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.

Aaron. SAcred, mitred, holy, blessed, grave, priestly, pious.

Abbey. Rich, wealthy, cloysterd, monkish, religious, old, antient.

Abbot. Old, antient, religious, cloysterd, recluse, mitred, reverend, regular, grave, humble, devotious, retired, zealous, abstemious, monkish.

Abraham. Obedient, aged, old, prudent, faithfull, blessed, wise, devout, pious, godly, religious, reverend, sage, grave, holy.

Absence. Envious, long, prolonged, tedious, unwelcome, constrained, forgetfull, oblivious.

Abstinence. Sober, thrifty, honest, frugall, cleanly, chast, lent-like, spa∣ring, chearfull, healthy, wholesome, temperate.

Absurdity. Foolish, dotish, clownish, sortish, repugnant, contradictious, grosse, great, improper, ridiculous, incredible, simple, ignorant.

Abuse. False, deceitfull, ignorant, vain, malicious, grosse, injurious.

Abysse. Gaping, yawning, dreadfull, profound, devouring, darke, in∣satiate, covetous, deepe, vast, dangerous, affrighting, low, dark, unfathomed, hideous, obscure, hellish, dismal, wide, open.

Accents. Sweet, harsh, harmonious, well-tuned, wounding, killing,

stabbing, dying, short winded, long winded, pleasing, delight∣full, sad, joyfull, mournfull, sh••ill, flat.

Accident. Sodain, unexpected, unthought of, surprizing, casual, fatal, doubtfull, unhoped, unfores••e••, usual, common, various.

Accomplishment. Perfect, entire, wisht, final, happy, successefull, joyfull, for tunate, blest, desired, dispatcht, absolute, total, full.

Accord. Peaceable, amiable, mutual, amorous, composed, unjarring, happy, uniting, sweet, gentle, friendly, agreeing, calme.

Acheron. Deepe, profound, infernal, hellish, shady, sad, black, deadly, dismal, cu••sed, unhappy, greedy, devouring, flow, tormenting, flaming, burning, scalding, scorching, boyling, broyl••ng, gloo∣mie, pitchi••, joylesse.

Achilles. Valourous, couragious, swift, warlike, stout, valiant, subtle, cruel, untamed, angry, hardy, fierce, doughty, inexorable, strong, great, brave, generous, willfull, furious, stormy, proud, undaun∣ted, implacable, violent, passionate, seaborn, stubborn, sturdy, unmooved, bloody, fearlesse.

Acquaintance. Familiar, private, sociable, friendly, sweet, long, short.

Acres. Rich, well tilld, fruitfull, fat, wealthy, flowry, hearby.

Accuser. Odious, quarelous, envious, contentious, malitious, angry hurtfull, hated, hatefull, shamelesse, litigious, importunate, un∣just, calumnious, loathed, black mouthd.

Adam. Old, antient, first born, dust formed.

Adamant. Hard, unrelenting, iron-drawing, subtle, lasting, enduring, uxorious, loving, wooing, courting, alluring, obdurate, uncon∣quered, solid, eternal.

Adder, v. Snake, Serpent. Writhed, hissing, cold, poysonous, invenoming, long, gliste∣ring, swelling, biting, stinking, creeping, crawling, lurking, deadly, dreadfull, mischievous, crested, malicious, scaly, speckled, sl••ppery, lybian, loathsome, folded, cruell, bowed, knotted.

Adieu. Last, tedious, sad, grieved, sighed, loathed, lingering.

Adonis. Brave, faire, beautifull, maiden, smooth-chind, neat, spruce, young, amorus, venereous, lovely, sweet, fresh, trimme, tender, soft, pittied, unhappy, deplored.

Admonition. Wise, fatherly, christian, usefull, wholsome, healthy, cordial, sage, grave, timely, provident, carefull, prudent.

Adventure. Hardy, bold, daring, improvident, doubtfull, casual, rash, sodain, brave, strange, happy, couragious, stout.

Adversity, v. Affliction. Infortunate, pittied, calamitous, unhappy, deplored, hated loathed, ruining, crushing, gauling, wringing, pressing, sad black, usefull, tutoring.

