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- BAAL in the tongue of Siria, signifieth lorde, & is attrybute to Iupiter.
- Babe, an interiection of wondrynge.
- Babylon, a great citie in Caldey, and signyfyeth confusion or trāslation. where was a towre edyfied by Hembroth, whiche was in height fiue myles, and a hū∣dred thre score and tenne paces, afterward being enlarged by Semiramis, the wyfe of Ninus kyng of Assiria, it was so great, that it conteyned in compasse thre score myles, and the walles were in the height thre hundred fete, and in thyckenes or bredthe thre score and fyftene fete, and hadde a hūdred gates of brasse, and there ranne through the mid∣dell therof the noble and moste famous ri∣uer Euphrates, whyche is oone of the ry∣uers, whereof the hedde or sprynge is in Paradyse.
- Babylonia, the countray where the citye of Babylon stode.
- Babylonicus, ca, cum, and Babylonius, a, um, of Babylon.
- Babylonica, are clothes wouen with sondry colours.
- Baccalia, a kynde of bay trees or laurell, but it hath larger leues, and great plentye of beryes. It is also called Augusta.
- Baccar, car••s, & Baccharis, is an herbe ha∣uynge a lefe in facyon and greatnesse be∣twene violet leues and the herbe, whiche is called Moleyn or longwort, the stalke square, and somwhat rough, whiche is in hayght a foote and a half, hauyng a floure lyke purple, myxte with whyte, the roote blacke, but that sauouryth lyke vnto Cina∣mome, some do call it Asdrabacca, some our ladies gloues.
- Bacchari, to do a thynge lyke a madde man or vexed with spirites.
- Bacchatim, lyke a madde man.
- Baccaricum, a swete oyntment, made of the roote of Asdrabaccha.
- Bacchius, a, um, of Bacchus.
- Baccisera, a tree bearynge bearies.
- Baccula, a lyttell bearye.
- Bacillum, a lyttell staffe.
- Bactra, trotum, a contray in Scithis, beyōd Assiria, it is also the name of a citie in that countraye.
- Bactriani, people of that countray.
- Bactrianum, a coūtray wherin were a thou∣sands cities.
- Badizare, to goo.* 1.1
- Bagous, in the Persian tounge signyfieth a geldyng, or a man gelded.
- Bagrada, a ryuer in Affrike by the citie cal∣lyd Vtica, where Att••hus Regulus, and the hoste of the Romans, slewe a serpent, whi∣che was in length one hundred & .xx. fete.
- Bahal, the ydoll of Cyre.
- Balanites, a stone, whiche is a lyght grene, and hath a vayn in the myddell lyke a flame of fyre.
- Balanitis, a kynde of rounde Chestens or cheste nuttes.
- Balaustium, the floures of wylde pome gra∣nades.
- Baleares, two Iles by Spayne, wherof the one is now called Maiorca, the other Mi∣norca.
- Ballistarium, the place where a great brake ••or slynge is layde.
- Balneatorius, a, um, of a bathe.
- Balneb••um, a lytell bayne or bathe.
- Balito, tare, to blete often.
- Balsamum, baulme.
- Bambia, a kynde of olyue tree.
- Banausus, an artificer that worketh at ye fyre.
- Banchus, called an haddok.
- Baphia, a dyehouse.
- Baptae, men whiche hadde theyr visages paynted.
- Baptes, a stoone greene, of the colour of a frogge.
- Baptismus, & Baptismum, & Baptisma, matis, Baptym.
- Barbala, a lytell berde.
- Barba iouis, an herbe called Sing••eene, and groweth on tyles.
- Barba senis, is an herbe, which groweth a∣monge stones, the leaues wherof be lyke to long heares. It is also callyd Barba pe∣trae, it hathe a yelowe floure, and the roote therof is bytter.
- Barbatulus, he that hath a yonge berde.
- Barbus, & barbo, a fyshe callyd a barbyll.
- Barce, a citye in Libia, also an other citye called Ptolomais.
- Bardesanes, was an excellent astronomer.
- Bardiacus, a certeyne garment.
- Baris, barides, vel baridis, a bote in Egypt, wherin they caried ded bodies to burieng.
- Bariona, ide, quod filius columbae, the Cul∣uers sonne. It was the surname of saynte