Bibliotheca Eliotæ Eliotis librarie.

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LAEA, laeae, a lyonesse.

Leae, an ylande by Cyrenaica, a regyon of Affryke.

Leaena, a lyonesse it was also the name of a cō∣mon woman at Athenes, who after that Har¦modius and Aristogiton had slayne Hyppar∣chum the tyrant, she being turmented in sun∣dry fascio••s, to the intent that she shuld dys∣couer the confederates of that murder, she spake not one worde, but bytynge in sunder her tungue, she spyt it in the face of Hyppias the tyrant, who caused her to be tourmented.

Leander, the name of a man.

Learchus, sonne of Athamas and Ino, whome the father beyng madde slewe in the stede of an harte.

Lebadia, a citie in Boeotia.

Lebes, lebetis, a caudron to boyle in.

Lechia, a fysshe, whiche some haue taken to be Tuny, for the similitude of them.

Leconomantia, was a kynde of diuination by water in a basyn, whiche the rusticall people in the olde tyme vsed amonge the Assyrians. They fylled a basyn sulle of water, into the whyche after certayne wordes spoken, spiri∣tes entred into the water, wherby was herd a lyttell sowne or whysperyng, by the whiche the inchantours perceyued thynges to come, and made answeres accordyng. Ioannes Ze∣ses in his comment on the Iliados of Homere maketh mention of two kyndes of Leca••o∣mantia, one olde was, whyche Vlysses vsyd, an other newe founde, whych is by water in a depe basyn, into the whych was put gold, syluer, ambre, cop{per}, & stones, wherat mought be no women, or they whyche hadde oftended with women. But this vayne science is for∣boden amonge chrysten men, lyke as Necro∣mancy and Geomancy is.

Lectica, a thynge lyke to a bed, wherein ryche men and noble men were borne by syx seruā∣tes, it may be taken for a lyghter.

Lecticarij, they whiche bare Lecticam.

Lectio, onis, readynge.

Lectipes, an herbe.

Lectisterniator, oris, a chamberlayn, or he that maketh the beddes.

Lectisterniū, a solemnitie amonge the paynims whan in the honour of their goddis Iupiter, Iuno, and Minerua, beddes were spradde in the temples, in the whyche fyrste the ydolles were laid, in the residue as many as mought lye and eate.

Lectito, are, to reade often.

Lecton, one of the toppes of the mountayn cal∣lyd Ida.

Lectrum, a part of Asia, lyenge into the sea.

Lecturio, ire, to desyre to reade.

Lectus, a bedde.

Lectulus, a lyttell bedde.

Lecythus, a potte of erthe, whiche serued only for oyle.

Leda, was wyfe of Tindarus kynge of Laco∣nia, with whom (as poetes do fable) Iupi∣ter in the fourme of a swanne dyd company, and she brought forthe two egges, of the one came Pollux & Helena, whyche was rauy∣shed by Paris: of the other came Castor & Clytemnestra. Pollux and Castor be callyd Ledaei.

Lagatarius, ia, to whō any thing is bequethed.

Legatio, an ambassade, or office of an ābassador

Legatitius, pertaynyng to legacies.

Legator, oris, he that bequetheth any thynge, the testatour.

Legatum, a legacy or bequeste.

Legatus, an ambassadour, that hath cōmission to treate of matters. He that is sent onely to salute or congratulate, is callyd Orator. it is also a lieutenaunt or generalle capytayne of an army.

Legerda, a citie in great Armeny.

Legio, onis, a company of men of warre, con∣taynyng commonly syx thousande foote men, seuen hūdred thyrty & two horsmen▪ it is also a town in Cornwall nowe callyd Leskarde.

Legionarius, a, um, pertaynyng to a legion.

Legirupa, a breaker of lawes.

Legirupio, idem.

Legislator, a maker or gyuer of lawes.

Legifer, idem.

Legi••imus, a, um, accordyng to the lawe.

