The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght

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• MI, to me.
• Mica, a crumme of breade.
• Mico, care, to glisten, or shyne. Dig∣gnus qui cū in tenebris mices, is applied to one, whiche is reputed to be an honeste man, and a trusty, whiche wyll kepe touch and deceyue no man. It may be this wise translated, in a commune fourme of spea∣kynge, He is one, with whom thou mayst assuredly bargayne. also to holde vp now one fynger, nowe two, as men do whanne they trete or bargain togyther by signes.
• Miconium, an herbe called Popy.
• Microcosmas, a lyttell worlde.
• Micrologia, curiositie aboute thynges of no valour.
• Micrologus, a lyttell communication.
• Micropsichia, feble courage, faynt harted.
• Micropsichi, they which haue faint hartis.
• Micturio, ire, to pysse.
• Mictytis, poore folkes potage.
• Mida, a worme bredynge in beanes.
• Midas, a kynge of Phrigie, who excellyd all other in rychesse.
• Miaesa, a towne in Macedonia.
• Mig••o, are, to remoue frome one place, to dwell in an other.
• Miles, mi••••tis, a man of warre, a souldiour.
• Mil••••pte, Cato vsed for mihi ipsi.
• Miletus, a citie in Grece.
• Milesius, a, um, of that citie.
• Militatis tua, the hygh way.
• Militariter, warrely.
• Militia, warre. sommetyme the exercise of warre.
• Milito, tare, to goo on warfare, or to be in warres.
• Milium, a smalle grayne callyd Myll.
• Mille & millia, a thousande.
• Millepeda, a worme hauynge a great num∣bre of feete.
• Millearium, a myle, also a cawdron, also a pyller in Rome, wherein was grauen all the wayes of Italye.
• Milliarius, a, um, of a thousande weight.
• Millies, a thousande tymes.
• Millus, a mastyues colar, made of lether with nayles.
• Milo, onis, the name of one, whiche at the game of Olimpus, with his bare hande, slewe a bulle, and after caried hym a fur∣longe, and the same daye eate hym euery morsel. It was also a noble Romayne, for whom Tullie made an oration, conteining incomparable eloquence.
• Miluina tibia, a cornette, or smalle shaulme.
• Miluus, & miluius, a kyte. There is also a fyshe and a sterre of the same name.
• Miluinus, na, num, of a kyte, or lyke a kyte.
• Mimallones, women dedicate to the folishe ceremonies of Bacchus.
• Mimas, a mountayne of Thracia.
• Mimus, a bourder or rayler, which in moc∣kynge other men in gesture and counte∣naunce, dothe folowe them, faynynge to be the same persones, whome they do re∣proue. Mimi, be verses counterfaytynge moche wantonnes without any reuerēce, hauynge not withstandynge somme wyse sentences myngled therwith.
• Mimicus, ca, cum, of suche wanton facion.
• Mimographus, a wryter of suche wanton matters.
• Mina, & mna, was the pounde of Athenes, which in weight cōtained .lxxv. dragmas: in money it conteined a hundred dragmas or olde poyse grotes, wherof .viii. wente to one ounce.
• Minae, arum, thretenynges. also battylmen∣tes of walles.
• Minax, acis, full of thretnynges.
• Minaciter, thretnyngly.
• Mincius, a ryuer of the Venecians.
• Minei, people in Arabia, nigh to the red see
• Minera, & mineralia, are of somme vsed for mynes, out of the which mettal is digged.
• Minerua, called goddesse of doctryne and wysedom, which was also named Pallas.
• Minerual, & mineruale, a rewarde gyuen somtime by scholers vnto their maysters, in meate or drynke.
• Mingo, gere, to make water, to pysse.
• Miniacius, a, um, redde, of sinople colour.
• Minime, & minimum, leste. minime gentiū, leste in all mens opinions. sometyme mini∣me signifieth no, in no wise. minime doctus vnlerned. minime sapiens, vnwyse. minime mirum, lyttell meruayle.
• Minio, are, to dye redde.
• Miniati libri, limned bokes, hauyng letters of dyuers colours.
• Minister, tri, a seruant.
• Ministerium, seruice, sometyme generallye all warke. somtyme ministeria be seruātis.
• Ministro, are, to serue, to gyue a thynge in doinge seruyce.
• Minor, aris, ari, to thrette.
• Minitor, aris, ari, to thrette soore.
• Minium, Synople or redde leade.
• Minius, a ryuer in Spayne.
• Minoa, the name of a citie in Sycile, of an other in the ile called Amorgos, by Sicile
