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ZOdiacus, a cercle 〈◊〉〈◊〉 heuen, wherin 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the .xii. sygnes.
Zographia, the pyctur•••• of beastes.
Zoilus, was a poete, which enu•••• Homerus, and therfore the enuiers of well ••••••ned men are called Zoili.
Zoelicum, certayne flaxe, that commet•••• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Spayne, wherof threde is made for n••tt•• to take byrdes.
Zomos, gruell.
Zona, a gyrdell.
Zonatim, in compasse aboute.
Zopissa, pitche taken from shyppes whiche be¦ing tempred with waxe and salte, is of more efficacie than other pitche.
Zopyron, an herbe, whiche some do suppose to be Pulyol mountayne.
Zopyrus, was a manne, whiche by phisnomye knewe euery mannes condicions. And whan in beholdyng Socrates he iudged hym to be vnthrifty, and therfore was scorned of many men. Socrates answered, Zopyrus is not de¦ceyued, for in dede I had ben suche one as he sayth, if I had not by philosophy subdued na¦ture. Also Zopirus was a noble Persian, ser∣uaunt to Darius, whiche whan the citie of Babylon rebelled agaynst king Darius, and that he had made longe warre▪ and could not subdue them, vnwares to any man, did cutte of his owne nose, and wounded him selfe, & fled to Babylon, sayinge, the kynge had soo disfygured hym, bycause that he perswaded hym to haue peace with the Babylonians, whiche they herynge, made him theyr chiefe capitain. Than by lyttel and lyttel declaring to them the strength of the kynge, and howe they mought not indudure long agaynst him at the laste he caused them to submit them sel¦ues to the kynge, and to receyue him into the citie. Wherfore Darius was wont to saye, that he hadde leauer haue one Zopyrus than twenty Babylons.
Zoroanda, a ryuer, whiche the great water of Tigris maketh on the one syde of the moun∣tayne Taurus.
Zoroastes, the fyrste fynder of Magike.