously sayde: I am the wheate of Christ, let mée be grounde with beastes téeth, that I may be founde to be pure and fine manchet. He was martyred after the incarnation about 80. yeares.

Ignípotens,

One of the surnames of Vulcanus.

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Ilba, or Ilua,

An Iland in the Tuscane sea, where is great plentie of corne.

Ilerda,

A citie of Spaine called Leyda, or Leryda.

Ilia,

The mother of Romulus and Rhemus.

Iliacus, a, um,

Of Troy.

Ilias, adis,

The worke of Homere of the siege of Troy.

*Ilias malorum,

A prouerbe vsed when many and great mischiefes and misfortunes happen to a man.

Iliberis,

A citie in the prouince of Narbon.

Ilienses,

Auncient people of the Ile Corsica.

Ilione,

The proper name of the eldest daughter of Prya∣mus.

Ilioneus,

The proper name of a Troyan.

Ilissus,

The name of a ryuer in the prouince of Athens.

Ilithyia,

A name of Diana.

Ilium,

The palaice of Pryamus. It is taken for Troy.

Ilius, a, um,

Of Troy.

Illiberis,

A citie of Narbon, after Pomponius: after Pto∣lomie, the chiefe citie of Granade in Spaine.

Illipula,

An hill in Spaine, called commonly Ilipa, or Ilpa.

Illuro,

A citie of Spayne.

Illyberis,

A citie of Prouaunce.

Illyria, Illyris, or Illyrium,

A countrey which hath on the north, both the countries Pannoniam superiorem and in∣feriorem: on the west, Histriam▪ on the east, Mysiam su∣periorem: on the south, the sea Hadriaticum. That coun∣trey is now called Sclauonie, or Wendenlande.

Illyricus, a, um,

Of Illyria.

Ilua,

An Ilande by Tuscane, looke Ilba.

Ilurco,

A towne in Europe.

Ilurcis,

A citie of Iberia.

Ilus,

The sonne of Tros king of Troyanes, that buylded Ilium.

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Imantopodes,

A people of Aethiope, which haue creeked legges.

Imaus,

A mountayne in India.

Imbrius, a, um,

Of the towne or Ilande called Imbrus.

Imbrus,

An Ilande of Thrace, and a towne in the same is so called.

Imola, imolae,

A citie of Italye, sometyme called Forum Cornelij.

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Inaccessa,

Called of the Gréekes Aba••os, An Ilande in Aegypt, to the which is no comming.

Inachia,

The countrey of Pelopennesus.

Inachides,

The sonne or nephew of Inachus. Sometime one of Argos.

Inachis,

The daughter or néece of Inachus.

Inachus,

The first king of Argyues.

Inalpini,

The people that dwell vpon the Alpes.

Inarime,

An Ile in the Tuscane sea. Also a mountayne.

Incensinnarium, rij,

neut. ge. The name of the inner trea∣surie in the tēple of Saturne in Rome, where treasure was kept agaynst extreeme necessitie and daunger. It was called also Cimelia••chium.

India,

A great riche countrey, called in Englishe Indie, lying on the southeast partes of the worlde, which as Ptolomeus wryteth, is deuided into two partes. The one is called Indie within the ryuer of Ganges, which on the west is bounded with Ara••osia & Gedrosia▪ on the east, with the great ryuer called Ganges: on the north, with the hyll called Imaus: on the south▪ & west▪ with part of the Indian sea. The other par•• of Indie with∣out Ganges, is bounded on the west, with the sayde ri∣uer Ganges: on the North, with part of Scithia & Se∣tica: on the east, with the region called Sinarum: on the south, with the Indian sea. Nearchus, great Alex∣anders

Indus, i,

m. g. A noble ryuer, that commeth from the great mountayne Taurus, and incloseth Indie on the west, and runneth into the Indian sea. Into this ryuer run xix. great and famous ryuers, the least of them is more than the great ryuer of Dunowe, where he is broadest. Strabo sayth, that they, which doe write most mode∣rately of Indus, doe affirme, that he is in breadth fifty furlongs, which is twelue myles and a halfe. The wa∣ter thereof causeth great fertilitie when it ouerfloweth, and thereof many sundry pleasaunt and holsome fruites doe spring without labour.

Ingeniculus,

A figure among the starres, called now Her∣cules.

Inguinium,

A citie in Liguria, auncient and riche.

Initia, orum,

neut. gene. plur. num. Sacrifice done vnto Ceres.

Initiorum dies,

Dayes on the which those sacrifices were kept.

Ino, huius Inus,

The daughter of Cadmus. wife to Atha∣mas king of Thebes, which (h••r husbande being mad, and Learchus hir sonne slayne) threwe hirselfe into the Sea.

Inous, a, um,

Of Ino.

Insubres,

Lumbardes: properlye men of the Duchye of Melayne.

Interamna,

A citie in Italy.

Inutrium,

A towne in Almaine, called Insprough.

Inuus,

Is the rusticall God of the Paynyms, called also Pan.

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Io,

The daughter of Inachus.

Ioannes,

A proper name of Hebrewe, and signifieth the grace of God.

Apostle and Euangelist, sonne of Zebedaeus, bro∣ther of Iames the Apostle, called the more, was of Christ most tenderlye beloued, and in the tyme of the Emperour Domitian, was exiled into Pathmos, where he wrate the Apocalipsis. After the death of Domitian, in the tyme of Pertinax, he retourned to Ephesus, and there remayning vnto the tyme of Traiane, he raysed many Churches, did set them in order, and being of great age, dyed lxviij. yeares after the passion of Christ, as Sophronius writeth, and was buryed at Ephesus. Polycrates, an auncient and holy bishop in Asia, in his epistle to Victor bishop of Rome, writeth in this wyse: Also Iohn which layde his heade vpon our Lordes breast, who was the chiefe priest, and ware the pontifi∣call plate or table, martyr and doctour of the Churche, slept at Ephesus. He wrate hys Gospell last of all the Euangelistes, in the last ende of his lyfe, wherein he declareth the diuinitie of our Sauiour, more than any of the other, which by the holy ghost was reserued vnto him.

Ioannes Baptista,

Sonne of Zacharias, and Elizabeth, of the trybe of Leui, was sanctified before he was borne, and declared by an Aungell, that his name shoulde be Iohn. And bycause his father did not foorthwith be∣léeue it, he was spéechlesse vntill the eyght daye after the byrth of the childe, and that he had written in Ta∣bles, his name is Iohn: then was hys mouth opened, and he spake gloryfying God, & made then the Psalme: Benedictus dominus deus Israell. This Iohn was of such perfection and holinesse, that our Sauiour Christ testified of him, that he went in the spirite and truth of Helias the Prophet: but yet was he more than a pro∣phete, & the messenger promised by the Prophete Ma∣lachias, that God woulde sende, which shoulde prepare the way before him. Semblably Iohn testified of Christ that he was the sonne of God. Iohn liued in wilder∣nesse, his garment was of Camellus heares, his gir∣dell of a skinne about his loynes, his meate Locustae, & hony of the wooddes. He baptized onely by water, tea∣ching repentaunce and the approching of the kingdome of heauen. But bycause he sayde to Herode, it was not lawful for him to haue his brothers wife, he was by him put in prison, and finally, at the peticion of the daugh∣ter of Herodiades, who daunced before him (by the per∣swation of Herodiades, who was his brothers wyfe) hys head was striken of, and in a dishe brought by the mayden vnto hir mother in open banket. Iosephus an∣tiquitatum. lib. 18. calleth him a very good man, who commaunded the Iewes to labour to get vertue, to kepe true religion towarde God, and by baptisme to ioyne to∣warde God, and by baptisme to ioyne togither in one. Also he sayth that many men thought, that in the bat∣tayle betwéene Herode and Aretha, by the iust venge∣aunce of God, for putting Iohn Baptiste to death, the hoste of Herode was vtterly destroyed. He was borne somewhat before the natiuitie of Christ, and was put to death before Christe suffered his passion, one yeare.

Ioannes,

A proper name of Hebrewe, and signifieth the grace of God.

Apostle and Euangelist, sonne of Zebedaeus, bro∣ther of Iames the Apostle, called the more, was of Christ most tenderlye beloued, and in the tyme of the Emperour Domitian, was exiled into Pathmos, where he wrate the Apocalipsis. After the death of Domitian, in the tyme of Pertinax, he retourned to Ephesus, and there remayning vnto the tyme of Traiane, he raysed many Churches, did set them in order, and being of great age, dyed lxviij. yeares after the passion of Christ, as Sophronius writeth, and was buryed at Ephesus. Polycrates, an auncient and holy bishop in Asia, in his epistle to Victor bishop of Rome, writeth in this wyse: Also Iohn which layde his heade vpon our Lordes breast, who was the chiefe priest, and ware the pontifi∣call plate or table, martyr and doctour of the Churche, slept at Ephesus. He wrate hys Gospell last of all the Euangelistes, in the last ende of his lyfe, wherein he declareth the diuinitie of our Sauiour, more than any of the other, which by the holy ghost was reserued vnto him.

Iocasta,

Was daughter of Creon, and first wyfe of Laius king of Thebes, after whose death she being ignorant, maryed Oedipus hir naturall sonne. After that hir sonnes Polynices & Etheocles, which she had by Oedi∣pus, had one slayne the other in battayle, she also kylled hir selfe.

Iochabella,

The name of Moyses mother.

Iohel,

A prophet borne in Bethon, in the lande of Rubim. He prophecied much of Hierusalem, and finall conclu∣sion of the Gentiles.

Iol,

A citie of Numidia.

Iolaus,

The sonne of Iphiclus, of whome the people of Sardinia were named Iolenses.

Iolcos,

A towne of Thessaly.

Iole,

The daughter of Eurytus king of Aetolia, whome Hercules loued so much, that he serued hir in a womans apparell, and spanne on a distaffe.

Ion,

The name of a Gréeke poete.

Ionas,

A prophete of the countrey of Cariathamaum, not farre from Azotus, a citie of the Greekes, nigh to the sea in Syria, in the tyme of Helias, and was the sonne of the poore widowe, and him did Helias restore vnto life for the hospitalitie of his mother. When he came to full age, he was by almightie God sent to the great citie of Niniue in Assyria, and as he woulde haue fled from the Lorde, and haue turned his iourney vnto Tharsos, he was deuoured of a Whale, and being at the last cast vp into the land out of the Whales mouth, whē he had béene thrée dayes in his belly, he went foorth and preached in Niniue, in such wyse, that the people by penance restrayned the sworde of God, which was rea∣die to strike them. Afterwarde Ionas, vexed with hea∣uinesse of minde, returned to his countrey, nor there long abyding, taking with him his mother, went to the lande of Sur, and as he haunted the lande of Saar, he there dyed, and was buryed in the graue of Cinezeus the Iudge. He prophecied that when men shoulde sée in Hierus••lem much people come from the west partes of the worlde, then shoulde the citie be destroyed vnto the harde earth. Ionas, in hebrue signifieth a culuer, or a de∣stroyer of people.

Ionia,

A region in Gréece of Asia, wherein were the cities of Ephesus, Miletus, Priena, and other, and the people there¦of

Iónicus, a, um, & Ionius, a, um, and Ioniacus, a, um,

Of Ionia.

Iopas,

A king of Affrike, one of Didos wooers.

Ioppe, e••,

f. g. A citie of the countrey of Palestina, not farre from Ierusalem, standing by the sea. This is a most auncient citie, for it was buylded before the vniuersall floud. Some men doe suppose it to be the hauen which is called Port Iaffe.

Iordânis,

A fayre ryuer in Iudaea, which diuideth Galilée from the residue of Iudaea, and falleth into the redde sea.

Ios,

An yle where Homer was buryed.

Ioseph,

The sonne of Iacob the patriarke, was through enuie solde by his brethren vnto a marchaunt, who brought him into Aegypt, and gaue him to Putiphar, great mayster of housholde wyth king Pharao, whose wife burning in concupiscence, bycause Ioseph woulde not commit adulterie with hir, caused him to be cast in∣to pryson, where he declaring to the kinges cup bearer the signification of his dreame, was afterwarde by the same cup bearer remembred vnto king Pharao, when hée had dreamed a dreame, which hée woulde haue ex∣pounded. And he expounding the kinges dreame, was made high stewarde of his Realme. So that by his most excellent wisedome, such aboundaunce of grayne was brought into the kings barnes, and there kept du∣ring the .vij. plentifull yeres, that the .vij. yeres of scar∣citie next ensuing, it sufficeth not onely to relieue all the people of Aegypt, but also refreshed other countreyes, and made the king excéedingly riche. Moreouer, the brethren of Ioseph, being sent by Iacob their father to bye corne in Aegypt, not knowing their brother Io∣seph, were by him sundrie times apprehended, and com∣pelled to fetch their yonger brother Beniamin: and at the last Ioseph discouering himselfe vnto them, caused them to fetch him and their father into Aegipt, with all his familie, where they were honourably enterteyned of king Pharao and Ioseph. And Ioseph had there two sonnes, Effraim and Manasses, and lyued an hundred and tenne yeares. Ioseph signifieth increase, or a great officer. Hée dyed before the incarnation about .1652. yeares.

Iosêphus,

The sonne of Mattathias, a priest of Hierusa∣lem, wrote in Greeke the battayle of the Iewes, and de∣struction of the citie by Vespasian and Titus, whereat he himselfe was present. He wrote also of the antiquity of the Iewes. He was among the Romaines had in such reuerence and honour, that his ymage was set vp in the citie. He had the spirite of prophecie, and being prisoner, tolde vnto Vespasian, that he shoulde be Emperour of Rome. Also in his booke of antiquities, he writeth in this wyse: At this tyme was Iesus, a wise man, if it be lawfull to call him a man, he was a doer of woonder∣full workes, and a teacher of those men, which willing∣ly doe heare thinges that be true: he ioyned vnto him many Iewes, and also Gentiles: this man was Christ. When Pilate by the enuie of the chiefe men of our nati∣on, had iudged him to be put on the crosse, he forsooke not them, whome from the beginning he loued, but appea∣red to them the thirde day, eftsoones alyue, according as the prophetes by diuine inspiration spake before of him and that innumerable myracles shoulde be done by him. Hitherto wrote Iosephus: whereby appeareth his ex∣cellent wisedome, and speciall grace, which he had recey∣ued: and it repugneth not much, that in his hart he em∣braced the fayth of Christ. He was after the incarnati∣on of Christ .76. yeares.

Iotapata,

A citie in Syria.

Iouianus Pontanus▪

A poet.

Iouiniani,

Were men of armes, so called of Maximinian the Emperour, which did valiauntlye in the countrey of Illyria.

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Iphianassa,

The wyfe of Melampus, whome for hir beau∣tie, Iuno turned into furie or madnesse. Also the daugh∣ter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.

Iphiclus,

Sonne of Alcmena, borne with Hercules at one birth, but Hercules was gotten by Iupiter, and Iphi∣cius by Amphitrio. And when two serpentes came to the cradell of Iphicius, and slewe him: after when they came to Hercules, he tooke in euery of his handes one, and slewe them. There was an other Iphiclus, the sonne of Phylacus and Clymene, who (as Hesiodus sayth) was so light and swift, that he ranne vppon the eares of wheate as they grewe, and did not hurt them. Also that he ranne on the water as well as on the lande. Reade Coelium, Lectionum antiq. lib. 2. cap. 5.

Iphicrates,

A noble man of Athens.

Iphidamas,

The sonne of Antenor.

Iphigenia,

The daughter of king Agamemnon, whome he woulde haue offered in sacrifice going to Troy: but the goddesse Diana being mooued with pitie, accepted the offering of an hinde in steede of hir.

Iphimedia,

The wife of Aloeus, and mother of the two gi∣gantes Oetus and Ephialtes.

Iphinassa,

Idem quod Iphianassa.

Iphinous,

One of the Centaures.

Iphis,

The daughter of Lyctus and Telethusa, who the day of hir mariage was sodaynly become a man, where∣as he had bene a woman euer before. For when Lyctus taking a long iourney, perceyued his wife with childe, he straitly commaunded hir, if it were a woman chylde, to destroy it: if it were a man chylde to keepe it, and bring it vp. She being deliuered of a mayde, and lothe eyther agaynst nature to destroye hir owne chylde, or on the other side vtterly to disobey hir husbands comman∣dement, tooke an indifferent waye, and fayned that shée had brought foorth a sonne, kéeping it vp alway in mans apparell. At the length when he came to age, his father appoynted him to mary a mayde called Ianthes. Then Telethusa perceyuing the matter coulde no longer be hyd, and fearing hir husbands displeasure, called to the gods for helpe, by whose power, she was euen then tur∣ned to a man, whose figure to that day in apparell shée had resembled.

Iphitus

The sonne of Praxonidis, which first ordeyned the solemne playes called Olympia. Also the name of a Troyan.

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Iria flauia,

A citie of Spayne.

Irpini,

Certayne people.

Irus, ri,

m. g. A begger, of whome Homere maketh menti∣on, who was great and feeble, and being in Ithaca, the countrey of Vlysses, (he being absent) consumed his vitayles wyth the wooers of Penelope. Where∣fore Vlysses at hys returne home, slewe him with his fist.

*Iro pauperior,

As very a begger as lyueth: as poore as Iob: in extréeme necessitie.

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Is,

A citie, eyght dayes iourney from Babilon.

Isaca,

The ryuer in Englande called Exe.

Isaeus,

A famous Rhetorician, which inuented to make e∣uery matter compendious.

Isagora,

A mans name.

Isandrus,

The sonne of Bellerophon.

Isâpis,

A ryuer nigh to Cesenna.

Isara,

A riuer comming out of the riuer of Reine, wher the hill called Cemenus is ioyned to the Reine, and so run∣neth by Druentia into the goulfe of Venice.

Isatia,

An yle against Velia, called also Oenótris.

Isauria,

A region in Asia ioyning to Cilicia. Some doe take it to be part of Cilicia.

Isaurum,

A citie in the countrey of Pamphilia.

Isca,

A citie in Deuonshire called Exceter.

Ischalis,

A towne in Somersetshire called Ilchester.

Ischomache,

The name of Hippodamia.

Ischópolis,

A citie of Cappadocia called Tripolie.

Iscia,

Idem quod Isatia.

Is••acus, ci,

The priest of the Goddesse Isis.

Isis,

called also ••o, one of the harlots of Iupiter, whome he turned into a Cowe for feare of Iuno his wife.

Ismael,

Was the sonne of Abraham by Agar his wyues mayden, of whome the Sarazens be called Ismaëlitae, as they be called also Agareni.

Ismarus, i,

mas. gen. & plu. Ismara, orum, A mountayne in Thracia.

Ismene,

The daughter of Oedipus.

Ismenias,

The name of an excellent Minstrel, which plaied on the shaulkies.

Ismenides,

The women of Thebes.

Ismenus,

A riuer in the countrey of Boeotia, named of Is∣menus the sonne of Pelasgus.

Isocrates,

The name of a famous oratour, of woonderfull eloquence: out of whose schoole procéeded the most excel∣lent oratours of Gréece.

Ispalis,

A citie in Spayne called nowe Siuile.

Ispolum,

A citie of the Vilumbrians, called now Ispellum.

Israel,

Signifieth a man séeing God. Also the name of Ia∣cob the patriarke: and the people of the Iewes were called by that name. Howbeit sometyme it was attry∣buted onely to ten tribes, the tribes of Iuda and Ben∣iamin being seuered from them.

Issa,

An yle in the Venetian sea, ioyning to Slauonie.

Issus,

A citie in Sicilie, and a riuer of Syria.

Ister,

A great ryuer called Danubius, in dutche, Donowe. It commeth out of an hill in Germanie, called of Pli∣nie Noba, of Ptolomie Arnoba, of Tacitus Arbona. It receyueth into it thrée score riuers, whereof the more part be nauigable, and runneth by Swaue, Bauier, Owstrike, Hungarie, Valachia, and so through Europe and falleth into the sea called Pontus in seuen sundrie places, as Solinus and Mela wryte. But Plinie and Tacitus affirme but sixe. Herodotus, Arrianus and other but fiue. Whyle it is in Germanye, it is called Danubius, and when it commeth into a part of Thra∣cia called Istria, where it is brodest, it is then called Ister,

Isthmus, mi,

mas. gen. A narrow part of the countrey where two seas are but a small distaunce asunder, enclosing the lande on both sides: in such a place is set the citie of Corinthus in Gréece. There be dyuers such places in Graecia, and of them were certayne playes called Isthmia.

Istonium,

A towne of Italy called Guasto.

Istria, ae,

A part of Italy, marching on Illyria, called nowe Slauonie.

Isus,

The sonne of Priamus.

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Italia,

A noble countrey, which is inuironed on the west, with the mountaynes Alpes: on the north, with the sea Adriaticum: on the east, and the south, with the sea Mediterraneum, and Fretum Siculum. It also conteyneth these Regions, Liguria, Ethruria, Vmbria, Flaminia, La∣tium, Aptutium, Campania, Apulia, Venetia, Picênum, Gallia Cisalpina, called Lumbardie. The length thereof (after Plinie) is .1020. myles: the breadth in some place betwéene the two seas .410. myles. It was sometyme named Magna Graecia, bycause it was inhabi∣ted wyth Greekes, as Myrsilius wryteth. Solinus resembleth the figure thereof to an Oken leafe, exten∣ding more in length then in breadth, towarde the ende being deuided, as it were into two hornes, whereof the one lyeth towarde the sea Ionium: the other looketh to the narrowe sea of Sicilie, called Fretum Siculum: in the narrowest place it passeth not in breadth twentye myles.

Italica,

A citie in Italy, which by an other name is called Confinium. There is another in Spayne, where Silius Italicus was borne.

Italicensis,

A Citizen of Italica.

Itálicus, a, um,

Of Italy.

Italus,

An Italian.

Ithaca,

An yle lying before Athasis, and was Vlysses countrey, who thereof was called Ithacus.

Ithome,

A towne in Peloponnesus, an other in Thessaly.

Ithonea, or Ithonia,

A citie of Boeotia, of the which Pal∣las was called Ithonia.

Ithyphallus,

The name of Priapus, the most dishonest and abhominable Idoll.

Ithyra,

A towne in the mountayne of Taurus towarde Parthia.

Ithyreus, a, um,

Of Ithyra: sometyme of Parthia: as Ithyreae sagittae, Arrowes of the Parthians.

Iturissa,

A citie of Spaine.

Ituria,

A region in Arabia or Syria, of which the people are called Ituraei.

Itymoneus,

A valiaunt man, the sonne of Hyperochus.

Itys,

The sonne of Tereus, and Progne, who (as Poetes feigne) was turned into a Phesaunt.

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Iuba,

A king of Mauritania, in tyme of the ciuill warre a constant defender of Pompeys part: who afted Pom∣pey was ouercome, ioyned his power with Scipio, and in a great battayle resisted Caesar. But in the ende per∣ceyuing himselfe to be ouercome, rather then he woulde come into his enimyes handes, Petreius and he vali∣auntly running eche at other, slue themselues. Caesar afterwarde brought his sonne in triumph.

Iubar, iúbaris,

n. gen. A starre, which is also called Hespe∣rus, and Lucifer.

Iudaea,

A countrey in Asia, which hath on the west, Mare Cyprium: on the north, Phoenicia, and Syria: on the east, Arabia: on the south, the lande of Aegypt. It re∣ceyued that name of Iudas the sonne of Iacob the pa∣triarke, where before it was called Chananaea, of Cha∣nanaeus, the fourth sonne of Cham.

Iudaei,

Not onely the people of Iudaea, but also they be so called, which doe obserue their superstition. They were expelled out of this realme of Englande in the tyme of king Richarde the first, for their crueltie in sleayng of christen children, like as they haue béene out of Fraunce and Spayne: and now of late out of Portugall.

Iudaicus, a, um,

Of Iudaea.

Iuernia,

Irelande Plinie calleth it Iuuerna.

Iugantinus deus,

Was amonge Paynyms the God whome they supposed to haue aucthoritie ouer the ridges of hilles.

Iugárius, rij,

m. g. A stréete in Rome, where was an aulter of Iuno, at the which if any were wedded, they supposed that matrimonie to be most surely ioyned.

Iúgula, lae,

foem. gen. A celestiall signe called Orion.

Iugum,

The signe called Libra.

Iugurtha,

A king of Numidia, which warred vpon the Ro∣maynes, and of them was ouercome.

Iugurthinus, a, um,

Of Iugurth.

Iulia,

A kindred, which procéeded from Ascanius sonne of Aeneas▪ called Iulus. Also a towne of Cales in the coun∣trey of Spayne.

Iuliânus, a, um, and Iulius, a, um,

and Iüleus, a, um, Of Iulius.

Iulióbana,

Hounfléete in Fraunce.

Iulióbriga,

A towne in Spayne called Logroino.

Iuliómagus,

Ang••ers in Fraunce.

Iulis,

A citie in the yle of Caea, the countrey of Simonides the Poet.

Iulium Carnicum,

A citie in the Dukedome of Austriche.

Iulius,

The moneth of Iuly, which tooke his name of Iu∣lius Caesar.

Iulius Caesar,

The first and most famous Emperour of Rome. Vide Caesar. His actes are brieflye rehearsed of Plinie. lib. 7. cap. 25. The name of Iulius, descended of Ascanius the sonne of Aeneas. To the honour of this man, the seuenth moneth of the yeare was called Iulius, which before was named Quintilis, bycause it was the fifth from March, where the olde Romaynes beganne the yeare.

Iulus,

Otherwise named Ascarius, the sonne of Aeneas. Also the name of a song dedicated to Diana.

Iunganni,

People in the countrey of Liguria.

Iunius,

A proper name of the Romaines, as Iunius Bru∣tus, Iunius Columella. It is also a moneth called Iune. For when Romulus had first deuided the people into olde men and yoong, called in Latine Maiores & Mi∣nores, he honoured them with two monethes, calling the one Maius, or May: the other Iunius, of yoong men cal∣led in Latine, Iuuenes.

Iuno,

The daughter of Saturne and Ops, sister and wyfe of Iupiter, called also Hêra.

Iuno monêta,

Sone after that the kings were expelled out of Rome, there was a great earthquake, at which tyme there was hearde in the Capitoll out of the chappell of Iuno, a voyce, warning them, that they shoulde make a full pacification of hir wrath: and so dooing the earth∣quake ceassed. Of that warning, which in Latine is Mo∣nitio, she was called Iuno monêta: and to the honour of hir was made one chappell in the Capitoll by Camil∣lus, an other on the hyll called Auentinus, wherin was set hir Idoll brought from the citie called Veiae, destroy∣ed by the Romaines: both these chappels were called Ac∣des Iunonis Monêtae.

Iunónius, a, um,

Of Iuno.

Iunonícolae,

The surname of the Phaliscians, bicause they worshipped Iuno.

Iunonígena,

The surname of Vulcane.

Iunonia,

One of the yles called Insulae fortunatae.

Iupiter, Iupitris, or Iupíteris.

Af••er Priscian▪ not Iouis, which cōmeth of the nominatiue case Iouis, The sonne of Sa∣turnus and Ops, king of Creta, who draue his father out of his realme, and was a man valiaunt and wyse, but excéedingly giuen to lecherie, in deflouring as well maydens as wyues. Notwithstanding for his prowesse and wytte, after his death he was of all the Gréekes ho∣noured for a God, and called father and king of Goddes. His name was in such estimation among the Gentiles or Paynyms, that they gaue to him soueraintie in all thinges. In so much as they also named him God of Hospitalitie. And therefore when any thing was viola∣ted, eyther by the good man of the house, or by his guest, they called on Iupiter Xenius: when trust in friendship was broken, they called to take vengeance Iupiter Phili∣us: when companions betrayed one another, Iupiter He∣tereus: when kinsmen, Iupiter Homogenus: when they which were in league togither deceyued ech other, then cryed they Iupiter Euhorcius.

Iura,

A mountaine in Fraunce, which diuideth high Bur∣geyne from Swyzerlande. Some call it Vogesus.

Iustinianus,

An Emperor of Rome, who valiauntly ouer∣came the Sarasins, and forced them to be at league with him. Leontius being incyted by Galinicus patri∣arke of Constantinople, expelled this man out of the Empire, and in reproche cutting of his nose, sent him in banishment to Chersona. Not long after by ayde of the Bulgares he was restored to the Empire, and euer af∣ter shewed extréeme crueltie towarde his enimies and and their alies. For so oft as he mooued his hande to wipe the filth from his nose, remembring the villanye that his aduersaries had wrought him, hée commaun∣ded one of them to be pulled out of pryson and put to death.

Iustinus,

An Emperour, come of a poore kynrede (his mo∣thers brother Iustinus Emperour before him being but a swineheard) succéeded his vncle at the age of .xiiij. yeares in the Empire, and gouerned it nobly the space of xl. yeres, augmenting it honorably. He caused the lawes ciuile, dispersed in infinite volumes, to be reduced into 50. bookes (called the Digestes) and 4. bookes of In∣stitutes to bée made, and lykewyse the Code, contey∣ning the decrées of the Emperours, although he hym∣selfe knewe no letters. An excellent Prince, if hée had not bene corrupted wyth auarice, and the heresie of Eu∣tyches. He was after the incarnation of Christ .570. yeares.

Iuturna,

The sister of Turnus.

Iuuenalis,

A poet, which wrote Satyres.

Iuuentas, tatis, & Iuuentus, tûtis,

foem. gen. The Goddesse of youth.

Iuuerna,

The olde name of Irelande, called of some Iuernia, & Hibernia. The Greekes call it Iuernion, & Ierna.

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Ixion,

A king of Thessalye, who falsely brake promyse with his wiues father, and threwe him into a pit of fire. He also called by Iupiter vnto a feast, stirred Iuno to commit adulterie, which Iupiter perceyuing, made a cloude lyke vnto Iuno, and delyuered hir to him, on whome hée begat the people called Centauri. But when hee had auaunted, that he had companyed with Iuno, hée was driuen downe into hell, and there bounde to a whéele alwayes turning and full of Serpentes, as po∣ets feigne.

Ixioneus, a, um,

Of Ixion.

Ixionides,

Pirithous, the sonne of Ixion.

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LAbatus,

A mans name, often mencioned of Plutarch.

Labdacus,

A king of Thebes, father of Laius, who was father of Oedipus.

Labeo,

A mans name.

Laberius,

A poet, a gentleman of Rome.

Labicanum,

A towne in Italy.

Labici,

The inhabitaunts of that towne.

Labiénus,

A noble man of Rome, capitaine vnder Caesar in Fraunce. Also an historiographer.

Labicus,

Was the name of the sonne of Minos, who was named also Glaucus.

Labio,

The surname of a Romayne.

Laboriae,

The name of a countrey in Italy, vulgarly called Terra laboris, the lande of labour.

Laborinus,

A field in Campania, where the stubble of corne is so great, that the people doe burne it in stede of wood.

Labynetus,

The sonne of Nictorie Quéene of Babilon, where afterwarde he also reigned.

Labyrinthus,

A place made in such wyse, that who so euer came into it, coulde not issue out without a very perfite guide, or without a thréede leading him▪ wherof the bot∣tome or clewe should be left at the entrie. Of this name were thrée principall places: One in Aegypt (by the pa∣terne whereof the other were made) described by Hero∣dotus (who wryteth that he sawe it) saying that it was aboue the great poole called Myrios, towarde the citie of Crocodiles. Strabo in his .xvij. booke, calleth the sayde poole or méete Muris. Herodotus in Euterpe sayeth, that first there were .xij. halles couered, sixe towarde the north, and sixe towarde the south, all inclosed wyth one wall. Wythin the wall were houses in two dyuers sortes: one sort vnder the ground another aboue ground ouer them, euery sort being in number .3500. The ouermost (as he sayth) he behelde, the neathermost hée mought not be suffered to sée: but as he heard by report of them which sawe it, he wrote. The ouermost, which he did beholde, excéeded all workes of mennes handes: for hée went from a hall into parlours, from parlours into chambers, from chambers into other sollars, and from parlours into other halles. The beame which bare the floores was of stone, wrought wyth ymagery, euery hall enuironed with pillers of white stone. In the ende of that Labyrinthus standeth a stone, large be∣neath, and small on the toppe, called Pyramis, which is of length .xl. paces, in the which are wrought great I∣mages, and thereat is the entrie vnder ground to the o∣ther Labyrinthus. An other Labyrinthus was in Ereta, made by Dedelus, by the commaundement of Minos, for a prison: but it was much lesse then the other. But by diuers doores, enterings▪ and issuings out, it decey∣ued them, which came into it. The thirde was in Italy, by a towne called Clusium, made by king Porsena: and (as Plinie and Varro wryte) was of square stone, the sides .30. foote brode▪ in height .50. foote. Into the which, who so euer went, without a clew or bottom of thréede, coulde neuer returne. On this pl••ce stoode v. Pyramides

Lacaena,

A woman of Lacedemonie.

Lacaenus, a, um,

Of Lacedemonie.

Laccobriga,

A citie of Spaine.

Lacedaemon,

A noble citie in Gréece, called also Sparta, in the region of Achaia. The countrey is called Laconia.

Lacedaemonius, a, um,

Of Lacedemonie.

Lachesis,

One of the thrée Ladies called Parcae, whome po∣ets did feigne to haue the rule and continuance of mans lyfe.

Laciburgium,

A citie in Germanie, called Rostolsium.

Lacinium,

An elbowe of lande, lying betwéene the sea called Adriaticum, and the sea Ionium.

Lácinius, a, um,

Of or belonging to that promontorie.

Lacippo,

A citie in Spayne, called also Lapecia.

Lacon, ônis,

A man of Lacedemonie.

Laconia,

The country where Lacedemonie standeth.

Lacònicus, a, um,

Of the countrey Laconia.

Lactucinij,

The surname of certaine Romaynes.

Lacus Lemanus,

Losan in Péemountaine.

Lacydes,

A philosopher of Cyrene.

Ladas,

A man, who ranne so swiftly, that on the sande or dust, he left no print of his foote.

Ladon,

A ryuer in Arcadie. Also one of Actaeons dogges.

Laeander,

vide Leander.

Laelius,

The familiar friende of Scipio Affrican.

Laërtes,

A citie in Cilicia.

The sonne of Acrisius, and father of Vlysses.

Laërtes,

A citie in Cilicia.

The sonne of Acrisius, and father of Vlysses.

Laërtiades,

Vlysses the sonne of Laertes.

Laërtius, a, um,

Of Laërtes.

Laértius,

The name of one which wrote the lyues of phi∣losophers.

Laestrygones,

Were people which did eate mans flesh. Vide Lestrygones.

Lagia,

One of the names of the yle of Delos.

Lagyges,

People of Sarmatia.

Lagyra,

A citie of Chersonesus.

Lais,

A common harlotte in Gréece, who was of such ex∣cellent beautie, and therewyth so pleasaunt, that vnto hir out of all Gréece, there came to Corinthus, where she dwelled, men noble and ryche in great number, to companie with hir. On a tyme came to hir Demosthe∣nes, the greatest oratour of Gréece, and desired to lye with hir: of whome she asked for one night, a thousand Dragmas, which amounteth to the rate of our money at this present tyme, to .xxiij. l. xix. s. x. d. which Demos∣thenes hearing, departed, saying in this wyse, I wyll not repent me at that price, or, I will not buy repen∣taunce so déere. Some wryte, that shée demaunded 10000. Dragmas, which in our money ryseth to aboue 200. poundes.

Laius,

A king of Thebes, and father of Oedipus, whome Oedipus vnwares slue in battayle, and wedded hys wife, which was also Oedipus mother, called Iocasta. Reade after in Oedipus.

Laletania,

A countrey in Spayne, the people whereof bée called Laletani.

Lambotus,

A ryuer in Affrike.

Lambrani,

People dwelling about the riuer of Lambrus.

Lambrus,

A ryuer of Lumbardie, which méeteth with the ryuer of Po, called Padus.

Lamia,

The surname of a noble Romaine, and also of a fa∣mous harlotte.

Lamiae,

Be women, which beholding children, or giuing to them gyftes, doe alter the fourme of them: which chil∣dren be afterwarde called Elfes, or taken with the fay∣rie. And some such women will sucke the bloude from chyldren. They be also those, which be called Ladyes of the fayrie, which doe allure yoong men to companie car∣nally with them: and after that they be consumed in the acte of lecherie, they couet to deuour them.

Lamirus,

The sonne of Hercules and Iole.

Lampetia,

The daughter of Phoebus by Neaera, which with hir sister Phaethusa, kept shéepe in Sicilie.

Lampeus,

An hill in Arcadie.

Lampia,

A ryuer in Arcadie.

Lampon,

The name of an horse. Also of a soothsayer that vsed to sweare by a goose: whereof grewe a Prouerbe, Lampon iurat per auserem. Vide Erasmum in Adagijs.

Lampsacius,

The sonne of Cilix.

Lampsacium,

A towne on the sea side called Hellespontus, in the side of Asia, where Priâpus was honoured.

Lampsacênus, a, um,

Of Lampsacum.

Lamyrus,

vide Lamirus.

Langia,

A fountaine in Nemaea, a countrey of Arcadie, where the host of Argyues was refreshed when they went against Thebes.

Laniuium, or Lanuuium,

A citie in Italy belonging to the Romaynes.

Lanubium,

A citie of the Latines, now called Lauinium.

Lanuuium,

Looke Laniuium.

Laocoon,

The sonne of Priamus.

Laodamas,

One of the sonnes of king Alcinous.

Laodamia,

The wyfe of Protesilaus. Also the daughter of Bellerophon, on whome Iupiter begat Sarpedon.

Laodicea,

A citie in Syria, at the ryuer Lycus. An other at the mountayne Lybanus.

Laódice,

or after some Laodoce, One of Priamus daugh∣ters, which was maryed to the sonne of Antenor, king of Thrace. An other Laódice, was the daughter of A∣gamemnon and Clytemnestra.

Laódocus,

The sonne of Antenor the Troyan.

Laómedon, ontis,

The father of Priamus.

Laomedontéus, a, um,

& Laomedontius, a, um, Of Laómedon.

Lapethos,

A citie in Cipres.

Lapithae,

People of Thessalie, of whome Pirithous was king.

Lapitheus, or Lapitheius, a, um,

Of the Lapithes.

Lara, vel Larunda,

A mayden, which shewed to Iuno the wanton pastymes of Iupiter wyth women: for the which Iupiter did cutte out hir tongue, and commaun∣ded Mercurius to bring hir to hell: who begot on hir two sonnes, which were called Lares.

Laranda,

A citie of Lycaonia.

Larentia,

A famous harlotte, which bycause she made the people of Rome hir heire, they named hir a Goddesse, and called hir Flora. Looke Flora.

Lares,

Gods which the Paynyms did suppose euery per∣son had belonging vnto him: they were also called Pe∣nates.

Larina,

The name of a famous woman of Italy.

Larine,

A fountaine in Attica.

Larise,

A citie of Aetolia.

Larinna,

A towne of Boeotia.

Larissa,

The name of diuers cities: one in Thessalia, whereof Achilles was called Larissaeus: an other in Asia, whereof Iupiter was called Larissaeus. The thirde in Italy, an other in Crete.

Larius,

A brooke or a great poole by the citie of Comum.

Larodij,

People of Scythia.

Larua, ae,

f. g. and Laruae, arum, plur. A spirite, which appea∣reth in the night tyme. Some call it an hegge, some a goblin, some a ghost, or an elfe.

Larunda,

vide Lara.

Laryna,

vide Larina.

Lassia,

An yle in the sea Aegeum. It was also called An∣dros,

Lasthenia,

A woman which was Platos scholler, com∣ming alway into the schoole in mans apparayle.

Lasus,

A man in the tyme of Darius, that wrote first of

Lateranus,

The name of a Consull of Rome, of whose house was made a Church in the citie of Rome, of saint Iohn, which is now called Lateranensis.

Latiâlis, le, and Latiaris, re,

Of the part of Italye, which was called Latium.

Latinae, arum,

Sacrifices to Iupiter, named of the Latins, who first did ordeyne them.

Latiniensis, se,

idem quod Latinus, a, um.

Latînus, a, um,

Of the people called the Latines.

Latini,

People of Latium, in Italy.

Latinus, ni,

The proper name of the father in lawe to Ae∣neas.

Latium, tij,

neut. gener. A part of Italy, betwéene the ry∣uers of Tyberis, and Lyris, wherein standeth the citie of Rome.

Latius, a, um,

Of that countrey.

Látmius, a, um,

Of Latmus.

Látmus,

A mountaine in Ionia, where (as Poetes saye) the Moone kyssed Endymion. Also a mountayne of Caria.

Latomiae, or Latumiae, arum, plur.

Was a strayte pryson in the citie of Sycacusis in Sicilia: an other in Sparta.

Latôna,

The mother of Apollo and Diana.

Latonia,

A Goddesse, called also Diana.

Latónius, a, um,

Of Latóna.

Latonigenae dij,

Apollo and Diana.

Latóus,

Apollo.

Lauce,

An yle in the called Pontus.

Lauerna,

A Goddesse, vnder whose protection theues were in Rome.

Lauinia,

The daughter of king Latinus, who was first betrothed to Turnus, and after gyuen in maryage to Aeneas, which thing betwéene the twoo Princes was cause of long and great warre: in the ende wherof Tur∣nus was ouercome and slayne. Aeneas also within thrée yeares after dyed, leauing his wyfe Lauinia great with childe: who, fearing hir husbandes sonne Ascanius, fled away▪ and in the woods soiourned with the shéepeheard Tyarheus, and there was deliuered of a sonne, whome shee called Iulus Syluius Posthumus, bycause after his fathers death he was borne in the wooddes. But after a tyme Ascanius sent for hys mother in lawe, and placed hir in the kingdome, going himselfe to a citie that he buylded called Alba Longa.

Lauinium, or Lanubium,

A citie in Italy, called also Lau∣rentum.

Laura,

Such a place of pleasure at Samos, as Anco was at Sardis.

Laurens, tis, or Laurentis, te,

Of the citie called Laurentum.

Lauréntia, ae,

foe. gen. The wyfe of Faustulus, which nou∣rished Romulus and Remus, and brought them vp in hir house as hir owne children. Bycause this woman was a strumpet, and of very euill lyfe, the shéepeheardes of that coast called hir Lupam: of which name was ta∣ken the occasion of that fable, that those founders of the citie of Rome, were by myracle nourished of a she wolfe, which in latine is also Lupa.

Laurentalia,

Certaine feastes dedicated to Laurentia.

Laurentum,

vide Lauinium.

Laureum,

A place in the countrey of Gréece called Attica.

Laurion,

A place in Attica, where siluer was digged.

Laurolauinium,

A citie in Italy by Laurentum.

Lausus,

The sonne of Mezentius.

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Leae,

An ylande by Cyrenaica, a region of Affrike.

Leaena,

A common woman of Athens, who (after Harmo∣dius and Aristogito•• had slaine Hipparchus the tyran) being tormented in sundrye facyons, to the intent shée shoulde discouer the confederates of that murder, spake not one worde, but byting in sunder hir tongue, she spit it in the face of Hippias the tyranne, who caused hir to be tormented.

Leander,

A yoong man of the citie Abydus in Asia, on the sea coast of Hellesponte. Hée was in loue wyth Ero, a beautifull maide of the towne Sestus, on the other side of the sea, ouer righ against Abydus. This man when he had oftentimes vsed in the night to swimme ouer the water to his loue Ero, at the last by mis••ortune of the winde rysing sodainly, the sea was made troublous, and he drowned. His carkasse was cast vp at Sestus, which his loue Ero perceyuing out of a turret did for sorrowe cast hirselfe into the sea.

Learchus,

The sonne of Athamas and Iuno, whome the fa∣ther being madde, slue in the stéede of an Hart.

Lebadia,

A citie of Boeotia.

Lebedus,

A citie of Ionia.

Lebynthos,

One of the yles called Cyclades.

Lectisternium,

A solemnitie among the Paynyms, when in the honour of their Gods, Iupiter, Iuno, and Miner∣ua, beddes were spreade in the temples, in the which first the ydols were layde, in the residue as many as myght lye and eate.

Lecton,

One of the toppes of the mountaine called Ida.

Lectrum,

A part of Asia lying into the sea.

Leda,

The wife of Tyndarus king of Laconia▪ w^t whome (as poetes doe fable) Iupiter in the forme of a swanne did companie, and she brought foorth two egges▪ of the one came Pollux and Helena, which was rauished by Paris: of the other came Castor and Cl••••emnestra. Pollux and Castor be called Ledaei.

Legaea,

One of the nymphes.

Legerda,

A citie in great Armenie.

Legeo, onis,

foem. gen. A towne in Cornewall, nowe called Leskard.

Legion,

The chiefe citie of Castile called Lions.

Leitus,

One of the fiue capitaynes of Boeotia, that went to Troy.

Leleges, or Lelegae,

People which were alway wandring, and inhabited sometyme in Thessaly. Some take them for the Thessalians.

Lelaps, lélapis,

One of Actaeons dogges.

Lemânus,

A poole into the which the ryuer of Roane run∣neth, called in French Lausane.

Leminus, a, um,

Of Lemnos.

Lemnos,

One of the yles called Cyclades, wherein Vul∣cane was nourished. This yle was made famous by the Ladie Hipsiph••le. For the women of Lemnos being in a furie, that their husbands were long absent in warres when they came home (conspiring togither slue them all in one night, except Hipsiphile the kings daughter who saued and conueyed awaye hir father Thoas. A••ter when Iason going towarde the conquest of the golden fléece, came vnto Lemnos, she being in loue wyth him, conceyued by him two children twinnes: and when they were borne, the women of the countrey woulde haue put hir to death, for the sauing of hir father: but she in fleeing was taken by Pyrates▪ and giuen to Lycurgus king of Nemea, whose sonne Opheltes shée nourished. But when the Argiues went to destroy Thebes, Hypsiphile, while she went to shew to the Argiues a fountaine, left the childe lying on the grasse, who was slayne by a ser∣pent. Wherefore when the father of the childe woulde haue put hir to death, the kings of the Argyues defen∣ded and saued hir. Some other write, that Hypsiphyle (when she perceiued Iason did not returne to hir againe, according to his promise) threw hirselfe into the sea, and was drowned.

Lemouices,

Lymosin in Fraunce.

Lémures, murum,

foem. ge. plur. Shirites which doe wa••ke night with horrible figures.

Lemuria, ôrum,

ne. gen. plur. Feastes dedicated to those spi∣rites.

Lenaeum,

The name of an holiday kept at Athens.

Lenaeus,

One of the names of Bacchus.

Lentulus,

The name of a citizen of Rome.

Leo,

A mans name of Byzaunce. Also a signe in the firma∣ment.

Leochares,

The name of an excellent grauer.

Leodamas,

The proper name of a philosopher.

Leon,

An other philosopher.

Leonides,

A king of the Lacedemonians, which did incre∣dible feates of warre agaynst Xerxes kyng of Persia: and finally was slaine at the straytes called Thermopy∣lae, in defending Gréece, with .4000. Gréekes onely, a∣gainst tenne hundred thousande of the hoste of Xerxes. There was also an other Leonides, which was tutour to king Alexander, when he was a childe.

Leontini,

People of Sicilie.

Lepadusa, or Lopadusa,

The yle of Sicilie.

Leprium,

A citie of Achaia, an other in Arcadie.

Leptenacra,

A promontorie of Indie.

Leptis,

The name of two cities in Affrike the lesse.

Leria,

One of the yles called Sporades: the people thereof are called Lerij, of whose maners grewe a prouerbe Le∣rij mali.

Lernaeus, a, um,

Of Lerne, or Lerna.

Lerne, or Lerna,

A lake or fenne in Achaia, about Argos, in the which was the serpent Hydra with many heads (as Poetes feigne.) In this lake the people of the cities of Argos and Micene, did throwe all the ordure and swéepinges of their stréetes and houses, whereof came the prouerbe.

*Lerna malorum,

Whereby was signified an heape of mis∣chiefe: or, any person in whole is all vice and abhomina∣tion.

Leros,

An ylande in the sea called Icarium.

Lertósa,

A citie of Spaine, called nowe Tortosa.

Lesbos,

An yle in the sea called Aegeum, wherein was the citie called Mytilene.

Lesbius, a, um,

Of the yle of Lesbos.

Lestorum,

A region of Indie.

Lestrygones,

A people in the extréeme part of Italy, in the confines of Campania, which did eate the companions of Vlysses, rosting them on broches.

Lestrygonus, a, um,

Of that people.

Lethe,

A ryuer of hell, the water whereof as soone as it is drunke, causeth a man to forget all thing that is passed. It is also a ryuer in Affrike.

Letheus, a, um,

Of the riuer Lethe.

Leuca,

A promontorie or elbowe of lande, nigh to Corin∣thus.

Leucadia,

An yle by the bosome of the seea called Ambraci∣um.

Leucaethiopes,

A people of Affrike.

Leucas, adis,

f. g. A towne in the yle of Leucadia.

Leucaspis,

A Troyan, which sayling with Aeneas toward Italy, perished in a tempest.

Leucates,

A mountaine in Epire. Also an yle in the which is a temple of Apollo, whereof he is called Leucadius.

Leuce,

A towne in the borders of Ionia. Also a lyttle y∣lande of Pontus, in the sea Mediterraneum.

Leucippus,

A philosopher.

Leucogaei,

Certaine hilles in Italy by Naples.

Leucola,

An yle by Cypres. Also a promontorie of Pam∣philia.

Leucon,

A king of Pontus, slayne of his brother Oxylo∣chus for aduoutrie. Also an husbandeman of the same name.

Leucopetra,

A promontorie of Sicilie.

Leucosia,

An yle against Pestanum, in the sea Tyrrhenum.

Leucosyria,

A countrey, which is now called Cappadocia.

Leucosyrorum cubitus,

A place in Cappadocia.

Leucothea,

The Goddesse which was called Matûta and Aurora.

Leucothoë,

The daughter of Orchamus of Babilon, and E••rynoe, whome (being begotten with childe by Phoe∣bus) hir father did burie alyue: but Phoebus (as poets feigne) did transforme hir into a trée, out of the which runneth Frankin••ense.

Leuctra, plur. and Leuctrum, or Leuctra, sing.

A towne of Boeotia.

Leuctricus, a, um,

Of Leuctra.

Leui,

One of the sonnes of Iacob the Patriarke.

Leuiathan,

A dragon of the sea. It is taken in holy scrip∣ture for the deuill.

Leuphana,

A citie of Germany, called commonly Hanofer.

Leurychides,

A kyng of Lacedemonie, enimie to Demara∣tus.

Lexouij, or Lexuuij,

People in hygh Fraunce about Bur∣bon.

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Lia,

One of the wyues of Iacob the patriarke.

Liba,

An yle in the Indian sea.

Libanius,

The name of a great Rhetorician, in the tyme of Iulianus Apostata, which wrote arguments vpon the Orations of Demosthenes.

Libanus,

A mountayne betwéene Arabia and Phoenicia, wherein growe very high trées.

Libarnum, or Libarna,

A citie in Liguria, called now Laua∣nium.

Libentina,

One of the names of Venus or Proserpina.

Liber, liberi,

The finder of wine, called also Bacchus and Dionysius.

Liberália, ôrum,

neur. g. plur. A solemne or festiuall day, dedi∣cate to Bacchus: the Gréekes call it Dyonysia.

Libethra,

A Caue wherein was a Well, called Libethros, where the Muses being conuersant, were therefore cal∣led Libéthrides.

Libéthrides,

The Muses, or Ladies of sciences.

Libethrij,

A people of Persia, vtterly rude and vnlearned.

Libethrus,

A mountayne in Macedonia, where the Muses did dwell.

