The English Parnassus, or, A helpe to English poesie containing a collection of all rhyming monosyllables, the choicest epithets, and phrases : with some general forms upon all occasions, subjects, and theams, alphabeticaly digested : together with a short institution to English poesie, by way of a preface / by Joshua Poole.

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The English Parnassus, or, A helpe to English poesie containing a collection of all rhyming monosyllables, the choicest epithets, and phrases : with some general forms upon all occasions, subjects, and theams, alphabeticaly digested : together with a short institution to English poesie, by way of a preface / by Joshua Poole.
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Poole, Josua, fl. 1632-1646.
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1657.
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Pace. Winged, speedie, Eagles, Eagle-winged, breathless, hastie, quick, nimble, slow-footed, tardie, stealing, silent, gliding, creeping, grave, measured, theevish, soft-footed, assured.

Pagan. Unbelieving, mis-believing, barbarous, idolatrous, superstitious, ceremonious, incredulous, obstinate, cruel, hard-hearted, unchristian unchristned, unbaptized.

Page. Officious, obsequious, brisk, nimble, attending, wayting, duteous, observant, serviceable, ready, careful, quick, diligent, speedie.

Pageant. Painted, pompous, gay, gaudie, gorgeous, motly, gilded, trium∣phant, joyful, glittering glorious, streaming, waving, varnisht, costly, sumptious, slanting.

Pain. Dolorous, heart-fretting-wringing-eating, pinching, nipping, soul-oppressing, griping, hard, sad, grievous, killing, doleful, gauling, heart-breaking, pitied, bitter, impatient, gnawing, stabbing, smarting torturing, tormenting, martyring, racking, disquiet, heart-rending-tearing, grating, cruel, sharp, wearying, unsupported, tedious, unwel∣come.

Palace. Gorgeous, stately, aspiring, loftie, magnificent, exalted, cloud-kis∣sing cloud-cleaving, aire-braving, mosse-growne, royal, ambitious, envied, proud-towred, gilded, glitering.

Palate. Nice, cuious, judicious, thirstie, wittie, luxurious, hungry, greedie, tasting, delicious, gluttonous, insatiated.

Palenesse. Bleak, cold, chill, trembling, fearful, wanne, sallow, discoloured, duskie, sad, grieved, deformed, fainting, affrighting, meager, muddie, gastly, disfigured, wannish.

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Pallas. Wise, warlick, prudent, chast, couragious, ingenious, industrious, unmarried, gray-ey'd.

Palme. Generous, triumphant, loftie, victorious, leavie, verdant, glorious, shadie, rugged, trembling.

Palmer. Devout, devotiou, pious, religious, humble, wandering, melanch▪ly pensive, unknowne, gray-frockt, lonelie, wither'd, weather-beaten, sad, meditating, abstemious, wearie.

Palsie. Trembling, shaking, quavering, quivering, unjointed, unsteadie, fainting, numme.

Pamphlet. Loose, wanton, seditious, libellous, saucie, scurrilous, sandalous, ca∣lumnious, railing, reviling, abusiv, licentious, lawlesse, audacious, in∣jurious.

Pander, v. Bawd. Odious, covetous, impure, warie, craftie, slie, importunare, perfidi∣ous, cunning, soothing, cheating, fawning, lascivious, tempting, dr••••∣ken, deceitful, guileful, cozening, vilanous, youth-corrupting, cog∣ing, immodest, impudent, brazen-fac't, shamelesse, inticing, alluring, training beastlie, bruitish, obsceane.

Pang. v. Anguish. Paine. Panther. Savage, wild dreadful, untamed, cruel, spotted, devouring, grim∣look't, painted, stubborne, incensed.

Panting. Faint, breathlesse, warme, weak, wearie.

Papist. Superstitious, image-adoring, Idolatrous, ceremonious, deluded, merit-pleading bloodie.

Pap. v. Dug. Sgging, milkie, nursing, soft, ender, spicie, delicious, azure-strea∣ked, veinie.

Parable. Obscure, dark, concealed, misterious, grave, wise, sage, ingenious, wittie, discoursive, deepe, profound.

Paradise. Happie, Celestial, immortal, deathlesse, glorious, beauteous, delici∣ous, eternal, triumphant, flowrie, joyful, enamouring, entrancing, soul-raping, ravishing, soul-invading, transporting.

