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.

THE THIRD PART TREA∣TING OF GODS AND GOD∣desses, Men and Women, Boyes and Maides, Gi∣ants and Diuels, Birds and Beasts, Monsters and Serpents, Wells and Riuers, Hearbs, Stones, Trees, Dogges, Fishes, and the like. (Book 3)

Of Beasts.

ARmadilio, a beast in India like vn∣to a young Pigge couered ouer with small shels like vn∣to armour: it liues like a Mole in the ground.

Baboone, a beast like an Ape, but farre bigger.

Beauer, a very hot beast of nature, liuing much in the water: his stones are much vsed in Phisick, and of great esteeme, but not so much esteemed as his skinne.

Bore of Pannonia, the cru∣elst of all other Bores.

Buffe, a very fierce beast, much like vnto a Bull, ha∣uing a very long mane.

Chamelion, the least of all beasts, which breeds egges or spawne, it changeth it selfe into any colour that it sits on, except white & red: therefore incon∣stant men are sometimes called Chamelions: it is said it onely liues by the ayre.

Crocodile, a beast hatched of an egge, yet some of them grow to a great big∣nesse, as 10. 20. or 30. foot in length: it hath cruell teeth and scaly back, with very sharpe clawes on his feete: if it see a man afraid of him, it will eagerly pur∣sue him, but on the con∣trary, if he be assaulted he wil shun him. Hauing eatē the body of a man, it will weepe ouer the head, but in fine eate the head also: thence came the Prouerb, he shed. Crocodile teares,

viz. fayned teares.

Ermynes, a small beast, lesse then a Squirrill, the Fur whereof is most cost∣ly: onely worne by Prin∣ces.

Eueck, a wilde kinde of beast, much like a Goat.

Girasse, a wilde beast li∣uing in the Deserts, if it see a man it flies foorth∣with: but being taken, it is easily tamed: his legges and feete are like vnto a Deere, with a neck as long as a warlike Pick, with two hornes in his head, and long haire on his neck.

Hippopotomus, a fierce beast liuing in the riuer Nilus.

Hiena, a subtill beast like a Woolfe, hauing a mane and haire on his body, counterfaiting the voyce of a man: in the night it will call shepheards out of their houses, & kill them: hee is sometime male and sometime female.

Ignarus, a small beast without a tayle, hauing small legges, with three long sharpe clawes, in∣steed of feete, wherewith hee runneth vp trees, and his desire is to sit there on the tops thereof: it was neuer seene to feede on any thing, and therefore is supposed to liue by the ayre: in the night it sing∣eth sixe kind of notes one after another: as, la-sol-fa-mi-re-vt: it is not aboue eighteen inches in length, and is neere as thicke as long: his head resembles an Ape, but he hath very little eyes and mouth, and hath long bristled haire: it is the slowest of all beasts, for fifty paces is a whole dayes iourney for him.

Libard, a spotted wilde beast, the male of a Pan∣ther.

Lion of Cleonia, and Mo∣larchea, are two the most cruelst and fiercest of all other Lyons.

Lizard, a little beast much like the Euet, but without poyson, breeding in Italy and other Coun∣tries, the doung of this beast is good to take away the spots in the eye, and cleareth the sight, and the

head thereof being brused and layed to, draweth out thornes, or any thing stic∣king in the flesh.

Lynx, a spotted beast, much like a Woolfe, it hath a most perfect sight, in so much as it is said that it can see through a wall.

Panther, a cruell beast sweet smelling, with a faire spotted skin, where∣with shee allureth other beasts to looke on her, but least her head should af∣fright them, she hideth it, and by this meanes shee getteth her prey more ea∣sily.

Rinocere, a beast as bigge as an Elephant, but thicker and higher, they are vtter enemies and alwayes com∣bat when they meete: he hath a horne in his nose bending vpward, which he whetteth gainst the rocks for his defence.

Salamander, a small ve∣nomous beast with foure feete, and a short taile, it liues in the fire, and at length by his extreame colde puts out the fire.

Shamoyse, a wilde Goate, keeping the mountaine.

Shrew, a kinde of wilde Mouse, which if it goe o∣uer a beasts backe, will make it lame in the chine, and if it bite, the beast swelleth to the heart and dieth.

Sue, a most cruell fierce beast, carrying her young vpon her backe to shadow them from the heat with her huge taile.

Tyger, a truculent beast, and the swiftest of all o∣ther beasts: wherefore they are taken very young in the dams absence, and carried away by them on horsebacke: who hearing the crie of the olde Tyger following after them, doe of purpose let fall one of the whelpes, that while shee beareth that backe, they in the meane time may escape safe with the other to the ship: but of all, the Hircan Tyger is the most cruelst.

Of Birdes.

ALcyon, a Bird called the Kings fisher, and ma∣keth her nest in the Sea, when it is signe of faire weather.

Anthos, a bird which counterfeits the neighing of a horse.

Barnacle, a kinde of Sea Gull, it growes not by Ve∣nus act, but as Dubartas writes.

First 'twas a greene Tree, next a stately Hull, Lately a Mushrompe, now a flying Gull.

Cepphos, a kind of bird, so light that it is caried away with the winde.

Galgulus-Icterus, a bird whom if any one behold, that hath the yellow Iaun∣dies, immediatly they be∣come whole, and the bird dieth.

Griffin, a foure footed bird being very fierce, as daring to aduenture on a man, he is a great enemic to horses, as sayeth Virgill in his eight Eglogge: The Griffins fierce are ioyn'd with horses now, speaking of a strange marriage: from the breast vpward this bird is fashion'd Eagle-like, of purple colour with fiery eyes, and whitish wings, his hinder part is made Li∣on like, hee is exceeding hard to bee taken vnlesse very young, and nesteth in high mountaines; he is so fierce that often he killeth Elephants and Dragons.

Harpies, monstrous de∣uouring birds: there were foure of them, viz. Aello, Ocypete, Celeno, and Thyella, hauing faces like to may∣dens, and crooked sharpe talents.

Ibis, a tall strong Bird, hauing a bill of great length, he doth exceeding great good in destroying Serpents.

Manucadite, the bird of Paradise.

Modwall, a bird which destroyeth Bees.

Osprey, a rauenous bird which houereth ouer pooles to take fish, hauing one claw foot, another flat.

Ossifragus, a bird whose entrailes being dried and drank, is very good against the stone.

Ostrich, a huge bird which will swallow downe a peece of Iron halfe as bigge as a horseshooe, his feathers serue for Plumes for Nobles, and he runnes as fast as a horse.

Pellican, a melancholy bird, who wanting foode, feedes her young with her owne bloud.

Phenix, the rarest bird in the world, liuing onely in Arabia, there was ne∣uer but one at a time in the world, it is of the big∣nes of an Eagle, of colour purple, with a bright col∣ler of golde about his necke, a goodly taile, and a tuft of feathers on his head, he liueth aboue 600. yeares, and being olde, buildeth him an nest of Cinamon, and the twigges of Frankincense, which he filleth with Spices, and with the labouring of his wings in the Sunne, set∣teth it on fire, and is there consumed in it, out of whose ashes there groweth a worme, and of the worme another Phenix.

Philomell, the Nightin∣gale.

Porphirio, a bird drink∣ing as though he did bite the water, hauing long red legges and bill.

Spinturus, a bird wont to come to the Altars, and cary away a burning coale, as a token of ill lucke.

Storke, a famous bird for naturall loue to his pa∣rents, whom he feedeth being olde and feeble, as they fed him being young; the Egiptians so esteemed this bird, that there was a great penalty layde vpon any that should kill him.

Tragoponadus, a bird in Ethiope greater then an Eagle, hauing hornes like a Goate.

Turtle-Doue, a bird lesse then a Pidgeon, famous for constancie, if the male or female die, the other euer doth remaine single, as it were in perpetuall sorrow.

Of Boyes.

ADonis, the darling of Venus slaine by a Bore.

Atis, a boy of wonderfull beauty beloued of Cybele, was turned into a Pine tree.

Democles, a faire boy.

Earinus, a beautifull boy.

Ganimede, a Troian boy whom Iupiter loued, and carrying him to heauen made him his Cup-bearer.

Hyacinth, a beautifull boy whom Apollo loued, and by misfortune slue him.

Magnes, a louely boy of Smyrna whom Gyges lo∣ued.

Narcissus, a faire boy, who being in loue with his owne selfe, was turned in∣to a Lilly.

Phaon, a louely boy of Lesbos.

Spurina, a boy so beauti∣full, that euery one that saw him was in loue with him, which being to him very irkesome, he to a∣uoide it, did most vgly de∣forme himselfe, poisoning his face.

Of Cities.

AQuae Calida. the Bath.

Bizantium. Constanti∣nople.

Calena. Oxford.

Catutractorium, or Luguual∣lum. Carlile.

Glevum. Gloseester.

Deuana. VVestchester.

Dunum. Durham.

Durouernum. Canterbury.

Eboracum. Yorke.

Elbana. Dublin.

Isca. Exeter.

Lindum or Lemanis. Lin∣colne.

Londinum. London.

Ʋenta Belgorum. VVinche∣ster.

Viro cenunum. VVorcester.

The Destinies.

CLotho, puts the wooll on the distaffe.

Lachesis, drawes the threed of our life.

Atropos, she cuts it off.

Deuils.

AGdistis, a Diuell that was both male and fe∣male, whom all the rest of the Diuels feared, till they had cut off this male part from him, and turnd it in∣to an Almond tree.

Belial, a Deuill or an A∣postata.

Belzebub, a Deuill, or an idoll of flyes.

Incubus a Diuell, which some terme the night mare, when one in his sleepe supposeth he hath a great weight lying on him, and feeleth himselfe al∣most strangled, in such sort, that he cannot turne himselfe, nor sit vp, nor call for helpe: the com∣mons doe thinke it to be a deuill, but it is a naturall disease caused by vndige∣sted humours in the sto∣macke, which fuming vp into the braines, doe there trouble the animall spirits, stopping their passage in∣to the sinnewes, so that the body cannot moue.

Succubus, is held to bee the female Deuill of the qualitie as Incubus with women.

Lemures, are night wal∣king Deuils or Haggs.

Lucifer, the chiefe Deuill of hell; or the day Starre.

Python, a Deuill which possesseth one, or he that is so possest.

Dogges.

CAppareus, the Dog that bewrayed the Theefe that robb'd Esculapius Tem∣ple.

