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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Cabbidge. TUfred, coated, leavie, squeezed, crispie, curled, tender, lim∣ber, folding, pleated, swellnig.

Cable. Writhed, twisted, binding, puchie.

Cake. Turned, savoury, delicious, sugred, spicie, honeyed.

Calamity. v. Misery. Calfe. Fat, tender, sportive, frisking, wanton, leaping, silly, suckling.

Calme Peaceful, quiet, smooth, slumbering, sleeping, Halcyon, smooth∣fac't, smooth-cheekt, smiling, sleeke, sweet, pleasant, soft, repo∣sed; appeased, happy, sober, stayed, wavelesse, undisturbed.

Calumnie. Biting, envious, black-mouth'd, malitious, wounding, false, detracting, defaming, injurious, subtle, crafty, wily, slie, base cunning, deceitful, forging, faining, coyning, devising, inven∣ting,

tale-telling, cogging, glozing, colloguing, jealous, suspiti∣ous, reproachful, unhallowed

Camamel. Yellow, sweet-smelling, odotous, sun-loving, pain-easing.

Camelion. Aire-fed, abstemious, temperate, changing, jugling.

Camel. Bunchie, towre-backt, bunch-backt, rough, ugly, deformed, supple-kneed, kneeling, crowching.

Campe. Armed, warlick, martial, noiseful, dreadful, clamorous, pike-bristled, thundring, military, swarming.

Canker. Creeping, infecting, loathsome, eating, fretting, consuming, uncured, contagious.

Candle. Shining, burning, enlightning, selfe-consuming, melting, white-coated, flaming, sl••nder, watchful, studious.

Cannon. Thundering, thunder-mocking, fire-breathing, clamorous, noiseful, dreadful, stounding, sulphury, pernitious, murthering, flame-belching, wid••-mouth'd, loud-voic't, mercilesse, resistlesse.

Capon. Brawnie.

Capricorne. Tropick, moist, cold, watry, fierce, showry, rough.

Captain. Wa••lick, valorous, couragious, valinant, well-••kill'd, experi∣enc't, prudent, politick, engineering, martial, wise, discreeter, deliberate, commanding, impetious, armed, honoured.

Captivity. v. Bondage. Sad, sorrowful, slavish, dolorous, insupportable, barbarous, ty∣rannous.

Carbuncle. Flaming, sparkling, fiery, shining, gliste••ing, pearly, beamie, ••a∣diant, burning, blazing.

Cardinal. Scarlet, purple, red-hatted, long-bearded, grave, pompous, generous, honoured, wealthy.

Care. Blood-drinking, blood-consuming, biting, swarming, thought∣ful, perplexing, studious, buzzing, boyling, jealous, waking,

watchful, anxious, sollicitous, fretting, gauling, pressing, g••in∣ding, cumbering, busie, weary, unquiet, disturbing, sullen, thor∣ny, stormie, flinging, obsequious, muddie, combrous, hoary-h••a∣ded, griping, consuming, soul-killing, macerating, doub••ful, gnawing, painfull, droyling, murthering, cutting, heart-woun∣ding, pricking, wan••ish, pale-fac't, wrinkled.

Carkasse. Soul-lesse, stinking, loathsome, offensive, infectious, contagi∣ous, putrid, dull, dead, unmoving, rotten, noysome, fulsome, n••sty.

Carthage. Ancient, rich, proud, wealthy, populous, well peopled, D••d••∣nian, famous, powerful, warlick, Libian, aemulous, Rome-envy∣ing, Sidonian, perfidious.

Cassia. Flowry, ruddy, yellow, sp••c••e, flaming.

Castle v. Tower. Towred, fensive, lofty, stately, exalted, mosse-grown, walled.

Cat. Melancholy, solitary, mouse-chasing, hunting, theeving, spot∣ted, brinded, furred.

Cates. N••ct••rean, ambrosial, delicious, eie-glutting, feastful, cost••y, delightfull, sumpru••us, luxurious, superfluous, pleasant, tast-wa∣ving, tast••ul, tast-contenting, desired, palat-pleasing.