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Paradox. Incredible, unbelieved, improbable, stoical, un-vulgar, fals-seeming.

Parasite. Fawning, soothing, flearing, dissembling, officious, obsequious, pick-thank, pliant, sugred, traiterous, treacherous, candid, glass-fac', cheating, jugling, over-reaching, circumvnting, pide, knee-crooking, cunning, deluding, craftie, wilie, slie, clawing, tempting, dawbing, de∣ceitful, fair-spoken, smooth-worded, ear-tickling, crouching, glzng, insinuating, cogging, flattering, servile, slavish, smooth, faire-mouth∣ed, lying, smel-feast, greedie, vaunting, colloguing, cozening, idle, babling, pratling, file-tongu'd, oylie, courtlie, smooth-tongu'd, lisp∣ping, gilt-tongu'd, windie, smoothing.

Pardon. Favourable, gracious, remissive, free, indulgen, smiling gentle, courteous, willing.

Parent. Beloved, dear, aged, careful, indulgent, affectionate, nursing, loving, tender, solicitous, grave, pious, indulgent, honoured, reverend, ten∣der-hearted.

Park v. Meadow. Pleasant, flowrie, delightful, fruitful, herbie, grassie, enclosed, im∣paled, verdant, green-plusht, spatious.

Parliament. Grave, honor'd, honourable, statelie, severe, wise, iudicious, justice-executing, consulting, authentick.

Parnassus. v. Mountaine. Sacred, rugged, two-topt, two-forkt, loftie, learned, divine, Muse-haunted.

Parret. Green, painted, pratling, talking, babling, speaking, tatling, gaudie, faire-plum'd, twtling, chattering.

Parthian. Light, swift-foot, warlick, couragius, fierce, cruel, darting furious, backward, fighting, flying, perfidious, seditious, lascivious, quver-bearing, martial,

Partridge. Chattering, painted, speckled, salacious, hot, devouring, lascivious, ruffled, fearful, spotted, plump,

Passage. Easie, readie, open, frquented, difficult, uneasie, broken.

Passion. v. Anger Fury. Rage. Disordered, wild, distempered, hot, unrulie, head-strong, frantick,

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uncollected, ireful, tyrannous, stormie, wilfull, blundering, bitter, per∣nicious, disquiet, roving, affectionate, turbulent, vehement, surpr••••∣ing, importuning, violent, impetuous, unconstant, blind, impatient, unbridled, furious, transporting, usurping, unadvised, light-wingd.

Pastime. Sportful, toyish, joyful, delightful, refreshing, honest, pleasant, swee, wanton, dallying, jesting.

Pastoral. Low-stiled, humble-stiled, rustick, plain, pleasant, jolly, youthful, country.

Pasture. v. Lawnes. Flowry, motly, enamel'd, tufted, green-plusht, painted, gaudie, fruitful, fat, smiling, verdant, enflowred, embroidered, herbie, gra∣sie, checkerd, delightful, dewie, pleasant, shrubbie, sportive, fragran, mossie.

Path. Frequented, troden, directing, leading, grassie.

Patience. Strong, resolved, willing, sottish, soft, cold, dull, pack-bearing, yeilding, burdned, flegmatick, unfeeling, unmooved, tame, coole, constant, vertuous, slow harmless, suffering, induring, holy.

Patron. Liberal, protecting, favouring, careful, willing, affectionate, bene¦ficial, bountiful, propitious, defending, securing.

Pavement. Low humble, dejected, foot-bearing, spurned, troden, rugged, cold, hard, dusty, dutie, pressed, beaten,

Pavilion. Soft, gilded-stately, warlick, vaultie, tented.

Paunch. Great-bellied, swelling, sull-gorged, tun-bellied, gurmandizing, hollow, deepe, spatious, cavie, voluptuous, luxurious, insatiate, glutto∣nous, swallowing, engulphing, hungrie, greedie, devouring, lazie.

Paw. Russet, griping, dreadful, raping, fawning, crooked, hairie shaggie, rough, scratching, clawing, ravenous, wanton.

Pawne. Engaging, obliging, binding, faith-binding, assured.

Peace. Soft, Hlcyonian, calme, happie, feastful, mild, smiling, flowry, silken, fruitful, safe, harmonious, snudging, sleepie, unactive, disarmed, easie, friendly, silver-wing'd, white-wing'd, virgin, maiden, civil, effemi∣nate,

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smooth-fac'd, turtle-footed, unbloodie, untroubled, undistur∣d, lovely blessed, lazie, joyful, desired, quiet, divine, war-chasing, sa∣ed, victorious, firme, golden, agreeing, heavenly, composed, harme∣s, gowned, genial, auspicious, triumphant, meek-eyed.