Cerberus, the three head∣ed Dogge of Hell being Porter thereof, whom Hercules with an Adaman∣tine chaine drew forth of Hell and slue him.

Gagittius, the Dogge that kept Gerions Cattell, which Hercules kill'd when he stole his Oxen.

Ariodos, Hylactor, Assobus, Melancheus, Dorceus, Paeme∣nis, these were some of Acteons Dogs.

Fayries.

NAiades, Fayries of the waters.

Napaeae, Fayries of the VVoods.

Oreades, Fayries of the Mountaines.

Fishes.

AERica, a Riuer Fish which feedes on flesh, and hath lice vnder his sinnes.

Anchoue, a small Spanish Fish being pickled, is good to relish a cup of wine.

Barble, a Fish that will not meddle with the baite, vntill with her taile shee haue vnhooked it from the Hooke.

Calaemarie, a fish called the sea Clarke, hauing as it were a knife and a pen.

Cantharus, an admirable chaste fish.

Cephalus, a very fearfull fish, which hides only his head, and then thinkes himselfe safe.

Chromis, a fish that ma∣keth her nest in the wa∣ter.

Crampe-fish, a fish whose nature is to make the hands of such as touch it benūmed, albe they touch it with a long Pole.

Cheuins, Lampries, Sal∣mons, these fishes in the spring forsake the Seas, and betake themselues to the fresh Riuers: but the Summer being ended, they returne againe.

Dolphin, the swiftest fish in the Sea, they are said to burie their dead in their sandie graues: it is likewise a friendly fish vn∣to mankinde; and the fe∣males of them are said to haue brests like to wo∣men, well stored with milke.

Hoga, a fish as bigge as a Mackerrell, who to shun greater fishes, can flie from them a pretty di∣stance as long as his Fins are moist.

Lexus, a fish that is poy∣son to man, and man to him.

Moulebout, a great fish which maketh a huge grunting noise when it is taken.

Nusculus, a friendly fish to the Whale, it vshers him from rocks, shelues, and shores.

Pastonica, a fish like a Raye, with strong pricks.

P••sicotrophie, certaine fi∣shes which seeke after sha∣dowie places, much de∣lighting therein.

Plagusia, a fish that swim∣meth on his side.

Polype, a fish hauing ma∣ny feet often changing co∣lour, inconstant persons are called Polipes.

Pompilus, a fish called the sea Elephant, which often goes on shore and sleepes in the rocks hanging by his two elephant-like teeth (but both them and his body are farre bigger then the land Elephant) when being espied by men at sea, they call to men a∣shore, who with their helpe with nets and ginns for that purpose, they doe inuellope his body, and then sodainly with stones they assault him, making a mightie shout; which hee hearing with a violent leape thinkes to returne into the Sea, but seeing himselfe bound and ouer∣mastered is easily tamed, then they kill him and skinne him, take out his fat, and cut his skin into thonges, which are sold for a great price, as being very strong, and will ne∣uer rot.

Remora, a small fish which cleaueth to the bot∣tome of a Ship, and doth as strongly as strangely stay her from mouing, call'd by some the stop-ship.

Sargus, an adulterous fish which daily changeth Mates, and not so content, but goes on the grassie shore, and hornes the hee Goates that had hornes before.

Sea-Calfe, a fish that bel∣loweth like an Oxe, his body is hairie and breedes on the shore, and often

sleepes there by night.

Scolopendra, a fish which feeling himselfe taken with the hooke casteth out his bowels, and then ha∣uing loosed the hooke swalloweth them againe.

Sturgeon, a fish whose seales turne backwards, and swimmeth against the streame.

Torpedo, the crampe∣fish.

Vermis, a fish of three∣score cubits long.

Vranoscopus, a fish with one eye still gazing to∣wards heauen.

Flyes.

CAntharides, certaine flies which shine like gold, the iuyce of them is poy∣sonous.

Cutchoneale, some thinke to be a little Flye brought from beyond the Seas, wherewith Stammell is died.

Droane, an idle Bee which will not labour.

Pyrausta, a Flye that liues in the fire, and dieth without it.

Furies.

ALecto, Megaera, Tysopho∣ne. So were they cal∣led sometimes Hags.

Giants.

CYclops, the sonnes of Ʋulcan, they were fay∣ned to make weapons for Iupiter, they were Giants with one eye: Pyracinon, and Brontes, with Polepheme were some of them.

Briareus, Oetes, Ephialtes Ceractus, Gyas, Numantia, Porphyrio, Bergion, Aloeus Coeus Albion, Enceladus, As∣cus, Titius, Crius, Clytius, Po∣lybotes, Agrius, Gration, Ar∣gyropes, Lapet••s, Halcyoneus, Caeus, Euricus, Pallas Aegeon, &c. these with thousands more, attempted to pull Iupiter out of heauen: their chiefe Leader was Typhaeus, whom Jupiter slue with

lightning, and threw him vnder the mount Inarim.

Gods.

ADud, an Assirian God. Apollo, and AEsculapius, Gods of Phisick and Sur∣gerie.

AEsculanus, a God ha∣uing power to enrich men.

AEolus, the God of the windes.

Aristeus, the God of Bees.

Ancull, and Statanus, Gods of youth.

Aueruncus, a Romane God, which had power to turne away any euill from them, he did likewise wor∣ship Aius, Nodinus, Pentu∣mus, and Nouensiles, for Gods.

Bacchus, the God of Wine.

Buclopus, and Myagrus, Gods of Flies.

Comus, the God of ban∣quetting.

Consus, the God of coun∣sell.

Cyncephalus, a God whom the Indeans adored.

Demegorgon, and Tellus, Gods of the earth.

Eaus, the God of the yeare.

Faunes, Poeticall Gods.

Glaucus, a poore Fisher∣man, who perceiuing the fish hee had taken by tast∣ing an hearb on the bank, to leape from him into the Sea againe, tasted it him∣selfe, and by vertue there∣of hee was constrained to leape in himselfe, where men did faine he became a Sea God.

Harpocrates, the God of silence.

Hercules, for his valiant acts was adored as a God.

Hyberian, a God gouer∣ning the planets.

Janus, a King of Italy, was for his wisedom pictu∣red with two faces, and honoured as a God.

Hymen, and Thalassius, Gods of marriage.

Jehoua, and Tetragram∣maton, the Epithites of the great God.

Iupiter, whom Poets faine to be the God of heauen.

Iugantinus, a God of the ridges of hills.

Laeres and Paenates house∣hold Gods.

Mars, the God of bat∣tell.

Mercury, the God of elo∣quence.

Modus, the God of re∣prehension.

Morpheus, the God of sleepe.

Neptunus, the chiefe God of the Sea. Palemon, Paniscus, Oceanus, and Try∣ton, were likewise Sea Gods.

Oryrrinticus, and Anubis, whom the Egiptians ado∣red as Gods, they were fishes.

Pan, the Shepheards God.

Psappho, a man who to be accounted a God, tooke young birds and learnt them to say the great God Psappho, and then he would let them flye againe: so they being at libertie, would often crie the great God Psappho.

Patellary, Gods whom the vessels vsed in sacrifice did appease.

Robigus, a God that kept corne from blasting.

Priapus, the Garden God.

Saturnus, Pluto, and Ades, were Gods of hell.

Semones and Arculus, were certaine heathen Gods.

Serapis, a God worshipt in the forme of an Oxe.

Statillinus, a God still with vs.

Syluanus, a God of the VVoods.

Talatio, a God of Virgi∣nity.

Terminus, a God of bounds and marks.

Vieouis, a God that could doe no good, but hurt.

Vertumnus, a God of mens mindes in disposing of buying and selling.

Ʋitunus••, a God which giues life.

Vulcan, the God of fire.

Zamolzis, the onely God whom the Geates did wor∣ship.

Goddesses.

ADastrea, a Goddesse which tooke memory and wit from men.

Angeria, a Goddesse from whom Numa Pompil∣lia fained to take his lawes from.

Angerona, and Meditrina Goddesses of Phisick.

Angerona, the Goddesse of silence.

Anteuorta, a Goddesse which foresawe things to come.

Anaetis, a Lidean God∣desse.

Anaitis, an Armenian Goddesse.

Astragna, a Persian God∣desse.

Astrea, and Themis, the Goddesses of Iustice.

Attargat••, and Astarte. Assirian Goddesses.

Atta, an Arabian God∣desse.

Bellona, the Goddesse of warre.

Brizo, the Goddesse of dreames.

Bubona, the Goddesse of Oxen.

Carua, the Goddesse of mans life.

Collatina, Goddesse of small Flies.

Cybele, call'd Rea and Be∣recinthia, the mother of the Gods.

Derceto and Naenia, the Panyms Goddesses.

Dia, the Sichyonians Goddesse.

Dice, the Goddesse of iudgement.

Dione, Melicerta, Thetis, and Marica, Sea Goddesses.

Egeria, the Goddesse whom women with childe did sacrifice vnto.

Empanda, the Goddesse of things abroad.

Feronia, the Goddesse of VVoods.

Flora and Cloris Goddes∣ses of flowers.

Fortuna & Suadelia, hea∣then Goddesses.

Hebe and Juuenta, God∣desses of youth.

Hippona, the Goddesse whom horse-breakers did worship.

Iune, the Goddesse of Kingdomes and wealth.

Lauerina, the Goddesse vnder whose protection theeues were in Rome: there were many more a∣dored by the Romanes, Al∣bunia, Bonadea, Concordia, Fe∣licitas, Hora, Libertas, Cardea,

Melonia, Nundina, Natio, Orbana, and Prosa, &c.

Libitina, a Goddesse vn∣der whose commaund, and in whose Temple were solde such things, as per∣tained to Sepulchers.

Lucina, the Goddesse of birth.

Mania, the Goddesse of Hobgoblins, Garlicke, and Poppy tops.

Mena, the Goddesse of womens Fluxes.

Mnemosyne, the mother of the Goddesses called the Muses.

Murcea, the Goddesse of sloath.

Myncrua and Pallas, the Goddesses of wisedome and all Arts.

Nemesis, the Goddesse of reuenge.

Occasio, Goddesse of op∣portunity.

Pales, the Shepheards Goddesse.

Parce, the Goddesse of destinie.

Pomona, the Goddesse of fruit.

Proserpina, and Ops, the Goddesses of hell, some∣time Proserpina is taken for the Moone.

