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C, ANTE A.

• C BY HIM SELFE, sygnyfyeth Caius, the propre name of a man, and therfore is ioyned with an other name, as C. lul. Caesar, Caius Iuli∣us Caesar. Ci. signifieth Claudius.
• Cabala, a tradicion of the Iewes, lefte a∣monge them by Moyses without writyng, but from the father to his sonne, and so cō∣tinually in their generation, wherein is in∣cluded the vnderstandynge as welle of the secretes of nature, as the mysticalle sence, included in the wordes of holy scripture.
• Cabus, a ••••••dre of the hebrues, containing two sextatios and a half .vi. ounces, and .iii. drammes of Athenes measure, whyche a∣mounteth to foure pounde, thre ounces, & thre drammes.
• Cacaturio, to desyre to go to the stole.
• Cachexia, a spyce of a consumption, which procedeth of an yll disposition of the body, and the body and vysage is therwith verye leane, and yll coloured.
• Cacia, viciositie, or that whiche we cōmon∣ly do calle, a faute in a thynge.
• Cacoblepa, a lyttell beaste in Egypte in the bankes of the ryuer of Nilus, whiche hath suche venenosytie in his eien, that who that beholdeth them, dieth incontinent.
• Cacoêtlie, a vyce or sore ingendred in oone frome his infancie, harde to be recouered or caryd.
• Cacologia, ylle speche.
• Cacologus, an yll speaker.
• Cacophaton, is an yll fourme of speakyng, or where the wordes do not sowne wel and conueniently.
• Cacoxelus, an yll folower or imitatour.
• Cacus, a gyaunte, whome Hercules slewe in Italye.
• Cadiscus, a vesselle, wherinto are gathered scedules, billes, or lottes, where thynges at done by a consent of many counsaylours, or of the people.
• Cadmites, a stone, whiche hath lyttell blue sparkes aboute it.
• Cadmus, the name of a kyng of Phenicia, whiche buylded Thebes: by whome some men do suppose, that dyuers of the Greke letters were founde.
• Cadit mimus, the courage faylethe, or is ••••••ted.
• Cadere, to be slayne.
• Caducias, the rodde,* 1.1 whiche Mercurius dyd alway beare in token of peace.
• Cadoc••ator, ambassadour or heraulte at ar∣mes, sent to demaunde peace.
• Caduca, thynges that wyll shortly peryshe or decaye, olde wryters vsed them for si∣gnifications of that which shulde happen.* 1.2
• Caduca haereditas, an inheritaunce whiche is fallen in excheate, for 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of heyres.
• Caducus labor, labour loste.* 1.3
• Caducae literae, letters whiche wyl be short∣ly put out.
• Caduci tituli, honours and dignities,* 1.4 which endure but a lyttell while.
• Caduri, they whiche are decessed.* 1.5
• Caducor, ceris, duci, to be ouer throwen.
• Cadul••, the dryppyng of flēshe rosted.
• Cadu••, a vessell con••••ynge the same mea∣sure that Amphora dothe.
• Cara, an Ile in the see called Aegeum. It is also called Co••, where fyshe wormes were