Caucasus. Craggy, rockie, ragged, inhospitable, rough, cold, frosty, fre••∣zing, high-browd, vaultie, barren, unfrequented, burly, cl••ffie, lo••••y, to ring, cloud-k••ssing, ic••e, Scythian.

Cave. Shady, pitchi••, ••ollow, v••ult••e, rockie, dark some, gloomy, fo••∣saken, so••i••ary, mel••ncholy, uncouth, mossi, black, sad, unknown, silent, unfr••quented, dark, desert, obscure, qu••et, recluse, musty, nasty, filthy, dreadful, dennie, deepe, noysome, doleful, crooked, loathsome, lonely, sullen, dankish, smoakie, ragged, blind, savage, yawning, ecchoing, theevish, fustie.

Cauldron. B••y••i••g, seething, flaming, smoakie, burning, hollow, capaci∣ous, greasi.

Cedar. Odorous, loftie, sappie, aged, tall, stately, strait, wind-laring, smooth, sl••ck, ••mmortal, lasting, un-knotty.

Cell. Darksome, melancholy, cloudy-lowly, silent, private.

Censure. Judging, carping, rigorous, bi••ing, severe, sharp, harsh, super∣cilious, hard, peevish, pettish, grumbling, muttering, haughty, snarling, lashing, invective.

Centaurie. Two-shap't, furious, proud, cruel, shaggie, hairy, cloud-born.

Cerberus. Barking, stigian, devouring, dreadful, howling, yelling, ga∣ping, snakie, viperous, watchful, foaming, surly, snarling.

Ceremonie. Religious, devour, laudable, antient, solemne, received, pom∣pous.

Ceres. Law-giving, golder-haired, wealthy, golden-••ared, ingenious, dusty, torch-bearing, sheafie, yellow.

Cesar. Victorious, couragious, undaunted, unconqered, warlick, am∣bitious, triumphant, dreadful, proud, attemptive, daring.

Chaffe. Light, scattered, wind-driven, dispersed, useless, empty, fruit∣lesse.

Chain. Binding, shakling, knottie, linkie, twisted, adamantine, ratling, dangling.

Chaos. Disordered, dark, formeless, dull, ugly, empty, hideous, rude, desolate, blind, sh••peless, undigested, confused, aged, black, old, Cimerian, obscure, gulphie, blended.

Chaps. v. Jawes. Chaplet. v. Garland. Verdant, enamelled, diapred, flowrie, checkerd, enterlac••d, le••∣vie, fragrant, roseat, triumphant.

Chariot. Rosie, lofty, gorgeous, ratling, hurrying, wheeling, swift, spee∣die, triumphant, painted, pompous.

Charmes. v. Magick. Powerful, inchanting, magick, Thessalian, mystick, muttered, mumbled, perplexing, hellish, imperious, commanding, learned, superstitious, exercising, potent, binding, forcing, ceremoneous, mysterious.

Charity. Pious, melting, pittying, compassionate, refreshing, hearty, cor∣dial, Christian, holy, sacred, devout, reli••ving, heaven-••ng••∣ging.

Charon. Stygian, inexorable, grim, sull••n, surly, sad, coveteous, unre∣lenting, frowning, lowring, scowling, old, pale.

Chastity. Spotles, cold, fruitless, unstained, lilly, snowie, untainted, un∣sullied, maiden, virgin, blameless, fi••me, uncorrupted, unrepr••∣ved, unmooved, constant, white, pale, strict, st••ait-lac'd, vestal, fresh, holy, pious, untouched, impregnable.

Chear. v. Cates. Cheater. Cogging, cunning, crafty, wily, subtle, slie, bold, deceitful, faw∣ning, flattering, fraudulent, shameless, abusive, injurious, sl••p∣string.

Cheeke. Rosie, silken, bashful, roseate, smiling, lovely, deliciou••, temp∣ting, blushing, soft, smooth, plump, gentle-swelling, purple, beau∣teous, ambrosian.

Cheese. Digestive, concocting, feast-closing, milkie, fresh, fat, old, mold••e, hard.

Cherrie. Blushing, plump, soft, tender, coral, vermillion, delicious, pleasant, lushious.