Pytho, the Goddesse of eloquence.

Ruma, the Goddesse of womens breasts and young children.

Runcina, Goddesse of weeding.

Salacia, the Goddesse of water.

Suada, Goddesse of per∣swasion.

Segesta, a Goddesse of Corne.

Tutelina, a Goddesse which had the tuition of Corne in the fields.

Vacana, Goddesse of rest after labour.

Vallonia, the Goddesse of vallies.

Venus, the Goddesse of loue and beauty.

Vesta, the Goddesse of chastity.

Ʋiriplaca, and Miracabi∣lia, Goddesses in whose Temple women were re∣conciled

to their hus∣bands.

Voluptia, the Goddesse of pleasure.

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.

Short winged Hawkes.

AN Eagle, the male is called an Iran.

A Goshawke, the male is called the Tercell.

A Sparrow Hawke, the male is a Musket.

Long winged Hawkes.

A Gerfalcon, the male is called the Tercell Ierkin thereof.

A Falcon, the male is cal∣led a Tercell gentle.

A Leonard, the male is called a L••neret.

A Merlin, the male is called a Iack.

The Castrill male a Iack.

Hearbs.

A Chimedis, an hearb which being cast into an Army in time of battell, causeth the soldiers to be in feare.

Anacramseros, an hearbe the touch thereof, causeth loue to grow betwixt man and man.

Buphonium, an hearbe, wherof if Oxen eate they die of the Squincie, an hearbe good against the stone.

Chenomycon, an hearbe whereof Geese are feare∣full.

Hippice, an hearb borne in ones mouth, keepes one from hunger and thirst.

Condurdon, an hearbe which in August beareth a flower which cures the Kings euill.

Leomina, an hearb whose flower is like a Lyons mouth when he gapeth.

Mychophonos, an hearbe that killeth Mice.

Nepenthe, an hearb which being steeped and dranke in wine, expelleth sad∣nesse.

Nyctegritum, an hearbe which shineth farre off in the night.

Madder, an hearb where∣with Wooll is died.

Callicia, an hearb where∣with water freezeth.

Ophiasta, an hearbe dan∣gerous to looke on; and being drunke it doth ter∣refie the minde, with a sight of dreadfull serpents, that condemned persons for feare thereof doe kill themselues.

Siumea, an hearb where∣with Beggars vse to make their flesh raw withall.

Octhiopis, an hearb wher∣with Enchanters vse to dry vp Riuers, and open locks withall.

Errogennoton, an hearbe causing loue.

Gelorophi••is, an hearbe dranke with Wine and Myrrhe, causeth much laughter.

Yarrow, an hearb where∣with Achilles is said to kill or cure Telaphus.

Vlex, an hearb like Rose∣mary which drawes gold to it.

The Hesperides.

EAgle, Aretusa, Hispere∣tusa. Three sisters who had an Orchard of golden

Apples kept by a Dragon which Hercules slue when he tooke away the Apples.

Hills & Mountaines.

AEtna, a hill whence riseth horrible smoake and great flames of fire, and sometimes burning stones in great number.

Alpes, high Mountaines deuiding Italy from France.

Ararat, the Mountaine whereon Noahs Arke lan∣ded.

Chaphareus, a Mountaine which greatly afflicted the Greekes Nauie.

Horses.

ABaster, Alaster, the Hor∣ses of Pluto.

Bucephalus, the Horse of great Alexander, he would suffer none to backe him, but his Master; he liued till hee was forty yeeres old.

Dromidarie, a kinde of Horse, or rather Cammell, he runnes very swift, and can trauell two or three daies without drinke.

Eous, one of the horses of the Sunne, or the East.

Equiculus, the little horse of Bacchus.

Orphneus, one of the Horses of Hell.

Pegasus, a winged horse.

Pyrosus, one of the hor∣ses of the Sunne.

Iles.

BAleares, two Iles in the Spanish Seas 30. miles asunder. the Inhabitants thereof doe pitch the Poles in the ground, and on the top of the poles they set meat which their children must with slings hit downe before they can haue any meat to eate.

Cassiterides, are ten Iles in the Spanish sea.

Colidos an Ile so high, that no bird can flie o∣uer.

Moniole, Iles beyond the Ombris, one of the fruit∣full Iles.

Maniole, Iles beyond the riuer Ganges, hauing rockes of Adamant, wh••ch drawes all kinde of ships vnto them that haue any iron pinnes in them, and doe by vertue thereof hold them fast, as being no way able to stirre.

Paphos, an Ile wherein it neuer rayned.

Scyron, the Ile wherein Achilles was by his Mother hidden in a womans appa∣rell, because shee would not haue him goe to fight against the Troians.

Maides that died for loue.

ECcho, a Virgin reiected of her Louer, pined a∣way in the woods for sor∣row, where her voice still remaineth, answering the out-cries of all com∣plaints.

Hero, drowned her selfe for Leanders loue.

Sappho, for the loue of a Boy drowned her selfe.

Scylla, for loue she bare to Minos her Fathers ene∣my, stole from him his purple haire, and gaue it Minoes whereby he ouer∣came her, but he loathing the trecherie cleane for∣sooke her, whereupon she drowned her selfe in the sea.

Thisbie, slue her selfe with a sword, for the loue she bare her Pyrainus.

Maides chaste and beautifull.

ATalanta, a Maiden hun∣tresse, chast and swift of foot.

Baldraca, a poore Maid that could ••ot be brought to prostitute her body to the Emperour Otho, albe he proffered her great re∣wards.

Claudia, a vestall Virgin, who made triall of her chastity by drawing the I∣mage of Cybele, vp the riuer Tyber by her girdle, which

by no other force could be moued.

Brisies, a fai••e Maid be∣ing giuen to Achill••s, was by Agamemnon taken from him, whereupon arose great d••ssention among the Greeks before Troy.

Charmione, ••••eene Cleo∣patraes Maide, which brought her the Aspes wherewith the Queene kill••d her selfe, and the Maid did the like, for the loue shee euer bare the Queene.

Cassandra, daughter to Priamus, to whom Apollo vpon promise of her mai∣denhead, gaue her the gift of Prophesie: but she re∣uolting from her promise, he added to her this pro∣perty, that able she pro∣phesied neuer so true none should beleeue her.

Claelia, a Roman Maid being in hostage, with King Porsenna, deceiued her Keepers, and swimmes ouer Tyber to saue her virginitie.

Iphis, daughter to Lig∣dus and Telusia, who brought vp her daughter in mans apparell, her Father when she came to yeeres ma∣ried her to Ianthes a mai∣den of Phaestum, her Mo∣ther seeing the matter could be no longer hid, praied to the gods, who presently turned Iphis into a man.

Salmacis, one that so wel loued Hermophroditus, that she praied to the gods they two might become one body, which was gran∣ted.

Thebe, one out of whose bosome slue two Doues, one to the fountaine of Hammon, th'other to the wood Dodona, where they gaue answers.

Tuccia, a vestall Virgin, who being accused for for∣nication, cleered her selfe by carrying water in a Sciue.

Maides that were Transformed.

ANaxarete, a beautifull Maid of Cyprus was transformed into a stone,

for being hard harted.

Nictomerie, for lying with her owne Father, was tur∣ned into an Owle.

Oppia, a vestall Virgin, for whordome was buried quicke, and after turned into a Fennell stalke.

Phatusa, Lapetusa, Lampe∣ria, three sisters to Phaeton, who so much lamented his death, that they were all turned vnto trees.

Phylomela, rauished by Tereus, imprisoned her af∣terwards and cut off her tongue, which fact of his by her sister Progne was well rewarded; for she killing her owne sonne Itis, whom she had by her husband Tereus, made meat of him, and set him before her husband, who eate of him vnknowne then to him, till she reuea∣led it to him: the said Philomela was afterwards turn'd into a Nitingale, and Itis into a Pheasant.

Men that were Cap∣taines.

AChilles, the valiantest Captaine among the Greekes; he slue Hector & Troylus, the one sodainly, the other cruelly, he was 7. Cubits high, and was brought vp with King. Li∣comedes daughters in wo∣mans apparell: in fine he was by Paris slaine in the Temple, intending to marry Polixena.

Aeneas, a noble Tro∣ian Captaine.

Anchurus, a famous Cap∣taine, who for the safetie of his Countrie, cast him∣selfe voluntarily into a gaping of the earth.

Attillius Regulus, being taken by the Carthageni∣ans, and sent to Rome in exchange for a number of their men, perswaded the contrary, rather chusing to die a cruell death, then to disprofit his countrie by his life.

Curius, hauing got many

victories, deuided to eue∣ry one of the people 40. acres of land, and as much to himselfe and no more.

Curtius, for his Coun∣tries good, cast himselfe into a gaping caue of the earth.

Cyrus, of excellent me∣mory he could call the men in his Army by their names.

Decij, three Roman Cap∣taines, the Father, Sonne, and Nephew, who vowed themselues for their coun∣trie: the Father against the French, the Sonne a∣gainst the Hetrurians, the Nephew against Pyrrhus.

Hector, the only hope of Troy, who while he liued Troy could not be sub∣dued.

Iouianus, would not ad∣mit runnawaies from Christ.

Iudas Macchabeus. being begirt with 1000. ene∣mies, chose rather death then to staine his glorie with an ignominious flight Leonides, being told that his enemies arrowes shadowed the Sun beams, no matter (quoth he) we shall see the better to fight in the shadow.

Lucullus, enuiting his friends to a banquet, in person seru'd in his meat, saying (being asked why he did so) there was as great care to bee had in martialing a Feast as in ordering a battell, that the one might bee ac∣ceptable to his friends, and the other terrible to his foes.

Mutius Sceuola, saued his life by the patient tolleration of the burning of his hand.

Otriades, seeing all his men slaine, kild himselfe.

Perseus, deliuered An∣dromeda from the sea-Mon∣ster, after married her, and slue Medusa.

Pompey, choose rather to die, then craue Lucullus Zorzelo; saying the gods had made him to giue, not to craue.

Pittachus, being con∣strained to take the charge of an Army on him, cryed out, oh how hard a thing

it is for a man to be a good man.

Protesilaus, who (first of all the Greekes) went on land in Troy albe he had heard, that he should sute∣ly die that did the same: he was slaine by Hector, for whose loue his wife short∣ly after died.

Scipio, subdued Hannihall with many kingdomes else.