• fyrst founde. the countrey of Hippocrates, the prynce of Phisitione.
• Caeus uel Cous, a, um, of that Ile called Caea or Coa.
• * 1.6Caecigeni, they whiche are borne blynde.
• Caeca die, Eme die caeca hercle oliuum, id uen∣dito oculata die: bye oyle oliue good chepe and sell it agayne dere. orels, bye oyle for dayes, and sell it againe for redy money.
• Caecus morbus, a siknesse that is hid, or may not be discerned.
• Caeci haemorroides, emoraudes or piles, whi∣che are within the foundement, and do not appere.
• Caeca uestigia, where one may not se his way that he rydeth or goeth.
• Caecum uallum, a trenche, which in tyme of warre is pyght priuily with sharpe stakes, which are hydde with brakes or bushes.
• Caecum intestinum, is a bowel, which cometh from the ryghte syde, at the poynt of the houkle bone, and goeth to the left syde in length, and is also called Monoculus.
• Caecitas, blyndnesse, not onely of the bodyly eyes, but also of the mynde.
• Caedes, murdre.
• * 1.7Caedere calcibus, to kycke.
• Caeditur testibus, he is conuict by witnesse.
• Caedere, to sacrifice. Caedunt binas de more bidientes: Accordyng to the custome they sacrificed two hoggrelles.
• Caelatus, ta, tum, gra••••••.
• Caelesus, te, et hoc caeleste, of heuen or heuēly.
• Caelibaris hasta, was the staffe of a Iauelyn, which had ben in the body of one of them, whiche were called gladiatores, and was slayn: with the which staffe the heade of a mayden newe maried was hempe and stri∣ken, sygnifiyng, that lykewyse as the staffe was stycked faste in the body of hym that was slayne, so shulde she stycke fast, and be ioyned with hym that maried her.
• Caelostomia, a vyce in speache, where one speketh inwardely, and maketh rather a sounde than a pronunciatiō of his wordes
• * 1.8Caelum, the palate, or roufe of the mouth.
• Caelipoteus, all myghty god.
• Caeneus, the surname of Iupiter.
• Caepi, I beganne.
• Caeremoniae, ceremonies.
• Caeraete, a citie in Thuscan••.
• Caeris, a sore lyke a•• hony combe.
• Caeroferarii, they whiche do beare candels in the churche before the crosse in proces∣sion, or do any lyke seruice in the churche
• Caeroferarium, a candell stycke, whervppon tapers are sette.
• Caeroma, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Caeromatum, an ointment, wher∣with wrastelers were annoynted, to make them the more delyuer and stronge.
• Caesim, edgelynge, or with the edge.
• Caesitium, a clene napkyn or handkerchiefe.
• Caesura, a cutte, a garse, an incisyon, also in∣taylyng or caruynge in stone or tymber.
• Caesuratim, brefely, succinctly.
• Caetera doctus, lerned in other thynges.* 1.9
• Calamitae, lyttell grene frogges.
• Calasastri, boyes whyche doo synge with a shyll voyce.
• Calatores, seruauntes whyche are always callyd for.
• Calcaria fornix, a lyme kylle.
• Calcata, a house whiche is pargetted.
• Calcearium, a strowe.
• ...Calceatus, tus, idem.
• Calceatus, ta, tum, shodde.
• Calceare, to show an horse or mule.
• Chalcos, seu aereola, the .xxxvi.* 1.10 parte of a Dramme.
• Calculum album adijcere, to approue or al∣lowe a thynge.
• Calculum ponere, to yelde accompte.* 1.11
• Calculosus, a, um, grauelly, or stony.
• Caldariae, hote bathes.
• Caldarium, a cauldron wherin water is her.
• Calendae, the fyrst day of euery moneth.
• Cales, a towne in Fraunce.
• Calim olde writers vsed for Clam, priuily.
• Callaria, a cole whitynge, meane betwene a haddocke and a whytinge.
• Callipolis, a citie in Thracia.
• Calleo, iui, lêre, to perceyue, to knowe by longe experience.
• Calliblephara, medicines to make heres to growe in the chekes or browes.
• Calliblepharon, a medicine for the eies, spe¦cially whan the eie lyddes doo cleaue to∣gyther.
• Calliscere, to waxe harde, proprelye in the skynne and fleshe.
• Calliirichum, an herbe called maiden heare.
• Callum obd••••••ere, to harden, to make to in∣dure labours or peynes.
• Calones, shoes of wodde. Also scullyons and boyes, whiche do folowe an hooste to cary baggage, wodde, coled, or other like thynges.
• Calophanta, a mocker.
• Calurisicus, ta, cum, that whiche heateth or maketh a thinge hotte.
• Calotecheus, a good workeman.
• Calp••••, a tunne.
• Caltha, an h••r•• callid marigold•••• or tuddis
• Calthala, a garment of the colour of M••∣rygoldes.
• Calu••••ia, the hole heed of a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 or beaste. It was also a comon place of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 some men do suppose, that it was the place where