Peach. Velvet, woolie, dangling, trembling, soft-skin'd.

Peacock. Gay-plum'd, gaudie, pompous, glorious, glittering, starrie, proud, ested, envious, painted, stately, haughty, wheele-tail'd, moon-tail'd.

Pear. Soft, sowre, delicious, dangling, mellow, savoury, sharp, brisk, tast-easing, hanging, yellow, juycie.

Pearl. Indian, pretious, rich, shining, beauteous, oriental, easterne, bright ear, deliceous, curious, sparkling, reflecting, radiant, beaming, dang∣ing, enchacing, blazing, flaming, aire-gilding, aire-enlightning, orient.

Pebble. Humble, purling, litle, murmuring, hissing, whistling, gushing, rol∣ling.

Pedant. v. Schoolemaster. Knowing, tutoring, teaching, angry, peevish, cholerick, imperious, severe, grave, learned, lashing, scourging, sowre, cruel, tyrannous, ty∣rannising.

Pedegree. Ancient, long-breathed, well-descended, famous, noble.

Pedlar. Trucking, shop-brearing, wandring, stragling, trifling, trudging.

Pegasus. v. Horse. Winged, swift-flying, Medusaean, Gorgonean, fleet, horn-footed.

Pelican. Indulgent, Aegiptian, solitary, lonelie, melancholie, sharp-beakt, groaning, mourning, young, loving, brest-piercing, officious.

Penance. Hard, sad, dolorous, painful, rigorous, severe, enjoyned, imposed, exacted.

Pen. Learned, skilful, nimble, quick-pac't, clarkly, artful, industrious, laborious, painful, studious.

Pencil. Skilful, artful, nimble, active, cunning, drawing, industrious, labo∣ious, painful, pourtraying.

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Penury. Griping, pinching, wringing, dejecting, oppressing, uneasie, so••••▪squeezing, gauling, servile, craving, down-looking, ragged, corn•••• despised, freezing, disrespected, unregarded, tattered, thread-b•••• crushing, soul-bruising, grinding, suppressing, starving, needie.

Pepper. Rugged, wrinckled, rough-coated, biting, black, sharp, hot, bruise

Perfection. Complete, accomplished, absolute, rare, divine, admired, exa•••• beauteous, desired, singular, unpatterned, unparagon'd, unparalell' unmatch'd, unpeer'd, unequalled, unexampled.

Perfume. Fragrant, spicie, sweet, smell-ravishing, sacred, choice, rich, odoro•••• Ambrosian.

Peril. v. Danger. Period. Perfect, accomplished, desired, consummated.

Perjury. Hollow, black, hellish, impious, damned, cursed.

Periwigge. Hair. Hairie, false, counterfeited, curled, frizled.

Persecution. Cruel, bloody, murderous, tyrannous, outragious, furious, unc••••∣stian, barbarous.

Perseverance. Stiffe, stout, couragious, undaunted, firm, constant, patient, resolv•••• unmoved, stedfast, unshrinking, setled, unshaken.

Persian. Perfidous, unfaithfull, luxurious, voluptuous, drunken, bablin anointed, surfeting, strong-breath'd.

Perswasion. Soft, insinuating, slie, moving, wooing, courting, encouragin winning, victorious.

Pestilence. v. Plague. Infectious, contagious, mortall, deadly, spotted, tokened, ca••••••∣ing, raging, burning, dismall, killing, devouring.

Petition. Humble, suppliant, begging, crouching, wooing, earnest i∣portunate.

Phaeton. Rash, proud, ambitious, audacious, y. bold, presumptuous, adve∣turous, world-fireing, world-inflaming, unhappy.

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Phantasmes. Vain, vanishing, empty, uncertain, flying, shady, imaginary, aerie, ••••dfull, affighting, pale, grieslie, fleeting, unsubstantiall, unreall.

Philomel. Sad, pensive, complaintfull, wailing, sweet-voic'd, warbling, melo∣us, harmonious.