Themistocles and Aristides, two valiant Captaines, who were both angry with themselues, in that in 22. yeeres, no man enuied them, thinking thereby that they had done no∣thing in all that time worth remembrance.

Theseus, slue the Myno∣taurs.

Tyrus, parted the great Riuer Eupbrates into 400. channels for loue of a Knight drowned in it.

Sylla, a famous Captaine hard to be entreated in trifling things, but easily in weightie matters.

Thersites, a deformed Captaine, whose conditi∣ons answered his persons Achilles slue him with his fist.

Fabeus & Marcellus, the one was held the Sword, th'other the Buckler of Rome.

Hephestion, a Captaine that Alexander loued.

Paris, which brought He∣lena to Troy, Homer describes him to be rather a Carpet Captaine, rather then a Warriour.

Zopyrus, one of Darius Captaines, seeing by force he could not subdue Babi∣lon, which rebelled against the King, mangled him∣selfe by cutting of his lips, eares and nose, and went priuily to the Citie, rel∣ling them the King had so vsed him for speaking in their behalfe: which they hearing, received him for their chiefe Captaine and friend, by which meanes he got the Citie for Da∣rius.

Men that were Empe∣rours.

ADrean, a worthy Roman Emperour.

Aug••stus, a wise and mer∣cifull Emperour.

Caesar, a valiant, merci∣full and curteous Empe∣rour.

Commodus, and Heliogabo∣lus, two adulterous and in∣cestuous Emperours.

Maximilean, to whom a poore man came and begd his al••es, telling him he was his brother, and en∣treated him to deale bro∣therly with him, the Em∣perour gaue him a small penny, telling him that if all the rest of his brothers should deale so with him, that he would be richer then himselfe; which shewes vs that compari∣sons are odious.

Octauian the Emperour was wild by Athenodorus when he was angry to reade ouer the 24. Greeke Letters, ere hee did any thing, and to think in what place they stood.

Sygismond, strucke one a box on the eare, that flat∣terd him, saying hee bit him.

Titus, hauing ouerslipt one day in not gratifying or preferring some one or other, would bewaile him∣selfe saying hee had lost that day.

Tiberius, ware a Bay leafe in's hat, to keepe him from thunder. He would seeme to eschew that he most desired, and to craue that he most de∣fyed.

Traian, was with many singular vertues endued, but his hate to Christiani∣ty defaced all.

Vespatian, neuer eat but once a day, and that very sparingly: he neuer bare any grudge or malice to any man, though neuer so much his enemy.

Exerxes, a puiss••nt rich Emperour, went against the Greekes to reuenge his Fathers quarrell with 1000000. of men where notwithstanding his great

power, of a few hee re∣ceiued a shamefull ouer∣throw.

Men that were Kings.

ADmetus, King of Thessa∣ly, Apollo was his Cow∣heard: Alceste his wife for him did dye.

Agesilaus famous for his excellent vertues.

Alax, King of Locresis, burnt hee was with light∣ning in his returne from Troy. Also the name of the best Captaine next Ʋlisses in all the Greekes Armie, he slew himselfe because he could not get Achilles armour.

Atlas, King of Mauritania, who for his great skill in the course of the Starres, was fained to hold vp the firmament with his shoul∣ders.

Aegiptus, King of Egipt had fifty sonnes, which were all at once married to Danaus fifty daughters, and euery of them (one excepted) slaine by their wiues the first night in their beds.

Gordius, one (of a hus∣bandman) by Apolloes Ora∣cle made King of Phrigia: In memory whereof hee hanged vp in the midst of the Temple the yokes of his Oxen, tyed in such a knot, as was not possible to be loosed.

Gyges, to whom King Candalus shewed his wife naked, which fact caused him loose both his King∣dome, wife and life, for the Queene greeued thereat, caused Gyges to kill the King, and married her, and got the Kingdome: this Gyges had a Ring that had vertue to make him goe inuisible.

Iason, who in his mino∣rity was committed with his Kingdome to Pelias his Vnckle, who was loath to yeeld to him his inheri∣tance, deuised for Iason a dangerous enterprise, to fetch the golden Fleece from Colchis, thinking by that to dispatch him; but he was beguiled, for Iason with Medaeas helpe whom

he after married, most va∣liantly atchieued it.

Philip, King of Macedonia, mightily caused one to strike at his chamber dore, putting him in remem∣brance that he was a mor∣tall man, and at euery meale he had a skull ser∣ued at his Table.

Priamus, King of Troy then, whom neuer was any one more adorned with prosperity, nor more wounded with aduersity.

Pyrrhus, King of Epire, a stout warriour, he was vn∣fortunately slaine by a tile from a house.

Sardanapalus, an adulte∣rous Assirian King,, hee would sit in womens ap∣parell among light Strum∣pets to card and spin.

Telephus, King of Mysia, being wounded by Achilles speare, he could not be cu∣red but by the rust of the same speare, or with the hearb Yarrow.

Tenedious, a King that made a law, that any taken in adultery should be cut in sunder with an Axe, his owne sonne was the first taken therein and execu¦ted.

Pyreneus, King of Ph••cis, who brake his neck in fol∣lowing the Muses whom he would haue rauished.

Turnus, a Rutulian King, who before that Aeneas had killed, threw to him a stone as much as three men could lift.

Argus, King of Argiues, also one of that name that made the ships that Iason sailed to Colchos, hee had 100. eyes, and therefore Iuno sent him to keepe Io.

Melissus, a Cretan King, who first did offer sacrifi∣ces to the Gods.

Zoroastes, a Bactrian King, he was an excellent Astrologer, and first inuen∣ted of the Magicall Art.

Men that were Tyrants.

BƲsiris, a cruell tyrant that did sacrifice stran∣gers to Iupiter, and fed his horses with mans flesh.

Dyonisius, a tyrant, that

first eate twice a day, and therefore was called a monster of nature.

Lycaon, a cruell murde∣ring tyrant, who by Iupiter was turned into a Woolfe, he was the first that found out the Mynes of brasse and siluer.

Nero, a cruell tyrant, who thought no man chaste.

Phaleris, though he were a bloudy tyrant, yet hee gratified those that did him any kindnesse.

Policrates, a tyrant which neuer knew griefe nor ad∣uersity: he threw his Ring into the Sea of purpose to loose it, but it was found againe in a fishes belly, and brought to him, yet shortly after he (as it is spoken) therefore hanged him∣selfe.

Theramines, one of the 30. tyrants, who were all at one time at a banquet, the house falling on them, be only escaped with life, and cryed, Oh Fortune, to what farther mischiefe d••est thou preserue me?

Men that were de∣formed

BRotheus, the sonne of Ʋulcan; who being mockt for his deformity, burnt himselfe.

Hypponax, a Poet of Ephe∣sus, so deformed of visage, that Bubalus drew out his picture for men to laugh at, which so moued Hyppo∣nax, that hee wrote such bitter verses against the Painter, that for anger and shame he caused him to hang himselfe.

Thersites, one that was as crabbed in person as hee was Cinicall and doggish in condition.

Men that were elo∣quent.

AMphion, one that by his naturall eloquence cau∣sed rude people to liue a ciuill life.

Nestor, being almost 300

yeares olde, went to the Troyan warre, he was ex∣ceeding wise and elo∣quent.

Cicero, for eloquence, learning, and wit, had not his equal amongst the Ro∣manes.

Roscius, an excellent Commedian, who for his pronunciation surpassed, hee contended with Cicero for superiority, whether he could deliuer a speech with more varieties of ge∣sture: or Tully pen it with more diuersities of elo∣quence and phrase, Tully called him his Iewell.

Sophocles, a tragicall Poet of Athens, who for his sweet and eloquent stile was called Apis.

Men that were Flat∣terers.

ANdromachus, a flatterer that betrayed Crassus to the Partheans.

Damocles, one of Dioni∣sius his flaterers.

Sinon, a perfidious flatte∣ring Greeke that beguiled the Troians.

Gnatho, a notable flat∣terer.

Men that were foolish.

AChemon, onely delighted in all kinde of iniuries and outrages, caught by Hercules and hanged by the heeles on his Club.

Acilius Buta, one that pro∣digally and basely consu∣med all his estate.

Acessius, a sottish ship∣man, who deferring his voyage, was wont to say he stayed for a better Moone.

Caluision, and Coruinus, these could not remember the foure elements, and after a sicknes forgat their owne names.

Pamus, a foolish fellow, that hauing lost a small boate, sued euery one for it that he met withall.

Men Grauers and Caruers.

ALcymedon, a famous En∣grauer.

Agoracrites, Coephis, Euty∣chides, and Dameas, were most exquisite Caruers.

Callecrates, carued Emets and such small beasts, so as none might discerne each part of them.

Pyrgoteles, a cunning Grauer in pretious stones; of whom onely Alexander suffered his picture to be drawne.

Men vext in Hell.

IXion, in hell is said con∣tinually to turne a wheele.

Ocnus, one that makes ropes in hell, and as fast as hee twisteth them, an Asse stands by and bites them off.

Scysiphus, in hell roles vp a great stone to the top of a hill, which being vp, doth presently tumble downe againe.

Tantalus, in hell is star∣ued for want, and yet he is fained to stand in a riuer of water vp to the chin, but cannot bow downe his head to drinke, and hee hath Apples bobbing at his nose, but by no possible meanes can hee come to eate them.

Men that were In∣uenters.

ARcbytas, through his great skill, made an iron Doue to flye in the ayre.

Capneus, was the first in∣uentedscaling Ladders.

Chorebus, inuented the making of earthen vessels.

Cecrops, first brought in mariages among the Athe∣nians, first inuented the making of Images, and first built Altars.

Endimeon, found out the course of the Moon, whom Iupiter cast into a perpe∣tuall

sleepe, the Poets saine the Moon kissed him.

Iohn de monte Regio, by Art (being at a feast with many of his friends) made a small iron Fly to creepe out vnder his hand, and flye about all the roome, and returne and pitch on his sleeue. Hee likewise made an iron Eagle to flie and meete an Almane Em∣peror at his outmost gate, and to returne into the Pallace with him.

Flauio, inuented the Sea mans Diall.

Aedipus, found out the way to dissolue the mon∣ster Spinx his riddle, and at length vnwittingly kil∣led his owne father, and married his mother, whom when hee knew to be his mother, he forthwith pul∣led out his owne eyes.

Orpheus, was the first that embraced the filthy lust of boyes.