Adultery, Adulterer. Unchast, vicious, infamous, lascivious, odious, loathsome, secret, cautelous, wary, watchfull, nightly, base, lewd, lustfull, bestial, brutish, lawlesse, licentious, rammish, rampant, ranke, baudy, obscene, savage, injurious, neat, spruce.

Advocate v. Lawyer. Mindfull, cautelous, wary, subtle, clamorous, eloquent, faire, spoken, knowing, skillfull, ready, consulting, dissembling, col∣loguinge, silver-griping, see, some, ingenious, witty, nimble, at∣tentive, long tayld.

Aegypt. Memphian, fruitfull, hea••bie, fertil, cornie, reedy, superstiti∣ous, ingenious, witty, swarthy, fat, mysterious.

Aeneas. Pious, godly, religious, devout, doughty, hardy, stout, cou∣ragious, valiant, valorous, wandring, Trojan, perjured, fore-sworne.

Aeolus, v. Wind. Tempestuous, windie, bul-he••kt, stormie, imperious.

Aetna. Smokie, sulphureous, burning, fl••ming, fiery, S••icilian, dread∣full, vaulty, high, lofty, Trinacrian, vaporeous, unquenched, noysefull, belching.

Aeacus. Just, grimme, severe, grave, inexorable, unbribed, rigo∣rous,

uncorrupted, unfeed, impartiall.

Affaires. Important, urgent, importunate, pressing, weighty, great.

Affection. v. Love. Vehement, passionate, hot, flaming, hearty, ardent, burnin•• unfathomd, unmeasurd, immense, great, adventurous, uncon¦trold, couragious, transporting, intrancing, willing, impati¦ent, amorous, disordered, inordinate, doting, blind, fon•• officious, strong, obsequious, melting, zealous, tyrant, impe¦rious, wanton, untam'd, thoughtfull, carefull, soft.

Affliction. Grievous, bitter, pressing, galling, grating, wringing, pain¦full, dolorous, cruel, hard, sad, rough, sharpe, sowre, insuppo••¦table, deadly, vexing, cursed, unhappy, unwelcome, unwish•• laborious, wearying, hated, fretting.

Affrica. Affrican. Scorcht, sandy, thirsty, monstrous, monster bearing, ho•• scalding, sweltering, spatious, large, wide, salvage, soultry broyled, swarthy, tawnie, perfidious, light cloathed, crue•• fierce, rebellious, unfaithfull.

Age. Gliding, slipperie, stealing, creeping, flying, swift, fleete irrevocable, hating, envious, journeying, glib, feathered, wing¦ed, rolling, wheeling, riding, succeeding, encroaching, intruding, assaulting, invading, devouring, growing, running, galloping, light-foot, passing, hasty, nimble, swimming, speedie, leaping soft-foot, posting, spurring, swift-wingd, light-heeld, ambling, greedie, succeeding.

Oldage, v. Old. Agate. Indian, precious, spotted, soveraigne, bright, Sicylian, shining, veinie, chearful, painted, streaked, checkerd, scorpion-hating, interlaced, motley, many coloured, chamfered.

Agave. Theban, furious, mad, outragious, fierce, cruel, bloudie, raging, savage.

Ajax. Unconquered, untamed, fierce, undaunted, couragious, vali∣ant, rash, headie, stout, furious, mad, warlick, sterne, hardy, cruell, valorous, strong, great, fearlesse, sturdy, fullen, grimme.

Aire. Fleeting, guilded, pliant, spicie, glowing, sult••y, scattered, boundlesse, diffused, dilated, un-inclosed, free, singing, whispe∣ring, yeilding, passive, mooving, whirling, chrystal, casing, in∣trenchant, unwounded, dewie, pressed, sounding, empty, win∣ding, swift, fleete, dispersed, nimble, breathing, shrugging, shapelesse, formelesse, soft, wandring, liquid, enlightned, ambi∣ent, transparent, stirring, buxome, subtle, lightsome, clear, thinne, moist, circumfused, light, rolling, open, beamie, slip∣pery.

Aires. Soft, sweet, good, pleasing, enchanting, intrancing, soul mo∣ving, pious, gentle, harmonious, melodious, well-tuned, char∣ming, sprightly, delicious, soul-raping, sence-bereaving, warbling, ••ulling, syrenian, well composed.