Legitimi dies, dayes in banke before ordina∣rye iudges, whan the partie shulde appere or pleade, or elles it may be dayes of returne in the kynges benche or chauncery.

Legitima iuditia, iudgementes confirmed by lawes written, or auncient custome.

Legiuncula, a small legion.

Lego, are, to sende as an ambassadour, or as a legate, or deputy, to commytte or appoynte, to bequeath.

Lego, gi, gere, to gather, to reede, to passe by, to chouse, to stryke.

Legula, a fyllette.

Leguleius, a lawyer.

Legulus, a gatherer of small thynges.

Legumen, minis, all maner of pulse, as beanes, peason, vetches, tares. &c.

Legumentum, & Legarium, the same.

Leleges, seu Lelegae, people, whyche were al∣way wandrynge.

Lema, a teare.

Lemanus, a ryuer whiche runneth into the ry∣uer of Rone, callyd in frenche Lausane.

Lembus, a swyfte lyttel shyppe, whiche may be callyd a barke.

Lemnia terra, that whiche is now callyd Ter∣ra sigillata.

Lemnisci, labelles hangynge downe from gar∣landes. also iesses belongyng to an hauke

Lemnos, one of the yles callyd Cyclades, in this yle Vulcane was nourysshed. The wo∣menne thereof beynge in a furye, that theyr husbandes were longe absente in warres. Whan they came home, the women conspy∣rynge togyther, slewe them all in one nyght, sauyng that Hypsiphile the kinges daughter saued her father, and conueyed hym. Reade in Hypsiphile.

Lemosi, they that wepe lyghtly.

Lemouices, Lymosyn in Fraunce.

Lemures, spirites whiche do walke by nyght, with horrible fygures.

Lenaeus, one of the names of Bacchus.

Lenas, a bawde.

Lendigino••••s, a, um, full of nyttes.

Lenio, iui, ire, to pacyfye, to appease, to treate gentyllye, to make playne, or smothe, to comforte.

Lenis, ne, that whiche hath no roughnes, meke tractable, soft of conditions.

Lenitas, & Lenitudo, mekenes, gentylnes, ea∣synesse to please, softnes, smothenesse.

Leniter, softely, swetely, moderately.

Leno, a baude, a marchant of hoores.

Lenobates, a treader of grapes.

Lenocinium, the practyse of baudry. somtyme immoderate and exquisite klenlynesse or ele∣gancy, to styre a man to vyce, a vitious plea∣sauntnesse.

Lenocinor, ari, to practise baudry. also to speke fayre, or allure oone with wordes, and other pleasant thynges.

Lenonius, a, um, pertaynyng to bawdes.

Lens, lendis, a nytte.

Lens, lentis, a kynde of pulse callyd lyntelles.

Lens palustris, duckes meate, whiche in stan∣dyng waters lyeth houerynge.

Lente, easyly, softely.

Lentesco, scere, to be smothe or tender.

Lenticula, a pulse callyd chyttes.

Lenticula, a maner of vessell, out of the whiche kynges and princis were annoynted, a chrys∣matory, a rounde redde thynge lyke a lyntell in mens vysages.

Lenticularis, re, lyke a chyt or fatche.

Lentiginosus, he that hath in his face or body many lyttell red markes, lyke lyntelles.

Lentigo, ginis, a thynge lyke a lyttell warte in the face redde or blacke.

Lentiscus, a lyttell tree, out of the which com∣meth a swete gumme callyd Mastix.

Lento, tare, to do a thyng softly or easily, slowly

Lentus, ta, tum, soft, gentyll, easy, slow, remisse, ydell, cleauyng, or clammy.

Lenulus, a lyttell or yonge bawde.

Lenunculus, idem. also a lytel fyshers bote. al∣so the whelpe of a lyon.

Leo, onis, a lyon. also a shel fysh callid a lopster

❀Leonem ex unguibus aestimare, to esteme the lyon by his talons. A prouerbe signifieng to perceyue by a lyttell what the hole matter meaneth, or by a piece of a thynge what the holle is.