Staphylus, first mingled water with wine.

Pallamedes, by the ex∣amples of Cranes, first inuented watchings in Camps.

Perillus, one that inuen∣ted a brazen Bull, which was to be made red hot to torment and excricoate malefactors, which were put therein: in so much, as when they cried, their voice did sound like a Bull: he gaue the said Bull to Phaleris the tyrant, who caused Perillus to be put therein first himselfe.

Archiloc••us, inuented the lambick verses, and by them caused Lycambes to hang himselfe, for not gi∣uing him his daughter in mariage.

Tysias, the inuenter of Rhetorick.

Eurydamas, an interpre∣ter of dreames.

Vlisses, first inuented the killing of birds by shoo∣ting them: hee was the perfect patterne of true patience.

Men Iudges in Hell.

AEAcus, Mynoes, Reada∣manthus, so were they called.

Men that were Gluttons.

BOnos••s, a great quaffer, it was said of him hee was not borne to leade a life, but to lift a portin fine he hung himselfe, whereat men scoffed, saying: there hung a tankerd and no man.

Darius, was an exceed∣ing quaffer, for he wrote his owne Epitaph: I could swallow downe much drinke, and beare it well.

Mylo, once euery day vsed to carie a Calfe, was thereby able to beare it when it grew to be a Bull, in the end he slew it with his fist, and eate him all in one day.

Phago, did eate in one day, a Boare, a Pigge, a Sheepe, and a hundred loaues of bread, & dranke a Tunne of wine.

Triconius-Nouellus, drank three gallons of wine at one draught.

Men that were Musitians.

AGathon, a wanton Min∣strell.

Babis, a foolish Min∣strell.

Connas, a drunken Fid∣ler.

Marsyas, a Musitian that contended with Phoebus.

Orpheus, a cunning Har∣per, who by his excellent Musique, drew afer him wilde beasts, Woods, and mountaines, and thereby recouered his wife from hell.

Aspendius, a cunning Mu∣sitian, who played so softly on his Harpe, that none could heare him but him∣selfe.

Men that were Painters.

ACaeseus, Alchimechus, Ale∣xis, cunning Painters.

Apelles, a famous Pain∣ter,

who leauing the pic∣ture of Venus vnperfited: for the curiosity thereof none euer since durst at∣tempt to finish it.

Pharrasius, an admirable Painter, who so artificially drew a curtaine on a table, which seemed to couer or hide some picture, shewed it to Zeuxis: who thinking to put aside the curtaine with his hand, was therein most finely gulled and be∣guiled.

Xeuxis, so cunningly painted a Boy carrying Grapes, that birds came and pickt on the fruit, as if they had bin very Grapes: which Xeuxis beholding in a fume and great chase, said; If I had made the Boy as well and perfect as the Grapes, the birds durst not to haue come so neere the Grapes.

Men that were Phi∣losophers.

AGesius, reading a Trea∣tise of the Immortali∣ty of the soule, caused ma∣ny to kill themselues.

Anacharsis, compared lawes vnto cobwebs, which catch small Flies, but the great Flies•• they breake through.

Anaxagoras-Clezioneus, a Philosopher that was ne∣uer seene to laugh.

Anaxarchus, was by a ty∣rants commaund, pounded to death in a morter.

Apathes, held that a man truly wise, was without any affection or passion.

Callisthenes, whom for his wisdome Alexander greatly fauoured: yet hee repro∣uing him for his pride, was put to great torment.

Cleanthes, was so poore, that hee got his liuing by carrying water in the night.

Copernicus affirmes, that the earth turnes round, and the heauens stand still.

Cordilio, a seuere Philo∣sopher, contemning the society of Princes.

Crates, for his better stu∣die, threw his goods into the Sea, as not willing to

be pesterd with them: and to learne patience would purposely scolde with Bawdes, Beggers, and Queanes.

Cynnick, would openly commit, yea in the streets, adultery with women.

Democritus, gaue infinite wealth to a Citie, and re∣serued but a small Garden to himselfe: he was wont to laugh at the Athenians vanity.

Daman and Pythias, two Pythagorian Philosophers, loued each other so well, as that one offered to suf∣fer death for the other.

Demonax, eschewed mo∣ney and solitarinesse.

Diagoras, a Philosopher that had three sonnes, which went to trie their fortunes to the games of Olympus, and they retur∣ned victors: hee died for ioy.

Diogenes, a seuere Philo∣sopher, who to learne to take deniall patiently, cra∣ued almes of pictures and Images.

Gymnosophists, Philoso∣phers that liued naked and solitary in the Indean Woods.

Hippias, comming to the Olympick games, wore no∣thing about him, but what was of his owne making, skild he was in all Arts.

Hagesias, through his elo∣quence, made many men to kill themselues.

Heraclytus, neuer had any tutor, but came to his learning of himselfe: hee alwayes wept.

Hippodamus, first wrote of the good state and gouern∣ment of a Citie.

Menippus, hauing lost his goods, hanged him∣selfe.

Pythagoras was so pitti∣full, that hee would buy birds of Fowlers, and fish of fishers, and let them goe againe.

Plato, hauing a crumpt shoulder, his Schollers likewise put a cushion on their shoulders to, resemble him.

Seneca, could rehearse many hundred words at the first hearing, hee in fine slew himselfe.

Socrates, could sustaine

hunger, colde, thirst, and labour aboue any other: Apollo iudged him to be the wisest man in the world, being falsely accused and condemned, he tooke his death manfully.

Stoick, a seuere sect of Philosophers: who taught that wise men ought to be free from all passions, as neuer to be moued with ioy or mirth.

Men that were Phi∣sitians.

ACesias, a very ignorant Phisitian.

Archigenes, a famous Phisitian.

Menecrates, a proud Phi∣sitian, that called himselfe Iupiter.

Parracelsus, a Phisitian, that onely cured with strong waters and oyles, extracted out of the na∣tures of things.

Erasistratus, for healing King Antiochus had 14375. pounds.

Men that are Poets.

AS for Homer, Hesiod a∣mongst the Greekes: Virgill, Ouid, Lucane, Proper∣tius, Horace amongst the La∣tines, & diuers others, are both continually and daily in vse euen amongst the Schooles, their owne fame and worth hath already made them so generally knowne, that it were an vnnecessary labour to stand precisely in their de∣scriptions. I come to others more sparingly published, and therefore lesse pub∣licke.

Alceus, a famous liricall Poet.

Alpinus, Cherilus, Meuius, base witlesse Poets.

A••stophanes, being ript, his heart was found to be hayrie.

Homer, the chiefe of all Greeke Poets, his proper name was Melesigenes, but for his blindnesse hee was called Homerus, which

signifies blindenesse.

Iuvenall, a Satyricall Poet.

Pindarus, a famous Poet.

Simonedes, first inuented Liricks.

Stesicherus, a most sweet Poet, who lying in his Cradle a Nightingale came and pitcht on his mouth and sung: hee in∣uented singing in dan∣ces.

Tyriseas, a Poet, who by killing two Adders en∣gendring, became a wo∣man: and in seuen yeere after by killing two Ser∣pents became a man a∣gaine: he told Iupiter and Iuno, being by them asked, that the women had more pleasure in Venus act then the men.

Zoylus, a rayling Poet, that wrote maliciously a∣gainst Homer, of him all enuious carpers all called Zoyli.

Men that were Sooth∣sayers.

AMphilocus, a notable Soothsayer.

Euripilus, the best Sooth∣sayer in all Greece.

Thraseus, a Soothsayer, who hauing told Busiris that the meanes to take a∣way the drowth of Egipt was to sacrifice a stranger to Jupiter, himselfe being a stranger, was immediatly sacrificed. Accius with a Ra∣sor, cut a whetstone in sun∣der.

Zachalias a Sorcerer, that wrote of the vertue of pretious stones.

Men that were Theeues.

AƲctilicus, a notable Theefe that when he pleased could turne him∣selfe into diuers shapes.

Caucus, a Shepheard, but a notorious theefe, and of

great strength and policie, he stole many Oxen from Hercules, and drue them backwards into his Caue, which in fine Hercules per∣ceiuing, kild him with his Clubbe.

Cercyon, a famosed theefe of Thessaly.

Prometheus, was an I∣mage maker, who stole fire from heauen to quicken them, and was therefore bound to Caucasus, where an Eagle still gnawes his heart.

Men that were Wrast∣lers.

EGlis, a famous Wrastler, hauing wrong in his play, spake presently, albe he in all his life was dombe, ere that time.

Ictus, a noted Wrastler, who to be strong abstained from women.

Ligamus, a puissant Wra∣stler of Syria, who being dead had no marrow in's bones.

Cletomachus, a Wrastler, who being a company-keeper, yet, had he heard one filthy word, would presenly depart.

Democrates, a cunning Wrastler.

Tytornus, a Heardsman that was a cunning Wra∣stler, he threw Mylo.

Men of sundrie qua∣lities.

HErostratus, to get perpe∣tuall fame, with wilde-fire burnt that famous Temple (at Ephesus) of Diana.

Icarus, with Dedalus his Father, flying out of Crete was drowned in the Sea.

Phaeton, hauing leaue of his Father for one day to rule the Horses of the Sunne, for want of skill ouerturned the Chariot and burnt the world.

Abdolomenes, a poore Gardener refused a great Citie being giuen by great Alexander.

Androclides, one that was of a most base condition.

Antemon, was an absolute Coward, for neuer would he goe out of dore, but had a brazen Target car∣ried ouer his head.

Catiline, a notable Ro∣man for Conspiracie.

Charon, the Ferry man of Hell.

Athenagoras, felt no paine, albe he were stung with a Scorpion.

Bellerophon, one that brought Letters to cut his owne throat.

Aristarchus, one that wrote 200. bookes.

Dapheta, was hanged for writing verses against Kings.

Bebeus, a notable Tale-teller.

Phagores, kept all things in memory that euer hee heard or saw.

Palinurus, a skilfull ship-master of Eneas.

Alcmeon, for killing his Mother, was vexed with Furies.

Orestis, for slaying his Mother, Aegisthus, and Pir∣rbus, was with Furies vexed to death.

Olympious, an Arian Bi∣shop strucken dead with lightening, for blasphe∣ming the Deity of Christ.

Ouid, Nygedeus, died for loue.

Samocrateous, died for loue.