Alabaster. White, polisht, compact, clear, bright, shining.

Alacrity. Ready, joyfull, chearful, swift, deliberate, speedy, active, nimble, lustie, industrious, youthful, pliant, flexible, briske, live∣ly, stirring, active, sprightly.

Alarme. Dreadful, sodain, frighting, hot, martial, noyseful, clamorous, furious, astonishing, warlick, moving, tumultuous, unexpected, assaulting, turbulent, loud.

Alcides. Vali••nt, furious, fierce, great, grimme, sterne, strong, wan∣dring, unconquered, warlike, bloody, v. Hercules, brawny, sul∣len, sturdy, sinewie.

Alchymist. Alchymie. Juggling, deceitfull, cozening, cheating, subtle, industrious, potent.

Alder. Tall, sea-loving, shadie, loftie, thirsty, sucking, pithy.

Alderman. Dew-lapt, slow-pac'd, great ruft, grave, venerable, gowned, cor∣pulent, Lord-Maior-would-be, magisterious, supercilious, tun-bellyd, deliberate, gouty.

Ale. Spicy, nappie, nut browne.

Alecto. Furious, pitiless, black, mischievous, sad, sterne, grim, sul¦len, sturdy, impatient, balefull, poysonous.

Alexander. Ambitious, victorious, insatiate, unconquered, undaunted, couragious, successefull, puissant, hardy, renowned, bold, war∣lick, great, mighty.

Allurements. False, cheating, cozening, wary, sweet, flattering, soothing lovely, deceitful honyed, winning, wooing, traiterous, inticing taking, catching, attractive, drawing, mortal, deadly, licorish pleasing, luring, inveagling, syrenian, treacherous.

Aloes. Odorous, Indian, black, bitter, strong, Arabian, fragrant.

Altar. Burning, flaming, bleeding, smoaking, fat, vaporous, sacred, pious, religious, odorous, solemne, chast, holy, greasie, green, glittering, crowned, adored, marble, garnisht, impaled, priest∣ly, perfumed.

Alpes. Cloudy, frozen, windie, cold, high, loftie, hilly, horned, stony, rockie, oakie, northern, proud, icie, snowie, open, naked, spati∣ous, shadie, desert, steep, snow-crownd, towring, craggie, rough, woody, leavie, cavie.

Alum. White, icie, stony, chrystal, mineral, rockie, clear, salt, sowre, sharp, tart.

Amazement. Dull, dead, wild, deepe, strange, stupid, stounding, sad, frigh∣ful, fearful, pale, astonishing.

Amazon. Scythian, warlike, hardy, stout, cavaleering, cruel, fierce, au∣dacious, manly, masculine, bold, strong, Thracian, braving, one-papt, renowned, couragious, valiant, valourous, rash, heady, furious, raging, half-moon-shielded, antient, axe-bearing.

Amber. Gummie, perfumed, sweet, fragrant, odorous, fat, greasie, li∣quid, gray, clear, yellow, shining, white, bright, hard, congea∣led, thin, subtle, transparent, unctious, aromarick.

Ambrosia. Celestial, heavenly, divine, delicious, sugred, lovely, licorish, healthy, sweet, immortal, honey'd, soveraigne, savory, death-ex-pelling.

Ambush. Close, lurking, seceret, private. hidden, traitorous, deceitful, surprizing, concealed.

Ambition. v. Pride. Big, steepe, blind, vain, jealous, hasty, wild, hot, fearish, fiery, restlesse, unsatisfied, unlimited, lofty, unconfined, haughty, proud, unhappy, infortunate, tall, burning, careful, thoughtful, plotting, pale, impatient, highrooft, bold, audacious, daring, damned, en∣vious, greedy, curious, high, swoln, curious, towring, cankerd. v. Pride.

Amethist. Wittie, purple, bright, violet, shining, beaming, blazing spark∣ling.

Anarchie. Seditious, factious, disordered, unruly, distempered, confuted, injurious, impetuous, enormous, unbiassed.

Ancestors. Honoured, sage, experienc'd, wise, reverend, preceding, grave, knowing.

