The English dictionarie: or, An interpreter of hard English vvords Enabling as well ladies and gentlewomen, young schollers, clarkes, merchants, as also strangers of any nation, to the vnderstanding of the more difficult authors already printed in our language, and the more speedy attaining of an elegant perfection of the English tongue, both in reading, speaking and writing. Being a collection of the choisest words contained in the Table alphabeticall and English expositor, and of some thousands of words neuer published by any heretofore. By H.C. Gent.

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Title: The English dictionarie: or, An interpreter of hard English vvords Enabling as well ladies and gentlewomen, young schollers, clarkes, merchants, as also strangers of any nation, to the vnderstanding of the more difficult authors already printed in our language, and the more speedy attaining of an elegant perfection of the English tongue, both in reading, speaking and writing. Being a collection of the choisest words contained in the Table alphabeticall and English expositor, and of some thousands of words neuer published by any heretofore. By H.C. Gent.
Author: Cockeram, Henry, fl. 1650.
Publication: London :: Printed [by Eliot's Court Press] for Edmund Weauer, and are to be sold at his shop at the great north gate of Pauls Church,; 1623.
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Subject terms: English language -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800.
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The 3. Graces.

AGlaia, Thalia, Euphro∣syne, so were they cal∣led, they were three sisters supposed to be the daugh∣ters of Jupiter and Ʋenus; the morallity of this in∣uention was to expresse the cheerfull conuersation which ought to be amongst friends, for they were painted naked, to signifie that friendship, ought to be plaine without dissimu∣lation, smiling and merry: to shew that men should doe good willingly: young and maydenlike, to teach that friendship should consist in honest things: and holding hands toge∣ther in a round ring, to shew that a benefit besto∣wed, doth againe returne to the giuer.