Orion, hath three Fa∣thers, Iupiter, Neptune, and Mercury, which three pis∣sing together, out of their vrine came Orion: hee was slaine of a Scorpeon for his insolencie towards Diana.

Hadrian, a Pope being an English man, made the Emperour Fredericke to hold his stirrup, who hol∣ding the wrong stirrup the Pope gaue him a box on the eare: hee also made Henry the second Lord of the kingdome of Ireland.

Irus, a very poore man of great bones and limbs, whom Vlisses finding a∣mong his wiues wooers, slue him with his fist.

Ladas, a swift footman who running on the sands, left no signe or print of his foot behinde him, hee was Footman to great A∣lexander.

Hippomanes, in running,

ouercame Atalanta.

Crobilus, a notorious Pan∣der.

Cycuta, was a remarkable Vsurer.

Charon, the Ferriman of Hell.

Marcus Crassus, a priuate Roman: worth eight hun∣dred fiftie two thousand pounds: yet neither estee∣med himselfe rich, nor a∣ny other, except he could yeerely maintaine one thousand footmen, and fiue hundred Horsemen.

Cato, Ʋticensis, because he would not see the calamity the Common-wealth was falne into, killed him∣selfe.

Cleombrotus, hauing read a Treatise of the immor∣talitie of the soule, imme∣diatly slue himselfe.

Phyloxenus, a Parrasire, who wisht that his necke were as long as a Cranes, that he might feele the more pleasure in sweet meates and drinkes.

Iosephus Scalleger, skild in 30. Languages.

Didymaon, a famous Har∣nis maker.

Trebatius, a Law-maker and a Lawyer.

Zaleucus, a Law maker, who after he had ordai∣ned that Adulterers should lose both their eyes, put the law first in practise vpon his owne Sonne, who was conuicted of adultery, and because his Sonne should not lose all his sight, hee put out one of his Sonnes eyes, and one of his owne.

Lynceus, could see Ships on the sea, one hundred and thirty miles from him, and number them.

Acteon, a Hunter whom Diana turned into a Hart, and was deuoured of his owne Dogges.

Scyleucus dying, called to him his sonnes, and tooke a sheffe of Arrows, binding them together, when offering to breake he could not, but taking them out one by one he easily brake them, intima∣ting to his sonnes, that as long as they had vnity a∣mongst themselues they might not be ouercome, but otherwise easily.

Scython, one that when it pleased him, could bee either man or woman.

Spira, an Italian, who being ready to be hanged, was wild to say the Lords Prayer, who answered I cannot finde in my heart to call him Father.

Spartica, a famous Sword-player, who with a few flaues made warres on the Romans.

Thesilaus, being purged of his Melancholy, cryed out that he was robd of all his wealth.

Tuditana, had a head as bigge as a bittle.

Ʋalerius, loued his Ma∣ster so well, that he suffe∣red himselfe to bee slaine in his Masters owne bed for him.

Palaephatus, a Writer of incredible things.

Mermaides or Sy∣rens.

PArthenope, Lygia, Leuca∣sia, so were they called, in the vpper part they were like maides, and in the lower part fishes: by their sweet singing they would allure Sailers to them, and with their me∣lodious harmonie, lull them asleepe, then destroy them.

Monsters.

ALeida, a Monster slaine by Pallas.

Chymaera, a Monster hea∣ded and breasted like a Lyon, having a belly goat-like, and a taile like a Dra∣gon: this Monster with the monster Solimes were slaine by Bellerophon.

Gorgon, an hellish Mon∣ster with one eye, hauing iron talents and masssic wings.

Medusa, a Monster whose golden ha••res Mi∣nerua turned into adders, and caused them that be∣held her to be turned into stones.

Mynotaure, a Monster hauing the one halfe of a Man, and the other halfe

a Bull, hee was fed with mans flesh, and afterwards slaine by Theseus.

Onocentaure, a Monster being halfe a Man and halfe an Asse.

Centaures, Monsters held to be halfe men and halfe Horses.

Quauiuer, a monster like a sea Dragon.

Satyr, a Monster hauing a body like a man, but all hairy, with legges and feet like a Goat, it is also a bi∣ting verse.

Spinx, a Monster hauing the head and hands of a Maid, the body of a Dog, the taile of a Dragon, the voice of a Man, wings like a Bird, & nailes like a Lion, she slue all that could not dissolue her riddle, in the end Oedipus did, whereu∣pon shee threw her selfe downe a steepe rocks and burst her neck.

The nine Muses.

CLeio, Melpomene, Thaleia, Euterpe, Tersicore, Era∣to, Calliope, Eurania and Po∣lymnia.

Nimphs of the Mea∣dowes.

LImoniades.

Nymphes of the Sea.

Ammothea, Dexamine, Cre∣seis, Cymodocea, Cymothoe, Zantho.

Nymphs of the Woods.

DRiades, Hamodriades.

People of sundry qua∣lities.

ABarians, People whose feet are turned quite backwards.

Aborigeni, People whose

beginning are not known.

Abidenie, People which being a long time besie∣ged, grew mad, and then slue their wiues and chil∣dren, and lastly them∣selues.

Abidochemie, People that boast themselues of their owne vertues.

Agrigantines, People that delighted in sumptuous building.

Agriophagie, People that liue Lyons and Pan∣thers flesh.

Amphisceans, People that dwell vnder the burning Zone, neere the Equino∣ctiall, whose shadow is sometime to the North, and sometime to the South,

Angilie, People whose wiues (their marriageday) may commit carnall copu∣lation with whom they list, but euer after they must liue chaste on paine of death.

Antipodes, People right vnder vs, their feet are to ours.

Arabiaus, People making Footes of the shells of Tortoyses.

Archadeans, People which first found out the Bag∣pipe.

Arimaspi, People of Scy∣thia with one eye.

Arimpeans, People which liue on Mast and berries.

Acridophgie, the blacke∣moores neere the desert of Acthiope.

Artoterites, People that offerd bread and cheefe to their god.

Asachae, People which liue on the flesh of Ele∣phants.

Bacchaides, the people of Corinth.

Brigantes, People of Ire∣land.

Blemmeans, People with∣out heads, their eyes and mouth are in their breasts.

Canniballs, People that eate mens flesh.

Capillatines, People which inhabite the Alpes.

Aegipanes, People which haue feet like Goates.

Aeneads, People of Troy.

Belgeans, People of the low Countries, Sommer∣set-shire, Wiltshire and Hampshire.

Androgynie, People which are both men and women.

Centaures, People of Thes∣saly, who because they first ridde on horsebacke, were thought to bee halfe men and halfe horses; there were seuen chiefetaines of them; Chiron, Euritus, Amy∣cus, Rhetus, Arneus, Gryneus and Lycidas.

Chelonophagie, People which liue by eating of Tortoisses, and they couer their Caues with their shells.

Colonie, People which are sent from one place to dwell in another.

Day, People of Persia, which were all Shepheards and Grasiers.

Derbeci, People of Asia, who when their friends came to the age of 60. yeeres they kill them and eat them, calling their neighbours to the feast.

Cordistie, People which hold gold in no estima∣tion.

Cymmerians, People in the North, which in halfe a yeere together see no Sunne, nor in halfe a yeere haue no night.

Drausi, People in Thrace, which waile and weepe when children are borne, but reioyce at their death.

Essidonie, People which eat their friends being dead, and drinke in their sculls.

Essenie, People which abstaine from flesh, wine and women, among the Iewes.

Hieri, People that bee bald and flat nosed, but in their dealings they are ve∣ry iust.

Heterosceans, any people that dwell vnder a tempo∣rate zone, so called be∣cause their shadowes at noone bend but one way alwaies.

Hyppopodes, People ha∣uing feet like Horses, they run very swift.

Icthiophagie, People that liue only by fish.

Lacedemonians, People that first found the vse of Sword, Speare, and Hel∣met.

Lestrigans, Italians which feed on mens flesh.

Monomerie, People which haue but one leg, they goe by leaps faster then any beast.

Monoscelie, People with one leg, who couer them∣selues therewith from the heat of the Sunne.

Myrmidones, People which accompanied Achil∣les to Troy.

Omophagie, People which liue on raw flesh.

Ophiophagie, People which eat Serpents, and if they be stung by them, they cure themselues by touch∣ing the place only with their finger.

Perisceans, People dwel∣ling so neere either of the two Poles, that their sha∣dowes runne round about them like a wheele.

Pfillie, People whose bo∣dies are venome to Ser∣pents, and they cure the stinging of Serpents, by sucking the place with their mouthes where the Serpents haue stung.

Pigmies, little Indian people of a cubit in length, their women bring forth children at fiue yeeres, and at eight they are accounted olde: they haue continuall wars with Cranes, who doe often put them to the worst.

Scipiodes, People with one legge wherewith they shadow themselues, and runne very swift.

Scitheans, People which found the vse of Bowes and Arrows.

Swissers, People which did execute their owne children, if they were con∣demned, because they had not brought them vp bet∣ter in their Infancie.

Sybariticanes, People which in their Feasts vsed to bid their guests a whole yeere before hand, only for prouisions sake.

Tapyrie, People who ha∣uing three or foure chil∣dren giue their wiues to other men.

Thratians, People which first found out Hawking.

Valentineans, certaine he∣retiques, who held opini∣on that our Sauiour recei∣ued not his flesh from the blessed Virgin.

Zigantes, People that

feede on Apes flesh.

Cattieuchlani, Bucking∣ham, Bedford, and Hart∣fordshire men or people.

Coritanes, Norhampton, Lester, Rutland, Notting∣ham and Derbishire Men.

Cornauins, Warwicke, Worster, Stafford, Shrop∣shire and Cheshire Men.

Belgians, Summerset, Wiltshire, and Hampshire men.

Brigantines, Yorkeshire, Lancashire, Durham, Westmerland and Cum∣berlandshire men.

Danmonij, Deuonshire and Cornish men.

Dimetae, Carmardin, Pen∣broch, and Cardican-shire men in west Wales.

Dobuni, Gloster and Ox∣fordshire men.

Durotriger, Dorsetshire men.

Iceni, Suffolke, Surry, Sussex, Norfolke, Cam∣bridge and Huntingdon∣shire men.

Tritobantes, Middlesex, and Essex men or people.

Serpents.

AMphisbona, a Serpent hauing a head at both ends.

Aradus, a Serpent in Tripoly that was one hun∣dred twentie and fiue pa∣ces in length, hee had a mouth so wide, that hee could swallow a man on horse-backe, and each of his scales was as big as a large shield.