Cherubin. Smooth fac'••, smooth-••heekt, rosie-lipt, beauteous, winged, glo∣rious, celestial, joy-ravish; silver-winged, golden-plumd, helmed.

Chevalrie. Active, couragious, adventurous, warlick, renowned, glorious, a••chieving.

Child. Officious, obedient, gamesome, sportive, tender, pliant, wan∣ton, soon-perswaded, c••edulou, apish, ••oyish.

Childhood. v. Infancie. Chimney. Smoakie, sooty, grimie, tall, strait, black.

Chinke. Gaping, yawning, cranied, hollow, divided, parted, clea∣ving.

Chinne. Dimpled, wagging, naked, well-thacht, hairie, slaver'd, hang∣ing, stubble, bushie, bonie.

Choler. v. Anger. Chafing, foaming, haughty, testie, touchie, waspish, disdainful, revengeful, boyling, devou••ing, inflamed, incensed, yellow, passi∣onate, flaming, sodain, pale, angry, unsociable, unfriendly.

Chronicles. Ancient, memorable, old, aged, faithful, recording, historious, studious, long-breathed, long-lived, immortal, lasting, never∣ending, eternal.

Chrystall. Shining, transparent, clear, bright, glassie, smooth, sleeke, icie, sl••pperie, cold, azure, polisht, glistering, snowie.

Chrysolite. Wise, sparkling, radiant, golden, beaming.

Chymick. Industrious, ingenious, sweating, laborious, active, inventive, contriving, smoakie, subtle, na••ure-devesting.

Cicero. Famous, eloquent, ambitious, wel-tongued, fine-spoken, per∣swasive, sweet-ongued, smooth, quaint, witty.

Cindars▪ Black, ashie, dead, cold, scattered, warme, smutchie, sootie, dy∣ing, sparkling.

Circe. Charm••ng, tempting, enchanting, decitful, transfo••ming.

Citie. Noble, wealthy, rich, throng, populous, full, courtly, near, complemental, many-peopled.

Clay. Moist, laborious, fat, clammie, compacted, glutinous, pliant, pliable, st••cking, daubing, yeilding, crumbling, moldering, weak.

Claw. Hookie, crooked, griping, swooping, scratching▪ theevish, tor∣turing, seising, pouncing, tending, rearing, sharpe, gre••dy, catching, st••ffe, wounding.

Client. Thredbare, humble, subm••ssive, crowching, suppliant.

Cliffe. v. Rock. Ragged, solid, vaulty, yawning, craggie, uncouth, unfrequented, horned, beetling, hanging.

Cloud. Winged, floating, mourning, wandering, hovering, pitchi••, hang∣••••g, spongy, weeping, threatning, gloomy, dusky, foggy, yellow, ••uffling, ••ambling, envious, drooping, full, dull, thick, stooping, ••wring, mounting, aspiring, clusterd, frowning, lowring, swarthish, ••athering, drowsie, scattered, dropsie, waving, sweltring, moving, ••under-crashing, flitting, goutie, sweating, moist, wate••y, ayery, ••andering, melting, drunken, slumbering, sleepy, crisped, curled, ••bscuring, darkning, contagious, smothering, strangling, vapoury, ••moaky, sullen, lofty, black, swarthy, Negro, rolling, dark, jea∣••ous, thicke-swollen, swelling, bigge-bellied, mistie, stormy, ••e••ty, stifling, chaced, justling, Eclipsing, assembling, smouldring, ••regnant, sayling, hollow.

Clown. Swarthy, rude, sweaty, toyling, sallow, hide-bound, lowtish, bar∣••arous, game-some, gleesome, sportive, laborious, industrious, ••ome-bred, unfashioned, russet, unconceiving, uncurious, un∣comb'd, greazy, sawcy, slovenly, frolick, whistling, mirthfull, piping, ••ullen, blithe, lusty, robustious, brutish, rough, untuto'rd, rustick, ru∣••all, wild, unlearned, simple, unletrerd, unletterd, filly, uncivill.

Club. Murdering, cruell, knotty, knocking-striking, heavy, breaking, bruising.

Clusters. Gallant, thronged, crowding, sprouting, swelling, full, budding, piled, grainy, juicie, purple, delicious, plump, blushing, hanging, compacted, heapy, dewie.