Philpsopher. Philosophie. Grave, sage, wise, learned, deep, profound, sober, severe, abstemi∣s, temperate, austere, artfull, knowing, mysterious, subtle, knottie, ••••ne, bearded, contemplative, industrious, obscure, studious, oughtfull, musing, ingenious, venerable.

Phoebus. v. Apollo. Fair-haired, learned, all-seeing, predictious, bright, prophetick, urel-crown'd, bright-hair'd,

Phoenix. Gay-plum'd, painted, immortall, gold-neck'd, maiden, gold-ested, immortall, reviving, spicie, lovelie, chast, unmated, long-v'd, aged, eternall, self-begotten, Assyrian, eastern, solitarie, irgin.

Phlegethon. Burning, flaming, scorching, smoakie, duskie, gloomie, raging, fie∣ie, devouring, gaping, yawning, spatious, vastie, capacious, flame-elching.

Phlegme. v. Flegme. Phrase. Fluent, well-drest, clear, polish'd, neat, filed, forced, sugred, win∣ing, ear-captivating,

Physick. v. Medicine. Physician. Expert, learned skilfull, knowing, artfull, faithfull, carefull, dili∣gent, prudent, warie, studious, helpfull, curing.

Pickerell. Greedie, gluttonons, devouring, preying, swallowing.

Picture. Speaking, livelie, dumb, fair, beauteous, rich, artificiall, coloured, varnished, dead, resembling, imiating, counterfeiting, skillfull, art∣full, deceiving, eye-deluding.

Pigeon. v. Dove. Wanton, trembling, quaking, ash-coloured, jealous, loyall, chast, rough-footed, crooing, crested, speckled, amorous, gallesse.

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Pike. v. Lance, Pilgrim. v. Palmer. Pillar. Stately, Dorick, Corinthian, strong, firme, upholding, sustein' steadie, ••••able, unshrinking, solid, marble, gilded, lasting, loftie, ••••¦vanced, massie, ivory, smooth, even-wrought, polisht.

Pilot. Gain-spurr'd, tugging, skilful, wandring, expert, guiding, dire¦ing, star-gazing, industrious, sea-tost, storm-beaten, adventur•••• trembling, fearful, North-observing, commanding, prudent.

Pine. Tufted, bristled, heaven-scaling, star-kissing, loftie, skie-invad•••• oilie, sprouting, proud, sacred, torchie, kernel-bearing, Pan-belo exalted, strait, stately, strait-bodied, branchie, supercilious, hairie, ••••¦unctious, Cybelean, Berecinthian, odorous, hoarie, dagger-leaved, ••••¦cutting.

Pinion. v. Wing. Shadie, feathered flagging, spreading, floating, plumie, glidi•••• fluttering, active, mooving, waving, industrious.

Pinnace. v. Ship. Winged, fleet, saile-winged, sea-torne, adventurous, thin-rib'd.

Pipe. Mirthful, merrie, jollie, sweet-sounding, melodious, rustick, har••••¦nious, bored, solacing, chanting, shrill, tuneful, frolick, ch••••¦full.

Pirate. Slie, adventurous, bold, audacious, barbarous, preying, sea-robbi•••• theeving, cruel, craftie, spoiling, merciless, unpitying, roving.

Pismire. v. Ants. Thriving, industrious, frugal, thriftie, grain-bearing, crawling, ¦ctive, prudent, corne-gathering, careful, laborious, ingenious, subtil politick, painful.

Pitch. Clammie, Illiian, catching, melting, tenacious, viscous, glutin•••• Negro, sootie, ebon, ship-lining.

Pith. Marrowie, enclosed, inward, soft, tender, fat.

Pitie. Melting, relenting, soft, calme, tender, feeling, charitable, comp••••¦sionate, weeping, affectionate, yeilding, bleeding, tender-h••••¦ted.

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Pit. Blind, darksome, deep, unfathomed, unsounded, gloomie, duskie, en, obscure, sootie, durtie, fulsome, loathsome, nasty, dreadful, dan∣ous, steepie.

Plague. Mortal, contagious, infectious, diseaseful, catching, raging, sulphu∣us, burning, dismal, uncomfortable, violent, spotted, surprising, sive, dreadful, threatning, sodain, unexpected, detested, murther∣s, accursed, impartial, raging, pernicious, cruel, unsparing, unpity∣g, merciless, deadly, inexorable, fierie, devouring, consuming, thsome, nastie.