Aspe, a venemous Ser∣pent, that alwaies goe two and two together, and if one of them be slaine, the other will pursue him ea∣gerly that slue him, and if a man chance to be bitten by this Serpent, it is pre∣sent death if he cut not off the member so bitten: they are of a blacke earth∣ly colour and sometime yellow. Cleopatra, by ap∣plying these Serpents to her body, wilfully slue her selfe.

Basaliske or Cokatrice, the king of all Serpents, as

being the most venemous of all other, it breaketh stones, blasteth all plants with his breath: it bur∣neth euery thing it goeth ouer, no herbe can grow neere the place of his a∣bode, it is poyson to poy∣son, and frighteth away all other Serpents only with hissing: if a man but touch it with a long pole it kils him: if it see a man a∣farre off it destroyes him with his lookes: it is not aboue a foot in length, of colour betweene blacke and yellow, hauing very red eyes, a very sharpe head, and a white spot thereon like a Crowne: it goeth not winding like other Serpents, but vp∣righr vnto his middle hol∣ding vp his breast: it bree∣deth in the hot burning sands of Asia. And seeing nature hath framed no∣thing but hath his equall: this Serpents destruction is only the Weasell.

Boa, a Serpent of that bignesse, that being found dead, there was a childe found whole in his belly.

Hydra, a monstrous Ser∣pent on the lake of Lerna, who hauing one head cut off, immediatly had two other heads grew vp in the same place. Hercules fought with him and slue him.

Renocerote, a small Ser∣pent which windes him∣selfe about the leg of an Elephant, who with his truncke seeking to rid him, when forthwith the Serpent creepes into the truncke, and so kills the Elephant, but long he en∣ioyes not the conquest, for the Elephant kils the Re∣nocerote with his fall.

Scorpean, a venemous Serpent with seuen feet, his sting is in his taile, sometime they eate their young ones and are of di∣uers colours, the female is the biggest, and hath the sharpest sting. The Arca∣dean Scorpions will not hurt their Countrie-men. Nor the Syrean Snakes, nor Tyrinthean Serpents.

Ʋiper, a most venemous Serpent, the Male hath but one tooth of each side,

but the female more: when they engender, the male putteth his head into the females mouth, which she biteth off, and their young doe gnaw their dammes belly, and so kill them, to get forth the sooner.

Wyuer, a cruell serpent, much like vnto a Dra∣gon.

The 7. Starres.

AMbrosia, Eudor, Pasi∣thore, Coronis, Plexaura, Pytho, and Tythe.

Or after some, called

MAia, Electra, Halcyone, Celaeno, Asterope, Tay∣gete, and Merope.

Stones.

ABeston, a stone of iron colour, which being once made hot, can euer hardly be cooled.

Achate, a pretious stone.

Adamant, commonly cal∣led a Diamond, the most pretious and hardest of all stones, insomuch as it cut∣teth glasse, and yeeldeth not either to stroke of hammer or fire, for which cause the Greekes name it Adamas, signifying in∣uincible: notwithstand∣ing it is softened with Goates bloud, being stee∣ped therein new and warme, it is of contrary nature to the Loadstone, in so much that being laid neere to it, the Loadstone cannot draw iron, hauing the vertue thereof ouer∣mastered by the Adamant.

Ametheist, a pretious stone of a purple colour.

Bezill, a pretious stone.

Bezar-stone, a costly rich stone of great esteeme in Phisick.

Bole-Armoniack, a kinde of reddish stone, very good against the plague.

Baptes, a soft stone of an excellent sauour.

Calcedone, a pretious stone.

Carbuncle, a most rich and pretious stone of the colour of fire; also a dan∣gerous Plague sore.

Chrisopbasus, a pretious stone.

Chrisolite, a stone of gol∣den colour which shineth brightest in the morning, fire is much hurtfull to it.

Dendritis, a pretious stone, which being put vn∣der a tree, keepeth the Ax that cutteth it from dul∣ling.

Emerald, a pretious stone, of colour greene.

Galactides, a very blacke stone, which being broken, yeeldeth liquor much like vnto milke.

Gallerinus, a stone which linnen Drapers vse to make their cloath white.

Gemites, an excellent stone, hauing the figure of two hands clasped toge∣ther.

Geniones, a pretious stone, procuring punish∣ment to ones enemies.

Ammonis-Cornu, a preti∣ous stone of golden co∣lour, representing the shape of a Rammes horne, which is said to cause true dreames.

Amphitane, a pretious stone of gold colour square, and of the nature of the Loadstone, but that it is said to draw golde to it.

Androdomas, hard and heauie, bright like siluer, and in forme of diuers lit∣tle squares, it putteth a∣way fury, and anger, and rage of lecherie.

Abadir, a stone that Sa∣turne deuoured in steed of Iupiter.

Hesphesite, a pretious stone of red fiery colour, hauing the nature of a loo∣king glasse.

Hone, a kinde of fine Wherstone.

Geodes, a stone being hollow, hauing earth within the hollownesse thereof, and being put to a mans eare, it maketh a kinde of sound.

Iacinth, a kinde of stone, wherof there be two kinds one a pale yellow, tother a bright yellow, the which is held to be the best.

Iasper, a pretious stone

of diuers colours, the best is greene, transparent with red vaines, and shewes fairest set in siluer.

Iasponix, a precious stone, white of colour, ha∣uing likewise red strakes in it.

Iazull, a pretious stone, of a perfect blew, and a∣zure colour.

Indico, a stone where∣with Diers Die blew with∣all.

Loadstone, a stone colou∣red like rusty iron of ver∣tue, not onely to draw iron to it selfe, but also to make any iron on which it is rubbed, to draw iron al∣so: some say that if a Dia∣mond be laid close to it, or if that it be rubd with the iuice of Garlick, this stone looseth his vertue.

Lyncuris, a bright shining stone, and sometime of a darke yellow colour like Saffron: this stone grow∣eth of the vrine of the beast Lynx, being congea∣led, which vrine the beast hideth (as Plinie writeth) because men should not finde it: others say, it is good against the paine of the stomack, the yellow laundies, and loosenesse of the belly.

Magnes, the same that Loadstone is.

Nax, a kinde of Whet∣stone.

Melanes, a stone which yeeldeth a iuyce like ho∣ney.

Obeliske, a great broad stone, square beneath, and rising of an admirable height smaller and smaller towards the top, I haue read of one 240. yards high.

Onix, a pretious stone, of the colour of ones naile.

Opall, a pretious stone of diuers colours, wherein appeareth the fierie shi∣ning of the Carbuncle, the purple colour of the Ama∣theist, and the greene shew of the Emerald very strangely mixed together.

Pyramides, the like that Obelisk is.

Pansebastes, a pretious stone taking away barren∣nesse.

Sardius, a black onix.

Saphire, a pretious stone, of a cleare skie colour, and the best sort hath in it as twere Cloues, enclining to a certaine rednesse: this stone is said to be of a cold nature.

Sardonix, a kinde of a pretious stone.

Thracias, a flint stone, of a meruailous nature, be∣ing steeped in water, it burneth and sprinkles, but it is quenched with oyle.

Topase, a pretious stone, whereof there are two kindes, one of gold colour, the other of a Saffron co∣lour, not so good as the o∣ther: this stone put into boyling water, it doth so presently coole it, that presently one may take it forth with his hand.

Schistos, a stone of Saf∣fron colour, easie to be cleft into thin plates.

Selenite, a stone wherein is a white, that decreaseth and encreaseth as the Moone groweth.

Siderite, a stone like iron, hauing power to set vari∣ance amongst men.

Sipinus, a stone soft of nature, but being heat in oyle, it waxeth hard.

Synochite, a stone, where∣by (as Magitians say) ghosts be called vp.

Toas, a stone like a Pea∣cock.

Theamedes, a stone of a contrary nature to the Loadstone.

Tricus, a stone of three sort of colours, at the root blacke, the middle san∣guine, and at the top white.

Townes.

ALbendona, Abbington. Dubris, Douer.

Durobratae, Dorchester.

Garionouum, Yarmouth.

Gobannium, Abergauen∣nie.

Longouicum, Lancaster.

Maridunum, Caermar∣den.

Meatae, Northumber∣land.

Oppellum, Chester town.

Presidium, Warwick.

Ratae, Leicester.

Trisontonis portus, South∣hampton.

Ʋxella, Crewkernwell.

Trees.

CErbas, an Indean tree fifteene fathom about.

Corall, a tree that grow∣eth in the bottome of the Sea: there are two sorts thereof white and red, the red is the best, from whence it being taken and insolated, it waxeth very hard.

Cypresse, a tall tree, but slender, it beareth no leafes but small greene twigges.

Ebone, a blacke tree, bea∣ring nor leafes nor fruit, being burnt, it yeelds a sweet smell, the smoake thereof is not offensiue, but good against many diseases of the eyes, the greene wood thereof is so full of sap, that it wil flame like a candle.

Mandrake, a tree bea∣ring Apples, the roote therof is very big, deuiding it selfe into two or more parts, something growing like to the body of a man and woman, the roote thereof, especially the barke is colde euen to the fourth degree.

Melt, a tree in Mexico, being well ordered, serues for weapons, needle, and threed, Suger, Hony, Sucket, Balme, Wine, Cords, Parchment, Lines, Perfume, and apparell: on the leafes thereof they graue the Iests of Kings, somtime by twyning them they make Arrow heads of them: the sappe thereof cures the stinging of Ser∣pents, and the burning of the lower part of the stalke, cures the French disease, &c.

Myrtle, a little low tree, growing in some hote Countries, hauing small darke leafes, and bearing berries which are of a binding nature, good to stop any issue of blood, this is a tender plant not able to endure colde: it was wont to be worne of the Romane Captaines, Gar∣land-wise

in triumph, when they had obtayned any victory without slaughter of men. Poets consecrate this tree to Venus.

Pine, a tree strong and tall, not subiect to wormes or rottennes, and therfore much vsed when it grow∣eth to make shippes: the leafes of this tree are hard pointed, sharpe & narrow, continuing greene all the yeere, and the shadow thereof will not suffer any plant to grow vnder it.

Rasin, the tree whereon the Phaenix doth build her nest, and breede on: see Phaenix.

Shamefaste, a tree in Pu∣defaton, so called, for it doth shrinke in his bough and leafes, when one drawes neere him, as if it were bashfull.