Anchor. Crooked, unweildie, fangie, toothed, hookie, sharpe, sharp∣tooth'd, biting, firme, sure, bowed, curbing, tenacious, writhed, fastning, locking, shackling.

Anchorite. v. Hermite. Sullen, zealous, pious, devout, retired, devotious, religious, recluse, abstemious, lonely, melancholy, bookish, studious, sad, pensive, withered, aged, sequestred.

Angells. Watchful, winged, glorious, blessed, perfect, celestial, heaven∣ly, divine beauteous, smoothfac'd, heaven-bred, bright-harnest.

Anger. v. Rage Boyling, swelling, frantick, furious, raging, flaming, burning, enchested, passionate, waspish, impatient, red-lookt, inflaming, incensed, stormie, scarlet, moody, cholerick, wrathful, revengeful, chasing, foaming, hot, heating, sparkling, rash, blind, heady, disordered, sterne-visaged, giddy, flame-eyed, dizzy-eyed, ghostly, distempered, transporting, tempestuous, blustering, fierce, cr••el, violent, impetuous, threatning, menacing, unbridled, untamed,

mistaking, overseeing, frothy, implacable, pettish, bitter, rough wild, stubborn, unruly, litigious, austere, dreadful.

Angler. v. Fisher. Patient, cunning, ensnaring, treacherous, expecting, preying impati••nt.

Anguish. Pinching, griping, hard▪ sad, painful, grievous, killing, pres∣sing, wringing, extream, dolorous, doleful, gauling, heart-brea¦king, pensive, deep, mortal, pittied, bitter, impatient, gnawing fretting, stabbing, smarting, torturing, tormenting, martyring racking, disquiet, heart-rending.

Annals. Memorable, antient, long, immortal, historious, recording, ••¦ternal, long-breathed.

Ants. Busie, painful, industrious, active, nimble, stirring, la¦borious, swarming, numerous, frugal, thrifty, storming, laden, toyling, trooping, crawling, tugging, corne-biting, grain-bea¦ring, theeving, creeping, slender, grain-supporting.

Anthems. Religious, pious, melodious, harmonious, entrancing, soul¦rapping, ravishing, celestial.

Antiquity. Unpartial, sage, grave, wise, rusty, musty, moldie, dusty, gra•• hoary, aged, experienc't, prudent, noble, reverend, venerable faithful, honoured, annal'd, silver-haired.

Ape. Toyful, toyish, sportive, gamesome, nimble, active, phanta∣stical, sprightly, counterfeiting, mimick, dissembling, crafty wise, imitating, moving, mumping.

Apennine. High, cold, naked, old, hoary, lofty, oakie, snowie, vast, stony, rockie, icie, hilly, craggie.

Apostle. Holy, blessed, divine, faithful, glorious, many-tongued.

Apollo. Beautious, unshorne, fair-haired, yellow-haired, Amber-trest, pleasant, blith, neat, buxome, rosy, divine, laureat, quivered, bea∣ming, glorious, radiant, smooth chin'd.

Apostacy, Apostate. Damned, curst, hellish, false, faithlesse, perjured, revolting,

unruly, irregular, infamous, vicious, rebellious, voluptuous, mu∣tinous, debaucht, dissolute, wretched.

Apothecary. Druggie, hearbie, expert, simpling, industrious, hopeful, art∣ful, drug-tongued.

Apparel. Sumptuous, magnificent, costly, pompous, gorgeous, neate, trim, spruce, handsome, delicate, rich, gay, gaudie, fashionable.

Apples. Dangling, blushing, vermilion, sweet, delicious, yellow, gol∣den, hanging, juycie, roseate, fragrant, odorous, round, wild, swelling, pendent, ripe, tast-pleasing.

Appetite. Ranging, insatiare, delicious, unsatisfied, hungry, greedy, gluttonous, desirous, unbridled, untamed, baring, devouring, ar∣dent, unruly, disordered, covetous, insatiable, voluptuous, judi∣cious, gurmandizing, wolvish, sensual, craving, lingring.

Apprentice. Sowre, young, novice, unexpert, untaught, tutor'd, unexperi∣enc't, simple, rude, ignorant, learning, saucie, unruly.