Plains. v. Meadowes. patious, wide-skirted, flowrie, tufted, enamell'd, open, dasied, mot∣••••, delightful, lowly, humbe, smiling, verdant, fragrant, hearbie, gras∣••••, embroidered, levell'd, fruitful, diapred, green-plusht, sportive, fair∣athed, flower-enameled, flowre-mantled, flower-spangled, soft∣ated, fertle, pleasant, green-brested, stream-embroidered, frolick.

Plane. Shadie, heavie-headed, barren, genial, feastful, tall, stately, loftie, reading, leavie, nodding, branched, dangling.

Planet. Blazing, bright, shining, beaming, rolling, flaming, sparkling, floa∣ng, swimming.

Plant. Vegetative, young, fruitful, tender, sappie, juycie, growing, increa∣ng, thriving.

Play. Sportful, joyous, mirthful, care-killing, wanton, idle, carelesse, be∣itching, facetious, time-stealing, enchanting, unthriftie, carelesse, armelesse, soft, pleasant, frolick, vain, emptie, delightful, delicious, oluptuous, sensual, familiar, sportive, free, loose, dissolute, lascivious, me-beguiling.

Pleasure. Melting, wanton, lulling, itching, lavish, soft, desired, easie, idle, sil∣n, golden, tickling, intrancing, choice, delicious, delightful, fresh, portive, attractive, magnetick, imparadising, balmie, bckning, in∣••••anting, bewitching, Syrenian, flashie, ravishing, soul-invading, me-beguiling, sugred, raping, temping, captivating, transporting, Nectareous, Ambrosian, spicie, sprightly, active, chearful, lightsome, eart-chearing, smiling, heart-enlrging, luxurious, voluptuous, fleing, transitorie, emptie, enamouring, charming, fancie-tickling, glo∣ing, pernicious, alluring, inticing, inveagling, hooking, luring, trea∣cherous,

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intemperate, gliding, care-killing, disordered, revelling, ••••ney-flowing, unbridled, lascivious, effeminate, depraved, unmeas•••••••• blind, toyish, soul-moving, entrancing, fulsome, rambl•••••• unctious.

Pledge. Assured, confirming, obliging, engaging, binding, faith-b••••••••

Pleiades. Dropping, weeping, showrie, sad, moist, rainy,

Plenty. Luxurious, swelling, flowing, copious, fertile, fruitfull, joy•••••••• gladsome, rich, pregnat, teeming, ample, large, full, superfl•••••••• abounding, excessive, wanton, lavish, smiling.

Plover. v. Lapwing. Coasting.

Plough. Peacefull, crooked, furrowing, industrious, laborious, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wounding, slicing, furrow-making, thriftie, rustick, sordid, pain•••••• toilsome.

Plough-man. v. Clown. Rustick, sordid, laborious, industrious, tugging, patient, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 swarthy, toilsome, hoping, sun-burnt, tawnie, brawnie, surlie, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 clownish, sturdie, rude, sweating, sallow, hide-bound, hobnail'd, ••••••¦ish, home-bred, unfashion'd, slovenlie, frolick, blith, lustie, robust•••••• boarish, rurall, rough-hewn, unlearned, unlettered, simple, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 whistling, gleesome, merrie.

Plume. Hovering, waving, tufted, soft, painted, downie, aerie, lightso•••• flanting, gay, gaudie, gallant, pompous, trembling, hanging, sm•••••• velvet, flying, wanton, limber, freckled, pide, motlie, spotted, speck•••••• air-dividing-

Plumme. Dangling, hanging, delicious, juicie, tast-pleasing, nectar•••••••• pleasant.

Plummet. Sounding, sinking, diving, poising, guiding, mossie, heavie.

Plush. Soft, smooth, rich, costly, sumptuous, courtlie, shining, shagg•••••••• tufted.

Pluto. Black, hellish, dreadfull, unpitying, mercilesse, unrelenting, gree•••••••• gloomie, shadie, gastlie, grieslie, implacable, inexorable, rigorous, ••••¦gian, Sulphurie, grim, frowning, lowring, scuoling, stern-visaged, ¦varitious, raping, remorselesse, sullen.