Sycamore, a tree with large branches and leafes, bearing fruit 3. or 4. times a yeere, the fruit groweth vpon the very body of the tree, and vpon the great maine branches, and the fruit in bignesse is much like the great wilde Fig.

Terebinth, the tree from whence Turpentine issu∣eth.

Wells and Riuers.

ACadins, a Well wherein tables containing the oathes of such as sweare truly, will swim, or else sinke.

Ascoinus, a Riuer where∣in there grow great canes, which are so big, that men cut them off at euery knot, and make Boates of.

Acharon, one of the Ri∣uers of hell.

Acidalus, a Well whose water cures all sore eyes.

Aganippe, a Well conse∣crated to the Muses.

Alpheus, the Riuer wher∣with Hercules clensed An∣gaeans Oxen stalls.

Alysses, a Well which cures the bitings of mad dogges.

Athamas, a Riuer in Thes∣saly, the water wherof will set wood on fire.

Anygrus, the Well wher∣with the Centaurs cured

themselues being wounded by Hercules.

Aornus, a Riuer wherein liueth a fish whose voyce resembleth a Thrush.

Azanium, a Well, the water wherof being drank, causeth all wine to bee loathsome.

Ciarcan, a Well, the wa∣ter thereof being dranke, makes one eloquent, but he liues not long after.

Cocytus, a Riuer in hell.

Erythris, a Well, whose water causeth haire to grow apace.

Halcean, the name of a strange dauncing Well.

Helycon, a Well conse∣crate to the Muses.

Hyantian Fort, another Well of the like consecra∣tion.

Isaean Riuer.

The worthy Riuer of Ex by Exceter, wherein there is great store of ma∣ny kinde of fish, especially of Salmō, which is euer in kind all times of the yeare, and not to be betterd in any part of the world.

Silla, a Riuer wherin all things sink to the bottom.

Charibdis, a gulfe in the Sea, wherein is dangetous sayling, by reason of con∣trary windes.

Stix, a Riuer of hell, the water whereof is as strong as the strongest poyson.

Zanthus, a Riuer neere Troy, whereof if the hor∣ses of Rhesus had drunke, Troy had beene impreg∣nable.

Almo, a Riuer in Rome, where Cybills Priests did wash themselues after their sacrifices.

Auernus, a Lake dedica∣ted to the God of hell, where is an entrance into hell.

Phlegiton, another Riuer in hell.

Danubis, the greatest Ri∣uer in all Europe, rising out of the Hill Arnobae in Germanie, and pas∣sing through many Coun∣tries: it still keepeth his name, vntill it enter in∣to Illericum, where it re∣ceiueth sixtie Riuers into it, there it leeseth its first name, and is called Ister.

Pheneus, a Well, where∣of if one drinke of in the night time the water ther∣of is very hurtfull, but very wholsome in the day time.

Tearus, a Riuer in Thrace where Darius with his Ar∣my lay three dayes, only delighted with the plea∣santnesse of the water.

Women that were shameles.

ALbucilla, an impudent and shameles woman.

Calphurina, a bold shame∣lesse Gentlewoman of Rome, who vsed her selfe so importunatly in courts of Iudgement, that she gaue them by an occasion of a Law to be made, that no woman should plead her owne case in such places.

Eryphile, wife of Amphi∣arus, who for a golden Chaine betrayed her hus∣band to Polynices, where he had hid himselfe, because he would not goe to the wars of Thebes.

Hypsea, a name of a most impudent blinde wo∣man.

Women that were transformed.

ALcithoe, who contemning the feasts of Bacchus, was with her sisters turned into Batts.

Adromede, the wife of Perseus, whom Minerua turnd into a starre.

Dirce, a woman of Babi∣lon, who for speaking a∣gainst Pallas, was turned into a fish.

Niobe, who for prefer∣ring her selfe before La∣tona, had her foureteene beautifull children slaine; and was her selfe turned into a stone.

Antigone, for her pride was by Iuno turned into a Storke.

Women that were chaste.

LƲcretia, a notable chaste Roman Lady, albe Sex∣tus Tarquinius by force did rauish: which fact so mo∣ued her Father and kin∣dred, that they with the helpe of the people, ex∣peld the lecherous King and all his stocke for euer out of Rome.

Penellope, the chastest wife of all women of her time, notwithstanding the 20. yeeres absence of her Husband, and the impor∣tunate sutes of many wor∣thy and noble Wooers.

Pero, Nestors sister a wo∣man of Admirable chasti∣tie and beauty.

Teuca, much famosed for chastity and valour.

Women Queenes and queanes.

CLeopatra, an Egiptian Qeuene, she was first beloued of I. Caesar, after Marcus Anthonius was by her brought into such dotage, that he aspired the Em∣pire, which caused his de∣struction.

Helena, was by Theseus rauished at nine yeeres old, after being Menelaus wife, she ran away with Paris, which caused Troyes destruction.

Messalina, wife to the Emperour Claudius, was a woman of insatiable le∣cherie.

Leda, wife to Tyndarus King of Lacedemonia, whom Iupiter accompanied in the forme of a Swanne, she brought forth two Egs; of the one came Pollux and Helena, of the other Castor and Clytemnestra.

Panthea, King Abrada∣tus wife, a most faire and louely woman: but adul∣terous.

Rodophis, a noted Thra∣tian harlot.

Omphale••, a Lydian Queene•• whom Herculis serued for her loue in most seruile manner, as in spin∣ning and in carding.

Women excelling for loue to their Husbands.

ARtemisia, famous for cha∣stity but more famo∣sed for loue to her Hus∣band, who made a royall Sepulchre for her dead Husbands body, and tooke his heart and dried it, and beate it to powder, and in a cup of Wine dranke it, thinking no tombe good enough for a thing she so well loued, saue onely her owne body.

Billia, being of her Hus∣band blamed for not tel∣ling him of his stincking breath (which in a brawle was obiected vnto him) answered that she thought all mens breaths did so sa∣uor.

Britomartis, a beautifull Lady, who fearing to be rauished, by Mynos cast her selfe into the water.

Cornelia, a noble Roman woman, very chaste and temperate, being in com∣pany of other noble Women, and by them ask'd, why she so little re∣spected the pompe of this world, taking no more fe∣licitie therein? pointing at her two Sonnes that walkt before her, saying all loue and contentment was in them; in that she had in∣structed them in the rudi∣ments of learning.

Emylia, a most worthy Lady, who for the loue that she bare to her Hus∣band, loued his Para∣mo••e.

Eurydice, Orpheus his wife, who running through desert places to auoide A∣ristaeus that would haue ra∣uisht her, was stung of a Serpent and died.

Hypsicratea, being armed like a Knight, did follow her Husband Mythridates in all his warres and trou∣bles.

Lasthenna, a Woman that for loue of learning, went to Plato to schoole in mans apparell.

Alcyon••, one that so well loued her Husband, that seeing his dead corps come driuing ashore••,

threw her selfe into the Sea vpon them, and there was drowned.

Pandora, a louely chaste Woman, to whom Pallas gaue wisedome, Ʋenus beauty, and Apollo the gift of prophesie.

Rodogune, Darius his daughter that kild her Nurse, perswading her to marry after her first Hus∣bands death.

Agrippina, starued her selfe to death hearing of her Husbands death.

A'cest, died to saue her Husbands life.

Euadne, a Woman which after she had solemnized her Husbands Funerall, for loue of him burnt her selfe.

Valeria, a Woman which being askt why she marri∣ed not after her Husbands death, answered that her Husband was still aliue with her.

Warlike Women.

AMozones, warlike Wo∣men of Scithea, which wonne a great part of Asia: they haue but one brest, for the other is cut off in their Infancie, because it should bee no hinderance to them in shooting or darting.

Andrage, a very puissant Woman.

Damocrita, a Woman who being forbid to follow her Husband into exile, and seeing her daughters al∣so restrained from marri∣age, was so far carried with reuenge, that she fired the house where all the noble Women of the Roman City in the night, were a∣bout their sacrifices and burnt them euery one, and killed her Daughters, and lastly her owne selfe.

Penthiselea, a couragious Queene of the Amazons slaine by Achilles before Troy.

Semiramis, Wife to King

Nynus, who after her Hus∣band, her Sonne being young, tooke vpon her the rule of the Kingdome, which by her noble and right valorous acts, she greatly enlarged. At the last falling from noblenes to sensuall lust, she was enamoured on her owne Sonne, and by him slaine.

Thalestria, an Amazonian Queene, who with three hundred Ladies offered her seruice to great Alex∣ander and his friends.

Thelesis, a stout Woman of Greece, who with other women armed themselues and fought boldly and va∣liantly for their Countrie.

Ʋirago, a stout Woman and of a manly courage.

Zenobia, Queene of Pal∣mira, of noble courage and wit; who after the death of her Husband, inuaded the Roman Empire in Sy∣ria: She was after vanqui∣shed by Aurelius, and brought to Rome where she died.

Women of sundrie qualities.

AGauc, slue her owne Sonne for contemning the Feasts of Bacchus.

Acco, a foolish old Wo∣man, that would talke to her owne picture behol∣ding it in a glasse, and see∣ing her beautie to decay fell mad, she would euer∣more seeme to refuse that which shee most desired, and to desire that which she most despised.

Aglais, one that was an extraordinary glutton.

Alcippe, a Woman that brought forth an Ele∣phant.

Alcisthene, a curious pain∣ter she was.

Amphitrite, the Wife of Neptune.

Annas, a Woman which inuented Ouens.

Eurycles, a Prophetesse that alwaies foretold her owne misfortunes.

Eupheme, the Nurse of the Muses.

Eutyche, a woman of Trallis, that had 30. chil∣dren.

Thymele, a woman that first taught dauncing.

Lara, a Nimph, who for telling Iuno of Iupiters las∣ciuious trickes with Iutur∣na, was sent to hell aliue.

Zanthippe, Socrates wife, shee was a passing shrewd scolding and curst wo∣man.

Medea, a Sorceresse, by whose meanes Iason got the golden fleece.

Lamiae, Elfes or Witches, who beholding children, and giuing to them gifts, doe alter the forme of them, and change them.

Woods.

DOdona, a Wood in C••ao∣nia, where men doe thinke that Trees doe speake.

Hercynia, a Wood in Ger∣manie, that is, nine dayes iourney in breadth, and 40. in length.

FINIS.