Libitina, ae,

foe. ge. A Goddesse, in whose temple were solde all things perteyning to sepultures or funeralles.

Libo, bonis,

The name of a Citizen of Rome.

Libora,

A citie in Spayne, called sometyme Elbora, nowe commonly Taleuera.

Liburni,

People of the countrey called Liburnia.

Liburnia,

A part of Dalmatia or Slauonie, nowe called Croatia.

Liburnus, a, um,

Of Liburnia.

Libya,

Was among the Gréekes, the generall name of all Affrica: Notwithstading, it is of the Romaines taken onely for that part of Affrica, which is from Aegypt to the west Occean, conteyning Cyrenaica, Affrica minor, Numidia, and Mauritania. The Spaniards doe common∣ly call them all Moores.

Libya interior,

Is bounded on the North, wyth the two countreyes called Mauritania, with Affrike the lesse, and Cyrenaica: on the east, with Aethiope: on the south, with Aethiope the further: on the west, with the Occean sea. In this countrey are the people called Garamantes, and Getulae.

Libycinus, a, um,

Of Libya.

Libycis, cidis,

A towne of Iudaea, on the east part of the ri∣uer of Iordan.

Libycus, a, um,

Of Libya.

Libyophaenices,

People of Affrica.

Libys, and Libyssa,

A man and woman of Libya.

Libyssa,

A citie of Bithynia, called commonlye Polmen, where Anniball dyed.

Libystinus, a, um,

The surname of Apollo.

Lica, ae,

The name of one of Hercules companions.

Licambes,

A citie of Lacedemonia.

Licianus,

A poet in the tyme of Martiall.

Ligarius,

The name of a Romaine.

Liger, ligeris,

m. g. A riuer in Fraunce called Loire.

Liguria,

A part of Italy, from the hyll called Apoeninus, vnto the sea called Tuscum, also from the ryuer Varus, vnto the ryuer called Macra. In it be the cityes Genua, Sauona, Naulum, and Albigena.

Ligus, liguris, vel Ligur, guris,

Of the countrey of Liguria: a Ianuens: of Ianeway.

Ligústicum,

or after some, Ligustinum mare, The sea that is by Ieane.

Ligusticus, a, um,

Of Liguria.

Ligyes,

Are people of Asia, which with Xerxes warred a∣gaynst the Gréekes.

Ligystus,

The sonne of Phaeton, of whome Lyguria was named.

Lilybaeum,

A towne or promontorie in Sicilie, where one

Limiosastum,

A citie of Germanie, called commōly Gnisna.

Limnus,

An yle in the east part of Irelande. Plinie calleth it Silimnus.

Limonum,

A towne of Poicters in Fraunce.

Limuici, or Limouices,

Limosin in Poicters.

Lindos, or Lindus,

A citie of Rhodes.

Lindum,

A citie in Englande, which some doe suppose to be Lincolne some Linne.

Língones,

People of Fraunce, in the countrey called Lan∣gres.

Linternum,

A towne in Campania, where Scipio Affri∣canus dyed, and is buryed.

Linternus, a, um,

Of Linternum.

Linternus,

A ryuer in Campania.

Linus,

The most auncient Poet, a Theban, whome Vir∣gile calleth the sonne of Apollo, and Vrania one of the nine Muses.

Lípara, ae,

foem. gen. An yle by Gréece.

Liparis,

A ryuer in Cilicia.

Liquentia,

A ryuer in Lumbardie.

Lirimiris,

A citie of Germanie.

Liris,

A riuer in Campaine, by the towne called Minturnae.

Lisus,

A ryuer in Thracia, wich Herodotus wryteth, was drunke vp by the armie that Xerxes king of Persia led into Greece.

Lissus,

A citie of Dalmatia. It is now called Alexium.

Lituania,

A countrey which is part of Sarmatia, called Luten, and ioyneth to Polonia on the north, and is vn∣der the king of Poole.

Liuius,

The prince of Latine historiens.

Liuius Andronicus,

The first Latine Poete, which wrote Comoedies or Tragydies in Latine, about the seconde warres of Carthage. Also hée wrote .xxij. bookes of the yearely actes of the Romaynes, which were called Annales.

Liuonia,

A part of Sarmatia, beyonde Luten northward, hauing on the west, the sea called Germanicum.

Lixos,

A towne and ryuer of Mauritania in Affrike.

Lixus,

idem quod Lixos.

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Locoritum,

A Citie of Germany, called now Trutonia, com∣monly Forchem.

Locris, cridos,

A countrey in Gréece, néere vnto Phocis.

Locrenses, and Locri,

People of Locris. There is also a citie of the Brutians so named.

Locrus,

A citie in the vttermost part of Italy, which was named Magna Graecia.

Londinum,

The noble Citie of London. Erasmus vpon the prouerbe Rhodij sacrificium, writeth, that Londinum is deducted of Lindus, a citie of Rhodes, which Stepha∣nus calleth Lindonium.

Longa Alba,

A citie in Italye, buylded by Ascanius the sonne of Aeneas.

Longobardi,

Lumbardes.

Longobardia,

A region called Lumbardie, which is from the mountaynes Alpes, vnto the ryuer of Rubicon. It is also called Gallia Cisalpina, Citerior Gallia, and Gallia Togata.

Lotaringia,

A countrey beyond Picardie and Normandie.

Lothoringia,

A countrey called Loraine.

Lotóphagi,

People in Affrike, which doe lyue by eatyng onely the fruite of a trée called Lotos.

Lotos, or Lotis, lotidis,

A nymph, the daughter of Neptune, which sléeyng from Priapus, was turned into a trée of that name.

Loxa,

A riuer in Englande called Firth.

Loxïas,

One of the names of Apollo.

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Luca,

A citie in Italy, of which the inhabitaunts are cal∣led Lucenses.

Lucani,

People of the countrey of Lucania.

Lucania,

A countrey belonging to the realme of Naples, betwéene Puell and Calaber.

Lucanus,

A famous Poet, which wrote the battayle be∣twéene Caesar and Pompey.

Lucentia,

A citie of Spayne.

Lucentum,

A citie of Spayne called Susana.

Luceres,

The thirde part of the people of Rome, distribu∣ted by Tatius and Romulus.

Luceria,

A citie of Apulia.

Lucerius,

A king of Arcadia, which holy Romulus against Tatius.

Lucetia,

One of the names of Iuno.

Lucetius,

A name of Iupiter.

Lucilius,

The name of an olde Poet.

Lucina,

One of the names of Iuno and Diana, called the Goddesse of byrth.

Lucinia,

idem quod Lucina.

Lucius,

A mans name.

Lucomones,

The Tuscians.

Lucretia,

A noble woman of Rome, wyfe to Tarquinius Collatinus, and a singular paterne of chastitie, both to hir tyme, and to all ages following: whome Sextus Tarquinius, when by fayre meanes hée coulde not ob∣taine, by force and violence did rauishe. For being in∣tertayned for kindreds sake in hir house, hée brake into hir chamber, and with his sworde drawne, menaced pre∣sent death, vnlesse she would condescende vnto his plea∣sure, adding moreouer that he would kill one of hir ser∣uauntes, and laye him in bed with hir, and so spreade a∣broade that hée tooke them in aduoutrie and slue them. For feare of which shamefull reproche and infamie, ra∣ther then for dreade of death, as after appeared, she suf∣fered the violence of the wicked aduouterer. But the next day she sent for hir husbande, that was absent, and the residue of hir kinsfolke and friendes, and in the pre∣sence of them all, pitifully bursting out in wéeping, de∣clareth the cruell villanie of the tyranne: desiring them earnestly to séeke reuengment of the same, and therwith∣all pulleth out a knife, that for that purpose she had hyd vnder hir clothes, and strake hirselfe vnto the heart: af∣firming that the example of Lucrece shoulde neuer be a cloke for lyght womon to excuse the vnfaythfull breach of wedlocke. With indignation of this horrible act, hyr father and kinsfolke being mooued, raysed the people, and expelled both the proude king Tarquine and his whole stocke out of the citie for euer.

Lucretilis,

An hill in the countrey of the Sabines.

Lucretius,

A Latine Poet.

Lucrinum,

A towne of Apulia.

Lucrinus,

A méere or great water in Campania.

Luctatius Catulus.

A Citizen of Rome.

Lucullus,

A famous and noble man of Rome, in rychesse, learning and martiall prowesse verye excellent. Being Questor, hee dyd set foorth excéeding sumptuous games and sightes vnto the people. In hys Praetourship, he gouerned Affrike with great iustice. When he was sent as Capitayne agaynst Mithridates into Asia, hee deli∣uered his companion in office Cotta, that was besieged in Chalcedon: hée rescued the citie Cizicon, being in much daunger: he ouerthrewe Mithridates in a great battayle, & draue him out of his kingdome: he discomfi∣ted him the seconde tyme, when he was ayded of the mightie prince king Tigranes of Armenia▪ and woulde cleane haue finished that warre, had not the fame of his couetousnesse caused him to be sent for home by the Se∣nate. After his returne out of Asia, hee gaue himselfe altogither to sumptuous and sensuall life. For in hys voyage against Mithridates, hée gat so great ••y••••esse and treasure, that hee was not able to waste the same in most sumptuous buyldings of gorgeous houses▪ libra∣ries, galleries, and walkes, in making of fishe pondes, gardeyns, and other deuyses of pleasure, in so ••••raunge fashion and maner, as neuer before his tyme was s••••••e: whereas dayly also hée vsed such outragious fare, in fea∣sting and banketting, that his deliciousnesse and sensua∣litie is growne to a prouerbe. In the ende he being al∣tered in his wi••tes, was committed to the tuition of his brother Ma. Lucullus.

Lucumo,

A mans name, of whome the Tuscians were cal∣led Lucumedi, and Lucumones.

Lucus,

A citie in Spayne by Compostella, which is nowe called Lucensis. Also a promontorie of Hetruria, called commonly Petra sancta.

Lucus Augusti,

A citie in Spayne called Oluca.

Luentinum,

Powes landes in Wales.

Lugdunum, ni,

n. g. A citie in Fraunce called Lions.

Lugdunensis Gallia,

The thirde part of Fraunce, called n••we the countrey of Lions. It hath on the north, the English sea: on the west, partly the Occean, partly the countrey Guyan: on the east, the ryuer Seyne: on the south, Narbon.

Lugodinum,

called also Traiectum, A citie in Hollande na∣med Vtriche.

Luna,

A towne of the Ligurians. Also a promontorie in Portugall.

Lunarium,

A promontorie called nowe Mons Iouis, Schalae, Annibalis, and Mouini.

Lupercal,

A place at the foote of the Mount Palatine, de∣dicated to Pan the shéepeherdes God, in which certaine sacrifices and games were solemnised yerely in Febru∣arie. In these sacrifices, Pans priestes and ministers, called Luperci, ranne vp and downe the stréetes of the ci∣tie naked, striking the heads and bellies of women with a Goates skinne. By which ceremonie, they were per∣swaded that barraine women were made fertyle. Thys maner is thought first to haue béene ordeyned by E∣uander comming into Italie, to the honour of the rusti∣call God Pan, whome the people of Arcadie in like ma∣ner doe worship.

Lupercalia,

The sacrifices and playes made to Pan.

Luperci,

Ministers of that solemnitie.

Lupfurdum,

A citie in Germanie called now Misna, vulgar∣ly Meissen.

Lupia,

A riuer in Germanie called Neccharum.

Lusitania,

The realme called Portugall.

Lusius,

A riuer of Arcadie.

Luspiae,

A citie of Calaber called commonly Leccio Iezo.

Lutetia,

The citie of Paris in Fraunce.

L Y

Lyaeus,

One of the names of Bacchus, called God of wynes.

Lyaeus, a, um,

Of Bacchus.

Lycaeum,

Looke Liceum.

Lycaeus,

A mountayne of Arcadie dedicated to Iupiter. In that was also an aultare erected to Iupiter, on the which when Lycaon the sonne of Pelasgus did sacrifice a chylde, he was for the same cruelty tourned into a woulfe.

Lycambes,

A Thebane, whome Archilocus rating wyth verses, caused to hang himselfe.

Lycaon, áonis,

A king of Arcadie, and sonne of Pelasgus, of whome Ouide wryteth thus: Iupiter after hée had heard great complaint of the wickednesse of mankinde, came downe into the worlde to vnderstande whether it were true or no. When he came to Arcadie to king Ly∣caons palayce, and there had gyuen by myracle some to∣ken of his Godhead, the people came in to worship him, and to doe sacrifice vnto him. But Lycaon deryded their curiositie, and sayde, that the same night he woulde vnderstande, whether he intertayned a God or a man, wherefore priuily in the night, he came into the cham∣ber, and woulde haue murdered him. But when he sawe his wicked attempt tooke no place, he assayed an other way. The next daye hée kylled yoong Gentlemen of the Molossi••••s▪ that were with him as pledges, and ser∣ued the fleshe of one of them to Iupiter sitting at the table to trie whether he were a God or no. Hée there∣fore detesting that horrible and wycked act with light∣ling fyred the tyrannes pallayce, and turned himselfe in∣to a Wou••fe.

Lycaones,

People of Asia the lesse, néere to Lycia, as wry∣teth Ptolome.

Lycaonia,

A countrey in Asia. After some wryters, it is a part of Arcadia.

Lycaste,

One of the daughters of Priamus.

Lycastos,

A citie of Candie.

Lyceum,

Aristotles schoole in Athens. Also a schoole of Ci∣ceros in his place at Tusculum.

Lyceus,

Vide Lycaeus.

Lychas,

Hercules seruaunt.

Lycia,

A countrey in Asia the lesse, betwene Pamphilia, and Caria, in the which are two great cities, Patara, and Myra. Sometyme there were .70. cities.

Lycidas,

The name of a Centaure, and of a shéepehearde in Virgul.

Lycimnius,

The brother of Astiochia.

Lyciscus,

A boyes name in Horace.

Lycium,

Idem quod Lyceum.

Lycius,

One of the names of Apollo.

Lycophron.

A Grammarian and wryter of Tragedyes of Chalcedonie.

Lycopolis,

A citie of Aegypt.

Lycorias,

The name of a nymphe.

Lycormas,

A riuer running out of Aetolia.

Lyctonia,

A citie of Crete.

Lyctus,

A citie of Crete, named of Lyctus, the sonne of Lycaon.

Lycurgus,

A noble man of Sparta, sonne of Polydecta, and brother to Eumonus kyng of Lacedemon, whome hée succéeded in the kingdome, not knowing that he left his wife with chylde. Which thing so soone as Lycur∣gus vnderstoode, he left the name of a king, and called himselfe gouernour or protectour. When the yoong prince came to age, he faythfully restored the kingdome to him. But in the meane tyme, perceyuing the citie to be in yll forme of gouernment, he deuised newe and wholsame lawes, which, when by the oracle of Apollo he had lear∣ned to be very profitable, he published the same. And after he had well iniured the Lacedemonians to be obe∣dience of them, feigning that he had a iourney to Del∣phos, he caused all the people to sweare that they should faythfully obey and kéepe those lawes vntill such tyme as he returned. Going therefore to Delphos, when the oracle had signified, that Lacedemon shoulde flourishe so long as it kept his lawes, hée determined neuer to re∣turne into his countrey, but euer after lyued in banish∣ment, and at his death commaunded his ashes to be cast into the see, that the Lacedemonians, by procuring to haue them, myght not thinke themselues discharged of the othe, that they had taken, but perpetually should be bounde to the kéeping of those lawes, which hée had de∣uised.

Lycus,

A ryuer in the countrey of Caesarea. Also the name of diuers men.

Lydda,

A citie of Iudaea, called Rham••.

Lydia,

A countrey in Asia, on the east ioyning to Phrygia: on the north, to Mysia: on the south, vpon part of Ca∣ria. In this region is the hyll called Tmolus, out of the which commeth the riche ryuer called Pactolus. Reade of of them in their owne places.

*Lydi mali, Post hos Aegyptij,

A prouerbe applyed where two euill persons be compared togither▪ and the one be∣ing founde very vngracious, the other deserueth the lesse disprayse.

Lydus, lyda, lydum, & Lydius, a, um,

Of Lydia.

Lydus,

The sonne of Hercules. An other the sonne of A∣tys, and brother of Tyrrhen••s, of whome Lydia was named. An other Lydus was the sonne of Giges.

Lygdamum,

The name of a towne.

Lygdamus,

A Sicilian of the citie of Syracusis, a puis∣saunt wrestlar, whose bones after his death were found to haue no marrowe.

Lymira,

A ryuer and a citie of Lycia.

Lyncestius, a, um,

Of the water of Lyncestus.

Lyncestus,

A water which maketh men drunke like wine.

Lynceus, dyssyllabum.

A man▪ who (as Varro w••yteth) coulde sée shippes on the sea, an hundred and thirtye myles from him▪ and did number them. Some wryte, that he coulde sée through a wall: and therefore, they

Linceus,

A mans name, that first founde out the mettall mynes of brasse, siluer, and golde.

Lincus,

A king of Scythia.

Lyndus,

A citie in the yle of Rhodes, where they did sacri∣fice to Hercules with reproches and curses.

Lyris,

A ryuer of Campayne.

Lyrnessus,

One of the citie of Troy.

Lyrseus,

A well, out of the which issueth the ryuer of I∣nachus.

Lysander,

A king of Lacedemonia. When it was layde to him for a reproche, that he did more by subtiltie, then by prowesse: hée did aunswere in this wyse: where the Li∣ons skinne doth not auayle, a man must sowe or tye a Foxes skinne vnto it. Notwithstanding, that practise is seldome commended in any noble man. But this Ly∣sander was alwaye of that opinion that hée estéemed truth and playne dealing no longer then it stoode wyth hys commoditie. And therefore he confessed that truth was better then lying, but that the woorthinesse of them both was to be measured by profite. When it was layde to his charge that he had broken the league that in Mi∣letus he was sworne vnto, Tush (sayth he) as chyldren are to be trayned and deceyued wyth Apples and try∣fles, so are men to be beguyled with othes.

Lysanias,

An oratour of Gréece.

Lysiades,

A philosopher of Athens.

Lysias,

An oratour most pleasaunt, of whome Quintilian speaketh.

Lysicrates,

A man which in his olde age dyed hys white heares blacke, that he might séeme yoong.

Lysimachia,

A citie in Hellespont, which fell downe with an earthquake.

Lysimachus,

Agathocles sonne, one of the Capitaynes of king Alexander: who as he was of noble stocke, so was he in vertue more famous and noble. He so excellently loued learning and those that were the professors of the same, that when Callisthenes was cruelly imprysoned by Alexander, he oftentimes resorted to him, and hearde him dispute of vertue and learning: and at the request of the philosopher, brought to him a poysoned cuppe to ende his lyfe, rather then to abyde the miserie that hée susteyned in the stinking dungeon. Which thing when Alexander did vnderstand, he tooke it so grieuously, that he caused Lysimachus to be cast without weapon to be deuoured of a Lyon. But he as a valiaunt and stoute gentleman, folding his cloke togither about his arme, thrust his hand into the Lions mouth, and so killed him. For which act he was after more estéemed of Alexander then euer he was before, and therefore aduaunced to great honour.

Lysippe,

One of the daughters of Proetus kyng of Ar∣gyues.

Lysippus,

An excellent keruer.

Lysistratus,

The brother of Lysippus.

Lysius,

A riuer of Arcadie, called also Lusius.

Lyus,

A ryuer of the lesse Asia.

M A

MAcae,

People of Arabia foelix.

Machareus,

The sonne of Aeolus, which begatte a childe on his owne sister Canace, and for feare of his fa∣thers displeasure, fledde his countrey and went to Del∣phos, where he became Apollos priest. Vide Canace.

Macharia,

The daughter of Hercules. Also a fenne or ma∣rice in Marathon.

Macarius,

The name of a man, in Latine it signifieth bles∣sed.

Macedo, onis,

A man or woman of Macedonie. Also the sonne of Osyris, of whome Macedonie was named.

Macedonia, ae,

foem. gen. A Realme in Gréece, first called Aemathia. On the north, it boundeth (as Ptholome∣us wryteth) vpon the sides of Dalmatia, Mysia superior, and Thracia: On the west, it stretcheth to the sea Ionium. Pius describeth it to ioyne south, and west, to Thracia, and that the south side lyeth on the backes of Thessalia, and Magnetia: the north, on Poeonia, and Paphlago∣nia. That it hath also on the south, Epirus: on the north, Iliyria: which varyeth not much from Soly∣nus, who sayth, that it is deuided from Thracia with the ryuer Strimon. It is now vnder the Turke.

Macedónicus, a, um, and Macedonus,

Of Macedonie.

Macer Aemulius,

An olde poet, which was in Ouids time, who (as he sayth) wrote of byrdes in verses, also of the vertue of herbes. But it was not y^e Macer, whose works we nowe haue, of the vertue of herbes, but rather hée, whom the yoonger Plinie prouoked to write some thing lyke vnto his vncle. Finally, that little booke of herbes, is right profitable in diuers places to be conned by hart of a yoong scholler, which delyteth in that matter. Not∣withstanding, the first Macer, wrote more eloquently, and is commended therefore of Quintilian. He wrote also of the battaile of Troy, and of venymous beastes.

Machabaeus,

The first of that name was Iudas, the thirde sonne of Mathathias the Iewe, a valiaunt man in his fayth, and of an inuincible courage. In so much, that wyth thrée thousande men, hée vanquished Lysias, the lieuetenant of king Antiochus, and his sonne, and with them fortie thousande footemen, and seauen thousande horsemen, and slue of them .5000. Afterwarde in Ga∣lilaea, he slue of the host of Timotheus (an other of the kinges capitaynes) first .3000. and afterwarde .8000. After that by a village called Adassis, hée wyth a thou∣sande fought wyth Nicanor, a capitaine of king Deme∣trius, and nine thousand wyth him. At the which bat∣taile, Nicanor was slaine, and of the nine thousande al∣most none escaped. Finally, to much trusting to hys prosperitie in warres, in going against Bacchis (a ca∣pitaine of king Demetrius, who had a great hoste) and taking with him but two thousande, of the which at the last remayned with him but onely eyght hundred: hée fought till it was night, and made a woonderfull slaugh∣ter of enimyes. But whyles hée enforced hymselfe to come to Bacchis, the which was on the ryght wing of the battayle, he fought so nobly, that he scattered that wing, sleaing many about him. Finally, being enuironed with the left wyng, and stryken with many woundes, was slaine with much difficultie. Afore the incarnation of Christ about .305. yeares.

Machaon,

The sonne of Eesculapius, an excellent Sur∣gion.

Macidos,

A citie of Thrace.

Macomacha,

The name of a citie.

Macra,

A ryuer, which runneth betwéene the mountaynes of Liguria.

Macrobij,

People in Affrike, the which of Pomponius be also called Meroëni. Their countrey is inuironed wyth the ryuer of Nilus, lyke an ylande. They lyue halfe as much longer as men doe here, and be fayre and good∣ly personages, reuerende▪ and louers of vertue. There is more golde then in Persia, and therefore that which is lesse precious, they doe more estéeme decking them∣selues with ornaments of copper and brasse, and ma∣king gyues of golde. They doe lyue commonly an hun∣dred and twentie yeares▪ and doe washe themselues in a fountayne which causeth their bodyes to smell lyke Violettes.

Macrobius,

The name of a great learned man.

Macrocemnij,

Mountaines by the ryuer of Ister.

Macrocephali,

People by Bosphorus.

Macyberna,

A citie of Sithonia.

Madagaster,

An yle beyonde the furthest part of Aethiope, on the south part, found by the Portugalles, in the time of Emanuell king of Portugall. This yle is in cyr∣cuite .4000. myles, and is very rich. Therein be great Oliphantes, Lions, Panthers, and such other beastes, The inhabitaunts be of Mahomets sect.

Madaurense,

A citie in Affrike.

Madian,

A citie beyonde Arabia, on the south part, in the desart of the Sarasins, agaynst the east parte of the

Maeander,

A ryuer of the countrey of Phrygia. Erasmus sayth of Lyo••a: whith hath many turnings and wyn∣dings. And hereof all crooked and subtyll turning wayes, meanes and deuises be called Maeandri. There is also of that name a mountaine in India.

*Maeandrimore,

Crookedly: wynding in and out: sub∣tilly.

Maedia,

A citie in the realme of Thracia.

Maema••terion,

The moneth of September.

Maenades,

Furious women, which serued in the sacrifice of Bacchus.

Maena••a,

neu. gen. plur. Or after some, Maenalum, sing. An high mountaine in Arcadie.

Maenalius,

For Arcadicus: as,

Maenalius aper,

A Bore of Arcadia.

Maenalius, a, um,

Of the mountaine Maenala.

Maenapij,

Gellers, or people of Gellarland. Also Cleues.

Maenoles,

One of the names of Bacchus.

Maeonia,

A countrey in Asia the lesse, called also Lydia.

Maeónius, a, um,

Of Maeonia. Homere the excellent Poete was called Maeonius, eyther bycause hée was borne in that countrey, or else that his fathers name was Maeon.

Maeonidae,

Men of Lydia.

Maeonis,

A woman of Lydia.

Maeotae,

A people of Scythia.

Mae••tis, ótidis, or tidos,

A great méere in the countrey of Scythia, which is alwayes frosen.

Maeotidis paludes,

Fennes, wherevnto the sayde riuer or meere runneth.

Magi,

Among the Chaldées and Persians, were men of excellent knowledge in philosophie naturall and ma∣thematicall, and knewe the hidde vertues and operati∣ons of thinges. The sonnes of the kinges of Persia, were taught by them to gouerne and minister theyr publike weale, according to the forme of the vniuer∣sall order and gouernance of the celestiall worlde. Such were Magi, or the thrée kinges that sought Christ, and offered to him golde, myrre, and frankincense, adapting their present vnto the double nature of him, vnto whom they gaue it, who was both God and man, kyng and Priest.

Magna Graecia,

The part of Italye from Laurentum, to Cumae.

Magnata,

A citie of Irelande.

Magnes,

A poet of Acheus.

Magnesia,

A part of Macedonie.

Magnessa,

Hippolyte the wife of Acastus king of Mag∣nesia.

Magnetes, tum,

Heade officers among the Macedonians.

Magnetes, or Magnesij,

People of Magnesia.

Magnus portus,

The hauen called Portismouth in Eng∣lande.

Mago,

The name of dyuers men: whereof one was Anni∣bals brother.

Magog,

The sonne of Iaphet.

Mahumethes, or Mahumetha,

Was borne in Arabia, (as the more part doe wryte) of a poore house or familie, and first was a byer and seller of Camels. Afterwarde he fell acquainted with a Munke called Sergius, which was an heretike, by whose meanes he declared himselfe to be a prophete, and tooke on him to refourme as well the olde lawe as the newe, and made other lawes, the which for their pleasauntnesse, allured vnto them much people: So, gathering vnto him a great hoste, first hée wasted Syria, and wanne Damascus the chiefe Citie thereof. And hauing in his ayde the Arabians called Scenitae, a valiaunt people (who had displeasure agaynst the Emperour Heraclius, bycause he payed them not their wages) he wanne other great Realmes, and at the age of fortie yeares, dyed (as some doe suppose) of the falling sickenesse, which he long tyme did dissemble, fey∣ning, that the ••ungell Gabriell was then sent vnto him in message, whose brightnesse he might not sustaine. Hée was buried at Medina, thrée dayes iourney from the redde sea, an hundred myles from Mecha, where is now the chiefe temple of his lawe. He was after the incar∣nation of Christ, sixe hundred yeares.

Maia,

The mother of Mercurius. Also one of the starres called Pleiades.

Malaca,

A towne in Spayne.

Malchus,

An historiographer.

Malea,

A promontorie or hyll lying into the sea by Laco∣nia, which is daungerous for shippes to passe by.

Maleuentum, i,

neut. gen. A citie in Campania called nowe Beneuentum.

Maleus,

A mountaine in Indie.

Maliaca,

A citie in Spaine called nowe Malgrado.

Maliacum mare,

The sea about Thessalie.

Maliea,

A citie in Thessaly.

Malimnus,

An hyll of Sicilie.

Mallos,

A citie of Silicia.

Maluauiscus,

Reade in Althea.

Mamercus,

A Bishop of Vienna, which first ordeyned the Rogation or procession wéeke .444. yeres after Christ.

Mamers,

In the Oske tongue, the name of Mars.

Mamertes,

A certaine man of Corinth.

Mamertini,

People in Campania.

Mamurius,

A notable Smith or engrauer in the tyme of Numa.

Mamurra,

A certaine gentleman of Rome.

Manalis, lapis,

Is sayde to be a doore of hell, by the which, soules ascende to heauen. Also a stone by the temple of Mars, which when y^e Romaines in a drought brought into the citie there followed alway rayne.

Manapia,

A towne in Irelande called Waterford.

Mandane, Astyages

daughter, mother to king Cyrus.

Mandanis,

A famous philosopher, or wyse man of India, to whome Alexander sent messengers, wylling him to come to the feast of Iupiters sonne, meaning himselfe: declaring also if he obeyed and came to him, that hée shoulde haue great rewardes, if he woulde not, that hée shoulde be put to death. But the Philosopher stoutely aunswered, that he neyther was Iupiters sonne, nor yet Lorde of anye great part of the earth. As for the gyftes and rewardes of him, that was himselfe vnsa∣tiable, hée sayde hée passed nothing at all, and yet hys threates & menasings he much lesse regarded. For if hée lyued, his owne country could bring out things ynough to furnishe hys lyfe, so that hée shoulde néede nothing▪ and as for death, he sayde he did not onely nothing feare it, but excéeding much desire it, which hée was assured should deliuer him from his olde wythered carkasse, and bring him to a lyfe farre more blissefull and happie.

Mandela,

A village of the Sabines.

Mandonius,

A Spanishe capitaine.

Mandrabulus,

A man that found a great treasure: on whom goeth a prouerbe.

Mandro,

A poore shipman, which through prosperous for∣tune, grew at length to be a great capitaine.

Manes,

An heretike, which affirmed himselfe sometyme to be lyke Christ, sometyme to be the comforter that was promised to come.

Manethus Mendes,

A priest of Aegipt.

Mania,

A citie of Persia.

Was also among the gentils a Goddesse, called the mother of them which were called Lares, or Larue, vnto the which Goddesse they vsed a while to offer mennes heades in sacirifice. But after by meanes of Iunius Brutus▪ which was Consull, they chaunged that sacri∣fice into garlyke heades, and the knoppes of popies.

Mania,

A citie of Persia.

Was also among the gentils a Goddesse, called the mother of them which were called Lares, or Larue, vnto the which Goddesse they vsed a while to offer mennes heades in sacirifice. But after by meanes of Iunius Brutus▪ which was Consull, they chaunged that sacri∣fice into garlyke heades, and the knoppes of popies.

Manichaei,

A sect of Heretikes, so named of an Archhere∣tyke called Manes.

Manilij,

Men of a noble house among the Romaines.

Maniolae,

Iles against Indie, beyonde the ryuer of Gan∣ges, where as be rockes of Adamant stones, which doe drawe vnto them shippes that haue yron nayles.

Manius,

The name of certaine Romaines.

Manliana,

A citie of Portugall, an other of Tuscane.

Manlius,

The name of dyuers noble Romaines, but espe∣cially one, which of the preseruing of the Capitoll from the Galles, was surnamed Capitolinus. Who before hée

Mannus,

The sonne of Teuton, of whome the Almaynes discended.

Mantinea,

A citie in Gréece.

Mantius,

The sonne of Melampus.

Manto,

The daughter of Tiresias the Thebane prophet, of whome the citie Mantua receyued hir name.

Mantua,

A noble citie in Lumbardie, where Virgill the excellent Poet was borne.

Mantuanus, a, um,

Of Mantua.

Mapeta,

A citie of Sarmatia, called commonly Copa.

Marathon,

A towne and a fielde in the countrey of Athens, distaunt from thence ten myles, where Theseus slue a terrible Bul, and Miltiades vanquished the Persians.

Marathusa,

An yle, wherein is abundaunce of Fenell, and is also called Clazomenia.

Marcella,

A womans name.

Marcellus,

A proper name of diuers Romaynes, of whome one was fiue tymes Consull.

Marchia,

A countrey in base Germanie.

Marchlas, or Marclylas,

A notable robber in the woode, Do∣donaea.

Marcomani, or Marcommanni,

People in Germany, which are nowe supposed to be eyther of Boheme, or of Mo∣rauia,

Mardi,

A people adioyning to Persia.

Mardonius,

One of Xerxes capitaines.

Mare Mediterraneum,

The sea, which commeth from the west Occean, and entreth by the straytes of Marrocke, and passeth betwéene Spayne and Barbarie, deuyding Europa from Affrike, and entereth into Asia, taking notwithstanding diuers particuler names: as Baleari∣cum, Ligusticum, Tirrhenum, Carpathium, Aegeum. &c.

Mare rubrum,

The redde sea, betwéene Aegypt and Pa∣lestine.

Mareotis, ótidis,

A poole or méere in Aegipt. Also a part of Lybia, and a part of Epirus.

Margea,

A certayne fountaine.

Margiana,

A region in Asia.

Margites,

The name of a very foole, after whome all nota∣ble fooles be so called.

Margus,

A ryuer in Asia.

Maria, ae,

foe. g. A proper name.

Mariaba,

The chiefe citie in Saba.

Mariandini,

People of Bithynia.

Mariandinum,

A countrey in Asia, where Hercules ouer∣came Cerberus.

Marianus,

A hill in Spayne.

Marica,

A certaine goddesse.

Maridunum,

The towne of Caier Marthen in Wales.

Marionus,

Lunemburgh in Almayne.

Maris,

A ryuer running into Ister.

Marius,

A valiaunt man, descended of a poore stocke in the citie Arpinas, and many yeares lyued an harde lyfe in the countrey. At the last comming to Rome, and giuing himselfe to warrefare, he behaued himselfe so valiaunt∣ly, that after other offices, he ascended to bée Consull, and ouercomming Iugurth, brought hym captiue, in triumph before his Chariot: and thereby infixed and planted in the Romaynes heartes such opinion of hys noblenesse and manhoode, that for feare of the greate tempest and trouble that was towarde of the fierce peo∣ple called Cimbriaus, he was chosen Consull fiue yeres togither. Being Consull the sixt tyme, hée ouercame and vtterly vanquished the same people, and with great glorie triumphed for it. He was afterwarde in a ciuill battayle ouercome by Sylla, and in the f••yght hyding himselfe among the flagges in a ditch, was drawen out and cast in pryson. At which tyme, when a stoute and sterne Frenchman was sent into the prison to cut of his hea••e, wyth the maiestie of his countenaunce he did so feare him, that hée coulde not doe it, but rather holpe him to scape out of prison. Wherefore he tooke a lyttle boate, and sayling into Affrike, there priuily kept him∣selfe a long tyme. Afterward being called home by Cin∣na, he was chosen the seuenth tyme Consull, and there∣in dyed, or as some write kylled himselfe. This man hauing the disease of swollen vaynes with melancholie bloud in the legges called Varices, held one of his legges to the surgeaunt (as the maner of the cure is) to cutte out those vaynes: and in the meane time neuer did ey∣ther knitte the browes, or shewe any token that he felt griefe therat. But when the surgeaunt woulde in lyke maner haue vsed the other legge, nay sir, sayth he, the cu∣ring of the disease is not woorth so much paine as a man must abide for it.

Marmarica,

A countrey of Affrike, betwéene Cyrene, Li∣bya, and Aegypt, hauing on the north, the Aegyptian sea.

Mardaridae,

People in Affrike, marching to Aegypt.

Maro, ronis,

The name of the most excellent Poet Vir∣gyll.

Maronia,

A citie of the Ciconians, where is verye good wine, and (after some) so strong, that if twentie times so much water be put to, it kéepeth his strength still.

Maronaeus, a, um

Of Maronia.

Marpesus,

An hyll in the yle called Parus.

Marpesius, a, um,

Of the same hill.

Marpissa,

The daughter of Euenus, and wife of Idas.

Marrucini,

People in Italy.

Mars,

God of battayle, and onelye Iunos sonne wythout companie of hir husband. For when Iuno was great∣ly displeased with hirselfe, that Iupiter by striking of his heade, without companie of woman did bring foorth Minerua, she went toward Occeanus to learne how she also might be deliuered of a childe without companie of man. In the way being very wearie, she sate downe at the gate of the Goddesse Flora, wife to Zephirus, who asked hir the cause why she went to Oceanus. Which when Iuno had declared, she sayde that in the fieldes of Olemus was a flower, which if she did touch, she should foorthwith conceyue without companie of man. Iuno proouing that, conceyued and brought foorth a son, which she called Mars. To him was the dominion of warre and battayle committed.

Martícola,

A worshipper of Mars.

Martigenus, a, um,

Come of the kinde of Mars.

Marsi,

People in Scythia.

Marspiter,

The father of Mars.

Marsia,

A countrey in Italy. It is also a ryuer running by Apamea.

Marsus, and Marsicus, a, um,

Of Marsia.

Marsyas,

The name of a famous Historiographer, and of certayne other men. Also a ryuer of Phrygia, named of one Marsyas a minstrell.

Martia,

Catos yonger daughter.

Martia, ae,

foem. gen. A water in Rome, very wholsome and excellent.

Martiális, le,

Borne vnder the Planet of Mars.

Martiâlis,

mas. gen. The name of a poet, who wrote Epi∣grammes.

Martiânus, a, um,

Of Mars.

Martius,

The name of dyuers Romaynes.

Martius Ancus,

The fourth king of Rome, in religion and iustice very famous. He subdued the Latines, added the mountes Martius, and Auentinus, to the compasse of the

Martius, a, um,

Perteyning to Mars.

Martius campus,

A field at Rome dedicate to Mars, where the yong men of Rome did exercise themselfe. Also there were their assemblies, for the election of their great of∣ficers.

Martius mensis,

The moneth of March.

Marullus,

The name of a Romayne, enimie to Caesar. Al∣so of a Poet, and of a Grammarian.

Masalia,

A riuer of Creta.

Masdoranus,

A mountayne, which diuideth Parthia from Armenia.

Masinissa,

Looke Massinissa.

Massa, ae,

m. g. A ryuer in Libya.

Massagetae,

A people in Asia, which running on horsebacke through desertes, doe drinke their horse bloude mixte wyth mylke: they also doe eate their parentes, if they dye for age: but if they be sicke, they cast them to wylde beastes to be deuoured.

Massica,

A countrey in the south part of Spayne.

Mássicum, ci,

n. g. Wine of the mountayne Massicus.

Massicus,

A mountayne in Campania, where is very good wine.

Massilia,

A notable citie in Prouaunce called Marsiles. It was buylded .620. yeares before the incarnation of Christ. This citie in tyme past so flourished in all kinde of good learning, that the Romaynes leauing Athens, went to the vniuersitie of Marsiles to learne. It was also both in rychesse and martiall prowes of great fame, and alway of sounde friendship towarde the good state of the Romayne Empire.

A Countreye in Affrike amonge the Westerne Moores.

Massiliensis, se, Massilitanus, and Massilioticus, a, um,

Of Marsiles.

Massinissa,

A king of Numidia, and great friend to the Ro∣maynes.

Massilia,

A notable citie in Prouaunce called Marsiles. It was buylded .620. yeares before the incarnation of Christ. This citie in tyme past so flourished in all kinde of good learning, that the Romaynes leauing Athens, went to the vniuersitie of Marsiles to learne. It was also both in rychesse and martiall prowes of great fame, and alway of sounde friendship towarde the good state of the Romayne Empire.

A Countreye in Affrike amonge the Westerne Moores.

Massylus, Massylius, and Massyleus, a, um,

Of Massylia.

Masúrius,

The name of a famous lawyer, which wrote on the lawes ciuill.

Matinus,

A hyll of Calabre.

Matrália,

neut. gen. plur. The solemne feastes of Matuta.

Matiacum,

A towne in Germanie.

Matùta, tae,

foe. g. A Goddesse called of the Gréekes Leuco∣thea, and is often vsed for Aurora.

Mauors, ôrtis,

The God Mars.

Mauortius, a, um,

Perteyning to Mars.

Mauri,

People called Moores.

Mauritania,

The country now called Morisco, or of Moores lying on the west part of Affrik, betwéene the sea called Mare Mediteraneum, on the north, & Libya on the south. Martianus sayth, that in length it is tenne tymes eight and thirtie myles, which is thrée hundred and foure score myles: and in breadth towarde the south, foure hundred, thrée score and seuen myles. It is diuided in∣to two countreys, Tingitana, and Caesarensis. Tingitana hath on the west, the Occean sea: on the north, the strayt of Marrocke, called Fretum Herculeum, vnto the ryuer Malna: on the east, Caesariensis: on the south, Getulia, and Libya. Caesariensis, hath on the west, Tingitana: on the north, the sea Sardoum, vnto the ryuer Ampsagus: on the south, the mountaynes of Libya, and the coun∣trey of Getulia.

Maurus, a, um, and Maurusius, a, um,

Of Mauritania.

Mausóleum, solei,

n. g. A sepulchre or tombe, which Artemi∣sia, made for hir husbande Mausolus, which for the excel∣lent workemanship, was accompted for one of the seuen marueyles of the world: and for the famousnesse thereof euery great and notable sepulchre is called Mausoleum.

Mausolus,

The king of a Realme called Caria. Looke Ar∣temisia.

Maximus,

The name of a cunning painter.

Mazaca,

A citie in Cappadocia, vnder the hill Argeus. It is nowe called Caesarea.

Mazax,

A man of a certaine people in Affrike.

Mazeras,

A ryuer, in the mouth of the sea called Mare Hir∣canum.

Mazeres,

A souldiour of king Cyrus.

M E

Meander, or Maeander,

A ryuer in Phrygia, which by sun∣drie windings, at the last falleth into a créeke, which de∣uideth Miletus, and Priena in Gréece.

Mearus,

A riuer of Spayne.

Mecistus,

One of the companions of Aiax Telamonius.

Mecoenas, âtís,

A gentleman of Rome minion to Augustus the Emperour: and bycause hée was the supporter of great learned men, all fauourers and succourers of lear∣ned men be so called.

Mecybe••na,

A towne of Macedonie.

Meda,

A citie of Thessaly.

Medea,

A notable sorceresse, daughter of king Oeta by his wyfe Hypsea. She intertayned the aduenturous Iason comming to Colchos to winne the golden fléese, and be∣ing rauished with the loue of this goodlye personage, taught him how to escape all those daungers, that of ne∣cessitie he must aduenture to winne his purposed enter∣pryse. After all which thinges atchieued, she ranne a∣way with Iason, and tooke with hir Absyrtus hir yoong brother. But Oetes sore displeased, that he was so be∣trayed by his owne daughter, pursued them wyth such spéede, that he had well néere ouertaken them. Wherfore Medea séeing that nothing could stay hir fathers haste, fearing to be taken, killed the yong babe hir brother, and and scattered his limmes in the way as hir father should passe. With sorrowe whereof and long séeking the parts of his yong sonnes body the father was stayed, and Iason with Medea in the meane time escaped out his realme. After long iourney she came with Iason home to Thes∣saly, and by hir sorcerie restored to yong yeares agayne his olde father Aeson. In the ende Iason reiected hir, and maried Creusa the kinges daughter of Corinthe. Wherewith Medea sore grieued, and yet pretending friendship, did sende vnto Creusa in maner of a present a gorgious basket with wilde fire inclosed therin. Which when Creusa did open, sodainly it burned both hir and the pallayce where she was.

Medeis, & Medeides,

patronymica, foem. gen. Of Medea.

Medera, rae,

foem. gen. An ylande in the Occean sea scituate from Spayne southwest, being distaunt from the poynt of the lande of Spayne, called Caput sancti Vincentij, al∣most .100. myles.

Medeficastes,

The bastarde daughter of Priamus.

Media,

A countrey in Asia, hauing on the north, the sea cal∣led Hircanum: on the west, Armenie the more, and As∣syria: on the south, Persia: on the east, Hircania, and Parthia.

Médicus, a, um,

Of Media.

Mediolanium,

A citie or towne in Englande, in Leycester∣shire, called Manchester.

The citie of Orlyaunce in Fraunce. Also a citie in Westphalia in Almaine, called Munster: which (for as much as the people therof were infected wyth the heresie of the Anabaptistes, and other detestable er∣rours) was destroyed by the Princes of Almaine, about the yeare of our Lorde God, a thousande, fiue hundred, thirtie and nine.

Mediolanium,

A citie or towne in Englande, in Leycester∣shire, called Manchester.

The citie of Orlyaunce in Fraunce. Also a citie in Westphalia in Almaine, called Munster: which (for as much as the people therof were infected wyth the heresie of the Anabaptistes, and other detestable er∣rours) was destroyed by the Princes of Almaine, about the yeare of our Lorde God, a thousande, fiue hundred, thirtie and nine.

Mediolanum,

The chiefe citie of Lumbardie, called Myl∣lane.

Mediolum,

A towne in Spayne.

Mediomatrices,

Mastright in Brabant.

Meditrina,

The goddesse of phisike.

Medod,

One of the Centaures.

Medon,

The bastarde sonne of Oileus. Also one of Pene∣lopes wooers.

Medua,

An hauen in Italy.

Meduacus,

A ryuer about Venice, called nowe Brent.

Medullina,

A mayden of Rome, which being rauished by hir father, killed him in sacrifice.

Medusa,

A Ladie, of whome fables doe report, that by Minerua hir heares were turned into adders, and they, which behelde hir, were turned into stones: whom Per∣seus afterwarde slue. She is sometyme taken for one of the furyes of hell.

Mega,

A promontorie of Mauritania, called commonly One or Oue.

Megabyzi, or Megalobyzi,

Priestes of Diana, which al∣wayes were gelded.

Megaera,

A furie or tormentour of hell, whome Paynims doe suppose to prouoke or stirre men to woodnesse.

Megalesia,

The festiuall day dedicate to Cybele, called the mother of Goddes among Paynims.

Megalopolis,

A great citie of Arcadie.

Megara,

A citie belonging to Athens. It was also the name of one of Hercules wiues. Also an hill in Sicilie, where is great plentie of Bées.

Megareus, Megareius, Megaricus, and Megarus, a, um,

Of Megara.

Megaris, idis,

A countrey in Achaia.

Meges,

One of the princes of Gréece, that went to Troy.

Melaenae,

A towne in Arcadie.

Melaene,

The yle Corcyra.

Melamphillum,

An yle in Asia.

Melamphillis,

An yle of Samothrace: and Samos is also called Melamphyllis.

Melampus,

A mans name. Also one of Actaeons dogges.

Melanes,

A mountayne in Arabia deserta, called now Mons Sinai, and Mons S. Catherinae, of the Hebrues Sur deser∣tum.

Melanthia,

The daughter of Deucalion, by Pyrrha hys wife.

Melanthius,

The name of a Troyan, and of diuers other men.

Melanthus,

One of them that Bacchus turned into Del∣phins.

Melas,

The name of dyuers riuers.

Meleager, or Meleagrus,

The sonne of Oeneus kyng of Calydon.

Meleagraea,

The citie called Calydon.

Melegina,

An yle in the Venetian sea.

Meles, etis,

A riuer by Smyrna.

Melesigenes,

The proper name of Homer.

Meletius,

A bishop in Aegypt of Arrius sect.

Meliboea,

A citie in Thessalie.

Meliboeus,

A shéepeheardes name.

Melicerta,

The sonne of Athamas and Ino, whome the Gentiles did honour for one of the Goddes of the sea▪ called also Palaemon.

Meligene,

The yle Melite.

Melissa,

A woman, who with hir sister Amalthea, nouri∣shed Iupiter.

Melissus,

The name of him which first did sacrifice vnto Idols. Also the name of an auncient philosopher.

Melita, siue Melite,

An yle lying betwene Sicilie & Affrike. After Plinie, lib 3. cap. vlt. it lyeth betwéene Corcyra ni∣gra, and Illyricum, wherein is plentie of honie, and is nowe called Malta, wherein at this tyme the company of the knightes Hospytelers doe inhabite, as they did at the Rhodes.

Meli••aeus, a, um, and Melitensis, se,

Of that yle: as,

Melitaei canes, & Melitenses,

Pretie lyttle houndes in the which Ladyes tooke pleasure and delyte, which were brought out of the sayde yle of Melite.

Melitus,

The name of him that accused Socrates.

Melizandrus,

Hée that wrote the storie of the warres be∣twéene the Lapithes and the Centaures.

Mella,

A riuer of Fraunce.

Mellene,

A citie in Archadia.

Melo,

A riuer called also Gehon and Nilus.

Melobosis,

A nymph, the daughter of Oceanus and Te∣thys.

Melocabus,

A citie in Germanie.

Meloessa,

An yle by Sicilie, in the which was great plen∣tie of shéepe.

Melonia,

A Goddesse among the Romaines.

Melos,

One of the yles called Cyclades.

Melpómene,

One of the nine Muses.

Melus,

A towne of Thessalie, besieged and wonne by Ni∣cias the Athenian capitaine, namely by famine, whereof grewe the prouerbe, Meliaea fames.

Memmius,

A citie of Rome.

Memnon,

The sonne of Tithon, which came to the ayde of the Troians.

Memnonius, a, um,

of Memnon: as,

Memnoniae aues,

Byrdes which were supposed to growe of the ashes of Memnon.

Memphi,

People of Memphis.

Memphítes,

patronymicum, mas. gen.

Memphîtis,

patronymicum, foem. gen.

Memphis,

A great and famous citie in Aegypt.

Memphiticus, a, um,

Of that citie.

Memphricus,

A king of Brytaine, which slue his brother Malys, that he might reigne after him.

Menaechmi,

The name of a comedie in Plautus.

Menaechmus,

A philosopher of Platos sect, which wrote vpon his booke De republica. Also an historiographer, that wrote the historie of Alexander Magnus.

Menalcas,

A shéepeheardes name.

Menalippe,

The sister of Antiope, Quéene of Amazones, whome Hercules vanquished.

Menalippides,

The name of two poets.

Menalippus,

He that slue Tydeus. An other of that name was brother of Tydeus.

Menander,

A famous poet▪ a wryter of Comedis. Also a notable heretike, which followed Simon Magus.

Menapij,

People of the countrey called Gellarland, or Gyl∣derlande, and Cleaue.

Menaria,

An yle in the sea betwéene Carthage and Si∣cilie.

Mendesicum,

One of the mouthes of Nilus.

Meneceus,

The sonne of Creon king of Thebes.

Menecina,

A citie in Oenotria.

Menecis,

The vttermost citie of Phocis, toward the west.

Menécrates,

Was an arrogant and prowde phisition, who bycause hée chaunced to heale sundrie persons, of whose health men did dispayre, and therefore in commending him, called him Iupiter: he after that, named hymselfe Menecrates Iupiter.

Menelaus,

Brother to Agamemnon, and sonne of Atreus. Hée was king of Sparta, and husbande of the beauti∣full Quéene Helena. Whome, when Paris king Pri∣amus his sonne in his absence had stolen awaye, he sent Ambassadours to require hir to be restored agayne. But when they returned in vaine, this Menelaus with his brother Agamemnon incited all the Princes of Gréece with cruell war to reuenge that villanie. Wher∣fore they assembling to the number of a thousand ships, swore neuer to returne, vntill they had brought Troy to confusion. After they had wasted and destroyed all the countrey of Phrygia, they besieged Troy the royall citie the space well néere of tenne yeares, and after great slaughter both on the one part and the other, at the length by guile and treason, rather then by force and manhoode, they wanne the citie, and burnt it to the grounde: and so recouered Menelaus againe his beau∣tifull wyfe. Wyth whome hée taking shipping to re∣turne, after eyght yeares traueyle on the seas and in straunge countreyes, at the length came home to Spar∣ta. So much to doe had he, ere he coulde bring home a∣gaine his fayre and famous strumpet.

