The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght

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• ERado, asi, ere, to scrape of, or out of a thynge.
• Erasinus, the name of a ryuer.
• Erasisiratus, the name of a famous phy∣sytion.
• Erato, the name of one of the Musts.
• Eratosthenes, the name of a philosopher.
• Erciscere, to diuide, proprely landes.
• Erciscundae familiae, of householde to be de∣uided or parted amonge dyuers heires.
• Ercinia, a wonderfull greatte wodde in Germany.
• Ercius, one of the names of Iupiter.
• Erebus, one of the ryuers of Hell.
• Eregione, on the other syde.
• Erenata, by occasion wherof.
• Erembi, people in Arabia, which go naked.
• Eremea, uel tua, for my profite or thyne.
• Eremodicium, a discontynuance of action, doone throughe absence or neglygence of the parties.
• Eremus, a deserte or solytary place.
• Erepublica, for the profyte of the publyke weale.
• Eretum, a streate of the Sabynes.
• Erga, towarde. Erga festum natalis Christi, Agayne Christmasse.
• Ergasterium, a warkehouse.
• Ergastes, siue ergasticus, a workeman.
• Ergastulum, a house, where men were com¦pelled to worke on stone or mettall. Nowe is it taken for a prysone, and sometyme for the prisoners.
• Ergastularius, the gayler or keper of the prysone.
• Ergastulus, a gayler. sometyme it signifieth a labourer.
• Ergasylus, the propre name of a man.
• Erginus, was a tyranne, whiche Hercules subdued and slewe.
• Ergo, therfore. somtyme it is spoken dys∣daynously. Fac ergo quod libet, Than doo as the lyste. sometyme exhortynge. Ergo age, go to. sometyme it signifyeth bycause, Illius ergo, for his sake. Virtutis ergo, by∣cause of vertue.
• Ergatum, an engyne to drawe vp thynges of great poise or weight, callid a crane.
• Erguminus, a mā possessed with an yl spirite
• Eriboea, the stepmother of Mercury.
• Erica, an herbe growynge in woddes, and is lyke to maioram.
• Ericthonius, the fyrste kynge of Athenes, whiche inuented a chariotte.
• Eridanus, a ryuer in Italy, now called Po.
• Erimantus, a diuinour.
• Erinaceus, an hedgehogge or vrchyn.
• Erinnys, the name of oone of the furyes of helle.
• Eriphyle, the wyfe of Amphiaraus, & systar of Adrastus, whiche betrayed hir husbande for a bracelette at the siege of Thebes.
• Eripio, pui, pere, to take awaye, to delyuer.
• Eripuisti mihi pecuniam, Thou haste taken my money from me. Eripuisti me a periculo, Thou haste delyuered me frome perylle.
• Eripuisti a me librum, Thou haste taken my boke from me. sommetyme to make haste.
• Eripe fugam, Flee away in haste.
• Eris, an herbe growynge in Aegypte, and may be interpretate contention.
• Erodius, a fowle, the greattest that fleeth̄, and ouercometh and eateth the Egle.
• Erogo, aui, are, to distribute.
• Errabundus, moche wanderynge, or va∣cabunde.
• Erraticus, ca, cū, that crepeth here & there, as, Vitis erratica, a crepyng vine, that sho∣teth out in dyuers places.
• Erratus, tus, erratum, ti, an errour or synne.
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• Errone••, start••rs asyde, vagobundes.
• Error, errour, properly where falsehode 〈◊〉〈◊〉 affirmed or taken for trouth▪ or trouth for falsehode.
• Erro, aui, are, to erre, to wander.
• Erubeseo, but, bescere, to be ashamed, or to blusshe.
• Eruca, an herbe called Rokat. also a worme called the canker worme, whiche cōmonly is vpon ••olewortes.
• Eructo, taui, tare, to belke or broake wynde out of the stomacke.
• Erudero, aui, are, to throwe out, or cary a∣waye rubbell, as morter, stones, and other lyke thynges of olde buyldynge decayed, or pulled downe.
• Erudio, iui, ire, to teache any arte or science.
• Eruditio, doctryne or teachynge.
• Eruditus, lerned or taught.
• Eruila, a grayne called tares.
• Erunco, caui, care, to wede out.
• Eruo, ui, ere, to drawe out with force.
• Eruum, a kynde of pulse.
• Erugo, an vnkindly moisture, wherby corne growynge is putrified.
• Erymathus, a mountayn in Archady, where Hercules ouercame a bore, that destroyed the fieldes. There are also a wodde and a ryuer of the same name.
• Erythace, bees meate, whyle they labour.
• Erythacus, a byrde called Robyn redbrest.
• Erythea, an Ile, the countraye of Gerion, where the ayre is so benigne, that men well nere are there immortall.
• Erytheus, was a kynge of Athenes.
• Erythios, an herbe called redde betes, as I do suppose.
• Erythraeum, is called the redde see, this see is betwene the Indie & Aethiope occean.
• Eryx, the name of a mountayn in Cicile, and of a citie theron buylded, wherin was edi∣fied a temple to Venus, wherof of Venus is called Erycina.
• Quid geminas Erycina meos sine sine dolo∣res? O Venus, why doest thou continually double my sorowes?

Notes

• Plin. lib. 4
• Ouidius.