• Adam the fyrste man was buried.
• Caluaster, a man somwhat balde.
• Caluor, ueris, ui, to be dysappoynted.
• Calx, calcis, masculyne gender, the hele.
• Calx, the feminyne gender, lyme made of stones burned. it is taken somtyme for the ende of a thynge.
• Calydon, a citie in Grece.
• Camarina, a stynking herbe, the ayre wher∣of prouoketh one to vomyte.
• Cammarus, a fishe callid a creuyse, specially of the freshe water, a creuyse deaudoulx.
• Camerinam mouere, is a prouerbe spoken to one, signifieng that he hurteth hym self, which proceded of a fenne so callid which being dried vp, there hapned a great pesti∣lēce, wherfore the peple adioyning, asked of Apollo, if they shuld make it drye for e∣uer, who answered, Ne moueas camerinā, as he shoulde saye, styrre no myschyefe to thy selfe.
• Camuri boues, oxen or kyne, with crooked hornes.
• Canaan, the sonne of Cam, the son of Noe, of whome commeth Cananeus.
• Canalitium aurum, golde dygged in pyttes.
• * 1.12Canan, the countray callyd Arabye.
• Cananaea, a part of Siria, now callid Iudea.
• ...Cananitis regio, idem.
• Canaria, an yle in the see callyd Atlanticū, nygh to the fortunate yles.
• Canarius, a, um, pertaynynge to dogges.
• Canatim, an Aduerbe, sygnyfyenge lyke a dogge.
• Cancellarius, in the old tyme was taken for a scrybe or notarye, nowe it is callydde a chauncellour.
• Cancellatim, lattyse wyse.
• * 1.13Cancelli, lyttell crabbes of the see.
• Canere sibi, to speake for his owne profite.
• Canere sibi & musis, to synge or wryte for his owne pleasure, and for theym that doo fauour hym, nothing caring for any other.
• Canta, olde writers vsed for cantata.
• Cantito, tare, to synge often.
• * 1.14Cantare, to monysshe or exhorte. Haec dies noctes{que} tibi canto ut caueas, This I exhort the daye & nyght, that thou mayste beware.
• Cantatio, a syngynge.
• Cantator, a synger.
• Capere rationem, to fynde the meane. Rationem coepi ut & amanti obsequerer, & patrem non offenderem, I founde the mean to please my louer, and not withstandyng I dyspleased not my father. also to knowe the cause why.* 1.15 Scio tibi esse hoc grauius multo, ac durius cui fit: uerum ego haud minus aegré patior id qui nescio, nec rationem capio, nisi quod tibi bene ex animo uolo, I knowe wel that to you, whom the thynge toucheth, hit is moche more displeasant and greuous: but yet it greuith me no lesse, I can not tel why, but onely bycause I loue you.
• Capere rationem oculis, to iudge by syghte. Hi loci sunt at{que} ••ae regiones,* 1.16 quae mihi ab hero sunt meo demonstratae, ut ego oculis ra∣tionem capio, These are the places & stre∣tes, that my mayster shewed me, as farre as myn eyes can iudge, or as farre as I canne perceyue.
• Capere uoluptatem, to delyte.
• Capere uersoriam, to chaunge a pourpose, to tourne saylle, to doo contrarye to that he intended.
• Capere usuram corporis vxoris alterius,* 1.17 To commytte aduoultrie with an nother mannes wyfe.
• Capidulum, a hoode.
• Capillatia uela, be clothes of heare.
• Capito, tonis, a see fyshe, greatter cōmonly than a Myllet is, whiche as I suppose, we do call a base
• Capitulo, lare, to diuide by chapiters.
• Capnion, an herbe callyd Fumitorie.* 1.18 it is al∣so callyd Capnos.
• Capo, a fyshe callyd a Gurnarde.
• Caprilis, le, of a gote.
• ...Caprillus, la, lum, idem.
• Caprotina, a surname of Iuno.
• Capsis, for cape si vis, take it and thou wylt.
• Captare impudicitiae, to lye in awayt to take one in the acte of lecherie.
• Captare ••oenam, to get a supper of fre cost.* 1.19
• Captare sermonem, to harken priuyly what menne talke.
• Captatio, a purchase.
• Carba, a wynde that blowethe frome the Southe.
• Carbunculatio, is a faut in vynes, whan the clusters of grapes are nat sufficiently coue∣red with leaues, by the whyche occasyon, they be wythered and dried.
• Carbunculus, is also a kynde of erthe, the whiche with the heare of the sonne, waxeth soo hotte, that it burneth the rotes of her∣bes and trees.
• Carchedonius, a kynde of Carbuncle sto∣nes, whiche in the house seme of purple co∣lour, abrode in the aire they ar fyrie, against the sonne they sende oute sparkles, and yf waxe be touched with them, it melteth.
• Carcinus, a crabbe.
• Carabus, a fysshe callyd a lopster, lyke to a Creuyse, but that he is greater, and is red whan he is alyue.
• Chalchis, a fysshe of the see, of the kynde of Turbutte.
• Charax, a Fysshe, callydde alsoo Dentix,