Meneleus, trissyllabum,

One of the Centaures. Also one of Actaeons dogges.

Menes,

The first that reigned ouer Aegipt.

Menestheus,

Was Duke of Athens, sonne of Theseus and Phaedra. Also Diomedes charyot man.

Menesthius,

The sonne of Arithous and Philomedusa.

Menestho,

One of the nymphes.

Meninx,

An yle against the lesse Affike.

Menippus Phoenix,

A philosopher. Also Menippus is the name of dyuers other learned men, of which one was Ciceros maister.

Menius,

The sonne of Lycaon, who cursing Iupiter, was striken with lightning.

Menlana, or Menlaria,

A citie of Spayne, called commonly Marcia.

Menoetius,

Patroclus father.

Menoles,

The name of Dionysius.

Menophilus,

An Eunuche, to whome Mithridates (being ouercome by Pompe••us) committed his daughter to kéepe.

Menó••gada,

A citie in Germanie, called now Egra.

Mentercosa,

A c••tie of Spayne.

Menti••a,

A citie of Spayne, called commonly Iaen.

Mentoas,

The famous riuer which is now called Danubius

Mentor, o••is,

An excellent grauer of vessell.

Menus,

A ryuer in Germanie. Also a man of Samnium, which loued excéedingly solitarinesse.

Menuthias,

An ylande in the south part of the worlde cal∣led Medagascar, or Insula sancti Georgij, the inhabitantes whereof follow Mahumet.

Meonia,

A countrey of the lesse Asia, called after Lydia.

Meonides,

A man of Meonia.

Mercuriâlis, le,

Of Mercurie.

Mercuriales,

A colledge or companie of men, instituted to the honour of Mercurie.

Mercurius,

The sonne of Iupiter by Maia, whome poets feigne to haue wings on his heade and féete, to signifie, that talke (which is represented by the person of Mer∣curie) doth quickly passe through the ayre. Hee is feig∣ned to be messenger of the Gods, bycause that by speach and wordes all thinges are declared. Hée was counted God of eloquence, marchandyce, feates of actiuitie, and theft also. He first inuented the Harpe, and on his sister Venus begat Hermaphroditus that was both man and woman.

Meriones,

A noble man of the Gréekes.

Meritus,

A mountayne in the thirde part of Europe, be∣yonde Greece.

Mero,

Was in scorne the name of Tiberius Nero, bicause he was so great a drinker of wine.

Meroe,

An yle in the great riuer of Nilus in Aegipt.

Merope,

Pleias the wife of Sisyphus.

Merópus,

A mountaine in Gréece by Thessaly.

Meros,

An hill in Indie, at the foote wherof is the citie cal∣led Nysa.

Merrha,

A place where Moyses, by casting in wood, made the pestilent and bytter waters wholsome.

Merrula, ae,

f. g. The name of dyuers men: one in Varro de re rustica.

Merus, i,

mas. gener. An hill in India, dedicated vnto Bac∣chus.

Mesa,

A riuer that rūneth by Brabant, the lande of Luke and Geller, called the Mase.

Mesapia,

A countrey called also Apulia.

Mesapus,

The sonne of Neptune, of whome the countrey Mesapia was so named.

Mesembria,

A towne belonging to the Megarenses.

Mesia,

A countrey ioyning to Hungarie: Myse.

Meson,

Was one which first inuented to bring into come∣dyes, seruauntes and cookes. Whereof it is supposed that in olde tyme, the cookes of cities and townes, were called Mesones, as straunge cookes were called Tettiges. Caelius, antiq. lect. lib. 3. Meson was also a certayne Astro∣nomer.

Mesopotamia,

A countrey in the orient, lying betwéene the two noble ryuers Tigris and Euphrates, and hath on the south, Babilon: and on the north, the great moun∣tayne called Caucasus.

Messala Coruinus,

A noble Senatour of Rome, of whome Tullie in his booke of Oratours called Brutus, wry∣teth in this wyse: I may not omit to speake of the ex∣cellencie of Messala. Beware▪ doe not thinke, that anye is lyke vnto him in constancie, care, and studie about the weale publike▪ also in eloquence, wherein he woon∣derfully doth excell. And notwythstanding, being such a man▪ two yeares before hée dyed, hée so lost hys re∣membraunce, that hée forgatte hys owne name: which hath happened to dyuers other men of great wysedome and learning. He liued in the tyme of Iulius Caesar and Augustus Emperours.

Messalina,

Wyfe to the Emperour Claudius, a woman of insatiable lecherie.

Messana,

A citie in Sicilie.

Messapia,

Looke Calabria.

Messene,

A citie of Achaia in Gréece.

Messenij,

The people of that citie.

Messenia,

A region in Achaia, hauing .xviij. mountaynes, in the which was a citie called Messene.

Messias,

Christ.

Mestheles,

One of the capitaynes that came to ayde the Troyanes.

Mesuium, or Messuuium,

A towne in Germanye called Maydburg.

Metagónium,

A promontorie or mountaine lying into the sea, which deuideth Affrica from Numidia.

Metapontum,

A citie in the realme of Naples.

Metapontini,

People of that citie.

Metautus, & Metaurum,

A riuer of Vmbria, which runneth into Flaminia.

Metellus,

The proper name of dyuers noble Romaines.

Methone,

A citie of Peloponnesus, called now Modona.

Methymna,

A citie in the yle of Lesbos.

Methymneus, a, um,

Of that citie.

Metiocus,

The sonne of Mutiades Duke of Athens.

Metis,

One of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.

Metiscus,

Turnus chariot man.

Metius suffetius,

(a capitayne of the people called Albani) was of Tullus Hostilius kyng of Romaynes, called to bat∣tayle against the people Fidenates. He came but abiding which host shoulde haue the victorie, he abstayned to fight. Wherefore Tullus, after that he had vanquished his enimies, caused Metius, to be tyed to sundrie horses, and to be drawne in péeces. Also Metius, is the name of diuers other.

Metona,

Looke Methone.

Metra,

A famous harlotte of Thessaly, the daughter of one Erisichthon.

Metrodôrus,

A philosophers name, follower of Epicure. Also the name of certaine other philosophers.

Meuania,

A citie in the part of Italy called Vmbria, wher∣in Propertius the poet was borne.

Meuenia▪

A citie in Wales▪ called saint Dauids.

Meuius▪

A foolish poet, enimie to Virgil and Horace.

Mezentius,

Father of Lau••us, a wicked person, contem∣ning the Gods.

M I

Michale,

A sorceresse among the Centaures.

Misypsa,

A king of Numidia, sonne of Masinissa.

Midas,

The ryche king of Phrygia, who, for his friendly intertaynement of the God Bacchus, being wylled to wishe what hée woulde, with promise presently to ob∣tayne the same, desired that what soeuer hée touched might foothwith become golde By which wishe graun∣ted, hée turned castelles and towers into golde. But when hée came to eate hys meate, and sawe that it also was made golde, being almost famished, he besought Bacchus agayne to take from him the graunt that hée had giuen him. Bacchus therefore wylled h••m to go washe himselfe in the riuer Pactolus: whereby the co∣uetous king washed away his golden wishe, and the ry∣uer euer after had small shar••es of golde appearing in it. Afterwarde when the rusticall God Pan, chalenged to contende in musicke wyth Apollo, and Tmolus the iudge appoynted of that controuersie had giuen sentence on Apollos side: All other that were present did alowe his iudgement as good and true, onely king Mydas re∣prooued it, and in his estimation preferred Pan wyth his screaking rypes. Wherewyth Apollo being verye wroth in reproche of his grosse iudgement, made hym to haue long eares lyke an Asse. But Midas kept them so secrete, that neuer man knewe it, sauing onely his Barber. Who not able to conceale so vncouthe and

Mieza,

A towne in Macedonia.

Milciades,

Looke Miltiades.

Miletus,

A citie in Ionia: an other in Creta: an other in the yle of Lesbos. Miletus, is also the sonne of Sol and Pasiphae, which buylded that citie Miletus which is in Ionia.

Milesius, a, um,

Of Miletus.

Milêtum,

A citie in the countrey of Athens.

Milliarium, i,

n. g. A pyller in Rome, wherein were grauen all the wayes of Italy.

Milo, lónis,

The name of one, which at the game of Olym∣pus, wyth his bare hande slue a Bull, and afterwarde caryed him a furlong, and the same daye eate him euery morsell. It was also a noble Romayne, for whome Tullie made an Oration, conteyning incomparable elo∣quence.

Milo,

Is also an hill in India.

Miltiades,

A noble man of Athens, that in the fieldes of Marathon with ten thousand Gréekes, discomfited and put to flight .600000. Persians, and delyuered his countrey from great daunger. Afterwarde, being cast in arrearage of a certaine summe of money, hée was by his vnkinde countreymen condemned to cruell pryson, and dyed in fetters. Being deade, he mought not be suf∣fered to be buryed, vntyll his sonne had put on him the gyues which his father did weare.

Míluius, uij,

The name of a starre.

Milyas,

A place in Asia.

Mimalion,

A yoong man that loued Atalanta of Arcadi••.

Mimallis,

The name of an ylande.

Mimallones, or Mimallonides, dum, foem. gen.

Women ser∣uing Bacchus.

Mimas,

A mountaine in the lesse Asia, of the which the for∣sayde women were named.

Mimmernus, ni,

mas. gen. A wryter of verses before the tyme of the seuen wise men.

Minas,

The name of a gygant.

Minaei,

People in Arabia, nyghe to the redde sea, where Frankin••ense chiefly groweth, and is of that place cal∣led Minaeum.

Mincius,

A ryuer of Italy, which compasseth the citie of Mantu••, and runneth into the great ryuer of Po, cal∣led Padus.

Mineo,

An other ryuer.

Minerua,

The Goddesse of wisedome and all good arts and sciences, borne of Iupiters braine without any mother. For when Iupiter perceyued his wyfe Iuno to be bar∣raine that he might not be cleane without issue, he stroke his head with his hand, and thence came foorth the God∣desse Minerua. By which deuice poets giue men to vn∣derstande, that the knowledge of all good artes and sci∣ences, procéedeth not of mans witte, but out of the foun∣taine of Gods grace and wisedome. This Goddesse is called also Pallas, and Tritonia, and is thought first to haue inuented the craft of weauing and spinning, and the vse of Oliues and Oyle and to haue obserued perpe∣tuall virginitie.

*Sus Minerúam,

Prouerbially spoken, where an ydiote or foole goeth about to teach a wyse and learned man.

Mineruae,

A promontorie of Campayne, called commonly Capo Mineruae.

Mineus,

A Theban, whose daughters were turned into battes or reremice.

Minilus,

An hill in Thessaly, called after Orchomenus.

Minius,

A ryuer in Spaine.

Minoa,

A citie in Sicilie, an other in the yle called Amor∣gos by Sicilie.

Minos, nôis,

A king of Crete, that first gaue them lawes, whome Paynims for his excellent iustice, supposed to be chiefe iudge of hell. This man, for that his sonne for en∣uie of his excellent actiuitie, was cruelly murdered of the Athenians and citizens of Megara, made sharp and grieuous warre vpon those two cities. Megara he toke by the treason of Scylla, the kinges daughter that was in loue with him. The Athenians he pressed so harde that he droue them to take peace on this condition, that yearely they shoulde giue seuen of their gentlemens sons to be deuoured of the monster Minotaurus. From which cruell tribute they were afterwarde deliuered by The∣seus, Vide Aegeus.

Minóius, and Minous, a, um,

Of Minos.

Minóis, nóidis,

patronymicum foemininum, Of Minos.

Minotaurus, ri,

A monster in Creta, whome the poetes feigne to be borne of Pasiphaē, the wife of king Minos, being part lyke a man, part like a Bull, which being in∣closed in the place called Labyrinthus, was fedde wyth mans flesh. He was slaine by Theseus, with the helpe of Ariadne daughter of Minos.

Mintha,

An hill, named of Mintha Plutos harlotte.

Minturnae,

A citie in Campania.

Minutia, ae,

foem gen. The name of a virgin Vestall.

Minyae,

People of Thessaly.

Minyeius

A riuer running out of Thessaly.

Miritus,

An hill of Thessaly.

Misanthropos,

The surname of a man of Athens, called Timon, that hated the companie of men.

Misenum,

A promontorie by Cumae.

Misénus,

The sonne of Aeolus, Aeneas trumpettour.

Missenus,

An hill in Campania.

Mithra,

The Persians do call the sunne, and also the chiefe priest of the sunne.

Mithríaca, ôrum,

n. g. plur. Ceremonies of the sunne.

Mithridâtes,

A puissaunt king of Pontus in Asia, of great strength both of body and minde, and of singular memo∣rie. He spake perfitely .xxij. sundrie languages. Whyle the Romaines and Italians were at warre among themselues, he draue Nicomedes out of Bithynia, and Ariobarzanes from the kingdome of Cappadocia: hée wanne Gréece and all the ylandes, sauing Rhodes: In one night he caused all the Romaines in all Asia, were they Marchaunts or other, to be slayne. He cast in pry∣son Oppius their Proconsull, and Apuleius his lieu∣tenaunt. This man was first ouercome by Sylla, after ouerthrown and discomfited by Luculius, and lastly vt∣terly vanquished by Pompey, and driuen to ende his life with poyson. He is noted of great crueltie: for he kil∣led his wyfe, hir mother, brother, and sister, thrée yoong sonnes, and as many daughters.

Miterin,

An yle, sixe dayes sayling out of Englande, wher∣in is great plentie of Tynne.

Mitylene, es, & Mitylenae, arum,

A citie in the yle of Les∣bos.

M N

Mnas,

The name of a pyrate in the tyme of Pompey.

Mnasea,

A poet.

Mnemósyne, es,

foem. gen. The mother of the nine Muses and is interpreted memorie.

Mnesarcus,

A famous philosopher.

Mnestheus,

The name of a Troyan.

M O

Moab,

A Citie in Arabie. Also the name of one of the sonnes of Loth, of whome the people are called Moa∣bitae.

Mocontiacum, or Moguntia,

The Citie of Mentz in Al∣maine.

Moemagus,

A towne of Fraunce called Nemours.

Moenis,

A ryuer in Germanie that runneth into Rhene.

Moeris,

A sorcerer.

Moesia,

A prouince in Athens, nigh to Pontus.

Moga,

A countrey in Asia, called now Caesarea.

Moguntia,

A noble citie in Germanie, called Mentz.

Molorchus,

A shéepehearde in the woodde Nemea, which receyued Hercules when hée came thyther to kyll the Lion.

Molossia,

A part of Epire.

Molossus, a, um,

Of Molossia.

Molus,

A mans name in Homer.

Moloch,

Was an Idoll of the Ammonites, signifiyng in Hebrue a gouernour or counsaylour. It was also called Molchum, sometyme Milchom.

Molossa gens,

People in the part of Gréece called Epirus: they were also called Molossi.

Momus,

The carping God of reprehension, sonne of Nox, and Somnus, whose propertie it is (as poets feigne) ne∣uer to doe or make any thing himselfe, but with curious eyes to beholde the doinges of other: and if any thing were let passe, to carpe the same. Whereof all curious carpers of other mens doings are called Momi.

*Momo satisfacere,

To content him, whom almost no man can please.

*Momo iudice decertare,

To contend afore a rigorous and extréeme Iudge, or him that will finde a fault quick∣lye.

Mona,

Called of the Gréekes Monna, is an yle nighe to Britaine, puissaunt of people in the tyme of Cornelius Tacitus, where they that fled from the Romaynes were succoured: I suppose it to be the yle nowe called Man, and not Anglesey, for as much as that is ioined to Bri∣tayne. There is also an other yle of that name in the ri∣uer of Rhene, nigh to Friselande, and not onely nighe to Britayne.

Monaaeda,

and also Monarina, The yle of Man, by the east part of Irelande.

Monacris,

A mountayne in Arcadia.

Monaesis,

A king of Parthia.

Monêta, ae,

foem. gen. A name of Iuno.

Monna,

Looke Mona.

Monodus,

The sonne of Prusias, who in stéede of téeth had but one bone, lyke as king Pyrrhus had.

Monoechus,

An hauen of Liguria.

Monomeri,

People in the east part of the worlde, which haue but one legge, wherewith they go by leapes more swiftly then any beast.

Monosceli,

Men in Indie, which haue but one legge, so greate, that therewith they couer themselues from the Sunne.

Mons feratus,

A countrey in Italy.

Montânus,

The name of a Poet.

Monycha, ae,

The name of saint Augustines mother.

Mónychus,

A gygant, one of the Centaures.

Monyma,

The wife of king Mithridates, which after that hir husbande was vanquished, killed hirselfe.

Monimus,

A mans name.

Mopsopia,

The countrey of Athens.

Mopsus,

The name of a Poet. It is also a shéepeheardes name.

Morini,

People in Fraunce, dwelling about Turwane.

Morpheus dissyllabum,

The sonne or seruaunt of the God Somnus.

Morta,

Looke Nona.

Mortuum mare,

A great méere in Syria, wherein no heauy thing may sinke.

Moruetrum,

A citie in Spayne, where Saguntus in olde tyme did stande.

Mosa fluuius,

A ryuer which is called the Maze, and run∣neth betwéene the duchie of Brabant, and the lande of Luke.

Mosca,

A ryuer in Moscouia.

Moschea, ae,

f. g. A temple whereto the people which wor∣shipped Idols, haue recourse to pray in, namely the tem∣ple of the Turkes and other Mahumetanes.

Moscouia,

A great countrey in the north part of the world beyonde Polonia, which conteyneth in length .400. Myles and aboue. The people thereof be called Mosco∣uitae, in english Moscouites. They haue a great Duke, who nameth himselfe Emperor of Russie. They be chri∣stened and doe obserue the rytes of the Greekes. Theyr language is the tongue of Slauonie, which is also v∣sed in Boheme and Poole.

Moscua,

Is the chiefe citie of that countrey, through the which the ryuer of Mosca doth runne.

Moscus,

A region in Asia, nigh to the ryuer of Phasis, de∣uided into thrée partes. In the one doe dwell people called Colchi, in the seconde Hiberes, in the thirde Her∣menij.

Moses,

Looke Moyses.

Mosinaecae,

or rather Mosinoeci, People in the North part of Asia.

Moyses, or Moses,

Signifieth drawne vp or taken vp from the water. It was the name of a noble prophete, sonne of Amram, of the tribe of Leui: who brought the Is∣raelites from the bondage of Pharao king of Aegypt, wyth most woonderfull myracles, and gouerned them with excéeding wysedome and pacience. Hée dyed afore the incarnation of Christ .1462. yeares, being of the age of .120. yeares, his eyen being neuer dymmed, nor his téeth loose.

M V

Mugonia,

A gate at Rome, whereby cattell did enter into the citie. It was also called Trigonia.

Mulciber, ciberis,

One of the names of Vulcan, called God of fire.

Mulucha,

A ryuer of M••uritania.

Munda,

A citie of Spayne.

Munychia, ôrum,

The solemnities of Pallas.

Munichia,

An hill towarde Chersonesus.

Munichiates,

A citie in Arabea Petraea, where Mahumets sepulchre is, called now Medina Talbani.

Murcea, ae,

The Goddesse of sloth.

Murgis,

A bosome of the sea in Spaine.

Murgitana regio,

A countrey in the south parts of Spaine.

Murroela,

A citie of Pannonia.

Murrasius, or Murranus,

An auncient king of the Latines, after whome all his successours were so called.

Murtia,

One of the names of Venus.

Murtius,

An hill at Rome, called also Auentinus.

Musae, arum,

The Muses: which were maydens, whome poets feygned to be the daughters of Iupiter and Me∣morie, and that they were Ladyes and gouernours of poetrie and Musike. They were in number nine, or af∣ter some but thrée, some call them giuers of eloquence, and doe name them Goddesses.

Musaeum, ei,

neut. gen. An house dedicated to the Muses, such a one was first made by the kings of Aegypt, called Ptolomaei, in Alexandria.

Musaeus, a, um,

Of the Muses.

Musaeus,

The name of thrée auncient poetes: one in the tyme of Orpheus, which went with Iason to the win∣ning of the fléese of golde. An other of Thebes, the sonne of Thamyras, before the battayle of Troy. The thirde of Ephesus, in the tyme of Eumenes and Atta∣lus kinges of Pergamum.

Mustela,

A mans name, whome Cicero fauoured much.

Mutina, ae,

foem. gen. A citie in Italy, called in the vulgare tongue Modona, which is nowe vnder the subiection of the Duke of Farrare, where was the great battayle be∣twéene Augustus and Brutus.

Mutinensis, se,

Of Mutina.

Mutinensis color,

A naturall colour, as wooll or cloth ne∣uer dyed.

Mutij,

Were men of a noble familie of the auncient Ro∣maynes, in the which one was called Mutius Scaeuola: who at the tyme that Porsena Kynge of Tuscanes, layde siege to Rome, came in a beggers apparayle into the campe of Porsena, and intending to haue slayne the king, slue his secretarie. Wherefore hée was taken and brought to a great fire to be burned, into the which hée

Mutunus,

An Idoll who was also called Priâpus.

M Y

Myagrus,

called also Myodes, The God of Flies.

Mycale,

The name of a sorceresse in Ouid.

Mycénae, arum, & Mycēna, ae, & Mycéne, enes,

A citie in the part of Graecia called Peloponnesus, and a lyttle region where Agamemnon reigned, called nowe Morea.

Mycenaeus, a, um,

Of Mycenae.

Mycerinus,

The sonne of Cheops king of Aegyt.

Mycon,

The name of a famous painter.

Mycone, es, & Myconos, ni,

One of the yles called Cycla∣des.

Myconij,

People of that yle, which be naturally balde, and of them balde men be called Myconij.

Mydia,

An yle named also Delos.

Mydon,

Sonne of Arymnis, slaine by Antilochus, at the siege of Troy.

Mygdonia,

A part of Macedonia, on the sea side, where Niobe was turned into a stone. Aristotle sayth, that it is a part of Phrygia, ioyning to Lydia. Solinus sayth, it was called Bebrycia, and after Bithynia.

Mygdonides,

The sonne or nephewe of Mygdonus.

Mygdonis, idis,

foem. gen. The daughter or néece of Myg∣donus.

Mygdonus,

The brother of Otreus.

Mylae,

A certayne towne.

Mypsaei,

A people of Thrace, which yéelded to Darius.

Myra,

A citie in Lycia.

Myrina,

A Quéene of Amazones.

Myrlea,

A towne of Bithynia.

Myrmecides,

A cunning caruer of small things.

Myrmidones,

The people called also Hellenes, that accom∣panyed Achilles going to Troy. They were so named of Myrmice the mayde of Athens, whome for hir cha∣stitie, witte, and diligence, Minerua greatly fauoured. But when shee had disclosed and made common to all▪ the plough that Minerua had made in despite of Ce∣res, the Goddesse being angrie, turned hir into an Em∣mot or Pismier. Strabo sayth, they were called Myr∣midones, bycause they were paynefull husbandemen, and alwaye occupyed in digging and labouring lyke Em∣mots.

Myron, onis,

The name of an excellent caruer.

Myr••ha,

The daughter of king Cinyras, which loued hir owne father filthily.

Myrsinus,

A citie in Peloponnesus.

Myrsum,

A towne in the part of Gréece called Peloponne∣sus.

Myrsus,

The father of Candaules.

Myrtilus,

A chariot man of king Oenomaus. Looke Hip∣podamia.

Myrtóum mare,

A portion of the sea, which is betwéene the sea called Aegeum, & Ionium.

Mys, yos,

The name of a cunning grauer.

Mysia,

A countrey towarde Greekelande, which is deuided into two partes, the higher and the lower. The higher hath on the north, Dacia: on the east, Dalmatia: on the south, Macedonie: on the west, Thrace: this is nowe called Seruia. The lower Mysia, hath on the west, Dacia: on the north, Sarmatia: on the east, the sea Euxine: on the south. Thrace. This is now called Valachia, and Bulga∣ria. Ptholomeus writeth of two countreys called Mysia, the more and the lesse, and both in Asia beyonde Bithy∣nia, not farre from Ida.

Mysi,

Certaine people.

*Mysorum postremus habetur,

Prouerbially, he is neglec∣ted and contemned: he is cast at the cartes arse.

Mystillus,

A Cookes name in Martiall.

Mythridâtes,

L••••e Mithridates.

Myxus,

A priest of Diana, glorious, and a stoute talker.

N A

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.

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Nea,

An yle betwéene Lemnos and Hellespont.

Neaera,

A womans name, mother of Phaethusa, and Lam∣petia.

Neaethus,

A riuer in Calaber.

Nealces,

A famous painter.

Neápolis,

A noble citie of Campania, set on the borders of the sea, called Mare Mediterraneum, and was first called Parthenope. Of this citie the countreyes of Campania, Apulia, and Calabria, be nowe called Regnum. Neapoli∣tanum, the Realme of Naples. There is also a citie of this name in Affrike, an other in Caria.

Nearchus,

A yoong man of excellent fauour and beautie.

Nebis,

A riuer in Spaine, called of Strabo Benis.

Necos,

A king of Aegypt.

Necrópolis,

A citie of Aegypt, where Cleopatra dyed.

Neleides,

patronymicum. Of Neleus, as it were of the progenie of Neleus.

Neleus,

The father of Duke Nestor.

Nelêus, and Neléius, a, um,

Of Neleus.

Nemansus,

A citie of Narbon, called commonly Nimes.

Nemea,

A woodde in Gréece, where Hercules slue thrée horrible Lions.

Nemeaeus, a, um,

Of Nemea.

Memertes,

A fayrie of the sea.

Nemesis,

The name of a Goddesse, whome the Paynims supposed to be the punisher of grieuous offenders: some call hir fortune. Erasmus sayth, Nemesis is a Goddesse, the reuenger of insolencie and arrogancie. She is called also Rhamnusia, of Rhamnus, a village where hir temple was: and Adrastia, of Adrastus, the king, that first con∣stituted to hir a temple.

Nemeti,

People of a citie in Germanie, called Spyres.

Neme••obriga,

A towne in Spaine, called Valdenebro.

Neemias,

A Iewe, cupbearer to Artaxerxes king of Per∣sia: a man of great learning and holynesse: who being in great fauour with the sayde king, obteyned both ly∣cence and ayde to reedifie the citie of Hierusalem, afore the incarnation of Christ .447. yeares.

Nemrod,

Is interpreted rebell, or gouernour sléepyng: He was the sonne of Chus, sonne of Cham, the seconde sonne of Noe. Hée is of some wrytten Nimrod, of some Nembroth. Hée was also called Saturnus Babylonicus, and was the first that tooke on him to reigne ouer men, and attempted to buyld the great tower of Babilon, in∣tending to haue raysed it aboue the clowdes, thinking thereby to haue escaped, if any floude shoulde eftsoones haue happened. He was before the incarnation of Christ 2170. yeares, after the creation of the worlde .1788. yeares.

Neobóle, or Neobúle,

The daughter of Lycambes.

Neocles,

A philosopher of Athens.

Neodunum,

A citie in Fraunce, in the countrey of Lyons, called Leondull.

Neómagus,

A towne in Fraunce, called Nemure. It was also a citie in Britannia, which some men suppose to be Chester.

Neóptolemus, mi,

m. gen. The surname of Pyrrhus, which was the sonne of Achilles.

Népeta,

A citie in Tuscane.

Néphele, les.

The name of a woman, mother of Helle, which gaue the name to the sea, called Hellespontus.

Nephelëis,

The daughter of Néphele.

Neptûnius, a, um,

Of Neptune.

Neptûnus, ni,

mas. gen. The God of the sea.

Neptunália, ôrum,

n. g. plu. Feastes of Neptune.

Neptunine, nes,

The daughter or néece of Neptune.

Nequinum,

A citie in Italy, nowe called Narnia.

Nereides,

Fayries of the sea.

Nereus,

A God of the sea.

Nerine, nes,

The daughter or néece of Nereus.

Nerio, nerienis,

The wife of Mars.

Neritos,

An ylande in the middle sea. Also an hill in the yle of Ithaca.

Neritius, a, um,

Of Neritos. Vlysses was so called.

Nerium, rij,

neu. gen. A promontorie or elbowe of lande in Gallecia, lying into the west sea, not farre from Com∣postella.

Nero,

Called also Domitius, An Emperour, sonne of Gn. Domitius Nero, adopted into the Empyre by Claudius, who maryed his mother Agrippina: although hée were brought vp by the reuerend and wise Seneca, yet by the ineuitable corruption of his nature, hée became horribly vicious, in so much as he caused himselfe to be gelded, and cut in the fourme of a woman, and so to be abused, and by his crueltie caused his owne mother to be slaine, and the citie of Rome to be burned, he in the meane tyme playing on an Harpe, and singing the destruction of

Nernij,

People inhabiting in Tourney and the countrey adioyning.

Nerulani,

People nigh to Rome.

Nerulonenses,

People in Campania.

Nerulum,

A towne in Lucania.

Nerua,

called also Cocceius, (a Gentile) was a good and noble Emperour. In the beginning of his reigne, her set at libertie all christen men, which were accused or bani∣shed. He so much exceded in liberalitie toward poore men, that he thereby lacking treasure, caused his apparayle, plate, and riche stuffe to be solde for his necessitie, and or∣deyned that the children of poore men, shoulde be kept with the common treasure, and determined nothing by himselfe, but onely by the consent of excellent wyse men: yet notwithstanding his sinceritie and vertuous lyfe, hée lacked not traitours, whom he did tollerate woonderful∣ly, and at the last dyed of the age of lxxj. yeares, when hée had reigned one yeare, and foure monethes, after the in∣carnation of Christ .99. yeares.

Nesa,

A Countrey in the yle of Sicilie, ioyning to Aet∣na.

Nesi, or Nesei,

People of Scythia in Europe.

Nesia,

A nymph of the sea.

Nesium, or Nesis,

An yle by Campania.

Nessus,

A Centaure, which rauished Deianira Hercules wife: who being wounded to death, gaue to Deianira a poyson, wherewith Hercules shirt being washed, and put on him, his body did rot with most horrible paynes, which he not susteyning, did enter into a great tire, and let himselfe be burned.

Nestor,

The sonne of Neleus, and Chlorys. In the tyme of the Troyan warre, being then almost thrée hundred yeares olde, he went with the other Graecians to Troy, accompanied with fiftie shippes, and there by graue and wise counsaile, so much furthered and profited the Grae∣cians affayres, that the Prince Agamemnon sayd open∣ly, hée woulde not doubt in short space to take Troy, if he had fortuned to haue ten such counsaylors as Nestor was. For beside his great wysedome gathered by long experience, hée was so eloquent, that Homere affyrmeth his talke procéeded from him swéeter then any honie.

Nestorides,

The sonne or nephew of Nestor.

Nestorius,

A great heretike, byshop of Constantinople, the yeare of our Lorde .419. who denied Christ to be God. Of him the heretykes holding that opinion, were called Nesto••iani.

Nestus,

A ryuer of Thrace.

Neuceria,

A citie in Vmbria, a part of Italy.

Neuola,

A riuer in Vmbria.

Neuri,

People of Scythia, of whome it is written, that in Sommer they were turned into Woolues.

Neustria,

Normandie.

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Niaetos,

A riuer in Sicilie.

Nicaearchus,

A famous painter.

Nicandrus, or Nicander,

A famous Poet, which wrote of poysons.

Nicânor, nicánoris,

A Grammarian of Alexandria, in the tyme of Adrian the Emperour.

Nicator, nicátoris,

m. g. The surname of Seleucus, and sig∣nifieth a vanquisher.

Nicea, or Nicia,

A citie in Bithynia, where was holden the holy counsayle agaynst Arrius. In the which was pre∣sent the noble Emperour Constantinus Magnus. There is an other citie of that name in Fraunce.

Nicepsus,

A Gréeke phisition and a great Magician about the yeare of our Lorde .650.

Nicetes,

A sophister in the time of Adrian, excellently lear∣ned.

Nicias,

A noble man of Athens. It is also the name of cer∣tayne other.

Nico,

One of the Tarentines that conspyred against An∣niball.

Nicocreon,

A tyranye of Cypres.

Nicolaitae,

Were heretikes, which tooke that name of Nico∣las, one of the seuen deacons in the time of the Apostles, who being blamed of them for ielousie, brought his wife who was faire, among all the disciples, saying, that who so woulde, should vse hir, thinking therby to purge him∣selfe of ielousie: whereof other yll men taking occasion, beléeued, that euery man might lawfully vse euery wo∣man that he lusted. Which heresie (as reason woulde) was condemned immediatly, but it is to be feared, that it is not cléerely extinct.

Nicolaus,

A mans name.

Nichomachus,

The name of diuers men.

Nicomedes,

A king of Bithynia.

Nicomedia,

A noble citie in Bithynia, where Constanti∣nus Magnus the Emperour dyed. It is nowe called of the Turkes Nichor.

Nichophanes,

A cunning painter.

Nicópolis,

A citie in Epire, where Octauian vanquished Antonie and Cleopatra.

Nicostrata,

called also Carmentis, Was mother vnto Euan∣der king of Latines, and a Prophetesse.

Nicostratus,

A famous oratour of Macedonie. There was also a Poet, and a Minstrell of the same name. Also an excellent player of Comedyes.

Nigidius figulus,

An auncient Romaine, which was a phi∣losopher, of the sect of Pythagoras, and wrote woonder∣full subtilly, about the yeare of our Lorde .48. he dyed in exyle.

Nigir,

A ryuer of Libya.

Nigrinus,

A mans name in Lucian.

Nig••i,

A fountaine in Aethiope, which some suppose to be the heade of the famous riuer Nilus.

Nilígenus, a, um,

Engendred, or bred in, or of Nilus.

Nilôtis, nilótidis,

f. g. Of Nilus.

Nilus,

A famous and great riuer, running through Aethi∣ope, and Aegypt, and is supposed to be one of the ry∣uers of Paradyse, called in holy scripture Gehon. Al∣beit to me it séemeth vnlykely, for as much as in Gene∣sis it is wrytten, that Gehon enuyroneth all Aethio∣pia, where is no mention made, that it passeth through Aegypt, albeit that Aegypt and the ryuer Nilus were more nigh to Moyses, when he wrote the booke Gene∣sis, then Aethiope was. And also Nilus was famous for the vertue of the water thereof, which ouerflowing the countrey of Aegypt, made the grounde woonderfull fertyle many yeares after, so that wythout labouring, the earth brought foorth abundaunce of sundrie graines and plantes, delectable and profitable. Also beastes of sundrie kindes, wythout other fourme of generation: especially when the ryuer came to the déepenesse of .xl. cubites. Lykewise when it excéeded not .viij. cubites▪ there succéeded much famine and scarsitie.

Nilíacus, & Nilóticus, a, um,

Perteyning to the ryuer Ni∣lus.

Nimblis,

An yle in the sea called Ionium.

Niniue, siue Nisibis,

A citie in Assyria, buylded by Ninus, in compasse thrée dayes iourney. There was an other citie of that name, in the corner of Iudaea, towarde A∣rabia.

Ninos,

A citie of Assyria, called also Ninus, and Niniue.

Ninus,

A king of Assyria, and sonne of Belus, was the first that made warre. Hée conquered vnto Indie, and vanquished Zoroastres, kinge of Bactria, which first inuented arte Magike, and also caused first money to be currant. Hée had to his wyfe Semiramis: he reigned 52. yeares, before the incarnation of Christ .2055. yeares.

Niobe, bes,

Daughter of Tantalus king of Phrygia, wife of Amphion, a woman of much wisedome, who brought foorth seuen sonnes, and as many daughters of excel∣lent beautie: whereof she vaunted and preferred hirselfe before Latona, mother of Apollo and Diana. Where∣fore Latona being angrie, commaunded Apollo to sle••

Niphaeus,

A mans name in Virgil.

Niphates,

A ryuer of the great Armenie.

Nireus, dissyllabum,

The sonne of Charopus, the moste beautifull of all the Gréekes that came to Troy.

Nisa,

A womans name in Virgill.

Nissa,

A citie in Lydia. Also the name of diuers men.

Nisaee,

The name of a nymph or fayrie.

Nisaeus,

A place in Media, where was a good bréede of faire horses.

Niseus, a, um,

Of Nisus.

Nisus,

A king of whome it is written, that he had one gol∣den heare, the which caused him alwayes to be victori∣ous. But his daughter called Scylla, stole away the sayde heare, and brought it to Min••s hir fathers eni∣mie, whome shée loued, thinking by that meanes to please him: whereby hir father was vanquished and slayne.

Nisyros,

An yle nigh to Gréece.

Nitriobriges,

People of Narbon in Fraunce, nowe called Mount pellier.

Nitria,

A countrey in Aegypt, and the name of two cities aboue Memphis.

Nixus, ••,

A starre or planet in the firmament.

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Noctiluca,

A name, whereby the moone is called.

Nodinus,

A God, whome the auncient Romaynes wor∣shipped.

Nodus Caelestis,

Wa•• of auncient wryters, taken for the signe of Pisces.

Noe,

Signifieth rest, or ceassing from labour. It was the name of an holy patriarche, the sonne of Lamech, whome onely (wyth his wyfe and thrée sonnes) God elected to be preserued from the vniuersall floude, which Almightie God sent ouer the worlde, for the horrible sinnes of men then lyuing. Noe (of the age of 600. yeares) by the commaundement of God made a great vessell, called in holy scripture an Arke, which contey∣ned in length .300. cubites (as S. Augustine sayth) geometricall, euery cubite conteyning sixe common cu∣bites, which is nine féete: so it was in length .2700. féete, in breadth .50. cubites, which was .450. féete: in déepenesse .30. cubites, which was .270. féete: wher∣in were also saued of all kindes of beastes and soules, male and female. And after the floude ceassed, the Arke remayned vpon an hill in Armenia called Cordiei. Noe lyued after the floud .350. yeares: after the creation of the worlde .2007. yeares, and before the incarnation of of Christ .1855. yeares. He was of the Gentiles called Ianus, and sometyme Vortumnus.

Noëmagus,

A citie of Narbon in Fraunce, called Nion.

Noës,

A ryuer in Thracia, which runneth into the ryuer called Danubius, by Ister.

Nola,

A towne in Italy.

Nolani,

People of that towne.

Nomades,

People in Scythia, which is in Europa, which féeding cattell onely, haue none other habitacion, but where the cattell doe tarrye. I suppose they bée the Tartarians, next to Polonia and Russie. They were also a people of Affrike, which afterwarde were called Numidae.

Nomentana via,

The way out of Rome, leading to No∣mentum.

Nomentum,

A towne in Italy not farre from Rome.

Nomius,

One of the names of Apollo.

Nona,

The name of one of the thrée fatall Ladyes called Parcae: the other two are Decima, & Morta. The Gréekes call them, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos.

Nonacris,

A place in Arcadie, where is licour so colde, that nothing can contayne it but the house of a Mule.

Nonácrius, a, um, and Nonacrînus, a, um,

Of that place, or of Arcadie.

Norba Caesarea,

A towne in Portugall called commonlye Alcanta.

Noricum,

A countrey in Germanie. It is bounded on the west, with the ryuer Aenus, and Vindelitia: on the north, with Dunow: on the cast, wyth Pannonia superior: on the south, with the Alpes. This and Vindelitia, be as partes of Bauaria.

Nóricus, a, um,

Of the countrey Noricum.

Nortmania,

Normandie in Fraunce.

Nortmani,

Normans.

Noruégia, ae,

foem. gen. A countrey beyond Denmarke, cal∣led Norway.

No••ium,

A towne in Aeolia. Also a promontorie in Ire∣lande, called commonly Cabo de mar.

Notus, ti,

The southerne winde.

Noua moenia,

A citie of Sarmatia, called commonly, Weis∣senburge.

Nouantum Chersonesum,

A place in the west part of Scot∣lande, called Cokermouth.

Nouatiânus,

A priest of Rome, and sometime Chaplyn to saint Cyprian, began an heresie, called Catharon, which was, that they which had renounced the fayth, shoulde not be receyued to pennance.

Nouellus, li,

A mans name in Rome, which would drinke vp thrée of the measures called Congij, and was therfore surnamed Tricongius.

Nouember, bris,

m. g. The moneth of Nouember.

Nouenniae, plur.

A citie in Thracia, called also Amphipo∣lis.

Nouiodunum,

The name of diuers cities in Fraunce.

Nouium,

A citie of Spayne, called commonly Noia.

Nouius,

A riuer in Britaine, commonly called Cloit.

Nouocomensis,

A citizen of Nouum Comum.

Nouum Comum,

A citie in Lumbardie.

Noctes atticae,

The name of a booke, which Aulus Gellius made, so called, bycause he wrote it at Athens in winter tyme.

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Nubigenae,

mas. gen. The name of the Centaures, bycause they were begotten of a clowde in the fourme of Iuno.

Nuceria,

A towne in Campania.

Numa,

The seconde king of the Romaines, next after Ro∣mulus. Hée was chosen by the people and Senate of Rome, of a poore Gentleman, dwelling in a towne of the Sabines, called Cures, for his excellent vertues and learning, being of the discipline of Pythagoras. He by his pollicie and ceremonyes, brought the Romaynes (who during the tyme of Romulus, were continually occupyed in warres) in such a woonderfull quietnesse and honest forme of lyuing, that the countreyes enuiro∣ning them, by the space of .xl. yeares, did neuer mooue warre against them. He first buylded the temple of Ia∣nus, which being opened did declare warre, being shut it signified peace. Hée ordeyned the thrée high priestes called Flamen dialis, Martialis, and Quirinalis. Hée first consecrated virgines vestals, appoynted .12. Salios, in∣stituted dayes of iudgement and vacation, and deuided the yeare into twelue monethes. All which things that the people myght haue in more estimation, hée feygned that hée deuysed them by the instruction of the Goddesse or nymph Aegeria.

Numana,

A towne in Italy.

Numantia,

A citie in Spayne about Biskaie, which was of such valiauntnesse, that being besieged of the Ro∣maynes .xiiij. yeares continually, yet they did not onely resist, hauing but foure thousande men to defende it, but also vanquished fortie thousande Romaynes. At the last it was destroyed by the last Scipio, after he had besieged it a long time. For when they had long sustained famine, and might not issue foorth to fight in battayle, they bur∣ned themselues and all their goodes.

Numicius,

A riuer not farre from Lauinium.

Numicus,

A riuer in Italy, by the citie Lauinium, in the which Aeneas was drowned.

Numida,

A man or woman of Numidia.

Numidia,

A countrey betwéene Carthage and Maurita∣ma in Affrike, and nowe is called Barbaria, where Ma∣sinissa did sometyme reigne. In that countrey is founde most excellent Marble. The chiefe citie there was na∣med Cirta, which was very strong, and so puissaunt of men, that in the tyme of Strabo, it might arme tenne thousande horsemen, and .xx. thousande footemen.

Numitor, ôris,

Father vnto Rhea, which was the mother of Romulus: his yoonger brother Amulius expelled hym out of the kingdome, killed his sonne Lausus, chose his daughter Rhea, to be virgine Vestale, priuily in the darke rauished hir, and after when she was founde to be with chylde, (according to the lawe appoynted to those virgines) buryed hir quicke, and commaunded Romu∣lus, and Remus, that were borne of hir, to be cast into Tyber: but they were cast to lande alyue, ••ounde, and nourished vp by the kings shéepehearde Faustulus.

Nundina, ae,

A Goddesse of the Romaynes.

Nursia,

A citie of the Sabines, not farre from Rome, set on the hilles of Umbria.

Nursini,

People of that citie.

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Nycteis, idos,

The daughter or néece of Nycteus.

Nycteris,

A name whereby Chaerephon, the philosopher was called, for his excéeding leannesse, that he gat with ouermuch studie.

Nycteus, dissyllabum,

A king the father of Antiope.

Nyctileia,

Sacrifices by night done to Bacchus.

Nictíleus,

The surname of Bacchus, bycause his sacrifi∣ces were done in the night.

Nyctimene,

The daughter of Nycteus, who after she had lyen with hir father, was turned into an Owle.

Nyctorix,

or after some Nitocris, A Quéene of Babilon, af∣ter Semirami••.

Nymphae,

Maydens of the sea: Elfes. Sometyme the Muses.

Nympheum,

A promontorie or hill of Prochonnesus, out of the which alwayes issueth fire.

Nympheus,

A riuer in Italy by Velitre.

Nysa,

A citie of Arabic, where Bacchus was nourished. Also a mountayne and a citie in India, buylded by Li∣ber pater. One Nysa is in Boeati••, an other in Caria, and certaine other places.

Nysaea,

A citie in India, at the foote of the mountaine He∣ron.

Nyseius, a, um,

Of Nysa.

Nyseus dissyllabum,

The name of Bacchus.

Nysias, adis,

A woman of Nysa.

Nysigena,

One borne in Nysa.

Nysus,

The friende of Euryalus, very swift in running.

O A

OAxis,

A ryuer in the yle of Candie.

Oa••us,

A citie in Candie.

O B

Obrion,

One of the yles called fortunate.

Obris,

The name of a ryuer.

O C

Ocalee,

A citie of Boe••tia.

Occásio, onis,

foe. gen. The Goddesse of oportunitie, whose Image is this deuised of Poetes. Shée standeth on a tumbling wheele, with winges on hir féete, turning hir∣selfe rounde very swiftly, on hir heade hauing all the heare before, and cleane balde behinde. By which yma∣gination they signifie, that oportunitie is a thing, that soone passeth, and is cleane lost, vnlesse it be presently ap∣prehended.

*Post haec occasio calua,

A prouerbe. Take occasion when it commeth, for hée that will not when he may, when he will he shall haue nay. The tyde taryeth no man.

* Occasio premenda,

A prouerbe, when the sunne shineth, make hay: the tyde must be taken when it commeth.

Oceanius, a, um,

Of the Occean sea.

Oceanus,

The sonne of Caelum, and Vesta, the great God of the sea, and father of all the ryuers.

Océanus, i,

mas. gen. The broade sea, called the Occean sea, which compasseth the worlde, and addeth to his name, the name of the countreys, by which it passeth: as.

Oceanus Britanicus,

The sea next England and Scotland.

Oceanus Indicus,

The Indian sea.

Ocellum,

A citie in Spayne.

Ochesius,

A Duke of the people called Aetoli.

Ochus,

A ryuer which passeth through Acarnania a coun∣trey in Gréece.

Ocnus,

One in hell, whome Poetes feigne to doe nothing but winde and make cordes, and so fast as he hath twi∣sted them, an Asse standeth and biteth it of. Whereof ry∣seth this prouerbe Ocnus funiculum torquet, spoken of one that taketh great paine to thriue, and hath a shrewd housewife at home, that spendeth as fast as he getteth: Ocnus, is also he that buylded Mantua.

Ocrinum,

Saint Michaels mount in Cornewall.

Octapitarum promontorium,

A place in Wales called saint Dauids.

Octauia,

The sister of Augustus, and wyfe of Antonius, whome hée afterwarde forsooke. An other was daugh∣ter of Claudius the Emperour, and wyfe to Nero, who caused hir to be slayne.

Octauianus,

The name of Augustus, before hée tooke on him the Monarchie.

Octauius,

The name of Augustus father, and of dyuers o∣ther Romaines.

October, bris,

mas. gen. The moneth of October.

Octoduri,

Scin and Valeis in Fraunce.

Ocyalus,

A mans name in Homer.

Ocypete,

One of the Harpeys.

Ocyrhoē,

A nymph the daughter of Oceanus.

Ocyron,

A ryuer in Arcadie.

O D

Odites,

A Centaure, one of the sonnes of Ixion.

Odius,

A mans name in Homer.

Odrysae,

People of Thrace.

Odrysius, a, um,

Of that people, or of Thrace.

Odyssea, ae,

foem. gen. A worke of Homere. conteyning the great and perillous traueyles of Vlysses.

Odytes,

Looke Odites.

Oea,

A citie in Affrike.

Oeagrus,

A ryuer in the countrey of Thracia. Also the fa∣ther of Orpheus the Poet.

Oeanthe,

The name of a citie.

Oebades,

King Darius horsekéeper, by whose pollicie hée attayned to the kingdome of Persia.

Oebalia,

The countrey in Gréece called also Laconia.

Oebalides,

patronym. m. g. pro gentili, A man of Laconia.

Oebalis, idis,

patronym foem.

Oebalius, a, um,

Of Oebalia.

Oebalus,

A king of Laconia.

Oechalia,

A part of Laconia, and a citie of the same name.

Oecinyres,

A man of Argos.

Oedipodionides,

The daughter of néece of Oedipus.

Oedipodiomus, a, um,

Belonging to Oedipus.

Oedipus,

Sonne of La••us and Iocasta, whose father vn∣derstanding by Oracle that he shoulde be slayne of his owne sonne, committed him being an infant to his shep∣hearde to kyll him. But hée being mooued with pitie, and yet not so bolde to refuse and disobeye his maysters commaundement, made holes through the childes féete, and by a Wyth, hung hym on a trée, by that meanes thinking that he woulde die for hunger. At which tyme happily one Phorbas king Polybius his heardman of Corinthe hauing occasion to passe that way, hearing the childe crie, saued it, and brought him as a great pre∣sent to the Quéene his Maistres that had no chylde. She estéeming it to be sent hir of God by myracle, for that it was so goodly a babe, brought it vp tenderly as hir owne, & of his swollen féete called him Oedipus. Hée

Oenanthia,

A citie of Sarmatia, called now. S. Sophia.

Oeneus dissyllabum,

The father of M••leager, and Deia∣nira the last wyfe of Hercules: Hée was king of Caly∣donia.

Oeneus, a, um, and Oeneius, a, um,

Of Oeneus.

Oenides,

The sonne or nephew of Oeneus.

Oenisteria,

Was a certaine sacrifice at Athens, made by yoong men, newly bearded, which was done before they did cutte the heare that was long, which sacrifice was in this wyse: A certaine measure of wine was brought into the temple of Hercules, whereof the yoong men dranke a lyttle, and gaue the residue to all other that were present.

Oenochema,

A mountayne in Affrike.

Oenochônus,

A ryuer running into Thessaly.

Oenomaus,

Kyng of Elis, and father to the beautifull La∣die Hippodamia. Hée had knowledge by oracle that he shoulde be slayne by his daughters husbande, who, for hir excellent beautie was at that tyme sued for by many noble men. But Oenomaus thinking to keepe hys daughter from maryage, and trusting to excéeding swift horses that he had, proposed this offer to the wooers which came to hir, that they shoulde contende with him in running with the Chariot, on this condition, to haue his daughter if they ouercame him, and to léese their lyues if they by him were ouercome. Thirtéene had for loue of the Ladie aduentured and lost their lyues. At the last came Pelops Tantalus his sonne, who wyth money corrupted Myrtilus the Chariot man, to leaue a whéele of Oenomaus his Chariot vnpinned, whereby in the race the whéele fell of, and Oenomaus with the fall of the Chariot was so sore bruysed that immediatly hée dyed, yeelding both the victorie and his daughter to Pelops, whome he also most earnestly desired to be re∣uenged on his false seruaunt Myrtilus, by whose vn∣troth he was betrayed. Wherefore when Myrtilus af∣terwarde with reprochfull wordes re••uired his reward, Pelops threwe hym headlong into the sea, as a due re∣warde for him, that had béene false to his Prince and mayster.

Oenone,

The concubine of Paris, before that he rauished Helene.

Oenopia,

An yle called also Aegina.

Oenopides,

An Astronomer of Chios.