• Minos, was the kynge of Crete, and gaue to theym lawes, whome paynyms for his excellente iustice, supposed to be chyefe Iudge of helle.
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• Minthos, bunge or ordure.
• Minotaurus, was a monster kepte in Crete, halfe a man, halfe a bulle.
• Minturnae, a citie in Campania.
• Minuo, ere, to mynishe.
• Minurizo, are, to synge smalle, or to feyne in syngynge.
• Minus, lesse.
• Minutal, a meate made with chopped her∣bes, a iussell.
• Minutarius, a sellar of tryfles or smalle ha∣berdashe ware.
• Minutatim, pece mele, in gobettes.
• ...Minutim, idem.
• Minutia, the smallest thing that may be sene.
• Minutus, a, um, minished.
• Minyae, a towne in Thessalia.
• Miniariae, mines, they be also vaynes of me∣tall, out of the whiche is taken synope.
• Mira, wonders or meruayles.
• Mirabilis, le, meruaylous, wonderfull.
• Miraculum, a miracle, a thynge excedynge nature, or commune reason.
• Mirifico, care, to make wonderfull.
• Mirificus, ca, cum, wonderfully done, mer∣vaylouse.
• Mirmeciae, wertes in the priuie partes.
• Mirmillones, chalengers at fightynge with swordes.
• Miror, aris, ari, to meruayle, to like a thing.
• Mirum in modum, in a meruaylouse facion.
• Misanthropos, he that hateth the company of men.
• Miscellanea, a myxture of dyuers thynges.
• Misceo, cui, scere, to myxe or meddyll to∣gether, to confounde together, to trou∣ble or to do a thynge out of order or rea∣son, sometyme it sygnyfyeth to serue one with drynke.
• Misellus, a lyttell wretche.
• Miser, eri, a wretche, sometyme innocent.
• Miserabilis, le, myserable, wretched, lamen∣table.
• Miserabiliter, miserably, lamentably.
• Miserandus, to be pitied.
• Miserator, he that dothe an acte of charytie on hym whom he pytieth.
• Misericors, dis, mercifull.
• Miseré, miserably, pitiousely, vnhappyly.
• Miserè, amat, he loueth excedyngely.
• Miserior, eris, misereri, to haue pitie.
• Miseresco, scere, to be moued with pitie.
• Miseret me, I haue pitie.
• Miseretur, I am moued with pitie.
• Miseria, misery, infelicitie.
• ...Miseritudo, idem.
• Misericordia, pitie.
• Misericorditer, pitiefully.
• Miseriter, miserably.
• Miseror, aris, ari, to haue pitie.
• Misogynia, an hater of women.
• Missenus, an hyll in Campania.
• Missiculo, are, to sende often.
• Missile, all thynge that is throwen.
• Missilia, thynges whiche the auncient em∣perours were wonte to caste amonge the people, as breade, cakes, swete oyntemēt, and suche lyke thynges, which was done in the Theatre, in the feastes, called Sa∣turnalia.
• Missio, a message, also leaue to departe.
• Missito, tare, to sende often.
• Missus, a, um, sente.
• Missus, us, a course, whan one thynge com∣meth in a distance after a nother, a turne.
• Missum facere, to omit or passe ouer a thing, also to gyue leaue to departe.
• Mitellum, a lyttel miter.
• Mitis, mite, mieke, symple, quiete.
• Mitesco, scere, to waxe tame or quiet, som∣tyme to waxe rype.
• Mithra, the Persians do call the sonne, and also the chiefe priest of the sonne.
• Mithrax, a stone of the colour of a rose, but agaynst the sonne he is chaungeable.
• Mithriaca sacra, ceremonies of the sonne.
• Mithridates, a puissaunt kynge of Ponthus in Asia.
• Mithridaticum, a medicine lyke to tryakle, called Mitridate.
• Mithylenae, arū, a citie in the ile of Lesbos.
• Mitigo, are, to mitigate, to swage.
• Mitifico, to pacifye or make quyete.
• Mitra, a myter. It was also a tyre of wo∣mennes heedes.
• Mitto, misi, mittere, to sende, to leaue or lay aparte, to gyue. Mirtere sanguinem, to let bloudde. Mittesanguis, a bloudde lettyng, or a bloudshede.
• Mitterin, an Iyle syxe dayes saylynge oute of Englande, wherein is greatte plentie of tynne.
• Mittas frenum affectibus, Brydelle thyne affections.
• Mitte hunc ire, Lette hym goo.
• Mitte hanc noxiam, Forgyue me that faute.
• Mittere in consilium, to lette the iuges de∣parte to gyue sentence, after that the ora∣tour hath finished his oration, or the law∣yer his plee.
• Mixtarius, a cuppe, wherin wyne is alayde with water.

Notes

• Vide com∣po••.
• Cice. pro Cluencio. Asc. Ped.