Coach. v. Chariot. Coal. Glowing, sputtering, burning, flaming, crackling, sparkling, ••moakie.

Cock. Early, crested, bristling, watchful, solacious, lecherous, spurred, ••••med, jealous, day-presaging, day-proclaiming, watchfull, bloo∣dy, shrill, war-lick, gaming, generous.

Cockle. Kissing, curled, crispy, creeping, close, embracing.

Cocytus. v. Acheron. Black, Stygian, dull, dark, shady, groaning, devouring, faint, gloomy, duskie, fulsome.

Coffin. Stinking, fulsome, loathsome, rotten, interred, black, mourning, vaulty, musty, fusty, moldy.

Cold. Rough, sharp, biting, piercing, duskie, gloomie, icie, chatteri•• freezing, dull, lazie, sleepie, drowsie, whisking, lashing, je••king, sl••¦gish, snottie, barren, earth-locking, con-tracting, congealing, ang••¦stormy, raw, cruel, stiffning, unactive, incroaching, astringent, b••¦numming, nipping, pinching, chilling, bleak, blasting, Irksom, hi••¦ous, rugged, sap-consuming.

Collick. Wringing, pinching, vexing, nipping, painfull, tormenting, w••¦die, flatuous, cutting, dolorous, twitching, girding, griping.

Combe. Toothed, ivorie, biting, neat, adorning, dressing, hai••-plaini••••

Combate. v. Battell. Furious, martial, bickering, brabling, couragious, bloody, dou••••¦full, dangerous, generous, debating, strife-full, contentious, ••¦friendly, blood-thirstie.

Comet. Hairie, stern, dreadful, vagrant, curled, grimme, curld-head, c••••¦py, state-changing, ruine-portending, sad, threatning, slami•• streaming, portentuous, bright-haird, presaging, shag'd, disast••o•• prodigious, bearded, waving, gazing, fierc, ruddy, fatal, blood•• bristled, ominous, ill-boding, unluckie.

Comfort. Cordial, growing, pleasing, soft, welcome, chearing, friendly, ge••¦tious, propitious.

Compassion. Melting, relenting, soft, calm, tender, feeling, piteous, tend•••• hearted.

Complaint. Puling, soft, whining, just, piteous, sighing, s••d, womanish, am••¦rous, passionate, mournfull, bitter, groaning, deep, male-conte•••• querulous, bawling, wayling, weeping, hoarse, powting.

Complement. Unappertaining, unconcerning, needless, vain, fruitless, ceremo¦nious, apish, curious, courtly.

Concord. v. Accord. Concupiscence. Sensuall, voluptuous, egging, prompting, spurring, tempting.

Conduit. Flowing, conveying; gushing; gurgling.

Confidence. Bold; couragious; audacious; advedturous; during; presumi••••

presumptuous, setled, perswaded, aspiring, easie.

Confusion. ••ild, vast, shapeless, hideous, deformed, ugly, rude.

Conquerour. ••aliant, valorous, couragious, hardie, martiall, generous, no∣••enowned, famous, imperious, commanding, victorious, crown-••aureld, insulting, glorious, triumphant, laureat.

Conquest. ••lorious, brave, famous, bright, triumphant, victorious, wealthie, ••••eat, crowned, white-silver, winged.

Conscience. Strict, impartial, unbribed, arresting, tormenting, guilty, know∣••••, secret, silent, accusing, torturing.

Constancy. Unremoved, resolved, stedfast, persistive, unshrinking, unshaken, ••••red, persevering, stayed, setled.

Contagion. Spreading, infectious, deadly, catching, poysonous.

Content Rich, sweet, perfect, happy, blessed, pleasan••, heavenly, wished, ••ired, compleat.

Contention. Jarring, wrangling, harsh, snakie, bloodie, strifefull, jangling.

Corall. Blushing, vermillion, stammel, scarlet, red-brancht, streaked, ••anched, tuddey, leaf-less.

Cork. Light, swimming, spungie, porous, floating, hollow.

Corn. Bearded, bladed, yellow, nourishing, fruitfull, full-ered, tender, ••••nke.