Oenops,

A mans name in Homer.

Oenotria,

A countrey in Italy. Some write that Italy it selfe was so called, of Oenotrus, An Arcadian.

Oenot••ides,

Two yles nigh to Calabria.

Oenotrius, and Oenotrus, a, um,

Of Oenotria.

Oeta,

A mountayne betwéene Thessaly and Macedonia, where is the sepulchre of Hercules.

Oēta,

The father of Medea, wife of Iason.

Oethyni,

People néere to Pontus.

Oetoscyros,

In the Scythi•••• tongue, the name of Apollo.

Oetus,

The brother of Ephialtes the gyaunt.

O G

Ogdolapis,

A ryuer, which commeth out of the hilles called Alpes, and runneth to Rome.

Ogdous,

A king of Aegypt, which first buylded the citie of Memphis.

Ogygea,

An yle betwéene Phoenicia and Syria, where Calypso dwelled, which deteyned with hir Vlysses.

Ogyges,

He that first buylded the citie of Thebes.

Ogygidae,

Thebans.

Ogydius, a, um,

Made, or founde by Ogyges.

Ogyris,

An yle in Syria.

O I

Oicles,

The sonne of Antiphates.

Oileus,

A king of Locris, father to Aiax.

Oilides,

The sonne of Oileus.

O L

Olbia,

A citie of Narbon called Eres.

Olcachites,

The bosome of the sea in the prouince called Zeugitana.

Olearus,

One of the yles called Cyclades.

Oleastrum,

I towne of Spaine.

Olenus, ni,

Vulcanes sonne.

Olenus,

A citie in Arcadia, where the Goate, wyth whose mylke Iupiter was nourished, was brought vp: and therefore the signe of starres (which was supposed to be the same Goate) is named Olenia.

Olenius, a, um,

Of Olenus.

Oliba,

A towne in Spaine, called commonly Olie.

Olicana,

A towne in Englande, called Kyrkby.

Ollus,

A mannes name, that was a great marker of other mens faultes.

Olophernes,

Chiefe Constable to the great Nabugodono∣sor king of Assyrian••, a valyaunt capitaine: notwyth∣standing (being ouercharged with wyne, and to muche trusting in the beautie and pleasaunt speach of the He∣brewe Ladie Iudith) he was by hir slaine in his bedde, and had his heade stryken of, and brought to his eni∣myes. Hée was before the incarnation of Christ .633. yeares.

Olympia,

A citie betwéene the hylles of Ossa, and Olym∣pus.

Olympia, ôrum,

Solemne playes & games kept in Gréece, to the honour of Iupiter Olympicus, or (after some) in the honour of Hercules.

Olympiacus, a, um,

Perteyning to those playes, or to the ci∣tie Olympia.

Olympias, adis,

The name of Alexanders mother, and a wynde blowing in Euboea. Olympias, is also the space of fiue yeares, whereby the olde Gréekes did accompt, as we doe nowe by the yeares of our Lorde: as, the first Olympias, the seconde, the thirde. &c. Glareanus wryteth, that Olympias is the space of foure yeares, and that they, which take and wryte otherwise are decey∣ued.

Olympicus, a, um,

Of Olympus.

Olympicum certamen▪

Was a game or pryce kept on the hyll of Olympus, by all the princes and cities of Gréece, euery fift yeare, in the honour of Hercules, who first be∣ganne it. In the which were all these maistries prooued: Running on foote to a goale. Also running foorth▪ and back again two furlongs. Also wrastling, fighting with fistes, running wyth horses, and leaping from the one to the other, coursing wyth Chariottes: running with Mares: but so as in the myddle of the course, hée that did ryde should leape downe, and holding fast the brydle, shoulde make an ende of his course. There was also contention and victorie of Poetes, Rhetoricians, Mu∣sitians, and subtyle disputers. In the place did growe a wylde Olyue trée, whereof Garlands were made▪ and gyuen to the victours herevnto assembled: In the which tyme eyther warre was appoynted, or leagues concluded.

Olympionices, or Olympionicus,

He that hath had victorie in the games at Olympus.

Olympius, a, um,

Of Olympus.

Olympus,

A mountaine or hill in Gréece, betwéene Thessa∣lia, and Macedonia, aboue the which appeareth no cloud, and therefore among the poets it is vsurped for heauen. Plutarchus in vita Aemilij, saith, that it is tenne furlongs in height.

Olyn••hus,

A citie néere Athens.

Olyras,

A ryuer in Gréece, by the place called Thermo∣pylae.

Olysippum,

A citie in Portugall, nowe called Vlisbona, in Englishe Lusseborne.

O M

Ombrici,

People néere to Illyricum.

Omphale,

A mayden which was Quéene of Lydia, whom Hercules did serue, and she caused him to spinne on a rocke.

O N

Onchiston,

A place in the marches of Thebes.

Onesicritus,

A Philosopher, and an Historiographer of Aegina.

Onesimus,

A learned man in the tyme of Constantinus Magnus.

Onoba,

A citie of Spayne.

Onobalistura,

An other citie of Spayne.

Onoph••ius,

A cert••ine man, that so loued solitarinesse, that in the space of three score yeares he neuer sawe man, and by that continuall being in wyldernesse, bec••me excée∣ding owglie to sée to. For his heare and bearde couered all the vpper part of his bodie, and h••s priuie partes hée hyd wyth barckes and leaues of trees. He lyued thirtie yeares, and neuer did eate any thing but hearbs and be∣ryes. Panutius when he sawe him was afrayd of him, and thought he had béene a Satyre.

O O

Oonae,

Iles in the north Occean, where the inhabitaunts doe liue with egges of foules.

Oopellum,

A towne in Englande called Chester.

O P

Opheltes,

The sonne of Lycurgus, slayne by a serpent. vi∣de Lemnos.

Ophiogenes,

People of Hellespont, which heale the sting∣ing of serpents with touching the place.

Ophion,

One of Cadmus companions.

Ophioneus,

The name of a ••oot sayer.

Ophióphagi,

People in A••thiop••, which doe eate serpents.

Ophiucus,

The name of Aesculapius, bycause that hée is ymagined to holde a serpent in his hande. Some write, that it is a signe in heauen, which some call Hercules, o∣ther Aesculapius.

Ophiusa,

An ylande, called sometyme Rhodos.

Opigena,

Iuno was so called of women, bycause they sup∣posed that she ho••p•• them in their traueyle.

Opis, opis,

pen. prod. A Ladie companion to Diana. It is also a citie by the riuer Tigris.

Opiterginus, a, um,

Of the towne of Carniers, called Opi∣tergium.

Opites,

The name of a Graecian▪ which Hector slue.

Oppia,

A virgine vestale▪ which being conuicted of whor∣dome, was b••ryed qu••cke.

Oppianus,

A certaine poet.

Ops, opis,

pen. cor. foe gen. The sister and wyfe of Saturne. Looke more in Cibéle.

Opuntius, a, um,

Of the citie Opus.

Opus, untis,

A citie in Locris.

O R

Orbelon,

A place in Thracia, where Orph••us did dwell.

Orbilius,

A Grammarian of Beneuentum in Ciceros time.

Orbis obliquus,

The Zodiake.

Orcas promontorium,

The north ende of Scotlande.

Or••••lis,

A towne in Spaine called commonly Origuela.

Orchades,

Thirtie ylandes in the sea by Scotlande.

Orchamus,

A king of Assyria, which buryed his daughter Leucothea quicke, bicause she was rauished of Apollo.

Orchoë,

A citie of Babilon.

Orchomeneus, a, um,

Of Orchomenus.

Orchomenus,

A mountaine in Thessaly. Also a citie and a ryuer in Boeotia.

Orcinus, a, um,

Of Orcus.

Orcus,

A ryuer of hell. Also an other in Thessaly. It is sometyme taken for hell.

Ordessus,

A ryuer of Scythia.

Ordo luci,

Hilles that doe deuyde Scotland and England: they be nowe called Cheuiet.

Ordouicum, vici,

A citie in Br••taine, the people whereof were called Ordouices, whome Iulius Agricola subdued.

Oreades,

Nymphes of the mountaines.

Orebatis,

A citie of Persis.

Oresitropus,

One of Actaeons dogges.

Orestes,

The sonne of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. His sister Electra, when shée perceyued the aduouterer Aegisthus and hir mo••her woulde haue sla••••e him, with his father, conueyed him priuilye out of the waye▪ and sent him to his vncle Strophius kynge of Phocis, where hée was brought vp vntill he came to age: and then returning to Argos, with the con••ent of his sister Electra, in reuengement of his fathers death, slue both his mother Clytemnestra, & the aduouterer Aegisthus. Afterwarde also he killed Pyrrhus in the temple of A∣pollo, for that hee had maryed the Ladie Hermione that was before to him betrothed. For these murders Ore∣stes was so cruelly tormented with furies, that he wan∣dred madde in many countreys, and neuer coulde be hol∣pen, before that by sacrifice he purged his cruell doings at the aulter of Diana in Taurica. In all his troubles and aduersities he had a faythfull friende named Pyta∣des, that did alway accompanie and helpe hym, and lo∣ued him so entirely that hee woulde haue gyuen h••s lyfe for hym. For when kyng Thoas doubted which of them was Orestes, being in fauour very lyke. Pyla∣des sayde he was Orestes, th••t he myght haue béene put to death for him, and Orestes againe for his part affir∣med earnestly, as the truth was that hée was Orestes, that his friende might not, for his sake wythout cause léese his lyfe. Wherefore these two are noted as an ex∣ample of faythfull friendship.

Oresteus, a, um,

Of Orestes.

Orestis, idis,

A part of Macedonie.

Oretae,

People of Indie.

Oretus,

A ryuer of Sicilie.

Oreto, or Oria,

A towne of Spayne called Calatraua.

Oreus,

A name of Bacchus.

Orge,

A well in Narbone▪ wherein groweth a certayne herbe, which Oxen and Kine doe so greatly desire, that they thrust theyr heades wholye vnder the water to get it.

Orgia, ôrum,

n. g. plur. Ceremonies or songes perteyning to infernall Gods, or to Bacchus.

Oribasius,

A noble man, which was familiar with Iulia∣nus the Emperour: he wrote .72. bookes of Phisicke.

Oricius, a, um,

Of Oricos.

Oricos, or Oricum,

A citie of Epyre.

Origenes,

called also Adamantius, (borne at Alexandria in Aeg••pt) was sonne of one Leoni••es the martyr, a m••n of moste excellent doctrine and vertue from hys childehoode: who being on sleepe, his father came into the ch••mber, and taking aw••y the clothes softly▪ kyssed the breast of the infant, as a temple, h••uing wythin it the holy ghost, and g••ue thankes to God, that hee had gyuen him such a sonne. When his father was marty∣red, Origen being but a yoong childe, and yet desirous of martyrdome ranne among other that were ledde to be slayne, and by all meanes profered himselfe to die with them. But his mother (who liued him most intirely) perceiuing the matter▪ did first lamentably intreate him to withdrawe him, but his desire of martyrdome was

Orion, orionis,

The sonne of Neptunus. Some feygned, that when Epinous had lodged Iupiter, Mercurie, and Neptune, and had killed for them an Oxe, he desired thē to graunt him a sonne. Then those thrée pissed in the hyde of the Oxe, of the which (being laid on the ground) came Orion, as it were Vrion. For Ouros in Gréeke is vrine. When Orion being an hunter, would haue deflou∣red Diana, he was slayne of a scorpion, and translated a∣mong the starres, and there is the signe called in latine Iugula.

Orithaea,

A nymph that encouraged men to runne.

Orithyia,

The daughter of Erichtheus kyng of Athens, whome Boreas loued, and conueyed awaye with hym into Thrace. An other of this name was Quéene of A∣mazons.

Orizon, ontis,

mas. gen. Is the furthermost part of the fir∣mament that mans eye can determine.

Ormenius,

A citie of Magnesia.

Ornea,

Sacrifices dedicated vnto Priapus.

Orneus,

One of the Centaures.

Oroandes,

An hill by the mountayne Imaus.

Oroatis,

A ryuer in the bosome of the sea called Persicum, southwarde.

Oroba,

A citie of Assyria.

Orobatis,

A citie of Persis.

Orodes,

A king of Parthia, who vanquished & slue Cras∣sus the Romayne.

Oroētes,

A Persian, which did hang Polycrates the ty∣ranne of Samos.

Orontes,

A ryuer by the citie of Antioche. Also a Troyan that came from Troy with Aeneas.

Orontēus, a, um,

Of Orontes.

Orosius,

A worshipfull priest borne in Spayne, right elo∣quent and expert in hystories. Hée wrote seuen bookes against them that sayde, that the decay of the common weale of Rome happened by the doctrine of Christ. Hée was sent by saint Augustine, to saint Hierome, who was then in Iudaea, to learne of him the reason of the state of the soule.

Orpheus,

A Thracian borne, sonne of Oegrus, and Po∣lymnia, or (as some write) of Apollo and Calliope, an auncient Poet and Harper most excellent. Hée (as the Poetes surmised) did wyth his Musicke delyte wylde beastes and infernall spirites, and mooued stones wyth his swéete harmonie: whereby hée recouered his wyfe Eurydice, out of hell. At the last he was slayne wyth lightning, (or as some write) torne in péeces by women, bycause that for the sorrowe of his wyfe Eurydice, he did not onely himselfe refuse the loue of many women, and lyued a sole lyfe, but also disswaded other from the com∣pany of women.

Orphéus, a, um,

Of Orpheus, sometyme for Thracius.

Orphneus,

One of Plutoes horses.

Orsilochus,

The sonne of the riuer Alpheus.

Orthocorybantij,

People of Scythia in Asia.

Orthosia,

A citie of Syria, called nowe Tortosa.

Orton,

A citie of the Pelignians, called commonly Pietra de pirati.

Ortona,

Idem.

Ortopla,

A citie in Dalmatia.

Ortigya,

The name of an yle in the sea Aegeum, called also Delos.

Dea Ortigya,

Diana.

Osca,

A towne in Spaine called commonly Guesca.

Oscela,

A citie in the Alpes, called nowe Secusa.

Osci,

People in Italy.

Osiris, siris, or siridis,

The sonne of Iupiter and Niobe, first king of Argyues: after leauing that realme to his bro∣ther, we went into Aegypt, & there reigned, and maryed Isis. Finally, he was slaine by Tiphon his brother, and long sought for by Isis his wife, who at last finding hys bodye, buryed it in the yle Abatos, where the Aegypti∣ans afterwarde finding an Oxe, supposed that Osiris was become a God, and taking that Oxe with them to the citie of Memphis, honoured him for a God, and cal∣ling him Apis, they ordeined to him certaine ceremonies. A lyttle whyle after, drowning him in the ryuer, they sought for an other lyke Oxe, with wayling and wée∣ping: which being founden, they cryed with much glad∣nesse, and brought him into the citie. Hée was before the incarnation of Christ .2012. yeares.

Ossa,

An high mountaine in Thessaly.

Ossaeus, a, um,

Of that mountaine.

Ossonoba,

A citie of Portugall.

Ostia,

A towne nigh to Rome.

Ostiensis,

A little hauen at Rome.

Ostiensis, se,

Of Ostia.

Ostiensis porta,

A gate in Rome towarde Ostia.

Ostrogothi,

East Gothes.

O T

Otanes,

A noble man of Persia, which conspired wyth Darius agaynst the Magitian that vsurped the king∣dome.

Othryades,

A certaine Lacedemonian.

Othrys,

A mountaine of Thessaly, where dwelled the peo∣ple called Lapithae.

Othrysius, a, um,

Of Othrys.

Othus, or Oetus,

A certaine gyant. Looke Ephialtes.

Otreus,

The brother of Hecuba.

Otryades,

A valiaunt man of Sparta. When the Citi∣zens of Argos and Sparta, being at variaunce for a péece of lande, had agreed that .300. of eche side shoulde trie the matter by a combat, and whether part did ouer∣come, that they shoulde haue the lande, so it hapned, that

• all on both sides were slaine, sauing this onely Ottya∣des, and two of his enimies. The two Argiues hys enimyes hee chased and put to flight, and after hée had spoyled all his enimyes bodies, and caryed the praye to his campe, for shame that all his fellowes were slain, he would not returne home to Sparta, but wryting on his Tergate this worde Vici, in the same place slue him selfe.

O V

Ouidius,

surnamed Naso. Borne in Sulmo, brought vp in Rome, and dilig••ntly instructed in Latine letters from his render age, he gaue most diligent studie to the ma∣king of verses, from the which he was withdrawne by his father, and put to learne Rhetorike, wherin a while he much profited, and was in the number of the best O∣ratours of that tyme, and was aduaunced to sundry au∣thorities, and made a Senatour. Notwithstanding hée chiefly dedicated himselfe to poetrie, wherein by nature he was excellent in facilitie and abundaunce of senten∣ces. He was in good fauour with the Emperour Au∣gustus, of whom at the last he was exyled into Pontus, where he spent the rest of his life in a towne called To∣mos, among people most barbarous, who notwithstan∣ding lamented his death, for his courtesie and gentle maners. The cause of his exyle is vncertaine, sauing some suppose it was for abusing Iulia, daughter of the Emperour Augustus, although y^e pretence of the Em∣perour was for the making of the booke of the craft of loue, whereby yong mindes might be stirred to wanton∣nesse. He lyued at the tyme when Christ our Sauiour was conuersaunt with vs here on earth.

O X

Oxeas,

Hercules sonne by Megara.

Oxellum,

A citie in Englande called Chester.

Oxos,

A ryuer in Asia, running through the desertes of Scythia.

Oxyrynchus,

A citie in Aegypt, so called of the fishe Oxy∣rynchus, forasmuch as the Aegyptians worshipped two fishes for Gods, that is to say, Lepidotus, and Oxyryn∣chus. Also two birdes, an Hawke, and the byrde Ibis. Also three beastes, an Oxe, a Dogge, and a Catte, and some honoured a Crocodyle, and some Ichneumon a lyt∣tle beast that kylleth the Crocodyle: in the saide city the fishe Oxyrynchus was specially worshipped.

P A

PAchiri,

Certayne hilles in the lesse Asia.

Pachorus,

A king of Parthia, slayne in Syria, after the death of Crassus.

Pachynus,

A mountayne in Sicilie, on the sea syde, or an elbowe of the lande there, which nowe is called Cauo pasciuio.

Pachysos,

A ryuer in Sicilie.

Pacideianus,

The name of a certaine sworde player.

Pacinus,

A mans name.

Pactôlus,

A ryuer in Lydia, hauing golden grauell.

Pacuuius,

A famous wry••er of Tragidies, borne at Brun∣dusium in Calabria, sister sonne of Ennius the poet: hée is commended of Quintilian for the grauitie of his sen∣tences, the ponderousnesse of hys wordes, and the au∣thoritie of the personages which are in his Tragidies and Comedies. That his style séemeth somewhat rude, is to be ascribed to the tyme, and not to his fault: hée lyued vntyll the age of .90. yeares. Hée was before the comming of Christ .13••. yeares.

Padus,

A famous riuer in Italy, which is there named Po, Cato in originibus sayth, that the Tuscanes called it Botigon, the Ligurians Botigum. Plinie calleth it Bo∣dincum, that is to say, hauing no bottome, the Gréekes call it Eridanus. It commeth out of the hyll called Vesu∣lus, which is in the highest part of the mountaynes called Alpes, and runneth by the marches of Liguria, and so passeth vnder the grounde, and ryseth eftsoones in the countrey called Vibonensis, and caryeth with him .xxx. other Ryuers into the Venetian Sea, named Adriati∣cum.

Padua,

A citie in Italy called Pauie.

Padusa,

A ryuer, which some saye is an arme of the ryuer Po.

Paean, paeanis,

mas. gen. An hymne in the prayse of Apollo▪ Sometyme the same Apollo.

Paeantius, a, um,

Of Apollo.

Paedaretus,

A mans name.

Paeon, onis,

An excellent Phisition.

Paeonia,

A countrey in Europa, and is a part of Macedo∣nie.

Paestanus, a, um,

Of the citie Paestum.

Paestonium, or Paetouium,

A citie of Austriche, called com∣monly Betta.

Paestum,

A citie of Lucania, where groweth aboundaunce of Roses.

Pagasa,

A towne of Thessaly, which after was called De∣metrias.

Pagasaeus, and Pâgasus, a, um,

Of Pagasa.

Pagyris,

The name of a ryuer, and of a citie, of which the people are called Pagyritae.

Palaemon, Palaemonis,

A God of the sea. Also the sonne of Phineus, king of Arcadie. Also a Grammarian in the tyme of Tyberius, and a sheepeheardes name in Vir∣gill.

Palaephatus,

An auncient writer in the time of Artaxerxes.

* Palaephatia papyrus,

A booke conteyning nothing but fa∣bles and tales, or things vncredible.

Palaepolis,

A place not farre from Naples.

Palaestina,

A countrey in Syria, ioyning to Arabie, called in holy scripture Pilistim.

Palamedes,

The sonne of Nauplius kyng of Euboea, a great enimie of Vlysses, by whom in the ende he was in false iudgement condemned and stoned to death. For when all the princes of Greece were appoynted to go to Troy, Vlysses, loth to depart from his newe maryed wife, feigned himselfe madde, and the more to make men beleeue it, he yoked beastes of diuers kindes, and sowed salt. But Palamedes to trie his craftie dissimulation, layde his yoong sonne Telemachus in the waye as the plough shoulde go, whome when Vlysses perceyued, hée lyfted vp the plough, that hée myght not hurt hym. Whereby his dissimulation being perceyued, hée was taken to Troy whether he woulde or no. In displea∣sure of this and certaine other matters. Vlysses being at Troy counterfeyteth let••ers from Priamus to Pa∣lamedes, wherein he gaue thankes for treason that hée condescended vnto, and made mention of a great summe of money that priuilye he had sent him. Which summe of money, Vlysses corrupting the seruauntes of Pala∣medes had caused to be hidde in the ground in his Tent. When these letters were apprehended and openly read, and Palamedes accused of treason, Vlysses séemeth to take part with him, and carnestly to affirme that he was guyltlesse, and the letters counterfeyted, and that the same might easily be tryed, if they did search his Tent. For if there were founde any such summe of money, as the letters specified, that Palamedes woulde confesse himselfe to be guiltie, if not, as he was sure they shoulde not, that then it might well appeare he was vniustly ac∣cused. But when the search was made, the money was there founde digged in the grounde, and Palamedes therevpon condemned, and by the whole armie stoned to death. This man is reported to haue inuented certaine letters of the Gréeke crosse rowe, and also the game of Chestes, and maners of weightes and poyses, and first to haue applyed the yeare to the course of the sunne, and moneths to the course of the moone. He first also deuised the array of battayle, the watchwordes and watches in the campe, especially by the example of Cranes, and therefore they are called Palamedes his birdes.

Palatina,

A countrey by Rome.

Palatînus, a, um,

Of Palatina.

Palantêum,

A citie buylded on the hyll called Palatinus.

Palantia,

A citie in Aragonia.

A towne in Spayne.

Palas,

The daughter of Euander.

Palatinus mons,

An hyll at Rome.

Palatium, tij,

neu. gen. An hyll in Rome.

Palatuar, or Palatual,

A sacrifice done at Rome on the hyll called Palatinus.

Palatualis,

A Priest, consecrated to the Goddesse that had the tuition of the palayce in Rome.

Pales,

The Goddesse of shepeheardes and pasture.

Palene,

A citie so called of Pallena, the daughter of Si∣thon and wyfe of Cletus.

Palepaphos,

A citie of Cipres, dedicate to Venus.

Palescamander,

A ryuer in Troy.

Pal••u••ius,

An Oratour.

Palicenus,

A fountaine in Sicilia.

Palici,

Two brothers, the sonnes of Iupiter & the nymphe Thalia, who fearing the displeasure of Iuno, wyshed that the earth might open and swallow hir, which wysh was heard, and she softly receyued into the earth, not f••rre from the citie Cátina. When the full tyme of byrth was come, the grounde opened againe, and brought in∣to the worlde these two brethren Palici. In that place, the olde inhabitauntes of the countreye, were woont to shewe two moores or pooles called Delli, out of the which they came: which were had in so great reuerence, y^e per∣sons suspected, when they swore to cleare themself, were brought thither. For if any man were suspected of theft, first he did put in suretyes to restore it if he were con∣uicted, then was he brought to the brink of those pooles, to take his othe for his purgation. And if he swore tru∣ly, he scaped without harme, if hée swore falslye, he fell downe dead immediately.

Palilia, or Parilia, ôrum, n. g. plu.

Shéepeheards holydayes, kept in the honour of Pales.

Palinurus,

The mayster of the ship wherein Aeneas came into Italy. Also an elbowe of the lande of Sicilie into the sea.

Palládium, dij,

n. g. The Image of Pallas in Troy.

Palladius,

A mans name which wrote of husbandrie. Also a caryer, which was excéeding swift.

Palladius, a, um,

That belongeth to Pallas.

Palantia,

A citie in Aragonia.

A towne in Spayne.

Pallas, antis,

The sonne of Euander, sometime king of La∣tines. Also a gyaunt.

Pallas, adis,

The daughter of Iupiter, called Goddesse of batta••le, and also of wisedome.

Pallene,

A countrey by Macedonie, and a citie in Achaia.

Palma,

A towne of Spaine.

Palmaria,

An yle in the Tuscane sea.

Palmyra,

A great Castle or fort in the middle of Syria.

Palmyrina,

A countrey in Syria.

Palsum,

A ryuer in Brytaine.

Pamisus,

One of the fiue principall ryuers of Thessalia.

Pámphagi,

People of Aethiope, which doe eate of all ma∣ner of things.

Pamphalia,

A region in the lesse Asia, lying on the south side of the mountain Taurus, and marcheth on the realmes of Phrygia, and Caria.

Pamphilus, a, um,

Of Pamphilia.

Pámphilus,

The name of Neocles sonne, Platos scholler. Also a priest of Caesarea, which was martyred.

Pampilôna,

A citie in the realme of Nauerre.

Pan, panis,

Called the God of shéepeheards. He is thought to be Demogorgons sonne, and is thus described. In his foreheade he hath hornes lyke the sunne beames, a long bearde, his face redde lyke the cléere ayre, in his breast the starre Nebris, the neather part of his bodye rough, hys féete lyke a Goate, and alway is ymagined to laugh. He was worshipped especially in Arcadie.

Panaetius,

A Stoyke Philosopher.

Panaetolium,

An hyll of Aetolia. Also the whole counsayle of the countrey of Aetolia.

Panaetolicus, a, um,

Of Panaetolium.

Panathenaea,

Were among the Atheniens certaine solemne ceremonies, whereof some were great, and kept euery fifth yeare, some were lesse, and they were yearely cele∣brated. They were sometyme called Athenaea.

Panchaei,

People in the desertes of Libya, which eate ser∣pentes.

Panchaia,

A region in Arabie, called also Sabaea.

Pancheus, and Panchaicus, a, um,

Of Panchaia.

Panda,

A citie in India, where the great Alexander buyl∣ded the third citie of his name, the vttermost ende of his iourney. Also in the same place were aultars buylded by Bacchus, and after by Hercules, then by the Quéene Semiramis, last by Cyrus.

Pandana porta,

A gate of the citie of Rome, which was first opened, and last shut, for all thinges to be brought into the citie.

Pandatória,

An yle in the sea Tyrrhenum.

Pandectae, arum,

foem. gen. plur. The volume of the lawe ci∣uile, called the Digestes, and signifieth, comprehending all things.

Pandíon, onis,

The sonne of Erichtheus, king of Athens.

Pandiónia,

The countrey of Athens.

Pandionius, a, um,

One of the countrey of Athens.

Pandôra,

A woman, vnto whome sundrie Gods gaue sun∣drie giftes. Pallas gaue hir wisedome, Venus beautie, Apollo musike, Mercurius eloquence. And therefore shée was called Pandôra, which signifieth, hauing all gyftes. Hesiodus the Poet wryteth, that Iupiter sent hir into the worlde to deceyue mankynde. Also Deuca∣lions mother.

Pandosia,

A citie in Italy, another in Epire.

Pandosius,

A poole in Arcadie.

Paneus,

A towne and a ryuer of Colchis.

Pangaeus,

An elbowe of Thrace.

Panhormus,

idem quod Panormus.

Paniscus,

A God of the wooddes.

Pannonia,

The countrey now called Hungaria, which tooke that name of an other Hungaria, nowe called Iulira: It lyeth in the north part of the worlde, not farre from the ryuer Tanais, and is tributarie to the Moscouites. The boundes of Hungarie are nowe much larger the•• they were of olde tyme, and hath on the west, Ostrike and Beame: on the south, the part of Slauonie, that lyeth on the sea Adriaticum: on the east, Seruia: on the north, Polonia, and Moscouia. The countrey is ryght fertile of graine, and riche of golde and siluer: And, as the inhabitauntes doe report, there is a ryuer, wherein if yron be oftentymes déeped, it will be turned into cop∣per. This noble realme is nowe destroyed, and vnder the captiuitie of the Turkes, which is sore to be feared all christendome shall repent. For it was sometyme re∣puted the puyssaunt bulwarke of all christian realmes agaynst the intollerable vyolence of Sarasyns and Turkes.

Pannonia superior,

The countrey called Austria and Sti∣ria. In this countrey standeth Vienna. Pannonia infe∣rior hath on the north, Dunow and Germanie: on the west, Pannonia superior: on the south, Liburnia: on the east, Iaziges. This countrey is almost wholy vnder the Hungares.

Pannones,

Hungarians called also Paeones.

Panomphaeus, a, um,

A name of Iupiter, signifiying that he heareth all mens voyces, or bicause he is worshipped of all men.

Panope,

A citie in Phocis.

Panope, and Panopaea,

A nymph of the sea.

Panormita, Panormitanus, and Panormius

. One of Panor∣mus.

Panormus, and Panormum,

A citie in Sicilie, nowe called in Italian Palermo.

Pantaces,

A ryuer in Samos.

Pantagias,

A ryuer in Sicilie.

Pantanus,

A poole of Puell in Italy.

Panthea,

The wife of Abradota, a Persian.

Pantheon,

A temple in Rome, of all the Goddes.

Panthesilêa,

A Quéene of Amazones.

Panthoides,

The name of Pythagoras, which sayde, that he was once the sonne of Panthous the Troyan.

Panthous, or Panthus,

A Troyan, the sonne of Otreus bro∣ther

Panticap••s,

A ryuer of Scythia.

Panticapeum,

A towne not farre from the same place.

Pantomatrium,

A towne by the sea side in Candie.

Pantrepes,

A riuer of Scythia.

Paphages,

A king of Ambracia.

Paphlago, onis,

One of Paphlagonia.

Paphius, a, um,

Of Paphos.

Paphlagonia,

A countrey in the lesse Asia, ioyning to Ga∣latia, where dwelled the people called Veneti, of whome came the Venetians. It is bounded on the east, wyth the riuer called Halys, running out of the south betwene Syria and Paphlagonia.

Paphos,

A citie in the ylande of Cypres, which was dedi∣cate to Venus, whereof she was called Paphia.

Paphus,

He that buylded the citie Paphos.

Papía,

A citie in Lumbardie, called Pauie.

Papinianus,

A famous lawyer in the tyme of Seuerus the Emperour.

Papinius,

A poet of Naples.

Pappus,

A philosopher of Alexandria.

Papyrius,

The name of a noble yong gentleman, who being a childe, (as the maner then was) came with his father into the Senate, at such tyme as it happened weightie and very secrete matters to be talked of. When he came home, his mother was very earnest with him, to knowe what matter was handled in the Senate that daye. He séeing none other shift, and yet loth to vtter the truth, sayde: forsooth mother, they debated that it myght be lawfull for one man to haue two wiues. She thinking it to be true, the next morning, when the Senate was againe set, gathered togither the noble women, and with admiration of all men commeth into the Senate, & there with a solemne tale requesleth, that by the same lawe, it might be lawfull for women also to haue two husbands. The Senate at the first woondred much at hir wordes: but when the matter was declared by the yong gentle∣man, they much praysed his wisedome and towardnesse, and with rebuke dimissed the women that shewed thē∣selues so foolish, and so curious to knowe that, which no∣thing apperteyned to them.

Paradisus, i,

mas. gen. or after some, foem. gen. Paradice. It signifieth a gardeyne.

Paradísus,

A towne in Syria.

Paraesitaceni,

People in the vttermost borders of Media.

Paraetonium,

A citie in Aegypt▪ with a great hauen.

Paraetonius,

A great hauen of Cyrenaica. Also a towne of the same name.

Paralléli,

Lynes in the Sphere of the worlde, equally dis∣taunt, whereby the sunne passing, causeth variation in the houres of the day.

Paralus,

His name that first inuented Galyes.

Parapotamia,

A countr••y néere to Tygris.

Parcae,

Ladyes of destinie. The names of them bee Clotho, Lachasis, and At••opos. The first of them is de∣uised to beare the distaffe, the seconde to spinne out the threede of mannes lyfe so long as it doth continue, the thirde breaketh of the thréede, and endeth the mans life. They are ymagined to be the daughters of Erebus, and Nox.

Parectonia,

The mother of Plato the most noble Philoso∣pher.

Parienna,

A towne in Germanie called Fryde••lz.

Parilia, and Palilia, orum, neut. gen. plûr.

Festiuall dayes, which the Romaynes kept, for preseruation of their cattell.

Parion,

A citie in Hellespont.

Parippi,

Dogges ••mong the Atheniens as swift as horses.

Paris,

King Priamus hys sonne of Troy, whose mother being with chylde dreamed, that she was deliuered of a fire brande: which thing the soothsayers interpreted, that the childe, she went with, should be the confusion of Troye. Wherefore, when he was borne, kyng Pria∣mus commaunded hym to be destroyed, but Hecuba of motherly pitie, procured him to be priuilye brought vp of a shéepehearde in mount Ida. This man is alway descriued of Homere as a more pleasaunt carpet knight, then stoute warriour, and more delyghting in instru∣ments and daliaunce, then Martiall prowesse and Chi∣ualrie. Wherefore poetes write of him, that, when Iu∣no, Pallas, and Venus, were at controuersie for the golden apple, that lady Discorde did cast among them to be gyuen to the fayrest, they were appoynted by Iu∣piter to vse the iudgement of this Paris being then a shéepehearde in Ida. Iuno to haue the prayse, profe∣red him a noble kingdome, Pallas promysed the gift of wisedome and Venus the ••ayrest ladie, that then lyued in the earth. Paris not esteming either in Iuno prince∣ly regiment, or in Pallas noble wisedome, as the dear∣ling o•• Venus, gaue to hir the price of greatest beautie. After he had long tyme lyued as a shéepehearde, he was at the last knowne, and receiued into his fathers fauour, & vnder pretence of ambassade sailed into Greece, wher∣by his amarous behauiour in the court of king Mene∣laus, while he was absent, hée allured his beautifull w••fe Helena to forsake hir husbande, and to go with him to Troy. Which vncurteous villany in so noble a Prince as he was estéemed to be, the Gréekes did take so grieuously, that they by othe conspired in reuenge∣ment thereof to make a voyage agaynst Troy, and neuer to returne till they had brought that noble kingdome to confusion.

Parium,

A citie in Asia, in the countrey of Mysia.

Parius, a, um,

Of the yle Paros, from whence is brought marble stone called Parium marmor.

Parius lapis,

A touche stone.

Parma,

A citie in Italy.

Parmenides,

A philosopher, the disciple of Anaxagoras.

Parmenio,

One of Alexanders capitaines.

Pármeno,

A mans name in Terence.

Parmenses,

The inhabitaunts of Parma in Italy.

Parnasides,

The nine A uses, or ladies of sciences.

Parnasius, a, um,

Of Parnasus.

Parnasus, or Parnassus,

A mountaine in Gréece, hauing two toppes, vnder the which the nyne Muses did inhabite or dwell.

Parnes, nethis,

mas. gen. or foe. ge. An hyll in the countrey of Athens.

Parnus,

One that for a boate, which he had lost sued euery body that he mette: whereof rose this prouerbe.

* Disceptare ob Parni s••aphulam,

To make great suite and businesse for matters of small value.

Paropanisadae,

People of Asia, by the hill Paropanisus.

Paropanisus,

A mountaine ioyning to Indie and the coun∣trey called Bactra. It is also the name of a grea•• ryuer, that runneth through Scythia, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 farre from the north Occean, and some doe name it the deade ••ea, or fro••en sea.

Paros, otis,

An yle in the sea called Aegeum.

Parrhasia,

A countrey in Gréece, called also Arcadia.

Parrhasius, a, um,

Of that countrey.

Párthasis, idis,

foem. gen. A woman of Par••hasia. Calisto was so named.

Parihasius,

(An excellent p••y••ter) contended with Zeu••••s in cu••ning: Zeuxis brought foorth a table, wherein hée had so craftilye paincted grapes, that birdes flewe to them, and picked on them. Parrhasius brought fo••rth an other table wherein was pey••••ted onely a shee••e, so finely wrought that al men iudged it to be a very sheete▪ then Zeuxis required him to take aw••ye the sheete▪ and shewe foorth his worke. Whereat P••rrhasius laughed, and iested at Zeuxis merily. Then Z••uxis perceyuing it, acknowledged his errour, and graunted the victorie vnto Parrhasius, ••••••ing: yesterday I deceyued birdes, but to day thou hast deceyued me being a craftes man.

Parthaon, onis,

Father of Oeneus king of Aetolia.

Parthenius,

A ryuer in Pontus and Bithynia. Also the name of a poet.

Par••hénius, a, um,

Of that ryuer.

Parthenope,

The olde name of the citie of Naples. Also one of the Mearemaydes▪ which drowned themselues, bycause they coulde not a••lure Vlysses to them.

Parthenopeius, a, um,

Of Parthenope.

Parthenopaeus,

A kyng of Arcadie, the sonne of Mars and Menalippa, which was slayne at the siege of Troy.

Parthia,

A countrey in Asia, which hath on the south, the reddesea: on the north, the sea called Hircanum: on the east, the people called Arij, on the west, the realme cal∣led Media.

Parthi,

People of that countrey.

Parthiarij,

Marchauntes that bring thynges out of Par∣thia.

Párthicus, a, um,

Of the countrey of Parthia.

Parthini,

People of Macedonie.

Parthissus,

A riuer on the north part of Germanie.

Parysatis,

The daughter of king Cyrus, and mother of Ar∣taxerxes.

Pasetes,

A iugglers name.

Pasiphaë, es, or Pasiphaa, ae,

The wyfe of Minos kyng of Crete, who hauing companye wyth a Bull, brought foorth the monster called Minotaurus, which was halfe a man, and halfe a Bull. But Seruius wryteth that kyng Minos secretarie named Taurus, had companye with Pas••phae in the house of one Daedalus. Shée ther∣fore being after delyuered, had two sonnes, one lyke to Minos, and the other to Taurus the kinges secretary: and that therevpon Poets tooke occasion to deuyse the fable of the monster Minotaurus begotten on Pasiphaë, being by Daedalus inclosed in a timber Cowe.

Pasiphaëius, a, um,

Of Pasiphaë.

Pasithea,

One of the Graces, called Euphrosyne.

Pasitheles,

A famous grauer borne in Gréece.

Pasithoë,

A nymph, the daughter of Oceanus & Tethys.

Pastóphori,

Certayne Priestes in Aegept, perteyning to Isis.

Pastóphoros,

A name of Venus.

Patara,

A citie in the country of Lycia, where Apollo was chiefly honoured.

Patauium,

A citie in Italye, called Padua or Pauie, nigh vnto Venice. Also a citie in Bithynia, called nowe Polmen.

Patauíni,

Men of the citie of Pauie.

Patauinitas,

The propertie of the language of them that dwell at Pauie.

Paterniana,

A towne of Spayne, called commonly Pastrana.

Patizites,

A Persian, which made hys brother Smerdes king of Persia, after the death of Cambyses.

Patrae, arum,

A citie in Achaia.

Patriânus, a, um,

Of the citie Patrae.

Patriarcha, chae,

mas. gen. The name of dignitie of fiue chiefe Archebishoppes, as of Rome, Antioche, Alexandria, Hierusalem, and Constantinople.

Patriarchâtus,

The sayde dignitie of a Patriarche.

Patroclides,

A flatterers name.

Patrôclus,

A noble Grecian, sonne of Menaetius, and vnder Chiron the Centaure in hys youth, brought vp togy∣ther with Achilles, who euer after loued him most ten∣derly. Wherefore at the warre of Troy (when Achilles dyd kéepe his tent, and woulde not sight, in displeasure that Agamemmon had taken Lady Briseis from him) This Patroclus, the more to feare the Troyans, bo∣rowed the armour of Achilles, whome hée knewe they dradde full sore, and in the same fighting in the fielde, was slayne of Hector. For sorow wherof Achilles (that before could by no meanes be perswaded) to reuenge his friendes death as a fierce tyger came agayne into the fielde, and there méeting with Hector, after long flight, chased him on foote rounde about the walles of Troye, and at the last slew him, and in the sight of his wretched father Priamus, drue him by an horse tayle, about the wals, and after twelue dayes space scantly with a great summe of money could be perswaded to suffer him to be buried.

Pattagia,

A riuer in Sicilie.

Patulcius,

The name of Ianus, bycause that in the time of warre the doores of his temple stoode open.

Paulus,

A name of diuers Romaynes: one was most ex∣cellent, named Paulus Aemilius, sonne of Lucius Paulus. Hée ascending by all dignities vnto Consull, was capi∣tayne of the warres in Spayne, where hée fought two battayles, wherein were slayne .30000. Spaniardes, and wonne .250. walled townes, and notwythstanding returned to Rome, not one grote the richer: for he was liberall and sumptuous, and not very rich. Afterwarde hée made warre agaynst the Ligurians, which were a∣bout Ieane, where hauing w••th him but onely .8000. he put to flight .30000. and brought them to subiecti∣on. Finally, hée fought against and vanquished Perses king of Macedonia, and brought him and his chyldren prysoners to Rome, and tryumphed in this fourme. The Senatours apparayled in whyte silke, satte at stages about the market place, to beholde the triumphe: all the temples were set open, and filled wyth flowers and swéete perfumes: the triumphe was deuided into thrée daies. The first day vnneth sufficed to the behol∣dyng of ymages, as well paincted, as wrought in stone and metall, by most excellent workemen, which were ca∣ried in .250. chariottes. The seconde day was brought foorth the harnesse and artillary of the Macedons, and the apparayle of horses, which was in such sort, that it was in a maner terrible to the vanquishers to beholde. After followed .3000. men, which bare siluer coyne in 350. vessels of siluer, euery vessell being in weight thrée talentes, which was .240 li. after .80. li. to euerye ta∣lent, euerye vessell was borne of foure men. Other did beare great cuppes and pottes of siluer. The thirde day the trumpettes came before blowing bloudie soundes. After them came .120. oxen, theyr hornes gylte, and therevpon were set fillettes and garlandes, and were led with yoong men, gyrte and prepared to sacrifice them: and chyldren bare cuppes of golde and siluer, to serue to the sacrifice. After them followed they that bare money of golde in golden vesselles, euerye of them weyghing thrée talentes. Also the number of the vesselles were 240. Then followed they that caried the potte, which Aemilius had let make all of precious stones, weyghing tenne talentes, which was .800. li. Also they that bare all the plate of the kinges Antigonus, Seleucus, The∣ricius, & Perses, which was innumerable. After came the chariot, wherin was Perses harneys, with his dia∣deme set therevpon. Soone after hys two sonnes, and one daughter ledde, and wyth them a great number of nouryces, maisters and gouernours, wéeping and hol∣ding vp their handes to the people. Whereof many were mooued to teares, so that the triumphe séemed to be min∣gled with gladnesse for the victorie, with heauinesse for compassion. After his chyldren and seruaunts, followed foorthwyth Perses in a blacke garment, trembling and troubled in spirite: whom insued a great company of his counsaylours and officers, beholdyng hym sorrowfully wyth teares, which more constrayned the Romaynes to wéepe, for pitie that they had of his miserye. After him were borne foure hundred crownes of golde, which were gyuen to Aemilius by the cities of Gréece for hys vertue and prowesse. Then followed Aemilius himselfe, sitting in a chariot, very rychely apparayled, hauing a robe of purple tinset, and bearing in his hand a braunch of Laurell, as a man beside that honour woorthye to be looked on. Then after came the men of warre, which had béene with him, in order of such bendes and compa∣nyes as belong to battayle, euerye of them bearyng in his hande a braunche of Laurell, and singing verses mixt wyth mery taunts: Some singyng the prayses of Aemilius, whome they behelde, and woondred at for hys excellent qualities. But nowe beholde, Aemilius being in that state and condition, that nothing lacked in him that man coulde wish for: yet his lyfe was not without aduersities. Hée hauing foure sonnes, of the which hée had gyuen two in adoption to Scipio Affricanus, and Fabius Maximus: the other two hée kepte at home with hym: The one of them died .v. dayes before the triumphe, beyng sixtéene yeres olde: The other being twelue yeares olde, died the third day after the triumph. The which crueltye of fortune all men lamented, that

Paulus,

The Apostle of Christ, borne in Iudea, in a towne called Giscalis, of the tribe of Beniamin, the towne being taken by the Romaynes, went wyth his parents to Tarsus a citie of Cilicia, and dwelled there. But af∣terwarde hée was sent by them to Hierusalem to learne the lawes, and was there taught of one Gamaliell, a great learned man. He being with other at the martyr∣dome of saint Stephen, receyued letters of the Bishop, willing him to go to Damascus, there to persecute them that beléeued in Christ. And in the way, he was by re∣uelation chaunged, from a persecutor to a vessell of e∣lection. Afterwarde when he had conuerted Sergius Paulus (then being Proconsull at Cypres) to the faith of Christ, by him he was called Paulus, where before he was named Saulus. Finally, he suffered martyrdome by beheading after the passion of Christ .xxxvij. yeares, and the .xiiij. yeare of the reigne of Nero. Haec Hieronymus & Sophronius. The residue of his lyfe appeareth in the actes of the Apostles. His learning and misticall wyse∣dome, is well shewed in his Epistles, in the which (as saint Peter sayth) be some thinges harde to be vnder∣stande, and that men vnlearned and inconstaunt doe de∣praue, lyke as they doe the other partes of Scripture, to their owne perdition.

Paulus Samosatenus,

An horrible heritike, bishop of An∣tioche, a man of excéeding pride and intollerable vani∣tie, about the yeare of our Lorde .267. His heresie was that Christ began of our Ladie, & tooke his first begin∣ning of the earth, and was a man onely of our common nature. Which heresie was condemned by a generall councell holden at Antioche, and Paulus excommunicate by all the councell, and an other byshop put in his place. And he by the commaundement of the Emperour Au∣relianus was of the people pulled out of the Church.

Pausanias,

The generall capitaine of the Lacedemonians, in the great battaile against Xerxes, and yet afterward he was condemned of treason.

Pausiacus, a, um,

Of Pausias.

Pausias,

A noble painter.

Pax Iulia,

A towne of Portugall, called commonly Badoioz, or Pacensis.

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Pedaeus,

Antenors bastarde sonne.

Pedana,

A countrey by Rome.

Pedasus,

The sonne of Bucolion. Also a citie by Pylos. Also one of Achilles horses.

Pegasa,

A towne of Thessalia.

Pegasea,

The ship of the Argonautes was so called.

Pegaseus, and Pegaseius,

Of Pegasus.

Pegasicus sinus,

A bosome of the sea in Thessalie.

Pegasides,

The Muses.

Pégasus, si,

mas. gen. An horse which was feigned to haue winges. It is also a signe or number of Starres in heauen.

Pelagia,

A womans name of Antioche.

Pelasgi,

People which came out of Gréece, and inhabited Italy. They be also Arcadians.

Pelasgia,

A countrey in Gréece, called sometyme Thessa∣lia.

Pelasgias, adis,

One of Pelasgia.

Pelasgicus, a, um,

Of Arcadie.

Pelasgis,

A countrey in Gréece called Arcadie.

Pelethronij,

The Lapithes were so called.

Pelethronium,

A towne in Thessaly.

Peleus,

The sonne of king Aeacus, and father of Achilles.

Pelias, adis,

Of Achilles: vt, Pelias hasta, Achilles his speare.

Pelias, ae,

A king of Thessaly, vncle to Iason.

Pelicus,

A prince, of whome the people called Peligni, tooke their name.

Pelídes,

The surname of Achilles.

Peligni,

People in Italy which came out of Illyria.

Pelignus, a, um,

Of that people.

Pelion, lij,

neut. gen. An hill in Thessaly.

Pelius, and Peliacus, a, um,

Of Pelion.

Pella,

A citie in Macedoni••.

Pelléne,

A very auncient citie of Achaia.

Pelopeis, idis, and Pelopeias,

The daughter or ••éece of Pe∣lops.

Pelopidae,

They that descended of Pelops.

Pelopidas,

A noble man of Lacedemonia.

Pelopius, and Pelopeius, a, um,

Of Pelops.

Peloponnesius, and Peloponnesiacus, a, um,

Of Morea.

Peloponnesus,

A countrey in Gréece, called now Morea: on the north, it hath the gulphe of Corinth, Isthmos, and the sea of Crete: on the West and South: the sea Adri∣atike: on the East, the sea of Crete: so that it is almost cleane enuironed wyth the sea. In it were the famous kingdomes of Mycenae, of Argos, Lacedaemon, Arcadia, Sicyonia. &c. It is nowe vnder the Turke.

Pelops, pis,

The sonne of Tantalus, who vanquished on horsebacke in running, Oenomaus, father of Hippoda∣mia, and wedded hir. Vide Oenomaus.

Pelôrus, ri,

mas. gen. or Peloris, idis, An hill in Sicilie on the sea side.

Pelusiotae,

The inhabitauntes of Pelucium.

Pelusium,

A citie in Aegypt, and one of the mouthes of Nilus.

Penates,

The Gentiles called Goddes of mans lyfe. The Nominatiue case singular is after some Penas, after o∣ther Penatis.

Peneleus,

One of the fiue capitaines of Boeotia that came to Troy.

Penelope, es, or Penelopéa, ae,

The daughter of Icarus, & wife of Vlysses, most chast, wyse, and constant aboue all the women of hir tyme, who in the .xx. yeares that hyr husbande was absent, being sought vppon by dyuers wooers, which (woulde shée or no) abode in hir house, might neyther by fayre meanes nor menaces be induced to marry, or to consent to commit any folly. When hir wooers were very earnest to haue an aunswere, shée re∣quested so much respite vntill she had wouen vp a cloth that she was then in hande with. Which when they had granted, craftily in the night▪ she vnweaued as much as she had wrought vp in the day, and so from time to tyme draue them of without eyther aunswere, or much com∣ming in their companie. Whereof ryseth this prouerbe.

*Penelopes telam retexere,

which signifieth to doe and vn∣doe:

Peneus,

A ryuer in Gréece, that deuideth the countreyes of Aeolis, and Achaia.

Pentapolis,

A countrey betwéene Palestina, and Arabia, wherein were the Cities of Sodome and Gomor, bur∣ned by the vengeaunce of God, for sinne against nature.

Pentelici Hermae,

Were little Images of Mercurius made of Marble, called Pentelicus, which was one of the most fayrest stones that Images myght be made of.

Panthesilêa,

A Quéene of Amazones, which was slaine at the siege of Troy.

Pentheus dissyl.

The sonne of Echion.

Penthylus,

The sonne of Demonous, which came to the ayde of Xerxes, with .xij. shippes, and was taken pryso∣ner by the Gréekes.

Peraea,

The vttermost part of Iudaea, towarde Arabia and Aegypt.