❀Leonē radere, spoken where one attēpteth a thyng dangerous and almost impossible.

❀Leo risit, a prouerbe touching them, which be soure of coūtenance, fierce, and vncurteys.

Leocrates, the name of an excellent grauer.

Leodamas, the proper name of a philosopher.

Leon, a phylosopher.

Leonides, was king of the Lacedemoniās, whi¦che did feates of warre against Xerxes kyng of Persia incredible, & finally was slayne in defendyng Grece, with foure thousande and eyght hundred Grekes onely, agaynste .xvii. hundred thousande of the hooste of Xerxes.

There was also an nother Leonides, whiche was tutour to kyng Alexander, whan he was a chylde.

Leonina, an herbe, whiche groweth on hylles, whose floures ar like to a lyons mouth whan he gapeth.

Leontopetalon, an herbe, hauyng leaues lyke to colewortes, the stalke halfe a fote high, the seede in huskes as great as smalle peason, the roote like a rape roote, great and black, whi∣che helpeth agaynst the styngyng and bitynge of all maner of serpentes.

Leontophon, a lytell worme, which if the lyon do byte, the lyon dieth incontinent.

Leontophona, a lytel beast, whose head is tur∣ned into ashes, wherwith men do myxt flesh, & cast it in the wayes wherby lyons do passe, wherof if they do eate, they dye incontinent.

Leontopodion, an herbe callyd Pee de lyon, whiche hath floures lyke roses vnsprad.

Leontopodium, an herbe, which some do say is lyke to that whiche is callyd marygouldes, some do suppose it to be the herbe whyche is callyd Dent de lyon.

Leopardus, a lybarde.

Lepadusa, the yle of Sicile.

Lepidè, pleasantly, pratily.

Lepidium, is an herbe whiche Vergilius Mar¦cellus supposeth to be that which the apothe∣caries do cal Setrac. Ruellius describeth it to haue leaues whan they be yonge lyke to lau∣relle, but they be softer. Finallye it is lyke a sworde blade rebated, the stalke ryseth in heyght a cubite, and hath a great roote with a thyck rynde, and a pythe lyke to wood.

Lepidus, a, um, nete, polyte, and plesant, aswell in speche as in gesture.

Lepista, a lyttell potte or viole.

Lepor, ôris, & lepos, ••••is, purenes or netenes in speche. also the good grace and dilectable∣nes in speche and gesture.

Leporarium, an inclosure, or place inclosed, wherin are kepte any beastes for pleasure or huntynge.

Leporinus, na, num, of an hare.

Leporis palatium, an herbe callid Southistell, in greke Sonchus.

Lepra, lepry.

Leprium, a citie in Achaia.

Leptoludiae, blacke fygges.

Leptus, the weight of a karat and an half. An∣dreas Alciatus in tres posteriores libros, A karate is the thyrde part of Obolus, whiche is halfe a serupyll.

Lepus, poris, an hare.

Lepusculus, a leuret or yonge hare.

Lerna, a lake in Achaia aboute Argos, and a fenne in the whiche was the serpente Hydra with many heedes. In to this lake the peo∣ple of the cyties of Argus and Mycene dyd throwe all the ordure and sweapynges of theyr stretes and houses. Thereof came the prouerbe:

❀Lerna malorum, whereby was sygnified an heape of myschiefes, or any person in whō is all vyce and abhomination.

Lernaeus, a, um, of Lerna.

Leros, an ylande in she sea Icarie.

Lesbos, an yle in the sea callid Egeum, where∣in was the citie callad Mytilene.

Lesbius, a, um, of the yle of Lesbos.

Lesbia regula, is spoken, where as rayson is applyed to the acte, and not the act to rea∣son: and where the lawe is accommodate to maners, and not maners to the lawe. Hereof speaketh Aristotle Moralium li .5. Of that whiche is infynite, the rule is infynite, lyke the leaden rule of Lesbos, whiche serueth for buyldyng, and is chaunged to the fascyon of the stone.