Corrosive. Biting, smarting, eating, burning, fretting.

Cottage. Lowly, private, humble, silent, patcht, ragged, turfie, cold, shat∣ered, contry, naked.

Cough. Slavery, spitting, spawling, cold, d••y, harsh, belching.

Countenance. Handsome, gracefull, lovely, modest, disdainfull, setled, shaped, hanging, joyfull, beauteous, smiling, pleasing, winning, wooing, ••arkling, attractive, grimme, stern, grave, severe, frowning, low∣ring,

sad, mournfull, chearfull, ligh some, threatfull, supercili•••• blushing, carefull, sowre, dissembling, murdering, killing, stabb•••• powting, affected, disguised.

Countrie Clownish, flowry, grassie, fruitfull, merry, spatious, open, wo•••• down-right, plain-dealing, honest, free-hearted.

Courage. v. Valour. Daring, valiant, valorous, adventurou••, presumptuous, att••••¦tive, audacious, undaunted, untamed, unquelled, stour, mascul•••• constant, unmov••d, unshaken, bold, proud, noble, free, active, M••¦jestick, undejected, manly, haughty, heroick.

Course. Speedy, hasty, winged, unbridled, careering, impetuous, post•••• sweaty, breathless, sweeping, industrious, laborious.

Courser. v. Horse. Curvetting, prancing, nimble, stirring, panting, high-boundi•••• spur-obeying, stamping, foamy, trapped, speedy.

Court. Complementall, glittering, pompous, costly, expensive, lasc••∣ous, wanton, sportive, envious, smooth, royall, proud, glorio•••• gaudy.

Courtier. Avaritious, soft, smooth, oyly, sleek, near, polisht, spruce, comp••••¦mentall, well-tongued, fair-spoken, silk-worm, affected, fantastic•• rustling, stalking, sprightly, dapper, flaunting, glittering, nimb•••• starcht, accomplisht, fine-sattin, gay, gaudy, painted, wealthy, ••••¦ceitfull, perjur'd, stickling, indebted, d••pper, brisk, pert, silk•••• smooth-fac'd.

Cow. Lowing, milkie, fruitfull, usefull, straggeling, straying, wa••¦dering, uberous.

Coward. Pale, fearfull, dull, un-active, un-manly, crest-fallen, heart-les•• white-livered, cold, base, ignominious, yielding, crouching, leaden hearted, winking, cruel, desperate, vaunting, sneaking, flinching.

Coyness. Dissembling, squeamish, pettish, pievish, froward, slighting scorning, contemptuous, sowre, bitter, easie, churlish, uncivill, proud, disdainfull, angry, tempting, perswading, wooeing, waywar••, untoward.

Crab-star. Hot, flaming, crooked, burning, scorching, scalding, broyling•• showry.

Crab-fish. Slow-pac't, dull, lazie, lither, pawing, lumpish, sleepy, wadling, ••ayward, crawling, sprawling.

Cradle. Rocking, sleepy, peacefull, tottering, shaking, moving, drowsie, ••lie, warm.

Craft. Cunning, fly, cheating, deceitfull, beguiling, wily, wary, jugling, ••gging, subtle, injurious, witty, ingenious, artificiall, secret, under∣••orking, undermining, politick, devicefull, silent, double-tongues, ••inding, doubling, plotting, inveagling, circumventing.

Cramp. Pulling, painfull, torturing, wringing, pinching, nipping, vexing, ••ormenting, girding, twitching.

Crane. S••rimonian, Thracian, soaring, mounting, towring, high-flying, ••hattering, warlike, watchfull, ravenous, long-neckt.

Credulitie. Easie, silly, Simple, unwise, foolish, soft, indiscreet, weake, fond, ignorant.

Crest. Plumed, lofty, glittering, nodding, waving, advanced, gaudie, proud, braving, radiant, flancing, glistering, jagged, brestly, staring, dreadfull:

Crime. Blushless, black, haynous, odious, detested, guilty, infamous, capi∣tall, suspicious, pale, conscience-tearing, light-fearing, mischievous, unhappy, unexcusable, audacious, enormous.