Percosius,

A soothsayer, which fauoured the Troyans.

Percosius, a, um,

of the citie Percote.

Percote,

A citie of the countrey of Troas.

Perdica,

A part and a port of Lycia.

Perdiccas,

A noble man of Macedonie.

Perdix,

The name of a lame victualer of Aristophones.

Perga,

A towne in Pamphylia, whereof Diana was called Pergaea.

Pérgama, ôrum,

The towers of Troy. It is taken also for the citie of Troy.

Pergameus, a, um, and Pergamenus, a, um,

Of Troy.

Pergamus, or Pergamum,

A famous and riche citie in Asia the lesse, where Galen the most noble Phisition was borne.

Periander,

One of the seuen wise men of Gréece and king of Corinth.

Pericles,

A noble and valiaunt capitaine of the Athenians, excellent in witte and naturall eloquence: hée was in∣structed in philosophie by Anaxagoras, so that thereby he attayned vnto marueylous great knowledge, noble courage and pacience, insomuch that wh••n a lewde per∣son folowed him to his house, reuyling him all the way: When hée was come to his doore (then being night) Pe∣ricles commaunded one of his seruaunts to take a torch and bring him (who had rebuked him) home to hys house. Also he being in great estimation and authoritie among the people of Athens, woulde neuer be at anye feastes or bankettings, nor receyue of any man, any pre∣sents or giftes, nor did go to euery assembly or councell or being there, did speake or reason in euery matter, but reserued himselfe to thinges of very great importaunce. And yet séemed hée then to be very timerous. But yet his eloquence was so excellent, his voyce and pronun∣ciation so pleasaunt, his sentences so ponderous and ve∣hement, that hée neuer spake, but that thereto all men consented. And therefore it is written of him, that hée did fulminate his wordes, that is to say, that they pro∣céeded from him as thunder, and lyghtning. Hée was of such temperaunce, that although hée séemed to haue all the Athenians at his commaundement, yet he neuer en∣creased his owne reuenues the woorth of one farthing, but augmented the common treasure excéedingly. And such spoyle as came to his part in the warres, he did im∣ploy vppon grayne and vittayle, deuyding it among the people in the tyme of necessitie. Hée was vnfortunate onely in his owne chyldren, his eldest sonne Xantippus persecuting him wyth sundrie displeasures, and openly mocking him. Notwithstanding (as it was reason) he died miserably before his father. Finally Pericles being sicke vnto death, the noble men came to comfort hym, speaking softly they communed of his prowes, where he had victorie in nine great battayles. Hée hearing what they spake, sayde vnto them, that he much marueyled, that they so greatly extolled that thing, wherof the more part perteyned to fortune, and had happened to dyuers other capitaines as well as to him, and that they spake nothing of that which was most to be praysed. For ne∣uer man, s••yde he, (by mine occasion) had cause to putte mourning garment vpō him. Plutarchus in vitis. He was afore the incarnation of Christ .441. yeares.

Periclymenes,

Nestors brother.

Perillus,

An artificer, which made a bull of brasse, wherein∣to (being glowing hote) men shoulde be put, that in tor∣menting of them, by their crying, a noyse should issue out lyke the lowing or bellowing of a bull. The which en∣gine when Perillus had giuen vnto Phalaris the cruell tyranne: he caused him first to be put into it to prooue his owne experience.

Perinthius, a, um,

Of Heraclea.

Perinthus,

A citie of Thrace, which nowe is called Hera∣clea.

Peripatetici,

Philosophers of Aristotles sect or opinion.

Periphas,

A mans name in Virgil.

Perithous,

Looke Pirithous.

Permessus, aut Permessis, sidos,

A ryuer in Gréece, dedicate to the Muses.

Pero,

The daughter of Neleus, and sister of Nestor, a wo∣man of excéeding great beautie.

Perorsi,

A people of Aethiopia.

Persa,

A man or woman of the countrey of Persia.

Perseis,

A nymph, one of the daughters of Oceanus.

Persēis, seidis,

foem. gen. Of Persia: as,

Perséides herbae,

id est, magicae.

Persephone,

The surname of Proserpina.

Persepolis,

A citie in the countrey of Persia.

Perses,

The sonne of Perseus and Andromeda, of whome came the Persians. Also a king of Macedonie, vanqui∣shed by Aemilius: Another was brother of Hesiodus the Poet: An other, brother to Aeeta, father of Hecate.

Perseus, sei, and Perses, sis, or si,

A noble knight, which deli∣uered a fayre Ladie (called Andromeda) from a whale, and also slewe Medusa, which turned men into stones. Of his father and mother looke Danaë. Also it is a signe among the starres.

Persia, ae, Persis, Persidis, and Persida, dae,

A countrey in the east part of the world, which hath on the north, Media: on the west, Susiana: on the east, Carmania: on the south, the Persian sea, called Sinus Persicus: where now the Sophi reigneth.

Persicus, a, um,

Of Persia.

* Persici apparatus,

Sumptuous and rich prouision.

Persius,

The name of two learned Romaynes.

Perusia,

A citie in Italye, called commonlye Perugia, Pe∣rouse.

Perusinus, a, um,

Of Perouse.

Pessennius,

A mans name, a great friende of Ciceros.

Pessinuntia,

Looke Cibéle.

Pessinuntius, a, um,

Of or belonging to Cibéle.

Pessinus, nuntis,

A towne in Phrygia, where was a temple dedicate vnto Cibéle.

Pestanae,

Certayne valleyes in Campania, where flowers doe spring twise in a yeare: whereof the most perfite roses be called Pestanae rosae.

Petalus,

A mans name.

Petasati,

Were the surnames of Castor and Pollux.

Petilia,

A citie in Lucania.

Petosiris,

A famous Astronomer of Aegypt.

Petra,

A towne in Sicilie by Hybla. Also a towne of Ara∣bie, whereof Arabia Petraea is named.

Petrae Sirenum,

A towne of Lucania.

Petracorij,

A people of a place in Fraunce called commonly Perigort.

Petraea,

A nymph of the sea.

Petronia, ae,

A lyttle brooke running into the ryuer of Ty∣ber. Also the wife of Vitellius the Emperour.

Petuscum.

A part of the citie of Rome.

Peuce,

An yle in the ryuer Ister.

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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.

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Picenum,

A countrey in Italy called Marcha Anconitana.

Picenus, and Picentinus, a, um,

Of Picenum.

Picentes, or Picentini,

People of that countrey.

Pictones,

People of Poicters in Fraunce.

Picumnus,

A God among the Romaynes.

Picus,

The name of an olde king of Latines.

Pieria,

A mountayne and citie of Boeotia, dedicate to the Muses.

A mayden borne at Myos, a citie of Ionia, daugh∣ter of an honourable man, called Py••hes, of whome is this historie woorthie of remembraunce: There happe∣ned to be warre betwéene the inhabitants of Miletus, and them of Myos, but in such gentle fashion, that the women of Myos myght alway, on the solemne teast of Diana, come to Miletus, and doe sacrifice to Diana, which was there chiefly honoured. Pieria comming thither with hir mother, one Phrygius the eldest sonne of Nebeus duke of Miletus, beholding hir beautie, be∣gan to loue hir excéedingly, and after the maner of lo∣uers, desiring to doe some thing thankefull to the mayde, demaunded what he might doe to hir most pleasant and acceptable. The mayden being wittie, and also louing to hir countrey and friends, aunswered that to hir it should be the greatest pleasure, if he woulde endeuour himselfe to bring to passe, that she might oftentimes with a great sort of hir companions repayre to Miletus without a∣ny domage. Phrygius perceyuing that nothing mought so much content the mayden as peace, he calling the peo∣ple togither, exhorted them to conclude a peace with thē of Myos, to be with them in aliaunce: whereunto they accorded, and the name of Pieria was euer after in so ho∣nourable a remembraunce, that all honest women vsed for a prouerbe, to wish so to be loued, as Phrygius loued Pieria.

Pieria,

A mountayne and citie of Boeotia, dedicate to the Muses.

A mayden borne at Myos, a citie of Ionia, daugh∣ter of an honourable man, called Py••hes, of whome is this historie woorthie of remembraunce: There happe∣ned to be warre betwéene the inhabitants of Miletus, and them of Myos, but in such gentle fashion, that the women of Myos myght alway, on the solemne teast of Diana, come to Miletus, and doe sacrifice to Diana, which was there chiefly honoured. Pieria comming thither with hir mother, one Phrygius the eldest sonne of Nebeus duke of Miletus, beholding hir beautie, be∣gan to loue hir excéedingly, and after the maner of lo∣uers, desiring to doe some thing thankefull to the mayde, demaunded what he might doe to hir most pleasant and acceptable. The mayden being wittie, and also louing to hir countrey and friends, aunswered that to hir it should be the greatest pleasure, if he woulde endeuour himselfe to bring to passe, that she might oftentimes with a great sort of hir companions repayre to Miletus without a∣ny domage. Phrygius perceyuing that nothing mought so much content the mayden as peace, he calling the peo∣ple togither, exhorted them to conclude a peace with thē of Myos, to be with them in aliaunce: whereunto they accorded, and the name of Pieria was euer after in so ho∣nourable a remembraunce, that all honest women vsed for a prouerbe, to wish so to be loued, as Phrygius loued Pieria.

Pierides,

Were daughters of one Pierus, which compared in singing with the Muses: but being vanquished, and gyuing to the Muses reprochfull wordes, they were by them turned into P••es. They be sometime taken for the Muses of an hill in Thessalie, called Pieris, or Pierus.

The Muses.

Pierides,

Were daughters of one Pierus, which compared in singing with the Muses: but being vanquished, and gyuing to the Muses reprochfull wordes, they were by them turned into P••es. They be sometime taken for the Muses of an hill in Thessalie, called Pieris, or Pierus.

The Muses.

Pierius, a, um,

Of the Muses.

Pierus,

The father of the foresayde maydens Pierides.

Pigmalion,

The sonne of Belus, king of Tire, and brother of Dido.

Pigmalioneus▪ a, um,

Of Pigmalion.

Pigres,

The brother of Artemisia.

Pilades,

A gentleman of Phocaea, which was so faythfull a friende to Orestes (with whome hee kept companie whiles he was mad) that he woulde neuer forsake him, but folowed him into the countrey called Taurica, where straungers were sacrificed vnto Diana, where Orestes being apprehended, when he shoulde be slayne▪ Pylades woulde néedes die for him, that he might escape.

Pilumnus, ni,

mas. gen. A man which founde the maner to dung lande, and to grinde corne.

Pimpla,

A place by the mountayne called Parnasus, of the which the Muses be called Pimpleides.

Pimplëus, a, um,

Of Pimpla.

Pinárij,

An auncient house or family in Italy, of the which were the priestes that sacrificed to Hercules.

Pinarius, and Potitius,

Two olde men, to whome Hercules reuealed how he woulde be worshipped.

Pindarus,

A Theban Poet, and chiefe of them which were called Lyrici. Wherefore Alexander, when he destroyed the citie of Thebes, caused the house of Pindarus to be preserued, with all his familye. An other Pindarus was a tyranne of Ephesus.

Pindus,

A mountaine in Thessalia. Also a citie there.

Pintia,

A towne in Spaine called Valladolite.

Pinton,

An yle betweene Sardinia, and Corsica.

Piones,

People in Mysia, named of the citie Pione.

Pipleus,

An hyll called also Pimpleus.

Piquentum,

A citie of Istria.

Piraea,

A famous citie sometime called Aminsus.

Piraeeus,

An hauen in Athens, which may receyue .400. shippes. There is also an hauen of the same name at Corinth.

Pirithous,

The sonne of Ixion, one of the Lapithes, and friend of Theseus, with whom he went to hell, and was there deuoured of Cerberus.

Pirus,

A prince of Thrace slaine at the siege of Troy.

Pisa,

A citie in Gréece, betwéene the two mountaynes O∣lympus and Ossa. Also a citie in Arcadia, from which came the people that inhabited Pilae, in Italy.

Pisae, arum,

A citie in Italy called Pise.

Pisani,

People of the citie of Pise.

Pisandrus,

A poet of the citie Cam••rus in Rhodes, before the tyme of Hesiodus: an other Pilandrus was in the tyme of Alexander Seuerus.

Pisaurensis,

That dwelleth in the citie Pisaurum.

Pisaurum,

A citie in Italy, called Pesero.

Pisaurus,

A riuer in Italy.

Pisces,

One of the twelue signes.

Pisei,

People of the citie Pisa in Gréece.

Pisenor,

A Centaure, the sonne of Ixion.

Piseus,

He that first inuented the brasen trumpet.

Pisidae,

People in Asia, called before tyme Solymi, of Soly∣mus, Iupiters sonne.

Pisidia, ae,

A countrey of the lesse Asia.

Pisistratus,

A noble man of Athens, which chaunged the common weale of that citie from the rule of the people, to the rule of one gouernour, and therefore was called a tyranne: notwithstanding, (as hee wrote vnto Solon, which maynteyned the popular estate) he ruled by their owne lawes, and was righteous and gentle vnto the people.

Pisones,

Men of a noble family or house in Rome.

Pistorium,

A citie in Italy.

Pistris, tris,

A signe or planet, called Cetus, and Pistrix.

Pistrix, tricis,

Idem quod Pistris.

Pitane,

A citie of Aeolis in Asia, the people wherof be cal∣led Pitanei, or Pitanitae.

Pithecusa,

An yle in the sea against Campania, so called for the great plentie of Apes there bredde, af••er some.

Pitheus,

The sonne of Pelops, which buylded the Citie Troezen.

Pitho, or Pithus,

The Ladie and president of Eloquence to perswade, called of Ennius, Suada, of Horace Sua∣déla.

Pithodemus,

A famous wrastler.

Pithoegia, orum,

ne. ge. A certayne sacrifice▪ vsed in Gréece, in the moneth of Ianuarie, at the tapping or setting of wine abroche: in the which they gaue wine to their ser∣uauntes and slaues.

Pithonos••omes,

A place in Asia, where after the Idus of August, great flockes of Storkes doe assemble togi∣ther.

Pithumnus,

A God among the Romaynes, which first in∣uented to grinde corne to make breade.

Pittacus,

One of the seuen sages of Graecia, and was of the citie Mitylene. His saying it w••s, that a wise man should foresée that misfortune came not: but if it came, to take it in good part.

Pityusa,

An yle by Graecia, called also Myletus.

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Placentia,

A citie in Liguria.

Placentini,

People of the citie Placentia.

Placia,

A towne of Mysia.

Planaria,

An yle beyonde Corsica.

Planasia,

An yle in the sea Tyrrhenum.

Plancus,

A noble man of Rome.

Plantanodes,

A promontorie or hyll in Achaia.

Plateae,

A citie in Boeotia, not farre from Thebes.

Plateenses,

People in the citie of Plateae, in Gréece.

Plato,

The Prince of all philosophers (in wisedom, know∣ledge, vertue, and eloquence, farre excéeding all other Gentiles) was borne in Athens: his father was na∣med Ariston (of an auncient and honourable house) his mother Parectonia, descended from Solon. Lying in his cradell, Bées were founde to bryng honie into his mouth, wythout hurting the childe: which diuinours did interprete, to signifie, that from him shoulde flowe eloquence most swéete and delectable. Socrates drea∣med, the night before he was brought to him to be in∣structed, that he helde betwéene his knées a white cyg∣net, who hauing feathers quickly growen, flewe vp to∣ward heauen, and filled the ayre with most swete tunes: So the day after, Plato being brought by his father, Socrates beholding him well, sayd: This is the byrde, whose Image I behelde the last night. His name was first Aristocles, & after called Plato, bicause (as some suppose) he was broade in the shoulders: other wryte, bicause he had a broade visage. In his youth he exerci∣sed wrastling and other feates of actiuitie: and till hée was .xx. yeares olde, hée gaue himselfe to make amarous verses, which, after hée came to heare Socrates, hée threw into the fire and burned, and then most ardently and attentiuely hearde Socrates doctrine, during the tyme that he lyued. After that, he not onely hearde the most famous Philosophers & Geometricians in Grece, but also went into Italy, into Affrike and Aegypt, to heare the mysticall sciences. And it is thought, that hée heard some of the Prophetes, since there be founden in his workes sentences not abhoring from our catholyke fayth. He was experte in martiall affayres, for he had fought in thrée great battayles. He chose a place by A∣thens, called Academia, where he taught: and therefore his disciples were called Academici. There was in him a maruelous sharpenesse of witte, with an incomparable dexteritie in disputing, and making of aunsweres: his constancie, temperaunce and grauitie, with curtesie in language, were of all other incomparable: hée was so desirous of knowledge, that he was no lesse studious to learne, then he was to teache. Wherefore being scorned of one, which asked of him how long he would be a scho∣ler, so long (sayde he) as I repent not to be wyser and better. Hée is called Diuinus Plato, for his excellent doc∣trine, which conteyneth many thinges (as saint Augu∣stine fayth) which accorde with holy scripture: so that therein is perceyued the first part of Genesis, vnto Spi∣ritus Domini ferebatur super aquas, and the mysterie of thrée persons in diuinitie is there expressed. Hée dyed wryting of the age of 81. yeares, before the incarnation of Christ .342. yeares. Reade more of him in Diony∣sius.

Plautius,

A certayne Poet.

Plautus,

A comicall Poet, borne in Vmbria: when he had spent all his substance on players garments, and there∣by was brought to extréeme pouertie, he was fayne for his liuing to serue a baker in turning a querne, or hand∣mill. When he was vacant from that labour, he wrote most eloquent and pleasaunt comedies, wherein he was reputed so excellent, that Epius Stolo saide of him, hée doubted not, but that y^e Muses would speake as Plau∣tus did write, if they shoulde speake Latine. He was in the tyme of Cato Censorius.

Pleiades,

The seuen starres, which mariners vse in trying of coastes: Poetes feigne them to be the seuen daugh∣ters of Lycurgus, or Atlas.

Pleias, pleiadis,

Maia, the chiefe of the seuen sisters called Pleiades.

Pleione,

The daughter of Oceanus, and wife of Atlas.

Plemmyrium,

A ryuer in Sicilia.

Pleuron, onis,

A citie of Aetolia.

Pleuronius, a, um,

Of Pleuron.

Plexaura,

A nymph, the daughter of Oceanus.

Plinius,

The name of two noble learned men, the one wrote the most excellent worke, called the historie of Nature: the other wrate eloquente Epistles, and an oration to Traiane in his commendation, which oration is called Panegyricus. There is also a worke of the practise of phisicke in the name of Plinius, but whether it were of the first Plinie or no, it is not very certayne: some call him Valerianus.

Plisthenes,

The name of a certayne vnchaste and wanton person.

Plistónicus,

The name of a certaine learned man.

Plotae,

Two yles of Aeolia, called also Strophades.

Plotina,

A woman of great vertue and courage, wyfe to Traianus the Emperour.

Plotinus,

A philosopher of Platos sect.

Plotius,

A Rhetorician that taught Cicero.

Plotus,

Looke Plautus.

Ploxemus,

A mans name.

Plutarchus,

A noble Philosopher in the tyme of Traiane.

Pluto,

The sonne of Saturnus and Ops, and brother to Iupiter and Neptune: which comming to the deuision of their fathers kingdome, the West part towarde the lower sea fell to Pluto the yongest sonne, the East part to Iupiter, and the Ilandes to Neptune. Hereof began the Poets fable, that Iupiter was king and Godde of heauen, Pluto of hell, Neptune of the sea.

Plutus,

God of ryches, whome Poetes feygne to be lame when he commeth to a man, and to haue wynges when hée departeth: by that deuyse signifiyng, that riches are long in getting, but quickly vanishe away, if they be not well husbanded. He is also imagined to be blinde▪ as more often lighting on vnworthy men, and naughty per∣sons, then on such, as for their vertue are most woorthy to be enriched.

Pluuiales Hedae,

Two starres, that the signe Auriga hol∣deth in his hande.

Pluuiália, ae,

One of the yles called Fortunatae.

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Podalirius,

One of the sonnes of Aesculapius, and a great surgion: he came to the siege of Troy with his brother Machaon.

Podarge,

One of the Harpies.

Poean, antis,

The father of Philoctetes, of whome he was called Poeantius.

Poecilasium,

A citie of Crete, called commonly Peulalo.

Poecile, les,

f. g. A place in Athens, where the Stoike phi∣losophers did reade and teache.

Poëmenis,

A dogges name in Ouid.

Poenicus, a, um,

Of Affrike, reade Punicus.

Poenus, ni,

A man of the citie of Carthage, or an Affri∣cane.

Poenus, a, um,

Of Carthage, or of Affrike.

Pola,

A citie of Istria.

Pólemon,

A Philosopher of Athens, which was firste a wanton and dissolute person. An other Polemon, surna∣med Helladicus, was a famous historiographer.

Polemonium,

A Citie of Cappadocia, called commonlye Leona.

Polentia,

A citie of Liguria, called commonly Palanza.

Polla,

The wife of Lucan the poet.

Pollentia,

A towne in one of the yles called Baleares: an o∣ther néere the Alpes, where as is excellent good wine.

Pollentinus, a, um,

Of Pollentia.

Pollio,

A noble man in Rome, in the tyme of Augustus.

Pollux, lûcis,

Was brother to Castor, both being borne at one burthen: which poetes feigne to come of one egge, leyed or brought foorth of a woman, called Leda, wyth whome Iupiter companied in lykenesse of a swanne.

Polus Agrigentinus,

A sophister, the scholer of Gorgias.

Polyaenus,

A learned man in the tyme of Iulius Caesar: an other borne in Macedonie, which wrote of Thebes, and of the ••eates of warre.

Polybius,

A learned man of Magalopolis in Arcadie, mai∣ster to Scipio Affricane: he wrote the Romaine histo∣ry in 40. bookes.

Polybotes,

A gygant, whome Neptune slue.

Polycarpus, pi,

m. g. A famous martyr.

Polycletus,

A notable ymage maker, or grauer.

Polycrates,

A tyranne of Samos: he was so fortunate, that he neuer suffred any aduersitie or griefe: wherfore he at the last, dreading the chaunge of fortune, hauing a ryng wyth a stone of an excellent value, did caste the same into the sea, to the intent he woulde suffer some dis∣pleasure, and so satisfie fortune: but a fishe deuouring the ryng, was the same day taken of a fisher, and giuen to the king, for the greatnesse of the fish: which being ope∣ned, the sayd ryng was founde, and brought to the king, whereat as well he▪ as all other about him, maruayled. Soone after the same king was taken of Orontes a per∣sian, and hanged.

Polydamas,

A Troyan, one of them that betrayed the citie with Aeneas & Antenor. Polydamas, was also a famous wrastler, a man of great strength.

Polydôrus,

The sonne of kyng Pryamus and Hecuba: who was by his father (in the tyme of the warres at Troye) sent to Polymnestor king of Thrace, wyth a greate summe of golde, to be kepte out of the peryll of warres. But the citie of Troye being taken, Polym∣nestor, to inioye the treasure, slewe the childe: wherfore afterward quéene Hecuba scratched out the eyes of Po∣lymnestor.

Polydora,

A nymphe, the daughter of Oceanus. Also an yle of Propontis.

Polydectes,

The sonne of Magnetes, which nourished Perseus, the sonne of Iupiter and Danaë.

Polygnotus,

The name of an auncient peincter.

Polymedia,

A towne in the countrey of Troas.

Polymnestor, oris,

A king of Thrace, to whom king Pria∣mus sent his son Polydorus, with a great sum of golde.

Polymnia,

One of the Muses, which worde signifieth, much memorie.

Polynices,

The sonne of Oedipus, looke Eteocles.

Polyphémus,

A Gygant that had one eye in his foreheade, which was put out by Vlysses.

Polypoetes,

The sonne of Pirithous and Hippodamia.

Polyteba,

A citie of Mesopotamia.

Polytes,

One of king Priamus sonnes, slaine by Pyrrhus, when Troy was taken.

Polyxena,

The beautifull daughter of kyng Priamus, which after the destruction of Troye, was slayne by Pyrrhus on his fathers Toome. For Homere writeth, that at the siege of the citie. Achilles espying this ladye on the walles, was rauished with hir beautie, and after meanes made requested to haue hir to hys wyfe. The matter was by the parentes agreed, and the place ap∣poynted in the temple of Apollo, where in tyme of truce they shoulde méete and be maried. At that tyme trayte∣rous Paris standing priuilie behinde an Image, when he little minded any such daunger shot at Achilles, and killed him. Wherefore when Troy was wonne, and this lady Polyxena taken alyue, Achilles his ghost appeared in the nightes to the nobles of Gréece, and required to haue that woman by death sent vnto hym, vnder pre∣tence of whose mariage he was so traiterously slaine. Of which crueltie his owne sonne Pyrrhus, as before is shewed▪ was minister.

Polyxenus,

One of the Gréeke capitaines y^t came to Troy.

Polyxo, lyxus,

One of y^e Amazons & prophetesse of Apollo.

Pomona, nae,

f. g. The goddesse of fruite.

Pompeius,

Called Magnus for his incomparable victories (whose father was called Pompeius Strabo) had so good a grace in hys vysage, that from hys chyldehoode, he moued the people of Rome most entirely to fauoure him for his singular beneuolence, continencie of lyuing, martiall experience and knowledge, pleasauntnesse of speache, fidelitie of maners, and easinesse in speaking to. He neuer required any thing without shamefastnes, nor graunted any thing but with a glad countenaunce: in his visage appeared alway both nobilitie and gentle∣nesse so that in his florishing youth, there shyned in him maners both princely and reuerende. Sylla, the cruell and prowde tyranne had hym in such estimation, that where he would not aryse to any other man, were he ne∣uer so high in dignity, he met with Pompeius comming towarde him, and putting of his bonet, saluted hym by the name of great capitaine, called in latine at that time Imperator. He triumphed for his victories in Affrike, being almost a childe, not yet admitted into the Senate, contrarie to the auncient order of Rome: he vanquished the valiaunt capitaine Sertorius, a man at that tyme most famous in prowesse, being an exyle in Spayne, and before inuincible. He also vanquished Mithridates, the great king of Pontus: and where a great number of the concubines of Mithridates, women of excellent beau∣tie, were taken & brought vnto him, he woulde not com∣pany with any of them, but sent them to their friends. He subdued these Realmes, Armenia, Cappadocia, Pa∣phlagonia, Media, Cilicia, Mesopotamia, Iudaea, A∣rabia, Colchis, Iberia, Albania, and Syria: for the which he triumphed, after he had twise before trium∣phed for the winning of Spayne and Affrike. In this triumphe, he brought into the common treasure of gold and syluer, in money and plate .2000. talentes, which if they were common talents, amounteth to xx. hundred thousand pounde: if they were the great talentes xxvij. hundred and xxvj. thousande, 600.xl.li xiij. s. iiij. d. in our money: besides that was giuen to the men of warre, which had serued him, and that was to euerye one 1500. brasen pence, of our money vj.li.v. s. which in so greate an hoste as perteyned to the conquest of so many countreys, extended to a woonderfull summe of money, wherby may appeare the richesse of y^e Romains. Afterward by the meditacion of the friends of both par∣ties, Pompeie tooke to wife Iulia, the daughter of Iu∣lius Caesar, which lyued not long, & the amitie betwene Pompeie and Caesar decreased, and at the last, the un∣satiable ambition of them both braste out, the one not sustayning the others honour, whereof came the warre ciuile, wherin Caesar, with a fewer number vanquished Pompeie, who priuilie fledde by sea into Aegypt, where vnder the saefe conducte of the king Ptolomeus, he was slaine in a boate, his heade being striken of, and his bo∣dye cast on the stronde, where it was poorely buryed, when he had lyued .lx. yeares and aboue, and from hys youth in most high honour, wealth, and prosperitie, on whome it did séeme that fortune had powred all hir trea∣sure most prodigally.

Pompeianus, a, um,

Of Pompeis parte, or a fauoured of Pompeius.

Pompeiopolis,

A citie of Cilicia, called afterwarde Traia∣nopolis.

Pompelon,

The chiefe citie of Nauerre, called Pampilona.

Pompilius,

The surname of Numa, the second king of Ro∣maynes.

Pomponia,

Scipios mother.

Pomponius Atticus,

An honorable Romaine, of a gentle and auncient house, from his childehoode amiable of visage with a swéete voyce and pronunciation, and therewith hauing a sharpe wit and apte vnto learning: for the di∣uision and partes takyng at Rome, he went and dwel∣led at Athens, wher the people most tenderly loued him as well for his honorable vertues, as for his benefites towardes them: for being left riche by his fathers sub∣staunce and great reuenues, he oftentimes relieued the necessities of y^e common people. Wherefore he was there had in a singular reuerence: and for his aboade in A∣thens, and excellencie in their eloquence, hée was called Atticus. He did not only with his treasure kéepe the peo∣ple out of vsurie▪ but also in a time of scarsitie▪ he gaue to euery citizen, vij. measures of wheate, called Medimni,

Pontia,

An yle in the sea called Ligusticum, on the South part of Italy, wherein Pilate was borne, and thereof was called Pontius Pilatus.

Ponticus,

A poets name.

Ponticus, a, um,

Of Pontus▪ vt,

Pontica nux,

A kynde of ••i••beardes, which came from the countrey called Pontus in Asia.

Pontus, ti,

m. g. The sonne of ••er••us, of whome the sea Pontus is named.

The sea, which is betwéene the fenne called Maeotis, and the yle Tenedos. It is also a great countrey ioyning to the same sea, which conteineth these realmes, Colchis, Cappadocia, Armenia, and dyuers other countreyes.

Pontus, ti,

m. g. The sonne of ••er••us, of whome the sea Pontus is named.

The sea, which is betwéene the fenne called Maeotis, and the yle Tenedos. It is also a great countrey ioyning to the same sea, which conteineth these realmes, Colchis, Cappadocia, Armenia, and dyuers other countreyes.

Popilij,

The name of diuers Romaynes: one of them slue Cicero.

Poppea,

Neroes seconde wyfe.

Poppeanus, a, um,

Of Poppea, or that Poppea was woont to vse.

Populonia,

A citie of Hetruria, called now Plumbinum.

Populonium,

A promontorie of the Tuscians.

Porcia,

A noble woman of Rome.

Porcius,

The surname of the elder Cato.

Porphyrion,

A gyaun••es name.

Porphyrione,

An yle in Propontis.

Porphyris,

An yle in the gulfe Laconicum, called after Cy∣thera.

Porphirius,

A notable philosopher, and enimy to christian religion.

Porrima,

The sister of Carmenta Euanders mother.

Porsena, vel Porsenna,

The name of a kyng that besieged Rome, to haue brought in Tarquinius.

Porta Augusta,

A citie of Spayne called Torqu••m••da.

Po••tunus,

A God of the sea, and hath ••uition of the hea∣uens. The Greekes call him Palaemon.

Porus,

A king of India, whom Alexander vanquished.

Posidippus,

A comicall poet.

Posidium,

A towne of Syria called commonly Pualo.

Posidonius,

The name of a Philosopher, and certayne o∣ther learned men.

Posthumia,

A virgine vestall.

Posthumus, mi,

The sonne of Aeneas, by Lauinia, called also Syluius. Also the name of dyuers other men.

Potamus,

A towne of Attica.

Potentia,

A citie in Italy called Sancta Maria de Loretto.

Potidaea,

A citie of Macedonie, called before Cassandria.

Potidius,

A mans name.

Potina,

A citie of Boeotia after some.

Potnia,

A towne of Boeotia, not far from Thebes, where Glaucus the sonne of Sisyphus did dwell.

Potitij,

Was an auncient familie or kinrede among the olde Latines, whome Hercules called to his banket, after he had slayne Cacus: and they were afterward constituted the priestes of Hercules. Reade Fenestella.

Potitius,

Hercules priest, vide Pinarius.

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Practius,

A citie of Pont.

Praegutij,

People of Italy, called commonly Abruzi.

Praeneste,

A citie in Ital••e.

Praenestini,

People of Praeneste.

Praenestinus, a, um,

Of Praeneste.

Praetutium,

A towne in Italy.

Prasij,

People of Indie.

Praxaspes,

A noble man of Persia.

Praxiteles,

An excellent caruer in stone.

Praxitelius, a, um,

The Adiectiue.

Priamides,

The sonne or nephew of Pryamus.

Priamus,

The sonne of Laomedon, and king of Troye, a notable paterne and example of furtunes frowarde vn∣constancie and mutabilitie. Neuer lyued Prince more adourned with prosperitie: Neuer was there man more wounded with aduersitie. For, what benefite faire flee∣ring fortune in wealth coulde shewe one, in his royall e∣state he enioyed it: what griefe and sorowe hir frow∣ning lookes coulde turne man to, in his wofull fall hée felt it. Before the siege of Troye he flourished a long tyme in great power, glory and riches, with many nati∣ons subiect to him, and hauing a great number of sonnes and daughters, in his lyfe tyme rysen to great fame of prowesse, chiualrie, personage and beautie, hymselfe a prince of great worthinesse, and indued with sundry no∣ble qualities. In body strong, and while youth flouri∣shed, of much actiuitie, when age grewe on, reuerende and full of maiestie. In counsayle, wyse, in maners, so∣ber and graue, as best might become hys princely per∣son. When fortune began to chaunge hir copy, and the Graecians had beset his royall citie, hée lyued to sée his power debated, his honour and glory decayed, his riches and treasure wasted, his realmes spoyled, his subiectes pitifully killed, all his children slayne and put to villany before his face, his citie and palaice burned to y^e ground and himselfe finally in his last dayes and reuerend olde age dispiteouslye drawen by the heare of the heade▪ and slayne by Pyrrhus, on the body of his yong sonne Po∣lytes, by the aulter whither he had fledde for succour, and so ended his tragicall lyfe and wofull dayes.

Priapus,

An Idole, vnto whome the Paynyins committed their gardeyns to kéepe. Also a citie of Hellespont.

Priéne,

A citie of Ionia.

Priscianus,

A notable Grammarian.

Priscus,

The name of dyuers men.

Priuernum,

A towne in Campania.

Probus Berytius,

The name of a certayne grammarian.

Prochyta, tae, or Prochite, tes,

An yle in the sea, in the gulfe or rode of Puteoli, which is a citie in Campania.

Procilius,

A certayne grammarian.

Proclus,

A noble philosopher of Platoes secte.

Proconnêsus,

An yle in Propontis.

Procopius,

A learned man borne in Caesarea. Also a tyranne of Constantinople, that rebelled agaynst Valens the emperour.

Procris,

The daughter of Eurichtheus, and wyfe of Ce∣phalus. Looke Cephalus.

Proculeius,

A gentleman of Rome, very familiar with Au∣gustus.

Procustes,

A notable robber of Attica, slayne by Hercules, or (as other say) by Theseus.

Procyon,

A starre called the dogge starre, which appeareth in the canicular dayes.

Prodicus,

A rhetorician, Theramenes mayster. Also a so∣phister.

Proetus,

A king of Argiues, the sonne of Abas.

Progne,

The daughter of Pandion king of Athens, & wife to Tereus king of Thrace. Vide Philomela.

Prométheus,

The sonne of Iapetus, first inuented ma∣king of Images: wherfore the Paynims supposed that he made men, and feigned that he went vp into heauen, and there did steale fire to make hys Image haue lyfe, wherwith Iupiter being wrath, caused him to be boun∣den on the hill called Caucasus, and an Eagle standing by him eating his heart: by the which is signified, that he was studious and a great Astronomer.

Propertius,

A Poet borne in Meuania, a towne in Vm∣b••••a.

Propoetides,

The daughters of Amathunta.

Propontis,

A sea betwéene Greece and Asia.

Prosa,

A certaine goddesse among the Romaynes.

Proseleni,

The Arcadians, which were supposed to be be∣fore the Moone.

Proséerpina,

The wyfe of Pluto, daughter to Iupiter and Ceres: she is taken sometyme for the Moone.

Prosimurium,

A place without the walles of Rome, where the byshops of the Gentyles made their diuinations, or tooke their significations of things to come.

Prosôpis,

The name of an ylande in the mouth of Nilus called Delta.

Prosymna,

A citie in the which Iuno was worshipped.

Protagoras,

A notable philosopher of Gréece.

Prote,

An yle in the sea Ionium.

Protéruia, ae,

f. g. A sacrifice, wherein the maner was, that as much as was left vneaten, should be consumed with fire: wherof came this prouerbe.

*Proteruiam fecit,

He hath consumed all that is left.

Protesilaus,

A duke of the citie Phylace in Thessalye, who went with other to the siege of Troy. And when there was aunswere gyuen to the Troyanes▪ that whosoeuer did first take lande in the countrey of Troye, shoulde be slayne: Protesilaus wyth a valiaunt courage, arryued before any other, and was slayne by Hector: whose wife Laodamia wept so much for him (and woulde neuer be comforted) that she dyed.

Proteus,

The sonne of Oceanus and Tethys, called of the Paynyms the God of the sea, whome Homer nameth to be the heardman of the fishes called Phocae, and also a prophet, notwithstanding he woulde not giue aunswer, but being constreigned by Vlisses. He also turned him∣selfe into sundry figures, sometyme beyng lyke a flame of fire, sometyme lyke a bull, an other tyme like a terri∣ble serpent. Homerus in Odyss. Vergilius Georgicorum quar. In very déede he was king of Aegypt, in the time of Priamus king of Troy. Of him came this prouerbe,

*Proteo mutabilior,

more chaungeable then Proteus, ap∣plyed to him that in his actes or wordes is vnstable.

Prothenor,

One of the fiue capitaines of Boeotia that came to Troy.

Prothous,

A capitayne of the Gréekes, that came from Magnesia to Troy.

Protógenes,

The name of an excellent peinter, whose most famous worke was named Ialysus, and was dedicated in the temple of peace at Rome. Which table when hée paynted, he lyued onely with Lupines soked in water, that he might not, with y^e pleasantnesse of other meates, darken the quicknesse of his wittes and senses. In this table was a dog made marueilous liuely, as which was paynted both by great chaunce, and singular cunnyng. For, when he had satisfied himselfe in all other partes, he lyked not in any wise the some that he had made in the dogges mouth, which he had paynted ouergreat, and oftentymes putting it out, and altering his pensill, coulde neuer doe it so exactly as he desired, for still it ap∣peared to be paynted, and not a ryght fome in déede. Wherefore in great displeasure with himselfe, hée flang his pensill out of hys hande vpon the place, wyth the sperkling whereof appeared so liuely a fome, as no man woulde haue iudged to be made with mans hande. And so by chaunce made perfite hys worke, that by no cun∣ning he coulde bring to passe.

Protogenia,

The daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha.

Protaplastus, i,

m. g. Adam was so called, bycause hée was first fourmed or made.

Protótocos,

Eue was so called, bycause shée was the first that brought foorth children.

Prusa,

A Citye in Gréece, at the foote of the Mountayne Olympus.

Prusenses,

The people of Prusa.

Prusias,

A king of Bithynia, vnto whome Anniball fledde, after he was banished from Carthage.

Prylis,

The sonne of Mercurie.

Prymnesia,

A citie of Maeonia.

Prymno,

A nymphe or mayden of the sea, one of the daugh∣ters of Oceanus.

Prytaneum,

The counsayle house in the Castell of A∣thens.

P S

Psamate,

A fountaine in Thebes. Also a citie and a moun∣taine. Also the daughter of Crotopus king of Argiues. An other was a nymph, daughter of Nereus.

Psammenitus,

A king of Aegypt, vanquished by Cam∣byses.

Psammetichus,

A king in Aegypt, in whose tyme, 200008. Aegyptians forsooke theyr Countrye, and went to the Aethiopes.

Psappho,

A man of Libya, who going about to be reputed a God, tooke a great many of such byrdes as myght be brought to resemble mans speache, and taught them to vtter these wordes, Magnus deus Psappho, that is, the great God P••appho. And when they had this learned, he cast them of into the mountaynes, where they both vsed those wordes themselues, and taught other birdes to doe the like. Which thing the people hearing and not knowing the cause, but thinking it to be done by diuine power, began to worship Psappho, and consecrated him as a God.

Psecas, psecadis,

foem. gen. A nymphe, one of Dianas com∣panions.

Psellús,

The name of an olde writer, which wrote of dyet.

Psophis,

The daughter of Eryx.

Psylli,

People in Libya, whose bodyes are venime to ser∣pentes, and they also do cure the stinging and poyso∣ning of Serpentes, by sucking the place which is veni∣med.

Psyllium,

A citie of Bithynia, called commonly Picello.

Psyra,

An yle not farre from Chios, whereof Homere wri∣teth Odysseae .3. Also a citie of the same name.

P T

Pteria,

A citie in Cappadocia.

Pterophoros,

A countrey by the mountaynes Riphaei.

Pthia,

A part of Thessaly, where Achilles reigned.

Ptolomaeus,

The sonne of Lagus, a common souldiour of great authoritie vnder king Alexander, and after hys death reigned ouer Aegypt, Affrike, and a great part of Arabia. He ruled .40. yeares, and of him many other kinges were after named Ptolomaei. He died in his grea∣test glorye, hauing not long before yéelded vp his king∣dome to his sonne named Ptolomaeus Philadelphus. This Philadelphus was a man of great learning, disciple to the philosopher Strato, and builded the notable library

Ptolomais, maidis,

The name of a citie in Phoenicia, first called Acha.

P V

Publicola,

The surname of Valerius, which was one of the first Consulles of Rome, so called bycause he was a fauourer of the people.

Públipor, publíporis,

Publius boy or seruaunt.

Publius,

The name of a Romayn••, as Marcus is.

Pucînum,

A towne of Histria.

Pucinum vinum,

Wyne growing nighe to the goulfe of Venice, by the towne Pucînum.

Punicanus, a, um,

Of Affrike, or of Carthage: vt

Punicanae fenestrae,

Such windowes as they vse in Car∣thage.

Puniceus, a, um,

Idem quod Punicus.

Punicus, a, um,

Of Affrike, or of Carthage: vt

Bellum Punicum,

The warre that the Romaynes had with the Carthagimens.

Puppius,

The name of a certayne poet.

Puteolanus, a, um,

Of Puteoli.

Putéoli,

A citie in Campania.

P Y

Pygmaei,

A dwarfishe people in the vttermost mountaynes of Indie (as Plinie saith) inhabiting in a very holsome, fertile, and pleasaunt countrey. In height they are not passing one cubite, and their women the fift yeare of their age beare children, and in the eight they waxe olde. The report is, that ryding on Weathers and Goates, armed with bow and arrowes they go in the spring time in great companyes towarde the sea side, to destroy the neasts egges, and yong bréede of Cranes: which other∣wise would increase to such multitudes, that they should not be able to resist them. Their houses in stéede of tyle or thetch, are couered with clay and egge shelles.

Pygmalion,

Looke Pigmalion.

Pylades,

The sonne of Strophius, Orestes friende. Vide Pilades.

Pylaea,

A place of Arcadie.

Pylaemenes,

A Duke of the Paphlagonians, that came to Troy, and was slayne by Menelaus.

Pylene,

A citie of Aetolia.

Pylos,

An auncient citie of Achaia. Strabo wryteth, that there were many cities called Pylos, and each contended for Nestor.

Pylius, a, um,

Of Pylos, or of Nestor.

Pympleides,

Looke Pimpleides, in Pimpla.

Pyracmon,

One of the Cycloppes.

Pyraechmes,

A mans name in Homer.

Pyramides,

Certaine outragious buildings in Aegypt, in fourme of stéeples foure square, made vp to such excee∣ding height, and so small vpwarde to the toppe, as it might séeme incredible to be wrought with mans hand: In the botome were the sepulchres of the kings. There were in that Countrey many of them, and buylded by Princes drowned in excéeding wealth, onely for a vaine ostentation, or that they might not leaue ouer much store of treasure to their successors. Authours write that in the buylding of this kynde of monstruous townes in Aegypt, were bestowed .xv. thousande talentes onely on Onyons, Garlyke, and Chéese, for the labourers.

Pyramus,

A yong man of Babilon, betwéene whome and a mayden named Thysbe, was passing great loue, con∣trarie to the willes of their parentes: by whome they were so dilygently kept, that notwythstanding their houses ioyned togither▪ they coulde not eche enioy others companie. Wherefore by an hole in a wall they agreed both in the night to steale out of their fathers houses, and méete at a certaine place in the field. Thither came first Thysbe, who being in great feare of a Lionesse that she espyed by the Moone lyght, ranne into a caue there∣by, and for haste did set fall hir vpper garment, which the beast did re••t and teare in peeces. Not long a••ter (whi••e Thysbe was yet in the Caue) Pyramus cōming to the place appointed, and séeing his loues garment torne and blouddie, thinking she had béene destroyed by some wilde beast, for sorrow drew out his sworde, and slue him••elfe. Thysbe, when hir feare was past, comming from the place, where as she hyd hirselfe, and espying Pyramus in such maner slain, and the life not yet cleane out of his body, surmising how the matter came to passe, with ma∣ny teares pytifully bewayling both their fortunes▪ with y^e same sworde ended hir lyfe, wherewith not long before he had kylled himselfe, for whose loue she came thyther. Pyramus, is also a ryuer in Cilici.

Pyrander,

A man of Athens.

Pyreicus,

A famous caruer of small Images.

Pyrenaei montes,

Mountaines which doe deuide Fraunce from Spayne. It is also read Pyréne in the singuler number.

Pyrene,

A certaine fountaine. Also the name of a mayden.

Pyréneus, trysyl.

A certaine king of Thrace.

Pyrethi,

Certaine inchaunters of Cappadocia.

Pyréthia septa,

Places inclosed, which had in y^e midle of thē an aulter, on y^e which was kept fire continually burning

Pyraeus,

Looke Piraeus.

Pyrgi,

Is thought to be an olde citie of Hetruria.

Pyrgoteles,

The name of a cunning grauer in stones.

Pyria,

A citie of Les••os.

Pyro,

A nymph, the daughter of Oceanus.

Pyrodes,

The name of him that first strake fire out of flint.

Pyrous,

One of the horses of the sonne.

Pyrois, pyroëntis,

idem.

Pyrpile,

A certaine ylande, where fire was first founde.

Pyrrha,

The wyfe of Deucalion. Also a citie of Caria. E∣rasmus sayth it is a citie in the yle of Lesbos.

Pyrrhia,

A womans name in Horace.

Pyrrhiadae,

Was the auncient name of the people called Molossi.

Pyrrho,

The name of a Philosopher, whiche was first a paynter.

Pyrrhus,

The sonne of Achilles by Deidamia▪ so named of his yealowe heare. Hee was also called Neoptolemus, bycause he was a yong souldiour, and came with his fa∣ther to the warre of Troy, when he was but a childe. When Troy was taken, he killed Polytes and Pria∣mus in reuengement of his fathers death. In the ende he was slain by Orestes▪ for that he had taken from him the Ladie Hermione, that was before aff••aunced to him.

A king of Epyre, by his mothers syde descended of Achilles, by his fathers of Hercules, a stoute warri∣our and valiaunt capitaine. He ayded the people of Ta∣rentum, and the Samnites against the Romaines, and in certayne battayles ouerthrewe them, and wrought them much trouble. When his sonnes, being but yet chyldren, asked him to which of them he woulde leaue hys kingdome, to him (sayth hée) that shall haue the sharpest sworde: gyuing them to vnderstande, that hée woulde giue the succession of his principalitie to man∣hoode, and not to age. By that spurre hée incensed hys children to contende which myght passe other in noble vertue and prowesse.

Pyrrhus,

The sonne of Achilles by Deidamia▪ so named of his yealowe heare. Hee was also called Neoptolemus, bycause he was a yong souldiour, and came with his fa∣ther to the warre of Troy, when he was but a childe. When Troy was taken, he killed Polytes and Pria∣mus in reuengement of his fathers death. In the ende he was slain by Orestes▪ for that he had taken from him the Ladie Hermione, that was before aff••aunced to him.

A king of Epyre, by his mothers syde descended of Achilles, by his fathers of Hercules, a stoute warri∣our and valiaunt capitaine. He ayded the people of Ta∣rentum, and the Samnites against the Romaines, and in certayne battayles ouerthrewe them, and wrought them much trouble. When his sonnes, being but yet chyldren, asked him to which of them he woulde leaue hys kingdome, to him (sayth hée) that shall haue the sharpest sworde: gyuing them to vnderstande, that hée woulde giue the succession of his principalitie to man∣hoode, and not to age. By that spurre hée incensed hys children to contende which myght passe other in noble vertue and prowesse.

Pythágoras,

A man of excellent witte, borne in an yle called Samos▪ which countrey being subdued by the tyranne Polycrates▪ he forsooke and went into Aegipt and Ba∣bilonia, to learne mysticall sciences, and afterwarde came into Italy, where he continued the rest of his lyfe. Hée was the first that named himselfe a Philosopher▪ where before men of great learning were called wyse men: and bycause he woulde eschewe the note of arro∣gancie, when one demaunded of hym what hée was, hée sayde, Philosophus, whiche signifyeth a louer of wyse∣dome. He was in sharpenesse of wit passing al other and found the subtile conclusions and misteries of Arithme∣tike,

Pythagoricus, & Pythagoreus,

One of the sect of Pythago∣ras.

Pythagorista, tae,

m. g. He that counterfeyteth or imitateth the lyfe of Pythagoras.

Pytheum,

Was the place in the which Apollo gaue aun∣sweares.

Pythias,

A womans name.

Pythia, pythiorum,

n. g. plur. Playes made in the honour of Apollo.

Pythius,

One of the names of Apollo.

A Lydian, dwelling at a towne in Phrygia called Celene, who had such abundaunce of golde, that he re∣ceyued Xerxes king of Persia with all his whole armie, which was innumerable, and that with great magnifi∣cence: and offered moreouer, to gyue treasure as well for prouision, as also for wages, to haue had his sonne discharged of the warres: which Xerxes taking displea∣santly, caused the yong man in his father sight to be cut in sunder. This man gaue also vnto Darius, father to Xerxes, a plane trée of golde, and a vine of the same mettall: yet hée taking thought for hys sonne▪ inclosed himselfe in a sepulchre, which he let make, and there fi∣nished his life miserably and in extréeme sorow.

Pythius,

One of the names of Apollo.

A Lydian, dwelling at a towne in Phrygia called Celene, who had such abundaunce of golde, that he re∣ceyued Xerxes king of Persia with all his whole armie, which was innumerable, and that with great magnifi∣cence: and offered moreouer, to gyue treasure as well for prouision, as also for wages, to haue had his sonne discharged of the warres: which Xerxes taking displea∣santly, caused the yong man in his father sight to be cut in sunder. This man gaue also vnto Darius, father to Xerxes, a plane trée of golde, and a vine of the same mettall: yet hée taking thought for hys sonne▪ inclosed himselfe in a sepulchre, which he let make, and there fi∣nished his life miserably and in extréeme sorow.

Pytho,

A citie in the countrey called Phocis, the people whereof were named Delphi.

Pythodorus,

A famous grauer.

Python, pythônis,

m. & foem. gen. A Dragon, which was slayne by Apollo.

Pythópolis,

A citie of Asia, in that part which is called Mysia: an other of Caria.

Q V

QVadi,

People of Boeme, or Boemia, which did eate the flesh of horses and woolues.

Quadratus,

A byshop of Athens, disciple of the Apostles, which had the gyft of prophecie.

Quadrurbs,

A name by the which the citie of Athens was called of Actius the Poet: the worde signifieth a Citie, vnto the which doe come or are brought all the people being left in foure cities.

Quari,

People of Narbon.

Quercus,

A place where the Milesians slue a great num∣ber of the Prienses.

Quietalis,

Was the name of Pluto called God of hell.