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Pome. Poesie. Poetrie. Poet. Whining, sacred, immortall, eternall, deathlesse, embalming, in∣••••cing, nimble, fluent, sweet-flowing, sinewie, learned, numerous, asant, sweet, brisk, amourous, wanton, lascivious, loftie, statelie, di∣e, tickling, loose, sugred, delicious, nectareous, Ambrosian, laure∣••••, facetious, fabulous, ingenious, wittie, lying, well-drest, captiva∣g, soul-invading, soul-raping, imparadising, immortalizing, grave, asured, well-tuned, winding, audacious, artfull, knowing, clear∣ded, honoured, biting, lashing, lavish, prophetick, melodious, monios, Muse-inspired, praise-prompted, insinuating, heaven-bred, husiastick, flattering, smoothing, glozing, smooth-swelling, well∣ck'd, well-composed, well-couch'd, wel-laboured, powerful, almigh∣ everlasting, ear, enamouring, snse-bereaving, sprightlie, livelie, esome, jollie, frolick.

Policy. Working, winding, plotting, contriving, scruing, diving, craftie, e, subtle, cunning, secret, under-mining, under-working, ingenious, der-handing, devicefull, prudent, warie, circumventing, fore-cast∣g, projecting, snakie, winding, wriggling.

Pomander. Persum'd, sweet, delicious, well-sented, smell-pleasing, odoiferous grant.

Pomegranate. Delicious, vermilion, blushing, juicie, many kernel'd.

Pomp. Gorgeous, glittering, glorious, gay, gaudie, golden, Sunny, swel∣ng, painted, statelie, costlie, sumptuous, magnificent, braving, luxu∣ous, superfluous, smiling, varnish'd, courtly, shining, flnting, gal∣nt, portlie, fantastick, flashing, blazing, profuse, lavish, unthriftie, zling, envied, eie-conquering, triumphant, solemne, proud, royal, mbitious, excessive, expensive, needlesse, vain, unnecessarie, wast∣ll, ceremonious.

Poniard. Stabbing, killing, murdering, desperate, sharp-pointed, secret, lent, stealing.

Pool. Sleepie, drowsie, slimie, fishie, calm, quiet, dull, lazie, sluggish, slow∣oving, waving, weedie, muddie, crisped.

Pope. Mitred, adored, canonized, insulting, imperious, proud haughty, in∣olent, stately, tyrannizing, magnificent, Lording, domineering.

Popingay. Gay-plum'd, gaudie, feathered, painted, mounted, soaring, high-fly∣ng, towring.

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Popler. Tall, loftie, soft, weeping, leavie, amber, gummie, woollie, many coloured, river-loving, barren.

Poppie. Drowsie, sleepie, cold, benumming, yellow, Lethean, oblivio•••• chilling, refreshing, cooling, stupfying.

Porcupine. Bristlie, pricklie, thornie, fretful, armed, sharp-quill'd, quill-sh••••¦ting, angry, revengeful.

Post. Speedie, hasty, nimble, spurring, swift-pac't, winged, swift-fo•••• fleete, light-foor, light-heel'd, panting, breathlesse, sweating, indu••••••¦ous, quick, dispatchful.

Posture. Sprightly, graceful, becoming, handsome, comely, delightful, a¦cted, unaffected, carelesse, slowing, seemly, composed, winning, pl••••¦sing, insinuating, ingratiating, stately portly.

Poverty. Penurious, needie, sleepie, vile, unregarded, cold, whining, pii•••• crushing, thin, meager, starving, honest, uneasie, soul-squeezing, op¦pressed, scorned, pitied, dejected, down-looking, ragged, despise freezing, gauling, pressing, wringing, pinching, sad, servile, cravi•••• simple, disrespected, wronged, tattered, houselesse, thred-bare, so•••• bruising, grinding, dejecting, suppressing, griping, urging, sordi neglected, contemned, nasty, lank-belly'd, thin-gutted, ill-accoute naked, fulsome, taunted, flouted, jeered, painful, laborious, indust••••¦ous, tugging, toylesome, necessitating, importuning, suffering, desp¦ring, inforcing, bankerupt.

Power. Attractiue, magnetick, vigorous, controlling, imperious, comm∣ding, active, enforcing, compulsive.

Pox. Pitting, digging, delving, beautie-marring, face-plowing, face-f••••¦rowing, disfiguring, ditching, marking, imprinting, ingravin scratching.

Poison. Deceitful, pale, cold, baneful, raging, foamie, tainting, deadl deathful, destroying, spreading, swelling, black, consuming, eatin cruel, benumming, stupefying, creeping, viperous, inflaming, b••••¦ing, frothie, secret, lurking, treacherous, slic-working, Theffili•••• snakie, drowsie, sleepie.

