Bibliotheca Eliotæ Eliotis librarie.

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Bibliotheca Eliotæ Eliotis librarie.
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Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
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Londini :: In officina Thomae Bertheleti ... ,
M.D.XLII [1542]
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Latin language -- Dictionaries -- English.
English language -- Dictionaries -- Latin.
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RHabarbarum, Rubarbe, a preciouse rote medicinable to purge coler also to cor∣roborate the stomake and lyuer.

Rhachinon, a spyder, hauynge a lyttell blacke heade, and is somewhat whyte, and hathe shorte fete, whose bytynge is as venymouse as the styngynge of a scorpyon.

Rhadamanthus, was kynge of Lycia, whyche was a straight executour of Iustice, and ther¦fore was supposed of the Paynyms to be af∣terwarde one of the iudges in helle.

Rhagusium, a citie in Dalmatia.

Rhagardes, & Rhagadiae, certayne cleftes in some partes of the body.

Rhamnus, a kynde of brembles, whyche is whyte, and beareth more fruite thanne other do, and also hath floures, and sendeth forthe braunches with straight prickes, not croked as other are, and hath brode leaues.

Rhamnusia, was callyd goddesse of venge∣aunce.

Rhamnusius, a man of a towne callyd Rham∣nus, by Athenes.

Rhamponticum, the herbe and roote callid the more and greate Centory, it is named of Pli¦nius (as Ruellius wryteth) Rhacoma.

Rhampsinithus, the proper name of a kynge of Egypt.

Rhaphanus, an herbe callyd radyshe.

Rhebanus, a ryuer in the mouthe of Bospho∣tus, a countray in Thracia.

Rhea, was callyd the mother of goddes, callyd also Cybele.

Rhea syluia, the mother of Romulus & Remus

Rheda, a charyotte.

Rhedarius, a charyot man.

Rhedones, the cytie of Reynes in Fraunce.

Rhegium, a cytie on the bordure of Italye to∣warde Sycile. also an nother cytie not farre from Parima.

Rheginus, a man of the cytie of Rhegium in Calaber.

Rhemi, people in Fraunce callyd alsoo Rhe∣menses.

Rhenones, cotes made of the skynnes of bestis.

Rhenus, a noble ryuer in Germania, callyd the Rheyne.

Rhenense uinum, Rheynyshe wyne.

Rhenenses, people dwellynge on the ryuer of Rheyne.

Rheon, Reubarbe.

Rhesus, kynge of Thracia, whiche camme to the ayde of the Troianes, and was slayne of Diomedes: of whome a ryuer about Troye was callyd Rhesus.

Rheti, a people in Italy.

Rhetia, a countray in Germanye, hauynge on the weste the hylle called Adula, on the north it marcheth vppon Danubium, on the easte vpon the ryuer callyd Aenus, on the southe it lyeth vppon the mountaynes called Alpes.

Rhetor, oris, he that teacheth rhetoryke.

Rhetorica, rhetorycke, or the crafte of elo∣quence.

Rhetoricor, cari, to speake rhetorike.

Rhetorice, lyke a rhetoritian.

Rhetus, a gyant, whome Dionyse, being tour∣ned into a lyon slewe.

Rhetoricus, an oratour, or a man cunnynge in the crafte of eloquence,

Rhetorisso, are, to speake in the fourme of rhe∣toryke.

Rheuma, a rewme or distillation of humours.

Rheumatismus, the dysease of rewme.

Rhibis, a bremble callyd Raspis.

Rhinoceron, ontis, a beast that hath an horne in his nose, whyche naturally is ennemye to the Olyphaunt, it is also an oyle vessell, oute of the whyche oyle is dropped.

Rhinocerotis nasum habere, is sayd of them that be wyttye. Iuuenes{que}, senes{que}, Et pueri nasum, Rhinocerotis habent, Yong men, old men, and chyldern, and all be wytty.

Riphaei montes, mountaynes in the north part of the worlde, where as is contynually wyn∣ter, and snow with huge windes, and ioyneth vpon Scithia in Asia.

Rhodanus, a ryuer in France, callid the Rone.

Rhodia, a kynde of vynes.

Rhodites, a certayne precyouse stoone, of the colour of a rose.

Rhodius, of the Rhodes.

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Rhodope, a mountayne in Thracia.

Rhododaphne, & Rhododendros, a tree, ha∣uyng leaues lyke to an almond tree, but great¦ter and fatte seedes, open lyke a horne, whi∣che hath in theym woulle lyke purple sylke, a longe roote, salte in taste, it groweth in wa∣trye places.

Rhodomêli, hony and the iuyce of roses boiled togyther, called cōmunely Mel rosatum.

Rhodonia, a gardeyne of roses.

Rhodophone, that parte of Syria that gothe ouer the mountayne of Taurus.

Rhodopeius, a, um, pertaynyng to the moun∣tayne of Rhodope.

Rhodos, a famouse yle in the sea callyd Capat¦thium, lyenge beyonde Candy, hauyng on the north, the countray callyd Lycia, on the south Egypte. In this yle were borne many excel∣lent philosophers and Rhetoricians, it was sometyme puyssant and ryche.

Rhodostacti, idem quod rhodomeli, all be it some do put a dyfference betwene them, say∣ing that rhodomeli, hath thre partes of the iuyce of roses, and one parte of hony, & that rhodostacti hathe two partes of the iuyce, and one of hony.

Rhombus, a fygure foure square, hauynge the sydes equall the corners crooked. it is alsoo a fyshe callyd a Byrt, also a spynnynge whele or tourne.

Rhoeas, whan the corners of the eien are open, soo that there doo stylle from theym continu∣all droppes.

Rhoeteus, & Rhoeteius, for Troianus.

Rhoetus, a mountayne of Troye, where Aiax Thelamonius was buryed.

Rhoeton, wyne made of pomegranates.

Rhomphea, a sworde.

Rhoncus, a rowtynge whan one doth slepe.

Rhonchiso, are, to rowte.

Rhopalon, a water lylye, callyd communely Nenuphar.

Rhoxia, a countray by Polonia.

Rhoxalani, people on the north parte of the ry∣uer of Danubius or Donowe.

Rhus, is that whiche apothecaries do call Su∣mach. Manardus lib 1. epist iiii sayth that it is also callyd Ros syriacus.

Rhuteni, a people in Fraunce callyd Rhodes.

Rhymnus, a ryuer.

Rhyndacus, a ryuer, whyche runneth into the sea callyd Pontus.

Rhyparographus, a paynter of tryfles, a stayner.

Rhytion, a vesselle lyke to a moone.

Rhythmus, numbre or armony in speakyng, it is also callyd a ryme.

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