Quinquatria, orum,

A feast dedicate to Pallas, which dured fiue dayes.

Quinquâtrus, us,

m. g. Idem.

Quinquatrus dies,

A feast so called, bycause it was after the fift Idus of March.

Quintana porta,

The chiefe gate in the campe, which was called Praetorium, where the market was woont to bee kept.

Quintia porta, & Quintia prata,

Was a gate, and medowes at Rome, which tooke their name of one Quintius, a no∣ble Consull of Rome.

Quintilianus,

The name of a notable Rhetorician.

Quintilis,

The moneth of Iuly.

Quintilius,

A mans name, familiar with Virgyle and Ho∣race.

Quintipor, poris,

The boy or seruaunt of Quintus.

Quintius, and Quintus,

The names of dyuers Romaynes.

Quintius, a, um,

Perteyning to Quintus.

Quirinâlis, le,

Of or belonging to Romulus.

Quirinalis collis,

An hyll at Rome, where the Temple of Romulus was set.

Quirinalis porta,

The gate next to that hyll.

Quirinalia, orum,

Dayes in the which men did sacrifice vn∣to Romulus, called Quirinus.

Quirînus,

The surname of Romulus.

Quiris, quirítis, or Quirîtes, quiritis, or hic & haec Quirîtis,

A name whereby the Romaynes were called, of their first king Romulus, called Quirinus, as it were Quirinus people.

R A

RAbirius,

A gentleman of Rome. Also a Poet in Ouids time.

Radagasus,

A certaine king of the Gothes.

Rage,

A Towne and Castell in Englande called Noting∣ham.

Ramnetes,

The thirde part of the people of Rome in Ro∣mulus tyme. Ruminenses, Idem.

Randuscula porta,

Looke Rauduscula.

Rati••stum

Limogeis in Poito.

Ratispona,

A citie in Almaine, called Rentzburgh.

Ratumenna,

The name of a certaine chariot man.

Rauduscula,

A brasen gate of Rome.

Rauenna,

A citie in Italy.

Rauennas, âtis,

omnis generis, That dwelleth, or is in Ra∣uenna.

R E

Reate, tis,

n. g. A citie in Italy.

Rediculi,

A temple at Rome, wythout the gate called Ca∣pena, where Anniball being afrayde, retyred backe.

Regillus,

The name of a ryuer in Italy.

Regium,

A citie beyonde the mountaine towarde Italy cal∣led Rezo.

Regulus,

The name of a Consull of Rome, looke Attilius. Also a great Rhetorician in the tyme of Plinie.

Remona,

The dwelling house of Remus.

Remoria,

A place on the top of the hyll called Auentinus, where Remus stoode, and by the flight of byrdes adui∣sed the buylding of Rome.

Remulinus ager,

Remus fielde.

Remus,

The brother of Romulus, by whome he was put to death, for that in scorne he leaped ouer the walles of the newe buylded citie: And so beganne Rome wyth bloudshed and heynous murder by him committed, that was the first Founder of the Citie. After the death of Remus, the citie was (in punishment thereof) sore vexed with a grieuous plague: and Apollo being asked howe it myght be stayed, dyd giue aunswere, that the ghost of Remus must by some solemne ceremonie bée pacified. Wherefore Romulus deuised, that, when so euer he did sitte in royall throne to make any law or or∣dinaunce, there shoulde be set by him an other chayre of

Renuntiata,

An y••e by Aethyope, so ryche, that the inhabi∣tants do giue for an horse by exchaunge a talent of gold.

R H

Rha,

A ryuer of Sarmatia, called also Volga or Voltia.

Rhadamanthus,

A king of Lycia, which was a straight ex∣ecuter of Iustice, and therefore was supposed of the Paynyms, to be afterwarde one of the iudges in hell.

Rhagusium,

A citie in Dalmatia.

Rhamnes, and Rhamnetes,

Certayne gentlemen of Rome.

Rhamnus, nuntis,

A famous village by Athens.

Rhamnusia,

The goddesse of vengeance. Looke Nemesis.

Rhamnúsis, sidis,

Of Rhamnusia.

Rhamnusius, a, um,

A man of the village called Rhamnus by Athens.

Rhamsinitus,

The name of a certayne king of Aegypt, as Herodotus wryteth.

Rhaphia,

A citie of Palestine, called of the Iewes Rhama.

Rhea,

Looke Cibéle.

Rhea Syluia,

The mother of Romulus and Remus, called also Ilia.

Rhebanus,

A riuer in y^e mouth of Bosphorus, in Thrace.

Rhebas,

An other ryuer there.

Rhedones,

Men of the citie of Reynes in Fraunce.

Rhegium,

A citie in the borders of Italie towarde Sici∣lie. Also another citie not farre from Parma.

Rheginus,

A man of the citie Rhegium in Calabre.

Rheginus, a, um,

Of Rhegium.

Rhemi,

People in Fraunce, called also Rhemenses.

Rhene,

One of the yles called Cyclades.

Rheni, ôrum,

People dwelling by the Rheyne.

Rhenenses,

People dwelling on the ryuer of Rheyne.

Rhenense vinum,

Rhenyshe wine.

Rhenus,

A notable ryuer in Germanie, called the Rheyne.

Rhesus,

A kyng of Thrace, which came to the ayde of the Troyans, and was slayne of Diomedes: of whome a ryuer about Troy was called Rhesus.

Rheti,

A people in Italie néere to the Alpes.

Rhetia,

A countrey in Germanie, hauing on the weast the Heluetians: on the north it marcheth vpon Danubius: on the east vpon the ryuer called Lycus: on the south it lyeth vpon the mountaines called Alpes.

Rhetico, rheticonis,

mas. gener. A certayne Mountayne by Rhetia.

Rhéticus, a, um,

Of Rhetia.

Rhetus,

A gyaunt, whome Dionyse being tourned into a Lyon, slue.

Rhexenor,

The sonne of Nausithous.

Rhion,

A promontorie of Aetolia.

Rhitimna,

A citie of Créete, called commonly Aretina.

Rhodanus,

A ryuer in Fraunce called the Rone.

Rhodia,

A nymph, the daughter of Oceanus.

Rhodius, a, um, & Rhodinus,

Of the Rhodes.

Rhodogune,

The daughter of king Darius, which kylled hir nurse, for perswading hir to mary after hir first hus∣bandes death.

Rhodophone,

That part of Syria, that goeth ouer the mountayne Taurus.

Rhódope,

A mountaine in Thracia.

Rhodopeius, a, um,

Pertayning to that mountaine of Rho∣dore: or of Thrace.

Rhodopis,

A famous Harlot of Thrace, of excellent beau∣tie, and woonderfull riche.

Rhodos,

A famous yle in the sea called Carpathium, lying beyonde Candy, hauing on the north the countrey called Lyci••: on the south Aegypt. In this yle were borne many excellent philosophers and Rhetoricians: it was sometyme puissaunt and riche.

Rhoeteus, & Rhoeteius, a, um,

For Troianus.

Rhoetus,

A mountayne of Troy, where Aiax Telamonius was buried.

Rhoxia,

A countrey by Polonia.

Rhoxolani,

People on the north part of the riuer of Da∣nubius or Donow.

Rhuteni,

A people in Fraunce called Rhodes.

Rhymnus,

A certayne ryuer.

Rhyndacus,

A ryuer which runneth into the Sea called Pontus.

Rhynitalchus,

A man of Thrace.

Rhynton,

A certayne comicall Poet.

R I

Ricina,

An yle by Irelande.

Regiacum,

A certaine citie.

Ripae, seu Ripaei,

Mountaynes in Arcadie.

Riphaei,

Mountaynes in Scythia, where as is continuall winter, and snow with huge windes.

Ripheus,

One of the Centaures.

Risinum,

A citie of Lyburnia.

Ritius,

A citie of Crete.

R O

Robigália,

The ceremonies pertayning to Robigus, the pr••∣seruatour of corne.

Robigo, ginis,

f. g. Was honoured of the Romaynes for a goddesse, whome they supposed mought preserue their corne from blasting.

Robigus,

The olde Romaynes named the God that preser∣ued corne from blasting.

Roma,

The citie of Rome.

Romanensis,

He that commeth from an other countrey, and dwelled at Rome.

Romania,

A countrey called also Thracia.

Romanus,

A Romayne.

Romanus, a, um,

Of Rome.

Romandues,

called now Veromandi, Vermandois.

Rómula,

A trée, vnder the which Romulus and Remus were founde.

Romuleus, a, um,

Of Romulus.

Romulidae,

The Romaynes.

Rómulus,

As the Romayne storyes affirme, the sonne of Mars, by Ilia the daughter of Numitor, but more ve∣rily the sonne of Amulius his great vncle, who of pur∣pose rauished Ilia in the darcke, being a virgin vestale, to haue a quarrell to put hir to death. For king Numi∣tor had a brother named Amulius, of nature wycked, fierce and cruell, who, not being content to take the kyngdome from his elder brother, and cast him in pri∣son, did also murder his sonne Lausus, and vnder co∣lour of honour made his daughter Ilia a virgin vestale vnder the bonde of perpetuall chastitie, that shée myght not haue any issue. But shée being afterwarde founde with chylde by Mars, as the Romaynes woulde haue men beléeue, was delyuered of two sonnes: which A∣mulius commaunded to be cast into Tyber, and theyr mother, according to the law of the vestales, to be bury∣ed quicke.

As it happened at that tyme, the ryuer of Tyber was swollen ouer the bankes, so that men coulde not come to the déepe of the channell. Wherefore they that had the charge of drowning the chyldren, cast them into the land flood▪ where the water sodainly falling, left them alyue, and so were they founde by Faustulus the kings shepe∣hearde, who brought them home to be kept and noury∣shed of his wyfe Laurentia, which bycause shée was a strumpet, was named of the shepheards Lupa. Where∣of rose the fable, that the Founders of the Romayne citie were nourished of a shée woulfe. When these chyl∣dren came after to age, being instructed by Faustulus of their stocke and beginning, they gathered togyther a bande of shepheardes, kylled Amulius, restored Nu∣mitor to his kyngdome, and on the mount Palatine, where they were brought vp, beganne to buylde them a newe Citie. And bycause they were twynnes both of one age, there fell controuersie betwéene them, which shoulde giue name to their new citie: This contention

Rómulus, a, um,

Of Romulus.

Roscius,

A Romayne, and a player in commedies, whome for his excellencie in pronunciation and gesture, the no∣ble Cicero, called his iewell, and so much delighted in hym, that hée contended wyth him, whether Roscius coulde set foorth one sentence in mo facions of gesture and countenaunce, or he expresse the same sentence in a more diuersitie of eloquent wordes. The excellencie of this man in his arte, howe it was estéemed and fauou∣red of all the Romaynes, it appeareth well, in that they gaue to him for a continuall stipende, one thousande of their grotes for euery day: which amounteth of our money to sixtéene pounde, thirtéene shyllings and foure pence. And Lucius Sylla being Dictatour, gaue to him a ring of golde, which was the token of a knight at that tyme, as a coller or chayne of golde is at this tyme.

Rothómagus,

The citie of Roan in Normandie.

Roxana

The daughter of Darius, and concubine of Alex∣ander, which being great with childe, was drowned by hir sister Satyra.

Roxicum,

A citie of the Ile Corsica, called commonly Ro∣gela.

R V

Rubi, rubôrum,

A towne in Campania.

Rúbicon, conis,

A ryuer in Italy, which deuydeth Gallia, from the part of Italy nowe called Romandiola, and in olde tyme Flaminea.

Rubigália, ôrum,

Feastes ordeyned for the preseruation of corne from blasting.

Rubricatus,

A ryuer in Spayne called Robregat.

Rudiae, rudiarum,

An olde towne in Apulia, where the poet Ennius was borne.

Rufinus,

The name of certaine Romaines.

Rufrimaceriae,

A towne of Campaine.

Rufus,

The name and surname of diuers Romaynes.

Rullus,

A Romaine, which brought first a whole Bore to the table in seruice.

Rumia,

A Goddesse, whome the Paynyms supposed to be beneficiall to womens breastes, and to sucking chyl∣dren.

Ruminalis ficus,

A figge trée, vnder the which it is suppo∣sed, that a Woulfe gaue sucke to Romulus and Re∣mus.

Runcina,

The Goddesse of wéeding.

Runsor, ôris,

One of the names of Pluto, called God of hell.

Ruscinum,

Russilion, or Perpignian in Fraunce.

Rusticus,

The proper name of a man.

Rutheni,

People beyonde Liuonia, of whome the countrey is nowe called Russia. There be also people in Fraunce about Towres so called.

Rutilius,

The name of diuers Romaines.

Rutuba,

A ryuer in Liguria, running from the mountaine called Apenninus.

Rutuli,

An auncient people in Italy, of whome Turnus was king, whome Aeneas vanquished.

Rútulus, a, um,

Of the People Rutuli.

Rutûlus,

A mans name.

Rutupiae,

An hauen in Kent called Sandwich.

Rutupinus, a, um,

Of that hauen.

Rutupinum promontorium,

A gore or elbowe of lande in Englande, lying into the sea about Sandwich.

S A

SAba, or Sabe,

A great citie in Aethiope. Also the chiefe citie of the people called Sabaei, in Arabie: the worde Sa∣ba, signifieth a misterie.

Sabaea, or Saba,

A countrey in the middle of Arabia toward the east, inuyroned about with great rockes, wherein is a great woodde of precious trees, some of Cynamonie and Cosia, some bringing foorth Frankensence and Myrre. The length of that woode is twenty of theyr myles called Schoeni, which comprehendeth of Italian myles, one hundred and fittie. Plin. li. 12. Theophrastus. li. 9. de hist. plant. Solynus writeth, that the region brin∣ging foorth Frankensence, is from a towne there named Atramitae .viij. mansions which in déede conteyneth .224. myles, Mansio or Stathmos, being of .xxviij. Italian myles. The chiefe citie of that Realme is called Sabota.

Sabei,

People of the realme of Sabaea.

Sabaeus, a, um,

Of the people Sabaei.

Sabacus,

The name of a certaine king of Aethiope.

Sabata, Sabatia, or Sabatium,

A citie of Liguria, common∣ly called Sauona.

Sabatae,

A certaine poole.

Sabath,

A proper name, whereof commeth Sabatheni, the name of a people.

Sabe,

In the Syrian tongue, is the moneth of Februarie.

Sabelli,

People dwelling in the mountaines betwéene the Sabines and Maesy in Italy.

Sabellus, and Sabellicus, a, um,

Of the people Sabini, in Italy.

Sabidius,

A Romaine, which was a notable glutton.

Sabim,

Among the Arabians doth signifie God.

Sabini,

People in Italy, betwéene Latini, and Vmbri.

Sabinus, a, um,

Of the Sabines.

Sabiusa,

A gate at Rome, out at the which men went to the Sabines.

Sabota, or Sabora,

A citie of Arabie.

Sabriana,

A créeke in the Britaine sea.

Sabrina,

A great ryuer in England called Seuerne, which runneth into the sea by Bristow. Ptolomaeus calleth it Sabriana.

Sabura, rae,

A mans name.

Sabyllus,

A tyranne of a citie in Sicilie called Gela.

Sacae,

People of Scythia.

Sacarum,

A countrey of Asia, beyonde the sea called Cas∣pium, the people whereof haue no houses, but dwell in Caues.

Sacer mons,

A hyll dedicate to Iupiter thrée myles from Rome, beyonde the ryuer called Anio: an other by Ga∣latia, wherein golde is founde.

Sacra via,

A stréete in Rome, where peace was made be∣twéene Romulus and Tatius, and through the which the vanquishers passed wyth their triumph to the Ca∣pitoll.

Sacrani,

Certaine people of Italy.

Sacrum promontorium,

A great mountaine or rocke in the Southwest part of Spayne, lying on the sea, called now Cape sainct Vincent.

Sadducaei,

Were men of a certayne sect among the Iewes who helde opinion, that the soule was mortall, and that it dyed with the bodie: they were diuers in maners, and cruell to straungers.

Sadyattes,

The sonne of Ardis, which reigned after his fa∣ther in Lydia.

Saepinum,

A citie of the Samnites.

Sagaris, or Sagarus,

A certayne ryuer.

Sagittárius, sagittarij,

mas. gen. One of the .xij. signes in the

Sagra,

A ryuer in Italy.

Sagona,

A ryuer in Fraunce called the Sone.

Saguntia,

A citie of Spaine.

Saguntus, vel Saguntum,

A citie in Spayne, beyonde the ri∣uer of Iberus, about one myle from the sea: the people thereof, being in amitie wyth the Romaynes, were of such faithfulnesse, that when Anniball had long besieged them, and brought them at the poynt to be famished: the chiefe of the citie made great fyers, and let cast into it their treasure, and many of them entered into the fire, and were wilfully burned, all the residue fought and were slayne, so that none escaped: whereof came thys prouerbe Saguntina fames, applyed to a great and horri∣ble famine. In the place where this citie stoode, is nowe the towne called Moruetrum.

Saij,

A people of Thrace.

Sais,

A citie in Aegypt, where is one of the entres into the ryuer of Nylus: the entry or port is called Saiticum.

Sala,

A towne and riuer in Mauritania. Also a towne of Phrygia, Pannonia, and Armenia, and a ryuer of Ger∣manie.

Salacia,

The Goddesse of water.

Salambria,

A citie of Cappadocia.

Salamin, Salamis, or Salamina,

An yle by Athens.

Salaminius, Salaminiacus, and Salaminus, a, um,

Of that yle: vt

Salaminia nauis,

A shippe of Salamin.

Salanga,

A promontorie of Irelande.

A very hyghe hyll betwéene great Britayne and Irelande, now called our Ladies hyll.

Salanga,

A promontorie of Irelande.

A very hyghe hyll betwéene great Britayne and Irelande, now called our Ladies hyll.

Salapia,

A towne in Apulia.

Salapusius,

A name gyuen to Caluus an Oratour, which being of a childes personage, vsed much ieasting and taunting merily.

Salaria via,

An hie way, by y^e which salt was caried to Rome

Salassij,

People by the Insubriens.

Salentia,

The Citie of the Messapians.

Salentinum,

A countrey in Italy.

Salentini,

A people in Italy.

Salernum,

A towne in Italy.

Salia,

A ryuer in Spayne.

Saliaris, re,

Perteyning to the priestes of Mars. Vt Saliaris coena, A banket or supper, made by the priests of Mars.

Saliares virgines,

Maydens, which were with the priestes of Mars and did sacrifice with the bishops, wearing on them cote armours, and bishops myters on their heads.

Salij.

The Priestes of Mars in Rome, which daunced a∣bout the Citie, bearing Targates called Ancilia. Salij, be also people of Germanie, called Franci, and their coun∣trey Franconia.

Salinae, arum,

A citie in Sicilie.

Salinator,

The name of a noble man of Rome.

Saliocan••s,

An hauen in Fraunce, called saint Paulus.

Salisi,

People of the Alpes, consynes to the Swycers, and the people called Boij.

Salmácidus, a, um,

Of the fountaine Salmacis.

Salmacis,

A fountayne in Caria, where a nymphe finding Hermaphroditus, the sonne of Mercurie and Venus naked, shée embracing him, desired of the Gods, that of them two might be made one bodie, and so it happened. Also the people of Caria, be sometime called Salmatij.

Salmantica,

A towne of Portugall.

Salmóneus, trisyllabum,

A king of Elis, which taking foo∣lishly vpon him to haue diuine honours done vnto him, and woulde séeme to cast lightnings lyke vnto Iupiter, being ouerthrowne with lyghtning▪ was cast into hell.

Salmonis, idis,

Patronymicum foemininum.

Salo,

A ryuer called also Bilbilis, wherewith yron is tempe∣red and made stronger.

Salomon, & Solomon, onis,

Is interpreted peaceable: The name of a king of the Iewes, the sonne of king Dauid, who excéeded all men in wysedome and knowledge, and neuerthelesse was by dotage on women, brought vnto Idolatrie.

Salomonius, a, um,

Of Salomon.

Salon,

A countrey of Bithynia, very commodious for the féeding of cattaile.

Salonae,

A citie in Liburnia, betwéene Dalmatia and Il∣lyrea.

Salonius,

The sonne of Pollio.

Salopia,

A towne and country in England called Shrews∣burie.

Salpiae,

A towne of Apulia.

Salsuse,

A fountaine of salt water, of Narbon in Fraunce.

Saltiae,

People ioyning to the sea called Pontus Euxinus.

Salustius,

A notable Historiographer, which wrote of the conspiracie of Catiline, and of the warre agaynst Iu∣gurth.

Samara,

An hyll in the east Occean sea, at the further ende of the mountaine Caucasus.

Samaria,

A countrey and citie in Syria ioyning to Iudaea, which was the chiefe citie of the ten trybes of Israell, who being taken prysoners by the king of Syria, and led away captiues, thither were sent Paynims for them to enhabite the countrey, which were after called Samari∣tani, and they mixt the lawe of Moyses wyth ydolatrie: the citie was afterwarde called Sebaste.

Samarobrini,

People in Fraunce about Cambrie.

Sambicus,

A mans name, which was, for spoyling of Dia∣na hir temple, tormented a whole yeare most gréeuously, and so dyed.

Same,

An yle in the sea Ionium.

Samius, a, um,

Of the yle of Samos.

Samnites,

People of Samnium, a countrey in Italy called nowe Aprucium.

Samonium,

A Promontorie of Crete, ouer against the Rhodes.

Samos,

The name of two Iles in the sea called Aegeum, One by Thracia, and therefore it is called Samothracia, the other lyeth against Ephesus.

Samosata,

A citie of Asia by Euphrates.

Sanates,

People dwelling about Rome.

Sancus,

One of the names of Hercules.

Sandalarius,

A name of Apollo.

Sandaliôtis,

An yle called now Sardinia.

Sanga,

A riuer in Portugall.

Sangaris,

A ryuer of Galatia, which running through Phrygia falleth into the sea Propontis. It is common∣ly called Zagarie.

Sangarius,

puer Ganymêdes.

Sannaus,

A ryuer or poole in Asia.

Santones, and Santoni,

People of a countrey in Fraunce, called Xantongue.

Santonum portus,

Rochell in Fraunce.

Santonum promomtorium,

A promontorie in Fraunce cal∣led Blaye.

Sapiri,

People by Pontus.

Sapis,

A ryuer of Italy.

Sapphicus, a, um,

Of Sappho.

Sappho,

A woman of the yle of Lesbos, a great Poet∣tresse, who made verses called Lyrici: at the last, shée was taken with the loue of a yong man called Phaon, who running awaye from hir, shée not sustayning the anguishe of loue, threw hir selfe downe from an hill into the sea.

Saraca,

A towne of Media.

Sarace,

A citie in Colchis.

Sarcárius,

A riuer of Phrygia.

Sardanapalus,

An Emperour of Assyria, so excéedingly gi∣uen to effeminate wantonnesse and follie, as hee maye séeme to haue chaunged his sexe or kynde, and by na∣ture being framed a man, in conditions to be a verye woman. For hée was woonte continually in some in∣ner part of his palaice, to sitte in the companie of lyght women, arrayed in womens apparayle, spinning and carding as they did, and in lyghtnesse of countenaunce and wanton gestures farre passing the most shamelesse strumpets. Which light behauiour although he long cloked and hydde, vnder pretence of maiestie, not suf∣fering any to come to him, yet at the length it was spyed by one Arbaces his Lieutenaunt of Media, vpon spe∣ciall

Sardanis,

A man of Lydia, which mooued Croesus to make warre against the Persians.

Sardemisos,

A promontorie of the mountayne Taurus.

Sardi,

People of Sardinia.

Sardinia,

An yle in the sea called Ligusticum by Geane, not passing seauen myles from Corsica.

Sardinensis, se, Sardus, and Sardôus, a, um,

Of Sardinia.

Sardis,

A citie in Lydia.

Sardonici,

Certaine hilles of Liburnia, called Maranai.

Sarepta,

A towne in Syria, where Hely the prophet was borne.

Sareptanus, a, um,

Of Sarepta.

Sargacae,

People in the north part of the worlde, ioyning to the great mere of Maeotis.

Sargapises,

The sonne of Tomyris, taken by king Cyrus.

Sarmata,

A man of Sarmatia.

Sarmatia,

A countrey of Europe, which bordereth on the north, vpon the sea called Sarmaticum: on the west, vpon the ryuer Vistula, and Germanie: on the south vppon Sibenburgh, Dacia, and Mysia inferiour: on the east vpon that Sarmatia, which is in Asia, the riuer Tanais, and the marishe Maeotis: vnder this be many countreys conteyned, Polonia, Rhussia, Frussia, Lituania, Liuonia, Moscouia, &c. the greater part of this countrey is nowe vnder the king of Pole.

Sarmáticus, a, um,

Of Sarmatia.

Sarmátice,

Lyke one borne in Sarmatia.

Sarmatis, tidis,

f. g. Of Sarmatia.

Sarmantus,

A gentleman of Rome, in the time of Augustus which was a great scoffer.

Sarnus,

A ryuer in Campania.

Sarónicus,

A bosome of the sea against Isthmus.

Sarpedon,

The king of Lycia, which came to the ayde of the Troians against the Gréekes. Also a promontorie of Cilicia.

Sarracoeni,

A people of Arabia.

Sarra,

A citie in Phoenitia, called sometyme Tyrus.

Sarrânus, a, um,

Of that citie.

Sarraca,

The name of two cities, wherof the one is in Me∣dia, the other in Arabia foelici, or the riche Arabie.

Sarastes,

People in Campania.

Sarsina,

An olde citie in Italy, where Plautus the writer of Comedies was borne.

Sarticum,

An entrie into the ryuer of Nilus.

Sason,

An yle fiue myles from the citie of Brundusium, in the realme of Naples.

Satagitae,

People in the countrey now called Tartarie.

Satan,

The name of the Deuill. The worde signifyeth an aduersarie.

Satarchae,

People in Scythia, which excluded from them the vse of golde and siluer.

Sataspes,

A Persian, the sonne of Teaspes.

Satnois,

A ryuer in Phrygia.

Satrae,

People of Gréece, by the sea side of Thrace.

Saturnália, ôrum,

neut. gen. plu. Fiue dayes assigned to Sa∣turne in December, wherein men vsed to feast one an o∣ther, and to sende mutuall presents.

Saturnalítius, a, um,

Perteyning to the feast of Saturne.

Saturnia,

Was the name of a towne.

Saturniana colonia,

A towne of Tuscan.

Saturniniani,

Were heretykes, which affirmed, that onely seauen Aungels made the worlde against the conscience of God the father.

Saturnius, a, um,

Of Saturnus.

Saturnius,

A mountayne at Rome, which was afterwarde called Tarpeius.

Saturnus,

The sonne of Caelum and Vesta, who maried Ops, his owne sister. His eldest brother named Titan, per∣ceyuing his mother and sisters more bent to haue Sa∣turne hys yonger brother to succéede in the kyngdome, yéelded his right therein to him for his owne lyfe tyme, on this condition, that he shoulde not bring vp any issue male, but the heritage should come again to his children. Wherefore Saturne vpon this couenaunt made wyth his brother, vsed to kill and deuour all the men children, and brought vp onely the daughters. Ops therefore his wife hauing brought foorth at one time Iupiter and Iuno, shewed Iuno to hir husbande, but Iupiter shée conueyed priuilye to the Corybantes to be kept and brought vp. Likewyse afterwarde being delyuered of Neptune, she conueyed him also secretly to be nourished, and lastly saued by lyke meanes hir thirde sonne Pluto. But when this was knowne by Titan, y^t his brother had kept vp his men children, and thereby the kingdome should go from his line, his sonnes and he ioyntly made warre vpon Saturne, in the ende whereof, Saturne and Ops his wife were taken and kept in prison, vntill such tyme as Iupiter comming to age, ouercame the Titanes, and deliuered his father and mother. But for so much as Saturne vnderstoode by Oracle, that hée shoulde be driuen out of his kingdome by hys sonnes, he layde wayte to destroye Iupiter. Wherefore Iupiter made warre on his father, and chased hym out of hys kingdome into Italy: where hée hydde himselfe a long tyme in that Countrey, which thereof was after called Latium.

Satureianus, a, um,

Of Saturum.

Saturum, and Satyrum,

A citie of Calabris, not farre from Tarentum.

Satyriacum,

An Image of Priâpus.

Satyri,

Gods of the wooddes: they were monsters hauing the heade of a man, the bodie of a Goate.

Satyrorum insulae,

Thrée Iles by India, the inhabitants whereof haue tayles lyke to the monsters called Satyri.

Sauo,

A ryuer in Campaine.

Sauona,

A ryuer of Liguria called Sauone.

Sauromatae,

People called also Sarmatae, Russes, Tartari∣ans, Moscouites. &c.

Saurus,

A notable Image maker.

Saxoforâtum,

A Towne in the confines of Vmbria and Picene.

Saxones,

The people of Saxonie.

Saxonia,

Saxonie.

S C

Scaea,

An hauen at Troy, whereas was the sepulchre of Laomedon.

Scaei,

People in Thracia.

Scaenitae,

People of Arabie, which dwell alway in tentes, couered with the heares of Goates: among whome if a swine or hogge be brought, it dyeth immediatly.

Scaenopegia, orum,

neut. gen. The feast of the tabernacles, wherein the Iewes did set vp tabernacles, or tentes, in similitude of them wherin they dwelled when they came out of Aegypt.

Scaeuola,

A noble man of Rome.

Scalabiscus,

A citie of Portugall, called commonly Trugillo.

Scalde,

A ryuer in Fraunce.

Scamander, dri,

A Ryuer of Troye, descending from the mountaine Ida.

Scamandria,

A towne by the hauen of Ilium, not farre from Troy.

Scamandrus,

The sonne of Hector and Andromache.

Scandinauia, or Scandia,

An Ile in the north Occean sea, the quantitie whereof was neuer founde.

Scapténsula,

A place in Macedonia, where siluer was dig∣ged.

Scaptia,

An olde citie in Italie, whereof came the tribe cal∣led Scaptia tribus.

Scardona,

A citie of Liburnia, called now Scardo.

Scauri,

Menne of an honorable house amonge the Ro∣maynes.

Sceleratus campus,

A field at Rome, where the Nunnes of Vesta were buryed quicke, if they were founde to lyue incontinently.

Scenitae,

People of Arabia foelix, Looke Scaenitae.

Scenopégia, orum,

plu. Looke Scaenopegia.

Scepsis,

A citie in Phrygia.

Sceptici,

Were a sect of Philosophers, which affyrmed no∣thing: the chiefe of that sect were Pyrrho, and Heril∣lus.

Scéptica, cae,

foem. gen. The sect of those Philosophers.

Schinis,

The name of a notable and cruell robber, that was slayne by Theseus.

Schinusa,

One of the Iles called Sporades.

Schoeneus,

called also Iasius, A kyng of Arcadie, father of Atalanta.

Schoeneius, a, um,

Of Schoeneus.

Schoeneis, idis,

patronimicum foem.

Scoenus, nuntis,

A ryuer by Athens: also an other in Ar∣cadia.

Sciathos,

A certaine Ile.

Scione,

A towne of Macedonie.

Sciopodes,

People which lying vpright, doe shadow them∣selues with their féete: albeit euery one man hath but one legge, yet be they woonderfull swift.

Scipiadae, and Scipionidae,

They which were of Scipiones progenie, the noble capitaines of the Romaynes.

Scipio,

The surname of dyuers noble Romaynes, of the whiche foure were most excellent, as well in martiall prowesse, as in other most notable vertues. The one called Scipio Nausica, sonne of Gneius Scipio, who had béene both Consull and triumphed: and being a verie yong man, was déemed of all the people of Rome to be the best man in that citie. Two other were brethren, the sonnes of Publius Scipio. The one of them, L. Scipio, for the subduing of Asia, was called Scipio Asiaticus: the o∣ther, P. Cor. Scipio, for vanquishing Anniball, and the people of Affrica, was named Scipio Affricanus maior. This Publius Cor. Scipio, from his childehoode was of a woonderfull towardenesse: for being but .xvij. yeares olde, in a great battayle by P••uie in Lumbardie, he re∣seued his father being enuironed with enimies, and in daunger to be slaine. Also after the discomfiture at Can∣nae, where the more part of the floure of chiualrie was slaine, bicause the residue of the yong men concluded to haue forsaken Italy, this Scipio drewe out his sworde, and compelled them to sweare, that they shoulde not leaue the citie, but defende it. After that his father and vncle were slaine, all men fearing to be Capitaynes in so daungerous warres, he stept foorth with a noble cou∣rage, proffering himselfe to take that charge in hande: wherevnto the Senate and people consented, he being then but .xxij. yeares olde, they beholding in hys perso∣nage and visage a beautie incomparable, his counte∣naunce mery and gentle, and in his gesture and pace to be a woonderfull maiestie, which was had in such admi∣ration throughout all the worlde, that after he had dri∣uen Anniball out of Affrike, subdued the citie of Car∣thage, and constreyned the great king Antiochus to de∣sire peace of the Romaynes, the warres being ceassed, men came out of all countreys to Rome, onely to sée and honour him, as one excéeding the state of mortalitie: whereby such enuie was styrred towarde hym, that hée was accused for deteyning of certayne treasure, which shoulde haue beene brought into the common treasurie: but he with a noble and valiaunt courage came before the people, and remembring what hée had done for the weale publike required them to go with him to the Ca∣pitoll to giue thankes to God for his victorie: and so departing, all the people followed him, and left the iud∣ges alone. But notwithstanding he so grieuously tooke the ingratitude of the Senate and people, that he aban∣doned all common affayres, and went out of the citie of Rome to a manour place, which he had at Linternum, and there ended his lyfe, when he had liued .liiij. yeares. A notable remembraunce to them that doe trust in for∣tune, or fauour of the people. The fourth was Scipio Africanus minor, sonne of Paulus Aemilius: he subuerted Carthage and Numantia.

Sciron,

Looke Scyron.

Scironia saxa,

Rockes in the sea by Athens.

Scitae,

People in the north part by ••sia, which were cruell, and hard to be vanquished: they be nowe called Russi∣ans, Moscouites, and Tartarians.

Scodra,

A citie in Liburnia, called now Scutarā.

Scolus,

A village in Asopia, vnder the mountaine Cythe∣ron, A place vnpleasaunt, vnfruitfull, vntylled & rough: Stephanus boundeth it in Boeotia.

Scopas,

The name of a notable grauer.

Scordona,

An Ile lying towarde Dalmatia, called com∣monly Malconseglio.

Scórpio, ônis,

m. gen. or Scorpius, pij, m. gen. A signe in the firmament.

Scotia,

Scotlande, the part of Britannia from the ryuer of Twéede to Catanes.

Scoti,

Scottes▪ or Scottishe men, of whom saint Hierome writeth in this wise: Quid loquar de caete••is nationibus, quum ipse adolescentulus in Gallia viderim Scotos, gentē Britannicam humanis vesci carnibus, & quum persyluas porcorum greges, & armentorum, pecudum{que} repe••••ant, pastorum nates, & foeminarū papillas solere abscindere, & has solas ciborum delitias arbitrari? What shall I speake of other nations, since that when I was a boy, I sawe in Fraunce Scottes, a people of Britayne, eate mens fleshe, and when they founde in the forrestes hierdes of swine, beastes, and cattaile, they would cutte of the but∣tockes of the boyes, which kept them, and also the wo∣mens pappes, and tooke that to be the most deyntie and delicate meate.

Scotusa,

A citie of Thessaly.

Scurgum,

A citie of Germanie.

Scyathos,

An yle and towne in the sea Aegeum.

Scylace,

A citie in Gréece.

Scylaceum,

A towne in the furthermost part of Italy, first buylded and inhabited by men of Athens.

Scylatium,

A citie of y^e Brutians, called cōmonly Schilazo.

Scylax,

A Musitian of Caria.

Scylla,

A lady, daughter of Nisus king of the Megarenses. which for loue of Minos, hir fathers enimie, state a pur∣ple heare from hir fathers heade, which caused him to be vanquished. But she being forsaken of Minos, threw hirselfe into the sea, and was transformed into a birde of hir name. Scylla, is also a daungerous rocke in the sea by Sicilie whereof came this by worde.

*Decidit in Scyllam cupiens vitare Charybdim,

prouerbial∣ly, to fall into one daunger, while he coueteth to eschewe an other.

Scyllaeus, a, um,

Of Scylla.

Scyllaeum,

A Promontorie or hill in the part of Graecia, nowe called Morea. Also a towne of the Brutians in Italy.

Scyllia••, or Scyllis,

The name of a Gréeke, which swim∣ming vnder water, did cutte in sunder the cables of the Persians shippes.

Scyllus, luntis,

A towne in Achaia.

Scylurus,

The name of a man that had .lxxx. sonnes, who when he dyed, called them before him and deliuered to euerye eche of them a sheffe of arrowes, commaunding them to breake the sheffe incontinent: which when they mought not doe, he tooke out of the sheffes one arrowe after another, and brake them al lightly: declaring ther∣by vnto his sonnes, that if they continued and agreed well togither, they should be puyssaunt: and if they va∣ried and were disseuered, they should be féeble, and short∣ly destroyed.

Scymnus, ni,

m. gen. A mans name.

Sceriades,

Women of the yle Scyros.

Scyritae,

People in India, which haue no noses but in the stéede of a nose, they haue two holes in their visage.

Scyricus, and Scyrius, a, um,

Of Scyros.

Scyron,

A notable robber in the countreye of Attica, who woulde sit on a high rocke, and compell them that came by to washe his féete, or else to honour him: and when they had so done, he threwe them downe into the sea. Fi∣nally, hée was slayne by Theseus, and it was surmised, that his bones being cast into the sea, were turned into great rockes, which of him were named Scyronia: and they be betwéene Attica and Megaris, whereby the pas∣sage is harde.

A certayne wynde, whose hurtfull blast, is of all Gréece knowne onely to them of Athens.

Scyron,

A notable robber in the countreye of Attica, who woulde sit on a high rocke, and compell them that came by to washe his féete, or else to honour him: and when they had so done, he threwe them downe into the sea. Fi∣nally, hée was slayne by Theseus, and it was surmised, that his bones being cast into the sea, were turned into great rockes, which of him were named Scyronia: and they be betwéene Attica and Megaris, whereby the pas∣sage is harde.

A certayne wynde, whose hurtfull blast, is of all Gréece knowne onely to them of Athens.

Scyros,

An yle in the sea called Aegeum, stonie and vnfruit∣full, where Achylles was hyd by his mother in a wo∣mans apparayle, to the intent that hée shoulde not go with the Gréekes against Troy.

Scytha,

A man or woman of Scythia. Also Hercules sonne.

Scythes,

One of Scythia. Also Iupiters sonne, which first inuented bowe and arrowes.

Scythia,

A great countrey, which is deuided wyth the ry∣uer Tanais, and stretcheth into the east, so that one part thereof is in Europa, the other in Asia, and hath on the south part Sacas and Sagdianos, people vnder the king of Persia: and on the north part, be countreys vnknowne and desert: and is now vnder the dominion of the great Cane of Cathaie. The people of this Countrey are descriued to be cruell, sauage, and wilde. They vsed no boundes of their grounde. For they neyther husbanded their land, nor occupied any priuate house. Setled place of abyding they had none: but with their wiues & chil∣dren wandred from place to place through wildernesses▪ driuing droues of beastes before them, by which especi∣allye they lyued. Their wagons, wherein they caryed their wyues and children, being couered with leather, in winter and tempestuous weathering serued them for houses. Iustice naturally and not by lawe they muche estéemed and vsed. For no offence was so grieuous a∣mong them as theft. Golde and siluer they as much des∣pised, as other countreyes gréedily desired. They sedde most on mylke and honie, and as for wooll and cloth, or the vse of apparayle they knewe not. They were called Scythae, of Scythes, one of Hercules sonnes.

Scythicus, and Scythius, a, um,

Of Scythia.

Scythis,

Patronimicum foem.

Scython,

A mans name, which when he lysted was man or woman.

Scythópolis,

A citie of Decapolitana in Syria.

Scythotauri,

People of Scythia, which sacrifice strangers that come thither.

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Sebaste,

A citie in Syria called before Samaria.

Sebastópolis,

A citie in Pontus, called saint Gregories.

Sebennytum,

A citie in Aegypt.

Sebethys, béthidis,

foe. gen. Of Sebethos.

Sebêthos,

A fountayne at Naples, which serueth the citie, running throughout the citie.

Sebinus,

A poole, that the ryuer Lollius maketh.

Sebritae,

A people sometyme called Sembritae.

Secundus,

A philosopher of Athens.

Sedigitus,

The name of Volcatius, a noble poet, which had vj. fingers on one hande.

Segesta,

An olde towne in Sicilie. Also the name of a Goddesse.

Segestanus, a, um,

That dwelleth in Segesta.

Segestia,

The Goddesse called also Segesta.

Segmenta,

Be certaine lynes ymagined, by the which Cos∣mographers doe deuide the worlde into portions, which be called also Paralléli, whereby the distaunce of places is founde.

Segodunum,

Rhodes in Fraunce.

Is also a noble citie in Almaine, nowe called Nurenberge.

Segodunum,

Rhodes in Fraunce.

Is also a noble citie in Almaine, nowe called Nurenberge.

Segobrida,

A towne in the part of Spayne which is nowe called Biscay.

Segor,

A citie, which was preserued by the prayer of Loth, when Sodome was destroyed by the vengeaunce of God.

Segusiani, or Segutiati,

Bresse in Fraunce.

Segusium,

The part of the Alpes called mount Sion.

Seia,

The Goddesse called Segesta.

Seíanus,

A mans name.

Seir,

A mountaine in the countrey of Edome, where Esau the brother of Iacob the patriarke dwelled.

Seius,

A mans name.

Seleucia,

The principall citie of Syria, which is .30. fur∣longes from Babilonia.

Seleucus,

A king of Syria, next after alexander the great.

Sélinis,

The name of thrée ryuers in Greece.

Selinis,

A ryuer by Lylibaeum.

Selymbria,

A citie in Propontis, neare to Bizaunce.

Semele,

The daughter of Cadmus, and mother of Bac∣chus.

Semelëius, a, um,

Of Semele.

Semiramis,

A famous Quéene of Assyria, wyfe to king Ninus, who, after the death of hir husbande, being loth on the one part to commit the charge of so great an em∣pyre to the gouernment of hir yong sonne, and on the o∣ther, fearing that the fierce people woulde be loth to be gouerned by a woman, altered hir apparayle sowewhat to the fashion of men, and tooke on hir the person of hir sonne, to whome she was both in stature and fauour ve∣ry lyke. But when by many notable enterpryses and valiaunt actes she had so much confirmed and inlarged hir Empire, as she might séeme to haue passed the com∣passe of enuie, she disclosed what she was, & why she had so done. Which thing knowne did not onely nothing ap∣payre hir authoritie, but styrred greater admiration to∣ward hir. As she was on a time attyring hirselfe, worde was hastily brought to hir, that the citie of Babilon re∣belled. She being in a rage therewith▪ ranne forth with the one side of hir heare not dressed vp, and with a power that she had in a readynesse assayled the citie, and neuer gaue ouer, nor dressed vp hir heade tyll she had brought the citie in subiection. At the last, falling from noblenesse to sensuall lust, shée desired the companie of hir owne sonne, and of him was slaine.

Sempronius,

A Senatour of Rome.

Sena,

A citie in Tuscane, called Senes, which is an hundred myles from Rome. Sometime it is written Senae, in the plurall number.

Séneca, ae,

The name of two great learned men.

Sennaar,

The fielde, where the tower of Babilon was buylded.

Senogallia,

A citie in Italy.

Senones,

People in Fraunce.

Senta,

Was called Fauna, or Bona dea. The good goddesse.

Sentica,

A towne of Spayne called Simancas.

Sentinaria,

A countrey in Italy.

Sentinum,

A towne in Italy called now Saxofarratum.

Sepinus, piuntis, Sipus, puntis, & Sipontum,

A Citie in the realme of Naples.

Seplasium, or Seplasia,

A stréete in the citie of Capua, wher∣in were diuers delicate oyntments.

September, bris,

m. g. The moneth of September. It is sometyme vsed Adiectiuely.

Septémpeda,

A place in Italy called saint Seuerine.

Septéntrio, ônis,

The north Pole.

Septentrionâlis, le,

Of the north Pole.

Septentriones,

The seauen starres, which are séene by Charles wayne, or Vrsa maior.

Septius,

The name of a man, who first graffed a kynde of rounde apples, called of his name Septiana mala.

Septicollis,

By that name Rome was called, bicause of the seuen hils, which were in it, Palatinus, Quirinalis, Auen∣tinus, Caelius, Viminalis, Exquilium, and Ianiculum.

Septimatrus,

Was an holy day, kept the day following the sixt Idus of euery moneth.

Septimius,

A Romayne, of whome Catullus wryteth.

Sequana,

A ryuer in Fraunce called Sein.

Sequáni,

Burgonions of high Burgoyne.

Sera,

A citie of Asia.

Séranus,

The surname of a noble Romaine, which was fee from the ploungh and made Dictatour.

Serapion,

An orator of Alexandria, which wrote to Adri∣an the Emperour: an other was bishop of Antioche, in the time of Commodus: an other was a notable painter.

Serapis, or Seraphis, idis,

A serpent which the Aegyptians worshipped for a God.

Seres,

A people in Asia hauing great plentie of silke.

Séricus, a, um,

Of the people Seres.

Sergestus,

One of Aeneas shipmen.

Seria,

A citie of Spayne.

Seríphius, a, um,

of Seriphos.

*Rhana seriphia,

Spoken prouerbiallye of them that be as they were dumme, or can say nothing in any matter.

Seriphos,

An yle by Graecia, in the sea called Aegeum, where the frogges that therein bréede are dumme.

Serius,

A ryuer of Fraunce.

Sermyla,

A citie of Macedonie.

Seropta,

A citie in Phoenicia.

Serra, re,

f. g. A name of the ryuer Tyber.

Sertorius,

A Romayne which rebelled agaynst his Coun∣trey.

Seruius,

A surname among the Romaynes.

Sesamus,

A citie of Paphlagonia.

Sesostris,

A king of Aegypt, which intended to make a ry∣uer betwéene the redde sea and the ryuer of Nylus.

Sestiae aquae,

A certaine water of the prouince of Narbon.

Sestius,

The name of a man, of whome a certayne kinde of Apples, called Sestiana mala, tooke their name.

Sestos,

A citie in Thrace.

Setabis,

A ryuer in Spayne.

Setia,

A citie in Campania.

Setinum vinum,

Wyne made about the citie of Setia.

Setubia,

A towne of Spayne.

Seuerus,

The name of diuers men. Also an hill in Italy, af∣ter Seruius.

Sextilis,

The moneth now called August.

Sextius Caballus,

The name of a notable scoffer or rayler.

Sextus,

A philosopher, Plutarchus nephew, and instructor of Marcus Antonius the Emperour.

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Siambis,

An yle in the Brittishe occean sea, on the North part.

Sibaris,

or rather Sybaris, An olde towne, twelue myles from Rome. Also a citie in Calabria.

Sibariticus,

or rather Sybariticus, a, um, The Adiectiue.

Sibyllinus, a, um,

Of Sibylla.

Sibylla, lae,

foem. gen. A generall name of all women which had the spirite of prophecie: of them (as Varro and Lactantius doe write) were tenne: the first called Per∣fica, the seconde Libyca, the thirde Delphica, the fourth Cumaea, the fift Erythrea, the sixt Samia, the seuenth Cu∣mana, the eight Hellespontia, the ninth Phrygia, the tenth Tyburtina: euery one of these (as Lactantius sayth) prophcied of the incarnation of Christ.

Sicambri,

The people of Nassau and Hessen in Germanie.

Sicâni,

People of Sicilie, which came out of Spayne.

Sicania,

The yle of Cicilie.

Sicanius, and Sicânus, a, um,

of Sicilie.

Sícelis, sicelidis,

Of Sicilie, vt

Sicelides musae,

The Muses of Sicilie.

Sicendus,

A Lake in Thessalie, where the Frogges be dumme.

Sichaeus,

Didos husbande.

Sicilia,

A noble yle first called Trinacria, afterward Sicania, and at the last Sicilia: it is in fourme thrée cornarde, and therefore hath the name of Trinaria. The one corner, cal∣led Pachinus, extendeth towarde the part of Gréece, which was called Peloponnêsus, now Morea: The second corner, called Pelorus, lyeth towarde Italy: The thirde called Lilybeus, it extendeth toward Affrica: of the which Pelorus, excéedeth in the temperaunce of the earth, for with no wette there may be any myre, nor by any dryth, dust. This yle conteyneth in circuite (as Solinus wri∣teth) thrée thousand furlongs, which is of Italian miles 3••5. as Diodorus Siculus wryteth .4360. But Pli∣nius sayth, that the thrée corners be distaunt, from Pe∣lorus to Pachinus, by lande .166. myles: from thence to Lilybaeum, 200. myles: from thence to Pelorus, 170. myles: and sayth also, that Agrippa affirmed it to be in circuit .618. myles, which doe not agrée wyth Soli∣nus nor Diodorus, which may happen to be by the di∣uersitie of furlongs, called in Latine Stadia. The ferti∣litie of this yle in all grayne, beautie of Medowes, de∣licatenesse of waters colde and hote, mountaynes and caues miraculous, and other things there excéeding no∣table, many authours haue wrytten and woondred at, both Gréekes and Latines.

Sicilienses,

People dwelling in Sicilie, which were borne else where.

Siciliensis, se,

That is in Sicilie.

Sicilisso, aui, are,

To speake the language of Sicilie.

Sicinius dentatus,

A valiaunt warriour of Rome.

Sicoris,

A ryuer in Spayne.

Siculi,

Men of Sicilie.

Siculus, a, um,

Of or belonging to Sicilie, or that dwelleth in Sicilie.

Siculum mare,

The sea by Sicilie.

Sicynus,

One of the yles called Sporades.

Sicyon, onis, or Sicyonia, foe. gen.

A citie in Achaia, not farre from Corynth, called now Clarentia, where is great a∣bundaunce of mettall.

Sicyonis, or Sicyonia,

An yle in the sea Aegeum.

Sicyonij,

The inhabitaunts of Sicyon.

Sida,

A towne of Pamphilia.

Sidic••num, ni,

neut. gen. A towne of Italy.

Sidicinus, a, um,

Of Sidicinum.

Sidon,

A citie in Phoenicia, vpon the sea side, so called for the plentie of fishe there being taken: there was glasse first made.

Sidones,

People of Thrace by Hebrus. Also people of Scythia.

Sidonij,

People of Sidon.

Sidonis, is,

foe. g. A woman of Sidon.

Sidonius, a, um,

Of the citie Sidon.

Sidrona, or Stridon,

A citie of Dalmatia, where saint Hie∣rome was borne, called commonly Sdrigna.

Siga,

A citie of Mauritania Caesariensis.

Sigaeum,

A great mountayne in the sea by Troy.

Sigaeus, and Sigaeius, a, um,

Of Sigaeum.

Sigillaria, ôrum,

plu. Certayne stréetes in Rome. Also cer∣taine dayes added to the feast called Saturnalia, on the which men did send little Images for gyftes one to an∣other.

Sigillaria opera,

Workes, wherein were sette small Ima∣ges.

Signia,

A citie in Campania: after some an hill, at the foote whereof standeth Apamia.

Signini,

People of Italy.

Signînus, a, um,

The Adiectiue.

Signinum vinum,

Wyne made by the people Signini.

Signinum opus,

A worke made with shelles and morter, or tyles and morter.

Silanius,

An high hill in Irelande.