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Praise. Just, deserved, admired, windy, soothing, gilt-tongued, lavish, so∣id, swelling, big-bellied, spurring, alluring, attractive, Magnetick, encouraging, living, lasting, immortal, enduring, never-dying, deathlesse, unfathomed, unmeasured, unsounded, tympanizing, bla∣ing, pompous, glozing, triumphant, inflaming, incensing.

Praier. Wishing, longing, zealous, ardent, fervent, devout, pious, reli∣gious, earnest, winning, conquering, perswasive, mooving, passio∣ate, humble, weeping, mournful, holy, pensive, importuning, af∣ectionate, urgent hearty, instant, obtaining, solicitous, imploting.

Precepts. Strict, rigid, severe, rigorou, awful, restraining, just, coercive, oul-binding.

Preface. Preambling, ushering, way-making, ceremonious, tedious, com∣lemental, unnecessary.

Prejudice. Disadvantageous, indammaging, corrupting, partial, blinding, urtful, harmeful, injurious.

Prelate. Sacred, learned, grave wise, pious, religious, devout, zealous, nowing, reverend, venerable, aged, gray-haired, magisterious, mi∣••••ed.

Presumption. Daring, adventurous, bold, rash, audacious, saucy, proud, inso∣nt, swelling, puft, unmannerly, arrrogant.

Pretence. False, lying, colourable, likely, glozing, jugling, cogging.

Pride. Ruffling, boundlesse, swelling, stately, triumphant, gay, envied, anton, luxurious, phatastick, insulting, imperious, lofty, hateful, dious, detested, purple, heady ambitious, sullen, portly, surly, bur∣••••, hot, mounting, towring, aspiring, respectlesse, haughty, presum∣••••ous, insolent, audacious, squint-yed, sterne, disdainful, scornful, ver-weening inventive, flring, gaudy, strutting, impetuous, tim∣anous, rebelliovs, Lucifrial, glittering, flming, bubling, swolln, ow-beating, bustling, currish, churlish, frantick, supercilious, puft, ••••rsie, tyrannizing, soaring, boasting, frothy, skie-owring, self∣onceited, adventurous, bragging, attemptive, vaunting, flanting, ••••amelesse, unblushing, big, burning, high-swoln, dating, unconfi∣ed, unbrideled, contemptuous, high-ooft.

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Priest. Sacred, aged, chast, long-gouned, holy, learned, devout, zealous, shriving, confessing, absolving, attoning, pious, sacrificing, reverend, venerable, religious, studious, contemplating, musing, retired, me∣ditating.

Prince. Generous, illustrious, magnificent, wise, vertuous, puissant, mag∣nanimous, undaunted, warlick, valiant, couragiou, courteous, just, renowned, redoubted, valorous, ambitious, noble.

Prior. v. Abbot. Prison. Loathsome, nasty, noysome, fulsome, dark, darksome, filthy' te∣dious, loathed, hollow, vaulty, dusty, lowsie, doleful, musty, futy, dankish, unwholsome, unhealthy, airelesse, penning, stinking, ob∣scure, ugly, careful, anxious, graty, sad, pensive, melancholy.

Prisoner. Suppliant, crowching, fearful, trembling, nasty, needy, straved, hungry, comfortlesse, sad, cold, pensive, melancholy, anxious, sigh∣ing, careful, lowsie, tatterd, fulsome, chained, swallow, discoloured, pale, slavish, fettered, desolate, afflicted, hoping, despairing, weary, swarthy, lean, oppressed.

Privie. Stinking, filthy, nasty, loathsome, fulsome, durty, dungie, cor∣nered, dark, obscure, choaking, darksome, secret.

Prodigal. Prodigality. Profuse, lavish, expensive, costly, excessive, sumptuous, unthrifty, luxurious, pompous, soft, voluptuous, spendthrift, wastful, regard∣lesse, melting, consuming, profusive, wealth-eating, unbridled, swallowing, fearlesse, devouring, dissolute, disordered, intemperate, revelling, superfluous, needlesse, unnecessary, squandering, gadding wandering, street-wearing, pavement-beating, pot-hunting, wen∣ing, whoring.

Profit. Gainful, advantageous, alluring, inticing, commodious, large-abundant, increasing, growing, welcome, wealthy, fruitful, expe∣cted, desired, large, ample▪ contenting, satisfying, pleasing, hear-enchanting.