• with teethe standinge out of his lippes, & is a brode fyshe, and somewhat redde, with a chaungeable colour.
• Cardomine, an herbe callyd water cressis.
• Cardopos, an huche or coffar, wherin bread is layde, In the Northe countraye hit is callyd an arke.
• Carduus, a thystell.
• Caricus, ca, cum, of the countrey of Caria.
• Carides, a fysshe callydde Pranes, lyke to shrympes.
• Cariem trahere, to waxe rotten, or to be pu∣trified or vinnewed.
• Cariophillon, a spice callyd cloues.
• Carnus, na, num, fatte.
• Caros, excesse of meate or drynke. also an herbe and sede callyd carways.
• Carpere iter, to take his iourney.
• Carpocrates, an heretyke, whiche denyed that god made the worlde.
• Carpophyllon, a tree, which hath leues like to laurell.
• Carthallum, a baskette.
• Caryopos, the iuyce of a nutte.
• Carynus, na, num, of a nutte: as oleum cary∣num, the oyle of nuttes.
• Carystae, & Carystos, an Ile in the see called Euboicum, wherin is plentie of marbyll of dyuers colours.
• Carystaeus, a, um, of that yle.
• Casabundus, da, dum, fallynge often.
• Caseale, a stable.
• Casner, in the Oske tunge is an olde man.
• Cas••••o, tare, to falle often.
• Cassinum, an olde market place.
• Cassiterus, tynne.
• Cassiterides, certayne yles, wherein tynne is dygged.
• Cassutha, a wede that windeth about hempe or lynne, callyd Doddar.
• Catabasis, the sonne sette.
• Catachresis, a fygure, wherby the propretie of a worde is abused: as, Facies simillima lauro, where facies oonely belongeth to a man, and not to a tree, although it doth si∣gnifye there a similitude or fygure.
• Cathysta, a garment close all aboute.
• Catacrysis, a condemnation.
• Catagrapha, ymages lokyng diuers ways, and in dyuers fourmes.
• Catalepsis, occupation or deprehencion.
• Catalexis, a fynyshynge of a thynge.
• Catalyma, refection, also an ynne.
• Catamidio, are, to sette one vp with a paper on his heed to be mocked or rebuked for some offence, as they vse to doo with men periured, or with forgers of euidences.
• Catapultarium pilum, a bolte.
• Cata••yposis, a fygure, where one thynge is described by an nother.
• Cato, wyse. Also the name of a noble Se∣natour of Rome.
• Catoblepas, a beaste full of poyson, callyd a Basylyske.
• Catillo, are, to eate lyke a glutton.
• Catorthoma, the ryght exercise of vertue.
• Catulinus, na, num, of a catte.
• Caudecae, lytell coffers of wyckers, or a iū∣ket, wherin eles are taken in ryuers.* 1.20
• Caudeus, a, um, of the stemme of a tree.
• Caudex, is a dulle brayned felowe, a dulle hedde.
• Caudicalis, ale, pertaynynge to the stemme of a tree.
• Caudicariae naues, shyppes made of thicke plankes.
• Cauere alicui, to gyue counsaylle to oone in mattiers of lawe, or concernynge con∣tractes.
• Cauere, with accusatiue case, sygnifyeth to byd to beware.
• Cauere sibi ab aliquo, to take a quytaunce or other discharge for the payment of money or delyueraunce of any thynge. At uero,* 1.21 in∣quam, tibi ego Brute non soluā, nisi prius a te cauero, amplius eo nomine neminem, cuius petitio sit, petiturum, Truely (sayde I) Bru∣tus I wyll not pay the, excepte I haue fyrst a quyttance of the, that thou shalte nat efte¦sones demaunde it of hym, of whome thou moughtest aske it.
• Cauere capite, to be bounde body for body.* 1.22
• Cauere, to prouyde. Quid isti caueam? B. Vt reuehat domum, Whatte shall I prouyde for hym? B. one to brynge hym home.
• Caueri, to be taken hede of.
• Caueares hostiae, & cauae, were partes of the beastes nexte to the tayle, to be sacryfysed for the byshoppes.
• Cauillatio, a cauillation, a subtyl forged tale
• Cauillor, lari, to speake in mockage.
• Caulias, the iuyce of colewortes myxt with bran, and being tossed togider, was brought into the fourme of a paste.
• Causam accipere, to take the matter in hād. also to take an excuse.
• Causam capere, to take an occasion.
• Causam dicere, to aunswere vnto that, whi∣che is layde to his charge.
• Caussam dicere, to saye contrarye, to deny.* 1.23 Hoc si secus reperies, nullam causam dico, quin mihi & parentum, et libertatis apud te deliquio siet, If thou doest fynde hit other wyse, I wylle not saye contrarye, but that it is at thy pleasure, that I shall lose both my parentes and lybertie.
• Caussam dicere ex uinculis, to aunswere in warde, or beinge a prisoner.
• ...