Silarus, or Silaris,

A Ryuer of Lucania, which tourneth boughes, twigges and leaues into stones, and yet is the water holsome to be drunke.

Silenus,

The foster father of Bacchus.

Siler, or Silerus,

A ryuer in the realme of Naples: Some write it Silarus.

Silia,

A ryuer in Asia, in the which (after some authours) nothing doth swimme, but sinke to the bottome.

Silis,

A riuer by Venice.

Silla,

Idem quod Silia.

Sillura,

An yle in the Britayne sea.

Silon,

An yle of Indie, where the trées neuer loose their leaues.

Siloson,

The brother of Policrates the tiranne of Samos.

*Silosontis chlamis,

Is spoken in a prouerbe, of him that boasteth himselfe of riche garments.

Silphij,

People of Libya.

Siméthis, idis,

A nimph, the mother of Acis.

Simethius, a, um,

Of Simethis.

Simechida,

The name of a shepeherde in Theocritus.

Simmias,

A philosopher of Thebes.

Simoesius,

A Troian.

Simois, moëntos,

A ryuer by Troy.

Simon,

The name of dyuers learned men, and also of a no∣table heretike, surnamed Magus, who was worshipped in Rome for a God.

Simonides,

A poet of Gréece, borne in the Ile called Caea, who was the first that inuented the verses called Lyrici, and was excellent in prouoking of teares, and in that kinde of wryting, there was in him a woonderfull grace. It is wrytten, that Pausanias king of the Lacedemo∣nians, at a bankette, desired instauntly of him, that hée would then speake some thing notable, and that sauou∣red of wisedome. Simonides thereat smyling, remem∣ber (sayde he) that thou art a man. Pausanias tooke that scornefully, and estéemed it nothing. Afterwarde Pausanias being put in prison in Chalcioeco, and there being famished ere he died, remembred the saying of Si∣monides: and with a lowde and lamentable voyce, said: O my friend of Caeos, thy wordes were of great impor∣taunce, but I for madde pride estéemed them nothing.

Sina, or Sinai,

A mountayne in the desert of Arabia, called also Oreb. It is of Solinus called Casius: Iustinus calleth it Synaeus. On that hil God appeared to Moises, and deliuered to him the tables of the lawe: reade here∣of abundantly in the olde testament. It is also a citie of Mesopotamia.

Sinada,

A citie of Asia, néere to Caria.

Sinapodes,

People in Affrike, which doe go as they crept.

Sinarum Regio,

A countrey beyonde the equinoctiall lyne.

Sinon,

A mans name in Virgill.

Sinonia,

An Ile of Corsica.

Sinope, pes,

A citie in the countrey of Pontus. It is also the name of an harlot, of whome grewe a prouerbe, looke Sinopissas. Sinope is also the name of a mayden, to whom nothing was so deare as virginitie.

Sinopeus,

One of Sinope.

Sinuessa,

A citie in Campaine.

Sinuessânus, a, um,

Of Sinuessa.

Sinus magnus,

A bosome or goulfe of the sea in India, cal∣led nowe Mare de Sur.

Siphnus,

An yle in the sea Aegeum, wherein was sounde sometyme plentie of golde and siluer.

Sipus, puntis, or Sipontum,

A citie in Apulia, by the moun∣tayne called Garganus.

Sipontinus, or Sipiuntinus, a, um,

Of that citie.

Sir,

A citie in Illyria or Slauonie.

Siraces,

People towarde the south part of the worlde.

Sirênes,

Were thrée daughters of Achelous and Cal••ope, which dwelled in an Ile betwéene Italye and Sicilie▪ who with their swéete singing drewe such vnto them as passed that sea, and then slue them. As it happened V∣lysses to sayle that way, he slopped the eares of all h••s companie, to the intent they should not heare the s••••ges of the Sirenes, and caused himselfe to be bounde to the maste of the shippe, and so escaped. Wherefore the Si∣renes sorowed so much, that they were disapointed that they threwe themselues into the sea, whome poets feig∣ned to be Merma••dens.

Siris,

The name of the ryuer Nilus among the Aethiopi∣ans.

Sirius,

A st••rre in the middle of the firmament, vnto the which when the sunne commeth, the feruentnes of heat is doubled, wherby the bodies of men become sicke wyth heate. This starre is also called Canicula: and the dayes wherein it appeareth▪ be called Caniculares, which doe beginne the seuenth day of Iuly.

Sirmion,

A citie of Pannonia inferior.

Sisamus,

A citie of Paphlagonia.

Sisapo,

A towne of Spayne.

Sisenna,

A mans name in Horace, which was a great de∣tracter.

Siscia,

A citie of Pannonia, called nowe Lublana.

Sisigambis,

Looke Sysigambis.

Sisypheus, a, um,

Of or belonging to Sisyphus.

Sisyphus,

A great théefe, which was slaine by Theseus, of whome it is feigned, that in hell he turneth a stone vp to a great hill toppe: but when it is at the toppe, it falleth downe agayne, and renueth his labour.

Sithonis, nidis,

foem. gen. She that is of Sithonia.

Sithonia,

A countrey in Macedonie, vpon the sea side.

Sithonius, a, um,

Of Sithonia.

S M

Smardis,

The brother of Cambyses king of Persia.

Smilax, acis,

A wenche, which dying for the loue of a yong man called Crocus, was transformed into an herbe of the same name.

Smyntheus,

One of the names of Apollo.

Smyrna,

A citie of Ionia in the lesse Asia, which was sup∣posed of some to be the countrey of Homer.

Smyrneus, a, um,

Of Smyrna.

S O

Soana,

A ryuer in the yle Taprobane.

Soanes,

People of Asia, dwelling about the extréeme part of the mountaine called Caucasus.

Socrates,

An excellent philosopher, sonne of Sophroniscus the Mason, and Phaenareta a mydwyfe: who being first studious in naturall philosophie, finally gaue hymselfe to morall philosophie, teaching openly vertue, and so di∣ligently ensued it in his lyuing, and in disputing was so sharpe and so sure agaynst them that were called So∣phistae, that Apollo being demaunded who was the wi∣sest man lyuing, aunswered Socrates. He was maister to Plato, Xenophon, Xenocra••es, and other the greatest philosophers at that tyme lyuing. Besydes hys excel∣lencie in vertue and knowledge, he was of a rare and marueylous nature. For he mought sustaine colde, la∣bour, hunger and thirst, aboue any man at that tyme, as Al••••blades declareth in Plato. He affirmed that there was alwayes with him a spirit or spirituall power cal∣led Daemonium, the which as often as he was mooued to doe any thing not conuenient or necessarie, that spirite touched him, and did prohibit him to do it. Vnder sharpe and mery tauntes in the fourme of argument called In∣ductio, he caused men to perceyue their ignorance, where before they thought themselues to be wyse. Finally be∣ing enuyed of them which did then beare chiefe rule in Athens, he was accused of Any••us, Melissus the poet, and Lycon the oratour, that he spake against their gods and corrupted their children with peruerse doctrine: but he contemning death, would suffer no man to speake for him, and so drinking poyson with a ioyous countenance, and saying to Anytus, I bring thée good lucke, dyed in∣continent. But soone after, the people were so sorie for his death, that of his accusers, some they slue, and some they exyled, and did set vp openly the Image of Socra∣tes made of Copper. He was before the incarnation of Christ .367. yeares.

Socraticus, a, um,

That followeth the doctrine of Socrates: of or belonging to Socrates.

Socus,

A Troian, the sonne of Hippasus.

Sodoma, mae,

foem. gen. and Sodomum, mi, n. gen. or Sodoma, orum, A citie in Iudaea, which for sinne done against nature, was by Almightie God consumed by celestiall fire.

Sogdiana,

A countrey in Asia, extending to the north part of Scithia.

Solidurij,

or rather Soldurij, Were men of warre in Fraūce in the tyme of Iulius Caesar, which being once retayned wyth anye people or Capitayne, were so addicted vnto them, that in their quarrelles they would die: or if victo∣rie inclined on the other part, they woulde slea themsel∣ues: they are called of the Latines Deuoti.

Solis insula,

An yle in the Indian sea.

Solis ostia,

Places in Indie, where Alexāder was in great daunger by reason of great heate.

Solis mensa,

A place in Aethiope, where the Tables be al∣wayes

Soloe,

A citie of Cilicia, the people whereof be called So∣lenses:

Solon,

A noble man of Athens, which by his mother lini∣ally discended from Codrus the last king of Athens: he was a man of excel••ent witte, and called one of the seuen wyse men of Greece, and was in such authoritie in that citie, that he made and gaue to them lawes, which were neuer repelled: notwithstanding, when Pisistratus his kinsman wente aboute to chaunge the fourme of that common weale, which was popular, into a Monarchie, he willingly went in exyle, and so dyed: Reade of him in Croesus. When he was writing of his lawes, Ana∣charsis the philosopher say•• that Solons lawes should be like to Cobwebs, and little flies intangled in them, but great flyes shoulde make holes and breake through them.

Solymae,

plu. The Citie of Hierusalem: an other Citie in Cilicia.

Solymi,

People by Lycia.

Sophaci,

People of Affrike.

Sophenae,

People of Armenia.

Sophilus.

A Thebane poet.

Sóphocles,

A wryter of tragedyes. Also the name of diuers other learned men.

Sophoclêus, a, um,

Of Sophocles.

Sophrónia,

A matrone of Rome, in the tyme of Decius the Emperour.

Sora,

A towne of the Volscians in Campaine.

Sorani,

People called also Hirpini.

Soranus,

A phisition of Ephesus, which liued at Alexan∣dria.

Soracte, tis,

neut. gen. Sorax, ractis, and Soractes, tis, foe. gen. An hyll .xx. myles from Rome.

Soritae,

People which are deuided from India by the ry∣uer called Arabis.

Sosia,

A mans name.

Sosij,

Certayne bookesellers.

Sosípatra,

A prophetesse of Libya, the wyfe of Aedesius the Sophister.

Sóstratus,

A mans name, which buylded the Tower in the yle Pharos.

Sotades,

The name of a lasciuious and wanton poet.

Sotericus,

A poet which wrote Dioclesians prayses.

Soticena,

One of the names of Iuno.

S P

Spaco,

King Cyrus nurse, and signifieth in the tongue of Medes a dogge.

Spargapises,

The sonne of Thomyris, the quéene of Mas∣sagetes.

Sparta, tae, or Sparte, tes,

The chiefe citie of Lacedemonia: It was also called Lacedaemon, and Theramne.

*Spartam nactus es, hanc orna,

A prouerbe, signifying, the estate or office which thou hast▪ order or apply it well.

Spartacus,

Was a famous sworde player, which gathered an host of sla••es, and made warre agaynst the Ro∣maynes, and was vanquished by Crassus.

Spartiâta, tae, and Spartanus,

One of Sparta.

Sparchias, adis,

foem. gen. Patronymicum foemininum, Of Sperchius.

Sperchionides,

Patronymicum masculinum.

Spherchius,

A ryuer of Thessaly.

Speusippus,

A noble philosopher cosen to Plato.

Sphinx, gis, or Sphingos, foem. gen.

A monster which had the head and hands of a maiden, the body of a dogge, winges like a byrde, nayles like a Lion, a tayle like a Dragon, the voyce of a man, which proposed to men subtile que∣stions. It proposed to Oedipus this riddle: What ly∣uing creature is that, which in the morning had foure féete▪ at noone two, at night thrée. Which Oedipus in this maner dissolued▪ that it was man: who being a yong in∣fant, crep•• on all foure, as it were a beast with foure féete: comming to strength, all the middle of his age hée went on two legges: and, when he was olde in his lat∣ter tyme, vsed a staffe to stay him, so that he might séeme to haue thrée legges. Which interpretation, being accor∣ding to the truth of hir meaning, Sphinx tooke so grie∣uously, that she flang hirselfe downe a rocke, and brake hir necke, looke Creon.

Spica, ae,

foem. gen. A signe of starres.

Spicífera,

The surname of Ceres, called Goddesse of corne.

Spintharus,

A notable carpenter, which builded the temple of Delphos.

Spio, onis,

A nymph the daughter of Nereus.

Spoletium,

A citie in Italy.

Spolitini,

People of the citie Spoletium.

Sporades,

Iles in the sea called Aegium.

Spurina,

A capitaine of the Parthians, which slue Crassus the Romayne.

Spurius, rij,

m. g. The surname of dyuers Romaynes.

S Q

Squintij,

People in Italy, called also Sabelli, and Samnites.

S T

Stáphilus,

He that did first mingle water with wine.

Starcharerus,

A king of the Danes.

Statanus,

A God, which the Paynims supposed to haue the gouernance of children.

Statilinus,

Was called a priuate God, which men supposed to be alway with them.

Statius,

A noble poet.

Stator,

A name gyuen to Iupiter by Romulus, bicause he supposed, that he made the Romaines to stay, when they fledde, the Samnites pursuing them.

Statae matris simulachrum,

An Image set vp by the people in euery stréete at Rome.

Statyelli,

A people of Liguria.

Stechades,

Thrée little yles by Marsiles.

Stella,

The name of a poet.

Stenio,

The daughter of Phorcys, and sister to Medusa.

Stenoboea,

The wyfe of Proetus king of Ephirie, who loued Bellerophon, that vanquished the monster Chi∣maera.

Stentor, oris,

A Gréeke, which had a voice as lowde as fifty men.

Stercutius,

The sonne of Faunus, he first founde and vsed dunging of the grounde.

Stesibrotus,

The sonne of Epaminondas Duke of The∣bes.

Stesichorus,

A famous poet, of whome it is written, that when he was an infant in his cradel, a nightingale sate on his mouth, and did sing, signifying that he shoulde be the swéetest poet that euer was afore hym: hée founde first singing of songes in a daunce.

Stesilaea,

A woman of excellent beautie, whome Aristides and Themistocles loued.

Stesimbrotus,

An Historiographer.

Sthenelus,

The sonne of Capaneus and Euadne: An o∣ther, the sonne of Perseus.

Stheneleus, a, um,

Of Sthenelus.

Sthenoboea,

The wyfe of Proetus.

Stilbo,

A Philosopher, looke Stilpo.

Stilbon, bontis,

The starre of Mercurie.

Stilico,

A noble man in the tyme of Honorius the Empe∣rour.

Stilpo, ponis,

A Philosopher, borne in the citie of Megara in Gréece, which (his countrey being burned, and his wyfe and children lost in the fire) escaped onely, and de∣parting alone, the king Demetrius asked of him, if he had lost any thing, he aunswered: I haue lost nothing for all that is mine I carie with me: meaning thereby, that vertue (which is onely the proper goodes of a wise man, and cannot be taken from him) he tooke away with him.

Stimicon,

A shéepeheardes name in Virgill.

Stiphelus,

One of the Lapithes.

Stiria,

A countrey ioyning to Austria, and Carinthia in the east part of Germanie, full of mountaines, sauing a lit∣tle part bordering on Hungarie: the people be rude, and

Stoechades,

Thrée yles in the French sea against Langue∣docke.

Stoici,

A sect of Philosophers, which affirmed that no griefe myght happen to a wyse man, and that felicitie was onely in vertue.

Stoicus, ca, cum,

Of the Stoikes.

Stoicè,

Like a Stoike.

Stolo,

A citizen of Rome.

Stomaca, cae,

foem. gen. A well in Germanie, the drinking of the water whereof, bréedeth a certaine disease.

Strabo,

A learned man, which wrote of Geographie.

Stragona,

A citie of Germanie.

Stratius,

The name of one of Nestors sonnes.

Stratíphocles,

The name of a man.

Strato,

A king of Sidon, who being ouercome of the Per∣sians, tooke his sworde in his hand, minding to kill him∣selfe, rather then to come into their handes. But while he houered timerously looking vpon his sworde, his wife perceyuing the enimies to be at hande to take him, wre∣sted it out of his hande, and quickly thrust him through. And after she had stretched out his bodye, and layde it comely to be buryed, with the same weapon she slew hir∣selfe also, that she might not abide the villany of hir bar∣barous enimies.

Stridon,

A towne in Dalmatia, where saint Hierome was borne.

Strimon, onis,

vide Strymon.

Strongyle, les, and Strongylos,

An yle in the sea Aegeum, now called Axos: sometyme it was called Dia.

Strophades,

Two yles in the Gréeke sea.

Strophius,

A king of Phocis, father to Pylades.

Struma,

A mans name in Catullus.

Strupearia,

Holy daies among the people called Phalisci, on the which the people did go with garlandes on theyr heades.

Struppum,

Is a lyke holiday among the people called Tus∣culani.

Strymon, onis,

A ryuer of Thrace.

Strymónius, a, um,

Of that ryuer.

Stultorum feriae,

Was a tyme in the moneth of Februarie, that fooles kept holy: fooles holy day.

Stura,

An yle against the mouth of Tyber.

Styga,

A fen in Aegipt, not farre from the citie of Mem∣phis.

Stygius, a, um,

Perteyning to Styx, the great fenne.

Stymphálides, aues,

Byrdes supposed to be so bigge, that they shadowed all the sunne beames, and wasted the countrey of Arcadie.

Stymphalius, a, um,

Of Stymphalus.

Stymphâlus,

A ryuer or poole of Arcadie.

Stymphâlum,

A towne by the sayde poole of Arcadie.

Styx,

Poetes doe feigne, that it is a fenne or ryuer in hell, by the which the Gods vsed to sweare: in déede it is a well of Arcadie, the water whereof is a verye strong poyson, so extréeme colde, that nothing can conteyne it, but the house of a Mule.

S V

Suada, dae,

foem. gen. Called in Gréeke Pitho, was called the goddesse of eloquence or delectable speache.

Subalpini,

People vnder the mountaines Alpes, called Péemountaynes.

Sublícius pons,

A bridge at Rome, made on Pyles.

Subur,

A towne in Spayne, called commonly Cubelles.

Suburra, rae,

foem, gen. A stréete in Rome.

Suburrana regio,

The stréete in Rome, where the brothell houses were.

Suessa,

A towne of Campaine.

Suessiones,

People of Fraunce.

Sueui,

People in high Germanie.

Sueuia,

The chiefe countrey of Germanie in fertilitie, hol∣somenesse, and beautifull personages. It hath on the east, Bauiere: on the west, Halsate, and the ryuer of Rhene: on the south, the mountaynes Alpes: on the north Frankelande. It was sometime called Alemania, whereof all Germanie was called Almayne. In dutch it is now called Swaue.

Suffenus,

A Poets name in Catullus, of all other most foolishe.

Sullanus, a, um,

For Syllanus.

Sullaturire,

For Syllaturire,

Sulmo, monis,

A towne in the countrey of Peligna, where Ouid the Poet was borne.

Sulmonensis,

One of the citie of Sulmo.

Sulpitius Galba,

The name of a Romayne.

Sultanus,

A Soudan, which was the name of dignitie of the king of Aegypt and Syria.

Summanus,

A God, whome the Paynims thought to haue preheminence in the night, some take it for Pluto.

Sunium,

A promontorie or elbowe of the countrey of Atti∣ca: also a village there.

Superum mare,

The sea, which is called Adriaticum, wher∣in standeth the citie of Venice.

Surrentum,

A towne in Campaine.

Surrentinus, a, um,

Of that towne.

Susa, ae, and Susa, ôrum,

The chiefe citie of Persis,

Susiana, ne, or Susiane, nes,

A prouince of Asia.

Sutrium,

A very auncient towne of Hetruria, xxiiij. myles from Rome.

S Y

Syades,

Starres called also Hyades, seuen in number.

Sybaris,

A towne .xij. myles from Rome: an other in Grece Also a ryuer in Calaber.

Sybarita, ae,

A man of Sybaris.

Sybaritae,

The people of the Citie Sybaris, in all kynde of sensuall deliciousnesse, farre passing all other. They v∣sed commonly to byd their guesse an whole yeare before: that neyther the bidder might lacke tyme to prepare all maner of delicious fare and costly furniture, nor yet the guesse sumptuously to adourne, and trimme vp them∣selues in golde and precious stones. At the last they ma∣king warre against the citie of Croton, although they were in fielde with .300000. men, yet were they with great shame discomfited, and put to flight to their vtter confusion, as men more trained in delicious fare and da∣liaunce, that in handling armor, and abyding the strokes of valiaunt enimies.

Sybaritanus, a, um,

Of Sybaris.

Sybaríticus, a, um,

Idem.

*Sybaritica mensa,

A prouerbe applyed to feastes and ban∣kettes, which doe excéede in delicatenesse.

Syboti,

People in the north part of the worlde.

Sycheus,

Didoes husbande.

Sycion,

He that first founde garlandes.

Syderis,

A Ryuer, where the sea Hircanum, taketh hys name first.

Syene,

A citie in the confines of Aegypt and Eethiope.

Sygaeum,

A promontorie of Troy.

Syla,

A mountayne in Lucania, and a wood in it.

Sylla,

A Romayne, of the noble house and familye of the Scipions, in Gréeke and Latine well learned, eloquent, quicke witted, craftie, and subtile, desirous of glory, of haught courage, and of great successe in all his dooings: so that Salust wryteth, it was to be doubted, whether valiantcie in hym were greater, or else felicitie. Of hys behauiour Plutarke writeth, that it was so repugnant, as he might séeme inconditions to be contrarie to him∣selfe. From many he pulled their goodes by extortion and violence: to other he gaue liberally and bountifully. Diuers vnwoorthie persons he greatly aduaunced: to∣warde manye other hée shewed much reproche. Those whose helpe he woulde vse, he marueylously reuerenced: such as were suters to him, he excéedingly disdeyned. Some for light and trifling causes he put to most grie∣uous

Syllanion,

A famous maker of Images, which was neuer taught.

Syllanus, a, um,

Of Sylla.

Syllatúrio, syllatúris, rire,

To haue an appetite or desire to follow Sylla, that is, to haue a desire to proscript, ba∣nishe, and murder men.

Syloson,

Looke Siloson.

Syluanus, ni,

m. g. The God of woodes.

Syluia,

The name of Ilia, Romulus mother.

Syluius,

The name of Aeneas sonne, of whom all y^e kinges of Alba longa were called Syluij.

Syma,

A citie in Asia.

Syme,

An yle betwéene Rhodes and Cnidus.

Symethus,

A ryuer of Sicilie, not farre from Aetna.

Symmachus,

A mans name.

Symplegades,

Two yles in the Gréekishe sea, called also Cyneae.

Synada,

A citie in Asia.

Synetius,

A Christian philosopher of the citie Pentapolis, in Affrike.

Syphax, acis,

A king of Numidia.

Syracusae, arum,

A citie in Sicilie, nowe called Sarrogosa, in the olde tyme of a marueilous renowme in strength and riches. Moreouer it is situate, that all the day long the sunne is neuer out of sight by no cloude that couereth it.

Syracusius, Syracusânus, or Syracosius, a, um,

Of that citie.

Syria,

A great realme in Asia, which hath on the east, the ryuer of Euphrates: on the west, the middle sea, and the realme o•• Aegypt: on the north, Cilicia and Cappa∣docia: on the south, Arabia.

Called also Assyria, A great countrey in the east, ha∣uing on the north part, Armenia: on the west, Meso∣potamia: on the south, Susiana: on the east, Media. It also conteyneth Phoenicia, Palestina, and Babilonia.

Syria,

A great realme in Asia, which hath on the east, the ryuer of Euphrates: on the west, the middle sea, and the realme o•• Aegypt: on the north, Cilicia and Cappa∣docia: on the south, Arabia.

Called also Assyria, A great countrey in the east, ha∣uing on the north part, Armenia: on the west, Meso∣potamia: on the south, Susiana: on the east, Media. It also conteyneth Phoenicia, Palestina, and Babilonia.

Syriacus, a, um,

Of Syria.

Syrianus,

A philosopher of Platoes sect.

Syrictae,

People, which receiue their meat in oaten réedes.

Syricus, Syrus, and Syrius, a, um,

of Syria.

Syrica mala,

Certaine apples, which at the first came out of Syria.

Syrinx,

A nymphe of Arcadie, which was turned into a réede or cane.

Syrissus, a, um,

Of Syria.

Syritha,

The daughter of Sylualdus king of Danes.

Syrius, a, um,

Of Syria: as, Syria pyra, peares of Syria.

Syrius,

A star in the mouth of the signe Canis, which when he ryseth, causeth most commonly pestilence.

Syrophoenix,

One that dwelleth on the sea coast of Syria.

Syrtes,

Quicke sandes or shelfes in the water, made by the drift of sande or grauell: they be properly places in the borders of Affrike towarde Aegypt.

Syrticus, a, um,

Of the places called Syrtes.

Syrus, a, um,

Of Syria.

Syrus,

An ylande belonging to Gréece.

Sysigambis,

Kyng Darius mother.

T A

TAbae, arum,

A citie of Caria.

Tabereni,

People by Chalybes.

Tabor,

A mountayne in the countreye of Galilie, where Chri•••• was transfigurated.

Tabraca,

A towne of the lesse Affrike.

Taburnus,

An hyll in C••mpania, wherein doe grow many olyues trees.

Tacapa,

A citie in Affrike, called commonly Capis.

Tachonilo,

An ylande in the ryuer Nilus.

Tacitus Cornelius,

A notable historiographer.

Tacola,

A marte towne in India.

Taelemeneus,

One that came to ayde the Troyanes.

Taenarus,

A darke place at the foote of the hill called Malea, by the citie of Sparta, which was supposed to be an en∣trie into hell.

Taenarius, a, um,

Of that place.

Taenaris, ris,

foe. g. Of Taenarus.

Taenia, ae,

f. g. Looke Tenea.

Taenon,

A citie in Laconia, an other in Achaia.

Tagasta,

A citie in Affrike.

Tages,

He that taught first the Tuscans the craft of diui∣nation, called Aruspicium.

Tagrus,

An hill in Portugall, where mares doe conceyue of the winde.

Tagus,

A riuer in Spayne, which deuideth Casttle from Portugall wherein hath beene founde grauell of golde.

Taígete,

One of the seuen starres, which so appeareth, as it may scantly be perceyued. It is also called Maia, and Electra.

Talaon,

The sonne of Iasius, king of Argos.

Tallus,

Was vsed of the Sabines for a surname.

Talthybius,

Agamemnons cryer or publisher of thinges in the Greeke army at Troy.

Tamaris,

A ryuer of Spayne, of which the people there be called Tamarici.

Tamaritae,

People in Asia, not farre from the sea called Caspium.

Tamesis,

The noble riuer of Tamise in Englande.

Tanager,

A ryuer in Lucania, betweene Campania & Ca∣labria.

Tanagia,

A towne in Boeotia.

Tanagroeus, a, um,

Of Tanager.

Tanais,

A great ryuer in the north part of the world which diuideth Europe from Asia.

Tanas,

A towne not farre from Tana, vnder the Venetia••s dominion.

Tanaqu••,

The wyfe of Tarquinius Priscus the king of Romaynes.

Tanaus,

A king of Syria.

Tanes,

A Persian, one of kyng Darius capitaines.

Tanis,

The principall citie of Aegypt, where Moyses did shew marueyles.

Tantaleus, and Tantalius, a, um,

Of Tantalus.

Tantalides,

The progenie of Tantalus.

Tantalis, idis,

The daughter or néece of Tantalus.

Tantalus,

The sonne of Iupiter and Plo••a, king of Phry∣gia, of whome the Poets doe wryte, that bycause he dis∣closed the counsayle of the gods, he is in hell tormented in this wise: He standeth by a fayre riuer, hauing before him a trée laden with pleasaunt apples, and yet he is al∣wayes thirsty and hungry: for as often as he stoupeth to drinke, or holdeth vp his handes to gather the ap∣ples, both the water and the trée doe withdraw them so from him, that he cannot touch them.

*Tantali horti,

A prouerbe, signifiyng good things to be at hande, which notwithstanding a man may not vse.

Taphiae,

Certayne yles by Gréece.

Taphiusa,

A place by Leucas.

Taphnis,

A citie in Aegipt, the people whereof were called Taphnei.

Taposiris,

A titie in Aegipt.

Taprobane,

An yle in the Indian sea, and was of some olde writers supposed to be in the contrary part of the world against vs, & therefore they called it an other world. It lyeth in the point betwene east and west, the quantitye thereof is diuersly described by sundry authours. For Strabo writeth, that it is in length viij. thousand fur∣longes, which is a thousande miles. Plinius Martia∣nus

Tapsagum,

A towne in the countrey Cyrenaica.

Tapsus,

An yle by Sicilie, not farre from Syracuse.

Tapyri,

People in Parthia, which vse to giue their wiues in mariage to other men, after that they haue had foure or fiue children by them.

Taraconia,

The thirde part of Spayne. On the north, it hath the sea called Cantabricum: on the west, Portugall and Granate: on the south, the sea Ibericum: on the east the mountaynes Pyrenaei. It doth nowe conteyne these kingdomes, Castile, Gallecia, Nauarre, Arragon.

Taracon,

The chiefe citie thereof.

Taras,

The sonne of Neptunus, who builded Tarentum.

Tarbeli,

The citie of Tarbes in Gascoyne.

Tarchesius,

A mischéeuous king of the people called Alba∣niens.

Tarchon,

A duke in Hetruria, which was also a great diui∣ner or soothsayer.

Taracina,

A towne in Campania, called also Anxur.

Tarentinus, a, um,

Of the citie Tarento in Calabria.

Tarentum, and Tarentus,

A noble citie in Calabria, and Tarento.

Tarna,

The citie of Sardís.

Tarpeia,

The daughter of Tarpeius, which betrayed the Capitoll to the Sabines.

Tarpeius,

An hill at Rome.

Tarquinij, orum,

An olde towne of Campayne.

Tarquiniense,

The lande of Tarquines.

Tarquinius priscus,

A Tuscane borne. He perceyuing that he was not estéemed in his countrey bycause his father was a straunger, by the counsaile of his wife Tanaquil came to Rome. Where by his great riches and dexteri∣tie of witte. getting into the fauour of kyng Ancus, at his death, he was made ouerseer of his children. But he esteming more his owne commoditie then theirs, whose gouernement he had, in shorte space he brought to passe that the Romaines made him their king. Wherefore to make sure vnto him that kyngdome which vniustly hée had gotten, he increased the number of Senatours, and added an hundred which were called Patres minorum gentium, thinking they should take part with him, which had the beginning of their honour by him. When he had reigned xxxviij. yeres, he was murdered in the Senate by the meanes of Ancus his children which vniustly he had put beside the kingdome.

Tarquinius,

For his proud and sterne behauiour surnamed Superbus, was the seuenth and last king of Rome. He maried Tulla the daughter of Seruius Tullus, a wo∣man of a naughty and cruell nature: by whose meanes he killed hir owne father, and by that horrible murder wickedly attayned that kingdom, which after cruelly he gouerned. Yet was he valiaunt in warre, and stoutely repressed his enymies. When hys sonne craftelye had gotten into the citie of the Gabiens, and sent a messen∣ger to him to knowe his minde what he shoulde further do, he walked by and down his garden (where the mat∣ter was declared to him) and gaue the messenger no an∣swere at all, but onely wyth a wande that he had in his hande, did strike of the toppes of the highest poppies that grew by the alley: and so without any word spoken caused the mssenger to be dimissed. The partie maruey∣ling therat, returned to his sonne, and declared how his father had vsed him. But he, by his fathers gesture vn∣derstanding his meaning, did beheade and put to death the chiefe and highest of the citie. This king was after∣warde expelled out of Rome with all that were of hys stocke or line, bycause his sonne Sextus had wyckedly rauished the noble and chaste matrone Lucrece. Vide Lucretia.

Tarraco,

A citie of Spaine, of the which that part is called Tarraconia.

Tarsensis, se,

Of Tarsus.

Tarsis,

A region in Iudaea, to the which Ionas sayde hée woulde go.

Tarsus,

The chiefe citie in Cilicia, where saint Paule was borne.

Tartareus, a, um,

Of Tartarus, or Hell

Tartaria,

Is a countrey of incomparable greatnesse. It boundeth on the weast vpon Russia, and extendeth in∣to the east (after the discription of the last chart) aboue 1600. dutch myles: which is of Italian myles .6400. and more: the bredth from the south into the north, is more vncertaine: it marcheth on the south vpon Persia, and India. The north is much part desert, for the cold∣nesse and barrennesse thereof. The people haue no cities or townes, or else very fewe, but they lye in pauilions, and vnder their cartes, which they do remooue into sun∣drie partes, as the time of the yere doth require, driuing their cattell with them, of whome they doe eate the flesh much part rawe, and doe drinke the mylke and bloude of them. The people be fierce and cruell, and therewith vile and beastly in their lyuing. They be all vnder the dominion of the great Cane, yet haue they many puys∣saunt princes, which doe vse a woonderfull obedience to∣warde their Emperour. They beléeue in one God, creator of all things, but they be not christened. They are so populous, hardie and fierce, that the great kinges which doe march vpon them, haue much to doe to resist them, as the great king of Russie, and the Sophie of Persia. Also one of their Princes tooke in plaine battail Pazagetes the great Turke, whome being bounden with Chaynes and Gyues of golde, and enclosed in a Cage of yron, he caryed about with him till he dyed: and there were slaine in that battaile .200000. Turkes, the Capitaine of the Tartarians was named Tamber∣lane. Their Emperour Chaam, besides Tartaria hath also subiect vnto him the lesse Indi, and all the realmes and Iles in the east, and southeast part of the worlde: and he nameth himselfe in his stile, the sonne of God: Reade more in Chaam. Much of Tartaria was that countrey which was sometyme called Scythia.

Tartari,

People of Tartaria.

Tartarus, & plu. Tartara, ôrum,

A déepe place in hell.

Tartessij,

People in Iberia, among whome be cattes of ex∣céeding greatnesse.

Tartessiacus, & Tartessius, a, um,

Of Tartessus.

Tartessus,

A citie in the vttermost part of Spayne, on the sea side by Gades, nowe called Cales, where Columella the most eloquent and perfite husbandeman was borne: it was called Gadir, and Carteia.

Taruanna,

Terouenne in Fraunce.

Taruedum,

A promontorie in Scotlande.

Taruntius,

The name of an excellent philosopher and A∣stronomer.

Taruscum,

A towne in Fraunce, called Tarascon.

Tasimenes seu Tasmenes,

One of the sonnes of Duke Nestor.

Tatius,

A Duke of the Sabines.

Tatianus,

A mans name.

Tatta,

A water of naturall salt in Cappadocia.

Taua,

Tynmouth in Englande,

Tauchira,

A citie of the Barcaeans.

Taulantij,

People of Illyria.

Taurarij,

People of Scythia.

Taurea,

A man of notable strength, in y^e armie of Anniball.

Taureus,

One of the names of Neptune.

Taurica Chersonesus,

A countrey in the north part of Eu∣ropa, which is almost compassed with the ••eeres of Mae∣otis Cimmerius Bosphorus, and the sea Euxinum: it is nowe called of some the lesse Tartaria.

Tauri,

People of cruell maners, in the north part of Eu∣rope, that offered straungers in sacrifice to Diana.

Tauri, and Taurilia,

Playes made in the honour of infer∣nall Gods.

Tauricus, a, um,

Of the people Tauri.

Taurianum,

A towne in Italie.

Taurini,

People at the foote of the Alpes toward Italy.

Taurinus, a, um,

Of the people Taurini.

Taurominium, nij,

n. g. A towne in Sicilie, so called for the plentie of nea••e, which fedde therabout. Also there was by it a citie of the same name.

Taurominitanus, a, um,

Of the citie Taurominium.

Tauroscythae,

People of Scythia, dwelling by the moun∣taine Taurus.

Taurubulae,

An yle by Naples.

Taururum, or Taurunum,

A citie of Hungarie called Alba Graeca.

Taurus, ri,

mas. gen. One of the xij. celestiall signes.

Taurus Berytius,

A philosophers name.

Taurus,

A great and famous mountayne, which beginneth at the Indian sea, and rysing into the north, passeth by Asia, vnto the fenne or méere called Maeotis, and borde∣reth vpon a great number of Realmes. Also the hill cal∣led Caucasus, is part thereof.

Taxilla,

A great towne in India.

Taygeta, or Taygetus,

An hyll, vnder which be set the cities Sparta, and Amycle.

Taygete,

One of the sisters called Pleiades.

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Teanum,

The name of two cities in Italy.

Tearco,

A famous king of Aethiope.

Tearus,

A ryuer of Thracia, at the heade whereof Darius king of Persia, when he went into Scythia, pyght his pauilions, and there abode thrée dayes. And delyting in the most pleasaunt water of that ryuer, he set in the same place a pyllour grauen with letters of Gréeke, de∣claring his being there, wyth commendation of the wa∣ter.

Teatea,

A citie in Italy, called commonly Tieti.

Techynes,

Were they, which also were called Corybantes, and were feigned to be the sonnes of Minerua and Sol.

Tectosage,

Tolouse in Fraunce.

Tectosagi,

People of Tolouse.

Tectosages,

Languedocke in Fraunce.

Tedífera dea,

Ceres, whose sacrifices were done in y^e night by torche lyght.

Tegea,

A citie in Arcadie.

Tegeaeus, & Tegeaticus, a, um,

Of Tegea.

Tegeaticus deus,

Pan.

Tegeaeus, & Tegeaticus volucer,

Mercurie.

Tegeates,

Men of Tegea.

Teium,

A citie in Paphlagonia, where Anacreon the Po∣et was borne.

Teij,

The people of Teium.

Teius, a, um,

Of Teium.

Telamon,

The sonne of Aeacus, the father of Aiax.

Telamonides,

The sonne or nephew of Telamon.

Telchius, and Amphius,

The chariottemen of Castor and Pollux.

Teleboae,

People of Gréece.

Teleboas,

One of the Centaures.

Telegonus,

The sonne of Vlysses by Circe the witch, who following his father into Ithaca, slue him vnwitting.

Telemachus,

The sonne of Vlysses and Penelope.

Telemus,

The sonne of Eurymus, a soothsayer among the Cycloppes.

Telephus,

A king of Mysia▪ Hercules sonne by Auge. Hée indeuouring to stay the Graecians goyng to Troy, that they might not passe thorow his countrey, was woun∣ded of Achilles. Which wounde, when by no meanes he could get cured, he learned by Oracle that he must haue remedye by the same speare wherewyth he was hurte. Wherefore, he being reconciled to Achilles, obtayned to haue a plaister made of the rust of his speare, wherwith shortly after he was healed.

Telesco,

A nymph, the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.

Telesilla,

A woman excellent in Poetrie.

Telethusa,

The wyfe of Lictus, mother of Iphis.

Tellen, téllinis,

A foolishe poet and minstrell.

Tellias,

A soothsayer among the people called Phocenses.

Tellus, li,

A mans name, whome the wise Solon iudged to be more fortunate then the rich king Croesus.

Tellus, luris,

f. g. A goddesse called also Cibéle.

Telos,

The name of an yle, where the oyntment called Te∣linum is made.

Telphussa,

A citie in Arcadie.

Telphussium

A towne in Boeotia.

Tembrius,

A ryuer by Pontus.

Temesa,

A towne of the Brutians, some write it Temessa.

Temeseus, a, um,

Of Temesa.

Tempe,

A place in Thessalia wonderfull pleasant, hauing trées and medowes marueylous delectable, wherein birdes of dyuers kyndes doe sing continually with ex∣cellent melodie: there of all pleasaunt woodes haue the name of Tempe.

Tempsa,

A citie of the Brutians.

Tenea,

A certaine village néere to Corinthe, full of woode, and delectable.

Tenedius,

A certayne king, who made a lawe that the man and woman, taken in aduoutrie shoulde be cut asunder with an axe: which law he executed on his owne sonne.

Tenedius, a, um,

Of Ténedos.

Tenedia bipennis, aut securis,

A quicke or sharpe axe: A prouerbe applyed to iudges, which be hasty and cruell in their sentences.

Ténedos,

An yle in the sea Aegeum, betwen Mytilene and Hellespont, not farre from Troy.

Tenia,

A village betwéene Mycenae and Corinthus.

Tenitae,

Were called goddesses of lottes.

Tennis, vel Tennum,

A citie in Aeolia.

Tennites, or Temnites,

One of Tennis.

Tenos,

An yle in the Gréeke sea, one of them which are cal∣led Cyclades.

Téntyra, orum,

A citie in Aegipt

Tentyritae,

A people dwelling in an yland within the riuer of Nilus, whome the Crocodill so much feareth, that he cannot abyde their voyce.

Teos,

A citie of Ionia: an other of Scythia, by the which is a ponde of fishe, which in faire weather make so much oyle, that it may be scommed of the water.

Terapne, nes, or Terápnae, arum. plu.

A countrey in Lacede∣monia, where the fayre Helen was borne. Also an yland now called Co••sica.

Terapnéus, a, um,

Of Terapne.

Terebris,

A ryuer of Spayne.

Terentia,

Ciceroes wyfe.

Terentianus, a, um,

Of Terence.

Terentinus, a, um,

Of Terentus.

Terentini ludi,

Playes kepte euery hundreth yeare, thrée dayes and thrée nightes continually togyther.

Terentius,

The most eloquent writer of comedies.

Terentum,

A place in the fielde by Rome called Campus Martius, wherein was an aulter of Pluto and Proser∣pina.

Tereus,

A king of Thrace, the husbunde of Progne, Vide Progne.

Tergeste,

A citie in Italy.

Tergestum,

A towne in Slauony, now called Trieste.

Termera,

A citie in Lycia, so called of Termero.

Termerium,

A place in Caria, betwene Melus and Halicar∣nassus, which tyrannes vsed for a prison.

*Termeria mala,

Extréeme euils. vide Adag. Eras.

Termes,

A mountayne in Asia. It is also a Towne in Spayne.

Termilae,

A people in Lycia.

Terminus deus,

An ydole, which was supposed to haue the preeminence ouer bounds of lande: whose temple had e∣euer

Terpandrus, dri,

An olde musician, who added .vij. strings to the harpe.

Terpnus,

An harper in the tyme of Nero.

Terpsichore,

One of the nine Muses.

Terra, ae,

f. g. Looke Cibéle.

Tertullianus,

A great learned man of Carthage, the sonne of a capitayne of the Romayne. He was in his tyme a very excellent man in witte and learning, and wrate ma∣ny fayre works in defence of Christendome. But being in his middle age made a Prieste, vexed with sundrye wronges and displeasures, by the enuy of the cleargy of Rome, he (as it were enforced) at the last fell into the heresie of Montanus: which heresie hée dyd enterlace with his bookes that he wrate, and lyued till he came to extreme age. He flourished about the yeare of our Lord 210. Saint Ciprian, when he lusted to reade Tertulli∣anus workes, would bid his seruauntes bring him his maister.

Tetartemorion, rij,

n. g. The fourth parte of the Zodiake circle, wherein are the xij. signes. It is also that, which Astronomers call the quadrate aspect of the planets.

Tethys, thys, vel thyos,

The wyfe of Neptune called God∣desse of the sea.

Tetragrammaton,

The name of God, which the Iewes do call Ineffabile, that is to say, vnspeakeable, and is Ie∣houa.

Tetrápolis,

The countrey of Antioch, wherin be foure no∣table cities.

T••tricus, or Tétrica,

A rough hill in Italy, full of rockes, and harde to go vpon.

Tettius Caballus,

A scoffer in the tyme of Vespasian.

Teuca,

A Quéene of Illyria which lyued euer chaste, and vanquished many noble Capitaynes, and dyuers hostes of the Romaynes.

Teucer, or Teucrus, cri,

The name of a king of Troyanes. Also of the sonne of Telamon the valiaunt Gréeke.

Teucer, cra, crum,

Idem quod Troianus, Of Troy.

Teudamedus,

The father of Pelasgus.

Teuderium,

A citie of Germanie, called commonly Bad∣borne.

Teumesus,

A little hill in Boeotia.

Teumesius leo,

A Lyon, which Hercules did slea, when he was a childe, and of his skinne made him a cote.

Teutates,

Was in olde tyme among the French men taken for Mercurius.

Teutha,

Idem quod Teuca.

Teuthania,

A piece of the countrey of Troy.

Teuthis,

A noble man, which went wyth the Gréekes to∣warde Troy.

Teuthrania,

The farthest part of Mysia.

Teuthras, thrantis,

A kyng of Mysia, the sonne of Pan∣dion.

Teuthrantius, a, um,

Of Teuthras.

Teutonicus, a, um,

Of the Almaynes.

Teutones, Teutoni, or Teutonici,

People called Almaines.

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Thabis,

A mountayne in Scythia.

Thais,

The name of an harlotte.

Thales,

A philosopher, one of the vij. wyse men of Gréece. Also a Poet of Candy.

Thalestria,

A quéene of Amazons, the which came to king Alexander with 300. women with hir, to the intent to haue issue by him and his men: and when she perceiued, that she and hir Ladies were sped, they departed home agayne.

Thalia,

One of the graces which the auncient Poets dyd suppose to be one of the daughters of Iupiter, and gy∣uers of delectable speach and pleasaunt pronuntiation.

Thalus,

A man of excéeding swiftnesse, whom poets feigne that Iupiter made with brasen féete.

Thamyras,

Was he, which first played on a harpe, wyth∣out singing thereto.

Tharsus,

A citie in Cilicia.

Thasij,

People dwelling in the yle Thasus.

Thasus,

A towne. Also an yle in the sea Aegeum.

Thassus,

sayth Eras. Is an yle neere to Thrace, noble and fertile.

*Thassus bonorum,

A prouerbe applyed to them that pro∣mise great thinges, as a man woulde say, a worlde, a countrey of wealth. In Cambridgeshire the vulgare worde is, a mine of golde.

Thaumantias Iris,

The daughter of Thaumas & Electra.

Thaumantis, idis,

Idem.

Thea,

A nymphe, the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.

Theagenes,

The name of thrée diuers men of Athens.

Theano,

A woman of the sect of Pythagoras, excellently learned in philosophie and Poetrie.

Theanum,

A towne in Apulia.

Thebaei,

People of the citie of Thebes in Aegypt.

Thebae, arum, Theba, bae, or Thebe, bes,

The name of di∣uers cities, wherof one was in Aegipt, builded by Bu∣siris: an other in Boeotia, builded by Cadmus: an o∣ther in Cilicia, where Andromache the wyfe of Hector was borne.

Thebe,

A maydens name, out of whose bosome flue two culuers: one to the fountayne of Hammon, the other to the woode Dodonaea, where they gaue aunsweres.

Thebais, idis, & idos,

A countrey in Aegypt. It is also the name of a booke made by Statius the Poet.

Thebánus, a, um,

Of Thebes.

Thelbencane,

A citie in the country of Babilon, called now Maraga.

Theleboae,

People of an yle called Capreae, which lyeth a∣gainst Naples.

Theleboij,

Idem.

Thelephus,

A king that came in the aide of the Troyanes, and was slayne by Achilles.

Thelphusia,

A citie in Arcadie.

Thelphussium, or Thelphossion,

A citie in Boeotia, where Pyndarus praysed Bacchus.

Thembinachia,

A countrey called also Nemea.

Themes,

An olde towne in the yle of Cypres, where brasse was first founde.

Themillas, lae,

A mans name in Virgil.

Themis, mis, midis, or mistis,

A goddesse, one of the sisters of Iupiter, on whome he begate Minerua, she which commaunded men to aske that which was lefull: some take hir for Iustice. There was an other woman called Themis, named also Carmentis.

Themíscyra,

A citie in Cappadocia, called afterwarde Cae∣sarea.

Themisones,

People of Lycia.

Themista,

Idem quod Themis.

Themistius,

A philosopher which wrate commentaries on Aristotles workes.

Themistecles,

A famous capitain of Athens: In his youth giuen to riote, sensualitie, and wantonnesse, delyghting neyther in learning, nor other commendable exercyse. But afterwarde he was so incensed wyth the desire of fame and glory, by the example of Miltiades, which o∣uercame Darius in the fieldes of Marathon, that in the night he could not rest in his bedde, but woulde ryse and say, that the triumph and victorie of Miltiades woulde not suffer him to sléepe. Whereupon he gaue himselfe to martiall prowesse, and affayres of hys countreye, and therin behaued himselfe so nobly, and became so wise and politike, as within fewe yeares he did not onely match, but farre surmount that man, whose example first exci∣ted him to noble doyng. For by his manhoode and poli∣cie, he deliuered not onely his owne citie, but all Gréece, from the great power and innumerable army of Xerxes, wherwith he ouerflowed that countrey: and caused that Prince wyth one small vessell dishonorablye to flée for sauegarde of his lyfe, whose huge multitude of shippes, not long before séemed to ouerlode the seas. Neuerthe∣lesse he was after by his vnkinde citizens expelled hys countrey, and fled to king Xerxes his enimie: who sée∣yng him, and vnderstanding his case, did both very ho∣nourably

Themistogenes,

An historiographer of Syracuse.

Theoclymenus,

A soothsayer, which tolde Penelope of hir husbande Vlysses returne.

Theocritus,

A poet of Syracuse, which wrate Bucolica, or the contention of the hierd men.

Theodomas,

The father of Hyla.

Theodomantéus, a, um,

Of Theodomas.

Theodectes,

An oratour of Cilicia, scholer to Plato.

Theodorus,

A famous philosopher. Also a notable caruer.

Theodosia,

A citie in Chersonesus, called now Capha.

Theodosius,

A worthy emperour of Rome, who much fa∣uored and furthered Christian religion, and was beside indued with many excellent vertues. In fauour of body comely, of mynde gentle, mylde, and mercifull: so hum∣ble and curteyse of behauiour, as he might séeme only in princely apparayle to dyffer from other: honourablye bountifull to all, but excéedingly liberall to good men. Simple natures he loued well: learned & honest wittes he had in passing great admiration. His olde frendes, at whose handes he had found pleasure, he rewarded excée∣dingly with honorable promotions, money, & other bene∣fites. By expresse law he decréed that dauncing & wan∣ton daliaunce should not be vsed in bankettes. In lear∣ning (if we regarde those that be excellent) but meanely instructed, but very wittie, and diligent also to haue the knowledge of histories, wherein he alwaye detested the actes of them that were cruel, prowde, and enimies to li∣berty, as Marius, Sylla, and Cinna. His feasting was princely and pleasant, but without excesse or great sum∣ptuousnesse: his féeding temperate, respecting more his health, then sensuall delight. Towarde his chyldren, a milde and gentle father: towarde his wife, a louing and quiet husbande. He died at Millayne, being .50. yeares of age, about the yeare of Christ .397.

Theodotus,

The instructour of the last Ptholomeus.

Theognis,

A certaine poet of Gréece.

Theon,

The name of dyuers learned men.

Theonînus, a, um,

Of or lyke Theon, which was an horri∣ble rayler, and carper of other mens doinges.

*Theonino dente rodere,

To rebuke a man shamefully.

Theóphilus,

The name of diuers bishoppes. It signifieth deuout, louing God.

Theophrastus,

A noble Philosopher, and of excellent elo∣quence.

Theopompus,

An historiographer after the tyme of Hero∣dotus, and Thucydides. Also an auncient poet, and a king of Lacedemonia.

Theópolis,

The chiefe citie of Syria, called also Antiochia.

Theótocos,

The mother of God.

Thera,

A Citie by Athens. Also one of the yles called Cy∣clades.

Theramenes,

A philosopher of Athens.

Theramne,

A towne of the Sabines.

Theramnéus, a, um,

Idem quod Sabinus.

Therasia,

An yle by Euboea.

Theridamas, antis,

A dogges name in Ouid.

Therimachus,

A famous peinter.

Theoriomachus,

One of Hercules sonnes.

Thermae, arum,

f. g. plur. A towne of Sicilie.

Thermodoon, or Thermódon,

A riuer of Thrace.

