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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BOA, a serpent in Italy, so great & large that on a tyme whanne one was kylde, there was a chyld all hole founde in his bealy,* 1.1 as Pliny writeth. Boa is also a syeke∣nes, wherin the body is ful of redde blysters.

Boalia, playes made for the healthe of oxen and kyen.

Boaria, an herbe callyd a clote or burre.

Boarium forum, the market place where oxen be solde.

Boca, uel Bocas, a fyshe whiche hath his back as it were paynted with sundry colours. Io∣uius sayth and affyrmeth, that he is taken in all costes in great sculles, not withstandyng I do not yet fynde his name in englyshe.

Boces, callyd of Theodorus Bocae, is a fysshe, that onely hath a voyce, whiche mought seme to be dogfyshe, whiche is sayde dothe make a noyse lyke the barkynge of a dogge, after he is taken.

Bocchyris, a mans name.

Bodellium, a kynd of swete smellyng gumme.

Boebis, a lake in Thessaly.

Boēmia, is a royalme callyd Beame, inclosyd with the boundes of Germany, hauynge on the easte Hungary, on the southe Bauier, on the weste, the countreye callyd Noricum, on the northeaste Polonia or Poole. It is equall in length and in bredthe, eche of them beyng about thre dayes iourney. And is enuyroned with the famous foreste callyd Sylua Hercy∣nia, and through the myddell therof passethe the greate ryuer callyd Albis, and an nother ryuer namyd Multania, vppon the ryuage whereof is sette the pryncipall cytie namyd Braga or Praga. The language there is not

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duche, but the slauoin tungue: not withstan∣dynge in the churches 〈◊〉〈◊〉 people art taughte in the duche tunge, in the church yardes they are taughte in the beame tunge. They varye from the catholyke faythe, in sundry opiny∣ons, and do skorne all ceremonies. In some places there they pryuyly obserue the secte of the Adamites and Waldenses in the acte of lecherye. whereof is wrytten in the wordes Adamitae & Vualdenses.

Boeodurum, a Citie in Almayne, nowe called Patauia or Passaw.

Boeotia, a countrey in Greece, wherin was the citie of Thebes: nowe it is called Vandalia.

Bogud, a towne in Affryke: also the name of a kynge.

Boiae, gyues or fetters.

Boij, people of Burbon in Fraunce, and Ba∣uiar in Almayne.

Boletus, a mushrom.

Bolis, idis, a darte with wyld fyre. also a plū∣met and lyne wherwith shypmen doo sounde in the sea, to fynde lande.

Bolus, a masse or lumpe of mettal or other like thynge. also a throwe or caste at dyse. also a draughte with a net in waters. It is also a morsell.

Bombax,* 1.2 an aduerbe spoken of hym, that set∣teth naught by that whiche is spoken, as one wolde saye, whan he is rebuked of a faulte. And what than? or tushe, I care not for that.

Bombitatio, the noyes that bees make.

Bombus, a great sowne or noyse, as it were of a trumpe, or gunne, a bounce.

Bombix, icis, a sylke worme.

Bombycinus, a, um, of sylke.

Bombycina uestis, a garment of sylke.

Bomolochus, a common scoffar, or he that su∣steyneth all villany for to get money. It was also taken for a boye, that stode at the altars ende, to stele away the candels.

Bona dea, was she that some called Farua, or fauna, of whom: Varro wryteth, that in her lyfe neuer man dyd se her, nor harde her na∣med, but onely her husbande.

Bona caduca, the goodes of them that be dam¦ned, goodes escheted.

Bona praedia, the goodes whiche be lyable to euery action.

Bonaria, caulmnes of the sea.

Bonasus, is a beaste in fourme lyke a bull, but broder and shorter, and hath a mane lyke an horse downe to the shulders, but the heare is softer, and commeth downe to his eyes: the heare of his body is lyke a bryght sorrell, his mane is darker couloured. The fleshe of him is pleasaunte in eatinge, and therfore he is hunted, but he runneth continually vntill he be wery, and in his runnynge flyngeth, and shoteth forthe his sharde and dunge thre fur∣longe from hym, as Plinius writeth.

Bonitas, goodnes, honestie, and iustyce.

Bonum, good, whiche is contrary to ylle.

Bonus, a good man. also beneuolent, peasyble, lyberal, playne, easy to speake to, worshypful, treatable, mercyfull.

Bona dicere, to report well.

Bona fide dicere,* 1.3 to say truely and playnely.

Bona pars, the more part.

Bona uenia, By your lycence, Noo displea∣sure to you.

Bona uerba quaeso, say well I pray you.

Bonae aedes, a substancyall house.

Bonae fidei possessor, a feoffee of trust.

Boni consulas, take it in good parte.

Boni frugi, honest, of good conditions.

Bona ualetudo, good helthe.

Bonae notae uinum, wyne of a good sorte.

Bonae fidei emptor, he that meaneth good faythe, in byenge, intendynge no deceyte.

Bonus horas male collocare, to loose tyme, whyche mought haue ben better spent.

Bonis auibus, of good lucke.

Bono animo esse, to be of good chere.

Bono animo dicere aut facere, to speake or do a thynge for a good intent.

Bono ingenio esse, to be debonayre.

Bono publico facere, to doo it for the com∣mune weale.

Boo, as, are, to belowe lyke a cowe.

Boōtes, a sterre, which folowith Charles wain

Borbetomagus, or Vormatia, a towne callyd Wormes in Almayne.

Boreae, Iasper stones.

Boreas, the northesterne wynde.

Boreus polus, the northesterre callyd the lode sterre.

Borith, an herbe that fullers vse.

Borsyrites, a kynde of olyue hauynge manye boughes, white and spotted with sanguyne.

Borysthenes, a greatte ryuer in the countreye of Scithia.

Bos, bouis, a rother beest, be it bul, oxe, or cow.

Bos in lingua, A prouerbe touchyng them whiche dare not speake the truthe, or wyl not for bicause they haue receiued money to hold theyr peace.

Bosphorus, the name of a part of the sea, whi∣che lyeth in two sundry costes, one by Constā¦tinople, the other more northe.

Bosra, a citie of Idumea.

Bostar, an oxe house.

Bostrychites, a preciouse stone lyke to women∣nes heare.

Botrys, or botrus, a cluster of grapes.

Botrytes, a precious stone, like to a black grape

Botuli, they whiche haue moche bloud.

Botulus, or botellus, a puddynge made of the

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inwarde of a rother beaste.

Botytillus, a lyttell cluster of grapes.

Bouatim, lyke an oxe.

Bouicida, a slauter man.

Bouile, an oxe stall.

Bouillae, arum, a towne not far from Rome.

Bouillus, a, um, belonginge to neate.

Bouinator, he that with greatte noyse cryeth out on an other man.

Bouinor, aris, to belowe out lyke a cowe.

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