Prophecie. Prophet. Predictious, fore-telling, fore-knowing, deepe, austere, profoun haven-prompted, holy, inspired, ancient, Enthusiastick, sacred, my∣sterious, spirit-prompted.

Proportion. Beauteous, graceful, equal, just, comely, handsome, measur'd, squar'd

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Prose. Untrust, loose, creeping, undrest, homely, unkneaded, dough-bakt, free-footed, unshackled, ragged, grovling, low, humble.

Proserpine. Infernal, imperious, chast, cruel, Sicilian, ravisht, inexorable, impartial, duskie, dreadful, unpitying, remorselesse, unrelenting, grim, gastly, stern-visaged, rigorous, frowning, lowring, scouling, sad pouing, sullen.

Prosperity. Happy, joyful, flowry, peaceful, perfect, wished, coveted, desired, smiling, chearful, gleesome, gladsome, fat,

Prostitute. Flinty, brazen, shamelesse, unblushing, unchast, uncivil, lescivi∣ous, wanton, lustful, rampant, salacious, dissolute, immodest, rot∣ten, alluring, enticing, tempting, perjured, mercenary, obscene, fil∣thy, perfidious, impudent, dissembling, infamous, dallying, notori∣ous, baudy, flearing, gadding, infectious, pockie, loahsome, painted, cancred, training, itchie, goatish, rammish.

Proteus. Changing, turning, varying, shape-changing, predictious, fore-telling, azure, jugling, blue, ambiguous.

Proverb. Sententious, ancient, grave, succinct, old, noted, common, known, famous, received, usual, vulgar, facetious, witty memorable.

Gods Providence. Observing, overshadowing, al-commanding, eternal, undeceived, unchanged, al-working, al-contriving, al-disposing, al-ruling, al-pricing.

Providence. Prudence. Sagacious, sage, wise, grave, mature, deliberate, discreeter, fore-seeing, fore-casting, projecting wary, cautious, cautelous, consulting, careful, aduised, watchful, vigilant, circumspect, experienc't, quick∣eyed, clear-sighted, eagle-eyed, contriving, plotting, studious, indu∣strious, active.

Prowesse. Hardy, attemptive, martial, warlick, valiant, valorous, exploitful, atchieving, couragious, victorious, conquering, triumphant, un∣daunted, vertuous, stout, redoubted glorious, renowned, daring, adventurous, masculine constant, unmooved, unshaken, active, ma∣jestick, undejected, manly, haughty.

Publican. Greedy, griping, avaritious, exacting, odious, detested, hateful, op∣pressing, extorring, injurious, tyrannizng, crafty, subtle' promoting,

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evesdropping, pick-thank, cruel, unpittying, grim, sterne, surly, col∣lecting, uvercharging, afflcting, crushing, rigorous.

Pulse. Sprightful, activ, nimble, panting, drumming, trembling, lea∣ping, dancing, subtile, industrious, beating.

Pumice. Hollow, dry, smoothing, pouncing, porous, rough, mossie.

Punishment. Just, deserved, severe, cruel, sad, heavie, revengeful, avenging, bitter, rigorous.

Punk. v. Prostitute. Puppet. Toyish sportive, gamesome, nimble, gay, gallant, dapper, jolly, wanton, frigging, frisking, fond, silly, spruce, quaint, tricksie.

Purchase. Rich, wealthy, gainful, advantagious, commodious.

Pargatory. Flaming, cleansing, expiating, purse-milking, painful.

Purple. Blushing, shining, pompous, glittering, royal, princely, ruddy, bloody, vermillion, Tyrian, Persian, costly, rich, sumtuous, migni∣ficent.

Purse. Well-cram'd, swelling, strouting, ful-stuft, well-monied, speaking, lanke, hollow, empty, dumbe.

Pursevant. Officious, attaching, sword-bearing, subtile, crafty, rigorous, suit-loving, severe, grim, odious, sterne-visaged, unwelcome, unpi∣tying, inquiring, dogging.

Pygmie. Dwarfish, low, little, short-statured, Crane-opposing, Crane-conte∣sting.

Pyramid. Aspiring, tall, star-pointing, proud, skie-braving, skie-threatning, heaven-piercing, heaven-boring, exalted, lofty, mounting, soating, towring, prodigious, cloud-bearing, cloud-cleaving, lasting, mo∣numental.

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