Lessus, us, a lamentable voyce vsed in the bu∣ryeng

of men, as we do say, alas.

Lestorum, a region of Indie.

Lestrygones, a people in the extreme part of I∣taly, whiche dyd eate the companyons of V∣lysses, rostyng them on broches.

Letalis, le, mortall.

Letania, uel Litania, a supplication or common prayer.

Letatus, slayne.

Lethargus, or Letargia, whiche of som is callyd Veternus (is as Paulus Egineta writeth) a disease in that part of the head, in the whiche the power of reason is contayned, possedyng the same place that phrenesy dothe, that is to saye the brayne, but the cause and matter be contrary, for in this is continual necessitie of slepe, harde to be awaked, the matter beynge a moyst and very colde humour, washyng the brayne, and compellyng one to slepe. Alexan¦der Trallianus addeth therto, that therin is suche a forgetfulnesse, that he whiche is syrk can not remember what he wold speake. Cō∣stantinus saythe, that where sometyme they do gape, they do forgette to close theyr mou∣thes. It is sometyme callyd Vera, and than is it of a pure cold matter, and somtyme it is callyd Non uera, and than is it of a cold mat¦ter myxt with a lytell bloud or choler, seldom it happeth of melancholy. Sometyme it folo¦weth an other sycknes, as a fleumaticke fe∣uer, or the sycknes of the lungues callyd Pe∣ripneumoniîa, in these dyseases, by heate the fleume is made subtyll, and is plucked vp to the brayne, where a cotidiane feuer and that be togyther, sometyme the feuer departeth in the space of .vii. dayes, and leaueth behynde that syckenes.

Lethargicus, he that hath the slepyng or forget∣full syckenes.

Lethe, a ryuer of hel, the water wherof as sone as it is drunk, causeth a mā to forget al thing that is passed. it is also a ryuer in Affrica.

Letifer, ra, rum, deadly, bryngyng or causynge deathe.

Letificus, ca, cum, causyng deathe.

Leto, are, to slea.

Letum, or Lethum, deathe.

Leua manus, the lefte hande.

Leuca, a promontory or elbowe of lande, nyghe to Corinthus.

Leucacantha, is (as Ioannes Agricola affyr∣meth) a thorny bushe commyng vp in hedges and diches, hauyng white floures, whiche ar soote: orels (sayth he) a kynde of thystelles, whyche be square and full of pryckes. Albeit Manardus supposed it to be that which the Arabians do calle Bedeguar. Ruellius affyr∣meth it to be that whiche Dioscorides dothe cal Rhamnus, the Romaynes Albam spinā, white thorne, growynge in hedges, hauynge straight vp braunches full of pryckes, lyttell leaues somwhat longe, fatty, & soft. Som is whiter than other, the darker coloured hath broder leaues, & somewhat ruddy, the twig∣ges be in length almost fiue cubites, the fruit therof is whyte, brode, thynne, and fascioned lyke a codde. Nowe haue ye the sundrye des∣criptions of the great lerned mē, of this time, diuine you what Leucacantha is, for to so dy¦uerse opinyons I can not fynde one englyshe, except I shulde call it white bryer.

Leucanthemis, an herbe, whiche physitions of late dayes call camomyll.

Leucates, a mountayne in Epiro. also an yle.

Leuce, a lyttel towne not farre from Smirnia. Also an herbe lyke Mercury hauyng a whyte lyne in the myddle of the leafe.

Leu••bia, is the generall name to all kyndes of vyolettes, not withstandynge it is proprelye taken for the yelowe violettes, whiche some doo calle hartes ease, the Arabians doo calle it Cheni.

Leucola, an yle by Cypres.

Leucoma, the webbe in the eie whan it is roted

Leucomum, whyte cotton.

Leucophaeus, a browne or a russet colour.

Leucophaeatus, he that dothe weare a russette garment.

Leucophlegmantia, a whyte dropsy.

Leucophlegmatia, or Leucophlegmatias hyde¦ros, one kynde of dropsy, wherin al the bodye swelleth vnequally.