Apricot. Velvet, dangling, delicious, tast-pleasing, hanging, lurking soft, hairie, yellow, golden, woolly.

April. Flowrie, grassie, verdant, sunnie, chearful, gladsome, amorous, springing, pleasant, delightful, vernal, lively, lovely, smiling, youthful, teeming, wealthy, rich, fruitful, lusty, fragrant, bloom∣ing, budding, blithe, quickning, jocund, buxome, gleesome, merry, pregnant, bridal.

Arabia, Arabian. Hot, perfumed, theevish, unchast, happie fruitful, spicie, wild salvage, odorous, aromatical, fertile, palm-bearing, rich, wealthy, hot, sweltering, soultry, painted, mitred, remote, un∣shorne.

Archer. Quiver-bearing, ayming, warlick, sinewie, strong, ready, ar∣rowing, quick-sighted, pricking.

Arbour. Flowrie, tusted, leavie, shadie, cooling, covert, thick, branchy,

spreading, coole, silent, screening, refreshing, grassie, green, thick-set.

Argonautes. Famous, val••ent, proud, adventurous, stout, hardy, Jasonian, conquering, Aenionian, couragious, Pelasgian, Grecian, bold, au∣dacious.

Argument. Subtle, strong, undoubted, confirming, sure, true, false, glo∣r••ing, inferring, concluding, conclusive, succinct, ergoing, grave enforcing, sl••ght, rational, authentick, perswading, rational, pro∣v••ng, probable, satisfying, discoursing, disputing, wrangling, litigi¦ous, contending, undenied, faith-begetting, knotty, easy, hard opposing, unanswered.

Armes of the body. Encircling, twining, clasping, embracing, winding, ivory, gras∣ping, enc••osing, yoaking, twisting, twining, sinewie, strong, snowie brawni••, hugging, fleshie, puissant, valiant, rigorous, veinie, ner¦vous, laborious, toyling, wielding, victorious, extended, industri¦ous, active, working.

Armes. Armour. Clashing, clattering, ratling, sounding, angry, warlick, bloody murthering killing, invasive, offensive, defensive, manly, flaming sparkling, victorious, conquering, glistering, shining, revengeful noble, hreatning, menacing, dreadful, destroying, warlick, mar¦tial, unhappy, hurtful, noyseful, tumultuous, jarring, furious, sa•• powerful, raging, injurious, devouring, odious, abhorred, deteste•• hated, trembling, bright, violent, impetuous, mortal, hostile deadly, cruel, rebellious, fatal, rigid, blood-thirsty.

Armie. Numerous, great, puissant, powerful, martial, dreadful, furiou•• hostile, revengeful, strong, embattelled, conquering, victorious resolved, couragiou••, adventurous, bold, thundering.

Aristotle. Learned, knowing, industrious, subtle, knotty, famous, wis•• grave, divine, eloquent, piercing, judicious.

Art. Artizan. Artist. Careful, elaborate, laborious, industrious, studious, curiou•• running, learned, knowing, expert, experienc't, profitable, con¦ducing, witty, ingenious, judicious, piercing, quick-sighted, ready active, nimble, subtle, noble, famous, honoured, esteemed, i••¦structed, commendable, praiseful, deviceful, quick, inventive, ••••¦gilant, early, working, sweating.

Arrogance. Frothie, skie-towring, proud, presumptuous, over-weening, self-concei••ed, aspiring, audacious, bold, adven••urous, rash shame∣less, unblushing, stubborn, vaunting, bragg••ng, threatning, at∣temptive. v. Pride.

Arrow. Ba••b'd, bearded, deadly, mortal, poysoned, winged, fatal, piercing, singing, deathful, whistling, whirling, thrilling, sha••p pointed, poynant, wounding, killing, trembling, flying, flutt••∣ring, shivering, quivering, digging, sharpned, darted, wingie, Cretian, light-wing'd, swift, swift-pac'd, light-foot, norched, forked, light, Thessalian, Scythi••n, Thracian, gal-dipped, Par∣thian, Sidonian, cruel, revengeful, speedie, showring, towring, Armenian, sodain, slender, martial, warlick, harmful, b••andisht, blood-thirsty, bloodie, impetuous.