• * 1.24Causa mea, for my sake. Syro Ignoscas uolo, quae mea causa fecit, I wyll that ye forgyue Syrus all that he hath done, for my sake.
• * 1.25Caussas nectere, to fayne matters.
• Caussam orare, to pleade.
• Caussam quaerere, to seke an occasyon.
• * 1.26Caussam sustinere, to beare the blame.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Plautus in Amphit.
• * 1.2

  Ci. in phil.
• * 1.3

  Plinius.
• * 1.4

  Pli. in pan.
• * 1.5

  Vergili. 7.
• * 1.6

  Luereti{us}. 2 Plautus in pseudolo.
• * 1.7

  Cic ad Q. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Vergil▪
• * 1.8

  Plinius.
• * 1.9

  Cice. de na¦tura deo••••
• * 1.10

  Sueton. in Resp.
• * 1.11

  Plinius in panegyr.
• * 1.12

  Iosephus in antiqui.
• * 1.13

  Cicero de lege agra∣ria.
• * 1.14

  Plautus in Trinūmo.
• * 1.15

  Terent. in Heautont.
• * 1.16

  Plautus in Pseud.
• * 1.17

  Plautus in Amphitri.
• * 1.18

  Plinius li. 26.
• * 1.19

  Martialis.
• * 1.20

  Plautus in Rude.
• * 1.21

  Ci. in Bru.
• * 1.22

  Plinius li. 34. plautus in Bacch.
• * 1.23

  Plautus in capt.
• * 1.24

  Terent. in Heauto.
• * 1.25

  Liuius.
• * 1.26

  Cice. Atti.