Leucopū, & Leucopus, white of naturall color.

Leucosia, an yle againste Pestanum, in the sea Thyrrenum.

Leucosyria, a countrey, whyche is nowe callyd Cappadocia.

Leucothaea, the goddesse which was callyd Ma¦tuta & Aurora.

Leucothea, was doughter of Orcamus of Ba∣bylonia, whom beyng gotten with chylde by Phebus, her father dyd bury her alyue, but Phebus (as poetes fayne) dyd transfourme her vnto a tree, out of the whiche rounneth frankyncense.

Leucrocuta, a beast in Inde, of the greatnes of an asse, hauing legges like an hart, the head, necke, tayle, & breast of a gray or badger, the feete clouen, a wide mouth vnto the eares, in the stede of tethe one hole bone, in his voyce he wyll resemble the speeche of a man. Note here, that Pliny sayth, that this beast in his heed is of the fascion of Meles, and Meles is the beast callyd Taxo, whiche is a graye or a badger And Solinus sayth, that he hath the head of a camell, which perchaunce was the faute of the wryter or prynter, whiche vnto Meli, added Ca, and made it Cameli.

Leuctra, a towne in Laconia in Grece.

Leuctrum, a towne in Boeotia.

Leui, one of the sonnes of Iacob the patriark.

Leuiathan, a dragon of the sea: it is taken in holy scripture for the dyuell.

Leuiculus, a, um, somwhat light. also wanton.

Leuidensis, se, thynne wrought, and of smalle substaunce.

Leuifidus, da, dum, of light credence or truste.

Leuir, ri, the husbandes brother.

Leuis, leue, lyght.

Leuia uina, small wynes.

Leuita, amonge the Iewes was a mynyster in their ceremonies vnder theyr priestes.

Leuitas, tatis, lyghtnes.

Leuiter, lyghtly.

Leuo, are, to lyft vp. somtyme to take away, to abate or mynyshe, to mitigate, to make easy or lyght.

Leuare aliquem onere, to dyscharge one of his bourdeyn.

Leuare animum, to recreate the spirite.

Leuare annonā, to minish the p••ce of vitailes

Leuare facinus alicuius, to excuse oone of a mischeuous dede.

Leuare ictum serpentis, to heale one stunge with an adder.

Leuare laborem alicui, to ease hym of his la∣bour, or to put hym out of peyne.

Leuare metum alicui, to put one out of feare

Leuare morbum alicui, to make his sycknes more easy.

Leuare populum frumento, to helpe the peo¦ple with corne in tyme of scarsitie.

Leuare suam authoritatem, to minysshe his authoritie.

Leuus, a, um, lyght. alsoo whan it is spoken of worldly thynges, it sygnifieth left, vnhappy, contrary. whan it is referred to celestial thin¦ges, it betokeneth ryght, fortunate, prospe∣rous. For that whiche to vs is the left hand, to them whiche are aboue vs, and doo loke towarde vs, is the ryght hande.

Lex, legis, lawe, also a statute or decree.

Lex municipalis, the peculyar lawe, whiche euery citie hath.

Lex orchia, a lawe, whyche assygned howe many persons shulde be boden to souper, and that men shuld soupe at theyr doores, to ••hin¦tent that it mought appere, howe the lawe was obeyed.

Lex plagiaria, wherby men were whipped.

Leges Centuriatae, lawes made by the assem∣blies callyd Comitia Centuriata, Rede Co∣mitia.

Leges Curiatae, lawes made in the assemblis callyd Curiata comitia, whiche were callyd by tribes.

Leges Tribunitiae, lawes made by al the cō∣mon peple, which were also callid Plebiscita.

Lege agere, to sue in the law. also to do exe∣cution.

Legibus soluere, to dispence or graūnt a pla∣carde to one to do any thynge contrarye to a lawe made.

Lexipyreti, medicines, whiche doo heale men of feuers.

Lexouij, people in high France about Burbon