Asia. Fertile, fruitful, rich, vast, wealthy, spatious.

Asse. Tardie, lasie, sleepie, drowzie, sluggish, loytering, slow-pac't, dull, heavie, long eard, cold, chilly, suffering, loadned, patient, pack-bearing, braying, cold-fearing, shivering, quivering, trem∣bling, sottish, lumpish, broadnosed, stiffe-haired, sluttish.

Ash. Thick-leaved, tall, shady, snake-hated, rugged, barren, aged, solid, leavie, trembling, quivering.

Ashes. Rude, smothering, pale, peaceful, quiet, sad, mournful, re∣pentant, warme, light, hot, hollow, black, trembling, thinne.

Aspe. Deadly, poysonous, dangerous, fatal, dull, frighted, dreadful, inflamed, venemous, Aegyptian, drowsie, swelling, sleep-causing.

Aspect. Tragical, mild, benigne, favourable, smiling, sad, lowring, frowning, maligne, unhappy, unluckie, envious, sterne, grimme, malicious, gratious, happy, prosperons, successeful, f••iendly, un∣fri••nly.

Astonishment. v. Amazement. Atchievements. Brave, glorious, great, famous, happie, adventurous, bold, pro∣sperous, slour, valiant, valourous, couragious, generous, ver∣tuous.

Atheists. Dull, desperate, dissolute, faithlesse, audacious, heady, daring, rash, presumptuous, adventurous, godlesse, damned, cursed, re∣probate, wicked, impious, vitious, voluptuous, mercilesse, cruel, bloody, wretched.

Athens. Learned, ingenious, wel-lettered, studious, industrious, famous, Palladian, fertile, fruitful, towrie, lofty, ancient, eloquent.

Athos. Vast, Aemonian, craggie, ragged, icie,

Atlas. Heaven-bearing, skie-propping, cold, rough, icie, old, aged, craggie, pine-bearing, Lybian, cloudie, cloud-kissing, heaven-knocking, heaven-brushing, star-sweeping, hideous.

Atomes. Small, flying, un-divided, un-numbred, wandring, little, dwar∣fish.

Attention. Soft, still, silent, quick, obedient, patient, humble, pliant, willing, yeilding, silent, reverent, submisse, officious, obsequious, thirsty.

Attempt. Bold, rash, vain, presumptuous, proud, arrogant, daring, brave, glorious, base, valiant, couragious.

Avarice. Orsurious, pernicious, cruel, blind, cursed, wretched, detested, abhorted, odious, hateful, ravenous, devouring, impious, vile, base, filthy, loathsome, dishonest, servile, slavish, presumptuous, hoarding, sparing, pinching, griping, raping, greedy, damned, thirsty, gouty, insatiate, stanchlesse, eating, heart-enthralling, muck-worme, mudling, toylesome, laborious, careful, nasty, slut∣tish, scraping, penurious, needy.

Augur. Augurie. Learned, knowing, foretelling, sooth-saying, auspicious, luckie, unluckie, happie, divine, lying, presaging, fore-seeing, foreknowing, fatal, jugling, cunning.

Auster. v. Wind. Moyst, cold, clowdie, raging, furious, uncertain, deceitful, im∣petuous, swift, speedy, dull, strong, rainie, showrie, watrie, swel∣tring, soultry, remorselesse, black boysterous, cruel, noxious, grim, tempestuous, blasting.

Autumn. Wine-pressing, grapie, morst, teeming, aguish, wealthy, lux∣uriant, unhealthy, diseaseful, feavourish, bare, naked, durty, tree-stripping, maturer, sober, yellow, abundant, fruitful, gray, ripe, sun-burnt, mellow, hoary.

Aw. Obsequious, humble, ob••dient, respectful, respective, st••rn, reverential, princely, grim, majestick, grave, fearful, cow••ng, re∣verent, restraining, bridling, servile, sl••vish.

Awle. Long, pointed, sharp, industrious, searching, handled, work∣ing.

Axe. Sharp, heavie, bloodie, blood-••hirsty, edged, sacrificing, heaved, wounding, rigid, dreadful, avenging

Ayd. Succouring, propitious, helpful, friendly, comforting, success∣ful, timely, charitable, auspicious, supplying.