Critick. Snarling, supercilious, biting, lashing, captious, censorious, carp∣ing, exceptious, invective, wise, capricious, curious, exact, accurate, judging, rigorous, sharp, sharp tooth'd, severe, pettish, pievish, sponge-using, flouting, gibing, quipping, jeering, girding, rigid, snappish, grinning.

Cry. Confused, yelling, noisefull, hideous, amazing, bustling, clame∣rous, aire-rending, tumultuous, rumbling, yawling, re-sounding, re-bounding, re-ecchoing, redoubled, howling.

Crocodile. devouring, wily, banefull, deceitfull, noysome, weeping, Aegyp∣tian, deadly.

Crop. Wealthy, rich, hopefull, hope-answering, thankfull, fruitfull, ••••¦ful, gainfull.

Cross. Hard, painfull, cruell, unhappy, afflicting, oppressing, bitter, ••¦cred, victorious.

Crow. Predictious, presaging, jetty, sable, hoarse, hungry, devourin•• prating, twatling, carrion, jangling, chattering, unluck••, lo••••▪liv'd, shower-divining, thirstie, barking.

Crown. Imperiall, Pearl-enchased, dazling, triumphant, victorio•• flowry, enameled, enterlaced, noble, guilded, royall, Princely, pe••¦ly, honoured, adored, commanding, radiant, beamy, glittering, ••••¦ning, majestick, awfull.

Cruelty. Barbarous, brutish, Scythian, marble-hearted, slintie, fli••▪hearted, savage, wolvish, inhumane, odious, abhorred, detested, ••••¦thed, remorseless, raging, dogged, enraged, incensed, bloody, pro•••• blood-thirsty, grimme, stern, haughtie, murdering, fleshie, dre••¦full, devouring, awfull, frowning, rigid.

Cuckold. Horned, cornuted, scorned, jealous, loving, simple, patient, ••••¦ting, conniving, contented.

Cuckow, Plain-song, gray, scabbie, harsh, unpleasant, stammering, ••••••¦tering.

Cupid v. Love. Idalion, Paphian, wanton, lascivious, winged, feathered, slippe•••• envious, jealous, swift, joyous, gamesome, sportive, Citherean, i••¦constant, deceitfull, false, lying, imperious, blind, ambitious, pi••••¦less, bold, audacious, venerous, killing, wandering, ticklish, ••¦morous.

Cur. v. Dog. Snarling, barking, bawling, ravenous, angry, pievish, ch••¦lish, sullen.

Curiositie. Nice, studious, affected, woman••sh, carefull, vain, silly, f••uitle idle, dainty, neat, quaint.

Curle. v. Hair. Neat, crispy, shining, twisted, pleated, knotty, snak••e, braic••e dangling, sleavy, silken, scatterd, flowing, ruffled, art-less, fl••ri••

uncomposed, gracefull, waving, beauteous, frizled.

Curse. Hellish, dire, banefull, imp••ous, blasphemous, execrable, hate∣full, heavy, damned, revengefull, mischievous, vilanous, miscreant, winged.

Custome. Received, aged, imperious, commanding, tyrannous, observed, ••laudable, commendable, ancient, long, honoured, reverent, fre∣quent, common.

Cyclops. Sooty, grimy, sweaty, smoaky, one-eyed, hideous, strong, robu∣stious, massie, dreadfull, proud, fierce, labouring, industrious, rude, clownish, uncivill, lowtish, stern, grimme, old, bloody.

Cymbals. Tinkling, ratling, noysefull, Berecynthian, Cybelian, joyfull, loud, mirthfull, sacred, hollow, brazen, sounding, hoarse, shining.

Cynnamon. Odorous, fragrant, spicy, verdant, Pangnan, Indian, spriggie.

Cynick. Snarling, currish, snapping, captious, biting, grinning, barking, brawling, bawling, carping, sharp, fanged, sharp-tooth'd, tongue∣lashing, quipping, girding, jeering, flouting, rigid, tart, sharp, smart, jerking, churlish, sullen, snappish.

Cypress. Tall, strait-growing, fatall dismall, mournfull, sable, sad, verdant, lasting, weeping, smooth, lofty, towring, mounting, aspiring, odo∣rous, funereous, pensive.