Thermodóntius, Thermodontaeus, & Thermodontiacus, a, um,

Perteyning to that riuer.

Thermopylae,

A mountaine which passeth through Grece, hauing a narowe entrie or passage, where .4000. Lace∣demonians, with their capitayne Leonides, fought a∣gainst .x. hundred thousande Persians, and resisted them two dayes, vntil the said Lacedemonians were all slain.

Thero,

A mans name in Pindarus.

Therodamas, or Therodamon,

A king of Scythia, which fed Lyons with mens bloude.

Therpsichore,

Looke Terpsichore.

Thersander,

The sonne of Polynices.

Thersilochus,

A mans name in Virgile.

Thersîres,

A prince that came wyth the Gréekes to the siege of Troy, which in person and conditions was of all other most deformed.

Theseus,

The sonne of Aegeus king of Athens, a strong and valiant man, the companion of Hercules, and in fa∣mous actes next vnto him, who was much defaced by breaking his fayth, which he had promised to Ariadne the daughter of Minos king of Creta, whom he left in a desert yle called Naxus: for the which (as Virgile writeth) he is perpetually tormented on a whéele in hel.

Thesêus, a, um,

Of Theseus.

Thesîdes,

The sonne or nephew of Theseus.

Thesiphon, tis,

A citie in Parthia, not farre from Seleu∣cia the great citie of Assyria.

Thesmophoria,

The ceremonies of Ceres the goddesse of grayne.

Thesmophoros,

A name of Ceres.

Thespiae,

A frée towne in Boeotia.

Thespius, & Thespiacus, a, um,

Of Thespiae.

Thespiades,

The Muses, abyding about Thespiae.

Thespis,

A towne in Boeotia, by the hil called Hellicon. Al∣so the name of an auncient Poet, and certayne other men.

Thesproti,

People of Epire.

Thessalia,

A region in Gréece, called also Aemonia, some∣tyme Pandora,, somtyme Pyrrhea, of some Pelasgia, of Homere Argopelasgicon. It is inuironed wyth foure great and famous hils, on the east with the mountaines of Pelion and Ossa: on the north with Olympus: on the west with Pindus: on the south with Othrys. It mar∣cheth on Macedonia on the East. The people were va∣liaunt men on horsebacke, and inuincible in battayle, as Polybius wryteth, but very vniust of their promise: the women there being woonderfull witches, transformed men into the figure of beastes.

Thessálicus, a, um, & Thèssalus, a, um,

Of Thessalia.

Thessalónica,

A citie in Macedonia.

Thessalis, idis,

A woman or mayden of Thessalie.

Thessalonicenses,

People of Thessalonica.

Thestius,

The sonne of Parthaon.

Thestor, oris,

The father Chalcas the soothsayer.

Thestorides, dis,

m. g. The sonne or nephew of Thestor.

Thestilis,

A womans name in Virgile.

Thetis, thétidis,

The mother of Achilles.

Theutones, or Theutonici,

People in Germany called dutch men.

Thideus,

vide Tydeus.

Thinissa,

The citie of Tunise in Affrike.

Thiodamas,

The sonne of Melampus.

Thiriomachus,

One of the sonnes of Hercules by Megara.

Thisbe,

A mayden of Babilon, Vide Pyramus.

Thisbêus, a, um,

Of Thisbe.

Thisias,

An auncient writer of Sicilie.

Thoantêus, a, um,

Of Thoas.

Thoas, antis,

The name of two kings, one of Taurica, and an other of Lemnos.

Thoë,

One of the nymphes.

Thon, nis,

He that first brought phisike into the fourme of a science among the Aegiptians. An other was king of Canopus.

Thonis,

A citie néere to Zephyrium.

Thonius,

One of the Centaures.

Thoon,

A Troyane slayne by Vlysses.

Thoota,

The daughter of Phorcus, on whome Neptunus begat Polyphemus.

Thootes,

A mans name in Homere.

Thorax,

A mountaine by the citie Magnesia, where Daphita the grammarian was hanged on a gibbet, for makyng verses againg kinges: wherof commeth this prouerbe, Caue à Thorace. Stephanus sayth Thorax is a citie of Aeto∣lia,

Thous,

A Duke of Troie.

Thoxeus,

The sonne of Eurytus and brother of Iole. Al∣so the sonne of Thestius.

Thrace, ces, Thraca, cae, & Thracia, ae,

A region in Europe. On the North it is bounded with the lower Mysia, on the East with the higher: on the South with the Sea Aegeum: on the Weast with Bosphorus Thracius, and Propontis. Therein is the Citie of Constantinople sometyme called Byzantium.

Thraceas, vel Thracias,

A Northweast winde.

Thracius, Teraicus, & Thraitius, a, um,

Of Thrace.

Thraessa, or Thraissa,

A woman of Thrace.

Thrasillus, or Thrasius:

Hée that taught Busiris to offer his guestes to Iupiter, to the intent to obtayne rayne, and was first himselfe killed in sacrifice.

Thraso,

A souldiours name in Terence. Also a paynter that Strab•• mencioneth.

Thras••menus,

looke Trasumenus.

Thrasibulus,

A Duke of Athens, which deliuered the ci∣tie from the thirtie tyrantes.

Thrasymacus,

The scholer of Isocrates.

Thr••symedes,

The sonne of Nestor.

Thrax, acis,

A man of Thrace.

Threicius,

Of Thrace.

Thressa, or Threissa,

A woman of Thrace.

Thriae,

The thrée nurses of Apollo.

Thryus,

A ryuer of Elis, which runneth into Alpheus.

Thucydides,

A noble Historiographer.

Thucydididus, a, um,

That followeth Thucydides, or of Thucydides.

Thule, les,

The name of two yles: one beyonde Scot∣lande, an other ouer against Carthage.

Thurij, Thuria, or Thurion,

A citie of Calabre.

Thuringia,

Thurin in Fraunce.

Thurini,

People of Italie.

Thurinus, a, um,

Of Thurij.

Thurium,

A towne in Italy, where Herodotus dyed, and was buryed in the high stréete.

Thuscana,

A citie in Italy.

Thusculani,

A certaine people by Rome.

Thusculanum,

A place not farre from Rome; where Tul∣lie, Cato, Varro, and dyuers other noble Senatours of Rome, had manour places.

Thúsculum, li,

n. g. A citie in Latium.

Thyamis,

A riuer that deuideth Thesprotis from Cestrina.

Thyamon,

An hyll in Thrace.

Thyas, thyadis,

A woman that offereth sacrifice to Bac∣chus.

Thyasus, si,

A daunce dedicate to Bacchus.

Thybris,

One of Aeneas companions.

Thyestes,

The sonne of Pelops and Hippodamia, who, asp••ring to the kingdome of Micenae, committed ad∣uoutrie wyth the wyfe of his elder brother Atreus, who therefore slue the children of Thyestes, and cau∣sing them to be rosted, made hys brother to eate them vnwares.

Thyest••us, a, um,

Of Thyestes.

Thyle,

The yle called Iselande.

Thymbra,

A place néere Troy, where muche Sauerye groweth.

Thymbraeus,

The name of Apollo.

Thymele, les,

A woman which first taught daunsing in open places.

Thynia,

An yle by Bythynia.

Thynius, a, um,

Of Thynia.

Thy••os,

A towne of Cilicia.

Thyó••••us, ••••isyllabum

A name of Bacchus.

Th••••••,

A citie of the Messenians.

Thy••••a,

An yle of Peloponnesus.

Thy••••••

A citie vnder Nestors dominion.

Thy••••••ge••ae,

People of Scythya, which liue onely by hun∣ting.

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Tia••••ra,

A Citie in the countrey of Mysia.

Tibareni,

People of Scythia being in Asia.

Tiberias, adis,

A citie of Galilée.

Tiberis,

or rather, Tyberis, A ryuer in Italy, called Ti∣ber, which comming from the mountaine Apenninus, de∣uideth Ethruria from Vmbria.

Tiberius,

The thirde Emperour of Rome, a man of right good learning and eloquence, but of a very naughtie na∣ture and disposition, cruell, couetous, craftie, deceytfull: pretending himselfe desyrous of that he most eschewed, and not to be willing to haue that he most desired. Bea∣ring a colour of displeasure to those, that he greatly fa∣uoured: and shewing a fayre face of friendeship, to those that he extreamely hated. In sodayne aunsweres much better, then in those he mused for. So much gyuen to drunkenshippe, that, for Claudius Tiberius Nero, hee was of his souldiours by reproche termed Caldius Bi∣berius Mero. Hée woulde banket two whole dayes and a night togither. He had by priuie canuassing procu∣red the imperiall estate to be offered hym by the Sena∣tours, and openly by craftie dissimulation pretended himselfe excéeding loth to take the charge of it on him: by that meanes thinking to perceyue the inwarde affec∣tions of men towarde him: which afterwarde in déede tourned many of the nobilitie to confusion. For some sayde openly vnto him: Sir, other persons be long ere they perfourme that they promyse, and you are long ere you promyse that you wyll be sure to perfourme: noting hys ••••yned refusyng of that, which he was al∣ready sure of. After he had a long tyme reiected the care of the common weale, and lyued onely in sensualitie and ryotte hée dyed, as it was thought by the procurement of Caligula, that followed him, as well in the succession of the empyre, as in his naughty nature and wicked conditions.

Tibiscus,

A ryuer of Dacia.

Tibisis,

A ryuer in Scythya.

Tibullus,

A poets name.

Tibur,

looke Tybur.

Tiburtes,

People in Italy, nigh to Rome.

Ticinum,

A citie in Lumbardie, called Pauia.

Tifernus,

A ryuer of Italy.

Tigillinus,

A Romaine, in the tyme of Nero, of his lyuing most filthy and corrupt.

Tigrana,

A towne in the countrey of Media.

Tigranes,

The proper name of a king of Armenie the greater, who ayded Mithridates.

Tigris,

One of the foure riuers which come out of Para∣dise called Gion: it passeth through Armenie & Media.

Tigullia,

A citie of Liguria.

Tigurini,

People of Germanie, which doe inhabite the fourth part of Heluetia or Swyzerlande: the people of Strawsborow.

Tile,

looke Thule.

Tilium,

A citie in the weast part of Sardinia, on the sea side, called nowe. S. Repara.

Tilos,

An yle in the red sea, wherein is plentie of pearle and trées of diuers fruites, and the leaues of trées there growing doe neuer fall. Also wooll groweth on trées there, which doe beare gourdes of the greatnesse of quinces, and being rype doe open, in the which doth appeare the wooll, whereof be made fine and precious clothes. About that place doth beginne the mountayne of Caucasus, which doth passe through a great part of the worlde.

Tilphosa,

A well at the foote of the mountayne Tilphosi∣um.

Timaeus,

A noble philosopher of Pythagoras sect.

Timagines,

A famous wryter.

Timagoras,

A noble man of Athens.

Timantes,

A famous peynter.

Timarchides,

A notable grauer.

Timauus,

A ryuer in Italy besides Aquileia.

Timocles,

A poet of Athens.

Timolaus,

A learned man of Larissa, who wrate of the warre of Troy.

Timoleon,

A duke of Corinth.

Timon,

A man of Athens, notable for his inhumanitie, and hatyng of the companie and societie of men.

Timótheus,

The name of a noble capitayne of the Athe∣niens, who for the good fortune that he had in battayle, was paincted lying a sleape, and hauyng by him a nette pitched, wherein fortune was taken. Also a cunnyng musitian, which vsed to take of his scholers, which had learned before, double salarie, that he tooke of other which neuer learned: saying, that he tooke with them double laboures, that is to say, to make them to forget that which they had learned before, and then to teache them perfectly.

Tina,

A ryuer in Englande called Tine.

Tinge,

A promontorie or elbowe of Affrike.

Tingitana,

A part of Mauritania or Barbarie ouer a∣gainst Spayne.

Tinia,

Idem quod Tina.

Tipasa,

A citie in Mauritania, called now Tenese.

Tiphernum,

A towne in Italie.

Tiphys,

An excellēt carpenter, which found first the meane to gouerne a shippe.

Tiresias,

A poete of Thebes, who for striking two adders, which he founde ingendring together, was forthwith turned into the forme of a woman. Seuen yeares after, he likewise finding two serpentes together, strake also them, and became eftsoones a man. Iupiter and Iuno contending together, whether man or womā were more prone vnto leacherie, chose Tiresias arbiter, which had experience in both kindes, who gaue sentence on Iupi∣ters parte: wherewith Iuno being angrie, tooke hys sight from him. But Iupiter, to comfort him in hys blindnesse, gaue to him that part of diuinitie, to knowe all that was done, or shoulde happen: by reason wherof he was had in great honour, and his aunsweres were esteemed equall to them of Apollo.

Tirinthis,

A famous olde citie in Gréece.

Tiriscum,

A citie of Dacia, now called Groscoma.

Tiryns, ryntis,

m. g. A riuer in Gréece. Tyrins, ryntis, f, g. The countrey where Hercules was borne in Peloponnesus, now called Morea.

Titynthius,

Was a surname of Hercules.

Tisarantus,

A riuer of Scythia.

Tisias,

The name of Corax scholer.

Tisiphone,

One of the furies of hell, which was supposed to torment homicides, or slears of men.

Tissa,

A citie of Sicilie, called Tis.

Titanis, nidôs.

The daughter of Titan, called also Latona, and is taken for the Moone.

Titan, & Titanus,

The brother of Saturne, and is taken for the Sunne. looke Saturnus.

Titanus,

A riuer of Aeolis, and a citie of the same name.

Titaresus,

A riuer renning into the riuer Peneus, and yet is not the water mixed with it, but rēneth like oyle in the middes of the other streame.

Tithonus,

The brother of Laomedon, which begat Mem∣non vpon Aurora: an other of that name was sonne to Laomedon.

Titianus,

An oratour of Gréece.

Titij,

Were priestes of Apollo.

Titornus,

An heardeman, which contended with Milo the wrestler, and ouercame him.

Titus,

The sonne of Vespasian emperour of Rome, was from his youthe earnestly bent to the studie of honestie, learning, and noble prowes, so that in his tender yeres he gaue euident token whereto in the ende he woulde prooue. And yet, euen then he did some things, by the slippernesse of youth and yll companie, that caused ma∣ny to feare that he woulde haue proued both cruell, sen∣suall, and couetous. But, when he was aduaunced to the empire, he did not onely shake of those light compa∣nions, by whom he was mis••ed, but also did so farre passe all other in liberalitie, princely bountie, contempt of money, mercie, clemencie, courteisie and sweete beha∣uiour, that he was commonly called the delite and dear∣ling of mākinde. Of his clemencie this is notable. Whē two of the noble men had cōspired against him, and the matter was so euidently prooued, as they coulde not de∣nie it, first he admonished them, and then had them with him to a common sight or shewe, and there made them sitte the one on the one side, the other on the other. And because he behelde sworde players, he called for one of their swordes, which vnder pretence of feeling howe sharpe it was, he gaue first to the one, and then to the o∣ther. In so much that euē they that purposed his death shewed themselues astonied at hys manly constancie. Why (sayeth he) doe you not see, that royall power and imperiall aucthoritie is geuen by destenie and the will of God, so that it is in vaine for any man either to hope to attaine it, or to feare to leese it? After supper on a time remembring, that on that day he had not done any plea∣sure or benefite to any man, with a lowde voyce he sayde to them present. Friendes, I haue lost a day. When he had raigned almost thrée yere, he died of an ague.

Titus Liuius,

The most excellent historien or wryter of sto∣ries, in whom was the fountaine of the milke of pure eloquence.

Tityrus,

A shepeheards name in Virgile.

Tityus,

The sonne of the Earth, whom poetes feigned to be slaine by Apollo, because he woulde haue rauished Latona his sister: and therefore lieth in hell, hauing an eagle alway eating his liuer. And it is also sayde, that his body was in length nine furlongs: witnesse Tibul, which was a poete, and also a great louer, and therfore coulde not lie.

Tlepolemus,

Hercules sonne, a king of Rhodes, which came to the siege of Troy with nine shippes.

Tmolus,

A mountaine in Lydia, whereon did growe great plentie of saffron and vines.

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Togata Gallia,

Idem quod Cisalpina Gallia.

Tolentum,

A citie of Italie, the people whereof be called Tolentinátes.

Tolêtum,

A citie in Spaine called Toledo.

Toliapis,

The yle of Tenet by Kent.

Tolossa,

A citie in Fraunce called Tolouse: wherof grew a prouerbe. Tolossanum aurum. Looke Cepio.

Tolumnius,

A certaine diuinour.

Tomarus.

A mountaine of Aetolia.

Tomitanus, a, um,

Of Tomos.

Tomos,

A citie of Pontus.

Tomyris,

A noble queene of the Massagetes in Scythia: against whom when Cyrus the great king of Persia came, and had slaine hir sonne, shée by hir policie trained him into such streicts, that shée slue him & all his hoste: and causing a great vessell to be filled with the bloude of Cyrus and of the other Persians, did cast his heade thereinto, saying: Bloud thou hast thirsted, and nowe drinke thereof thy fill.

Tongri,

People of the duchie of Brabant.

Topazos, or Topazios.

An ile in the redde sea.

Tornacum,

A towne called Tourney.

Torquâtus,

A noble man of Rome.

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Trachalus,

An oratour in the time of Domician.

Trachina,

A towne of Campayne.

A citie of Thessalie, which was of Hercules called Heraclea.

Trachina,

A towne of Campayne.

A citie of Thessalie, which was of Hercules called Heraclea.

Trachynus, or Trachynius, a, um.

Of Truchyna.

Trachonitis,

A countrey in Syria, ioyning vnto Arabia.

Tragia,

One of the yles called Sporades.

Tragurium,

An yle in the sea called Adriaticum.

Traiana,

A citie in Picenum, called now Potentia.

Traianus,

A Spaniarde borne and emperour of Rome, who was in warfare diligent, in ciuile gouernment po∣litike, in ••asing his subiectes of immoderate charges liberal, a great obseruer of iustice, and fauourer of lear∣ned wittes. When he ordained any Praetour, in deliue∣ring him the sworde, he would say in this wise: Vse the sworde against mine enimies in iust causes, and if I my

Tralli,

A people of Illyria.

Trallis,

A citie of Lydia: an other in Phrygia.

Trallianus, a, um.

Of that citie.

Tranio,

A seruaunts name in Plautus.

Transalpina Gallia,

Gallia on the other side of the moun∣taines from Rome, which is now the realme of Fraūce.

Transyluania,

A countrie beyonde Hungarie, whereof the people were sometime called Getae.

Trapezephoros, ri.

A certaine priest of Minerua.

Trapezus, zuntis.

A citie in the countrie of Pontus.

Trapezuntius,

A man of that citie.

Trasibulus,

looke Thrasybulus.

Trasimenus,

A riuer by Perusia, in Italie, where Annibal slewe Flaminius the Consul of Rome, and xxiij. thou∣sande Romaines, and tooke .6000. prisoners.

Trasimenus, a, um.

Of that poole or riuer.

Trausi,

People adioyning to Thrace.

Trebatius,

A lawyer very familier with Cicero.

Trebia,

A riuer in Italie by Placentia. Also a Citie in Spayne.

Trebellicum vinum, or Trebulanum vinum,

wine growing about the citie Trebia, in Spayne.

Trebonius,

A Romaine that conspired with Brutus and Cassius in Asia.

Trebula,

An olde towne nigh to Rome.

Trebulani,

Men of that towne.

Trecae, trecarum.

A citie in Campāygne.

Treua,

A citie in Almaine called Hamburgh.

Treueris,

A citie in Germanie called Trire.

Treueri,

People called Treues.

Triarius, rij,

m. g. A famous oratour.

Triatrus,

A festiuall day, kept after the thirde Idus of e∣uery moneth.

Triballi,

People of the countrie beyonde Hungarie, nowe called Seruia.

Triboci,

People of the countrie of Alsate.

Tribunianus,

A mans name in the time of Iustinian, a contemner of God and all religion, & speciallie of Chri∣stianitie.

Trica,

after Plin. lib. 3. cap. 11. was sometime a towne of A∣pulia. Stephanus sayeth, it was a towne of Thessalie, so named of Trica, Peneus daughter.

Tricastini,

People of Fraunce, neare the riuer Druentia.

Tricongius,

The surname of Nouellus, which dranke thrée measures of wine, called Congij, which was (as I sup∣pose) thrée gallons and thrée pintes of oure measure: wherefore Tiberius the Emperour promoted him to honour, and at the last made him Consull of Rome.

Tridentifer, or Tridentiger,

The surname of Neptunus, because of his thréeforked mace.

Tridentum,

A citie in Italie called Trent.

Trieterica,

The sacrifices of Bacchus, which were done euerie thirde yeare.

Trigarium rij,

n. g. A place at Rome by Campus Martius, where they exercised renning with cartes drawen with thrée horses called Trigae.

Trigemina porta,

A gate in Rome, out at the whiche the thrée brethren called Horatij, went to fight their cha∣lenge.

Trinacria,

The yle of Sicilie.

Trinacris, cre,

Of Trinacria.

Trinacrius, a, um.

Of Sicilie.

Triones,

The seuen starres, being in the north.

Tripolis,

A coūtrie in Affrike, an other in Syria, the third in Phoenicia.

Tripolitana regio,

Idem quod Tripolis.

Tripontium.

A towne of Vmbria in Italie, so called be∣cause it hath thrée bridges.

Triptôlemus,

A man, which founde the vse of graine in the countrie of Athens.

Tripodes,

Weare tables of golde in the temple of Apollo.

Triquetra,

A name of the yle of Sicilie.

Tritanus,

A notable wrestlar or swordeplayer.

Trites,

A people of Greece.

Tritium Metallum,

A citie of Spayne, called nowe Tafalla.

Triton, onis,

One called god of the sea, the sonne of Nep∣tunus, It is also a riuer in Affrica.

Tritonia,

A name of Minerua.

Tritoniacus, a, um,

Of Minerua.

Tritonis, nidos,

f. g. patronimicum.

Tritonice,

A towne of Pontus.

Triueri,

Trier in Almaine, which now is vnder a bishop.

Triuia,

A name of Diana.

Troas, adis,

The countrey about Troy, called the lesse Phrygia.

Troezen, zenis, or Troezene, nes.

A citie in y^e part of Greece called Peloponnesus. It is also a countrie in the lesse Asia, whereof the people are called Troezenij.

Troezenius, a, um.

Of Troezen.

Troglodytae,

People in the furthest part of Affrike, beyond Aethiope, which dwell in caues, and doe eate the fleshe of serpentes.

Troia,

The Citie of Troie. Also the countrey wherein Troie stoode.

Troianus, a, um.

Of Troie.

Troianus ludus,

A plaie of children on horsebacke.

Troicus, a, um,

Of Troie.

Troilus,

The sonne of Priamus and Hecuba.

Troius, a, um.

Of Troie.

Troiugena,

One borne at Troie.

Tros, troos, or trois,

A Troian. Also the name of a king of the Troians, sonne of Erichthonius.

Trossulum,

A citie in Italie.

Truentum,

A citie in Italie called Tronto.

Tryphiodorus,

A poete of Aegypte.

Tryphon,

A grammarian of Alexandria.

T V

Tuaesis,

The riuer of Tweede in Scotlande.

Tubero,

The name of a Romaine.

Tuberum,

A riuer in India.

Tucia,

A virgine vestale, that bore water in a sieue.

Tucris,

A citie of Spaine.

Tuder,

A towne of Vmbria.

Tuditanus,

The name of a man, so called because he had a heade as bigge as a beetill.

Tuesis.

The riuer of Tweede, which diuideth Englande from Scotlande. It is also the towne called Berwike.

Tuliphurdum,

A towne in Germanie called Gottingen.

Tulisurgium,

Bruneswike, a citie in Almayne.

Tullianum,

A dungeon within the cōmon prison of Rome.

Tullius,

The name of a noble Romaine, of excellent wise∣dome, learning, and eloquence. Reade in Cicero.

Tullus Hostilius,

The thirde king of Rome.

Tunetum,

A citie in Affrike, called nowe Tunise.

Turarius,

A streete in Rome.

Turcae,

People called Turkes, which inhabited the coun∣trey ioygning to the sea Caspium, and the hill Caucasus: some of them were accoumpted among the people of Scythia, of whom Pomponius Mela maketh mention: which about .750. yeares passed, wandring aboute as vacabound robbers, wasted and destroyed diuers coun∣tries: but afterwarde by the valiant prowesse of Chri∣stian princes, in the time of Godfray of Boloigne, and after, their puissance was abated. After, in the yeare of our Lorde .1300. one Othomannus, the tenthe from Solymannus, not many yeres sence, the great tyran of the Turkes, a plough mans sonne, valyaunt and sub∣tile of witte, gathering a great armie of vacaboundes, wanne a great countrey in Asia the lesse: and so suc∣cessiuely euery one sence hath encreased their dominion, hauing nowe vnder their subiection all Asia the lesse, Syria, Media, Mesopotamia, Aegypt, Gr••ecia, Illy∣ria, eueriche of these containing many great & famous royalmes: besides Hungarie, the yle of the Rhodes, and manie other ••les sometime Christened. They doe

Turde,

A citie in Italie now called Tudertum.

Turdetania,

A countrey now called Granado.

Turdetani & Turduli,

People of that countrey.

Turia,

Idem quod durias.

Turiasso,

A citie in Spayne.

Turnus,

A king of the Rutulians, which was slayne of Aeneas.

Turones,

People in Fraunce by the ryuer Leir.

Turonica,

Towers in Fraunce.

Turris Bissonis,

A citie of Sardinia, now called Sardos.

Turulis,

A ryuer of Spayne.

Tuscania,

A towne of Tuscia.

Tuscia,

A countrey in Italy, wherin be the cities of Flo∣rence, Sene, Luca, and Pife.

Tusci,

People of Tuscane.

Tusculanensis, se,

Of Tusculum.

Tusculum,

The name of a citie neare vnto Rome, set vpon an hill.

Tusculânus, a, um,

Of that citie.

Tusculânum,

Was the territorie about Tusculum, where Cicero, Varro, and diuers other noble men dwelled.

Tusculus, a, um,

Of Tusculum.

Tuscus, a, um,

Of the countrey of Tuscia.

Tuscus,

A streete in Rome.

Tutanus,

Was supposed to be a god, which had the custo∣die and defence of men.

Tutilina,

A goddesse, vnder whose custodie was corne in barnes and slackes.

T Y

Tyana,

A citie of Cappadocia.

Tyaneus, a, um,

Of that citie.

Tyber, bris,

A great ryuer by Rome.

Tyberinis, nidis,

patronimicum foeminin. Of Tyber.

Tyberinus, a, um,

Idem.

Tyberinus,

The god of the riuer Tyber.

Tyberius,

looke Tiberius.

Tybur, buris,

n. g. A citie by Rome.

Tyburinus, a, um,

Of the citie Tybur.

Tyburs, burtis,

om. gen. & hic & haec Tyburtis, & hoc Ty∣burte. Of Tybur.

Tycha,

A nymphe the daughter of Oceanus.

Tyche, ches,

A citie in Sicilie.

Tychius,

A mans name in Homere.

Tydeus, Byssyl.

A noble man, whose sonne Diomedes wounded Venus and Mars at the battayle of Troy.

Tydides,

The sonne or nephew of Tydeus.

Tyle,

called also Thule, An yle within one dayes iourney of the frosen sea.

Tymber,

A mans name. Also a ryuer.

Tymbra,

A great fielde in the countrey of Troy, through which the ryuer of Tymber runneth into the ryuer of Scamander.

Tymoetes,

One of the sonnes of king Pryamus.

Tymolus,

Idem quod Tmolus.

Tymphaei,

People in Aetolia, which is in Gréece.

Tyndareus, a, um,

Of Tyndarus.

Tyndaridae.

Castor and Pollux.

Tyndaris, daridis,

The daughter or néece of Tyndarus.

Tyndaris,

was also a citie of Sicilie.

Tyndarus,

The father of the fayre Helene (for whome Troy was destroyed) and also of Castor and Pollux.

Typhis,

looke Tiphys.

Typhóeus, trissyll.

A great gyaunt, the sonne of Titan.

Typhon,

Idem. Also a great puissant wynde: a whirle∣wynde.

The brother of Osiris.

Typho••us, or Typhoius, a, um,

Of Typhóeus.

Typhon,

Idem. Also a great puissant wynde: a whirle∣wynde.

The brother of Osiris.

Tyra,

A ryuer neare Ister.

Tyrambe,

A citie of Sarmatia.

Tyrannion,

A learned man in the tyme of Pompey.

Tyrannus,

The name of a sophister.

Tyras,

A ryuer of Sarmatia.

Tyres,

A citie of Scythia.

Tyridates,

A king of Armenie.

Tyrinthia,

A citie by Argos, where Hercules was nou∣rished.

Tyrinthus, a, um,

Of Tyrinthia.

Tyrius, a, um,

Of the yle called Tyros. vt, vestes Tyriae, Gar∣ments of purple colour.

Tyro,

A mans name, by whom Cicero did set much store.

Tyros,

A citie of Phoenicia. Also an yle, where the purple colour was first founde.

Tyrrheni,

The people of Tuscane.

Tyrrhenus, a, um,

Of, or by Tuscane.

Tyrrhus,

The shepheardes name in whose house Lauinia was brought a bed.

Tyrtaeus,

A Gréeke poet.

Tyrus,

A citie by the mountaine Libanus.

Tysias, ae,

He that first inuented Rhetorike.

Tyttygias,

The name of a notable théefe and robber, which thereby grew riche.

V A

VAcca, ae,

foe. ge. A citie in Numidia. Also a ryuer in Portugall.

Vaccei,

A people of Spayne.

Vaccus,

A capitayne of the people called Fundani.

Vacorium,

A citie in Norice called Villacum.

Vacuna,

A goddesse, vnto whome husbandmen, after har∣uest was cleane done, did sacrifice, as to the goddesse of quietnesse after labour.

Vadimonis lacus,

A certayne poole, wherein be Ilandes that swimme and mooue with the water.

Vageni,

A people dwelling among the mountaynes called Alpes.

Valedabber,

An Hebrue worde, which in latine is Nume∣ri, one of the fiue bookes of Moyses.

Valasca,

A quéene of the Boemes, which conspired wyth certaine other women, to haue driuen out the men, and to haue had a gouernaunce of women lyke the Ama∣zons.

Valentia,

The first name of Rome. Also a citie in Spayne called Valence.

Valeria,

The sister of Messala, wife to a noble man called Seruius, who being dead, when she was asked, why she did not mary againe, she aunswered, that Seruius hir husbande was still aliue with hir.

A towne in Spayne▪ the people whereof be called Valerienses. It is also a countrey by Hungary, now cal∣led Stiria.

Valeria,

The sister of Messala, wife to a noble man called Seruius, who being dead, when she was asked, why she did not mary againe, she aunswered, that Seruius hir husbande was still aliue with hir.

A towne in Spayne▪ the people whereof be called Valerienses. It is also a countrey by Hungary, now cal∣led Stiria.

Valerius,

The name of diuers Romaynes.

Valesius

for Valerius.

Vallonia,

Was called the goddesse of valleys.

Vandali,

People of Vandalia.

Vandalia,

A countrey in the north part of the worlde.

Vangiones,

People of Germanie, of a Citie called Woormes.

Varar,

Dunbar in Scotlande.

Varduli,

A people of Spayne.

Varro, onis,

A noble Romayne, of all other most excellent∣ly learned.

Varus,

A riuer, which diuideth the part of Fraunce called Narbon, from Italy. Also it was the name of a poet.

Vascones,

People in the part of Spayne called Taraco∣nensis.

Vaticanus collis,

An hyl in Rome, where now is the church of saint Peter.

Vatinius,

A Romayne so greatly hated of the People, that therof grewe a prouerbe, Odium Vatinianum.

Vaunia,

A citie in Italy néere vnto Venice, called com∣monly Louino.

V B V C

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.

V I

Via,

A riuer of Spayne.

Vibon,

A towne in the countrey of the Brutians.

Vicentia,

A citie in Venetia, betwéene Verona, and Padua.

Vienna,

A citie in Austria: an other in Dolpheny.

Vigisonus,

A brooke by the citie of Padua.

Viminalis collis,

A little hyll at Rome.

Vinalia, vinaliôrum,

neut. gener. plur. A certayne feast the tenth callendes of Maie, made for tasting of wines.

Vindelici,

People called Vandales.

Vindelitia,

A countrey, wherein is the citie of Augusta called Ausburgh. On the west it hath the riuer Lycus, and Rhaetia: on the north the ryuer Dunawe: on the east, the riuer Aenus, and Noricum: on the north it hath the Alpes.

Vindemiator,

A signe of starres, that appeareth the thirde Nonas of March.

Vindenij fluuij ostia,

A towne in Irelande commonly cal∣led Drodagh.

Vindius,

An hill in Spayne.

Vintium,

A citie by the Alpes called Mount Visol.

Vion Valentia,

A citie in Apulia.

Virbius, virbij,

masc gen. Twise a man: which name was giuen to Hippolitus, the sonne of Theseus, after that Aesculapius had brought him againe to life.

Virgi,

A towne of Spayne.

Virgilius,

The most famous poet of Mantua.

Viríplaca,

A goddesse, in whose temple women were recon∣ciled to their husbandes.

Viritium,

A citie in Germanie.

Viruesta,

A citie of Spayne called commonly Briuiesca.

Visontium,

A citie in Spayne called commonly Viseum or Viseo.

Visula,

A riuer of Sarmatia.

Visurgis,

A riuer of Germanie.

Vitunus,

A god, whom the Painims supposed to giue life.

V L

Vlius,

A name of Apollo.

Vlpianus,

A famous lawyer.

Vlubrae,

A village or small towne in Italie, where Au∣gustus was nourished.

Vlysses,

The sonne of Laertes and Autolia, king of the yles of Ithaca and Dulichium, a man excelling all other Gréekes, which came against Troy, in eloquence and subtilitie of witte: who, after the subuercion of Troy, when he had wandred tenne yeres on the seas and mar∣ches thereof, and had séene many countreies, finally, re∣tourned home: and there a good space of tyme remay∣ned vnknowne, and suffered many displeasures of the wooers of his wife the chaste Penelope, whome by the helpe of Telemachus his sonne and his swineheardes, he at the last slue. Notwithstanding afterwarde, he him∣selfe was slayne by Telegonus his bastarde sonne, with an arrowe, not being knowen of the same Tele∣gonus.

Vlyssipona,

The chiefe citie of Portugall called Lispone.

V M

Vmber, a, um,

Perteyning to the countrey Vmbria.

Vmbrij,

People of Italie, now called Spoletani.

Vmbria,

A part of Italie, where those people dwell.

Vmbro, bronis,

A riuer in Lumbardie, called also Lamber.

V N

Vnni,

Hungarians.

V O

Vobaerca.

A towne by Bylbo in Spayne.

Vocontij,

People of Narbon in Fraunce.

Vogesus,

An hyll in the marches of Langres in Fraunce.

Volaterrae,

A towne in Hetruria.

Volcae,

Languedocke in Fraunce.

Volcatius,

The name of diuers Romaynes.

Voliba,

A towne in Cornewalle called B••dwin.

Volones,

Were bondemen at Rome, which in the warres of Carthage, when there lacked Romaynes, offered themselues to fight for their maisters: and because they did it wyllinglye without cons••rein••t, they were called Volones.

Volsci,

An auncient people of Italie.

Volfinium,

A towne of Tuscan, called now Balsena.

Voluptia,

The goddesse of voluptie, or pleasure.

Volusius,

A poet of Pa••••e.

Vopiscus,

The name of one that wrate the lyues of empe∣rours.

Vortumnalia,

looke Vertumnalia.

V R

Vrania, ae,

f. g. siue Vranie, es, f. g. One of the Muses, which is president of Astronomie.

Vranus,

The father of Saturnus called also Caelum.

Vrbinum,

A towne in Vmbria, the people whereof be cal∣led Vrbinâtes.

Vrce,

A towne of Spayne, called now Aquile.

Vrium,

A citie of Spayne.

Vrolanium,

A towne in Englande, called saint Albans.

Vrsa, sae,

Two figures of starres, the one called Vrsa ma∣ior, and the other Vrsa minor.

Vrsa Baluia,

A citie of Picenum.

V S

Vstica,

An hyll in Italie.

V T

Vtica,

A citie in Afrike, where Cato did slea himselfe, and therefore was afterwarde called Cato Vticensis.

Vtinum,

A towne in Italie.

VV A

Wainfletus,

A worthy byshoppe of Winchester, and in his tyme Chauncellour of Englande, of counsayle wyse, graue, politike, well learned himselfe, and both in his tyme and after a great mainteyner of learnyng. He ly∣ued in the troublous tymes of king Henry the sixt, and Edwarde the fourth, in great estimation with the one, and in great displeasure with the other: and therefore felt both the sweete of prosperitie, and the sower panges of aduersitie. In his latter tyme, when he had attayned quietnesse, as a good bishop, more mynding the increase of learning then his owne priuate wealth, to the great furtheraunce thereof, he buylded the notable house of Marye Magdalene colledge in Oxforde. Out of the which, as a singuler nourserie of good letters, wythin fewe yeres haue béene sent into the churche, beside a great number of other well learned, a leuen byshops: and at this daye hath traueyling in the vineyarde of Christ, and planting of his worde, two godly byshops, and diuers other zelous and very well learned. In this house bycause I also was brought vp in my youth, and by the benefite of the founder thereof, attained the small portion of learning that God hath sent me, I ought and doe acknowledge my selfe much to be bounden to him.

Wallia,

The countrey of Wayles on the west side of Eng∣lande, so lying out into the sea, that it is compassed a∣bout with the same, sauing onely on the east part: where about Herefourde it is ioyned to this royalme, as a por∣tion or member of the same, diffring onely in name and language. They be the remaines of the olde Britons, that first inhabited this Ilande, and by the Saxones, when they grew here of great power, were constrayned to take that part, as the most safe from the inuasion and disqueting of their enimies. This haue I here put, not bycause I thinke it is vnknowne to any English man, but to take an occasion to clere my selfe of an vniust and false suspicion, that by malicious and naughty tongues hath béen spred of me, as though I should not beare good mynde vnto that countrey, and that I haue written a∣gainst it in a Chronicle, that before tyme I haue sette foorth. If this vntrue surmise had stayed wythin the compasse of the common sort, I woulde not so much haue passed for it (although I haue béene manased daunger by them that neuer saw me): but for so much as I heare, it is crept to those that are both right honest and very worshipfull, I am constrayned in this place somewhat to touche it. What the thing is, that parti∣cularly they are gréeued with, or howe this matter first began, I knowe not. If any shall declare it vnto me, I will be glad to satisfie him. In the meane tyme I pro∣test, I neuer had cause to hate them, and in déede doe so sauour them as my countreymen and faithfull subiectes vnder one prince with me. If I haue vsed any terme, that to them may séeme vnpleasaunt (as in noting the actes of Edwarde the first, I remember I call them vnstable) I trust sober and wise men will take that, as the truthe is, to be spoken vpon occasion of thinges doone at that tyme onely, and not as a propertie annexed to the people. And yet is that not my terme, but Fabian also, whome in some part I followed, vseth the same. Notwithstanding, I thinke hée m••nt none otherwise then I did, that is, so to call them there, bycause in that one kinges reigne they sundrie tymes molested hym. But that is aboue .250. yeares since.

Vulcanalia, orum,

neut. gener. plural. Feastes dedicate to Vulcan.

Vulcanus,

Iupiters smith, and is taken for fire.

Vulcanius, a, um,

Of Vulcane.

Vulsinij,

A towne in Tuscane destroyed with lightning.

Vulsinensis, se,

Of Vulsinij.

Vulsinus,

A ryuer in Italie.

Vulsinienses,

People dwelling about the riuer of Vulsinus

Vultur,

An hyll of Apulia.

Vulturnum,

A towne in Campania.

V X

Vxama,

A towne of Spayne.

Vxella,

Crokernewell in Deuonshire.

Vxellum,

A citie in Englande called Westchester.

X A

XAntha,

A nymphe.

Xanthi,

A people in Asia, whose citie being besieged of Harpagus the capitaine of Cyrus, they brought in∣to the castels their wiues, seruauntes, and goodes, and putting therevnto fire, burned altogither: and after∣warde issuing out of the citie, fought till they were all slayne.

Xanthippe,

A passing shrewde, curst, and a waywarde wo∣man, wife to the pacient and wise philosopher Socrates. On a tyme she folowed hir husbande from place to place scolding, in such sort, as he coulde not quietly abyde the house. Wherefore he went and sate downe without the doore, knowing that she woulde not be so impudent, to rayle at him in the stréete. Xanthippe séeing that, went vp into a chamber, and out of the windowe did cast a water pot on hir husbandes head: whereat, when other folkes passing by did laugh: Oh (quod Socrates) I thought the terrible thunder, that went before, woulde at length burst out to a storme and showre of rayne.

Xanthippus,

A capitayne of the Lacedemonians, whiche fought against Luctatius the Romayne.

Xanticus,

Among the Iewes was the moneth of Aprill.

Xantho,

A nymphe, the daughter of Oceanus.

Xanthus,

A riuer of Troye, whereof if shéepe did drinke, the fléese became yelowe. It was also the name of A∣chilles horse.

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Xenarchus,

A comicall poete. Also a philosopher borne in Seleucia.

Xeniae balniae,

A certaine bathe.

Xenius Iupiter,

The god of hospitalitie.

Xenocrates,

A notable philosopher, Platoes scholler, and maister to Polemon. King Alexander on a tyme, as a bountifull prince, sent vnto him thirtie talents of golde as a present: but Xenocrates sent it backe agayne vnto him, saying, that kinges and princes haue néede of mo∣ney, and not philosophers.

Xenodorus,

A famous caruer or ymage maker.

Xenophanes,

A philosopher that wrote against Hesiodus and Homere, for their opinion concerning the gods.

Xenophilus,

A musitian of Chalcis, which liued .107. yea∣res in great felicitie and quietnesse.

Xenophon,

A philosopher of Athens, disciple of So∣crates, and was also a noble and politike capitayne, who for his most delectable stile in writing, was na∣med the muse of Athens. Hée made most•• excellent workes, replenished with such kinde of wisedome and doctrine, that to the instruction of a prince, none may be compared vnto him. Wherefore I woulde exhort all noble men to reade his workes studiously. I woulde god that he mought fynde a translatour eyther in La∣tine or Englishe, which coulde expresse sufficientlye the most delectable sentences contayned in Gréeke.

Xenophontius, a, um,

Of Xenophon.

Xerxes,

A great and famous emperour of Persia, sonne of Darius, in riches and power of men, farre passing all other, but in noble prowes and vertue much inferi∣our to his predecessors.

Fiue yeares continually he made prouision for a voy∣age into Gréece, to reuenge that great reproche and ouer throwe that his father, not many yeres before, had taken of Miltiades in the fieldes of Marathon. Where∣fore▪ hauing gathered togither an armie, as some write of seauentéene hundred thousande, or as other more credibly affirme, of .1000000. He conuayed it ouer in∣to Europe by making a bridge ouer the sea at Helle∣spont with his great multitude of shippes. Through this his huge and mighty power, hée bare himselfe so prowdely, that he did not onely thinke all men ought to obey him, but commaunded the seas also to be quiet, and mountaines to giue place vnto him. The multi∣tude of his armie and ••attayle dranke certaine ryuers drie, and at their Princes commaundement did cutte downe the mountayne Athos in Thrace, that they might that way haue passage. Notwithstanding, short∣ly after, this mighty Prince with all his power on the sea by the yle of Salamine ioyning battayle with the small nauie of the Grecians, was discomfited and put to flight, a great part of his armie destroyed, and him∣selfe for his safegarde with great feare glad to flie in a fisher boate vnknowne: and so with muche dishonour returned home into Persia. Where afterwarde, mis∣trusting the hasarde of warre, he gaue himselfe to deli∣tious and sensuall lyfe, proposing large rewardes to such as did deuise any newe fantasie of ryote to please his sensuall appetite. By which occasion be became in great contempt with his people, and was slayne by one Artabanus, when he had rayned eyght yeares.

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Xyline,

A citie of Pontus, called commonly Sentina.

Xyphiae,

Certayne blasing starres, which haue beames lyke a sworde.

Z A

ZAcantha,

A citie of Iberia.

Zacanthei,

People in the mountaines called Pirenaei, by the ryuer of Iberus.

Zacharias,

The name of a Prophet. Also the father of Saint Iohn Baptist.

Zacynthij,

People of the yle Zacynthus.

Zacynthus,

An ylande in the sea called Ionium, wherein is a citie of the same name.

Zagrus,

A mountayne, which deuideth Media from Ba∣bilonia.

Zaleucus,

A prince that ruled the Locrenses, and by expresse lawe did forbid, vnder payne of death, that not so much as a sicke man should drinke any wine, but by the coun∣cell of a Phisition. Hée punished aduoutrie also wyth losse of both the eyes. Wherein when his owne sonne had offended, and his people verye earnestly sewed for his perdon, he did put out one of his owne eyes, and an other of his sonnes: by that meanes both leauing to his sonne the vse of his sight, and yet, to the terrour of his subiectes, not suffering example to be gyuen of the brea••he of his law, without iust punishment.

Zama,

A citie of Afrike, where Annybal was ouercome by Scipio.

Zancle,

A citie in Grecia: and another in Sicilie.

Zanclêus, a, um,

Of Zancle.

Zarmizegerusa,

The chiefe citie of Dacia, called Cron.

Zeno,

A notable and famous phylosopher, chiefe of the Sto••ke secte.

Zenobia,

A Quéene of Palmyra, of noble courage and excellent wyt, well learned both in the Gréeke and La∣tin tongue, and instructed hir owne sonnes in the know∣ledge of good letters. Of maners she was seuere, and so much delighted in chastitie, as she vsed not the car∣nall company of hir owne husbande. Hir saying it was that the ornament of a woman was silence. When hir husbande Odenatus was deade, she gouerned the Ro∣maine empire in Siria, and is counted one of the .xxx. Tyrauntes that inuaded the partes of the empire, in tyme of Gal••enus. She was afterwarde ouercome of Aurclianus, and for honour of hir vertue, had a place to liue in, appoynted hir about Tybur in Italie. In hir roiall estate she was worshipped in the maner of the kinges of Persya, and alwaye came abroade wyth an helmet on hir heade, and a purple rayle hanged full of precious stones.

Zenodotus,

A notable grammarian in the time of the first Ptholomée, whose children he taught, and had the kée∣ping of the famous librarie that was made at Alexan∣dria.

Zephyre,

An yle in the middle sea by Crete.

Zephyrium,

A promontorie in Italie among the people called Locri.

Zephyritis, tidis,

patronym. foe.

Zephyrius, a, um,

Of Zephirus.

Zephyria, oua.

Egges conceiued of the winde.

Zephyrus, ri,

ma. ge. The west winde.

Zerbis,

A ryuer of Mesopotamia, running into Tigris.

Zethus,

Iupiters sonne by Antiopa.

Zeugma,

A cittie of Da••ia.

Zeuxis,

An excellent Painter, which so painted a boy ca∣rying grapes, that Birdes came to the table or picture and picked on the grapes, wéening that they had béene very grapes: which Zeuxis beholding, was with him∣selfe angrie, and saide: if I had made the boye as well as I haue done the grapes, the birdes durst not haue come so néere to the Grapes. By his craft he had got∣ten exceding great riches, and therefore euer after de∣termined not to take any money for that he did, but frée∣ly to giue his labour: bicause he thought his arte and cunning so excellent, as no value of money coulde be e∣quall to it, or worthily recompence it.

Zeuxo,

One of the Nimphes, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.

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Zigari,

People which we doe call Aegiptians, that wan∣der about in euery Realme, and be horrible théeues.

Zigarum,

The Countrie, from whence the saide people doe come.

Z O

Zodiacus, ci,

ma, ge. An ouerthwarte circle deuised to be in heauen by the astronomers, to declare the course of the sunne alway betwene the tropikes of Cancer and Ca∣pricorne. To which points when it commeth either in the depest of winter, or in the highest of Sommer, it de∣clineth by little and little backe againe, towarde the E∣quinoctial. This circle hathe the name of the figures of beastes, that are imagined to be in it, to expresse the na∣tures of the twelue signes, which are within the come∣passe of the same.

Zoilus,

A malicious poete, that wrate a booke of rayling verses against the noble workes of Homer, and there∣fore is called Homeromastix, that is. Homers scourge. When this Zoilus did reade his verses to the worthie and learned king Ptolome, he taking thereat great dis∣pleasure, at that present saide not one worde vnto him. Afterwarde this railing Poete being in great pouer∣tie, desired of the King some reliefe. Naie (saith Pto∣lome) Homer feedeth and refresheth many. Wherefore thou, that arte better then Homer, maiest well finde thy self without reliefe of other. At the last he was con∣demned of heinous murder, and by the kings cōmaun∣dement put to death. Of him, all mallicious carpers of other mens workes be called Zoili.

Zopyrus,

A Noble Persian, seruaunt to Darius, which when the citie of Babylon rebelled against King Da∣rius and that he had made long warre, and coulde not subdue them, vnwares to any man, did cut of his owne nose, his eares and his lippes, and fledde to Baby∣lon saying, the King had so disfigured him, bicause he perswaded him to haue peace with the Babylonians: which they hearing, made him their chiefe Captaine, by which meanes he afterwarde yeelded the citie vp to Darius. Wherefore Darius was woont to saie, that he had leuer haue one Z••pyrus, than twentie Baby∣lons. Hauing on a time a pomegranate in his hande, a friende of his asked, of what kinde of things he would desire to haue as great a number, as there were ker∣nels in the Pomegranate: he aunswered of Zopires, esteeming nothing to be of so great value as a multi∣tude of so faithfull friendes, as hee had shewed him∣selfe. An other Zopyrus was excellentlye well seene in the science of Phisiognomie, that is, by the propor∣tion of ones visage and partes of the same, to coniec∣ture his nature and conditions. This man happening into the companie of Socrates, whome he neuer knew before, was demaunded of them present, what hee thought of him. Vppon the viewe of his countenance he gaue this sentence. That Socrates was blunt and dull witted, sensuall, and giuen to sundrie fowle vices. Whereat some of them, that were present, well know∣ing his wisedome and vertue, derided Zopire: other were much grieued and displeased with him. Naie (saith Socrates) let his iudgement nothing mooue you. For certainelie such one had I beene, had not the instruc∣tion of Philosophie amended the corrupt inclination of my nature.

Zoroanda,

A riuer, which y^e great water Tigris maketh on the one side of the mountaine Taurus.

Zoroastes,

A King of the Bactrians, in the time of Ni∣nus, and was before the warre of Troy .400. yeares. He first, as Plynie writeth, inuented magicall artes, and was in manye other things excellently well lear∣ned, whereof he left Bookes written behinde him. He was slaine with fire from Heauen, and tolde the As∣syrians before hande, that if they kept his ashes their kingdome shoulde neuer faile. Onely 〈…〉〈…〉 that euer were redde of, laughed the same 〈◊〉〈◊〉 he was borne: and his braine did 〈…〉〈…〉, that it woulde mooue the nour∣ses hande, being layde vppon his heade: which Plinie saith, was a token of the greate learning and know∣ledge, whereto he afterwarde aspired.

Zoticus,

A man in highe fauour with the Emperour He∣liogabalus: which with faire words, to winne money, deceiued the suitours.

Z Y

Zygantes,

A people by Carthage among whome is great store of Honie, both made by Bées, and also wrought with mans hande. They colour their bodies with red leade, and fedde especially on Apes fleshe, whereof they haue great plentie.

FINIS.